George, &c. our will is; and we charge you, that ye pass, and in ou[r] name and authority, lawfully summon, warn, and charge [blank] who have in their hands, custody, and keeping, the title, deeds, and other writes and evidents of, and concerning the lands and estate of Eastmiln; : but, who refuse exhibition and delivery thereof to the now [sic] proprietor ...
Ogilvy, Alexander.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1766]
A summons to title deed holders, tenants and creditors of the late Thomas Ogilvy/Ogilvie of Eastmiln, Forfar, to appear before the Lords of Council and Session in Edinburgh.
Alexander Ogilvy/Ogilvie was the only surviving brother of Thomas Ogilvy of Eastmiln who died in June 1765 after a sudden terrible illness. Thomas Ogilvy's wife Katharine Nairn(e) and his other brother Patrick, who was alleged to have been having an affair with Katharine, were arrested and convicted of murder by poisoning. Patrick Ogilvy was hanged, but Nairn's hanging was delayed when she was found to be pregnant. She took the opportunity to escape from prison and fled to Holland.
To be completed at the foot of p. 2: "I [blank] messenger, by virtue of a libelled summons of reduction, improbation, declarator and mails and duties whereof ... at the instance of the before named Alexander Ogilvie, of Eastmiln, with concourse of Thomas Millar of Barskimming, esq; his Majesty's Advocate ... lawfully summon, warn and charge you, the said [blank] ... This I do upon the [blank] day of [blank] one thousand seven hundred and sixty [blank] years ...".
Caption title.
ESTC
Inheritance and succession
Scotland Edinburgh.