| Description | Titles and papers relating to the Bervie fishings. Includes:
instrument of sasine for the Bervie fishing to Andrew Arbuthnott, son of Robert Arbuthnot of Arbuthnott 1587 (2 copies); Bervie burgh court record showing grant of fishings to Andrew Arbuthnott by George Falconer 1590; memoranda and agreements on the Bervie and Gourdon fishings by William Raitt of Halgreen c. 1669 - 1686; papers on Lord Arbuthnott's dispute with Raitt of Halgreen c. 1670 - 1680; dispute with Coutts of Halgreen and magistrates of Bervie on fishings 1760s; letters and papers on prosecutions for salmon poaching (with a spear) and disputed fishing rights 1770s |