Scottish Court of Session Records

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Pagan

John Pagan
Occupation(s): Landwaiter

Pairman

William Pairman
Occupation(s): Servant
Dates of Existence: 1750

Palmer

Charlton Palmer

Parish

John Parish
Occupation(s): Merchant

Park

Elizabeth Park
Jean Park
John Park
Occupation(s): Merchant, Smuggler
Margaret Park
Alias(es): Margaret Millar
Mr. Robert Park
Occupation(s): Minister
Dates of Existence: 1754
Robert Park
Occupation(s): Tailor, Yarn-merchant
Dates of Existence: 1776
Dr. William Park
Occupation(s): Physician
William Park

Parks

Margaret Parks
Alias(es): Margaret Park
Mary Parks
Alias(es): Mary Park

Parlane

Parrot

John Parrot
Occupation(s): Soldier
Dates of Existence: 1755

Paterson

Alexander Paterson
David Paterson
Occupation(s): Printer
Edward Paterson
Captain James Paterson
James Paterson
Dates of Existence: 1728
John Paterson
Occupation(s): Tenant
Sir John Paterson, 3rd Baronet of Eccles
Occupation(s): Nobleman, Politician
Dates of Existence: 1730 to 1782
Rabina Paterson
Richard Paterson
Occupation(s): Slater
Robert Paterson
Occupation(s): tide waiter
Samuel Paterson
Occupation(s): Merchant
Thomas Paterson
Occupation(s): Maltman
William Paterson, of Dunjop, Esq.
William Paterson
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet

Patison

Mr. Patison
Occupation(s): Assessor

Paton

Mr. Paton
Occupation(s): Minister
Alexander Paton
Occupation(s): Land-laborer
Robert Paton
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet
Samuel Paton
Occupation(s): Merchant
Thomas Paton
Occupation(s): Tenant

Pattison

Robert Pattison
Occupation(s): Master of Work

Patullo

Robert Patullo
Occupation(s): Writer to the Signet

Paul

Andrew Paul
Occupation(s): Jailor
Dates of Existence: 1738
Janet Paul
Occupation(s): Servant
William Paul
Occupation(s): Tenant

Payne

Edward Payne, Esq.
Occupation(s): Banker

Peace

Barbara Peace
Occupation(s): Servant

Pearson

John Pearson, of Kippenross

Peat

George Peat
Occupation(s): Treasurer of the Burgh of Cupar
Henry Peat
Occupation(s): Surveyor
Jo. Peat
Occupation(s): Solicitor
John Peat
Occupation(s): Agent

Peattie

Robert Peattie

Peebles

David Peebles
Occupation(s): Tenant

Peers

John Peers
Occupation(s): Clerk

Pender

William Pender

Penman

John Penman

Penrose-Cumming

Alexander Penrose-Cumming, of Altyre

Peter

Alexander Peter
Alias(es): Alexander Peters
Occupation(s): Merchant
David Peter
Occupation(s): Merchant, Shipmaster
John Peter Jr.
Occupation(s): Manufacturer
Thomas Peter
Alias(es): Thomas Peters
Occupation(s): Merchant
Walter Peter
Occupation(s): Merchant

Pettigrew

Alexander Pettigrew
Occupation(s): Silk-weaver
Gavin Pettigrew
Occupation(s): Wright

Philipshill

Charles Philipshill
Marion Philipshill
Alias(es): Marion Boyd

Phillips

William Phillips
Occupation(s): Mason

Pierson

Elizabeth Pierson
Alias(es): Elisabeth Pierson
James Pierson
Occupation(s): Baker
Katharine Pierson

Pitcairn

Playfair

Robert Playfair
Alias(es): Rob. Playfair
Occupation(s): Solicitor

Plenderleath

Benjamin Plenderleath
Alias(es): Benjamin Plenderleith
Occupation(s): Town Clerk
David Plenderleath

Plumber

Andrew Plumber
Occupation(s): Flesher
Benjamin Plumber
Occupation(s): Flesher
James Plumber
Occupation(s): Flesher

Pollock

Anne Lockhart Pollock
Dates of Existence: 1769
James Pollock
Occupation(s): Vintner
Robert Pollock
Sir Robert Pollock, of Pollock, 2nd Baronet of Nova Scotia
Alias(es): Sir Robert Pollok of Pollok
Occupation(s): Heritor, Nobleman
Dates of Existence: 1783
Lady Robina Crawfurd Pollock, of Pollock
Alias(es): Robina Crawford Pollok
Occupation(s): Heritor
Dates of Existence: 1737 to 1820

Polluck

Adam Polluck
Occupation(s): Collector of Poor's Rates

Polson

Rev. James Polson

Ponsonby

Richard Ponsonby
Alias(es): Richard Pontanby
Occupation(s): Merchant

Porteous

Rev. William Porteous
Occupation(s): Minister

Porter

Margaret Porter

Porterfield

Potts

Gallacina Potts
Alias(es): Gallacina Duncanson
Robert Potts
Occupation(s): Minister
Thomas Potts
Occupation(s): Writer

Prat

Robert Prat

Prentice

Marion Prentice

Preston

Archibald Preston
Occupation(s): Shoemaker
Lieutenant-General George Preston
Occupation(s): Military officer
Sir George Preston, of Valleyfield
Sir Robert Preston, Baronet
Alias(es): Mr. Robert Preston, Sir Robert Preston of Airdrie, Baronet of Nova Scotia
Occupation(s): Minister, Nobleman
Dates of Existence: 1706 to 1791

Primrose

Pringle

Mr. Pringle
Occupation(s): Clerk
Alexander Pringle
Occupation(s): Merchant
Andrew Pringle, Lord Alemoor
Occupation(s): Advocate, Judge
John Pringle
Occupation(s): Advocate
Robert Pringle, Lord Edgefield
Occupation(s): Advocate, Sheriff-depute, Judge
Dates of Existence: 1764

Provan

Mathew Provan, Junior
Occupation(s): Merchant

Pulline

Richard Pulline
Alias(es): Richard Pullen

Pulteney

General Harry Pulteney
Alias(es): General Harry Pulteney
Occupation(s): Military officer
Sir William Pulteney, Baronet
Occupation(s): Politician, Property developer

Purden

John Purden
Occupation(s): Portioner

Purves

Sir Alexander Purves, of Purves Hall, 5th Baronet of Nova Scotia
Dates of Existence: 1739 to 1812
John Purves

Purviance

William Purviance

Pyot

John Pyot
Occupation(s): Merchant
William Pyot
Occupation(s): Merchant

Organizations

Type of Organization: Undefined

Type of Organization: Company

Alexander Cuninghame and Company
Function: Tobacco Trade
Andrew St. Clair and Company
Alias: Andrew Sinclair and Company
Function: Merchants
Bank of England
Function: Bank
Bank of Scotland
Alias: The Old Bank
Function: Bank
Bartlet, Campbell & Co.
Alias: First Alexander Bartlet & Co merchants of London; then Bartlet, Campbell & Bartlet; then William Bartlet, Campbell & Co; then George Campbell & Co merchants of Grenada
Function: Trade
Brown Zuill and Company
Brown, Carrick, and Company
Function: Manufacture
Buchanan, Morison, and Company
Function: Trade
Campbell, Connell, and Co.
Function: Trade
Carron Company
Christopher Armstrong & Son
Function: Soap Boilers
Cliff, Walpole, & Clarke
Alias: Walpole, Clarke, & Co.; Walpole, Clarke and Bourne
Function: Bankers
Cochrane, Murdoch & Co.
Alias: Andrew Cochrane & Co; Cochrane, Cunninghame & Co.
Function: Trade
Dinwiddie, Crawford, and Company
Function: Tobacco Trade
Donald Smith and Company
Function: Bankers
Dunlop and Ralston
Function: Trade
Dunlop, Houston, & Co. (The Ship Bank)
Alias: Colin Dunlop, Alexander Houston & Company
Function: Trade, Bank
East India Company
Edinburgh Evening Courant
Alias: Edinburgh Courant
Function: Periodical
Francis Garbet and Company
Function: Trade
George Hoar and Company
Function: Cheese Merchants
George Oswald and Company
Function: Merchants
Governor and Company of Undertakers for raising Thames Water in York Buildings
Alias: York Buildings Company
Governors of George Heriot's Hospital
Function: Hospital
Grant, Wood, and Company
Function: Carpet manufacturing
Henry White & Company
Function: Trade
Hewitt and Brockhurst
Function: Trade
Hugh Bell, & Company
James and Robert Donalds & Company
James Wilson and Company
Function: Wollen-Manufacture
John Carlyle and Company
Alias: James White and COmpany
Function: Merchants
John Hamilton, and Company
Alias: William Hamilton, and Company
Function: Trade
John Henrich Schreiber and Company
Function: Merchants
John Muir, and Company
Function: Trade
John Park and Company
Alias: Currie, Park, and Company
Function: Trade
John Richardson and Co.
Function: Merchants
John Sibbald and Company
Function: Trade, Smuggling
John Steven and Company
Function: Merchants
John Walker, & Co.
Function: Trade
Jonathan Radcliff, and Company
Function: Trade
Kinnear and Son
Function: Insurance Brokers
Leith Glass-Work Company
MacWhan, Beck, and Company
Alias: M'Quan, Beck, and Company
Function: Trade
Malcolm Hamilton & Company
Marshall, Hamilton, and Company
Function: Merchants
Messrs Francis King and Company
Function: Merchants
Messrs Gordon, Hopkirk and Company
Function: Merchants
Messrs M'Lean, Moore, and Company
Function: Merchants
Messrs Richard Marshall and Company
Function: Merchants
Morison, Taylor, and Company
Function: Trade
Murdoch, Gillies, and Co.
Old Ayr Bank
Alias: Mess. John Macadam, William Ferguson, and Company
Function: Bank
Patrick Millar and Co.
Function: Merchants
Peach and Henderson
Function: Trade
Robert Cowan and Company
Function: Merchants
Robert Hunter and Company
Function: Merchants
Royal Bank of Scotland
Alias: New Bank of Scotland
Function: Bank
Sibbald and Greig
Function: Trade, Smuggling
Sibbald and Johnston
Function: Trade, Smuggling
Sir George Colebrooke and Company
South Sea Company
Alias: The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of fishing
Function: Public-Private Partnership
Stevenson and Laird
Function: Trade
The Coal-Work of Newton of Ayr
Function: Supplier of coal
The Greenock rope-work
Function: Manufacture
The Merchant Banking Company of Glasgow
Alias: The Merchants' Bank
Function: Bank
Walpole & Ellison
Function: Trade, Banking
Walter Peter and Company
Function: Merchants
William Alexander and Sons
Function: Merchants
William Cuming & Son
Function: Bank
William Cuninghame and Company
Alias: Cunningham, Stewart and Co
Function: Trade, Merchants
William MacCormick and Co.
Function: Trade
Williams, Tebb, and Williams
Function: Trade

Type of Organization: Government Body

22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot
Function: Military
3rd Regiment of Foot-Guards (Scots Guards)
Alias: Scottish Regiment of Foot Guards
Function: Military
Barons of Exchequer
Board of Trustees for Improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland
Function: Industry Development
Commissary Court of Hamilton and Campsie
Function: Judicial
Court of Chancery
Alias: Court of Equity
Function: Judicial
Court of the King's Bench
Function: Judicial
Court of the Lord Lyon
Alias: Lyon-court
Function: Judicial
Elsrickle Birly Court
Alias: Elsrighill Birley Court
Function: Judicial
Glasgow Commissary Court
Function: Judicial
Grenada Court of Chancery
Function: Judicial
High Court of Admiralty
Function: Judicial
Justices of the Peace of Lanark County
Function: Judicial
Magistrates and Council of Ayr
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates and Town-Council of Burntisland
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates and Town-Council of Cupar
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates and Town-Council of Dundee
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates and Town-Council of Glasgow
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates of Aberdeen
Function: Burgh administration
Magistrates of Canongate
Magistrates of Irvine
Managers of Gorbals
Function: Administration of public funds
Office of the Commissioners of Bankrupts
Function: Judicial
Officers of State
Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Function: Judicial
The Magistrates and Town-Council of Edinburgh
The Magistrates of Perth
Function: Burgh administration
The Magistrates of the United Towns of Port-Glasgow and Newark
Function: Burgh administration
Trustees of the Post Road District
Function: Public Works
Trustees of the South Bridge
University of Glasgow
Function: Education
Vice-Admiralty Court of Grenada
Function: Judicial

Type of Organization: Partnership

Anderson and Lothian
Function: Merchants
Armstrong & Son
Function: Candle Making
Buchanans, Hastie, and Company
Function: Merchants
Chalmers, Leslie and Seton
Function: Merchants
Charles Addison and Sons
Alias: Charles Addison & Sons
Function: Merchants - Whaling
Company of Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation
Function: Internal Improvements
Cunninghame Findlay and Company
Alias: Alexander Cunninghame and Company
Function: Tobacco Merchant
Douglas, Heron, and Company
Alias: The Ayr Bank
Function: Bank
Fisher and Bannatyne
Alias: Fisher and Ballantine
Function: Merchants
Fordyce, Grant, and Company
Alias: Fordyce, Malcolm, and Company
Function: Merchants
George Robertson and James Hunter, Merchants in Greenock
Function: Merchants
Gibson and Balfour
Function: Merchants
Hammond, Birket, and Smith
Alias: Hammond, Birkett, and Smith
Function: Merchants
Henry Jackson and Company
Function: Tobacco Trade
Henry Jackson and Company
Function: Tobacco Trade
Kerr and Macwhinnie
Function: Merchants
Maxwell, Ritchie, and Company (Thistle Bank)
Alias: Thistle Bank
Merchants House of Glasgow
Function: Guild
Mess. Bland and Company
Function: Trade
Mess. Bogles and Scott
Mess. Cross and Bogle
Function: Merchants
Mess. Dun, Reid, and Company
Function: Merchants
Mess. Dunlop and Montgomery
Function: Merchants
Mess. Edie and Laird
Function: Trade
Mess. Greenshiels and Wardrope
Function: Merchants
Mess. Lennox and M'Whannel
Function: Trade
Mess. Simpson, Baird, and Company
Function: Merchants
Messrs Mansfield, Ramsay, and Co., Bankers in Edinburgh
Alias: Mansfield, Ramsay, and Co.
Function: Bankers
Messrs. Allan and Steuart, Bankers in Edinburgh
Function: Bankers
Messrs. Dunlop and Wilson
Function: Trade
Messrs. Falls
Function: Merchants
Messrs. Lowden and Robb
Function: Trade
Messrs. Maitland and Kerr
Messrs. Mitchell and Blair
Function: Trade
Messrs. Stoner, Hunter, and Kerr
Function: Merchants
Murdoch, Warroch, and Company
Alias: Murdock, Warrock, and Company
Function: Brewers
Roger, Hogg, and Kinloch
Function: Merchants
Sir William Forbes, James Hunter and Co.
Alias: Sir William Forbes and Co.
Thomas and Samuel Leach
Walter Ewing and Company
Function: Trade
Walter Monteith and Company
Function: Tanning
William Duguid and Andrew M’Kenzie, Merchants in Glasgow
Function: Merchants
William Fuller and Son
Function: Bankers
Wright and Lang
Function: Tobacco Merchant

Type of Organization: Trade Association

Berard, Freres et Co.
Function: Merchants
British Fishery Society
Function: Promote Industry
Incorporation of Bakers of Dundee
Function: Guild
Incorporation of Barbers in Glasgow
Incorporation of Baxters in Glasgow
Function: Bakers
Incorporation of Bonnetmakers in Glasgow
Incorporation of Coopers in Glasgow
Incorporation of Cordiners in Glasgow
Function: Shoemakers
Incorporation of Fleshers in Glasgow
Function: Guild
Incorporation of Gardeners in Glasgow
Incorporation of Hammermen in Glasgow
Incorporation of Maltmen in Glasgow
Incorporation of Masons in Glasgow
Incorporation of Skinners in Glasgow
Incorporation of Tailors in Glasgow
Alias: Society of Taylors
Function: Guild
Incorporation of Weavers in Glasgow
Function: Crafts, Weaving
Incorporation of Wrights in Glasgow
James Hunter and Company
Function: Tobacco Trade
John Bedford and Son
Function: Merchants
John Coutts and Company
Function: Trade Association
Managers for the Weaver-trade in Brechin
Function: Trade Association
Society of Clerks to the Signet
Society of Fleshers in Dalkeith
Society of Solicitors of the Court of Session

Type of Organization: Religious Organization

Kirk Session of Bonhill
Function: Judicial
Kirk Session of Perth
Function: Judicial
Kirk-Session of Alyth
Kirk-Session of Arbroath
Kirk-Session of Dalmellington
Kirk-Session of Irvine
Kirk-Session of St. Vigean's
Presbytery of Glasgow
Function: Judicial
Presbytery of Paisley
Function: Judicial
Synod of Glasgow and Ayr
Function: Religion