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Does anyone know if this is gaelic or latin? And where I might be able to get the whole Sasine translated for a reasonable fee.

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Melodie

It's a document from 1784 the twenty fourth year of the reign of George III (Vigesimo quarto regnii Georgi Tertius). I can see reference to a subscription by a Notary Public and to a Precept of Sasine ( a document by which a feudal superior might authorise his agent or factor to give possession of his property to someone else, and to a vicecomitatus who was a sheriff, but you need someone with better Latin to explain the rest of it.

It's a document from 1784 the twenty fourth year of the reign of George III (Vigesimo quarto regnii Georgi Tertius).

Definitely Latin.

However I read it as the twenty-fourth day of March in the twenty-seventh year of the reign of George III. ".... die vigesimo quarto ...." and ".... anno vigesimo septimo...."

It mentions Peter Thomson, Gardener at Hayfield but most of the rest of it is formal language and tells me nothing useful. ".... George III by the Grace of God king of Great Britain France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith ...." etc etc.

Though I am uncertain of the implications of 'Tanquam vicecomes in hac parte de vicecomitatis de Edinburgh' which literally translates along the lines of 'in the capacity of sheriff in that part of the sheriffdom of Edinburgh', I think. Is it possible that Peter Thomson, as well as being a gardener, could be a sheriff?

I might be able to decipher a bit more of it if I saw the whole document but if you want a full translation including all the formal stuff you should be able to find someone able to do it via http://www.asgra.co.uk/

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Thank you all; I have the whole document. I will check with the source you gave me I just have a few questions, I hoping to find the answers in the document. I will post it here as well, I'm really hoping it has information at his children births when, where? His wife where the met?

If he is really mentioned only in the capacity of a sheriff it is not likely to contain family information.

Here is page 1 and 2; page 1 is the full page of the early clip. I 'm hoping for information on his children James, Agnes, Helen or his wife Celecia and any information about India. I hoping to find out how old the kids are or when they were born or where. Or any information about the purchases of his property of any mention of relatives. There are twelve pages in total.

Thanks again all
Melba