PUBLICATIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY 
 
 VOLUME XXVIII 
 
 WEDDERBURNE'S COMPT BUIK 
 
 May 1898 
 
OCT 20 |Q7 
 
 465021 
 
 6"t)SI0» COMjEGE LIBMRX 
 
THE COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 MERCHANT OF DUNDEE 
 
 1587-1630 
 
 TOGETHER WITH THE 
 
 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE 
 1580-1618 
 
 Edited from the Original Manuscripts, with 
 Introduction and Notes, by 
 A. H. MILLAR, F.S.A.Scot. 
 
 EDINBURGH 
 
 Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable 
 for the Scottish History Society 
 1898 
 
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PREFATORY NOTE 
 
 The manuscript Compt Bulk of David Wedderhurne belonged 
 to the late Mr. A. C. Lamb, Dundee, and a few of the historical 
 entries were used in Mr. Lamb^s volume, entitled Dundee : its 
 Quaint and Historic Buildings. The editor assisted Mr. Lamb 
 in the preparation of the literary portion of that volume, and 
 it occurred to him that the Compt BidJc would afford precisely 
 the kind of material suitable for a volume such as the Scottish 
 History Society would publish. On making the suggestion to 
 Mr. Lamb, he at once adopted it, and placed the manuscript 
 at the disposal of the Society. He gave free access to his 
 extensive collection of documents relating to the history of 
 Dundee, and rendered valuable assistance in other ways. 
 As the Editor had made voluminous notes in the charter- 
 room of Dundee when engaged upon his Boll of Eminent 
 Burgesses of Dundee^ 1513-1887, he was able to utilise 
 these in identifying many of the persons mentioned in the 
 Compt Buik. He has specially to acknowledge the courtesy 
 of Alexander Wedderburn, Esq., Q.C., London, who kindly pro- 
 vided the material for the account of the Wedderburn Family, 
 which forms a separate portion of the Introduction. Mr. 
 Wedderburn, who has long been engaged on a volume of 
 family history, entitled The Wedderburn Book, frankly offered 
 to the Compt Buik this contribution, which embodies the 
 result of elaborate researches in private repositories of the 
 Wedderburns to which he had access. With Mr. Lamb's con- 
 
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 sent the manuscript had been transcribed by the Rev. Walter 
 Macleod for Mr. Wedderburn's use in his volume; and the 
 proof-sheets of the text have been compared by Mr. Wedderburn 
 with this transcript, besides being carefully collated with the 
 original by the Editor. The text may therefore be accepted 
 as doubly revised. 
 
 The Scottish History Society is indebted to the late Lord 
 Provost of Dundee, Sir James Low, and to the present Lord 
 Provost, Henry M*Grady, for permission to transcribe the 
 Shipping Lists of Dundee ; and also to Sir Thomas Thornton, 
 Town-Clerk of Dundee, who is official custodian of these 
 documents, and who placed them in the hands of the Editor 
 for transcription. The Editor has further to express his 
 obligations to Mr. T. G. Law for many useful suggestions ; to 
 Mr. Mill of the Signet Library, for compiling the Index ; and 
 to Mr. Alexander Balharrie, Montrose, for assistance in pre- 
 paring the work for the press. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 Introduction, ..... 
 The Wedderburn Family, 
 COMPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE, 
 Shipping Lists of Dundee — 1580-1618, 
 Index, ...... 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 The materials for writing a history of Scottish commerce in 
 the reign of James vi., before and after the Union of the 
 Crowns, have hitherto been very scanty. Some idea of the 
 trade of Scotland with other countries in the fifteenth century 
 may be obtained from a study of The Ledger of Andrew 
 Hahjhurton, 1492-1503, edited by Professor Cosmo Innes, and 
 published in 1867. That volume also contains the ' Table of 
 Customs and Valuation of Merchandises, 1612,' which indirectly 
 shows the goods imported from which rates were levied, though 
 it affords no clue as to the quantity of goods brought into 
 Scotland, nor does it indicate the places whence these were 
 brought. Professor Innes was thoroughly aware of this defect, 
 for in his Preface he thus alludes to the tariff of 1612 : — 
 
 'It is certainly very carefully formed, although we may 
 regret that it appears intended to contain and exhaust all 
 articles of possible commerce. It would have suited our pur- 
 pose, the purpose of the historian, better, if it had indicated 
 the commodities which were habitually, or even occasionally, 
 shipped and landed, bought, sold, bartered in Scotland, just 
 nine years after King James had gone to fill the long-expected 
 seat of Queen Elizabeth, and thought that he had ended the 
 national feud which had so long interrupted the commerce of 
 his two kingdoms."* 
 
 The present volume more than fills the space in the annals 
 of Scottish commerce which was vacant when Professor Innes 
 wrote his Preface, and it is the first book issued which con- 
 tains authentic details of the imports, exports, and home trade 
 
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 at a busy Scottish seaport during the eventful period between 
 1587 and 1630. It thus covers sixteen years before the Union 
 of the Crowns, and twenty-seven years after that event, in all, 
 forty-three years of Scottish mercantile life, in a time of 
 political and national transition. The last entry in Andrew 
 Halyburton's Ledger is dated July, 1503. The earliest com- 
 mercial entry in David Wedderburne's Compt Biiik was made 
 on 15th March 1587. The intervening period is a total 
 blank, so far as documentary evidence of Scottish commerce is 
 concerned, save for stray references in the Acts of Parliament, 
 and the Records of the Convention of Burghs. The last entries 
 in Wedderburne's book were made on 12th December, 1630 
 (pp. 76, 77), two years before his death. This parchment- 
 bound volume, with its quaint flap, partly frayed by constant 
 use, had been his continual companion for forty-three years, 
 and to its pages he had committed the records of his com- 
 mercial transactions, the register of his family, the lists of 
 deeds relating to his properties, the books he most highly 
 prized, the furniture and warlike graith which were most 
 valuable to him, the portentous local and national events that 
 seemed most worthy of notice, everything, in short, which 
 made up the life of a thriving merchant three centuries 
 ago. In this respect the Wedderburne volume is much more 
 instructive than The Ledger of A ndrew Halyburton \ for while 
 the latter book contains the business transactions of a fifteenth 
 century Scottish merchant, formally arranged for commercial 
 purposes only, the present volume gives a vivid picture, drawn 
 unconsciously, of the domestic life of a burgess in the latter 
 half of the succeeding century. It is the familiar note-book of 
 an educated merchant, the representative of a notable family, 
 moving in the best local society of the time, with a large 
 business connection in Norway, the Low Countries, France, 
 and Spain ; and it shows what he exported and imported, how 
 he managed his foreign traffic, the method whereby he con- 
 ducted his ordinary sales in the burgh, the weights and 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xi 
 
 measures of the period, the forms of charter-party in use for 
 shipments sent abroad, the currency of the time, and many 
 other details which throw a flood of light upon the commerce 
 of his day, and afford information upon a subject that has 
 hitherto been wrapt in shade. Previous to the issue of this 
 volume, there was no authentic publication upon the subject 
 between Halyburton's date (1503), and the Report, by Thomas 
 Tucker, upon the harbours of Scotland, written in 1656 for 
 the information of Cromwell, and published by the Bannatyne 
 Club. It will thus be seen that the Wedderburne book fills 
 a wide gap in the commercial history of Scotland, and covers a 
 period of great interest. Indirectly, also, it shows the progress 
 of the secularisation of ecclesiastical property. Wedderburne 
 was factor for the Scrymgeoures of Dudhope, so far as some of 
 the chaplainries were concerned, which had fallen into their 
 hands; and the accounts he rendered, and his lists of docu- 
 ments connected with these properties, are full of instruction 
 upon an obscure subject. 
 
 While the editor was engaged upon the Wedderburne manu- 
 script, it occurred to him that the book gave only one side of 
 the trade of that time. The exports sent to foreign lands are 
 detailed with considerable fulness, and the imports are shown 
 by numerous entries. But to understand fully the import 
 trade at a leading seaport of the period, it was necessary to 
 have more than the record of one merchant's transactions. 
 Researches made by the editor in the charter-room of Dundee, 
 for another purpose, had enabled him to discover volumes 
 which gave the Shipping Lists from 1580 till 1700, and he 
 thought that the printing of a selection from these Lists, in 
 which the contents of each cargo are detailed, would show, 
 upon indisputable evidence, what were the imports to Dundee; 
 in fact, would supply exactly the information which Professor 
 Cosmo Innes had desiderated. With the sanction of the 
 Council of the Scottish History Society, application was made 
 to Sir Thomas Thornton, Town Clerk of Dundee, and with 
 
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 his courteous consent the editor transcribed the Shipping 
 Lists, beginning with 1580, the date of the earliest vohime 
 extant, and continuing chronologically till 1618. It was not 
 deemed necessary to carry the transcription further than the 
 latter date, as the thirty-eight years included give a fair idea 
 of the imports. Taking the two portions of this volume to- 
 gether, it is possible to have an adequate notion of the imports, 
 exports, and home trade in a thriving Scottish burgh before 
 and after the Union of the Crowns. 
 
 The Wedderburne manuscript contains 102 leaves, measur- 
 ing 7f inches by 5f inches. The paper is made up in nine 
 bundles of five double-leaves, stitched with twine, and fixed 
 within a parchment cover (not lined), having a flap which 
 covers the front edge of the book and extends about half-way 
 o.ver the back-cover ; that is to say, the parchment is one piece 
 of skin measuring 17 inches by 7f inches. The paper is uniform 
 in quality, having a rough surface, and some of the sheets 
 bear a flagon water-mark such as was common on Dutch 
 paper of the period. The insides of the cover have been 
 written upon, and thus the book contains 104 folios, as shown 
 in the marginal pagination given in the text. That pagination, 
 it must be understood, does not exist in the original, and has 
 only been adopted by the editor for ease in reference. The 
 book has not been used chronologically, but has been written 
 from both ends, and entries have been interpolated at various 
 times where a blank space could be found for a jotting or 
 memorandum. Hence it might seem at first difficult to decide 
 which is the beginning and which the end of the book. A 
 little examination of the contents, however, soon settles this 
 matter. Taking the flap, as naturally opening towards the 
 left hand, it will be found that the title-page has originally 
 borne merely the simple description, ' Z.i5^r Davidis Wedder- 
 hmne^ with the date ' 1587 ' at the bottom of the page. At 
 later dates the page has been scribbled over with numerous 
 entries, and with caligraphic flourishes, interspersed with un- 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xiii 
 
 connected phrases, such as, 'David Wedderburne, burges of 
 Dundie,"* ' Xantho retro p'opria^ as shown on page 1. On 
 turning over this leaf the original purpose of the book is dis- 
 closed on folio 2* by the inset title : ' This is ane collectione 
 off the effectis and daittis of certaine evidentis wryttis and 
 tytellis apertenand to David Wedderburne sone lawfull to 
 umquhile Alexander Wedderburne commone clerk ofFDundie as 
 followis ffirst. Als of certane his brether and sisteris tytellis 
 and sum frendis ' (p. 4). From this title it is evident that the 
 book was begun as a record of documents relating to properties 
 that belonged to the Wedderburne family. The first twenty- 
 two pages (eleven leaves) are occupied with a continuous list 
 of these documents. It might at first seem to militate against 
 this theory as to the first purpose of the book, that while the 
 date on the title-page is 1587, some of the charters included 
 bear the date 1610. But it will be found that blank spaces 
 have been left on the pages after the record has been brought 
 up to September 1587, and the memoranda as to documents 
 of a later date have been interpolated subsequently. When 
 these spaces were found insufficient for other entries, the writer 
 has put a cross-reference thus : ' fFourtie leavis hereefter 
 followis the Inventar of the rest of my writtis "* (p. 23) ; and a 
 similar direction was given when folio 12* was reached (p. 25). 
 The purpose of the book is thus made clear. 
 
 Had David Wedderburne adhered to his first intention the 
 value of this manuscript would have been limited. Fortunately 
 it occurred to him that he might make use of this book for 
 memoranda of his business transactions. He simply reversed 
 the book and began to write upon it from the other end. The 
 new title-page reads thus : ' David Wedderburnis Compt 
 Buik, 9 Novembris, 1587' (p. 190). He did not begin to 
 write up the Compt Bulk chronologically. The earliest entry 
 is dated 15th March 1587 (p. 188), a date anterior to the 
 date on the second title-page. A glance at the text will show 
 that the dates on the same page are often widely separated 
 
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 in time, thus showing that David Wedderburne kept this book 
 for stray memoranda, which he jotted down upon any page 
 where he found a blank space. It might have been possible to 
 have arranged these entries in chronological order ; but that 
 would have entirely altered the book, and destroyed its value 
 as an example of the commercial system of a merchant of the 
 period. The whole of the book has been transcribed exactly, 
 and is printed in the form in which the manuscript was written. 
 
 The pages of this book had been in use as a commercial 
 record for a considerable time before it occurred to David 
 Wedderburne that it would be convenient to make it a family 
 register. Some time subsequent to 23rd February 1606, he 
 jotted down (not in chronological order) the dates of the 
 births, marriages, and deaths of his children. He began this 
 record on a blank half-page, and continued it on the succeeding 
 page, but as the space was limited he had to crowd the par- 
 ticulars in small writing within double columns (p. 47). The 
 result must have been unsatisfactory to him, especially when 
 there were new-comers in the family, and important additional 
 events had to be recorded. Hence, in 1610 — four years later — 
 he began a regular family register, arranged consecutively, 
 with the quaint heading, ' The names of Barnis and Eild of 
 thame procreat betuix David Wedderburne and Matild Beton 
 his spous, with the names of thair godfatheris and godmotheris 
 Baptisit and quhat Ministeris is as follows' (p. 122). The 
 appearance of these two registers shows that the writer did not 
 regard the book as a merely commercial ' compt buik,** such as 
 Andrew Halyburton's Ledger was. It was his constant and 
 familiar companion for at least forty-three years, and was 
 apparently carried with him on his occasional journeyings to 
 the Continent. From its pages much may be learned of the 
 social life of the period which no day-book or ledger could 
 have afforded. It shows the household furniture of a well-to- 
 do merchant of the Jacobean time, the apparel he wore, the 
 weapons he carried, the books he read, his piety, his super- 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 XV 
 
 stition, and his loyalty to the reigning monarch ; as well as 
 the multiform currency he used, his weights and measures, his 
 method of trading, and the kinds of goods in which he 
 trafficked. To some of these topics attention may be directed 
 by referring to typical examples that are to be found in the 
 volume. 
 
 As the genealogy of the Wedderburne family is very fully 
 detailed (and for the first time with accuracy) in a separate 
 portion of this Introduction, it is only necessary here to give a 
 brief outline of the life of David Wedderburne, the author of 
 the Covipt Buik. He was the second son of Alexander 
 Wedderburne, Town-clerk of Dundee (d. 1585), and Janet 
 Myln, and was probably born in 1562. No account of his 
 early life has been found, but it is probable that he was 
 educated at the Grammar-school of Dundee, and afterwards 
 at St. Andrews University, for it is evident from his own 
 memoranda that he had obtained a good classical education. 
 The likelihood is that he did not graduate, as he is never 
 referred to as ' Magister,' though that title is punctiliously 
 bestowed on his elder brother Alexander. His admission as a 
 Notary in 1603 (p. 130) suggests that he had been originally 
 intended for the legal profession, and had studied with that 
 purpose in view, though his life was chiefly devoted to com- 
 merce. On 15th May 1582, he was enrolled as a burgess of 
 Dundee by the privilege of his father the Town-clerk. Five 
 years afterwards, as the Compt Buik shows, he was actively 
 engaged in commerce. In 1589 he was married to Matilda 
 Betoun (marriage contract dated 26th Feb.), daughter of James 
 Betoun of Westhall, and by her he had four sons and seven 
 daughters. Besides his occupation as a merchant, David 
 Wedderburne transacted legal business for his clients, such as 
 making transumpts of charters, examining sasines, extracting 
 deeds from the protocol books which had belonged to his 
 father, and other work of that kind ; and he also acted as 
 factor to Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope in connection with 
 
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 some of the chaplainries which belonged to that nobleman. 
 In 1596 he visited Queinsbrig (p. 46) or Quedlinburg, in 
 Holland, and again in 1600 (p. 122), and journeyed once to 
 Denmark (p. 174), and on these occasions he gives a list in the 
 Compt Bulk of the strange medley of coins which he took with 
 him. He entered the Town Council in 1598, and served as 
 Councillor in 1599, 1601, 1602, 1603. In the early years of his 
 wedded life he rented from his brother Alexander a house on the 
 south side of the Mercat-gait (now High Street) ; but at a later 
 date he possessed a ' ludging and tenement, with yard bak and 
 foir, lyand on the north pairt of the hie mercat gait of Dundee," 
 which he bequeathed to his wife on 11th January 1624. The 
 latest entry in the Compt Buik is dated 12th December 1630. 
 David Wedderburne was alive on 30th April 1632, as he was 
 then cautioner to the confirmation of the will of Christian Lovell 
 wife of his brother James ; but his death must have taken 
 place previous to 3rd March 1634, as appears from an entry in 
 one of the Dundee protocol books. 
 
 The most convenient method for examining the contents 
 of the Compt Buik will be to indicate the memorable events 
 referred to ; the books acquired or lent by David Wedderburne ; 
 and the commercial memoranda in which allusions are made to 
 systems of trade and barter, coinage, exports, and imports, 
 and curious domestic customs. These references will not be 
 exhaustive, but will serve to show the kind of material which 
 the book contains. 
 
 Saturday, 25th February 1597-8, was a memorable day in the 
 history of Scotland. A total eclipse of the sun took place, and 
 as the Kirk was then at a crisis in its existence, there were 
 Presbyterian prophets who took this phenomenon to be a 
 warning of impending danger. The event is narrated in detail 
 by Calderwood, by James Melville, and by William Scott, and 
 it is curious to find how closely David Wedderburne's descrip- 
 tion agrees with these three separate versions. The note in 
 the Compt Buik (p. 32) is an excellent example of vigorous 
 Scottish language : — 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xvii 
 
 ' Upoun the xxv day of Februar being Settirday, the signe In 
 pisces 1597 Quhilk wes accomptit the eeclips of the sone and 
 cheynge of the mone Betuix ten and ellevin houris befor nwn that 
 day darkness overschaddowit the face of the hail earth that nane 
 mycht knaw ane uther perfytly on the calsayis nor yit micht nae 
 persone within thair houssis haif any lyclit but candill Quhilk 
 contenewit the space of half ane houre And the peiple with 
 gryt fair fled afF the calsaysis to houssis mourning and lamenting 
 and the crawis and corbeis and ravenois foullis fled to houssis 
 to our steple and tolbuith and schip tappis maist merveulously 
 affrayit Quhilk sycht wes maist terreble and fairfuU to all people 
 young and auld And nane persone levand culd declair they ever 
 hard or saw the lyk thame selffis in ony tyme preceiding.' 
 
 The account of this incident given by William Scott, 
 minister of Cupar {Apologet'ical Narration of the State of the 
 Kirk, Wodrow Soc. ed. p. 99) is in similar terms, though 
 Scott regards it as having some prognostical reference to the 
 famous Articles of Perth, which were shortly to be submitted 
 to the General Assembly. The following is Scott's version : — 
 
 ' Upon Saturday, the 25th of February, fell forth that fearfull 
 eclipse of the sun, which continued the space of two hours, so 
 fearfull that that Saturday is yet called by the people " the Black 
 Saturday" ; a prognostick, as the tymes gave occasion to interpret, 
 of that darknesse which was to fall upon the Kirk.' 
 
 Calderwood is even more precise in ascribing this darkness 
 as foreshadowing some evil to the Kirk. After describing the 
 event in words similar to those employed by Wedderburne, he 
 remarks {History of the Kirk, fol. ed. 1678, p. 145) : — 
 
 ^ The like fearefull eclipse of the sunne, and appearance of fallin 
 starres from the heaven, was scene in France, when men of 
 greatest estimation were intised by flatterie and gifts to agree 
 upon a middle betuixt Papists and Protestants, which had been 
 effectuated if God had not cut them off in a strange maner.' 
 
 James Melville was so impressed with this eclipse and its pro- 
 phetic foreshadowings that he gave details of it twice in his 
 Diary (Wodrow Soc. ed. pp. 438, 525), and even wrote a sonnet 
 on the subject, in which he represented the moon coming be- 
 
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 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 tween the earth and the sun as symbolical of the world coming 
 betwixt the kirk and Christ ; and in a marginal note on his 
 manuscript he gave the names of several eminent men who 
 died in the following year — events which he evidently believed 
 were foretold by the eclipse. Wedderburne, being probably 
 inclined to Episcopacy, like others of his family, did not re- 
 cognise any of these portents. 
 
 David Wedderburne was not above the superstitions of his 
 time, and was tinged with that love of astrology which then 
 prevailed. Thus he copies into his Compt Buik sl prophecy 
 regarding James vi. (p. 140). He explains in the margin, 
 ' Robert my father brother gif me this quhilk he said wes 
 giffin him in Vittemberg.' The forecast is as follows : — 
 
 ' I. 6 Rex noster natus fuerat in carcere 
 Edinburgense 19 Junij 1566 
 Inter horas 9 et 10 Antemeridiem 
 
 in anno 1575. 
 R. erit versutus irrequietus Consiliorum 
 Occultator ac fundet regni sui amplicit.' 
 
 Another instance of Wedderburne'*s credulity is shown by 
 his regarding what were known as ' evil days." On the back of 
 his first title-page (p. 3) he gives a double list of evil and 
 blessed days. He writes : ' The zeir hes 33 evill dayis. This 
 generalie forder contenit in the Schiphirdis calender,' and then 
 he proceeds to detail the evil days in each month of the year. 
 But this is not enough for him. He gives a second list of 
 ' evill dayis allovvit be thame that wret this.' On comparing 
 the two tables, it will be seen that besides the first thirty- 
 three evil days he admits thirty-one into his own calendar, 
 and only seventeen of these coincide with the other list, thus 
 making in all forty-seven evil days in Wedderburne's year. 
 ' The blissit dayis of the zeir The quhilk wes revelit to ye gude 
 patriarche Joseph quhen he servit Kyng Pharow in Egypt be 
 the angell of God,' are quoted as a set-ofF to the other lists. 
 There were twenty-six blessed days, November being wholly 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xix 
 
 unblest. As there is a similar list of evil days in one of the 
 Dundee protocol books that belonged to David's uncle, Robert 
 Wedderburne the notary, it is probable that he had taken the 
 calendar from the same source as that from which he received 
 the prophecy regarding James vi. It is curious that, with 
 such a predisposition towards omens, David Wedderburne did 
 not suggest some supernatural explanation of the eclipse. 
 
 Another interesting historical event recorded in the Compt 
 Bulk was the visit of James vi. to Dundee in 1617. When 
 that monarch, ' saumont-like,'' determined to return to his 
 ancient kingdom, great preparations were made for the royal 
 progress. Lord Binning (afterwards first Earl of Haddington) 
 was intrusted with the preparations for this visit. He found 
 that it would be difficult to cross the Tay at Dundee because 
 of the baggage that would have to be shipped and ferried 
 across the river. The only other method was to send the 
 baggage by Perth and thence to Dundee, on the way to 
 Kinnaird Castle, the seat of Sir David Carnegy, first Earl of 
 Southesk, where the King purposed spending several days. 
 Lord Binning wrote thus to the King : ' It is not sene how 
 your Majestie's stuffis can be transported and in due tyme 
 placed at Kinnaird, unless your Majestie stay two nights at 
 Dundie on your first passage, and mak the lyke stay at Dundie 
 in your returne from Kinnaird.' From the entry in the Compt 
 Buik, however, it is clear that the difficulty was got over, for 
 the king only remained one night at Dundee. The note is 
 interesting as the record pf an eyewitness. David Wedder- 
 burne's brother, the Town Clerk, was directed to read an 
 Address to the King, written in Latin, which is printed in 
 * The Muses' Welcome to the King's Majestie,' and is saturated 
 with the hyperbolical flattery that seemed ever pleasing to the 
 King. The passage in the Compt Buik (p. 117) runs thus : — 
 
 Upoun the xv May l6l7. James be the grace of God 
 Kyng of Gryt Bretan France lyrland defender of the faith our 
 native King being mowit of his awin gude inclenatione to wissit 
 
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 Scotland and his avin people cam to Edinburgh. Thairefter cam 
 our the wattir of Kyngorne and cam to Falkland and on the xxj 
 of May being Weddinsday cam our the wattir of Dundie and 
 schippit at the Sowth Ferry and landit at the rude And cam to 
 Dudop lait and swippit [supped] thair. The morn tymous he red 
 to Kinnaird and remanit all that day Fryday, Settirday^ Sonday, 
 Mononday Tysday Weddensday Thursday and interit into Dundie 
 on Fryday at houris quhar than the toun gef [deleted] his 
 greace gef to them his presence. 
 
 There is another note in the Compt Buik that refers to a 
 visit paid by the King to Dundee, which is not elsewhere 
 recorded, if the date be correct. Under the heading, ' 7 Junij 
 94) ' the entry appears, ' Lent Alexander Peirsone x^ quhen the 
 Kyng wes heir' (p. 42). James vi. set out from Edinburgh 
 on 17th February 159^, at the head of the army which he was 
 to lead to the North against Huntly. He marched through 
 Stirling, Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen, and the money may 
 have been borrowed by Peirsone at that time. It is possible, 
 however, that the note has been interpolated subsequent to 
 7th June 1594, and may refer to the time when the King led 
 forth the army against Huntly for the second time, as he then 
 passed through Dundee on 7th October 1594. If neither of 
 these theories be correct, then the King must have visited 
 Dundee surreptitiously ; and it is curious that no charter was 
 signed by him'at Holyrood House between 4th May and 27th 
 May, though upon 8th June 1594 he signed a charter there in 
 favour of Alexander Ramsay, Bailie of Dundee. 
 
 The most curious historical note in the volume occurs in a 
 strange place. The second family register was written by 
 David Wedderburne in January 1610, as is shown by the 
 marginal note opposite the entry of the birth of his son 
 Henry, where he speaks of 'the 23 Januar instant' (p. 126). 
 The marriage of his daughter Helen took place on 22nd May 
 1610, and he recorded this event on that day. Apparently 
 on the same day he received intelligence by some of the ships 
 trading from France of the tragedy which had occurred there. 
 
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 xxi 
 
 for he writes, evidently with the same pen, the startling sen- 
 tence, ' 4 May 1610 The Kyng of France wes slain." He 
 alludes, of course, to the assassination of Henri iv. by Ravail- 
 lac, and it shows the intimate relationship between Scotland 
 and France at that time, when a Scottish merchant should 
 have intruded this record into the register of his own family. 
 The sentence is underlined in the manuscript to give it emphasis. 
 The succeeding entry, relating to the marriage of his daughter 
 Effie, was not made until 11th November 1610. 
 
 Another personal note may be of use as settling authori- 
 tatively a disputed point in the genealogy of the Scrymgeoures 
 of Dudhope. Nearly every writer on the subject states that 
 Magdalen Livingstone, daughter of the fifth Lord Livingstone, 
 was married first to Sir Alexander Erskine of Gogar, and 
 afterwards to John Scrymgeoure of Glaister, father of Sir 
 James Scrymgeoure of Dudhope. It is further stated that 
 Sir James was married to Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert 
 Carnegy of Kinnaird, and no other wife is mentioned in con- 
 nection with his name. A whole generation is omitted from 
 the genealogy. Margaret Carnegy must have died soon after 
 her marriage, for Sir James was unquestionably married to 
 Lady Margaret Livingstone, who was not his mother but his 
 wife. The initials of Sir James Scrymgeoure and his wife, 
 Dame Magdalen Livingstone, are still visible on various por- 
 tions of Dudhope Castle, which they reconstructed in 1600. 
 The entry in the Compt Buik (p. 91) confirms this statement, 
 and gives the exact date of the death of Sir James : 
 
 * Upoun the xiij day of July l6l2 at fyve houris in the morning 
 The richt honourabill Schir James Scrymgeour of Dudop Knycht 
 constable of Dundie ane verry noble and gude man deit in 
 Cristiane Lindsayis ludgeing within the abbay of Halyrud hous 
 in Edinburgh his sone and Dame Magdalen Livingstoun his lady 
 being with him thair.' 
 
 There are numerous charters and sasines recorded in the 
 protocol books within the charter-room of Dundee, which 
 
WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 prove that Dame Magdalen Livingstone survived her husband, 
 and acted as superior of the lands of Dudhope until her son 
 came of age. That son was Sir John Scrymgeoure, after- 
 wards first Viscount Dudhope, whose grandson was created 
 Earl of Dundee. 
 
 The books incidentally mentioned are interesting as showing 
 the contents of a Scottish merchant's library in the sixteenth 
 century. There were books in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, 
 and works on navigation, arithmetic, travels, history, and 
 poetry. On 7th November 1621, David Wedderburne devoted 
 a whole page of his volume to the recording of books which 
 he had lent (p. 168), and the list is worthy of careful ex- 
 amination : 
 
 'Lent James Balfour sone to Michell Balfour of Monquhany 
 Metamorphosis Ovidii in Laten with the pictouris bund in ana 
 swj^nis skyn of werry braw binding sumtyme apertening to Robert 
 Wedderburn my uncle with ane uther buik of Inglis of Erablemis 
 in meter for the space of ane moneth.' 
 
 It is not easy to discover which edition of Ovid is here 
 referred to, though the statement that it had belonged to 
 Robert Wedderburne, the notary (born 1546), gives some clue 
 to its date. This may have been the Leyden edition of 1519, 
 with woodcuts ; or the Leyden edition revised and published 
 in 1524. It is possible that it may have been the Metamor- 
 phoses per Sprengium illustratce, published in 1570, of which 
 there was a copy in the juvenile library of James vi.^ The 
 style of the binding suggests a continental origin, though it 
 is quite possible that this was a copy of the famous edition 
 revised by Andrea Navagero, the Italian poet, which was 
 published at London in 1582. On p. 169 the book is 
 described as ' my gilt Ovid.** The ' Buik of Inglis of Emblemis ' 
 was probably the work of Geoffrey Whitney of Nantwich 
 (died 1603), which bore the following title, *A Choice of 
 
 * Miscellany of the Scot. Hist. Soc. p. xxxvii. 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xxiii 
 
 Emblems and other Devises, for the moste parte gathered out 
 of sundrie Writers, Englished and Moralised and Divers newly 
 Devised. Imprinted at Leyden in the House of Christopher 
 Plantyn, by Francis Raphelengius, 1586/ This book was 
 republished in 1866 under the editorship of the Rev. Henry 
 Green, M.A. Raphelengius was the son-in-law and successor 
 of Plantyn. 
 
 'Lent My Cornieclis to John Ochterlony of Murrois. . . . Mr. 
 John Mairis Cornicle/ 
 
 The latter volume was unquestionably the Paris edition of 
 1521 of John Mair or Major's Historia Mqjoris Britannice tam 
 AnglicB quam Scotice, which was translated by Mr. Archibald 
 Constable, and published by the Scottish History Society in 
 1893. The other volume of ' Cornieclis ' may be either Hector 
 Boece's Chronicles, which appears on another page described as 
 ' Hector Boethis in laten ' (p. 73), or Ralph Holinshed's 
 Chronicles. If Boece's book be the work noted, it might 
 either be the Paris edition of 1526, or that of 1575. Holin- 
 shed's book is usually referred to by Wedderburne as 'Chronicles 
 of England, Ireland, and Scotland,' or ' my Inglis Cornicles,"' 
 and a curious entry (p. 189) shows how it came into Wedder- 
 burne'^s possession : — 
 
 ' 2 Apryle 97. John Nes officer at command of Peter Clay- 
 hillis bailie arestit in David Thomsonis maryneris handis ane 
 Cronicle of Scotland Ingland Ireland sumetyme pertenand to 
 Thomas Man now to Elizabeth Heres and Alexr. Man his sone 
 and that for 13 lib auin be the said iimq^® Thomas to me 
 David Wedderburn on his obligatioune/ 
 
 The volume, which would probably be the edition of 1577, had 
 been an heirloom in Man's family, and was arrested in the hands 
 of his son for a debt contracted by the deceased. The Greek 
 and Latin classics in this list are as follows : — 
 
 ' Lent Dr. Goldman 4 buikes Iliades Homerj, ane uther Greik 
 buik (p. l69). . . James Crychtoun my Vergill (p. 89) Ultimo 
 Martij l6l8. Robert Betoun and my sone James hes tane up 
 
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 with thame to Westhall to reid on Plutarche in Laten ourgilt ; 
 Quintiliane ante signa lexicon to reid a quhyle thairin, and to 
 bring with thame again (p. 173). Lent Mr. John Wedderburn 4 
 buikis Socrates besyd Moral Philosophic Erasmus in Inglis (p. l69) 
 . . . my Fabellis of Esope.' 
 
 The first edition of Homer printed in this country was pub- 
 lished in 1591 ; but as David AVedderburne had constant 
 intercourse with the Continent, it is very likely that his copy 
 had been brought from Holland. * Dr. Goldman,' who bor- 
 rowed Homer, was Peter GoJdman, the celebrated Latinist, 
 whose poems were published by Sir John Scot of Scotstarvit, in 
 the DeliticB Poetarum Scotorum. The Virgil cannot be identi- 
 fied, nor the Plutarch. There were three editions of Quin- 
 tilian's Institut'ionem Oi'atorium in circulation before the date 
 of the entry : the Ley den edition of 1536 by Sebastian 
 Gryphius ; the Paris edition of 1542 by Robert Estienne ; and 
 the second Paris edition of 1549 by Estienne's successor, 
 Michel de Vascosan. Of the Fables of JEsop two editions 
 were published before this time — one by Wynkyn de Worde 
 in 1534, and another issued at London in 1580. In the 
 King's library there was a copy assigned by Mr. George 
 Warner either to H. Wykes, London, 1570, or to Robert 
 Lekpreuik, Edinburgh, in the same year {Miscellany of Scottish 
 History Society^ p. Ixii), ' Erasmus in Inglis ' would most 
 likely be the ' Enchiridion milit'is Christia?ii, or The Hansom 
 Weapon of a Christian Knight, replenished with many goodly 
 and godly Precepts, Imprinted by Wynkyn de Worde, Lon- 
 don, 1534.' 
 
 *Lent Mr. Josua Dury ane Hebrew Bybell. . . . Lent Mr. 
 William Fergusone ane buik callit Morcelphis and ane Laten New 
 Testament with the pictour ourgilt. . . . Mr Colyn Campbell a 
 buik the Laten Bybell. (pp. 169-170) . . . Thomas Findlason, my 
 bressin Seriptour' (p. l66). 
 
 These entries are interesting as showing that prominent clergy- 
 men of the period came to this Dundee merchant to borrow 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 XXV 
 
 books that ought to have been in their own possession. 
 Joshua Dury was the son of the Reformer, John Dury (born 
 1537, died 1600), and was minister successively at Montrose, 
 Forfar, Logie-Montrose, St Andrews, and Inverkeillor. His 
 sister was the wife of James Melville, the Diarist. Dury died 
 at Inverkeillor in 1631. Colin Campbell was minister of 
 Kettins, from which place he was translated to the third 
 charge in Dundee in 1620, and died there in 1638. iVIr. 
 William Ferguson was the son of another famous reformer — 
 David Ferguson of Dunfermline, the friend of John Knox — 
 and was a noted physician in Dundee. Thomas Findlasoun 
 merits some notice. He was the son of James Findlasoun, 
 Bailie and Treasurer of Dundee (1564-66), and was born in the 
 burgh. He learned the art of printing in Edinburgh, and from 
 entries in the Register of the Privy Council it appears that he 
 had set up as a master printer in Edinburgh previous to 1609, 
 as in that year he was licensed to print Skene's Regiam Majes- 
 tatem in two volumes, ' the one in Latin for the use and benefit 
 of strangers, and the other in the Scottish language for 
 the use of subjects of the country.' In 1611 Findlasoun 
 obtained the privilege of printing the Acts of Parliament, with 
 a monopoly for twenty years, and later in the same year the 
 Privy Council extended his monopoly, granting him liberty to 
 reprint the ' Book of King Robert the Bruce,' the ' Book of 
 Sir William Wallace,** and the ' Book of the Seven Seages,' 
 which had been ' printed of befoir, bot nou out of print lang 
 since.' In August 1612 Findlasoun was appointed King's 
 Printer in succession to Robert Charteris, and had licence to 
 print, not only the Acts of Parliament, but also ' the Buikis of 
 Halie Scriptour, contening the Auld and New Testament in 
 all languageis, in haill or in pairt, and in quhatsomevir volumes, 
 grite or small ; with approved Cronicleis of Scotland in Latin 
 and Englishe.' On 19th October 1619 the name of 'Thomas 
 Findlasoun, Typographus Regis,' was enrolled on the list of 
 honorary burgesses of Dundee. It is probable that when he 
 
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 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 borrowed David Wedderburne's ' bressin Scriptour ' in 1597, 
 he contemplated printing ' the Buikis of Halie Scriptour,' 
 though years elapsed before the work was accomplished. On 
 9th June 1608, Wedderburne lent his brother-in-law, Alex- 
 ander Pierson, his ' parapris on the New Testament ' (p. 141), 
 and on the same day his ' Frensche Academy bundin in red 
 ourgilt ' was borrowed, apparently for the second time (pp. 
 141, 169). Considerable difficulty was experienced by the 
 editor in identifying the latter book, as the clue to its identity 
 was very slight. At length, after diligent search, he obtained 
 a copy of the work in the same edition as that which Wedder- 
 burne had. The title-page reads thus : ' The [ French Aca-| 
 Demie | wherin is discoursed the in-|stitution of maners, and 
 whatso-'fi^^r els concerneth the good and 7ia/?-|pie life of all 
 estates and callings, by | preceptes of doctrine, and exam'\^\es of 
 the Hues of ancient | Sages and f anions \ men : | by Peter de la 
 Primavdaye | Esquire, Lord of the said place, | and ofBarreey 
 o??<? o/ ^7i^ or^/i- 1 narie Gentlemen of the | Kings Chamber: de^ 
 dicated To the most Christian King Henrie \ the third, and 
 newly translated | into English by | T. B. | Imprinted at Lon- 
 don, by I Edmund Bollifant for G. | Bishop and Ralph New- 
 bery | 1586 |\ The book is a small quarto of 832 closely 
 printed pages. It is dedicated to John Barne, Esquire, pro- 
 bably the younger son of Sir George Barne, who was Lord 
 ^layor of London in 1552, and the brother of Sir George 
 Barne, who was also Lord Mayor in 1586, now represented by 
 Barne of Sotterley and Dunwich, co. Suffolk. It is a work on 
 moral philosophy in the form of discussions. Four young 
 men of Anjou arranged to meet together under the supervision 
 of ' an ancient wise gentleman of great calling,' and to debate 
 upon such subjects as philosophy, sobriety, friendship, love, 
 marriage, monarchy, death, and similar topics. The work is 
 somewhat overweighted with erudition, though in certain 
 chapters it is sprightly and even mildly humorous. The name 
 of the translator, 'T. B.,' has not been discovered. The date 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xxvii 
 
 precludes the idea that it could have been Thomas Blount, 
 author of ' The Academy of Eloquence,' as he was not born 
 till 1618. 
 
 Another interesting volume in Wedderburne's library is thus 
 referred to : ' Lent Thomas Vichtan, Smythe's Sermones, and 
 ane uther buk' (p. 169). Richard Smythe, D.D., was a 
 learned Popish divine, born in AVorcestershire in 1500, Pro- 
 fessor of Divinity at Oxford, and chaplain to Queen Mary of 
 England. He preached a sermon at the martyrdom of Ridley 
 and Latimer, choosing for his text the suggestive sentence, 
 * Though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, 
 it profiteth me nothing.' His writings were chiefly refutations 
 of the doctrines of Calvin, Melanchthon, and other reformers. 
 He died in 1563, and in 1572 one of his sermons was published by 
 the Protestant party under the title, 'A Sermone by Dr. Smythe, 
 with which he entertained his Congregation in Queen Mary's 
 Reign.' This was probably the book lent to Thomas Vichtan, 
 who was a notary, and whose father had been a priest, converted 
 to Protestantism at the Reformation. 
 
 The following entry is interesting as showing the value of 
 books at the period : — 
 
 ' ix. May l6'20. — Send with James Symsone my Hector Boethis 
 in laten weill bund, and the Kyngis Apologie to Stokholme to be 
 sauld he hes promesit to restore it or x lib thairfor or the coper 
 guis pan Item he hes my blundewill buk cost me 6 lib.' 
 (p. 73).' 
 
 As already explained, the Boece would probably be the Paris 
 edition of 1575. The book referred to as the ' Kyngis Apologie' 
 was written in Latin by James vi., and published anonymously 
 in 1607. Evidently the copy which Wedderburne had was the 
 English translation published in 1609, in which the king 
 acknowledged the authorship. Its full title was ' An Apologie 
 for the Oath of Allegiance (against the two Breves of Pope Paulus 
 Quintus and the late Cardinall Bellarmine to G. Blackwood) 
 First set foorth without a name ; and now acknowledged by 
 
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 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 the author, James, King of Great Britain/ This book was 
 currently known as the ' King's Apology.' It is remotely pos- 
 sible, however, that Wedderburne may have had a copy of the 
 book entitled ' An Apologie and Defence of the K. of Scotland 
 against the infamous libell forged by John Cecill, English 
 Priest, Intelligencer to Treasurer Cecill of Engl and, "* which 
 was printed in the Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, 
 vol. i. p. 41, et seq. In his notes on that work Mr. T. G. Law 
 refers to three manuscript copies in the Record Office, and 
 inclines to the opinion that the 'Apologie' had not been printed. 
 Allusion is made by the writer to ' his last edition,"* and Mr. 
 Law says, ' Although " last edition is a strange and unlikely 
 term to be used of any unprinted document, there has been 
 discovered no evidence of the " Apologie " ever having been 
 printed. It was evidently circulated, and widely circulated, in 
 manuscript only.' {Miscell. Scot. Hist, Soc, vol. i. p. 15.) 
 Though it is not impossible that Wedderburne may have had 
 a copy of this work, the probability is rather in favour of the 
 supposition that the book sent to Stockholm was the ' Apologie 
 for the oath of Alleo^iance.' 
 
 James Symsone, who was Wedderburne's son-in-law, having 
 married his daughter Eufam in 1610, was entered on the 
 Burgess Roll as a merchant ; but he was also a ' skipper,' and 
 sailed regularly both to Sweden and to Spain. He had a 
 special affection for this work described as 'blundewill buk.' 
 Besides the entry quoted above, it will be found that on 
 another page of the Compt Buik it is recorded that Wedder- 
 burne had ' lent James Symsone my Blundevill buik to reid on 
 quhill he cum out of Stokholme' (p. 148); and again the note 
 appears, ' Lent James Symsone Blundevill Drackis Voyages, 
 and ane sie buik ' (p. 169). It is not easy to tell which of 
 Thomas Blundeville's numerous works was thus referred to. It 
 is probable, having regard to Symsone's occupation as a 
 skipper, that it was ' A Brief Description of Universall Mappes 
 and Cards, and of their Use,' published in 1589 ; or his 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xxix 
 
 'Theoriques of the Planets, together with the making of 
 two Instruments for Seamen to find out the Latitude without 
 seeing Sun, Moon, or Stars, invented by Dr. Gilbert,' which 
 was published at London in 1602. The volume of ' Drackis 
 Voyages "* may have been the Latin version printed by Raphe- 
 lengius at Leyden in 1588, and entitled Expeditio Francisi 
 Draki, Eqidtes Angli^ in Indias Occidentalis mdlxxxv; qua 
 Urhes Fanum D. Jacobi, D. Domenici, D. Augustini, et Cartha- 
 gena captce fiiere. Additis passim Regionum Locorumque 
 omnium Tahulis geographicis quam accuratissimis. As 
 Symsone was a merchant, it is quite reasonable to suppose that 
 he had been educated at the Dundee Grammar School, which 
 was then famous for its Latin scholars, and would be able to 
 read Drake's book in the original. If not, then this work may 
 have been one of the two English translations published at 
 London in 1589. David Betoun, younger of Creich, seems to 
 have had a fancy for geography, as the following entries 
 show : — 
 
 'xxv September, l6l3. — Memorandum. Lent my buik calUt 
 Ortelius cost me vj lib. to young Laird of Crech for xx dayis 
 (p. 156). ... X November, I6l6, Young Creich my OrteUus 
 (p. 105). ... 7 November l62l. Lent Creich Ortelius (p. I69).' 
 
 This volume was either the Theatrum Orhis Terrarum, or 
 Universal Geography, written by the famous Dutch geographer, 
 Abraham van Oertel, or Ortelius, and published at Amsterdam 
 in 1570, or the Thesaurus Geographicus, by the same author, 
 also published at Amsterdam in 1596, two years before OertePs 
 death. Another of the technical books possessed by Wedder- 
 burne is described by him as ' Arithmetik in Inglis,' and was 
 probably a copy of the famous work which bore the following 
 title : ' An Introduction for to lerne to reken with the Pen 
 and with the Counters, after the true Cast of Arithmetyke or 
 Awgryme in hole numbers and also in broken ; newly corrected, 
 and certayne Rules and Ensamples added thereunto."* This 
 volume was first printed in black letter in 1537, and was 
 
XXX 
 
 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 reprinted in 1539, 1546, 1574, 1581, and 1595. It was the 
 standard authority on arithmetic at the time. 
 
 While Wedderburne evidently held the ancient classics in 
 esteem, he was not ignorant of English poetry. His volume 
 of Emblems has already been noticed. The following entries 
 are interesting : — 
 
 ' Henry Guthreis sone the sege of thebes (p. 89). . . . The gud- 
 wyf of Pitlathy my Chaucer (p. 105). . . . Lent young Petir 
 Wedderburn Doctor Faustus' (p. 169). 
 
 In the sixteenth century there were several editions of Chaucer 
 published, with John Lydgate''s ' Story of Thebes ' added at the 
 end of the volumes. It seems that Wedderburne had these 
 as separate books. Chaucer's works were published without 
 Lydgate''s poem in 1532, 1542, and 1559; and in editions of 
 1561, 1598, and 1602 'The Storie of Thebes' was included. 
 It is possible that Wedderburne used the title of his book with 
 reference to the portion of it that the borrower wished to 
 peruse. Lydgate's poem was first printed with Chaucer's works 
 in Stow's edition of 1561. It is difficult to tell whether the 
 ' Doctor Faustus '' referred to was in prose or poetry. In 1588 
 there was published in London ' The History of the Damnable 
 Life and Deserved Death of Dr. John Faustus,' and four years 
 afterward there appeared ' The Second Report of Doctor John 
 Faustus, conteaning his Appearances, and the Deeds of 
 Wagner."* It was from the materials afforded by these two 
 volumes that Christopher Marlowe constructed his drama ' The 
 Tragical History of Doctor Faustus,' which was first published 
 in 1602. It is more probable that the volume lent in 1621 was 
 the 'History' translated from the German, rather than the 
 drama ; for David Wedderburne, like many of his time, had a 
 weakness for astrology and the magic arts. Several times he 
 records the lending of his ' buik of prophesie' (p. 105), and he 
 also refers to ' my buik of Walking Sprittis' (p. 87). The full 
 title of the former was ' A Discoursive Probleme concerning 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xxxi 
 
 Prophecies, how far they are to be valued or credited, according 
 to the surest rules and directions in Divinitie, Philosophic, 
 Astrologie, and other learning. Devised especially in abate- 
 ment of the terrible threatenings and menaces peremptorily 
 denounced against the Kingdoms and States of the World 
 this present famous yeare 1588, supposed the great wonderfull 
 and fatall yeare of our Age/ The other mystical book was the 
 necromantic volume by Lavaretus of Tigurine, entitled ' Of 
 Ghosts and Spirites Walking by Night, and of Strange Noyses, 
 Crackes and sundrie Forewarnynges, which commonly happen 
 before the death of Menne, great Slaughters, and alterations of 
 Kyngdomes.' Probably Wedderburne had the English version, 
 published by R. Watkins of London in 1572. Among the 
 books mentioned in the Compt Bu'ik which cannot be easily 
 identified are these: — ' Eneme to Athesme ; ' The Roten fall ' ; 
 ' a buke of generositie ' ; ' buik of fisches in Frensche \ ' a buik 
 of John Knoxis ' ; and ' Morcolphis.** The list of books is 
 sufficient to show how diversified were the literary tastes of a 
 Scottish merchant of the period. 
 
 The domestic life of a burgess of the period is very fully 
 illustrated by many of the entries in the Compt Buik. To 
 some of the more remarkable notices reference may here be 
 made. The weapons which a merchant carried on his person 
 or kept in his household are repeatedly referred to. Thus, 
 under date 7th December 1596, the entry appears : — ' Adame 
 Thayn, cautioner for David Abircromby to delyver me my gilt 
 raper [rapier] or els xx merkis^ (p. 88). Among a number of 
 miscellaneous jottings there is another allusion to this weapon, 
 ' Adame Thayn xx^ or thairby my suird and David Aber- 
 crumby' (p. 174). It seems from earlier entries (pp. 26, 28), 
 that Abercrumby had borrowed the gilt raper, and Thayn had 
 become cautioner for its return. The fire-arms and furnishings 
 mentioned are ' my gryt hakbut with the scrow,"* ' my uther 
 snap hakbut with my bandeler,** and ' my horn flass and the 
 scrow with a key*' (p. 190). The bandelier is also referred to 
 
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 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 under date 1612, besides ' tua velvit flasses coverit with Iron,"" 
 and a 'puder horn ' (p. 190). A 'red puder horn flass worth 
 xij^' was borrowed in 1626 (p. 142). In 1592 Alexander 
 Rychardsone borrowed ' xx lib. and the wark of the gun ' 
 (p. 28). Wedderburne seems to have trafficked in firearms, as on 
 8th July 1594, he records the lending of a pistolat which was 
 bought and paid by instalments (p. 43) ; on 3rd October 1597 
 he sends ' ane pair of pistoUattis cost me xij lib.' to be sold in 
 England (p. 87), and on 22nd March 1608, he sent four 
 pistolattis to Spain with other merchandise to be sold there. 
 A curious entry on 9th September 1594 shows how Wedder- 
 burne paid for a pair of pistolattis, giving first ' arrels ' when 
 the order was given to the smith, and paying the account by 
 instalments : — 
 
 ' Giffin Patrik Ramsay smyth a crown of the sone in arrels of a 
 pair pistolattis. Item xx^ Item a crown of the sone agane. Item 
 3 lib. of sylver. Item gev William his man at Mr. Alexanderis 
 yet ane crown of the sone. Item ane half merk of small sylver. 
 Item xP in the buith to him selfe (p. 43).' 
 
 Again, he notes, ' I am restand awine to David Wedderbnrn 
 the sowme off tenne pundis money for his pistolat ' (p. 183). 
 On page 26 allusions are made to his rapier, his crossbow, 
 sword, gun, musket, and pistolat. The reader must carefully 
 distinguish between the pistolat, a firearm, and the pistolat or 
 pistole, a Spanish coin (p. 96). 
 
 The furniture and household ware were of a miscellaneous 
 kind. There are references to a ' taffil of firn "* (a table of fir), 
 ' ane aikin fret pres with schottlles of aik,' an ' aikin kist,' an 
 ' aikin chair," and an ' aik cradell."* Regarding the last-named 
 article, a curious circumstance is worth noting. On 4th 
 March 1601, the entry appears, 'Lent James Symsone my 
 cradell of aik' (p. 53). If this be the James Symsone who 
 married David's daughter Effie, on 11th November 1610, 
 then she cannot have been his first wife. The cradle was 
 required for the last time in David's own household when his 
 
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 xxxiii 
 
 youngest son, Henry, was born in 1610, and it is curious to 
 find in an undated entry the memorandum, ' Lent my cradill 
 of aik to Effie my dochter ' (p. 54). This would probably be 
 in 1611, so that the family heirloom had passed at once from 
 the father's house to receive his grandchild. The following 
 note is remarkable as referring to another heirloom : 
 
 ' Lent Joline Wedderburn sone to Robert Wedderburn a lite 
 camp bed of aik with my father and motheris armes thairon with 
 vj peces of a bodom this for a moneth or thairby.' 
 
 There are several allusions to ' woffin beds," some of these 
 having been exported. Johne Nes receives 3^ for 'a stul."" 
 Twice allusion is made to ' a mortar and a pestell ; and 
 chandeliers are mentioned. Two references are made to bird- 
 cages, one being described as ' a caidge of weir for a laverock,"* 
 and the other as a ' gryte caidge.' ' Twa Dutsche spunes 
 were received in pledge for the payment of lint bought from 
 David Wedderburne (p. 82), and silver spoons are also referred 
 to in another entry. A cup with cover is mentioned (p. Ill), 
 and money was advanced to a goldsmith on the pledge of 
 'a fit of a syluer coup." Among the articles of personal 
 adornment are a bracelet, a ring with a stone, and a sapphire 
 ring. Articles for house decoration are a 'gilt brod with a 
 picture,"* a seaPs skin coffer, a young woir s skin, and the head 
 and brush of a fox (tod). It is worth noting that in 1619 
 allusion is made to ' ane pair of sylver spectacles."* Numerous 
 references are made to articles of clothing — schankis (stockings) 
 wyliecottis, hats, and schone. On one occasion cloth is sent 
 to Rouen to be dyed ' fyn scarlit to be my lassis weylecottiz."* 
 Violet powder was brought from Rochelle; murmblade (mar- 
 malade) from Spain ; comfits, sugar candy, Canary sugar, 
 syrup, aniseed oil and toffie from Flanders, France and 
 Spain ; vinegar from Bordeaux ; onions (ungeoinis, wyngeounis, 
 wynzeounis) and apples from Flanders ; ' oly-doly "" (olive oil) 
 and wine from France and Spain ; timber from Norway ; iron 
 
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 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 from Sweden, and ' tubacoo ' from the West Indies by way of 
 France. Special references to all these articles cannot be 
 made here. There are few pages in the book which do not 
 afford some unexpected revelations of the home-life, the ex- 
 port and import trade, and the commercial methods of the 
 period. 
 
 Attention may be directed to pp. 80-81 on which the trans- 
 actions in the sale of lint on 5th and 13th September 1597 are 
 recorded. Wedderburne begins by stating the quantity of lint 
 to be disposed of = liiij stane in xxvj and a half bounds or 
 bales. The lint had been taken to the public Weigh-house, 
 beside the Tolbooth, and was weighed in the presence of 
 Alexander Annand, Master of the Weigh-house, who is noted 
 as a witness of the sale. On 13th September Annand was 
 absent, and his wife and women-servants became witnesses of 
 the transaction. The rate charged per stone for the lint 
 varied according to the time when the money was to be paid. 
 When payments to account were made, a pledge was given 
 for the balance, sometimes a piece of money, sometimes a 
 ring. 
 
 Another interesting custom disclosed by the Cornpt BuiJc 
 relates to the conducting of foreign trade. The skipper of a 
 ship was also the supercargo. Goods were delivered to him 
 and put on board the vessel in Dundee harbour, and he was 
 instructed to sell these articles in the best market, as profit- 
 ably as he would do were they his own, and to purchase other 
 commodities which he might either sell at another port of call 
 or bring to Dundee. Sometimes a Dundee merchant sailed 
 with the ship and took commissions to sell goods for other 
 merchants ; but as a rule the skipper, who was generally part- 
 owner of the vessel, took full charge of the miscellaneous 
 cargo, and accounted to the various merchants on his return. 
 It was often Wedderburne's habit to write out the contract 
 between himself and a skipper in full in the Compt BuiJc, 
 which entry was signed by the skipper. An example of this 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 XXXV 
 
 method will be found on p. 55, where John Thornton, skipper, 
 acknowledged the receipt of 21 lib. Scots, for which he under- 
 took to deliver six barrels of Lochbroom herring. A still 
 more curious commission was that given to Peter Man on 27th 
 February 1591 (p. 140). Man received one last herring, 
 which he was to sell in whatever port he came to where the 
 sale would be profitable. The money thus obtained was to be 
 lent by him on security, so that it might be repaid three weeks 
 after his home-coming. But if he did not sell the herring in 
 England, but had to take his cargo to France, and would thus 
 not be able to lend the proceeds, he was to bring to Dundee 
 the value of the herring in Portuguese milreis of gold, full 
 weight. On the other hand, if he sold only one portion in 
 England and another in Rouen, and should thus be unable 
 to lend the money, he was to return by England, and expend 
 the sum on ' lint hats with velvet about the brows,** on two 
 stiks (Low Dutch, Stijk = Si piece) of coloured fustian, and the 
 remainder on 'steinings' — probably dye-stuffs, and either to 
 bring these home in his ship, or send them overland. Thus 
 it is apparent that Peter Man, skipper, was to act as com- 
 mercial agent for the Dundee merchant. 
 
 A more complicated transaction is recorded on pp. 78-79. 
 Alexander Renkyne, skipper, was intrusted with 18 score and 
 10 ells of bleached linen, made up in 20 pieces and packed in 
 18 paper-covered parcels. These he was to sell ' quhair he 
 hapnit to mak mercat,' and with the proceeds he was to 
 purchase gros-grain silk if it could be had for 10 franks or 
 less, and send it to Dundee in the first homeward-bound ship 
 sailing direct to the port. But if he could not effect this 
 purchase, he was to lend the money 'for a gude frank, the 
 best may be gottin.** Peter Imrie, uncle by marriage of David 
 AVedderburne, was to sail for France in Renkyne's ship, and he 
 was intrusted with several barrels of powder which he was to 
 sell for Wedderburne at Rouen or Bordeaux, and to purchase 
 'sic profitable waring as he dois to himself^ and send the 
 
XXXVl 
 
 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 goods home direct to Dundee. Imrie was also requested to 
 give his 'good counsell and attendance on Alexander Ren- 
 kyne ' when that merchant-skipper was selling the linen sent in 
 the same ship. Two other curious entries of a later date 
 appear on the same page (79). In May 1610 and in August 
 of that year, two Dundee tailors, Alexander Brown, and 
 Patrik Cok, journeyed to London, and took with them quan- 
 tities of 'bred blew clayth.' Brown was to have this cloth 
 dyed violet, and he had also nineteen spindles of linen yam 
 which he was to sell, and to pay the cost of dyeing with part 
 of the proceeds. Cok was to sell the cloth which he took with 
 him and to purchase ' ryellis gif thay be gude chaip, uther- 
 wayis to be lent as he thinkis best."* 
 
 The record of another strange commission appears on p.lOl. 
 It is in form of a receipt, written by Wedderburne and signed 
 by James Kineris, for one hundred marks in cash. Kineris was 
 about to sail for Norway, and he was there to purchase ' ane 
 pert ' or share of a ship with her out red (rigging and fittings). 
 In case he did not make a bargain, Kineris was to expend the 
 money in merchandise (probably timber) as carefully and 
 wisely as if the money were his own. Entries such as this 
 show the method of commerce pursued by Scottish merchants 
 of the sixteenth century. 
 
 The Compt Builc not only shows how Wedderburne con- 
 ducted his foreign trade, it also reveals how his agricultural 
 bargains were made. He was tenant of land on the Dudhope 
 estate, which he held from the Constable of Dundee. The 
 bargains which he made with Thomas Neilson and others for 
 manure (muk) are detailed on pp. 64, 73, and the sale of his 
 barley, corn, and pease was frequently recorded throughout 
 the volume. The most interesting entry, however, will be 
 found on p. 170. It gives particulars as to the sale of grow- 
 ing crops on 27th July 1612. The document is drawn up 
 in notarial form. Three witnesses were present in David 
 Robertson's booth when David Robertson and George Brown, 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xxxvii 
 
 two Dundee maltmen, purchased the crop (of barley, pro- 
 bably) of seven acres, for 14 score merks less 5 merks, to be paid 
 at Candlemas. The seller was to be free of warrandice and 
 teind unless he obtained the teind on his two acres of pease, in 
 which case the buyers were to be free of teind on the seven 
 acres. Wedderburne was bound to furnish ' 8 heukis ' (reapers) 
 for two days in harvest. To make the bargain good, he re- 
 ceived 8^ in arrels, which he gave ' to the puir criple man 
 Margaret Fyfis gudeman in presens of George Brown.** The 
 only agricultural implement besides the heuk or sickle which 
 is mentioned in the volume is a ' pluf * (plough), which was 
 borrowed by Patrick Gray, brother of the laird of Balgernoch 
 (Baledgarno). As the Grays were among the wealthiest 
 farmers in the Carse of Gowrie, nearly related to the Barons 
 of Gray, it is curious to find one of them borrowing so neces- 
 sary an implement from a Dundee merchant. From an entry 
 on p. 112 it appears that Wedderburne exported wheat to 
 Spain. 
 
 Much information not hitherto available may be found in 
 the Compt Buik regarding the two subjects, the currency, and 
 weights and measures. It is startling to find what a mis- 
 cellaneous assortment of native and foreign coins a Scottish 
 merchant required in those days to transact his business. On 
 24th May 1600, David Wedderburne set forth on a voyage 
 to Queinsbrig (Quedlinburg, in Holland), and on p. 122 he 
 recorded the money he took with him. Amongst the coins 
 mentioned are crowns of the sun, pistolatts, cross ducats, 
 double ducats, the King^s 40-shilling pieces, angel nobles, 
 saffrons, 8-merk pieces, gold 4-merk pieces, sitting-lyon 
 pieces, auld dollars, ryells, English silver, Scottish 10-shilling 
 pieces, silver merk pieces, Scottish 30-shilling pieces, and ' a 
 pece of sylver of Kyng Erik of Suadyn^s gold." It is note- 
 worthy that he took also with him ' 2 ringis of gold, brokin, 
 weyis 4 crounis,"* which he evidently intended to use as cur- 
 rency. This seems a strange survival of the early British 
 
xxxviii WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 ring-money current in remote times. On a previous occasion, 
 26th May 1596, when Wedderburne visited Queinsbrig (p. 46) 
 he took a chain weighing fourteen crowns as currency, besides 
 crowns, half-crowns, pistolatts, double pistolatts, rose-nobles, 
 half dollars, half ryells (reals) and ' ryellis of xl sousis Spanes."" 
 Reference has already been made to the purchase of Portu- 
 guese ' milreis,** showing that it was not unusual for Scottish 
 merchants to bring foreign coins to this country for purposes 
 of exchange. The subject of weights and measures is too 
 extensive to be dealt with here. Suffice it to say that there 
 are both liquid and solid measures noted in the Compt Buihandi 
 in the Shipping Lists of Dundee which are rarely found in any 
 other published book of the period. AVine was measured by 
 the barrell, the puncheon, the pype, and the tun. Occasion- 
 ally the term ' pece ' is used as denominating a wine-measure, 
 but this seems not to have been a definite term, as on p. 284? 
 it is explained 'all the twnes of land vine foirsaid being 
 comptit at 4 pece the twn.^ Vinegar was measured by the 
 knag and terce ; apples and onions by the barrell ; iron and 
 steel by the ship-pund, spruis stane, barrell, kilderkin, and 
 last ; lint and hemp by the ' stik ' (bundle), stone, and last ; 
 skins by the dozen and thousand; salt by the boll, and 'gryt 
 salt ' (rock salt) by the mett, sometimes by the ' mett of Sanct 
 Mertenis," apparently a French measure ; deals, roof-spars, gar- 
 rones, steyngis (short batons), knapholt (small timber) boards, 
 and planks, by the hundred and thousand pieces ; ' burnewood ' 
 by the fathom ; madder by the ball or pock ; vaid (woad) by 
 the pock ; tar by the barrell, dried fish by the thousand ; herring 
 by the last; soap by the barrell; beer by the 'tree' and 
 barrell ; ' aiss (pearl-ash) by the barrell ; ropes and rigging 
 by the fathom ; alum by the fall and tun ; and lead and 
 pewter by the centren or sentinar. These are only a few of 
 the various measures; and it would clear up much of the 
 obscurity that hangs over this subject were the entries in this 
 volume codified to show the relative values of measures in 
 daily use. 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xxxix 
 
 David Wedderburne's position as a notary, gave him the 
 opportunity of making transcripts of charters and sasines in 
 his father's protocol books, and he also made searches among 
 legal documents for some of his clients. Instead of taking 
 fees for this kind of work, he occasionally made very quaint 
 bargains with those concerned. The following is a curious 
 instance : — 
 
 May 1610. James Myln in Elgin hes in presens of James 
 Fethie Alexander Myln and William Davidsone younger, promesit 
 me yeirly induring his lyftyme a quart of Aquavetie for the 
 favour and cowrtesie he hes receavit fra me anent the Aprobatione 
 of his auld infeftmentis ' (p. 102). 
 
 On another occasion Wedderburne made a bargain with a 
 client by which his wife was to profit. The entry (p. 102) is 
 worth quoting, as showing the very homely way in which 
 business was conducted : 
 
 'xij May I6IO. William Guthrie merchand is restand awand 
 me 3 terms dewetie. Item in presens of the clerk Mr. Johne 
 Ramsay, Master James Myln Alexander Myln Mr Johne Dynmour 
 he offerit me xx lib. for my wyffis rememberance and for sub- 
 scryving of the confirmation of his wryttis and I haif referrit to 
 his discretione to remember hir with ane stik of grew-gren silk 
 and a bowl of velvit pesmentis as his promes and his wyffis wes 
 at his hame cuming fra Flanderis this present voage in presens 
 of the saidis persones. He only gratefeit my wyf with 30 lib.' 
 
 On the same page another memorandum shows that Alex- 
 ander Bower received an extract of infeftment and renuncia- 
 tion from Wedderburne, and promised before witnesses that 
 on his return from Queinsbrig, he would give David's wife ' a 
 fyn lynt quheill worth 3 lib.' Another time (p. 46) John 
 Duncan, gardener, received on 10th May 1596, the documents 
 relating to 'Andro Davidsonis Volt,' and for this service he 
 was to pay twenty shillings and supply ' twa furris hard keill ' 
 (the blue pipe-clay used by housewives in Forfarshire) to 
 David's wife 'quhen winter cumis.' A curious instance of 
 converting an annual feu-duty into a payment in kind is 
 
xl WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 recorded on p. 45. Ninian Coppin and his wife, Margaret 
 Jak, occupied a house from which an annual duty of 4 lib. 
 was due to David Wedderburne. On 9th April 1596 the 
 bargain was made that Coppin should deliver to Wedder- 
 burne, every time he completed a voyage, a knag of vinegar 
 and a can of olive oil (oyle doly), for which Wedderburne 
 renounced his claim to the feu. On 4th May 1597 (p. 166), 
 reference is made to Coppin's ' ruber of vinacre and oyldoly ' 
 and to the ' 2 fardis keill ' from John Duncan, showing that 
 the bargains were carried out. 
 
 There are comparatively few entries in the Compt Bulk 
 relating to the wages of servants. The custom of giving 
 * arrels ^ on striking a bargain has already been referred to ; 
 but it seems also to have been the custom to give ' bounties ' 
 to valued servants, over and above their wages. Thus on 
 p. 182 it is noted that on 15th December 1589, Waltir Mores 
 received 'for the first quarteris payment of the secound yeir 
 xxxiij^iiij^. This quarter to ryn a quarter of a yeir or four- 
 teene dayis thre oukis efter Youle nixtocum and he hes 
 receauit a pair of brekis in bountay.^ A mysterious reference 
 is made on p. 153 to 44^ paid to Marjory Barry for 'bairnis 
 drink," which may either mean payment for nursing, or to 
 make provision for 'the groanin' mauf or drink provided for 
 visitors after the birth of a child. 
 
 Attention may be called to several very interesting entries 
 in the Compt Buik relating to the payment by David Wedder- 
 burne of the ' tochers ' or marriage portions of his daughters. 
 David's eldest daughter, Helen, was married on 21st May 
 1610, to her first husband, George Auchinlek. Her tocher 
 was one thousand merks, and it was paid in instalments. The 
 record of the last payment (p. 129) is thus detailed : — 
 
 ' Penult July, l6l2. Delyverit George Auchinlek fiftie merkis 
 in pairt payment of lib. quhilk rest awin him of his tocher 
 gude Quhilk hundreth lib. with 8^^ merkis awin me on James 
 Haliburtonis obligatione and his cautioneris complettis George 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xli 
 
 Auchinlekis tocher gude. Item gef George xl merkis I gat fra 
 Andro Mores of my Wyn syluer Item gef George 36 lib I gat fra 
 Robert Kyd of his burgeschip Item gef his wyf 4 lib quhilk scho 
 bocht beif with Quhilk altogidder is compleit payment of ane 
 hundredth lib. Quhilk altogidder is ane thousand merkis for his 
 tocher gude.* 
 
 Wedderburne^s second daughter, Eufame, was married to 
 James Symsone on 11th November 1610. Her tocher was also 
 one thousand merks, and it was completely paid by instalments 
 on 9th June 1612. The details of payments will be found on 
 pp. 129, 130, and need not here be repeated. Attention may 
 also be directed to p. 178, where the widow of a slater is 
 empowered by the Town Council to carry on her late 
 husband's trade; the note on p. 85 declaring that David's 
 daughter Eufame had bought the plaid of her deceased 
 sister Janet for eleven lib; and to the proposed inscription 
 for the family pew in the church, on p. 184. The footnotes, 
 in which many of the persons named are identified, may be 
 useful to genealogists. 
 
 The Shipping Lists of Dundee. 1580-1618 
 
 The earliest volume of Shipping Lists of Dundee which has 
 been preserved was begun on 21st March 1612 and ended on 
 26th August 1681. A very complete search in the Municipal 
 Charter-room has failed to disclose any regularly kept volume 
 previous to that date. This search, however, brought to light a 
 small book which had apparently been used as a scroll regis- 
 ter of entries from 22nd November 1580 till 17th November 
 1589. No regular record exists of the entries between the 
 latter date and 21st March 1612 ; but the memoranda in this 
 scroll are sufficient to show the imports during the nine 
 years which are included. It was not deemed necessary to 
 transcribe the entries later than 23rd September 1618, as the 
 details given are sufficient to show the state of the import 
 
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 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 trade during the period covered by the Compt Buik. It 
 would certainly have been interesting to have had the imports 
 for 1602, so that they might be compared with those of the 
 years immediately following the Union of the Crowns ; but 
 no record of these has been found. A careful study of the 
 Shipping Lists will show the foreign countries with which 
 Scotland traded, the places from which certain goods were 
 brought, the kind of goods imported, the quantities declared 
 officially, and the capacities of the ships that brought cargoes 
 from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Flanders, France, 
 and Spain. No similar record of the Scottish trade of the 
 period has hitherto been published. 
 
 The scroll volume is itself an interesting document, apart 
 from the lists it contains. The book consists of fifty-four 
 folios, each page measuring 10 inches by 3f inches. It has 
 originally been used by Alexander Wedderburne, town-clerk of 
 Dundee (brother of the author of the Compt Buik) as a Latin 
 exercise-book, and the first four pages have carefully written 
 descriptions, in dictionary form, of the Roman deities. The 
 front page has an obliterated and imperfect inscription, Liher 
 Alexandri Wedderh . . . burgess Deidonam. There are several 
 Latin sentences scrawled over this page, such as Vivit post 
 funera virtus; Vive vitam vitantem viam vitroi'um; and also 
 several incoherent words in Greek character. The second 
 page is headed Nomina et qfficia Romanorum, and describes 
 briefly the official duties under the heads, Rex, Senatus, 
 Consilium, Dictator, Imperator, Tribunum, Prefectus, Epi- 
 scopus, Censores. On the blank portion of this page the 
 following sentences have been scrawled at a later date : — 
 ' Sir Alexander Wedderburne, Jinis coronat opus ; Nemo sine 
 Crimina vivit.'' Page 3 continues the list of Roman officers 
 thus : — ' Quaestores, Interreges, Ediles." The fourth page has 
 the heading ' Nomina deoru quos romani Colverint^ and the 
 persons described are Saturnus, Jupiter, Sol, Bacchus, Mer- 
 curius, Mars, Vulcanus, Venus, and Diana. The list is thus- 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xliii 
 
 continued on the fifth page : — Neptiinus, Pluto, Juno, Pallas, 
 Naiades, Driades, Amadriades, Pereades, Dodona, Lucina, 
 Astrea, Themis, Senecta, Juvcntor. The intention has been to 
 extend the list over the sixth page, but only these entries 
 have been made : 'LacJiesis dea vita ; Atropos dea mortes ; Clotlio 
 dea creationis ; Medusa.'' It will be seen from these head- 
 ings that the Latin is of the school-boy kind ; and it is very 
 likely that the book was first used by Alexander Wedder- 
 burne when he was attending the Dundee Grammar School. 
 
 The book was begun as a record of Shipping on folio 5 and 
 the entries are consecutive for twelve folios. The succeeding 
 order is as follows: — 3 fol. blank; 7 fol. consecutive; this 
 portion after fol. 4 being merely memoranda with few dates ; 
 14 fol. blank ; one page under date 17 November 1589 ; rest 
 of book blank. The fifth fol. has the heading 'Ane Buik 
 conteanand the Intressis of Schippis dischairgeand at ze port 
 of Dundie begynning in ye moneth of Nouember in Anno 
 D"^ IdSO.' The entries begin on p. 195 of the present volume. 
 
 The first regular register of ships, as already explained, 
 begins on 21st March 1612 and extends to 26th August 1681. 
 The title-page describes the volume as ' The Buik of ye 
 entresis of Schippis arryvand at ye port and Heavin of Dundie 
 Begun in ye moneth of ]\Iarch Anno D^'^ 1612.' On this page 
 there are various scrawled sentences, such as : — ' Sir Alexander 
 Wedderburne Clerk of Dundee his book of shippis entries, 
 1651." The well-known epitaph on Mary, Queen of Scots, 
 which is written in the Compt BuiJc (p. 188) is here begun but 
 left incomplete, though a quaint Scots translation is given of 
 the first four lines. It may be explained that the Latin both 
 here and in the Compt Buik is very dubious, but it has been 
 carefully transliterated : 
 
 Epitaphiim Maria Regixa Scotoruji 
 
 Regibus orta auxj Reges Regiiiaque vixj 
 
 Nupta tribus, tribus orba viris, Tria Regiia reliquj 
 
 Gallus opes, Scotus cunas, habet Anglia sepulchrum. 
 
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 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 Idem Scoticae 
 
 I came of Kings, I Kiiigis maryet, my stait a croun did crave. 
 Thrice weddit, and als wedow thryis. Three kingdomes here I leave, 
 France hes my welth, Scotland my birth, and England hes my grave. 
 
 The method adopted for assessing the dues upon ships 
 entering the harbour of Dundee is clearly shown by the 
 Shipping Lists. The skipper or the clerk of the ship had 
 to appear before some of the bailies and (occasionally) the 
 Dean of Guild, and had to render a detailed account of his 
 cargo, giving the names of the merchants to whom the goods 
 belonged. As the first volume was only the scroll, these 
 details were not all entered, the note being made that the 
 Dean of Guild, who collected the dues, had the ' partikler 
 tiket ' or list of merchants. On one occasion it is noted 
 that the master of the ship had ' made his bodelie aith ' that 
 he had rendered a true and full account of the cargo. The 
 Lists show where the goods were brought from, and this is a 
 point of very considerable interest. Norway supplies nearly 
 all the timber, though there are several ship-loads of trees and 
 bark from England. The Norweojian timber consisted of 
 trees measuring from nine to twelve ells, pieces of oak, 
 ' crukit timmer ^ used for building the prows of ships, 
 ' steingis "* or batons, roof-spars, knapholt, and burnwood. 
 Salt was brought from Rochelle and St. Martins in France. 
 Woad (waid, vayd) and other dye-stuffs came from Dieppe 
 and Bordeaux. Iron of two kinds, 'oismont' and 'gaid' was 
 imported from Stockholm; and ' dry- ware geir' (probably 
 iron pots and similar hardware) came from Flanders. The 
 most notable import was wine, which was brought in great 
 quantities from France and Spain — such quantities, indeed, 
 as show that Dundee must have been one of the principal 
 ports for distributing wine throughout Scotland. The cargoes 
 from France were sometimes very miscellaneous, including 
 wine of two kinds, described as ' wyne ' and ' land wyne,' paper, 
 passementerie, hats, belts, playing-cards, toys for children, 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 xlv 
 
 pens, and ink-horns. Plum-damas, Dutch beer, English 
 ' drinking beir ' (to distinguish it from barley), ale, figs, onions, 
 apples, corn, rye, pease, pitch, vinegar, ' kists of glass' and 
 ' cradills of glass," were among the imports. 
 
 A very interesting subject is opened up by examining the 
 names of the various vessels that either belonged to the port 
 of Dundee or entered there from foreign ports with special 
 cargoes. In the Preface to Andrew HaJyhurtons Ledger ^ 
 Professor Cosmo Innes alludes to the names of ships entered 
 in some of the customars' reports for 1617-22, and it is curious 
 to find quite a number of the strange names prevailing in 
 other ports than Dundee. It will be noted that several of the 
 ships mentioned by him are included in the Dundee Shipping 
 Lists. By referring to the index of the present volume, a full 
 list of the names of ships will be found. Among the odd 
 names the following may be mentioned : — Bark Allane, 
 Blessing of God, Claynge Coist, Klynkebellis, Dragon, Falcon,^ 
 Fleing Hart, Fortoun, Gift of God (a translation of Dei 
 Donum the mythical origin of the name Dundee), Godsend, 
 Grace of God, Hope for Grace, Mary Galland (sometimes 
 Merrie Gallant), Nychtingall, Onlie, Hope Weill, Preittie 
 Jhane, Reid Lyone, Seahors, Sancto Willo, Thrie Kyngis, 
 and Unikorn. It may be mentioned that several of the names 
 are found alike in 1580 and in 1680 ; whether the vessels 
 were the same or not it would be difficult to say. In the 
 Compt Bulk several entries appear which show that ships 
 were owned in half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth parts, 
 and from the prices of shares quoted, it is sometimes possible 
 to estimate the total cost of a crear or vessel. The smaller 
 ships were kept for coasting trade, some of them bringing dried 
 fish and butter from Orkney, and herring from the Hebrides. 
 It is also shown in the Compt Bidk that David Wedderburne 
 exported salmon from the Tay. Indeed, the study of this 
 volume will throw a flood of light upon the export and import 
 trade of Scotland during the fifty years covered by the entries. 
 
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 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 There is another point of considerable importance that 
 might have been explained fully in this Introduction, had 
 space permitted ; viz., the secularisation of ecclesiastical pro- 
 perty. The Scrymgeoures of Dudhope had been munificent 
 benefactors of the Church in pre-Reformation times, and Sir 
 James Scrymgeoure managed to maintain his hold upon some 
 of tlie revenues which had been gifted by his ancestors. 
 Annual rents had been granted from various tenements in 
 Dundee for the support of chaplains at some of the altars in 
 the Church of St. ]\Iary. David Wedderburue was factor for 
 the chaplainry of St. James Minor (Littil St. James), and his 
 accounts of intromissions with the revenue are detailed 
 explicitly. In 16^6 — fourteen years after Wedderburne's death 
 — James Scrymgeoure, second Viscount Dudhope, disposed of all 
 the chaplainries which he held to the Town Council ; and dues 
 are still levied by the Town Chamberlain from various pro- 
 perties in Dundee that were charged with annual rents for the 
 support of the Church. It would be impossible here to treat 
 this matter exhaustively ; but the Compt Buik furnishes much 
 material bearing directly upon this subject. This Introduc- 
 tion is merely intended to indicate briefly how the Compt 
 Bulk and the Shipping Lists may be utilised by students of 
 social and commercial life in Scotland in the sixteenth 
 century. 
 
THE AVEDDERBURN FAMILY 
 
 Ix common with many other old Scotch families, that of 
 AVedderburn finds the earliest recorded mention of its name in 
 the famous Ragman Roll, or instrument of homage, by which, 
 in 1296, the great nobles and lesser barons of Scotland swore 
 fealty to Edward i. of England. Among the latter was 
 AValter de Wedderburn, whose seal, bearing his name and a 
 seven-rayed star, is still attached to the ancient document. 
 Beyond this, nothing is known of him, but it is clear that the 
 AVedderburns were an important border family in the four- 
 teenth and earlier part of the fifteenth centuries. The ' vill'' 
 or township, manor-place, or tower of Wedderburn is constantly 
 mentioned in the documents of the time, and there are occa- 
 sional, though infrequent, references to persons of the name. 
 John de Wedderburn is one of those sitting on an inquisition 
 in regard to the ' viir of Lumsden in 1364, and attaches to 
 the record (still extant) the seal of his arms, ' a chevron en- 
 grailed between three roses or cinquefoils pierced.'^ AVilliam 
 de Wedderburn is often named from 1375 on. Among the 
 Douglas Charters 2 is a resignation (in 1375) by Robert Ayr 
 to Margaret Stewart, Countess of Mar and Angus, of the lands 
 of Fastforland, co. Berwick, the attestation clause of which 
 recites that ' since the seal of the grantee is less well known, 
 he has got leave to attach to the resignation that of a noble- 
 man, William of Wedirburn."* Unfortunately the seal is gone 
 
 1 Coldingham Charters : Hist. N. Durham, by Rev. James Raine, App. 
 p. io8, No. Dcxx. 
 
 2 The Douglas Book, by Sir William Fraser, vol, iii. No. 23. 
 
xlviii AVEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 from the document, and its bearings, therefore, are not known. 
 Other mentions of AViUiam of Wedderburn are to be found in 
 the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, the Great Seal Register of 
 Scotland, etc. Perhaps, having regard to the period they 
 cover, the earlier and later entries refer to different indi- 
 viduals of the name. William of Wedderburn is named as 
 making a payment to the customars of Edinburgh in 1407-8 
 {Exch. Rolls, iv. 42) ; as a witness, in 1424 (Great Seal Re^., 
 1424-1513, § 195) ; and (1426) as the grantee of lands in the 
 vill of Blacater, 1426 {ih. § 79). So again William of Wedder- 
 burn, ' scutifer,"* is mentioned in 1426-34 as the tutor of John 
 Swinton of that Ilk (The Sivintons of that Ilk: Edin., 1884, 
 passim), while among the papal dispensations at the Vatican is 
 one, dated 1431, for the marriage of William of Widderburn (sic) 
 with Catharine de Stane.^ In 1452 also William of Wethir- 
 burn (sic) witnesses a grant to Patrick Dunbar of lands in the 
 county of Berwick (Great Seal Reg., 1424-1513, § 547). 
 
 From this Berwickshire family, tradition has it, the For- 
 farshire house of the name branched off. The connection 
 of the one with the other is, at present, almost entirely 
 traditional. According to Douglas's Baronage of Scotland., 
 the lands of Wedderburn devolved on an heiress who married 
 a Home, and so founded the family of Homes of Wedderburn, 
 who have ever since owned the lands of that name. Some 
 have asserted that this heiress was one Alice, wife of Sir David 
 Home, who obtained royal charters of the lands of Wedder- 
 burn in favour of himself and his wife, dated 19th April 1430 
 and 16th May 1450. This can hardly be correct, as the 
 Homes of Wedderburn were established a century earlier than 
 these grants. Sir David Home of Wedderburn is named in a 
 document dated 16th September 1341, extant among the Cold- 
 ingham Charters (Raine's North Durham, App. p. 99, No. 
 DLXv), Tradition apart, the evidence of connection between 
 
 1 Complete Peerage, vol. iv. App. 
 
THE FAMILY HISTORY 
 
 xlix 
 
 the Wedderburns in Berwickshire and Forfarshire consists 
 of the identity of a somewhat uncommon name, and 
 of the above-named arms of John of Wedderburn (1364) 
 with those which members of the Forfarshire family are 
 found bearing a century later,^ and on the fact, indicative 
 of a change of county, that while there is no record of any 
 such family of importance in the county of Berwick after 1450, 
 there is no doubt that soon after that date there was already 
 established in Forfarshire, and chiefly at Dundee, a numerous 
 and active family of the name. The rise of the family in 
 Dundee immediately follows the decline of the Berwickshire 
 house, and though tradition is in error in suggesting that the 
 lands of AVedderburn first passed to the Homes by a marriage 
 in 1430-50, it may be correct in asserting that the male repre- 
 sentative of the Wedderburns of the Border travelled north 
 and founded the family in Dundee. 
 
 The origin of the Dundee family, like the decline of that in 
 the county of Berwick, cannot be clearly traced. The one 
 rises, as the other dwindles down, indistinctly. No common 
 ancestor can be found for the Dundee house. Douglas in his 
 Baronage provides one in the person of ' James Wedderburn, 
 who, in the reign of James iii., was designed merchant-burgess 
 of Dundee,' and though he adds, ' as will be shown hereafter," 
 he does not show it. James iii. reigned from 1460 to 1488, 
 and there seems to be no document as early as the latter date, 
 naming a James Wedderburn, burgess of Dundee. The earliest 
 document naming any one of the name in the county of Forfar 
 is a retour of an inquest, held at Kirriemuir, 16th April 1464, 
 finding Marjorie de Strazawquhyn heir to her sister, Elizabeth, 
 in the lands of Kingennie. On this inquest is David Wedder- 
 
 ^ 'A chevron between three roses or cinquefoils ' are the constant bearings 
 of the Forfarshire house. They are found on a seal of David Wedderburn, 
 attached to the abovenamed retour of inquest held at Kirriemuir, i6th April 1464, 
 in the charter-chest of Mr. Scrymgeour- Wedderburn of Wedderburn, the only 
 difference from the arms of 1364 being that they show the chevron engrailed and 
 the roses pierced, which is no doubt due to distinctions of cadency. 
 
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 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 burn, whose seal, bearing a chevron between three cinquefoils, 
 is attached to the document. Other early mentions of a David 
 Wedderburn are to be found, 1476-95, in the Great Seal 
 Register. He is named as witnessing two documents at Aber- 
 nethy, one in 1476, the other in 1480-81, as well as four grants, 
 made at Dundee in 1485-90-95.^ Similarly, the two earliest 
 references to the name in the charter-room at Dundee are 
 both to a David Wedderburn. Of these, one is in the Book 
 oj the Church (printed as an appendix in MaxwelFs History 
 of Old Dundee^ 1884), and names a David Wedderburn as 
 on the council of the burgh, while the other is a resignation, 
 8th July 1497, of a S. Murraygate land, made by one 
 William Newman in favour of Christian Anderson, relict and 
 executrix of the late David Wedderburn.^ This David, how- 
 ever, cannot be the common ancestor of the Wedderburns in 
 Dundee. Later documents, from 1500 on, make it clear that 
 he had contemporaries of his name, possibly his brothers, or at 
 least his more or less near cousins. Douglases endeavour to 
 trace all the Wedderburns of whom he had note to one common 
 ancestor has been fruitful of error, and led him, and others 
 after him, to assign to other members of the family an alto- 
 gether erroneous place. 
 
 The fact is that from about 1450 there were flourishing in 
 Dundee some four different branches of the name, all, without 
 doubt, closely related to each other, but whether descended of 
 a common father, grandfather, or still more remote progenitor, 
 it is impossible to say. 
 
 These four branches may be described as those of — 
 
 I. James Wedderburn and Janet Barry, and their descend- 
 
 ants at Leith and in Moravia. 
 
 II. Walter Wedderburn, in the Welgait of Dundee, and his 
 
 descendants at Cupar-Fife, and at Kilmarnock, co. Ayr. 
 
 1 Seethe Great Seal Reg., vol. I424-I5I3,§§ 1558, 1560, 1615, 1935, 1967-8, 
 2305. 
 
 ^ Dundee Charters, etc., Box xiv. ix. 7. 
 
THE FAMILY HISTORY 
 
 li 
 
 III. David Wedderburn, in the Murraygait of Dundee and 
 his descendants, proprietors of Craigie ; and lastly, 
 
 IV. Robert Wedderburn, who married Janet, daughter of 
 
 David Froster of Methven, and their descendants, in- 
 cluding a son, Robert Wedderburn, who married Janet 
 Kyd, and was the progenitor of the Wedderburns of 
 Kingennie, Easter Powrie and that Ilk, Blackness, 
 Balindean, and Gosford. 
 As it is to the last of these four branches that David 
 Wedderburn, the author of the Compt Bidl', belongs, brief 
 accounts of the other three may be sufficient. 
 
 I. James Wedderburn, who married Janet Barry, may have 
 been born about 1450. He died 1513-14, and his son, James, 
 was retoured heir to him 28th September 1521. He left five 
 sons : James, John, and Robert, the authors of the Glide and 
 Godlie Ballates, Henry, and Gilbert ; and (probably more 
 than) one daughter, Elizabeth, who is named in 1527 as 
 the relict of Robert Ferquhar. The three elder sons were 
 among the earliest Scottish Reformers. James attacked the 
 errors of the time by writing satirical plays, none of which, 
 however, have come down to us, while John and Robert pro- 
 duced a famous work, the Gude and Godlie Ballates,^ long 
 known as the Dundee Psalms, which has survived, and holds 
 a distinct and interesting place in the history of Scottish 
 literature and the Scottish Church. Their zeal led them into 
 difficulties, of which Calderwood (Hist, of the Church, i. 142) 
 gives an account. James and John were declared heretics, 
 and had to leave Scotland. James went to Dieppe, where he 
 traded as a merchant, while John travelled in Germany, and, 
 after returning home, in 1542, fled to England in 1546, and 
 there died in 1556. 'Pulsus in exilium an. 1546. Ewul in 
 Anglia moritur 1556,^ is the heading of a Latin poem upon 
 him by John Johnston, professor at St. Andrews, 1593- 
 
 ^ See David Laing's edition, reprinted from that of 1578 (Edin. 1868), and 
 * The Wedderburns and their Work,' by Dr. A. F. Mitchell {Blackwood, 1867). 
 
lii 
 
 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 1611. Robert, the third brother, was more fortunate, for, 
 after studying in Paris, he came home and succeeded his 
 maternal uncle, John Barry, as Vicar of Dundee. He was, there 
 is little doubt, the author of ' Vedderburn's Complaynt of Scot- 
 land'' (as it is termed in the Harleian Catalogue), although efforts 
 have been made to claim it for Sir James Inglis or Sir David 
 Lindsay of the Mount. ^ He died between October 1554 and 
 November 1560, and though, of course, as a churchman, he was 
 unmarried, he left two sons, David and Robert, for whom he 
 obtained letters of legitimation under the Great Seal, dated 
 13th January 1552-53. Their mother was Isobell Lovell, who 
 afterwards married David Cant, of Dundee. The priority of 
 these two sons is not quite certain, but is of no moment, since 
 it is clear that David died, unmarried, before 28th December 
 1585, when his brother, Robert, is named as his heir. Robert 
 was long a merchant in Dundee. He was admitted a burgess, 
 14th December 1580, and lived on the south side of the Fluker- 
 gait. Robert Wedderburn, merchant, as he is constantly called 
 to distinguish him from his namesake, the notary {post, p. Ixv), 
 married Euphame, daughter of John Coustoun, of Dundee, and 
 relict of Robert Scott. Both he and his wife are named in the 
 Compt Bulk. She died in the autumn of 1612, while he sur- 
 vived her some years. By her he had two sons, David and 
 John, both mentioned in the Compt Buik, and a daughter, 
 Elizabeth, who was thrice married — (1) to Robert Murray, one 
 of his Majesty's Guard ; (2) to Thomas Moncur of Seggie- 
 den ; and (3) at Dundee, 27th Feb. 1647, to James Lovell 
 of Kinneuchie. She erected a monument in the HowfF of 
 Dundee to her first husband, on which she describes herself as 
 ' ex antiqua Wedderburnorum oriunda ' (Monteith's Theater of 
 Mortality). Of her brothers, David, who seems to have 
 settled at Burntisland, where he became a burgess, married 
 Alison Watson, and died in 1627, leaving two sons, Andrew 
 
 ^ See, as to the strong probability of Wedderburn being its author, Old 
 Dundee prior to the Reformation, by Alexander Maxwell^(i89i), pp. 139 seq. 
 
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liv 
 
 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 (died 1639) and Alexander (died 1628), both of them un- 
 married. Their uncle John must also have died without de- 
 scendants, as on 31st Dec. 1642 their aunt Elizabeth Wedder- 
 burn was retoured heir to her brother, David. 
 
 In addition to these three elder sons, of whom an account 
 has thus been given, James Wedderburn and Janet Barry had 
 two other sons, Henry and Gilbert, of whom less is known. 
 Henry married Matilda Carncross, and had issue (besides 
 three sons who died young) two daughters, Janet (married 
 Thomas Nichol) and Margaret (married Thomas Davidson). 
 His widow married, secondly, Robert Anderson. Gilbert is 
 named several times in the Register of the Privy Seal, as 
 (1538) getting a gift of his goods escheated on his conviction 
 for heresy ; as (1543) being at the horn for the slaughter of 
 David Rollok ; and again (1544-45) as obtaining a remission 
 for his art and part in the slaughter of George Rollok, and in 
 that of David Rollok ' committed an old feud and forethought 
 felony." He was a merchant in Leith, and died in 1559, leav- 
 ing by his wife, Isobell Dykesoun (who married secondly John 
 Brown), three sons, Henry, Thomas, and John. Of these only 
 Thomas seems to have married and had issue, as his daughter,, 
 Agnes (married Abakuk Bisset) is named in a decreet of 6th 
 July 1609 as Gilbert's ' oy and heir.' ^ The eldest son, Henry, 
 was in the army, and is named as present at the sieges of 
 Dumbarton and Leith. 
 
 It remains to give an account of James AVedderburn (eldest 
 son of James Wedderburn and Janet Barry) and his de- 
 scendants. He had, as we have seen, to fly from Scotland, 
 and lived at Dieppe, where he died, 1550-53. Calderwood 
 says that on his deathbed he admonished his son thus : ' We 
 have been acting our part in the theater, you are to succeed, 
 see that you act your part faithfullie."* He had married Janet^ 
 daughter and heiress of David Forrester, in Nevay, and with 
 
 1 Her father, Thomas, had died at Leith in 1574, leaving his widow, Agnes 
 Craufurd, as his executrix. 
 
THE FAMILY HISTORY 
 
 Iv 
 
 her had obtained a Great Seal charter, 20th Jan. 1528, to 
 themselves and their son, John, of the lands of Trosco and 
 Tullohill, which they resigned, however, in 1533. The son, 
 John, was retoured heir to his father, 5th Nov. 1553, having 
 no doubt at length found it possible to return home from abroad 
 to Dundee. He is constantly named in the Dundee Records, 
 and was twice married — (1) to Agnes, daughter of James Hop- 
 pringill, and (2), in 1569, the year of his death, to Christian, 
 daughter of John Wischart of that Ilk. By his second wife 
 he had no family, but by his first he left two sons, James 
 and John, and two daughters. Christian, who married (1569) 
 Alexander Auchterlounie, and Grisild, who married George 
 Lindsay, of Dundee. Of the sons, James survived his father, 
 and was retoured heir to him in July 1570, but died un- 
 married before July 1578, when his brother, John, was re- 
 toured his heir. John was a shipowner, and is called ' nau- 
 clerus ' or ' nauta ' in the Dundee Records, and is also mentioned 
 as ' heretable owner of the free-lands of Abirbothrie.'' He 
 is twice named in the Compt Bidk, in 1589 and 1593, and on 
 the second occasion is called ' John Wedderburn in Kirkstyell.* 
 He died 1603, having married, about 1582, Margaret Lindsay 
 (of the Achnady family), who predeceased him on 12th Aug. 
 1599. By her he had three daughters, Agnes who married 
 Gilbert Ramsay, Margaret who married Robert Haly burton, 
 and Helen who died unmarried, besides two sons, both of 
 whom reached distinction. The younger, James (born 1585), 
 was a student at St. Andrews, and afterwards doctor of theo- 
 logy there.^ He entered the Church, and became a favourite 
 of Archbishop Laud, through whose influence he obtained 
 various preferments in England, and was ultimately (1636) ap- 
 pointed Bishop of Dunblane and Dean of the Chapel Royal of 
 
 ^ He was at one time tutor to the children of the great scholar, Isaac Casaubon, 
 and among the Burney mss. in the British Museum are several letters from him 
 to Casaubon, and to his son Meric, who seems to have been Wedderburn's 
 especial pupil. 
 
Ivi , WEDDERBURiNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 Scotland. He was one of those who drew up the new liturgy, 
 and for this, and ' introducing Popish ceremonies,' was excom- 
 municated by the General Assembly at Glasgow, and had, like 
 his great-grandfather before him, to leave Scotland. He 
 retired to Canterbury, died there in 1639, and was buried 
 in the cathedral, where the inscription on a plain slab over his 
 remains describes him as ' antiqujE probitatis et fidei mag- 
 numque ob excellentem doctrinam patriae suae ornamentum.** 
 
 John Wedderburn, the bishop's elder brother, was eminent in 
 the profession of medicine. He was for some time resident in 
 Padua, where he entertained the traveller Lithgow, who records 
 his kindness. ' In Padua,' he writes, ' I staid three months, learn- 
 ing the Italian tongue, and found there a country gentleman of 
 mine. Doctor John Wedderburne, a learned mathematician, but 
 now (1628) dwelling in Moravia, who taught me well in the 
 language, and in all other respects exceeding friendly to me.' 
 Dr. Wedderburn, who is termed ' protomedicus in regione 
 Moraviae,' was returned heir to his brother, the bishop, on 23rd 
 Aug. 1641. There is still extant^ a letter, dated at Brinthe, 
 29th July 1647, from him to his cousin of Kingennie, whom he 
 addresses as ' primm of our neam.' jFrom this document it 
 appears that he was twice married, and by each wife had a 
 son. The elder, John James Wedderburn (born 1627), designed 
 * of Drohanavitis in Moravia,' was retoured heir (2nd Jan. 
 1654) to his father, his uncle, the bishop, his grandfather, 
 and great-grandfather {Dundee Burgh Records, vol. 30 s.d.). 
 The other son, William, was born in 1639, and was living 
 in 1652. A descendant of one of these brothers was living 
 in 1709, when (6th Jan.) there is a decreet {Mackenzie''s Office^ 
 vol. 170) on a summons by Sir James Kinloch, ' owner of 
 Wedderburn's aikers or tlie freland ' v. William Charles Wed- 
 derburn, portioner of Aberbrotharie, living in Moravia in 
 Germany, for the production of his titles, which are decerned 
 
 ^ Among the Blackness Papers, in possession of Sir William Wedderburn, 
 Bart., M.P. 
 
THE FAMILY HISTORY 
 
 Ivii 
 
 to be void. The late Mr. John Wedderburn of Auchterhouse 
 (died 1839), who published (1824) a brief account of his 
 family, states, in a later ms. enlargement of his book, that the 
 descendants of the doctor were flourishing in Moravia under 
 the name of ' Wetterborn ** in 1816, and, if this was the 
 case, the line of James AVedderburn and Janet Barry may 
 still be represented by their Moravian descendants. 
 
 II. Of the next branch of the family but few members are 
 mentioned in the Covipt Bulk. Walter Wedderburn in the 
 Welgait, who died before 1524, had by, it is believed, Janet 
 Nicholson three sons, David, William, and Andrew. Of these, 
 Andrew died, unmarried, before 6th Oct. 1524, when his 
 brother, William, is named as his heir. This William was 
 a, monk in Aberbrothock, and is called ' dominus ' (Sir) in 
 his ecclesiastical capacity. David, the eldest brother, or at 
 any rate the only one who married, carried on the line 
 of the family, and died 1559-60. He married twice — (1) 
 before 1524, Elizabeth Dog, and (2) Elizabeth Strathauchin 
 who survived him, and married, secondly, William Loch- 
 malony. By his second wife he had issue, two sons, Robert 
 and Alexander. Of these the former died s.p., while Alexander 
 (named in the Compt Buik, pp. 47, 59 7i, 126), who was born 
 about 1552, settled in Fife, and became a burgess of Cupar, as 
 well as of Dundee. He acquired the estate of Pittormie, county 
 of Fife, and died at Cupar, 15th Feb. 1627, leaving by his 
 wife. Christian Fairny, who survived him, three sons and three 
 •daughters — Margaret, married Andrew Bennet, minister of 
 Creich ; Beatrix, married John Lessells ; and Cristean, mar- 
 ried (1) C. Cunningham and (2) David Robertson. She and 
 her first husband are once named in the Compt Buik (p. 165). 
 The sons were — 1 . Jolin, who got sasine of Pittormie on the 
 death of his father, but of whose subsequent career little is 
 known. 2. William, regent of philosophy in the old college 
 of St. Andrews, and minister first of Pittenweem, and later in 
 Dundee. He married (1611) Magdalen, daughter of Alex- 
 
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 lix 
 
 ander Wedderburn of Kingennie, and left as his heir an only 
 surviving child, Margaret, who married (1) Dr. Andrew 
 Bruce, Principal of St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews, and 
 (2) Alexander Forrester. Her mother married, secondly, 
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 title of Lord Fodderance. 3. James, minister of Moonzie 
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 (besides three sons, John, Alexander, and AVilliam, who all 
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 some other son or sons also, together with six daughters, 
 Isobel, Helen, Beatrix, Margaret, Mary, and another, all of 
 whom died unmarried, 1666-90. (2) Andrew, minister of Liff, 
 w^ho was imprisoned for ' keeping a conventicle.' He married 
 Elizabeth Daw, and by her had issue several children, but his 
 male line became extinct, and his daughter, Margaret, was 
 retoured heir to him in 1703. She married James Halsone of 
 Anstruther Wester, and died in 1708, leaving issue. The 
 third son of James Wedderburn was (3) Alexander, minister of 
 Forgan, and later of Kilmarnock, county of Ayr, who was the 
 author of various sermons published after his death. He died 
 in 1678, from the effects of a blow dealt him with the butt 
 of a musket by one of the Highland host in the town of Kil- 
 marnock, leaving by Helen, daughter of Thomas Turnbull of 
 Boghill, a numerous family of three sons and five daughters. 
 The sons were Robert, William, and John, but their careers 
 have not been traced. 
 
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 be added an equally brief record. David Wedderburn in 
 Murraygait, who died before Nov. 1518, left by his wife, Cristian 
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THE FAMILY HISTORY Ixi 
 
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 constantly named in the Dundee Records, as of the Murraygait 
 and of Craigie, of which he got a Great Seal charter in 1539. 
 He was twice married — (1) to Cristian Jameson, who died 
 1532-3 ; and (2) to Helen Lawson, who survived him, and was 
 livins: in 1568. It is from this David and Helen Lawson that 
 Douglas, in his Baronage, derives the Kingennie branch of 
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 both by his second marriage, and their male lines soon became 
 extinct. They were James and William, and are both con- 
 stantly named in the Dundee Records. AVilliam (died 1592-97) 
 married Margaret Rollok, and had issue two sons, James and 
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 and died in Sept. 1575. He married Margaret Dundas, and 
 by her (who survived him, and married, secondly, William 
 Fotheringhame) had two sons and three daughters. The latter 
 were Helen, Elizabeth, and Euphame, of whom little is known. 
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 about 1556-57, and seems to have been bred to the law. He 
 is 'my eme John Wedderburn wryter' named in the Compt 
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 relict of Robert Jaksone, by whom he had one child, Elizabeth, 
 who married James Kynnaird, and with him went to Denmark, 
 where they were living in 1616. The second son, Walter, 
 
 1 He had also two daughters, Isobel, who married Alexander Kyd, and 
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THE FAMILY HISTORY 
 
 Ixiii 
 
 married Marjorie Bruce, relict of David Bruce of Lynmyln, 
 but he died s.p. about 1605, when his niece, Elizabeth, was 
 retoured heir to him. The extinction of the male line of 
 James of Craigie is thus clear, and as that of his brother, 
 William, has also been shown, it seems certain that by 1605 
 the male line of old David Wedderburn of Murraygait had 
 died out. 
 
 IV. Three branches of the family in Dundee have now been 
 dealt with, the progenitors of whom were no doubt nearly 
 related. From none of them, however, descended the far more 
 important and enduring branch of the family to which David 
 belonged, and of which an account has now to be given. Robert 
 Wedderburn, possibly a brother of James Wedderburn (who 
 married Janet Barry) and his contemporaries, Walter in Wel- 
 gait and David in Murraygait, is early mentioned in the 
 Records of Dundee. He married Janet, daughter of Robert 
 Froster in Methven, who is named as his relict in 1530-31. 
 By her he had five sons and certainly one daughter, Elizabeth, 
 who married no less than four times — (1) Alexander Lovell, 
 (2) Archibald Campbell of Murthlie, (3) Alexander Ogilvie, 
 provost of Dundee, and (4) Patrick Lyoun, burgess there. 
 Her brothers were : 1. James, who married (1) Isobell Scrym- 
 geour, and (2) Janet Logan, and left by his second wife two 
 sons, Robert and Edward, of whom the younger married Janet 
 Inglis, by whom he had three daughters,^ while the elder 
 married Elspeth Scrymgeour, and died 1551-52, leaving two 
 children, Robert and Margaret. Of these the son was living 
 in 1577, but died before 19th Sept. 1580, when his sister is 
 named as his heir. 2. Robert, progenitor of the lines of 
 Kingennie, Blackness, and Gosford (see below and Chart v). 
 3. Alexander, a merchant in Dundee, who married Isobell 
 Anderson, by whom he had two sons, Richard and Patrick, 
 
 ^ Catherine married Thomas Blair, and d. i6o6 ; Eufame, married Archibald 
 Blyth ; and Elizabeth, died unmarried 1596-97. 
 
Ixiv 
 
 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 both named in the Compt Buik, and three daughters, Euphame 
 (married Andrew Geddes), Janet (married Andrew Auch- 
 inlek), and Elizabeth (married James Taring). Richard went 
 to Denmark, and became a well-to-do burgess in Elsinore ; 
 Patrick remained in Dundee, married Elizabeth Low, and 
 by her had several children, of whom, however, only one son, 
 Alexander (married Barbara Auchinlek), carried on the male 
 line of his family. He in his turn had more than one son, 
 but only one who survived,^ Andrew, who, though twice 
 married (1, to Elspet Fletcher; 2, to Christian Duncan), 
 died s.p., 1683-84. 4. George, married Euphame Fowlair, 
 but died s.p. about 1673. 5. David, of whom little is known. 
 He seems to have had a son William,- who may have gone 
 north to Aberdeen, and there founded the Aberdeenshire 
 family of the name, of whom David Wedderburn, the gram- 
 marian, was a distinguished son. 
 
 There yet remains one other son, probably the second, of 
 old Robert Wedderburn and Janet Froster. This was Robert, 
 the grandfather of the author of the Compt BiiiK', in which he 
 is thrice mentioned (pp. 15, 1 7, 18). He married Janet Kyd, died 
 1575-77, leaving issue, three sons, Alexander, Peter, and 
 Robert, and three daughters, Barbara, Elizabeth, and Janet.^ 
 Of the sons, Peter is sometimes named in the Compt Buik 
 (see index). He was a merchant, and died in 1 604, having had 
 (by Margaret Kinloch) two sons, Peter and George, and three 
 daughters, Margaret (married George Blak), Barbara (married 
 E. Christone), and Janet (married William Davidsone), of 
 whom only the last is mentioned in the text (pp. 47, 125). Of 
 the sons, Peter is often mentioned (pp. 78, 88, etc.), while George 
 
 1 Three other sons, Patrick, John, and William, predeceased him. 
 
 ' \Villiam, son and heir of David Wedderburn, was admitted burgess of Dundee 
 in 1535- 
 
 2 Barbara Wedderburn was twice married — (i) to David Guthrie, (2) to Peter 
 Imbrie. She is named in the Compt Buik (see Index.) Her two sisters, Janet 
 (married James Thomson) and Elizabeth (married John Coustoun) are not 
 mentioned. 
 
THE FAMILY HISTORY 
 
 Ixv 
 
 is but once referred to, in an agreement by David and his 
 brother, Alexander, to make a payment to ' Petir Wedder- 
 burne's tua sons, efter his deceis ' (p. 187). David's other uncle, 
 Robert, was a notary in Dundee, and the author of six large 
 protocol books and twelve small minute-books, now in the 
 Charter-room there. He was born in 1546, and died in 1611. 
 He married, in 1583, Margaret My In, and had issue, but none 
 who survived him. There is a family register of his, in one of 
 liis minute-books at Dundee, in which he records the births of 
 three sons, Robert, James, and (again) Robert, in 1584-5-6, 
 and notes the zodiacal signs under which they were born, and 
 the exact hours of their births. He had also a son, Alexander, 
 living in 1608, and two daughters, Janet and Elizabeth, but 
 none are named as living in his will {Brechin Test. vol. ii.), 
 and his heir was his nephew, Peter. He is often mentioned 
 in the Compt Bidk (see Index). At one time he was in 
 Vittemberg. and brought home from thence a prophecy about 
 King James vi. (aiite, p. xviii). He seems to have had a taste in 
 such things, as the title-pages of his Dundee protocol-books 
 are written over with mottoes and ' tags "* of verses, such as 
 
 ^ Virschip we suld^ obey, and knaw, 
 Ane God, aiie king, ane fayth, ane law.' 
 
 His favourite motto, written in all his books, is ' patior ut 
 potiar," ' through suffering strength." 
 
 The remaining son of Robert Wedderburn and Janet Kyd 
 was Alexander, clerk of Dundee, 1557-85, and father of the 
 writer of the Compt Buik, which contains several references to 
 him and his wife, Janet Myln (see Index). He is the first 
 recorded clerk of Dundee of his name, though there is ground 
 for suggesting that some of the Wedderburns were clerks at a 
 still earlier period. He was certainly the first of a long line of 
 clerks of the name who held the office in unbroken succession 
 for one hundred and sixty years, and whose protocol-books, 
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THE FAMILY HISTORY 
 
 Ixvii 
 
 are six of the books of this Alexander, which once be- 
 longed, by disposition, to his son, David (p. 74), but were 
 'borrowed' from him by the town and never returned: 
 perhaps, in the interest of ' the commonweill,' it was never 
 intended to return them. The matter is duly noticed in the 
 Compt Built, in a ' memorandum to persew "* the provost, and 
 get back the ' sex greyt bukis," but it would seem that nothing 
 was done. Alexander died in 1585, three years after his wife, 
 and was buried, no doubt, in the Howff of Dundee, under a 
 stone which bore, or was intended to bear, an epitaph, pre- 
 served in the Compt Bulk of his son. He had a numerous 
 family, all of whom are mentioned in the text — 1, Alexander, 
 of Kingennie, progenitor of the lines of Kingennie, Blackness, 
 etc. ; 2, David, of the Compt Buik ; 3, Robert, a merchant in 
 Dundee, who died 1593, leaving by his second wife (he had 
 three ^) a daughter, Helen, who married Andrew Boyd, and a 
 son, Alexander, who married Janet Newton, and had two daugh- 
 ters, Helen (married, 1, William Gascoyne ; 2, Bartholomew 
 Bilsone) and Elizabeth (married John Gardyne). Robert, his 
 first two wives, and both his children, are sometimes named 
 in the Compt Buik. 
 
 James (another brother of David) was a prominent mer- 
 chant in Dundee. He married Cristina Lovell, and died s.p. 
 in 1644. His will is dated 2nd April in that year, and is an 
 elaborate document, containing many legacies to members of 
 his family, and one of 400 merks for a silver basin for the use 
 of the kirk in Dundee, to be engraved with his and his late 
 wife's arms, and such an inscription as Mr. Alexander Wed- 
 derburn of Blackness shall think fit (Brechin Test.). His 
 arms were carved on his house in the Overgate, and a modern 
 panel bearing them and the date 1642 is still to be seen in the 
 wall of the house. Peter (another brother) was also a mer- 
 
 ^ They were (i) Grissell Duncan, (2) Elizabeth Lovell, (3) Elspeth Hering. 
 (See Index.) 
 
Ixviii 
 
 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 chant in Dundee ; he married, but died s.p. William died 
 1603-4, apparently by violence, as in the Register of Acts and 
 Decreets (vol. 279, 228 ; registered 21st July 1613) there is a 
 contract between his surviving brothers and James Kyle and 
 George Traill, whereby Kyle and Traill are ' bound to abandon 
 and never have ado with James Traill, alleged committer of 
 the slaughter of William Wedderburn."' 
 
 David's sisters were Margaret, who married Peter Clay hills 
 (progenitor of the Clayhills of Invergowrie). Both she and 
 her husband, ' gud-brother' to David, are named in the Compt 
 Buik, and in one of the Dundee minute-books there is a 
 curious entry, dated 5th June 1583, before her marriage, and 
 signed by her and David, by which she agrees to give him 
 ' thrie elnis of Frensche Fleming,' to make him ' ane cloik the 
 day of my marriage,' and David promises to pay her ' tua 
 crwnes of the sone in caise scho be nocht mareit or paie cum a 
 yeir.' Katharine, the other sister, is also often named in the 
 text. She married (1) William Duncan, a surgeon in Dundee, 
 from whom the Duncans of Lundie, Earls of Camperdown, 
 are descended ; (2) William Ferguson of Balbeuchlie, some- 
 time Dean of guild in Dundee. 
 
 David Wedderburn himself is very constantly named in the 
 Dundee Records. The year of his birth is not quite certain, 
 but as his elder brother was born in 1561, it may be assumed 
 that he was born about 1562. The Compt Bulk is the record 
 of his numerous afffxirs from 1587 to 1630. This is the latest 
 date mentioned in it, but he was living 30th April 1632, 
 when he was cautioner to the confirmation of the will of 
 Christian Lovell, wife of his brother, James {Breclun Test. 
 vol. v.). He died, however, before 3rd March 1634, at which 
 date he is named as deceased in one of the Dundee Protocol 
 Books (vol. 269). He was a merchant, and later on (1603) to 
 some extent followed the family profession of the law, and, 
 having got admitted as a notary, did business in ' transumpts ' 
 and extracts from his father's protocol-books, as well as in 
 
THE FAMILY HISTORY 
 
 Ixix 
 
 other documents. He has left an elaborate family register, from 
 which it appears that, having married Matild, daughter of 
 James Beaton of Westhall, he had a family of four sons 
 and seven daughters, of whom we know but little beyond 
 what the Compt Buih tells us. Of the daughters, the eldest, 
 Helen, married (1) George Auchinlek, and (2) James Ross ; 
 the second, Eufame, married James Sympsone ; while of 
 the other five we know nothing, except what their father^s 
 register tells us, unless the youngest, Magdalen, is to be 
 identified with a Magdalen Wedderburn, wife of George 
 Inglish, who is mentioned in the Dundee Burgh and Head Court 
 Records, 3rd Nov. 1652 (vol. 32). Of the four sons, it is clear 
 that the eldest, David, born 1599, died before 11th Nov. 1623, 
 when the second, James, is termed his father's heir (Dundee 
 Protocol Book, vol. 268) ; the third, Alexander, born 1602, died 
 1616 ; and it is probable that the fourth, Henry, died young 
 and unmarried, as there is no reference to him, or to descendants 
 of his, in the Dundee Records. James, the second son, was in 
 the army, and rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1644, 
 when he is so named in the will of his uncle, James, and a 
 ' great silver cup ' is left to him, or, in event of his not return- 
 ing to Scotland, to James Sympsone. He was thus abroad 
 at this time, probably on foreign service, and possibly in that 
 of Sweden, as a Colonel Wedderburn of that date is said to be 
 buried in the Cathedral of Abo. He is believed to have died 
 unmarried ; at any rate, there is no record of his marriage, or 
 of any descendants of his. The male line of the author of the 
 Compt Bull- is thus, presumably, extinct. 
 
 David's eldest brother, Alexander Wedderburn of Kin- 
 gennie, clerk of Dundee, and one of the most remarkable men 
 who ever held that office, is often mentioned in the Compt 
 Bulk', together with his wife, Helen Ramsay, and several of 
 his children. He was clerk of Dundee from 1585 to 1626, and 
 was prominent in the affairs of the burgh. In particular, he 
 constantly represented Dundee in the Scottish Parliament, and 
 
Ixx WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 was one of the commissioners for treating of a union between 
 England and Scotland. James vi., whom he accompanied to 
 England in 1603, held him in high esteem, and on Kingennie's 
 return presented him with a ring, still preserved in the 
 family.^ He died in 1626, leaving five sons, Alexander, after- 
 wards of Kingennie ; James, who succeeded him as town- 
 clerk ; Peter, who married Helen Lovell, but died s.p. ; 
 William, who married Jean Pierson, but also died s.p. ; John, 
 afterwards Sir John of Gosford, physician to the King; as 
 well as several daughters, of whom one, Magdalen, has been 
 already mentioned, while another, Elizabeth, married Peter 
 Bruce, Principal of St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews, and 
 had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married Simon Mackenzie, and 
 was mother of the famous Sir George Mackenzie of Rose- 
 haugh. 
 
 The history of David's family is thus brought up to the 
 close of David's life, partly in order to make clear the position 
 in it of all the persons named in the Corwpt Buik, and partly 
 because the printed genealogies of the house are very full of 
 error. For its later history a few lines will here suffice. 
 Kingennie's eldest son, Alexander (clerk of Dundee, 1627-33), 
 succeeded his father in his lands, and was the progenitor of 
 the Wedderburns of Kingennie, Easter Powrie, and that Ilk, 
 CO. Forfar, whose male line became extinct on the death of 
 David Wedderburn of Wedderburn, seventh proprietor of 
 Kingennie, in 1761. His lands passed to his sister, Grizel, 
 who died unmarried in 1778, when she was succeeded, under 
 a deed of tailzie, by the descendants of Magdalen (eldest 
 daughter of Alexander Wedderburn, third of Kingennie), who 
 liad married, in 1659, John Scrymgeour of Kirkton. From 
 this marriage descend the family of Scrymgeour- Wedderburn 
 now headed by Mr. Henry Scrymgeour- Wedderburn of Wed- 
 
 ^ It is in the possession of Mr. Scrynigeour-Wedderburn of Wedderburn, who 
 also owns a portrait of Kingennie, by Jameson. 
 
THE FAMILY HISTORY 
 
 Ixxi 
 
 derburn, who is the twelfth owner (of his name) of the lands 
 of Kingennie, acquired by the brother of David (author of the 
 Compt Bulk) in 1600. 
 
 James Wedderburn, second son to Kingennie, was clerk 
 of Dundee from 1626 till his early death, in 1627. He 
 married, in 1608, Margaret Goldman, and left three sons, 
 Alexander, William, and Peter, of whom the eldest and 
 youngest both reached marked positions. The eldest,^ after- 
 wards Sir Alexander of Blackness, was clerk of Dundee, 
 1633-75, and was a man of much importance in the affairs of 
 his time. He married Matild Fletcher, and by her was father 
 of a very numerous family, including two eldest (surviving) 
 sons, John, created a baronet, with remainder to his heirs 
 male, in 1704, and James, who succeeded his father as clerk 
 of Dundee (1675-96), and was himself succeeded in that office 
 by his eldest son, Alexander. This Alexander, who also 
 became (1723) fourth baronet of Blackness, was the last clerk 
 of Dundee of his name. He joined the Stuarts in the rising 
 of ^15, for his share in which he was deposed from his office by 
 the Council of the burgh in 1717. He married Katharine 
 
 ^ The youngest son, Peter, was admitted an advocate, and rose to be Clerk 
 to the Privy Council, and a Lord of Session, under the title of Lord Gosford, 
 which he took from the estate of Gosford, county of Lothian, purchased by him 
 from Sir Alexander Auchmuthie in 1659. He died twenty years later, leaving, 
 among other children, (Sir) Peter, of Gosford, created a baronet in 1697, 
 who married Janet Halkett, heiress of Pitfirrane, co, of Fife, and took the 
 name of Halkett. From him have descended the Wedderburns, Halketts of 
 Pitfirrane, from about 1700 on, now represented in male line solely by Sir Arthur 
 Halkett of Pitfirrane, eighth baronet of Gosford. Another son of Lord Gosford 
 was Alexander, who was much concerned in effecting the union between Scot- 
 land and England. He was a commissioner of Excise, and died in 1730. Plis 
 eldest son, Peter, went to the Scottish bar, became a Lord of Session, under the 
 title of Lord Chesterhall, and died in 1756, leaving two sons, of whom the 
 younger, David, fell at the taking of Baroach, in 1773 5 while the elder, Alex- 
 ander, passed from the Scottish to the English bar, and rose to be Lord Chief- 
 Justice of the Common Pleas, and later, Lord Chancellor, under the title of 
 Lord Loughborough, Earl of Rosslyn, etc. He died in 1803, without surviving 
 issue, when his honours passed (under special remainder) to the son of his 
 sister, and the male line of his grandfather became extinct. 
 
Ixxii 
 
 WEDDERBURNE COMPT BUIK 
 
 Scott, and left issue, including three sons, John, Robert, and 
 Thomas, all of whom fought for the Stuarts at Culloden. 
 Sir John was taken prisoner, conveyed to London, imprisoned 
 in South wark Gaol, tried in London, and executed on Kenning- 
 ton Common in November 1746. His sons had to leave the 
 country, and went to Jamaica, Avhere they lived and prospered 
 for many years. The eldest of them, (Sir) John, returned home 
 in 1779, and purchased the estate of Balindean, co. Perth. He 
 was one of the last of his name to be buried in the HowfF of 
 Dundee. His eldest son, David, was created a baronet (of 
 Balindean), under a new patent, in 1803, and he is now 
 represented by Sir William Wedderburn, Bart., M.P. Other 
 branches of the family, descended of the eldest son of the fourth 
 baronet, are the Wedderburn-Ogilvys of Ruthven, co. Forfar ; 
 the Wedderburn - ^Maxwells of Glenlair, co. Kirkcudbright ; 
 while from the second son, Robert Wedderburn of Pearsie, 
 CO. Forfar, descend the Webster- Wedderburns and (in female 
 line) the Maclagan-Wedderburns of Pearsie. The third son, 
 Thomas Wedderburn, married Katharine Dunbar, and was 
 grandfather to the late John Wedderburn of Auchterhouse, to 
 the work of one of whose three grandsons we owe the material 
 from which this account of the family has been compiled.^ 
 
 ' For fuller details of the Wedderburn family, see The Wedderhur>i Book by 
 Alexander Wedderburn, Q.C., where the documentary evidence upon which the 
 above account is founded has been printed very completely. 
 
COMPT BUIK OF 
 DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 1587-1630 
 
COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 27Martii90 v November 1596 21 Martii 1596 fol. 
 
 Wm. Duncan bailie^ reccavit Dec T M The Act anent the 
 Thomas Stevert cautioner deleit gudeman of Kyrke- 
 
 to me for Wm. Duncansone ton^ deleit 
 
 David Wedderburne 
 
 burges of Dundei 
 D Wedde D Wedderburne 
 
 D David Wedderburne 
 Liber Davidis Wedderburne. 
 
 Tuus Urbis Deidonanie 
 
 Xanthe retro propria 
 
 Da*^ Wedderburn Liber Davidis Wedderburne senion's 
 
 Liber Davidis Wedderburne 
 Alexander Dei gratia 
 
 Liber Davidis Wedderburn 
 de Dundie 
 
 D Wedderburne 
 
 D Wedderburne. 
 
 1587 
 
 25 July 97 
 Consalour Jaks compt sein 
 
 the xxvj^ vj^ 
 2 mice butter 2 unce seap 4 
 unce seap 2 unce butter a pund 
 seap 2 unce cleren seap Item 
 a pund butter 
 
 ^ William Duncan admitted burgess i6th Dec. 1579 by the privilege of his 
 father, councillor 1587, bailie from 1588 till 1603, councillor 1604, dean of 
 guild 1605, bailie 1606 till his death in May 1608. See post, p. 2. 
 
 - John Scrymgeour of Kirktoun was son of James Scrymgeour of Kirkton, by 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope, whose male line became 
 extinct in 1546. John Scrymgeour married Agnes Bruce, and was great-grand- 
 father of John Scrymgeour, who married, in 1659, Magdalene Wedderburn, and 
 was thus progenitor of the Scrymgeour- Wedderburns of Wedderburn and Birkhill, 
 
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2 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Inside cover 
 facing /o/. i*» 
 
 Upon the xi Apryle 1588 at command of Alexander Ramsay 
 baillie ^ David Gardyne official- past to James Jaksone James 
 Nicholl and Andrew Fyffand arrestit ther meillis and few meillis 
 of that lugeing land and tenement occupyit be thame sumtyme 
 pertenand to Thomas Monorgound ^ lyand on the north syd of 
 Ergyles-geit of Dundie at the instance of David Wedderburn. 
 
 12 August ^97. 
 Rot. Wedderburn * notar wit- 
 nesses Alexr. Kyd elder Alexr. 
 Johnson and Henry Aber- 
 cromby. 
 
 David Wedderburn procurator 
 for Wm. Duncan^ my guid- 
 brother maid requisition to 
 
 for Peteris pairt.^ 
 Wm. Allerdys a hundreth merk 
 Wm, Duncan xxij lib 
 Isobell Heres 4 lib 
 C. Halyburton 4 lib 
 Lady Dudope 5 lib 
 Rot. Lovell xxiij lib half a 
 merk 
 
 ^ Alexander Ramsay, brother-german of the laird of Brackmont, admitted 
 burgess 23rd Jan. 1575, bailie 1587-89-91-93, and 1606, councillor 1588-90-92- 
 99-1601 till 1605. 
 
 2 Thomas Monorgound, son of Gilbert Monorgound, admitted burgess nth 
 Nov. 1538. This property was long known as ' Monorgunds Croft.' 
 
 ^ This Peter Wedderburn was a younger brother of David Wedderburn, 
 being the fifth son of Alexander Wedderburn and Janet Myln (see genealogical 
 chart). He died in July 1623. — Brechin Test. vol. iv. i6th Jan. 1626. 
 
 ^ Robert Wedderburn, notary, was brother to Alexander Wedderburn, the father 
 of David. He was a notary in Dundee, and in the municipal archives there are still 
 preserved six protocol books and twelve small minute-books in his handwriting. 
 His admission as notary is copied into the first of the former. It is dated 13th 
 March 1574, and recites that he was then twenty-eight years old, and had served 
 Alexander Guthre, common clerk of Edinburgh, for three years, and Alexander 
 Wedderburn, common clerk of Dundee, for seven years. He married, about 1 583, 
 Margaret, daughter of Robert Myln, and had issue four sons and two daughters, 
 all of whom it seems died young and unmarried. He died in Oct. 161 1, and by 
 his will, confirmed at Brechin 7th June 161 2, he nominated his nephews, James 
 and Peter Wedderburn, to be his executors. No children of his own are named 
 in the will. 
 
 ^ William Duncan, surgeon, born 1556, married David Wedderburn's eldest 
 sister, Katharine. He died 1608, and she married secondly William Ferguson 
 of Balbeuchlie {Dundee Burgh and Head Court Records^ vol. 26, under date 
 1615). She died 1644-48, and was buried with her first husband in the Howff of 
 Dundee. The inscription on their tombstone, though restored at one time by 
 John Myln of Woodhill, is much decayed. The date of Katharine's death 
 seems to read 160-, but this must have been an error in the restoration, as 
 she was alive in 1644. See Millar's Roll of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee^ 
 p. 29. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 3 
 
 David Abircromby conform e 
 to the contract to be dely verd 
 him before mertimes nixt his 
 thousand merkis and byronis 
 therof. 
 
 Barbara xv s ^ 
 James Guild xiii j s ^ 
 Andrew Urquhart 3 lib 
 George Mudy 23 s 4 d v lib 
 Rot. Jaksone v lib x s 4 lib 
 Rot. Wedderburn 24 s. 8 d. 
 Thomas Davidsone 
 John Vallance 20 
 Rot. Thomsone 
 xx2 lib 
 
 forder James Lundy 200 c merkis 
 
 Mr. Alexr. 4 xx lib Anthone Haly burton vijc 
 
 Wm. Mynto xx lib merkis 
 Jonet Watsone xx lib 
 Anthone Halyburtoun xi lib 
 Bysak xxij lib 
 
 The Zeir hes 33 evill dayis 
 in the Schiphirdis calender. 
 8 Januar the first 2. 4. 5. 10. 15. 18 
 3 Februar the 8. 10. 17. 
 3 Merche 15. 16. 19. 
 
 2 Apryle 16. 21. 
 
 3 May 7. 15. 20. 
 2 Junij 4. 7. 
 
 2 July 15. 20. 
 2 August 19. 20. 
 2 September 6. 7. 
 
 1 October 6. 
 
 2 November 15. 19. 
 
 3 December 6. 7. 9. 
 
 The blissit dayis of the zeir The quhilk wes revelit to ye 
 gude patriarche J oseph quhen he servit Kyng Pharow in Egypt 
 be the angell of God 
 Ewill dayis allowit be thame 
 that wret this 
 
 This generalie forder contenit foi. 
 
 19. 
 
 ^ Barbara Wedderburn, sister of Alexander Wedderburn, and aunt of David 
 Wedderburn. She was twice married (ist) to David Guthrie, who died 1574-75, 
 and (2nd) to Peter Imbrie, who died (1594-95). She had issue by both husbands, 
 and died about 1610. 2 Erased in MS. 
 
 2 A similar list of evil days is given by David's uncle, Robert Wedderburn, the 
 notary, in one of his protocol books in Dundee Charter-room (No, 245). 
 
4 
 
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 15. 18. 
 
 July hes 3 viz 12. 13. 7 
 
 19. 20. 
 
 August hes ane viz the 12 
 
 16. 18. 
 
 September hes 4 viz 1. 7. 24. 27 
 
 6. 
 
 October hes- 2 viz 13. 19. 
 
 15. 16. 
 
 November hes none 
 
 6. 7. 11. 
 
 December hes 2 viz 18. 27 
 
 fol. 2^. 
 
 This is ane coUectione off the effectis and daittis of certaine 
 evidentis wryttis and tytelhs apertenand to David Wedder- 
 burne sone lawfull to umquhill Alexander Wedderburne, 
 commone clerk olF Dundie as followis ffirst. als of certane 
 his brether and sisteris tytellis and sum frendis. 
 
 Ane Chairtour of fewferme maid be the provest and baileis 
 of Dundie to wmquhill James Myln^ his gudschir off ane lache 
 wolt with the bak chopis under the new tolbuith — under the 
 commone seill of Dundie — off the dait the day of Merche 
 1546 
 
 Volt choipis and My gudschir James Myhiis seasing heirof or extractit in 
 the buikis of John Duncasone notar fayther to WilHam Dun- 
 casone in Parkland 
 
 Ane Chairtour of alienatione maid to Andrew Davidsone 
 meassoun to wmquhill Alexander Wedderburne and Jonet 
 Myhi his spous in lyfrent and to David AVedderburne thair 
 sone heretable of all and haill ane annuelrent of xl^ zeirly to 
 be upliftit of ane lache wolt of the said Androis under his seill 
 and subscriptione off the dait the aucht day of Merche 1546 
 July 1573 
 
 Ane instrument of seasing off the said annuelrent of 
 to be upliftit as said is conteneand thairin quhair the said 
 
 xi* disponit 
 away to George 
 Stirling and he 
 hes the auld 
 evidentis I haif 
 his Discharge 
 thairof x 
 
 1 James Myln, son of Robert Myln, admitted burgess 8th June 1535. He 
 married Elizabeth Guthrie, and had two daughters, Janet and Elizabeth. 
 Janet (David Wedderburn's mother) became her father's sole heiress, and was so 
 retoured in a Seagait property in 1565. Dimdee Protocol Books, 239, pp. 86, 87. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 5 
 
 Jonet is kend and interit air to the said wmquhill James hir 
 fayther to the former wolt. 
 
 And scho hir spous and Andrw respective hes maid resig- 
 natione of the said annueh'ent and wolt in favouris of the 
 said David heretable off the dait the xix of July 1573 
 Under the signe and subscriptione of John Fwler notar publict 
 
 Ane resignatione maid to Andro Davidsone ^ of his wolt in foi. 2^ 
 favouris of Robert Ramsay ^ of the dait the 7 of October 1551. 
 Henry Richardsone notar thairto and redemtione of the 
 sam and renunciatione on the bak thairof in favouris of the 
 said Andro of the dait the 5 Apryle lix zeiris. 
 
 Ane resignatione maid be James Davidsone sone lawfull of 
 wmquhill Andro Davidsone of the said wolt in favouris of Alex- 
 ander Rychardsone and Bessie Davidsone of the dait the xij of 
 Martij 1553 Henry Rychardsone notar thairto 
 
 Item ane Transsumt instrument of seasin^ in the commone ^. 4o"- 
 
 " Disponit to 
 
 court buikis of Dundie upon the vj of Februar 1584 And that Alexander 
 
 of Harbert Gledstanes ^ quhilk is of the dait the 22 of Februar RobertWedder- 
 
 1565 Quhair wmquhill John Doff resignit ane few meill of xi' ^"^^^ ^J^\ 
 
 1 T p • P f» • 1 P • 1 master hes the 
 
 zeirliy to be upliftit furth of twa ruidis of his land lyand on auid evidentis 
 the South syd of the seageit of Dundie in favouris of Alexander excambdt to 
 Wedderburne Jonet Myln his spous his airis and assie^niis Alexander 
 
 i . . . • 1 1 Rychardsone 
 
 Ane Chartour of Alienatione thairof maid be the said Alex- 
 ander to David Wedderburn his sone of the said xP under his 
 seill and subscriptione of the dait the xiij of Apryle 1584. 
 
 Ane instrument of seasing thairof resignit to the said Alex- 
 ander in favouris of the said David his airis and assignais 
 
 ^ Andro Davidsone, adnnitted burgess 17th June 1534. 
 2 Robert Ramsay, baker, admitted burgess Nov. I550' 
 
 ^ Herbert Gledstanes, born circa 1500, appointed notary public in the diocese 
 of Glasgow 1532. Began his legal career in Edinburgh, and had management 
 of the affairs of some of the leading noblemen of his time. For thirty years he 
 had charge of the affairs of the Earls of Crawford. He settled in Dundee in 
 1543, and was made burgess in that year. In several charters of the period he is 
 described as ' clerk of Dundee,' but he must have resigned this position, as he 
 was bailie from 1560 till 1564. From a document preserved amongst the Dundee 
 charters, it appears that he succeeded to the estate of Gledstanes, and became 
 proprietor of Arthurshiels in 1563. He would thus be the direct ancestor of the 
 Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone. Bailie Herbert Gledstanes was the father 
 of George Gledstanes, Archbishop of St. Andrews. His will is recorded in the 
 Commissariot of Edinburgh, 20th April 1570. 
 
6 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 heretabile John Ferrear notar thairto of the dait the xx of 
 Apryle 1584. 
 
 foi. 3». Ane auld few Chartour maid be George Andersone ^ and 
 
 Alexander Lovell, to Andrew Craufurd^ and Patrik Barry ^ 
 of that tenement of land lyand on the north syd of Ergylis 
 geit contenand 4 lib of few meill of the dait the 23 of January 
 1567 and the seasing of the sam dait Alexander Wedder- 
 burne notar ^ thairto And in the said seasing the said Alex- 
 ander is infeft in the said 4 lib.^ 
 All onsubscryvit 
 
 4iibDisponitto Ane seasing of xx^ annuelrent to be upliftit furth of the said 
 He hes the auld l^^d maid be James Barry to the said Thomas of the dait the 
 ri'^nrniSfn,. of Decembris 1547 
 
 nes promesit me 
 
 a discharge on Ane Contract betwixt Alexander Lovell and David Wedder- 
 tham?^^^ ° burn anent the alienation of the said 4 lib in favouris of the 
 said David of the dait the day of July 1586 
 
 Ane Chartour of alienatione maid be the said Alexander to 
 the said David of the said 4 lib with 4 merkis to be upliftit 
 furth of the auld wallis pertenand to Rychard Blyth ^ at the 
 bak of the weyhous togidder with the remanent his landis in 
 warrandice thairof under his seill and subscriptione of the dait 
 the 7 of July 1586 
 
 Ane instrument of seasing upoun the alienatione thairof and 
 resignatione of the sam in the Baileis handis in favouris of the 
 said David of the dait the 7 of July 1586 Mr. Alexander 
 Wedderburn ^ notar thairto 
 
 Ane instrument of seasing quhair the said Alexander Lovell 
 his spous George thair sone hes resignit thair haill tenement 
 of land lyand besyd the wolt abone the weyhous in favouris of 
 the said David in warrandice of the said 4 lib, Mr. Alexander 
 Wedderburn notar thairto of the dait the 3 of Merche 1586 
 
 ^ George Anderson, merchant, admitted burgess 1553. 
 
 - Andrew Crawfurd, son of John Crawfurd, admitted burgess 26th Sep. 1558. 
 3 Patrick Barry, butcher, admitted as a simple burgess 1557. 
 ^ Alexander Wedderburn, father of David Wedderburn, author of the Compt 
 Buik. 
 
 ^ Erased in original. 
 
 ^ Richard Blyth, admitted burgess, 'for services done,' 1552. Bailie from 
 1563 till 1569. 
 
 Alexander Wedderburn, town clerk, elder brother of David Wedderburn. 
 David's father, Alexander Wedderburn, is often styled 'notar,' while his brother, 
 the town clerk, is usually called ' Mr.', having taken his degree at St. Andrews. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 7 
 
 Ane Act maid in the commone court buikis of Dundie Quhair /^^- s''- 
 Petir Forrester is actit cautioner for the said George that he 
 sail approve the premissis at all tymes under the said Mr. 
 Alexanders subscriptione and baileis of the dait the 3 Merche 
 1586 
 
 Ane Act of concurrance grantit be the baileis of Dundei for 
 poynding the tenement of land of Robert Barry as for thre 
 termes for payment of the said few-meill of 4 lib to David 
 Wedderburn of the dait the xj of January 86 Mr. Alexanderis 
 notar subscriptione 
 
 Item anc'chartour of alienatione of ane weyst peice of ground Veyst ground 
 lyand on the south syd of the Kyrkzaird of Dunde made be jo^}]'°sj*j.^°jj. 
 James Lyndsay Isobell Zouno; his spous with the consent of the auchin i He 
 
 * recea,vit the 
 
 provest and baileis of Dundie to David Wedderburn under thair auid evidentis 
 seileis and subscriptionis and the commone seill of the dait the ceorge*^^"^^ 
 
 7Junijl587 Ramsay 2 
 
 Ane uther chartour maid be the said James and his said spous 
 to the said David of the dait forsaid 
 
 Ane seasing quhair Alexander Wedderburn hes resignit the 
 sam weyst ground in favouris of Thomas Scrymgeour of the 
 dait the 14 Apryle 1571 Johne Fwler notar thairto 
 
 Ane seasing quhair the said Isobell Zoung and her spous re- foi. 4a. 
 signit the said weyst land in favouris of the said David of the 
 dait the xij of Junij 1587 Mr. Alexander Wedderburn notar 
 thairto 
 
 Ane Contract maid betwix the saidis David James and his 
 spous of the said weyst ground contenand in warrandice of 
 thair land in the Welgeit of the said weyst ground of the dait xx 
 
 the 8 of Junij 1587 Merkis Redemit 
 
 ... I delyverit the 
 
 Item ane Chartour of alienatione maid be William Duncane wryttis to 
 and John Monorgound to David Wedderburn of ane annuel- ander and 
 rent of xx merkis zeirly to be upliftit furth of the said William Janis^"^ 
 and Johnis croft of land lyand on the north syd of Dundie 
 under thair seillis and subscriptionis of the dait the 7 of 
 October 1587 
 
 Ane seasing of resignatione of the said annuelrent maid to 
 the saidis personis in favouris of the said David of the dait the 
 
 1 John Strathauchin, admitted burgess for services done at Perth with Provost 
 Halyburton, 19th October 1556. 
 
 ^ George Ramsay, wright, admitted burgess, 5th February 1562. 
 
8 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 xxvj of September 1587 Mr. Alexander Wedderburn and 
 Andrew Quhyte notaris thairto 
 
 The copy of the reversioun grantit be me to thame heirof 
 under thair subscriptione of the dait the 28 of September 1587. 
 
 Ane procuratorie and factorie maid to the said David be 
 William Duncan to uplift James Jaksones James Nicholis 
 and Andrew Fyffis^ meillis and deweteis quhill the lawfuU 
 redemsione subscribit with his hand befor George Mudy Ran- 
 nald Fyf William Guthre in Montros Andro Galetly the x May 
 1588 
 
 Ane decreit gifin aganis the saidis personis for payment of the 
 few meill in my favouris conforme to the said resignatione on 
 the 17 of July 1588 
 foi. Item ane seasing of xj merkis annuelrent maid be James Haly- 
 
 Sisponit^ burton 2 to the said David to be upliftit furth of his tenement 
 to Petir my of land and zard lyand on the north syd of Ergylis geit of 
 
 brother in part 
 of payment of 
 
 of^ ^etrwithlne ^ Andrew Fyiff, baker, admitted burgess, i6th July 1572. 
 utherhundreth^ ^ James Halyburton, grandson of Walter and Catherine de Halyburton, who 
 merkis on were settled at Pitcur, Kettins parish, Forfarshire, in 1432. He was born in 
 
 William Allei-- i^ig^ studied at St. Andrews University, and took his M.A. degree in 1538. 
 the^rest^^yit*^ Amongst his fellow-students were George Wishart, Peter Young, David Straitoun, 
 be vertew of his ai^d John Erskine of Dun, and under their influence Halyburton became one of 
 discharge I haif the leading Protestant reformers. In November 1540 he obtained a charter from 
 thairof James v. to himself and his ' affianced wife,' Margaret of Rossy, of certain lands 
 
 in the Carse of Gowrie, and about the same time he was enrolled as a burgess of 
 Dundee. In 1548 he led a troop of horse against Broughty Castle and expelled 
 the English invaders. His brother Andrew, laird of Pitcur, died leaving an 
 infant son — afterwards Sir George Halyburton, knight — and James was known 
 as the 'Tutor of Pitcur.' He was elected provost of Dundee in 1553, and 
 held that office for thirty-three years. He took a prominent part in the 
 military operations of the Reformers ; led the Dundee burgesses to Cupar 
 Muir against the Queen Regent ; was present at the burning of the Abbey of 
 Scone ; and distinguished himself at the siege of Leith. He sat as member for 
 Dundee in the Parliaments and Convention of Estates from 1563 till 1581. He 
 opposed the marriage of Queen Mary with Darnley, and joined the revolt led by 
 the Earl of Moray in 1565, with whom he fled to England. Two years later he 
 was restored to his office as provost. He was one of those chosen to administer 
 the affairs of Scotland after the abdication of Queen Mary in Lochleven Castle. 
 He was present at the battle of Langside, and afterwards quelled the abortive 
 rising of the Gordons in the north. In August 1571 he was captured at Leith 
 and narrowly escaped execution in revenge for the death of the assassins of the 
 Regent Moray. In 1574 he was made Commendator of Pittenweem, and became 
 a member of the Privy Council. He resigned the Priory on 31st July 1583, and 
 gave up the office of provost of Dundee in 1586. He died in February 1588-9, 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 9 
 
 Dundie under the signe and subscriptione of Mr. Alexander 
 Wedderburn notar publict of the dait the xxvj of Apryle 1587 
 
 Ane act maid in presens of James CarmichaeP bailie sub- 
 scribit be him and the clerk insert in the court buikis of Dunde 
 quhair Thomas Fleming is actit cautioner for the said James to 
 pay the said annuelrent quhill the lawfull redemption therof 
 of the dait ye forsaid 
 
 Itme Ane dispositione of the haill prothoffole bukis of umquhil Prothogoie and 
 
 wryttis 
 
 Alexander Wedderburn ^ maid be him to his sone David and of 
 uther wryttis under the subscriptione of him Robert Kyd^ 
 Alexander Wedderburn Petir Wedderburn * Johne Lovell 
 younger and Robert Wedderburn of the dait the 8 of May 
 1583 
 
 Item ane dispositione of ane sylver tas ouergilt of x unce of Of the silver 
 the said Alexanderis to the said David under his subscriptione 
 and Petir Wedderburn ^ and Petir Clayhills ^ of the dait the 
 day of May 1585 
 
 Ane obligatione upoun the delyverie thairof maid to the said 
 
 and was buried within the Church of St. Mary of Dundee, at the expense of the 
 burgh. The monument erected to his memory was completely destroyed in 1841, 
 when the church was burned. See Millar's Roll of Eininent Burgesses of 
 Dundee, p. 24. 
 
 ^ James Carmichael was the son of Alexander Carmichael and grandson of 
 William Carmichael of Carpow, who was provost in 1524-25-26. James was 
 admitted burgess on 17th August 1574, and was councillor in 1587-88-90-92-93- 
 95-97 and '99, and bailie in 1589-91 and '94. To this family belonged the 
 Carmichaels, Earls of Hyndford, and also the Carmichaels of Balmedie. 
 
 ^ Alexander Wedderburn, father of David Wedderburn. These protocol books 
 are now in the Dundee Charter-Room. It seems that David, who was admitted 
 a notary in 1603, found his father's books a useful stock in trade, and gave ex- 
 tracts from them, but eventually gave up the ' sex gryt bulks ' to the Provost for 
 payment of 1000 merks, though it is doubtful if he ever was paid. 
 
 ^ Robert Kyd, son of William Kyd, merchant, was admitted burgess in 1573. 
 He entered the Town Council in 1587, and continued as councillor till 1593. 
 
 ^ Peter Wedderburn, probably David Wedderburn's uncle. 
 
 ^ Peter Clayhills, son of Robert Clayhills (burgess, 1524), was entered on 
 the roll of burgesses in 1 551. He was chosen Dean of Guild in 1587, and 
 was councillor 1588 to 1591, 1593 to 1597, and 1599 to 1603. He held the 
 office of bailie in 1592 and 1598, and died circa 1610. His son, Peter Clayhillis, 
 junior, whose name appears in the Burgess Roll on 22nd September 1588, was a 
 town councillor at the same time as his father, his name occurring in the Council 
 Minutes from 1588 till 1595. Peter Clayhills, junior, was married to Margaret 
 Wedderburn, David's sister. The estate of Baldovie, Forfarshire, was acquired 
 by the Clayhills family, and their representative is Captain George D. Clayhills- 
 Plenderson, R.N., of Invergowrie. See post, p. 67. 
 
10 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Alexander to the said David of the dait forsaid and under 
 
 thair subscriptione 
 /^^•J'"- Redemit 
 Redem [jzV] Item ane seasing of xi^ zeirly to be upliftit of James Halyburtonis 
 L^my cSfe ' ^^nd lyand on the north syd of Erg7lis geit of Dundie maid be 
 
 the said James Elizabeth Cochran George Lousoun and William 
 
 Halyburton to the said umquhill Alexander and David his sone 
 
 under the subscriptione of William Thomsone notar publict of 
 
 the dait the 8 of November 1582 
 
 Ane act maid in the schiref court buikis of Forfare upoun 
 
 the payment thairof James Bonar clerk of the dait the x of 
 
 November 1576 
 
 Towardis my Item ane seasing quhair the said umquhill Alexander hes in- 
 renis infeftmen- f^ft Katharen ^ his dochter faileing hir to be devydit equaly 
 tis This redemit g^j-^Qj-jp, J jg^j^gg and Petir his sonis of that tenement of 
 
 and renuncit be o in 
 
 Katharin land pertenand to Robert Myln lyand on the north syd of 
 Ergylis geit of Dundie and quhair scho and they faileand hir 
 ar maid assignays to the hail byronis under the subscriptione of 
 Johne Ferrear notar publict of the dait the xv of Apryle 1584. 
 Oflf the 2 Item Ane Assedatione maid be the constable of Dundie to 
 
 3.cris in toG 
 
 West field Alexander Scrymgeour for his lyftime of 2 acris land lyand in 
 the westfield of Dundie for xi^ of zeirly dewetie paying under 
 his subscriptione and the subscriptionis of Patrik Lyoun^ 
 Robert Wedderburn and David Wedderburne the rest of the 
 witnessis contenit thairin ar Andro Gray of Ballegernocht Mr. 
 Andro Clerk and Robert Scrymgeour of the dait the xiij of 
 Marche 1583 The seasing on the bak of it under the signe and 
 subscriptione of Johne Ferrear notar publict of the dait the 
 18 of Marche 1583 
 
 Ane assignatione heirof maid be the said Alexander with 
 advyse of the constable to David Wedderburn under thair sub- 
 scriptionis of the dait the 20 of Februar 1587. witnessis thairin 
 
 ^ Katharine Wedderburn. See ante^ p. 2. 
 
 ^ Alexander Scrymgeour, son of David Scrymgeour, baker, was admitted bur- 
 gess in 1552. He was nearly related to the Scrymgeours of Dudhope. He held 
 the office of baiHe of Dundee frequently between 1568 and 1590, and was dean 
 of guild in 1576, 1579-80, and 1583-85. 
 
 ^ Patrick Lyoun, admitted burgess, 24th October 1575. He entered the 
 council in 1587, and continued to serve until 1607, having been eight times 
 bailie and once shoremaster. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 11 
 
 Mr. Alexander Wedderburn Olyver Lyndsay Robert Gray and 
 Thomas Gray servandis to the constable 
 
 And the sam Registrat in the commone court buikis of foi. ^. 
 Dundie with consent of the said Alexander ad futuram rej 
 memoriam of the dait the xxvj of Februar 1587 Alexander 
 Ramsay^ James Auchinlek^ and Johne Findlaysone^ baileis 
 
 Item ane assedatione maid to the said David of befor be the 
 said Alexander of the saidis 2 acris for 3 zeiris of the dait the 8 
 May 1586 witnessis James Scrymgeour his sone Olyver Lyndsay. 
 
 My brother Petir Wedderburnis infeftment of the heiche foir Off my brother 
 buith in Johne Craellis land lyand at the end of the Freir ^ ^^'^ 
 Wynd be eist the sam heretable Thomas lyrland vicar of 
 Dundie notar thairto Alexander Scrymgeour bailie of the dait 
 the 7 Marche 1575 
 
 Item ane Legacie of Elizabeth Guthre * relict of umquhill My Gudames 
 George Wischert of Drymme of xl lib to my faytheris barnis ^^^^"^^"^ 
 efter hir deceis under the signe and subscriptione of Johne My sister Kath- 
 Ramsay in Breichen notar publict of the dait the last of '^^is" 
 December 1581 witnessis Alexander Bischopp of Breichen^ 
 George Barclay of Syde. 
 
 ' Alexander Ramsay. See ayite, p. 2. 
 
 * James Auchinlek, shipowner, admitted burgess 7th February 1570; coun- 
 cillor 1588-89, 1591-94, and 1595; bailie 1590 and 1592; provost 1592-93. 
 He obtained the estate of Woodhill in 1590 from his brother Alexander Auchin- 
 lek. His eldest son, William, was provost of Dundee from 1614 till 1625. 
 
 ' Johne Finlaysone, son of James Finlaysone (admitted burgess 22nd Oct. 
 1540), was councillor frequently between 1588 and 1614, was bailie nine times, 
 and dean of guild five times. His youngest brother, Thomas Finlaysone, was 
 appointed King's Printer at Edinburgh in August 1612. 
 
 ^ Elizabeth Guthrie was David Wedderburn's maternal grandmother, his 
 paternal grandmother being Janet Kyd. This is made clear by the fact that on 
 31st May 1560 {Dundee Burgh Records, vol. v.) there were appointed to Janet 
 Myln's sister Elizabeth as curators her brother-in-law Alexander Wedderburn, 
 and her father-in-law {i.e. her stepfather) George Wischart. Elizabeth Guthrie 
 was a Guthrie of Kinblethmont, as there is an entry in the Dundee protocols 
 referring to David Guthrie of Kinblethmont, and his second cousin Alexander 
 Wedderburn, afterwards of Kingennie (Prot. Bk. 251, p. 137). George Wischart 
 was witness to a charter dated 14th June 1565, and his name appears in an 
 assignation of 12th June 1581, so that he must have died a short time before the 
 date of the legacy mentioned. Elizabeth Guthrie's will was recorded at Edinburgh, 
 23d May 1584. 
 
 ^ Alexander, Bischopp of Breichen, was the son of Sir John Campbell of Ard- 
 kinglass, and was promoted to the see in 1566, when quite a boy. He received 
 
12 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Of Robert my Item aiie seasiiig quhair Robert Wedderburn elder ^ my 
 tyteiiis gudschir and Robert his sone resignit thair land bak and 
 
 foir lyand on the north syd of Ergylis geit besyd St Mathovis 
 Clois In favouris of Alexander Wedderburn my fayther in 
 lyfrent and Robert his sone heretablie SaifFand the lyfrent of 
 the foir hous to the said Robert sone to the said Robert of the 
 dait the penult of Martij 1573 Thomas lyrland notar thairto 
 Ane just copy heirof under the said Thomas subscriptione 
 foi. 6\ Ane copy of seasing of excambioun maid be the said Robert 
 with consent of the said Alexander his father of the Inner land 
 with the zard of the said tenement for xvj merkis few meill 
 and ane tenement or lugeing with in the zaet of the wester 
 clois of the said Alexanderis lyand on the north syd of Ergylis 
 geit of the dait the penult of December 1577 Thomas lyrland ^ 
 notar thairto 
 
 Ane Mynnet of my brotheris with Alexanderis to have bene 
 gifin the vicour of the said excambion of the dait the xx of 
 October ISrT 
 
 Ane uther copy heirof 
 
 EufFame Bellis seasingis ar in my fatheris protocle the ane of 
 the dait the 17 of Junij 1578 Redemit annuelrentis the uther 
 the XX day of July 1579 
 OfFviorvij Item ane seasing of vj merkis annuelrent zeirly to be upliftit 
 
 merkis of Robert Alknsonis Mand in the Welgait disponit be 
 
 Eufame Bell to David Wedderburn of the dait the x of August 
 1584 Johne Ferrear notar thairto 
 
 Ane seasing of Robert iVIylnis hous now Robert Wedderburnis* 
 lyand on the south syd of Ergylis geit of sevin merkis in 
 
 the temporality of the bishopric from James vi. in April 1588 ; demitted his 
 charge in April 1 607, and died at his estate of Carco, Kinclaven parish, in 
 February 1608. 
 
 ^ Three Robert Wedderburns are named in the paragraph : {a) David's grand- 
 father, who married Janet Kyd, and died 1575-77 ; {h) his son, David's uncle, 
 Robert, the notary (see ante^ p. 2, n. 4) ; and [c) David's younger brother, 
 Robert, v^'ho was a merchant in Dundee, and died in 1593. See genealogical 
 chart, and post, p. 18, n. 2. 
 
 2 Two protocol books of lyrland's are still preserved in the Dundee Charter- 
 room. 
 
 ^ Robert i^z.x\%ox\, faber-fcrrarius , admitted burgess 26th September I570- 
 Robert Wedderburn, the notary, who had married a daughter of Robert 
 Myln. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 13 
 
 warrandice thairof of the dait the xxj of November 1584 John 
 Ferrear notar thairto 
 
 Item my fatheris seasing thairof Mr. Johne Crystesone notar 
 thairto of the dait the day of May 1581 
 
 Item ane seasing of v merkis annuelrent zeirly to be upUftit Of ^ merkis of 
 furth of Thomas Monorgoundis ^ land lyand on the north syd 
 of Ergylis geit and specialy of James Jaksonis pairt disponit 
 be Thomas Monorgound in favouris of James my brother of the 
 dait the xxij of September 1575 Thomas lyrland notar thairto 
 
 Ane seasino^ of vi merkis annueh'ent annailet be the said °' 
 
 J , _ Petins 
 
 Thomas to Petir my brother to be uphftit furth of James 
 Nicollis pairt of the said tenement of the dait the xxj of 
 Martij 1575 Thomas lyrland notar thairto 
 
 Ane seasing of David Wedderburnis of four bollis victuall to Of my four 
 be upliftit furth of the croft at the bak of the said land of the renuncit x 
 dait forsaid and notar forsaid 
 
 The severall chartouris maid to the saidis personis of the 
 saidis annuelrentis to the saidis personis of the dait forsaid and 
 subscryvit be the said Thomas 
 
 Item ane chartour of my brother Williamis under the seill foi. 6^ 
 and subscriptione of my father of ane annuelrent of vij bollis Of wiiiiamis^ 
 victuall to be upliftit furth of the landis of Balrudry ^ of the vij bollis renun- 
 dait the xiij of Apryle 1584 
 
 ^ Thomas Monorgound. See ante, p. 2, n. 2. 
 
 2 Balruddery belonged in early times to the Maules of Panmure, and was held 
 by Radulphus de Dundee, knight, from 1292 till his death in 13 12. In 1368 
 this property was in the possession of the Scrymgeours, Constables of Dundee, 
 By a charter, dated 17th August 1543, Cardinal Beatoun granted these lands to 
 Archibald, fourth Earl of Argyll, ' for the protection of the Roman Catholic 
 Church by the Earl, in opposition to the Lutheran heresies, and for the like ser- 
 vices to be rendered to the Church in time to come.' Though the Earl became 
 one of the Lords of the Congregation he retained the lands under the superiority 
 of the Scrymgeours, and there were Campbells of Balruddery up till the seven- 
 teenth century. Balruddery passed by marriage to Lord Gray, and was sold by 
 him in 1764 to the Earl of Strathmore. The trustees of the Earl sold the estate 
 in 1782 to Alexander Baillie of Dochfour, and by the successor of the latter it 
 was sold in 1806 to James Webster, Dundee. Robert Webster, his son, disposed 
 of the estate in 1849 to David Edward, flax spinner, Dundee, whose brother 
 James purchased the estate at David's death. From the trustees of James 
 Edward the estate was acquired in 1879 by the late James F. White, merchant, 
 Dundee, whose son, J. Martin White, late M.P. for Forfarshire, is now (1897) 
 proprietor. 
 
14 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Of Katharen 
 my sisteris 
 titellis of 46 
 merkis annuel 
 rent 
 
 S. James 
 
 Ane seasing thairof in Johne Ferrear notaris buikis of the 
 sam dait or thairby 
 
 Item ane copy of contract betwix Robert Low Patrik Wedder- 
 burn ^ Alexander Traill and Katharen anent hir infeftment of 
 46 merkis annuel to be upliftit furth of the landis of Breichen 
 of the dait the 14 of Junij 1586 and registrat in the commone 
 court buikis of Dundie about the sam dait 
 My brother Mr Alexander has all hir titellis 
 My father and Item my fatheris testment ^ confirmit to the commissaris of 
 meSiSo^ffrmit Edinburgh At Edinburgh the xiij of May 1587 The dait 
 of the decreit quhair executouris dativis wer decernit the xxj 
 of Apryle 1586 
 
 My motheris testment confirmit the saidis commissaris off 
 the sam daittis Johne Johnstoun subscryveris 
 
 Item ane Chartour of Alienatione in feu ferme of ane acre of 
 land lyand in the west feild of Dundie haldin of St. James 
 Chaplenry quhairof the Constable of Dundie is patrone maid 
 be the chaplen advyse of the patrone and confirmatione of the 
 bischop of Breichen to Andrew Baxter alias Rannald burges of 
 Dundie for payment of xxj^ zeirly to the chaplen under all 
 thair seillis and subscriptione of the dait the 2 of August 1551. 
 
 Ane seasing of the said Androwis thairon under the subscrip- 
 tione of Harbert Gledstanes ^ notar of the dait the 
 Ane divisione of the said Chaplenry in the constablis handis and 
 ane provisione of the sam to Adam Malice of the dait the xvj 
 May 1588 under the constablis seall and subscriptione and his 
 institutione on the bak thairof under the subscriptione of 
 Robert Wedderburn notar the xix May 1588 
 
 Ane precept of Clare constat maid be Adam Malice chaplen 
 to David Rannald sone and air of the said umquhill Andrew 
 direct to ane baillie for gifing him seasing thairof under his 
 seall and subscriptione of the dait the xvj May 1588 
 
 S. James 
 
 fol f 
 S. James 
 
 ^ Patrick Wedderburn, merchant in Dundee, was the son of Alexander 
 Wedderburn, elder, and Isobel Anderson. His father was also a merchant there 
 (1510-89). Alexander and his wife are frequently named in the Dundee muni- 
 cipal records. He was a brother of David's grandfather Robert Wedderburn. 
 Another of Alexander's sons was Richard Wedderburn, burgess of Elsinore in 
 Denmark. See post, p. 19. 
 
 - The testaments of David's father and mother are entered in the Edinburgh 
 Corninissariot Record, vol. xvii. Harbert Gledstanes. See ante^ p. 5. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 15 
 
 Ane seasing gifin to the said David on the said precept 
 Robert VVedderburn notar thairto under his signe and sub- 
 scriptione of the dait the xxj May 1588 
 
 Ane contract maid betwix the said David and David Wedder- Of my Ane Acre 
 
 . pi .1 l^^^d lyand in 
 
 burn in dispositione and ahenatione oi the said acre to the the West feiid 
 said David Wedderburn contenand speciale warrandice of ane °^ ^^"^^^ 
 tenement of land of his lyand on the south syd of the West 
 to be iufeft in 
 
 port of Dundie under his subscriptione Mr. Alexander Wedder- 
 burn and Robert Wedderburnis notaris and Mr. George Haly- 
 burtoun witnessis of the dait the xvj of May 1588 
 
 Ane chartour of feu ferme of new agane and alienatione of the Qg^Pg^^gJ^j- 
 said acre maid be the said David Baxter to the said David He hes the auid 
 Wedderburn under the constablis hand wryt and seall the J^^f ^Sis 
 chaplen and the said Davidis subscriptionis and seallis con- discharge 
 tenand a precept thairon to gif him seasing thairof of the dait 
 the xvj ^lay 1588 subscryvit alsua be the forsaidis witnessis 
 
 Ane seasing gifin to the said David Wedderburn thairof in the 
 said precept of the dait the xxj May 1588 Robert Wedder- 
 burn notar thairto 
 
 Ane seasing alsua gifin to the said David Baxteris tenement 
 lyand besyd the west port to the said David Wedderburn in 
 warrandice of the said acre Mr. Alexander Wedderburn notar 
 thairto of the dait the of 1588 
 
 Upoun the 24 of Februar 1569 hora 12 Henry Seaton bailie foi. i^. 
 to the constable of Dundie be vertew of his letter of tak and pffipys acns 
 
 in lyirent. 
 
 precept contenit thairin gef stait and seasing to David Wedder- 
 burn of 2 acris land lyand in the West feild of Dundie for all 
 the dayis of his lyftyme Robert Wedderburn notar thairto 
 Witnessis Robert Wedderburn zounger^ Robert Jaksone George 
 Lyndsay 
 
 David RoUok Insert in my Brother Mr. Alexanderis prothogole rqI- 
 Ane contract betwix William Graham of Balluny ^ and his lokis tementis 
 
 Redemit be — 
 
 ^ Robert Wedderburn, grandfather of David Wedderburn. 
 
 2 William Graham of Balluny obtained these lands from Scrymgeour of Dud- 
 hope on 5th January 1578, the estate having been resigned by his father, David 
 Graham of Fintry. Robert ii. had granted Balluny (Balunie) to Thomas de 
 Fotheringhay «>ra 1380, and it remained in that family until acquired by the 
 Grahams in 1437. Balluny was amongst the possessions forfeited 'by John 
 
16 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Lumiathrn and ^V^^^ spous Tuichiiig the alienatione of ane 
 
 annueirentthair schade half quarter, part landis of Lumlathin to us and of the 
 ^ ■ annueh-ent of xv bollis victuall to be upHftit furth of the auchten 
 part landis thairof now occupyit be Thomas Smyth and William 
 Durham under reversion alway of ane thousand poundis To 
 be redemit frae me the said David and my spous and subscrywit 
 be thame and the said tennentis as cautioneris and be James 
 Bonar and Johne Paton notaris for the said Thomas becaus he 
 culd not wryt witnessis subscryviaris James Durham of Pet- 
 kerro ^ William Graham of Claverhous ^ Mr. Alexander Wed- 
 derburn Johne Durhame Johne Graham Thomas Scot of the 
 dait at Dundie and Baldovy ^ respective the v and xxj dayis of 
 Junij 1595 
 
 Item Tua Chartouris subscryvit be thame to us and be the 
 saidis witnessis The ane to be holden of the Kyng the uther of 
 the said William upoun the saidis landis and annuelrent of the 
 dait forsaid and sellit 
 
 Item ane seasing gifen conforme thairto be William Duncan his 
 bailie upon the sam under the signe and subscriptione of Johne 
 Paton notar of the dait the first of July 1595 Witnessis thairin 
 William Graham of Baldovy^ Mr. Alexander Wedderburn 
 Thomas Smyth William Durham Johne Graham James Corbit 
 /oi. 8^ Jeremy Lyn Johne Taylour. 
 
 Ane Contract betwix the constable of Dundie and me and my 
 spous Tuiching the alienatione of Logy havche and fur bray* 
 
 Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, and was given by William iii. to the 
 Marquis of Douglas, and came by succession to the Earl of Home, the present 
 proprietor. 
 
 * James Durham of Petkerro was the son of John Durham, burgess of Dundee, 
 1537. John Durham had a charter of the lands of Pitkerro in 1534, and was 
 succeeded by his eldest son, James, previous to 1 589. The estate remained in 
 the hands of the Durhams till near the end of the seventeenth'centur}'. See pos^, 
 p. 112. 
 
 2 William Graham of Claverhouse (afterwards Sir William) was the son of 
 John Graham of Claverhouse by Anne, daughter of Robert Lundin of Balgonie, 
 Fife. He succeeded to the estate circa 1580, and survived till 1642. He was 
 made a burgess on 25th July 1603 ' for his many services to the commonweal.' 
 
 ' Baldovy {sic in orig. ), probably a clerical error for Balluny. At the date 
 mentioned Baldovy belonged to the Clayhills family, and it never was in the 
 possession of the Grahams. On the other hand, the name of William Graham of 
 Balluny appears frequently in charters of the period. 
 This page is crossed out in original. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 17 
 
 abone the sam and ane acre in the crukit hauche at the end of My evidentis of 
 all togidder with the medowis and pertinentis thairof To us anJfur^bra^and 
 under reversioun of fyve hundreth merkis under his subscrip- acre in the 
 
 . . i cruikit hauche 
 
 tione and ouris Witnessis Gilbert Scrymgeour Johne Scrymgeour lyand be north 
 of Kyrktoun James Myln and Johne Wobster notaris of the Dud^o^p.° 
 dait At Dudop the nyntene day of May 1591 zeiris 
 
 Item Ane speciall discharge subscry vit be the said constable to 
 us on the recept of the said fyfe hundreth merkis Witnessis 
 for saidis subscryvaris and of the dait forsaid 
 
 Item Ane Chartour of Alienatione with ane precept contenit Redemit 
 thairin to tak seasing under his seill and subscriptione of the 
 saidis landis and medow subscryvit be him and the saidis wit- 
 nessis of the dait forsaid 
 
 Item Ane seasing gifin be Mr. Alexander Wedderburn notar x 
 to us of the saidis landis and acris forsaidis under his signe 
 and subscriptione of the dait the xxj May 1591 Witnessis 
 thairin James Forrester elder ^ bailie of Dundie Robert Wed- 
 derburn younger ^ and James Fyf younger burgess of Dundie 
 
 Ane seasing made be James Craell ^ and Katharen Forsyth his ^a^^ cradiif 
 spous to David Craell thair sone heretable of the Wester landis land redemit. 
 of thairis lyand on the eist syd of the Freir Wynd of Dundie 
 under the signe and subscriptione of Alexander Wedderburn 
 commone clerk of Dundie and of James Forrester bailie witnes 
 subscryvit be him of the dait the xiij of January 1562 and 
 Harbert Gledstanes bailie thairto witnessis thairin Mr. Walter 
 Smeton * James Forrester Robert Wedderburn younger ^ 
 
 ^ James Forrester, elder, was the son of James Forrester, who was bailie con- 
 tinuously from 1557 till 1566. He was admitted burgess, i6th July 1572, and was 
 bailie in 1587 and 1590, councillor in 1588 and 1589, and provost in 1591-93. 
 
 2 Robert Wedderburn, younger, brother of David Wedderburn, who died 1593. 
 
 ^ James Craell, chirurgeon, was admitted burgess, 19th March 1578. The 
 property here referred to stood at the east corner of the Overgait and the Freir's 
 Wynd, now Barrack Street. 
 
 ^ Magister William Smeton was the elder son of Andrew Smeton in the 
 Haltoun of Fingask, Perthshire. He studied at St. Andrews University, and took 
 his M.A. degree there in 1551, becoming a notary public and obtaining the free- 
 dom of Dundee on 20th June 1559. His wife, Mariote Rollok, was the member 
 of a family long eminent in Dundee. His brother-german, Magister Thomas 
 Smeton, was enrolled in the Jesuits' College at Paris, but was converted to the 
 Protestant faith and was Principal of Glasgow University from 1580 till his death 
 in 1583. 
 
 See anfe, p. 15, i. 
 
 B . 
 
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 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 and Transumpnit in the commone court buikis of Dundie furth 
 of his prothogole be the baileis of Dundie and Mr. Alexander 
 Wedderburn thair clerk and James Strathachin notar of the 
 dait the xix of February 1592 
 foi. 8b. Item ane seasing gifin be David Craell to Thomas Guthre of 
 dentis^of David ^^^^ annuelrent of xl lib to be upliftit zeirly furth of the saidis 
 Creiiis annuel landis under reversioun of sex hundreth merkis Mr. Alexander 
 
 VIZ xl lib zeirly iii i- iii-- ii« 
 
 and my brother Wedderburn notar thau'to and under his signe and subscrip- 
 tione and of James Auchinlek bailie thairto and Alexander 
 Ramsay bailie as witnes Witnessis the said Alexander And. 
 Nicoll David Wedderburn Andro Lovell and Johne Nes officer 
 of the dait the xiij of September 1588 
 
 Item ane seasing gifen be the said Thomas Guthre to Mr. 
 Alexander and David Wedderburnis equaly of the said annuel- 
 rent under the signes and subscriptiones of Robert Wedder- 
 burn and Andro Gray in Bulzetoun notaris thairto and sub- 
 scryvit be Alexander Scrymgeour and seilit as bailie thairto 
 witnessis thairin Thomas Davidsone skipper Johne Lovell 
 younger David Crael forsaid and Adam Malice Of the sexten of 
 September 1588 
 
 Robert my bro- Ane seasing gifin be Robert Wedderburn elder ^ my gudschir 
 
 als befor wryttin 
 
 to Robert my brother of ylie houss bak and foir pertening to 
 the said Robert and Mr. Alexander my brether Johne Duncan 
 bailie thairto under the signe and subscriptione of Thomas 
 lyrland notar thairto witnessis thairin John Coustoun Robert 
 Kyd David Guthre of the dait the penult of Marche 1573 
 
 George Stir- Item ane discharge giffin be George Stirling to me under his 
 
 iingis discharge s^|3ggpip|- jQjjg Johne Auchinlek and Mr. Alexander Wed- 
 derburn as witnessis on the recept of the evidentis of my volt 
 and ane Acre of land befor wryttin of the dait the xxj July 1593 
 
 Robert my bro- Robert ^ my brotheris legacie to me to be his only executour 
 
 therisWillto me 
 
 ^ See ante, p. 1 1. 
 
 2 Robert Wedderburn, born 1567, died 30th November 1593. Although only 
 twenty-six years of age at his death, he had been thrice married : first, to Grissell 
 Duncan, v^ho died 5./., 20th February 1590; second, to Elizabeth Lovell, who 
 died 26th August 1592, leaving two children, Alexander and Helen ; third, to 
 Elspet Hering, who had no issue by him. (6*/. Andrews Test., vol. iii. 26th 
 June 1598, when his will and those of his first two wives were confirmed.) The 
 will referred to in text must have been made previous to his first marriage, and 
 was cancelled by a later testament. See post, pp. 38, 99, 203. 
 
fol. 9^ 
 
 DAVID WEDDERBURNE 19 
 
 all of his hand wryt and subscryvit be him. Witnessis thairin 
 David Ramsay Thomas Heres of the dait at Dundie the x of 
 July 1587 
 
 Ane obliffatione maid be George Querreour to Rechardus . „. 
 
 11- . 1 My titellis to 
 
 Wedderburn ^ in Elismor and ane compt be him and the said 4"'' doiouris and 
 Richardus of 4^^ auld doiouris subscryvit be him and I maid 28 lib Fiemis 
 assignay thairto be the said Rechardus My assignatione sub- 
 scryvit befor Robert Fyf^ in Campher Robert Wedderburn^ 
 Bartil Brownhill Alexander Trumpit at Elisinor the 7 July 
 1589 yeiris 
 
 Item ane obligatione maid and subscryvit be the said George 
 to the said Robertis Fyf for xxviij lib Flemis money and I 
 maid on the tell thairof assignay thairto be the said Robert 
 witnessis subscryvit Alexander Symmer Rechardus Wedderburn 
 Johne W edderburn Mr. David Myrtoun the 24 July 89 
 
 Ane mortificatione or fundatione of that land bak and foir evidentis of 
 
 1 • P IT o the patronage 
 
 foranent the croce lyand on the north part thairof callit St. and heretabie 
 Thomas land now pertening to Thomas Myln William Man Thomas Chap- 
 David Robesone and Robert Smyth be umquhill William ^^"^y ly^^^^ f^'^- 
 
 ^ , anent the croce 
 
 Strathouchin * foundit to the constable of Dundie patron and of Dundie 
 
 1 Richard Wedderburn was a cousin of David Wedderburn. He was eldest 
 son to Alexander Wedderburn, elder, and Isobel Anderson, and thus was brother 
 of the Patrick Wedderburn already mentioned (see mite, p. 13). He is often 
 named in the Dundee Records from 1560 onwards, and seems to have settled 
 early at Elsinore, from which place he is recorded to have supplied timber for the 
 roof of the kirk of Dundee in 1 590 { Council Minutes of Dundee, vol. ii. pp. 52-66), 
 He must have been a person of some importance in Elsinore, as when Sir Patrick 
 Waus went there as Scottish ambassador on 8th June 1587, he slept 'that nycht at 
 Richardus Weddyrburn's houss,' and contracted, it seems, some friendship with 
 him. See Correspondence of Sir Patrick Waus of Barnbarroch, pt. ii. pp. 396, 
 404, 448. 
 
 ^ Robert Fyf was Conservator at Campvere, appointed by the Convention of 
 Royal Burghs. In 1589, Magister Robert Dennistoun took violent possession 
 of this office, and was called in question by the Convention and ordered to desist 
 from his usurpation. On 30th September 1590 Dennistoun produced a letter 
 from James vi. under the Privy Seal appointing him to the office of Conservator, 
 and on 15th June 1593 he undertook to pay the balance of a sum of money owing 
 to Walter Cowane, burgess of Stirling, by ' the relict and executrice of umquhile 
 Robert Fyfe, factoure in Campheir. ' — Records of Convention of Royal Burghs, 
 vol. i. pp. 322, 343, 412. 
 
 ^ Robert Wedderburn, brother of David Wedderburn. 
 
 ^ William Strathouchin, founder of St. Thomas's Chaplainry, was Provost of 
 Dundee in 1460. 
 
20 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 ^oft^be mejra his dochteris Elezabeth and Margaret Strathonchin under his 
 and the laird of seill the said constablis seill and toim of Dundieis gryt seill 
 Kyngany thairon of the dait to be halden perpetiialy of the chaplen of 
 
 the dait the last of October Millesimo quadringesimo quinqua- 
 
 gesimo quinto (This be way of Indentour) 
 
 Ane instrument of seasing thairon under the signe and sub- 
 
 scriptione of William of Keir notar of the dait 9 of Apryle 
 
 1467 
 
 Ane confirmatione of the bischop of Breichenis under his 
 gryt seill upoun a chartour maid be Margaret Strathouchin of 
 hir half with the constable of Dundie of the said chaplenry to 
 Malcom of Guthre of Kyngany ^ her husband of the said chap- 
 lenry of the dait the 14 December 1481 
 j-^l^ Ane Chartour of alienatione maid be Margaret Strathouchin 
 
 of hir rycht alternatis vicibus with the constable of Dundie of 
 the said chaplenry to Macome of Guthre of Kyngany of the 
 dait the 2 of December 1480 
 
 Ane instrument of seasing gifin be the said Margaret to the 
 said Malcome heiron luider the signis and subscriptionis of 
 William Barry and Robert Seres ^ notaris of the xv of July 1480 
 
 Ane instrument upoun the confirmatione of the haill of the 
 Kyngs of the said Chaplenry^ contenand thairin the haill con- 
 firmatione maid be James ii Kyng of Scotland xv January 
 1455 The dait of the instrument 6 May 1472 Wilelmus 
 de Keyr notar 
 
 Ane Dispositione and Alienatione maid be the said Con- 
 
 ^ Guthre of Kyngany, from whose descendant, William Guthre, Alexander 
 Wedderburn purchased the barony of Kingennie in i6oo, since which time it has 
 remained in the Wedderburn family. 
 
 2 Robert Seres belonged to a family that took the territorial title from the lands 
 of Ceres, in Fifeshire. One of the first of the family connected with Dundee was 
 Robert de Seres, who was burgess of Dundee in 1408. At that time he obtained 
 lands in the Meadow of Dundee, afterwards known as Seres Haugh, and still 
 later as Monorgunds Croft (see ante^ p. 2). Robert Seres mentioned above was 
 town clerk of Dundee for over half a century. Previous to 1492 this Robert 
 and his brother, Thomas, founded an altar in the parish church of Dundee dedi- 
 cated to St. Magnus the Martyr. Thomas Seres was for a long time one of the 
 principal bailies. In The Book and Register of Armes prepared by Sir David 
 Lyndesay of the Mount in 1542, the arms of ' Seres, Lord of Dunde of auld,' 
 are blazoned. 
 
 3 The words ' in the constablis cofifir in Dundee of the dai ' are here erased. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 21 
 
 stable of Dundie to David Wedderburn heretable of his rycht My evidentis of 
 of the patronage of the said Chaplenry under his seill and sub- '^^^"^^s land 
 scriptione and subscryvit be Johne Scrymgeour of Kyrktoun 
 and James Crychton witnessis of the dait the 13 of October 
 1595 Witnessis thairin the saidis personis Johne Scrymgeour 
 the young lard Thomas Gray Andro Urquhart 
 
 Ane precept maid and subscryvit be the said constable to the 
 said David signefeing the Dispositione of the heretable titell 
 thairof to the said David and a precept to Thomas Myln to 
 answer the said David of the dewteis thairof specialy of j merk 
 yeirly assignit be Henry Guthre chaplen thairof to the said 
 constable yeirly during the chaplenis lyftime of the dait forsaid 
 and befor the witnessis rehersit 
 
 Ane Act maid be Petir Rolland^ in the commone court 
 buikis in presens of William Duncan bailie at the command of 
 the said Chaplen to pay yeirly during his lyftyme to the con- 
 stable 7 merkis of the dait the xj November 1592 
 
 Ane instrument of seasing giffin be vertew of a precept fo^- 
 contenit in the said Dispositione maid be the constable 
 to the said David of the rycht of the patronage of the said 
 chaplenry under the signes and subscriptionis of Mr. Alex- 
 ander Wedderburn clerk and Robert Wedderburn his father 
 brother notaris of the dait the said xiij of October 1595 wit- 
 nessis William Duncan bailie thairto William Stewart of Set- 
 toun Thomas Myln James Myln Mr. Johne Lovel ^ burges of 
 Dundie 
 
 Ane Dispositione maid be William Guthre of Kyngany of g{^^j^^^^"^\^ °j 
 his uther half of the rycht of the patronage of the said Chaplenry 
 alternatis vicibus to me the said David heretable under his seill 
 and subscriptione of the dait the v of May 1592 yeiris witnessis 
 Henry Fethe of Kylik Archibald Campbell of Persy. Henry 
 Guthre chaplen Witnessis subscryvaris thairof Item Johne 
 Robesone younger of Baschando Andro Kynnard James Hali- 
 burtoun Thomas Bruntfeild and Mr. Alexander Wedderburn 
 
 1 Petir Rolland, merchant, son of Robert Rolland, was admitted burgess, 9th 
 March 1583. 
 
 2 Magister Johne Lovel was town councillor from 1592 till 1600; bailie, 
 1601-3-5 ; and entered the council again 1606. He belonged to a branch of the 
 Lovells of Ballumbie. 
 
22 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Ane instrument of seasing gifin be vertew of a precept thairin 
 be George Mudy ^ bailie thairto to me the said David of the 
 heretable possessioun of the same iipoun the ground of the 
 tenement Mr. Alexander Wedderburn and Gilbert Quhittet 
 scheref clerk notaris thairto of the dait the xxj Junij 1592 
 under thair signes and subscriptionis witnessis thairin William 
 Man Petir Clayhillis younger James Halyburtoun Younger 
 Andro Kyd teylzeour 
 
 Ane assignatione maid be Petir Rolland to me contenand 
 warrandice for the yeirly dewetie of 7 lib 2s 8d to be upliftit 
 fra Thomas My In for the few dewete of the Innerland during 
 Henry Guthreis lyftyme under his subscriptione and Mr Alex- 
 ander Wedderburn and Johne Auchinlek and Johne Pattoun 
 witnessis and Gilbert Galetly subscryvaris of the dait the x of 
 August 1595 
 
 ffollowis the rentale of the said Chaplenry 
 Item furth of David Robesonis heiche buith in the foir land 
 yeirly ...... xvij ss 
 
 Item furth of the upmest houssis laitly feuit be Henry Guthre 
 and the patronis yeirly . . . .7 merks 
 
 Item Thomas Rollandis buith in the foir land occupyit be 
 Patrik Gray yeirly . . . . . xl ss 
 
 fol. lo". Item the inner land pertenant to Thomas Myln sumtyme 
 
 pertenand to Robert and Petir Rollandis with the rest of the 
 foirland yeirly xij lib 
 
 Item the Chaplenis stable within the clois occupyit be 
 William Man onfewit as yit yeirly worth x merkis 
 
 Item William Mannis foir buith and bak buith yeirly xl s 
 Item David Robesonis lache buith yeirlie xlij s 
 
 Off St. Thomas j^^^ Robert Smythis lache buith yeirly to Set 2 merkis 
 All thir lyand in the foir land [1 Moir call for David 
 Robesoneis lache buith yeirly xlij merkis] ^ 
 
 Ane apoyntment betuix David Dog and me for 18s subscry- 
 vit be him of the dait the 14 Apryle 1596 witnessis Johne 
 Scrymgeour James Haliburtoun and Walter Haliburtoun 
 Ane seasing of David Wedderburnis of 18 s yeirlye upliftit 
 
 ^ George Mudy, merchant, enrolled as a burgess, 26th September 1576; 
 town councillor, 1591-159S ; bailie, 1592. 
 - This entry deleted, being duplicated. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 23 
 
 furth of David Robesonis land in the Cowgeit disponit be ^nt'Sf'iSs^^M 
 David Dog to me and thairin quhair he is cognossit air to his to be upiiftit 
 father Mr Alexander my brother notar thairto under his signe Rob^s^onis^iand 
 and subscriptione and the seill and subscriptione and the seill the Cowgeit 
 and subscriptione of Patrik Lyoun bailie of the daitlthe 18 
 May 1596 
 
 My Decreit of Richard Clerk in the commone court buikis of 
 Dundie for the auld wryttis thairof of the dait the 19 May 1596 
 
 My Decreit on Thomas Myln gifin be the baileis of Dundie 
 insert in the commone court buikis for payment perpetualy to 
 me of xj lib xvj s as his feumeillis subscryvit be Mr Alexander 
 Wedderburn commone clerk of Dundie of the dait the xiiij 
 day of November 1595 
 
 Ane extract of ane act maid be Henry Guthre chaplen to 
 David Robeson deduceand the v ^ of xlij s of feumeill upiiftit 
 furth of the saidis Davidis buith lyand on the eist syd of the 
 trans of the foirzeit In presens of Alexander Ramsay and 
 William Duncan baileis sittand in jugement subscryvit be Mr 
 Alexander Wedderburn clerk the 26 Februar 1583 
 
 Upoun the 7 Marche 1583 ane apoyntment betuix the 
 Chaplen and Robert Smyth anent the lache buith Insert in 
 the court buik 
 
 Quhair I am infeft in Johne Mylnis houssis meassonis within Titiiis of John 
 William Kydis clos be the said Johne for my releif of the 
 cautionry of 600 merkis to the Laird of Carestoun as the sam 
 of the dait the 9 day of July or thairby 1594 beiris Mr 
 Alexander notar thairto James Scrymgeour^ bailie witnessis 
 Robert Maxwell And now of new the sam securetie to stand 
 quhill I be releifit of v^ merkis as cautioner for Johne to the 
 constable In presens of Patrick Lyoun William Duncan James 
 Scyrmgeour and the Clerk the v Marche 1595 
 
 ffourtie leavis herefter followis the 
 Inventar of the rest of my wryttis ^ 
 
 Ane Indentour on parchement quhairof David Robesone hes/'^^- 
 the ane half betuix me and him for payment yeirly to me of 
 
 ^ James Scrymgeour, councillor, 1588- 1 599; bailie, 1593-94. 
 ^ See post y p. 91. 
 
24 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 42 s as the fewmeill of his heiche buith subscryvit be us bay th 
 and William Man bailie thairanent 4 Jan 1596 
 
 Ane new Charter maid be David Wedderburn to the con- 
 stable of Dundie and lard of Kyngany and a seasing gifin 
 thairon be Johne Pattoun deput clerk thairto be vertew of ane 
 act maid in the commone court buikis of Dundie of the dait 
 the 17 Junij 97 of a annuel rent of 18 s yeirly to be upliftit 
 furth of David Robesonis tenement lyand on the south syd of 
 the Cowgeit subscryvit be the said David Johne Johne Wil- 
 liamsone connotar Mr of the sang schoole ^ and William Man 
 bailie respective of the dait the 18 Junij 1597 
 Off St Thomas Ane new Dispositione of the said annuel rent of 18 s maid be 
 Landis ^j^^ gg^j^j constable and lard of Kyngany with the titell of St. 
 
 Thomas patronage of that chaplenry maid to the said David 
 under thair seillis and subscriptionis with a precept contenit 
 thairin for gifing the said David seasing thairon of the dait 
 the day and yeir forsaid and subscryvit be Scrymgeour Gilbert 
 Scrymgeour Mr Alexander Wedderburn Henry Ramsay of 
 Ardony Henry Betoun Johne Patoun William Spalding notaris 
 as witnessis 
 
 Ane seasing following thairon under the signes and subscrip- 
 tionis of the saidis Johne Pattoun and Johne Williamsone 
 notaris and AVilliam Man^ bailie of the dait the 18 Junij 
 1597 
 
 To James my Ane confirmatione maid thairon and seillit and subscryvit 
 brother sone Bischop of Breichen of the said the day of 1597 
 
 Memorandum upon the 28 July 1591 Gilbert Quhittet 
 Robert Wedderburn conotaris Witnessis Waltir Key Andro 
 Crystie Johne How Alexander Nicoll maltman The Clerk his 
 wyf and with thair awin handis gef seasing to James ^ thair 
 
 ^ John Williamson was the first Protestant Master of the ' Sang Schule. ' He 
 was succeeded in 1609 by John Mow. — MaxweWs Old Dundee, vol. i. p. 337. 
 
 2 William Man, merchant, admitted burgess 12th Sept. 1587, councillor from 
 1587 to 1603 ; bailie, 1588-90-94-98 and 1600; dean of guild, 1589-97-1601-2. 
 
 3 Magister James Wedderburn, second son of Mr. Alexander Wedderburn, 
 eldest brother to David. This James was born in 1589. Admitted notary at 
 Edinburgh 1609, burgess of Dundee loth July 1610. Vol. 267 of the Dundee 
 Protocol Books is in his handwriting. He had been appointed in 1604 to 
 succeed his father as clerk of Dundee after the father's decease, and obtained 
 the office when that event occurred in 1626. His own death took place in 
 1627. He married in 1608 Margaret, daughter of James Goldman, merchant, 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 25 
 
 sone of the west syd of the clos callit the gren landis haill 
 yard and half for-landis Robert Wedderburn notar thairto 
 
 Memorandum of a seasing of William Davidsonis hous in to James my 
 the heid of the clois quhairin James my brotheris sone is infeft ^^^^^^^ 
 under the signe and subscriptione of Johne Patoun notar with 
 special warrandice thairin contenit of the dait the last of Sep- 
 tember 1594 
 
 Memorandum his evident of the west syd of my brotheris item of his 
 clois is in Robert my fatheris brotheris protocale he notar 
 thairto the 28 July 1591 
 
 ffollowis the Invetar of the remanent wryttis titellis and 
 secureteis petenand to me David Wedderburn burges of 
 Dundie In maner subsequent fourtie leavis heirafter of this 
 buik 
 
 Memorandum ane registrat apoyntment maid be me in 
 favouris of James Myln and William Guthre anent the ratifica- 
 tione confirmatione and aprobatione of thair partis of St. 
 Thomas land payand me xij lib 4^ out of the sam insert in the 
 commone court buikis of Dundie upon the 14 May 1610 
 
 Debtis awin me 
 Robert my brother 3 lib 
 Monquhany ^ xP West hall xij lib 
 Helen Beton 4 lib 
 
 Henry hir brother 16^ Johne Beton xP xxj 
 Helen Cokburn 2 merk 
 
 Dundee, by his wife Margaret Jak, and left issue three sons : i. Sir Alexander, 
 born l6io, afterwards clerk of Dundee and proprietor of Blackness, progenitor of 
 the family so designated, and now represented in unbroken male descent by Sir 
 William Wedderburn, Bart. ; 2. William, who died s.p. ; 3. Sir Peter, Lord 
 Gosford of Session, died nth Nov. 1679, now represented also in unbroken male 
 line by Sir Arthur Halkett of Pitfirrane, Bart. In the /vol/ of Eminent Burgesses 
 of Dundee, p. 38, the name of James Wedderburn's wife is given as Mary on the 
 authority of her tombstone, but this stone was only erected in 1788, and her name 
 is wrongly given. The marriage contract, in which she is called Margaret, is 
 now in the possession of Sir William Wedderburn, Bart. 
 
 ^ Monquhany came into the possession of Michael Balfour on the death of his 
 father, Andrew, in 1592. Michael was enrolled as a burgess of Dundee on i6th 
 Oct. 1583, and Andrew Balfour had a similar honour conferred upon him 29th 
 Oct. 1565. 
 
 2 The book is here reversed for three pages, and ff. 11^, 12^, 12^ thus read in 
 reverse order. Most of the names entered have been scored tlirough, the debts 
 having been paid. 
 
26 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Issobell Myln in Forfar 32^ Andro in Forfar xx^ 
 David Ked 3 lib of the auld compt 
 
 Thomas Man v lib William Graham a boll of meill 14^ 8^ 
 
 James my brother v lib 
 
 David Abircromby my gilt raper 
 
 James Reyky and David Melvil for the rest of the sylver 
 Mr James Rutherfurd my corsbow and swird staf and bulk 
 
 of fisches in Frensche with a boll quhyt and 30^ of borouit 
 
 sylver 
 
 Yomig Kelly a crown ten^ Gleswallis ^ brother xl fiftie^ 
 
 Patrik Ramsay x lib x merk 
 
 George Durward Younger ij merk xiij^ 4*^ 
 
 Forbes in Westhal x^ James Guild officer half a merk 
 
 Andro Urquhart 3 lib for the ill half merk 
 
 Henry Baxter 4 lib x^ 
 
 Margaret Barry v merkis 
 
 Edward Chalmer 15 merk 
 
 Mr Johne Lovel x^ 
 
 Waltir Forrester 3 lib and a pair of schankis 
 Alexander Forret 3 lib My lord Innermay 42^ David 
 Heres v lib 
 
 Balumbie ^ a crown Andro Lovel 25^ Crystel Trael x lib 
 George Stirling 28 lib 
 
 My gun in Petir Alanesonis 
 My muskat with the constable 
 My pistolat with Johne Ogilvy 
 
 M- 14 Januar 90 
 
 Wm Drumond Giffin the gudeman of Dumlaven for xx bollis beir 
 
 David Tendel ^ ^ i 
 
 4^^v merk 
 
 ^ Scrymgeour of Glaswell. 
 
 ■•^ Balumbie came into possession of John Lovell in 1579, after the death of his 
 father, Henry Lovell. The family long held an important place in the annals of 
 Dundee. Henry Lovell was admitted a burgess on 20th June 1559, and John 
 Lovell's name was enrolled in 1568. A portion of the lands of Ballumbie had 
 been alienated by Henry Lovell in 1571, and another portion by John Lovell in 
 1583. After the death of James Lovell in 1607, the direct male line of the 
 family became extinct. 
 
 ^ David Tendel, baker, son of David Tendal, baker, was admitted burgess 4th 
 Feby. 1578. The Tendals or Tendalls were long connected with the civic history of 
 Dundee. The first of the name, John Tendall, was admitted a burgess in 1525- 
 His son, David, was enrolled in 1551, and took an active part in the affairs of 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 27 
 
 Giffin Thomas Bowak in Tilleheat for 4 do Lyning 8 elnis xlib 
 
 Lent David Craufurd quhill candelmes vij lib 
 
 Lent Andro AVeir in Ethetoun and James Carmichael 
 
 cautioner 7 merk 
 
 Robert Bruce mariner xxj merk 
 
 Lady Dudhop^ xiij merk j'^ xijiib 
 
 In my hand xij merkis 
 
 Gilbert Tynnes wyf 4 merkis xx lib 
 
 Lady our mother ^ v lib xvij merkis half 40 merk 
 
 Johne Cantis wyf xl^ xviij^ 4^^ 8 merk 
 
 James Renkvn ij lib 
 
 Summa xviij^^ x merk 
 Fiftie merkis awin be the Lady and John Cantis wyf 
 
 To Andrew Mortemer xxv lib x^ _ . , , ^ 
 
 David Ked and 
 
 To William Kokburn merk xl lib James Matho 
 
 To James Renken j*^ ij lib 
 
 To David Fullertoun xl viij lib 
 
 Johne Strathouchin v lib x 8 lib 
 
 Thomas Man . Ix lib 10 lib 
 
 Den of Gild Thomas Trel ^ Ixxx lib a brod our 
 
 Henry Betoun Ixxiij lib x xx lib 
 
 Peter Wedderburn ^ x lib gxx lib 
 
 John Lovell xij lib x lib 
 
 Thomas Heres x lib x lib 
 
 Issobell Smyth Ixx lib 
 
 the baker craft. He acquired a house on the south side of the marketgait, at the 
 corner of Skirling's Wynd, and that passage then acquired the name of Tendall's 
 Wynd, which name it still bears. 
 
 ^ Lady Dudop, Magdalen Livingston, was the daughter of Lord Livingstone, 
 and wife of Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope. The initials of herself and her 
 husband are still to be seen in Dudhope Castle. Several genealogists have 
 erroneously described her as the mother of Sir James Scrymgeour, but from a 
 reference on another page on David Wedderburn 's manuscript, it is clear that she 
 survived her husband Sir James, and this is confirmed by numerous documents 
 amongst the charters of Dundee. 
 
 2 Lady our mother {sic in orig.). For ' Lady Westhall, our mother,' i.e. 
 mother to David's wife. 
 
 ^ Thomas Trel (Traill), merchant, admitted burgess 26th Sept. 1576, town 
 councillor, 1590- 1603. Though described above as dean of guild, he never held 
 that office, but was harbour-master in 1590-91. 
 
 ^ This Peter Wedderburn is probably uncle of David Wedderburn. 
 
28 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 An angel noble 
 
 David Heres 4 lib 13^ 4^ 
 
 fol, lib Johne Thorntoun xx lib xj^ 
 
 X Robert my brother 5 lib awin 7^^ lib jc lib 3 lib awin 
 
 X Ladyi vij^^lib 
 
 James the Laird ^ a crown 
 
 jcmerk David Ked jc merkis to be payit me at Michaelmes nixt 
 
 conforme to his obligatione 
 
 James Mathew xl merkis to be payit at pace 
 X Thomas Zoung ^ sex lib I lent him within 8 oukis 
 
 xj' s Apryie9T Lent David Craufurd 8 lib to be payit within 3 oukis ^ 
 
 X coft fra David Johnstoun 3 do lyning gifin him thairfor 7 lib 4^ 
 
 jc nieik Monquhany a last hering xP awan 
 
 Robert Craghal a barrle oyle. Ance mair 
 
 1 October 92 
 The Laird of Westhal ^ a ros noble xv^ 
 His sister Helen 3 lib xj^ vi'^ Mr James xxv for salt 
 His brother Henry xvj^ 
 John Cantis wyf P 
 
 Mr James Rutherford xij lib 6^ S'^ and a bol quhyt for 
 my hors 
 
 Helen Cokburn ^ 2 merk 
 John Scrymgeour a crown 
 Issobell My In in Forfare xxij^ 
 David Robesone my servand 
 
 Alexander Rychardsone xx lib and the wark of the gun 
 The burgeschip Johne Kar 
 
 David Keyd x lib 3 lib David Abercromby my swird 
 
 Monquhany xP 
 
 Thomas My In the obligatioun In Johne LovelHs seller my Iryn 
 
 1 Lady , probably Dame Magdalen Livingstone, wife of Sir James Scrym- 
 geour. See ante^ p. 27. 
 
 2 James the laird, probably Sir James Scrymgeour. 
 
 2 Thomas Young, merchant, admitted burgess 7th Feb. 1570. 
 * Oukes = weeks. 
 
 ^ The laird of Westhall, in the parish of Murroes, Forfarshire. Westhall was 
 in possession of the Beatouns previous to 1526. Robert Beatoun of Westhall was 
 concerned in the murder of the tutor of Laws in 1568. The laird mentioned 
 above was Robert's son James, brother of Matilda Beatoun, David Wedderburn's 
 wife. Helen Beatoun married Henry Ramsay of Ardownie. 
 
 ^ Helen Cokburn was the wife of James Beatoun of Westhall. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 29 
 
 Thomas Man ^ v lib James Reyky 
 
 Robert and James my brether Alexander Ouchterlony the 
 xl lib 8 lib beer fyr silver at Mertimes 
 
 26 Marche 96 
 
 In presens of Johne Ogilvy dclynerit to Andro Matheson foL is*'.^ 
 bonetmaker fyve v lib peces extending to xxv lib and thre 
 lib x^ In x^ peces to be excheyngit in crunes or ros noblis 
 aald tuix and this day 8 dayis 
 
 Sauld to Alexander Annand and William Barry threscoir 
 ten stanes of Iron to be payit four dayis befor pace^ Ij lib 
 
 Item to James Bower 17 stane 4 pund gad Iron for 18 lib 
 8^ to be instantly payit 
 
 Item sauld to David Spanky iiij boUis meill for 8 lib half 
 merk les the boll to be payit four dayis befor pace nixtocum 
 
 My lyning clayth to sell 
 
 Item the blak clayth 
 
 Johne My In for my sylver 
 
 x October 92 
 
 Patrik Rattray baxter is oblist to delyuer me x lib and half 
 boll floure and a merk at Candelmes in presens of David Ten- 
 dell David Rattray Johne Kuik and Andro Blak. "f xxx f 
 XXX t xxxf 
 
 The Lady Dudope " 
 Is awin me four lib x^ of the last compt 
 Scho receauit hirself 7 merk 
 
 Jean Hume receavit Johne Schevanis acquittance and twa 
 
 merk and xxj^ 
 
 The laird is awin me 3 lib x^ for the puder 
 
 Your ladyschip sex lib for the sex firlettis quhyt we warrant 
 
 Your ladyschip receavit David Wat and Johne Smythis 
 
 annuellis 
 
 1 delyverit Johne Rattray a merk for his execution 
 
 ^ Thomas Man, merchant, son of William Man, admitted burgess 26th Sept. 
 1576. 
 
 - The first page of fol. 13 is left blank. All the entries on fol. 13^' are scored 
 through in original. 
 
 2 Pace or pasch — Easter. 
 
 ^ The Lady Dudope. See antCy pp. 27, 28. 
 
80 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Decimo sexto February 1595 
 The auld constable xj lib Memorandum for the 
 
 Lent the young constable xx^ wryttis fra Fordy 
 
 and my ring 
 
 To Logy xv^ 
 
 To David Abircromby x^ 
 
 To Robert my gossip 5^ Gleswallis brother Johne 
 
 William Betoun awin me liij^ Westhall xvj lib 
 Alexander Kynmond awin me for ane stane sevin pund lynt 
 at V merk a half the stane Item 14^ vj^ Item vij^ vj*^ and I 
 awin him abone xxvj^ for dichting of clayth William Man 
 my propyn ^ 
 
 Alexander Forret awin me 3 lib 
 
 My blak clayth with Alexander Kynmond to pay the 
 XX lib 
 
 Johne Myln mercheand awin me ane schip pund gad Iron 
 And Alexander Annand four lib round wecht smout iron 
 
 with 7 pund ower wecht 
 Item a barrele pik of the gryt burd and Marche 94 
 My wyf twa boundis lynt Johne Forret elder boriut fra me 
 
 4 lib quhill Tysday nixt 
 Johne Lovell awin me 4^^ lib or Robert Fleschour 
 Dutsche Johne xx lib 
 
 The Laird of Gleswallis brother Johne lies receavit 3 lib of 
 myn fra the laird of Kelly to be allowit in the nixt terme 
 Witsonday 
 
 Moir xP 
 
 Johne Ogilvy my gren Item xxv lib Flemis 
 awin me 8 merk 
 
 William Lochmalony my lastis hering George Ogilvy 
 
 40 lib for a punsion wyn 
 
 Thomas Mirre my deillis Alexander Ramsay and })ro . . . 
 
 James Carmanno or Johne Heny xxx lib 
 
 My crellie My meill my lyning clayth 
 
 Androw Nicoll 37 lib x^ William Schypert 3 lib David 
 Robesine xj lib Robert Abell aittis Johne Smyth 3^^ iiij lib 
 xiij^ 4*^ 
 
 ^ Propyne = a gift. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 31 
 
 Logy twa bollis aittis besyd me' xx lib 
 
 Mr Alexander for the bend of a crown Item for the 
 swap to be allowit in the Witsonday termes meill nixt 
 
 Thomas Myln my propyn and Robert Smyth my claythis 
 and Petir Rolland and Johne Duncan Niniane Copen 
 John Duncan 
 
 xxj September 1596 foi. x^. 
 
 Johne Beton a win me xx merkis for 4 ellis cloking my restis 2 merk 
 gudbrother to be payit at Mertemes nixt 
 
 1 Gilbert Thomsone lent his sone 7 lib 
 
 2 James Rannald in Edinburgh awin me P 
 
 3 Michaell Samuell in Edinburgh xij^ 8^ 
 
 Lent my gudmother ^ 6 lib xj ^ be hir gudson Alexander 
 Peirson - 6 lib Item to hir 8^ xl 
 
 4 George Lyndsay awin me on the decreit and lettres xxviij lib 
 on his obligatione a knag of vinacre 
 
 The Laird of Westhall restis awin me xxviij merkis xv lib 
 
 5 George Querriouris airis on my assignatione to ane obliga- 
 tione maid be him to Robert FyfF^ 28 lib Flemis 
 
 6 William Kydis airis xxx^ 
 Obligatione 
 
 7 Mr James Rutherfurdis airis x lib 
 his Lettres 
 
 8 Walter Forresteris airis v lib on his 
 obligatione 
 
 9 James Lyndsay litster on his obligatione v lib 
 Thomas Man xx merkis on his obligatione 
 
 10 Thomas Manis airis on his obligatione xx merkis 
 
 11 Johne Andersone on his obligatione and assignatione 4 lib 
 
 12 Robert Jaksone on his obligatione xvj lib 
 
 13 David Kyd in S. Andros on his obligatione restis 3 lib 
 
 14 Edward Chalmeris teylzeour restes 13 merk 
 
 15 Everie ane of my brether and sisteris ar awin me In of thair ^5*- 
 
 ^ Gudmother, i.e. his wife's mother. 
 
 2 Alexr. Peirson of Balmadies, brother-in-law to David Wedderburn, having 
 married Isabella Betoun, a sister of David's wife. 
 2 Robert Fyfif. See ante^ p. 19. 
 
32 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 bairnis pairt geir that I have debursit mair nor I aucht con- 
 forme to the compt 7 lib Summa 28 lib ^ 
 
 Summa three hundreth sex lib sex ^ 
 Ane obligatione of George Mudeis 
 
 Item David Robesone^ wilbe awin me of my 18^ annuell I 
 coft fra David Dog I have yeirly furth of his houssis in the 
 Cwgeit 
 
 Item of my annuell of 42^ I have yeirly furth of his heiche 
 buith in St Thomas land 
 payit Item Thomas Myln wilbe awin me the byrounis of my super 
 
 plus of 18 merkis 4^ les I have yeirly furth of that St Thomas 
 land extending to 24 lib 
 
 payit 
 
 Item the byronis of my haill chaplenreis quhairunto I am 
 provydit extendis to ... . (sic) 
 
 2 July 97 
 
 Robert Schorswod hes retenit of myn 4^ 8^^ Item x ellis 
 a half hard in at xxxiiij d the eln 
 
 24 January 96 
 
 Henry Beton ^ my gud brother for 3 ellis clayth x lib 
 instantly to be payit 
 
 James Hoip 18 lib vj^ for clayth cloking 
 David Baroclay v lib instantly to be payit 
 restis be David Barclay yit 2 merk 
 
 9 Juny 1608 
 
 Memorandum Alexander Carnegy officer hes my decreit on 
 fol. is^. Alexander Prestoun for sex lib to execut 
 
 Upoun the xxv day of Februar being Settirday, the 
 signe In pisces 1597 Quhilk wes accomptit the ecclips of 
 the sone and cheynge of the mone Betuix ten and ellevin 
 houris befor nwn that day darkness overschaddowit the 
 face of the haill earth that nane mycht knaw ane uther per- 
 fytly on the calsayis nor yit mycht nae persone within thair 
 houssis haif any lychte but candill Quhilk contenwit the space 
 
 ^ David Wedderburn had three brothers and one sister alive at this date, 
 besides his elder brother, Mr. Alexander, and his sister Margaret, who are never 
 named as sharing in the estate. These were James, Peter, William, and Katherine. 
 
 2 See an/e, pp. 22, 23. 
 
 ^ Henry Beton, brother of David Wedderburn's wife. See anfe, p. 25. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 33 
 
 of half ane hoiire And the peiple with gryt fair fled afF the 
 calsayis to houssis mourning and lamenting and the crawis 
 and corbels and ravenois foullis fled to houssis to our steple 
 and tolbuith and schip tappis maist merveulously affrayit 
 Quhilk sycht wes maist terreble and fairfull to all people 
 young and auld And nane persone levand culd declair they 
 ever hard or saw the lyk thame selffis in ony tyme preceiding ^ 
 The evidentis and richtis of my 
 chaplenrieis Quhairto I am provydit 
 Off* St Servis chaiplenry ^ 
 and Litel St James Chaplenry ^ 
 ffirst my provisione maid to be me be the constable of 
 Dundie for the space of vij yeiris nixt for my lyftyme of St 
 Servis chaplenry be twa severall provisionis under his seillis 
 and subscriptionis and of Mr Hercules Rollok * notar publict 
 of the dait the first of September 1583 
 
 Twa severall institutionis under the signis and subscrip- 
 tionis of Robert Wedderburn and Gilbert Quhittet notaris to 
 
 ^ See Calderwood's Hist, of Churchy folio ed. 1678, p. 145. 
 
 ^ St. Servis Chaplenry, i.e. the chaplainry of the altar of St. Severus or St. 
 Severane. An altar dedicated to this saint was in existence in the parish church 
 of Dundee previous to 1454. James ill. granted 'the land of the Hundman- 
 hyll' in Dundee to this altar. In 1492 the weaver craft founded a chaplainry at 
 this altar ' for the honour of St. Severus the bishop, the patron saint of the said 
 trade,' and in 15 12, when the statutes of the weaver craft were ratified by the 
 town council, the craft undertook to uphold and repair ' the altar of Sanct 
 Severane in Our Lady Kirk.' The presentation to the altar was vested in the 
 Scrymgeours of Dudhope, constables of Dundee, and the patronage remained 
 with that family till Viscount Dudhope disponed it to the town council in 1643. 
 
 ^ Litel St. James Chaplenry, i.e. the chaplainiy of St. James the Less. The 
 earliest notice of this chaplainry is a mortification of it by the constable of 
 Dundee in 1427. The patronage was disponed by Viscount Dudhope in 1643 to 
 the Hospital of Dundee. 
 
 * Mr. Hercules Rollok was the eldest son of George Rollok, and was cele- 
 brated as one of the best Scottish Latinists of his time. Previous to 1585 he 
 held the office of master of the Grammar School at Edinburgh. His father had 
 been one of the leading Reformers, and he adhered to the Protestant faith. By 
 the will of George Rollok, dated 27th May 1559, his property was to be divided 
 between his three sons, and this division was made at his death in 1569. The 
 name of Hercules Rollok appears in 1590 as cautioner for James Scrymgeour. 
 He died previous to 16 19, as his papers were then placed in the charge of 
 Wodrow the historian. Many of the Latin poems by Hercules Rollok were 
 included in the Delitice Poetarum Scotoriwi^ published in 1637 by Sir John Scot 
 of Scotstarvit. 
 
 C 
 
34 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 the said David of the said chaplenry of the dait the 2 of 
 September 1583 
 
 Ane dimissioun maid be Robert and James Scrymgeouris of 
 the said chaplenry in the constablis handis in favouris of the 
 said David of the dait the vj of Junij 1584 Johne Ferrear 
 notar thairto 
 
 Ane rentall of the said chaplenry under the said Davidis 
 subscriptione 
 
 Ane contract betwix me and David Clepen anent ane annuel- 
 rent to be upliftit furth of his hous in the Murregeit subscryvit 
 be us bayth at Dundie the 22 of Apryle 1587 
 dtiyv?riuhfs°^ Ane mortificatione of the said chaplenry of the dait the 27 
 wryt to the con- October ane thousand four hundreth fiftie nyn yeiris and 
 
 stable and it is n ' t ^ -rr i i • 'n • • i 
 
 in his chartour contirmit be the Kyng under his gryt seiU registrat m the 
 ^^^^ register upoun the xx of November j"^ four hundreth sextie 
 
 four yeiris 
 
 Siclyk a contract betuix Thir evidentis to be delyverit 
 
 the David^ Wedderburn in to the constable of Dundie my 
 Elisinor and me toward gude master 
 the repayment of 7 merkis xx'^ yeirly furth auld Sanderis tene- 
 ment at the eist end of the new tolbuith 
 
 This lykway to be delyverit to the Constable of Dundie 
 foi. i6\ 23 Junij 1612 In presens of James and Petir my brother 
 
 Andro Lichton ^ Johne Smyth cordiner 
 
 I apoyntit with Thomas Guild ^ cordoner for 12 lib of instant 
 sylver and 4 lib worth of schone or Mullis to my wyf and 
 bairnis in compleit payment of all byronis of my annuel of 30^ 
 upliftit out of his tenement in Skyrlingis Wynd* and gifin 
 him ane acquittance thairon I raknit 16 yeir awin me at this 
 present 
 
 The titellis of Litel St James 
 Chaplenry 
 
 Item my provisione of Litel St James chaplenry be the 
 constable of Dundie and dimissione of the laird of Strikmarten ^ 
 
 1 Sic in original, should be Richard Wedderburn. See ante, p. ign. 
 
 2 Andro Lichton, shipwright, paid for admission as burgess on 24th Oct. 1 594. 
 * Thomas Guild was admitted burgess by payment on 15th Sept. 1589. 
 
 ^ Skyrlingis Wynd, now Tendall's Wynd. See ante, p. 26. 
 ^ Strikmarten, i.e. Strathmartine, came into the possession of the Wyntouns 
 early in the sixteenth century. In 1559 Andrew Wyntoun by a marriage contract 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 35 
 
 At Dundie the first of May 1586 under his seill and subscrip- 
 tione 
 
 My institutione thairin of the dait the 22 of July 1586 Andro 
 Quhyt notar thairto 
 
 Ane dimissione and factorie subscryvit be the laird of Strik- 
 marten to me of the said Chaplenry of the dait the 2 of Apryle 
 1586 Robert Scrymgeour Alexander Wentoun Johne Alanesone 
 smyth witnessis thairto 
 
 Ane auld rentall thairof off Schir William Lwydis^ hand 
 wryt 
 
 Ane uther rentall of my awin hand wryt 
 
 Ane provisione maid be the auld constable to the laird of £4 Apryle i6o8 
 
 •1 -1 -nil- Thir thre last 
 
 Strikmarten of the said Chaplenry under the seill and subcrip- peces i have 
 tione of the dait the V of December 1563 SSawVquhUk 
 Ane collatione of the suprentendentis under his gryt seill of , . 
 
 ^ . chartour kist 
 
 the said chaplenry of the dait the xx of August 1563 insert 
 in the bischopis buikis of St Andros Alexander Forrest sub- 
 scryvit thairof 
 
 Ane mortificatione of the said chaplenry under the seil of the 
 constable of the dait the last of December M CCCC° 27 yeiris 
 
 Thir to be delyverit to the constable of Dundie my gude 
 master 
 
 Of Mikle Sanct James Chaiplenry ^ /oL ij*. 
 
 Quhair the constable of Dundie hes provydit me for 7 yeiris 
 to the said chaplenry and that be dimissione of Adame Malice 
 chaplen thairof contenand on the bak the sam and my institu- 
 tion thairof Robert Wedderburn ^ notar thairto subscryvit be 
 the constable the day of 158 and the institutione 
 
 granted the liferent of half the estate of Strathmartine to his intended wife, 
 Elizabeth, daughter of John Scrymgeour, constable of Dundee. The Wyntouns 
 retained the estate until 1699, when it was acquired by John Duncan, a cadet of 
 the Duncans of Seasyde. 
 
 ^ Schir William Lwyd held a chaplainry in the church of Dundee, hence his 
 priestly title. He was also a notary public. 
 
 2 Mikle Sanct James Chaiplenry, i.e. chaplainry of S. James Apostle, was pro- 
 bably founded by one of the Scrj'mgeours of Dudhope. The patronage was 
 retained by that family until 1643, .when Viscount Dudhope disponed it to the 
 town council. 
 
 2 Robert Wedderburn, notary, uncle to David Wedderburn. 
 
36 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 subscryvit be the said Robert and Adame of the dait the xxj 
 May 1588 
 
 The rentall of Litel St James Chaplenry 
 
 fFurth of S Haliburtonis houss v merk 
 
 furth of David Ramsayis elder houss on the castel- 
 hill W 
 furth of Thomas Muris land xx^ 
 furth of James Scrymgeour baileis houss 13^ 4^^ 
 
 furth of William Spenssis houss or clos ^ yeirly xP 
 furth of Robert Wattes houss yeirly xxx^ 
 furth of Andrew Blakis houss xv^ 
 furth of George Blakis houss in Skirlingis Wynd 
 yeirly xv^ 
 
 furth of Thomas Cokburnis houss at Seres Wynd 
 end xxj^ 4"^ 
 
 furth of Robert Durhamis houss sumtyme perten- 
 ing to Wm Kynlocht 
 
 furth of James Lyndsay litsteris 4^ vj^ 
 
 furth of John Wallace houss on the castel hill vj^ viij*^ 
 furth of David Schippertis malt hous their Ane pund vax 
 furth of David Salteris houss thair Ane pund quhyt vax 
 furth of Thomas Buchanis houss thair yeirly 4® 
 furth of James Youngis hous yeirly v'^ 
 furth of David Dogis hous yeirly in the segeit 3^ 
 furth of Hew Lyndsayis yardis lyand in the segeit 8^ 
 furth of Robert Salteris land on the castel hill yeirly a pund 
 vax a pund vax and furth of Robert Salteris a pund of vax 
 furth of David Schippertis 
 furth of James Youngis v^ 
 
 Thir to be delyverit to the constable of Dundie my gude 
 master 
 
 ^ William Spenssis houss or clos, afterwards known as Whitehall Close. 
 William Spens was the younger brother of George Spens, and was town coun- 
 cillor from 1594 to 1599. On the death of George Spens in 1591, William Spens 
 obtained possession of the property in this close that had belonged to his brother, 
 and the name of Spens's Close was used to designate the passage until about 
 1750. Sir Patrick Lyon of Carse, Senator of the College of Justice, had a house 
 in this close. He was an ardent royalist, and in 1660 he erected a tablet on the 
 front of his house, with the arms of Charles 11. carved thereon, and the date of 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 37 
 
 The rentall of St Servis Chaplenry fol 
 fFurth of Patrik Wedderburnis ^ tenement lyand at the eist 
 
 end of the tolbuith yeirly 7 merkis xx^ 
 
 ffurth of Alexander Grayis tenement adjacent thairto 
 ffurth of Johne Traellis tenement adjacent thairto yerely 
 fFurth of that tenement sumtyme pertenand to David Clepen 
 
 now to Robert Mudy lyand on the south syd of the Murregeit 
 
 yeirly 
 
 Thir evidentis befor wrytten and rentall Mon be delyverit 
 to the constable of Dundie my gude master 
 Alreddy delyverit 
 The XV Februar 1615 hora 12 ballivus Robertus Clayhillis 
 Witnessis Thomas Robsone George Fleming Johne Pattoun 
 Mr James Wedderburn^ 
 
 The Clerk gef me David Wedderburn seasing of the landis 
 of James Kyill aprysit be Johne Traill fra thair airis and now 
 be thame fra Johne Traell conform e to the charge of our 
 soverane lordis lettres and my process off aprysing 
 Off Dischairgis and 
 uther richtis and wryttis 
 maid be me 
 
 Ane Dischairge of the rentis of the constablis chaiplenreis 
 under his subscriptione witnessis Johne Ramsay George Spalding 
 George Spalding \sic\ of the dait at Dudope the 27 of Junij 1587 
 
 Ane Discharge of the saidis rentis witnessis young Petcur 
 Thomas Gray Johne Ramsay of the dait at Dudope the 25 
 of July 1587 
 
 Ane uther Discharge of the ladeis of the saidis rentis wit- 
 nessis Johne Ramsay George Spalding Robert Gray Patrik 
 Campbel at Dundie the 20 of Januar 1587 
 
 Ane Discharge of the thesauraris William Man ^ of the few 
 meill of the volt the xx of August 1587 
 
 the Restoration. It is probable that he named his house "Whitehall, though that 
 designation is not found in use till the middle of last century. An unfounded 
 tradition has long been current that there was a royal palace here that was 
 inhabited by some of the early Scottish kings. In 1883 all the buildings forming 
 Whitehall Close were removed to form Whitehall Street. 
 
 ^ See ante^ p. 14. 
 
 ^ See ante^ p. 24. 
 
 ^ William Man, merchant, admitted burgess, 1553, treasurer, 1583-84-86. 
 
38 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Ane uther discharge of James Fyndlasonis ^ thesauraris of 
 the said few meill the 22 of Januar 1586 
 
 Ane discharge of xxxs qiihilk I payit for my fatheris 
 annuelrent of his hous efter his deceis quhilk my brother 
 dwellis in the xvj of Marche 1585 to Schir Johne barnis 
 witnessis Andro Blyth IMr Alexander and Patrik Wedderburnis 
 
 Ane uther discharge of 4 merkis quhilk I payit to Thomas 
 Fentoun out of the medow Witnessis Robert Mudy Andro 
 Kynnard Johne Wobster Mr James Trael the 28 Februar 1585 
 
 Ane discharge of Williamis^ my brotheris burd to Johne 
 Scottis wyf witnessis Johne How Thomas Patersone James 
 Scrymgeour John Auchinlek Robert Wedderburn notar the 
 26 of October 1587 
 
 Ane discharge betwix me and Andro Blyth of all thingis he 
 may acclame of me befor this dait witnessis Mr Alexander 
 Wedderburn George Mudy 
 
 Ane discharge of Andro Sibbaldis for 49 lib for a tun of 
 wyn witnessis John Ogilvy Petir Wedderburn ^ William Haly- 
 burtoun maryner the xv of July 1585 
 foi. i8b. Ane dispositione and assignatione maid to me be Johne 
 
 Andersone messenger of Thomas Mannis cornis be vertew of 
 lettres befor thir witnessis George Mureson Daniel Watsone 
 the 24 Februar 1586 
 
 Ane discharge maid be Alexander Fothringhame to my 
 father on the resset of certain evidentis pertenand to David 
 Fothringhame his brother of Idvies land ^ subscryvit with his 
 hand befor Walter Hay George Mudy James Turing the penult 
 of Januar 1583 
 
 Ane discharge maid to me by Andro Moncure of Balmano 
 on the recept of ane contract matrimoniall maid betwix him 
 
 ^ James Fyndlason, treasurer, 1580-81. See ante^ p. ii. 
 
 2 William Wedderburn, youngest brother to David ; he was unmarried, and 
 died before 2nd Feb. 1604, as is shown by a discharge of that date granted to 
 Alexander Wedderburn of Kingennie, by David, Janet, Peter, Margaret and 
 Katherine Wedderburn, brothers and sisters of the late William Wedderburn. 
 There is a decreet registered at Edinburgh, 21st July 1613, in regard to 'the 
 alleged slaughter of William Wedderburn, brother of Mr. Alexander Wedderburn,' 
 by one James Traill. 
 
 2 Peter Wedderburn, uncle of David Wedderburn. See ante, p. 9. 
 
 ^ Idvies land was then in the possession of the Woods of Bonnytoun, from 
 whom it passed to Dr. John Wedderburn, Dundee, brother to Sir Alexander 
 Wedderburn, fourth baronet of Blackness. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 39 
 
 and Gleswain witnessis William Barrye David Heres David 
 Fleschour David Ostlar the xiij of Junij 1587 
 
 Ane discharge maid to me by George Mudy ^ on the recept 
 of certane evidentis subscryvit with his hand at Dundie the 18 
 of Marche 1585 witnessis Johne Wobster Mr James Coustoun 
 
 Ane discharge of the Lady Claverhous ^ on the recept of ane 
 contract matrimoniall betwix hir dochter and Alexander Ogilvy 
 of Babothy subscryvit be William Bruce notar for hir befor 
 William Alekr and Johne Grahame hir sonis James Smyth and 
 George Terrie hir servandis at Claverhous the xj of December 
 1587 
 
 Ane discharge of George Campbell of Crwnen * on the recept 
 of ane contract maid betwix Melgound his dochter the Archi- 
 den^ of Laudian on the ane part and John Ogilvy of Innerkelour 
 and his sone on the uther part the xiij of Februar 1584 wit- 
 nessis Archbald Campbel of Persy ^ Robert Campbel his 
 brother Robert Allane 
 
 ^ Scrymgeour of Gleswall. See ante, p. 26. 
 ^ George Mudy, merchant. See ante, p. 22. 
 
 ^ Lady Claverhous, Anne, daughter of Robert Lundin of Balgonie, and widow 
 of John Grahame of Claverhouse. This entry is of genealogical value, as showing 
 the existence of a son and daughter not referred to in Douglas's Peerage. The 
 name of the daughter is not given, but the name of Alexander Graham, interpo- 
 lated betwixt William and John, suggests that he was the second son. William 
 Graham succeeded to the estate. See ante, p. 15. 
 
 ^ George Campbell of Crwnen or Cronan was one of the five illegitimate sons 
 of Donald Campbell, last abbot of Coupar Abbey. The abbot gave the estates 
 of Arthurstone, Balgersho, Cronan, Denhead, and Keithick to his five sons. A 
 document relating to George Campbell of Cronan, dated 1589-90, is now in the 
 Airlie charter room, and is quoted in Rogers' Register of Coupar Abbey, vol. ii. 
 p. 296. 
 
 ^ Archiden of Laudian, Alexander Beatoun, second son of Cardinal David 
 Beatoun and Marion Ogilvy, daughter of Lord Ogilvy of Airlie. Melgound 
 or Melgum was one of the Forfarshire estates conferred by the cardinal on 
 Marion Ogilvy, and she was known as ' Lady Melgund ' until her death, at an 
 advanced age, in 1575. Her eldest son, David Beatoun, was laird of Melgund at 
 the date of the above entry, and was succeeded by his son, James Beatoun. The 
 archdean had apparently signed the marriage contract in conjunction with his 
 brother the laird. John Ogilvy of Innerkeilour was probably the brother of 
 William Ogilvy of Easter Keillour. 
 
 ^ Archibald Campbell of Persy was probably grandson of Abbot Donald 
 Campbell of Cupar, mentioned above. In 1532 Persy was in the possession of 
 ' David Campbell and Colyne Campbell, his son,' and Archibald and Robert 
 may have been also sons of David Campbell. 
 
40 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Ane discharge of all tbingis betwix Robert my brother and 
 me that he may clame of me befor the dait the xiij of Jim 1587 
 
 Ane commissione of my brother Robertis to receave sum 
 money of his creditoris and to gif David Robesone a discharge 
 subscryvit with his hand the x of July 1587 
 
 Ane uther commissione ma [sic] of Robert my brotheris to 
 receave sum debtis of his thairin contenit ane discharge of 
 6xxiij lib or thairby of his barnis part of geir with his hand 
 subscryvit at Dunde the x of November 1587 
 
 Ane commissione be missive of my brother Robertis to 
 receave fra Andro Ray and Johne Hendersone in Perth sum of 
 his debtis subscryvit with his [hand] at Deip the x of Februar 87 
 /oi. ig\ Ane nominatione and will of my brother Robertis ^ maid to 
 
 me subscryvit with his hand befor David Ramsay and Thomas 
 Heres maryneris of the dait the x of July 1587 
 
 Ane Obligatione maid be James Reiky to umquhill Johne 
 Wedderburn ^ for vj merkis xl d befor the 17 of July 1575 
 
 Ane obligatione maid be David Robesone to David Wedder- 
 burn of sum mercheandyce of the dait the xj of Marche 1586 
 befor George Ogilvy Johne Wallace subscryvit with his hand ^ 
 
 Ane Dispositione of certain sylvir warkis to my brother 
 William maid be Henry AUane under reversioun of 44 lib sub- 
 scryvit with his hand the 5 of October 1587 befor Petir Imbrye 
 Mr Alexander Wedderburn John How 
 
 Ane Obligatione of xx lib of Mr. Johne Lovellis subscryvit 
 with his hand the 24 of August 1585 befor William Lovel 
 Johne Nes David Guthre 
 
 Ane Obligatione of Petir Wedderburnis * of 22 lib x^ sub- 
 scryvit with his hand the 24 of August 1585 befor Murdo 
 Makeynghe James Nichol 
 
 Ane Obligatione of William Duncanis of iiij^ v lib x® 
 subscryvit with his hand the 10 of December 87 befor Anthone 
 Laynge James Halyburtoun George Thomsone measoun 
 
 Ane discharge maid to me be Mr Johne Lovel subscryvit 
 with his hand in presens of David Hoppringill Mr Alexander 
 
 ^ Robert Wedderburn. See ante, p. 17, post, pp. 99-203. 
 2 John Wedderburn. 
 
 ^ This and the next four paragraphs deleted in original. 
 ^ Peter Wedderburn, David's uncle. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 41 
 
 Wedderburn Johne How of my chalmer meill of all yeiris 
 befor this dait and of uther rakingis he can crave of me siclyk 
 ane obligatione of 19 merkis to me the xj of Jun 1588 
 
 Ane discharge maid be Johne Forret to me on recept of the 
 contract matrimoniall betwix him and Johne Hodge his son in 
 law subscryvit be him be Johne his sone and William Duncan 
 notar witnes 27 of October 1593 
 
 Primo June 94 19". 
 Send with William Ker of Rossy four /do/ small lyning to receavit 
 bleitsche 
 
 Item /2/ Tuidlen to bleitsche receavit receavit 
 Item XV ellis smal lyning to bleitsche All markit with 
 netteis mark. 
 
 Item 24 elnis eln bred smal lyning markit all blak silk 
 with red silk to bleitsche except ane with red Lent him xj^ 
 
 8*^ lent him 
 
 12 January 1514 item 321 item 
 
 . /-.I'-r 4°*^ payit him 
 
 Memorandum lent George Greif servitour to Schn* Lues compleitiy. 
 Crage ^ a buik of Johne Knoxis 
 
 Send with Alison ^ to Bleitsche in Petkerro 
 
 Item xxij lyning to Bleitsche of the lady receavit thair till 
 and payit a merk 
 
 Item xxij ells lyning to bleitsche payit Issobell Cokburn 
 3 lib thair for 
 
 Item the sarkis yit bleitsching receavit and payit 8^ therfor 
 Payit to a Glenesk man xxvij meill a half for twa stane 3 
 
 quarteris quhyt wol 
 
 Item to a land man for a quarter blak woll 2 merk 
 
 Item for ane stane and v pund quhyt woll to William Sib- 
 
 baldis wyf 8 merk a half the stane is xj merk xl d 4 s 
 
 Item to for Alexander Cudbert in Gardyn for x pund blak 
 
 wol V merk 
 
 Item a wyf besyd Murthill for 7 pund quhyt woll 3 merk a 
 half 
 
 ^ Schir Lues Crage or Craig of Wrichlisland, Lord of Session 1605, died 6th 
 June 1622. Sir Lewis Craig was ancestor of the Craigs of Riccarton. 
 ^ The rest of this page is erased in original. 
 
42 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 foi. 2o\ Receavit 4^^ lib xx lib x merk except 26 lib in the hill 
 
 Item 22 lib 
 
 Item Thome Stevert is awin of Walter Forresteris sylver 
 41ibl3s4d 
 
 7 Junij 94 
 
 Coft fra Johne Forbes in Westhall a do bletschit lyning 
 cost xlv s 
 
 Lent Johne Forbes 7^ vj*^ Item xxx d 
 Lent Litel Johne Alisone a crown the smyth 
 Alexander Brown in Forfare William Drumond younger his 
 cautioner is awin me a crown and a /do/ of clayth 
 Lent William Smyth George Robertsonis man xl ^ 
 Lent Alexander Peirsone x s quhen the Kyng wes heir ^ 
 
 3 July 1594 
 
 Payit to David Ked in St Andros and William Lochmalony 
 in Dundie his cautioner xl merkis for half a last of Marymes 
 hering sufficient to be delyverit frelie on his schoir conforme to 
 ane act maid in presens of Patrik Lyoun and the clerk this 
 present day and to James Goldman for ane uther half last 
 
 XV August 94 
 
 Lent John Bayn xl merkis to be payit 8 dayis befor Mer- 
 temes nixt on the sylver wark 
 
 Eodem die giffin my sister Katharen^ ane auld ros noble 
 etc Item v merk Item xP barbara ^ Item 14 lib to Johne 
 Eel . . . 
 
 6 July 94 
 Lent Mr Alexander xxiiij lib 
 
 ^ ' Quhen the king wes heir.' This entry probably refers to the time when 
 James vi. set out from Holyrood, on 17th Feb. 1593, at the head of the army 
 which he led against Huntly. He marched to Stirling, thence to Perth, from 
 that place to Dundee, and on to Aberdeen. But as the date, ' 7 June 94,' does 
 not include this entry, the reference may be to the visit which the king paid to 
 Dundee on 7th October 1594, when the army was again in pursuit of Huntly 
 after the murder of the Earl of Moray at Donibristle. Dundee was then the 
 rendezvous for the troops, and Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope claimed his 
 right to be hereditary standard-bearer to the king, — a right still vested in the 
 representative of the family. 
 
 ^ Katharen Wedderburn, sister of David Wedderburn. 
 
 ^ Barbara Wedderburn, sister of Alexander Wedderburn, David's father. See 
 ante, p. 3. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 8 July 94 
 
 Lent young Kelly a single pistolat payit except xiij^ 4^ 
 receavit fiftie s thairof be Gleswallis sone Johne Scrymgeour 
 giffin for a barrale salmond xvj lib x^ Item thairof v lib 
 
 21 September 94 Item 3xx 4 lib 
 
 Johne Hoip hes receavit 35^ for weyffing St James day 
 compleitly I haf payit him 
 
 20 August 94 Westhallis compt and awin me 
 payit James Loury 18 lib at command of AVesthall Item 
 for 2 /do/ fische 4 merkis Item 3 lib for Vyn and Succour he 
 to pay me v bollis bair at Michaelmes for 4 lib the boll Item 
 7 lib 4^ for treis Item 16^ of auld compt he to gif hydis 
 thairfor Item xl d for gluffis 
 
 9 September 94 ^ 
 
 Giffin Patrik Ramsay smyth a crown of the sone in arrels of f^^- 
 a pair pistolattis Item xx^ Item a crown of the sone agane 
 Item 3 lib of sylver Item gev William his man at Mr Alex- 
 anderis yet ane croun of the sone Item ane half merk of small 
 sylver Item xP in the buith to him self 
 
 George Durward younger awin me 7 merk 
 
 Last Marche 94 
 William Cokburn in Holmlyn awin me 24 lib In compleit 
 payment of my 8 bollis peis he hes receavit to be payit at pace 
 nixto-cum 
 
 4 Octobris 94 
 
 Lent Richard Thayn of Logy 2 xl lib to be payit within xx 
 day is 
 
 1 August 94 
 
 Lent the young laird of Vayn ^ xl merkis on the sylver wark 
 for a boll meill and sex firlettis beir till Witsonday 
 
 ^ Almost all this and next page deleted in original. 
 
 - Logy, probably Logie-Dundee, now included in the municipal boundary of 
 Dundee. The estate afterwards came into possession of the town council, and 
 was sold to Alexander Wedderburne of Blackness in 1705, and subsequently re- 
 acquired by the town. This small estate lay between Dundee and Lochee. 
 
 ^ The young laird of Vayn, Alexander Lyndesay, who succeeded his grand- 
 father, David Lyndesay, on 5th July 1617. 
 
44 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 X December 94 
 
 Johne Duncane hukster awin me 4xx viij merkis for xxij 
 bollis gryl salt to be payit at Witsonday nixt for in presens 
 of Petir Forrester Johne Nes Alexander Lovel 
 
 X October 94 
 
 Receavit 3 mutskinnis quhyt wyn fra Thomas Stewartis wyf 
 Item a pynt of Spanes wyn I drank scho is awin me agane 
 XXV merk 
 
 foi 21^. xxij December 1594 
 
 Sauld to James Betoun ^ my gud brother and to his mother 
 thre elnis cloking for 3 lib ye elne to be payit be ony of thame 
 at Witsonday nixt is 9 lib 
 restis — 45 s receavit thairof xx^ 
 
 The rest of the clayth in Alexander Kynmondis buith 
 extending to ix ellis Item 25 ellis hodding 
 
 xxj Januar 94 
 
 Sauld to William Barclay mercheand 3 kildekins feggis for 
 4 the pece deduceand v pund a half of the wecht of ane of 
 thame to be payit quhen I pleis 
 
 David Robesone restis ondelyverit to me of my ferme thre 
 bollis and a firlett beir to be my seid Item restis awin me ane 
 ell of Holand clayth of the price of the rest 
 
 Last of Marche 95 
 
 William Lochmalony awin me Nyn barrel hering to be payit 
 at the Lettir fair ^ nixt conforme to ane act in the court buikis 
 restis^ Wynnes Johne Dynnes oblist to pay me at pace Sonday nixt for Johne 
 Crystie xxj lib xij s for 9 ellis cloking in presens of Thomas 
 Hunter Alexander Kynmondis man James Schippert David 
 Crystie and Thomas Hunter notar thairto 
 
 Item a pynt aquavetie for the contract receavit 
 
 The auld Lady West hall ^ awin me xx merk 
 
 The Laird hir sone awin me xij lib xv lib 
 
 ^ James Betoun. See ante^ p. 28. 
 
 2 The Lettir or Latter Fair was held on 19th September. It was so called to 
 distinguish it from Stob's Fair, held on second Tuesday in July, and Lady Mary 
 Fair on 26th August. 
 
 3 The auld Lady Westhall. See ante, p. 27. 
 
DAVID AVEDDERBURNE 
 
 45 
 
 David Johnstounis wyf in perth awin me 18 lib of the rest 
 of my act maid in the towns buikis of Perth quhilk is In James restis x merkis 
 Goldmanis handis James Goldman George Stirling awin me 
 24 s for my xxx dusson 
 
 3 July 1597 tol. 2ib. 
 
 Lent Johne Ogilvy mercheand 4 crwnes of the sone of gold 
 and wecht to be payit quhen I requyre thame agane in crwnes 
 gold and wecht 
 
 Lent Robert Kyd younger my by girdell 
 
 Memorandum upoun the 14 December 1604 
 
 I inbuikit in the schip quhairof and \sic\ James Jak is master 
 under God xij ellis and a quarter bred thickit blew worzet 
 clayth and send the sam with Alexander Bultie to Rowen to 
 be littit ayther tanny or els rusche broun Siclyk I send 
 thairwith with him ane narrow pece quhyt clayth thikit of 7 
 ellis a half to be littit fyn scarlit to be my lassis weylecottis 
 and thir peces ar markit be Johne Meffen on the end of every 
 ane of thame with a pece skynze NB and ar pakit in 2 
 ellis a quarter hardin clayth and thre faldome of tow thair- 
 about and markit thairon NB of Keilstane 
 
 Memorandum William Hay hes of myn in his hous by the 
 Inventar a guis pan Item a taffiU of flrn a taffiU of aik a 
 aikin cheir he hes the keyis of the heiche counter and kist 
 Item my fabillis of Esape with the buik of prophesie and uther 
 buikis contenit thairin Item 4 uther litel buikis borroyit 
 
 V July 95 foi. 22». 
 
 the stane xxj merk a half 
 Coft fra Alexander Fethie in Glentylan ane stane j pund a 
 half is 8 lib 8« 3*^ 
 
 Item fra Johne Betoun in Clovay twa stane 6 pund a half 
 at 8 lib v^ the stane is . . . . xx lib xx<^ les 
 
 Item fra the man ye coft with Bessie Lov ane stane quhyt 
 woll cost . ....... xj merk x^ 
 
 ix Apryle 1596 
 
 Niniane Copen and Margaret Jak his spous ar oblist be 
 thair faythfull promes to me besyd the mercat croce to pay 
 
46 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 me ilk voage he makis a knag of vinacre and can oyle doly 
 howsone he passis to Burdeaux to begin and this for my renun- 
 ciatione of the 4 lib annuell haid yearly furth of his hous 
 
 The X of May 96 
 
 Johne Duncane gardner awin me xx^ with twa furris hard 
 keill to be gifin my wyf quhen winter cumis for the evidentis 
 he hes receavit of Andro Davidsonis volt 
 
 Westhall awin me xxiij merkis Johne Ogilvy xlib 
 
 3 Jmiij 161j 
 
 foi. 22^. Lent the litell saw to Mr James Wedderburn ^ 
 
 Cent the cadge to Patrik Cuk teylzeour younger 
 Item send a sat hyd with Johne Ogilvy to by me 2 chand- 
 leris 
 
 XX of Junij 1594 
 
 Giffin George Lyndsay commissioun to ware my threscoir 
 ten frankis on sic proffitable waring as he dois to himself 
 
 Item to send my pistollatis or els to rander me thame agane 
 in als gud a stait and gif thay feal to ware it as he dois the 
 rest of his awn 
 
 The dait of my registrat obligatione in the commone court 
 buikis of Dundie is upoun the 19 October 1610 Robert Clay- 
 hillis baillie anent James Seatoun and Patrik Renkyn 
 
 The dait of my decreit on Thomas Jak for 3 ellis a half 
 Naplis tafFetie or 8 lib for the eln thairof with 6® 8^ of 
 expenssis befor the baileis of Dundie is on the 8 October 
 1610 William Goldman Robert Clayhillis James Findlasone 
 baileis 
 
 Thir decreittis with Alexander Kydis decreit William Far- 
 quhar officer hes ^ 
 
 xxvij May 1596 To Quenisberg 
 
 I have with me the chen 14 croun wecht vj''^ 1 crownis 2 
 half crounis a 4 pistolat pece 4 twa pistolat peces xxj auld ros 
 noblis 6 double ducattis nyn half ducattis a croce ducat sex 
 angel noblis ten auld dolouris 6 half dolouris xvj ryelhs of xl 
 sousis Spanes Ane half ryell 
 
 1 Mr. James Wedderburn. See anie, p. 24. 
 
 2 About a third part of this leaf is cut away in original MS. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 47 
 
 Item 3 ellis half fyn blak Item xxvj ellis eln bred lyning 
 3 / do / hardin xxvj ellis tuidling Item xxxij ellis 4 gryt 
 hardin of small hardin 17 ellis Item ane pair pistoUattis 
 
 Besyd my Kist cleithing and propyns thairin to Thomas 
 Guthre My ringis thairin 
 
 Thair is xxx crounis nocht myn and Ix lib worth gold 
 nocht myn the 32 4 and the 17 ellis nocht myn 
 
 xxix August 1602 being sonday at 
 4 houris in the morneng my sone Alex- 
 ander wes borne and wes baptisit on 
 Tysday thairefter in the eist Kyrk of 
 Dundie be Mr James Robertsone mini- 
 ster of Dundie. His godfatheris Mr 
 Alexander Wedderburn common clerk 
 of Dundie Mr Johne Lovell Mr William 
 
 23 Februar 1606 
 being the last Son- 
 day at xj houris at 
 evin in Westhall my 
 dochter Magdalen 
 wes baptisit [sic] born 
 and baptisit be Mr 
 Henry Duncane quha 
 mareit me Hir god 
 fatheris James Ogilvy 
 of Dyntron Henry 
 Ramsay of Ardony 
 Mr Henry Duncane 
 and Wille Graham 
 Hir godmotheris 
 Dame Magdalen 
 Levingstoun Lady 
 Dudop Magdalen 
 Wedderburn my 
 brotheris dochter 
 
 Fergusone Alexander Broun 
 
 His god- 
 
 motheris Jonet Wedderburn spous to 
 William Davidsone Euffam Gray Jonet 
 Blyth spous to Walter Rollok 
 
 ix Februar 1604 on Sonday at 8 
 houris at evin my dochter Issobel wes 
 born and baptisit on Tuesday thairefter 
 the 2j Februar be Mr. James Robert- 
 sone minister of Dundie in the litil eist 
 kyrk Hir godfatheris Thomas Gardyn 
 Walter Rollok William Davidsone elder 
 Alexander Wedderburn younger Hir 
 god motheris Issobell Beton my gude 
 sister Issobell Kyd spous to Alexander 
 Smyth and Issobel Aberdene spous to 
 Andro Hill 
 
 Upoun the xxv of Marche 1590 beand /ol. 23' 
 Weddinsday att aucht houris at evin Helen 
 my eldest dochter wes born Hir god- 
 
 ^ This family register was made subsequent to 23rd Feb. 1606. Four years 
 later, 1610, David's fourth son, and youngest child, was born, and two daughters 
 of his were married. He then rewrote the register in another part of the book, 
 adding one or two particulars, and bringing it up to date. See pos^, pp. 122, 123, 
 where some notes on the persons named are given. 
 
48 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Upoun fryday efter twelf 
 in the nycht a litell the 7 
 of September 1599 David 
 my sone wes born and wes 
 baptisit on Sonday thair- 
 efter the 9 of September 
 be Mr James Robertson 
 minister His godfatheris 
 William Man bailie Wil- 
 liam Duncane chirugian 
 David Coustoun Alexan- 
 der Cokburn Johne Sche- 
 van David OgilvyThirsuld 
 haif bene his godmotheris 
 Helen Ramsay the clerkis 
 wyf Margaret my sister 
 and EufFame Scott 
 
 Upoun the last of 
 August 1600 being Mon- 
 onday my fyfth dochter 
 Katharen wes born and 
 baptisit on Sonday thair- 
 efter Hir godfatheris Mr 
 James Robertsone mini- 
 ster and Patrik Lyoun 
 bailie Johne Betoun Hir 
 godmotheris my sister 
 Katharen and Katharen 
 Erskyn lady Westhall at 
 9 houris in the day 
 
 The 6 of September 
 1601 James my sone born 
 att 12 houris at evin and 
 baptisit the xv of Sep- 
 tember being tyseday be 
 Mr James Robertsone 
 minister witnes Sir James 
 
 fatheris James Durhame of Pitkerro 
 Mr James Rutherfurd and Petir 
 Clayhillis Hir godmotheris Helene 
 Ramsay Helen Cokburn Lady West- 
 hall and Cristian Clayhillis 
 
 Upoun the 28 of December 1592 
 at 4 houris in the morning beand 
 Weddinsday my second dochter 
 Euffame wes born Hir godfatheris 
 Johne Og ^ Mr Alexander Wedder- 
 burn Johne Ogilvy James Betoun 
 of Westhall Hir godmotheris Euf- 
 fame Wischert gudwyf of Persy 
 Euffame Coustoun Margaret Car- 
 negy spous to Johne Peirsone 
 
 beaud AVeddinsday Januar 
 
 Upoun the xxv day of December - 
 1595 at thre houris in the morning 
 beand Weddinsday my third dochter 
 Mettie wes born Hir godfatheris 
 Alexander Peirsone Robert Wed- 
 derburn David Zeaman godmotheris 
 Mt Elspet Symmer Agnes Gib- 
 soun Helen Beton gudewyf of Ar- 
 downy 
 
 Upoun the 14 of May 1598 beand 
 Fryday at sex houris at evin Jonet 
 my fourth dochter wes born Hir 
 godfatheris Henry Ramsay of Ar- 
 dony Johne Scrymgeour Alexander 
 Jak mercheand Hir godmotheris 
 Jonet Betoun ]\largaret A\^edder- 
 burn and Katharen Wedderbum 
 
 Scrymgeour of Dudop 
 knycht James Halybur- 
 toun of Petcur James Betoun of Westhall and James Wedder- 
 burn my brother. Hir godmotheris Margaret Moncur spous 
 to William Spens and Margaret Scrymgeour Mr. James 
 Robertsons wyf. 
 
 1 « Johne Og,' deleted in original MS.; apparently first part of 'Johne Ogilvy.' 
 ' ' December,' deleted in original MS. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 49 
 
 17 Apryle 93 foi. 24*. 
 
 Schippit with Petir Clayhillis 3 pokis vaid twa of the R and His bill 
 ros ane ane of the ros and figour of 4 in Patrik Knychtis creir 
 
 Schippit with Johne Myhie in the Rea James Gudlet master 
 twa pokis vad ane of the R and ros and the uther of the ros 
 and figour of 90 half a last les of the croun The rest on coper 
 
 Schippit with Robert my brother ane pok vad of the ros Merkis to be 
 and figour of 50 all my vad is markit with this by mark besyd ^^^^^ thairfor 
 of blak Ink W schippit in David Smythis schip 
 
 Schippit with Alexander Ry chard sone in the William 12 elln 
 hardin at 32^ the eln 12 xxx^ the eln 15 eln 3 s the eln 4 s 
 XXV eln 32^ xij eln 32^ of lyning xlij in twa xxj peces eln 4 s vj^ 
 to be warit on coper 
 
 A win me a work of Agin 
 
 Giffin him a bill and a ryng of gold to gif Thomas Guthre 
 or els bring it hame agane gif he get na answer 
 
 3 Juny 93 obligatioun 
 
 Four [pokis] in the seller sauld to Roger Melvill for xxxv lib 
 the pok and all byganis betwix us for quhatsoever caus dis- 
 chargit 
 
 XX 13 peces sex peces with this mark 6VL ^ 
 
 William Stewert and 7 peces with this mark 7VL 
 18 peces 1 pece contenand 19 ell 
 
 16 peces and 14 
 
 XV peces 1 eln xv^^ 8 ell 8 ell 
 
 29 
 32 
 
 18eln2t 
 29 
 
 David 13 
 
 Ratray 24 xij xx x ell 
 
 30 
 24 
 
 xiij 2t 
 24 
 
 12 peces xvj 2t 
 
 ^ All the entries on this page deleted in the MS. 
 
 D 
 
50 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 James Broun 
 9 paces 
 
 in the pres 
 
 xnj 
 
 xxij 
 
 xiij 
 
 25 
 
 31 
 
 31 2 1 
 1 eln 2 1 
 13 
 
 38 2^ 
 12 
 14 
 19 
 
 51 ells 
 
 xijxx 14 ell 
 
 14 
 
 Alexander Cokburn 15 
 23 
 
 5 peces vj^^ 8 ellis 
 
 Cum hame agane onsauld 
 
 fol. 25« 
 
 xxij February 1592 
 
 Receavit fra William Loky xiij ell 
 
 fra him 24 
 
 fra him 22 
 
 fra him 24 4^^ 3 ell 
 
 fra him 
 fra him 
 
 Andro Nische 
 
 38 ell 2 t 
 16 2t 55 
 
 fra him 
 fra him 
 fra him 
 
 Cristell Eleis 
 
 31 ell 2t 
 31 ell 
 
 12 3^M4 2t 
 
 Summa 40 lib xxx"^ at xxij lib xiij s 4^^ the hundreth 
 
 3 Martij 1592 
 
 Receavit and coft fra William Loky 30 ell 
 
 fra him xxix 
 
 fra him xiij ell 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 51 
 
 Cristell Eleis 
 
 Coft and receavit fra him xxiiij ell 
 
 fra him xiij ell 
 
 Summa xx lib 
 
 William Loky 
 
 Coft fra him fiftie ane ell Cost 4 s 4 d the eln 
 
 Summa xj lib xij d restis awin him vj s half merk 
 
 Cristell Eleis 
 
 Coft fra him Ij fiftie ell a half at fourtie fyve ^ the do 
 fra him xviij ell a half at the sam pryce 
 
 Summa xiij lib xv d les 
 
 restis awin me 35^ 3^ 
 
 William Loky foi. 
 
 Coft fra him jc 3 ell at xxij lib the hundredth in sex peces 
 vizxxvij 37 ell 2 1 16 18 11 2 1 13 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 
 
 Item v'^'^ xviij ellis in 7 peces at xxj lib the hundreth 
 2t 2t 2t 2t 
 
 vizinanepece 28 14 14 15 21 12 12 
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
 Summa 43 lib 
 
 Crystel Eleis 
 
 Coft fra him xxix ellis 
 ane pece of xxiiij ellis a half 
 Item xviij ellis 
 Item fourtene ellis 
 
 Summa xvj lib xv^ les 
 Warrantis xij s j d to be delyverit to Cristel Eleis 
 
 Cristel Eleis 
 
 xiij ellis at 42 s the do 
 
 xiij ellis 2* at 42 s the do Summa 4 lib 6^ 8^ 
 
 Andro Nische 
 xxiij ellis at 41 s the do 
 
52 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 C E 
 a quhyt 
 mark NB 
 
 fol. 26». 
 a blak mark 
 
 C E 
 
 C E 
 a quhyt mark 
 
 27 May 93 
 
 C E 
 markit blak 
 
 C E 
 a blak mark 
 
 fol. 26b. 
 
 XV ellis at 4^ the do Is 38 ellis Summa vj lib 9 s x** 
 Receavit a auld ros noble and he hes mair xxiij s d 
 
 nor his payment quhilk William Loky suld haif and William 
 
 Loky wantis 36 s vj d 
 
 Item coft fra a man in Fyf 42 elnis lynning at 40 d the eln 
 
 Summa 7 lib 
 Item 8 /do/ Hardin at 3 s the eln Summa xiij lib 
 Item coft fra Johne Cokburn 37 ell 2t lyning at 44^ vj^ 
 the do 
 
 Item fra him xij elis lyning at 44 s vj d the do 
 Summa 8 lib 18 s iiij d 
 C E Brossellis 12 s mibbis [?] 
 
 Item coft 9 firlettis meill cost 9 lib fra ane man besyd 
 Chapeltoun servitour to Moncur 
 
 Coft fra him xlviij elnis 2t grene lyning at v^ 8^ the eln 
 
 1 elnis Summa xiij lib xiiij s x d 
 Of our awin xxj ellis lyning worth v^ the eln 
 
 Summa v lib v^ 
 Delyverit for a kow xij merkis and a xxv^ pece 
 Lent Johne Strathouchin a auld ros noble to William David- 
 
 sonis clerk a auld ros noble to pay me it agane on Setterday 
 
 nixt 
 
 Lent William Cokburn four pistolattis in ane to be payit 
 on Settirday nixt 
 
 Coft fra Andro Rae fleschour xxiij ellis 
 
 Item fra him xxiij ellis all in ane pece 
 
 Item in twa sindre peces xij ellis viz ane xx the uther xxj 
 Summa xv lib 8 s at 44 d the eln 
 
 Send to Cristell to bleitsche xxv ellis a half gren at v^ 
 the eln 
 
 Item to him of the sam sort xxv ellis a half gren lyning 
 Send to him xxiiij ellis grene lyning at 4^ vj^ the eln 
 Send to him xxiij ellis of the sam sort 
 Send to him 14 ellis a half at 4 s the eln 
 Send to him xv ellis a half grene lyning at 44'^ the eln 
 Item 24 ellis grene lyning of our awin price v^ j^ the eln 
 Summa vj lib xij^ 
 
 for Well 30 lib 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 53 
 
 XXV 
 
 XV Apryle 1598 
 
 Payit to Robert Schorswod in presens of Andro Mathew 
 and his eldest sone Andro compleit payment of my outred of 
 my half quarter of the crear to Norroway presently bound 
 God willing extending to xiij lib 3 d and he is oblist to mak a 
 compt of the sailing and waris and victuallis efter the compt 
 quhilk Andro Mathow hes wryttin and is in his handis efter 
 his hamecuming And I am payit for my beir 
 
 Mair Robert hes receavit ane half barrel of pik of myne 
 price 7^ quhilk he sail delyver in the first end of the sailing 
 and releve fiftie ^ worth of beir extending as I haif sauld at xj 
 merkis the boll to pekis And siclyk hes receavit of myn 
 twa pekis beir Thir to be sauld for Hamis or to be brocht 
 hame in money or waris as he dois to him self 
 
 Siclyk to creaf a compt of Robert of hir auld siellis and 
 tacle and haill schippis geir 
 
 4 July 98 
 
 Comptit with Robert Schorswod rest is x lib a mark receavit 
 the merk and all thingis payit Item awin me for 7^ for 
 pik a merk for the tow 
 
 4 Martij 1601 
 Lent James Symsone ^ my cradell of aik 
 Item lent thame [sic] 
 
 I Thomas Cokburne ^ burges off Dundie granttis me to have /oi. 27*. 
 ressavit fra my gouid frend David Wedderburrine thrie poundis 
 Stirling quhilk I sail wair God willing in gouid sufficient Inglis 
 beir and sail schip this same God willing in James Hay is bairk 
 the 18 da oft' September 1596 
 
 Thomas Cokbrine 
 w* mye hand 
 
 Siklik granttis me to have ressavit fra the said David tuelff* 
 schilling Stirling to be warrit as said is togithir with threttine 
 ellis off* lining cloithe to be sawld and the mony gottine thair- 
 
 1 James Symsone. If this be the James Symsone who married David 
 Wedderburn's daughter, Effie, in November 1610, it would appear from this 
 entry that she was not his first wife. Effie herself borrowed the cradle in 1622. 
 See posi, p. 54. 
 
 2 Thomas Cokburne, admitted burgess 19th Jan. 1568. 
 
54 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Jol. 27* 
 
 John Patton 
 notar has this 
 precept to 
 prove the insti- 
 tutione to the 
 said Alexander 
 theron 
 
 for to pay for the litting of fouir ellis in skairlit cowUouir to 
 his wyfis weilzecoit 
 
 Thomas Cokbrine 
 my hand 
 
 Item send with him xvij ellis a half 
 tuidling to by buttir with 
 
 V August 1622 
 
 Lent Johne Wedderburn ^ sone to Robert Wedderburn a 
 lite camp bed of aik with my father and motheris armes thairon 
 with vj peces of a bodom this for a moneth or thairby 
 Lent my cradill of aik to Effie my dochter 
 xix Maij 1608 hora sexta ameridie aut eocirca Coram his 
 testibus Jacobo Rollok chirurgo Johanne Gibsone chirurgo 
 Roberto Drumond pinctore et Thomas Vichtan conno- 
 tario cum Roberto Wedderburn seniore 
 David Wedderburn suis propriis manibus contulit sasinam 
 quinque acrarum terrarum arabilium jacentium in Campo lie 
 placa schedde de Dudop per Andream Thomsone et Alex- 
 andrum Nicoll occupatarum suos tenentes in favorem Thome 
 Lyndsay auri-fabri actornato et eo nomine Helene Wedder- 
 burn filie legitime dicti Davidis hereditarie salvis vitalibus 
 redditibus ejusdem dicti Davidis et Matilda Betoun ejus con- 
 jugis durantibus eorum vitae temporibus ac sub reversionibus 
 infrascriptis videlicet per constabularium de Dudop pro 
 summa mille mercarum et in propria persona dicti Davidis 
 persolvendo summam decem solidorum monete scotie 
 D Wedderburn 
 
 23 May 1608 hora octava ante meridiem aut eocirca 
 presentibus ibidem Andrea Guthrie tinctore Johanne 
 Watson polentario Joanne Smyth calceario et Jacobo 
 Blak ^ mercatore Joanne Patton notario 
 
 Dictus Andreas Guthrie ballivus in precepto Davidis Wed- 
 derburn specialiter constitutus contulit sasinam sive insti- 
 
 1 John Wedderburn was second son of Robert Wedderburn, merchant, by 
 Eufame Coustoun. He was admitted a burgess loth June 1622, and is frequently 
 named in the Dundee Municipal Records, 1613-39. He must have died either s.p. 
 or unmarried before 31st December 1642, on which day his only sister, Elizabeth, 
 was retoured heir to his and her elder brother, David {Ret. Inq. Gen. xvii. 274). 
 
 Jacobo Blak, merchant, admitted burgess 26th Aug. 1583, on payment of 
 70 lib., the remainder being paid on 19th May 1591. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 55 
 
 tutionem Capellanie S Thome Martiris Patricio Gardyn ^ 
 pileario actornato Alexandri Wedderburn ejus filio durante 
 spatie septem annorum secundum tenorem dicti precepti 
 in templo de Dundie acta hec fuerunt per deliberationem 
 libri psalmorum etc. D Wedderburn 
 
 24 May 1608 hora nona ante meridiem presentibus Thome 
 Teyndel Andrea Crystie Patricio Lowsone et Alexandro 
 Wedderburn ^ et patre suo Roberto Wedderburn notario 
 
 David Wedderburne suis propriis manibus contulit sasinam 
 Matilde Beton ejus conjugi praedicti'^ quinque acrarum ter- 
 rarum arabilium sibi pertinentium in vitali redditu pro toto 
 tempore vite sue tamen pro solvendo feudifirmarum in veteris 
 suis infeofamentis contentum. 
 
 I Johne Thorntoun skipper burges of Dundie be thir pre-pi. 28*. 
 sentis grantis me to have receavit fra the handis of David 
 Wedderburn burges of Dundie twentie ane pundis gude and 
 usuale money of Scotland Quhairfor be thir presentis I bind 
 and obliss me my airis executouris and assignais to thankfully 
 and frely delyver to the said David Wedderburn and his for- 
 saidis sex barrels gude and sufficient lochbrwm hering and suffi- 
 cien treis And that at the arryvall of the schippis and crearis 
 hamecuming this viage from Lochbrwm on the schor of Dunde 
 Provyding alway that the said David Sail receave only pro rata 
 as the schip quhairin I sell sail tak and be ladyn callit 
 Klynkebellis sua mony hering as sail fall to the said half 
 last And for sua mony as he wantis I sail rander to the said 
 David pro rata of his half last the remanent his mony and 
 faileing of delyverance of the forsaid hering I bind and oblissis 
 me to pay him the heest prices that sua mony sail gif in France 
 or Flanderis and for suir observing heirof I am content and 
 consentis thir presentis be actit and registrat in the commone 
 court buikis of Dundie and decernit to haif the strenth and 
 
 ^ Patrick Gardyn, bonnetmaker, admitted burgess 4th Oct. 1587. Paid 10 lib. 
 as part payment of 20 lib.; remainder paid ist Aug. 1598. See posf, p. 80. 
 
 ^ Alexander Wedderburn, son of Robert Wedderburn, notary, occasionally 
 witnessed deeds along with his father, and his name appears in Dundee Protocol 
 Books, vols. 262 to 264, for the years 1605-8. Doubtless he predeceased his 
 father, as there is no mention of him in the Dundee Records after 1608, nor is he 
 named in his father's will, dated 161 1. 
 
 ^ Sic in orig. Should be praedictorum to agree with acrarum. 
 
56 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 effect of ane decreit of the provest and baileis and thair aucto- 
 rities to be interponit with executoriallis of poynding or ward- 
 ing to pas thairon in forme as effeiris And to that effect 
 constitutis conjunctly and 
 
 severaly my procuratouris in uberiorj forma constitutionis 
 promittens de rato In witness quhairof I haif subscryvit thir 
 presentis with my hand at Dundie the sext day of September 
 the yeir of God j"^ v^ four scoir ten yeiris befor thir witnessis 
 Johne How Johne Beton Walter Ogilvy David Scrymgeour 
 baxter Thorntoune 
 Jhone Thorntoune w^ may hand 
 
 w^ may hand 
 
 9 Januar 1605 
 
 foi. 28b- Lent George Mathew my els myn crib and stane till I crafit 
 
 it agane 
 
 Lent Mr William Fergusone ^ ane fair caidge of weir for a 
 Laverok 
 
 XXV September IGlj 
 Send with Thomas Clayhillis and gifin him my lettre thairon 
 Ane pece of narro clayth quyt of four schaftis of lent 8 ellis 3 
 
 ^ Magister William Fergusone of Balbeuchlie, physician, was admitted burgess 2 1st 
 May 1 592, by the privilege of David Fergusone, minister of Dunfermline, his father. 
 David Fergusone, who figures prominently in the history of the Scottish Reforma- 
 tion, was born in Dundee in 1533, and was one of those Dundee burgesses summoned 
 in 1558 to appear in theTolbooth of Edinburgh, to answer the charge of ' wrongus 
 using and resting of the Scripture, and disputting upoun erroneous opinions, 
 and eiting of flesche in Lenterone and utheris forbidding tymes, contrair the 
 actis of Parliament.' In 1560 he was appointed first Protestant minister of 
 Dunfermline, which position he held till his death on 23rd Aug. 1598. He was 
 member of thirty-nine assemblies, and was twice moderator. In literature he is 
 known as the compiler of a collection of Scottish proverbs, and his Diary forms 
 the foundation of the Historic of the Kirk of Scotland, written by his son-in-law, 
 John Row of Carnock. William Fergusone was born at Dunfermline in 1 563, 
 and settled in Dundee. He entered the town council in 1601, and served 
 almost continuously until 1626, frequently holding the offices of bailie, dean of 
 guild, and kirkmaster. He was the second husband of David's sister, Katharine, 
 daughter of Alexander Wedderburn and Janet Myln, and he died on 26th March 
 1627. A splendid muonument was erected to his memory in the Plowff, Dundee, 
 and still exists, though much defaced. The Latin inscription commemorated 
 William Fergusone and his wife, Eupham Kinloch, and was erected by their 
 son, William Fergusone, merchant, and his wife, Helen Duncan. This Helen 
 Duncan was the daughter of Katharine Wedderburn by her first husband, and 
 married the son (by first marriage) of her mother's second husband. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 57 
 
 quarteris to be my wyfis my dochter a veylecot to be littit 
 skarlet in London and dycht and gifin him xij^ Stirling and 
 quhat mair he debursis for his avancement to pay him a merk 
 for ilk shilling Stirling he payis mair on the chargis thairof 
 Item to by me a bulk callit Eneme to Athesme 
 Quhilk clayth I haif receavit and pay Johne Tait 8 merk 4 s 
 for his avancement 
 
 XXV September 161j 
 Giffin Adame Thayn and William Howesone xP in presens 
 of James Thayn and Robert Howesone sone to the said Wil- 
 liam in part of payment of my acris teland this yeir and payit 
 12^ in Thomas Auchinlekis of drink 
 
 28 August 161j 
 Send with George Auchinlek pakit with James 
 Symsones 7^^ ten duble ell of pledding to Bur- 
 in the deaux to be sauld and to be warit on wyn and 
 Diamont. wad to be schippit with him self and markit with 
 this my mark DW 
 I Henry Betoun grantis me to haif coft and receavit fra fol. 29*. 
 David Wedderburn twa half pokis Waid quhairwith I am con- 
 tent and thairfor oblissis me to pay to the said David threttie 
 sex pundis for the ane and threttie fyve pundis for the uther 
 at pace nixtocum but delay Be thir presentis subscryvit with 
 my hand at Dundie the xx day of December the yeir of God 
 jni ^Q^Y scoir ten yeiris befor thir witnessis William New- 
 toun James Reky Hendre BeHi w* my hand 
 
 I Henry Betoun grantis me to have coft and receavit fra 
 David Wedderburn fyve half pokis waid Ane of the double 
 crescent twa of the ros and 90 and twa half pokis of the hairt 
 and the ros Quhairwith I am content and thairfor oblissis me 
 my airis executouris and assignais to content and pay to the 
 said David Wedderburn the sume of aucht scoir auchten pundis 
 sex schillingis viij^^ The ane half thairof at the xv day of 
 August nixtocum and the uther half of the samin at the 
 sevint day of September nixt tliairefter but ony forder delay 
 Be thir presentis subscryvit with my hand at Dundie the sevint 
 day of Junij the yeir of God j"^ v'^ four scoir ellevin yeiris ^ 
 
 Almost all the entries on this and the next five pages are deleted in orig. 
 
58 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 fol. 29^ 
 
 My tua mattis 
 and ane tow 
 extendis 40 
 
 24 lib payit 
 restis 
 4 lib 
 
 befor thir witnessis James Reky Patrik Durham James Betoun 
 of Westhall John Betoun his brother 
 
 Hendre Betoun wt my 
 hand 
 
 XV August 91 
 
 Receavit xiij of the forsaid swme and all comptis of woll 
 and utheris raknit and allowit and payit and Agnes Smythis 
 four lib allowit heirin Item receavit of money fra yow xxx lib 
 Item a crown of the sone Itemx^ Item v lib Item vj lib xvjs ijd 
 for woll litting is 7^^ 18 lib ¥ \f- Item receavit SO'^ restis 
 XX lib and I am awin yow for half a stane of woll litting quhilk 
 I have payit and all thingis awing is dischargit 
 
 3 October 1591 
 
 All the former obligatione payit and all thingis comptit 
 betwix us allowit and payit Except xx lib quhilk the said 
 Henry is awin me and I awin him for the litting of half a 
 stane blew woll litting Item receavit a merk of this xxlib 
 Item receavit for compt on the 27 Februar 91 xvj lib xvij^ 
 x*^ for woll clayth wiset litting to myself Helen and Johne 
 Cantis wyf And sua thair is restand only of all this compt 
 thre lib xxxiiij^ 
 
 ix Januar 92 
 
 all allowit and payit 
 
 Nono Septembris 1596 
 
 My lynt weyis 72 stanes 
 
 In fourtie tua boundis 
 
 Sauld to George Balfouris ^ wyf pryor of the Chartour hous 
 in presens of Alexander Annand weyhous Mr Michel Cokburn 
 David Craufurdis wyf and Bessy Ammand hir servand 
 
 ^ George Balfour was the fifth son of Andrew Balfour of Mountquhany, and 
 was entered burgess on 4th Feb. 1588. He was the first secular holder of the 
 office of prior of the Charter House, Perth, and was appointed in 1570, through 
 the influence of his elder brother, Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich. He 
 demitted his office about 1589, when Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich became 
 prior. George Balfour was afterwards designated as * late prior of the Charter 
 House.' His death took place circa 1600. The name of his wife is not recorded, 
 but she is referred to as ' the Lady Pryores ' in a later entry. See post, p. 61. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 59 
 
 Thre boundis weyis four stane xj pund for four lib the stane 
 Summa xviij lib xv s 
 
 to be pay it betuix this and Mertemes nixt 
 
 Mair to hir a bound weyis — a stane v lib pund swa 24 lib to 
 be payit at Mertemes 
 
 To Mr Alexanderis wyf fyve stane 1 pund in thre boundis 3 
 quhairof thre stane and a half wes hir awin the rest awin me vj lib v^^j 
 a stane 9 pund is vj lib v s 
 
 To David Peirsone for Alexander Wedderburn ^ younger in 
 cuper as his spruis stan xxxj pund in ane bound 
 
 22 September this Thursday fol zo\ 
 
 To Grissild Grahame spous to Johne My In meason ane p^yj^ ^ Hb 8* 
 bound weyis Ane stane xj pund a half Summa 7 lib xxx d les ^'f testis xxij^ 
 thairof awin him, 3 lib x s restis 3 lib 8^ vj<^^ to be payit within 
 a month heirefter ^ 
 
 To the gudwyf of Ardowny Ane bound weyis Ane stane vj lib x« pa}nt 
 x pund for 4 lib the stane Is vj lib x^ to be payit betuix this 
 and Mertemes nixt 
 
 ^ Alexander Wedderburn, younger. This was a member of a branch of the 
 family distinct from that to which David Wedderburn belonged, and descended 
 from an ancestor earlier in date than David's grandfather. Walter Wedderburn, 
 living in the Wellgait of Dundee, circa 1500, and dying about 1522, had three 
 sons : David, admitted burgess i6th Oct. 1523 ; William, who became a monk 
 in Arbroath; and Andrew, who died before 6th October 1524, when William was 
 named his heir. David married, first, Elizabeth Dog, and second, Elizabeth 
 Strathauchin, and had by the latter two sons : Robert, who died unmarried, 
 and Alexander, born probably about 1550, who settled in Cupar Fife. Alex- 
 ander married about 1570 Christian Fairney, and died at Cupar 15th Feb. 1627. 
 The confirmation of his will at St. Andrews, 9th Aug. 1627 (vol. viii.), describes 
 him as Alexander Wedderburn of Pittormie, and states that his wife was his 
 executrix. He had three sons : John, named as his father's heir in 1627; James, 
 minister at Moonzie, ^Reg. Mag. Sig. 1612, June 17), who married, and had 
 issue ; and William, minister first at Pittenweem, then at Dundee, who married 
 Magdalen Wedderburn, daughter of Alexander Wedderburn of Kingennie 
 (David's brother), and died in 1616, leaving an only surviving child, Margaret, 
 who married Dr. Andrew Bruce, principal of St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews. 
 This William Wedderburn was made a burgess of Dundee on 9th July 161 1, 
 by the privilege of Alexander Wedderburn, ' once bailie of this burgh ' i^Roll 
 of Eminent Burgesses of Dundee, p. 102). His widow, Magdalen, married Sir 
 George Haliburton of Fodderance, President of the Court of Session. 
 
60 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 7 lib x« payit 
 except 48 
 
 XV lib x^ payit 
 I 
 
 vj lib payit 
 
 8 lib payit 
 payit vj lib 2* 
 vj^i restis xxx'' 
 
 vj lib x*! 
 fol. 30^. 
 
 2 
 
 12 lib 15'^ payit 
 
 8 lib 2S 6d 
 receavit and 
 7 merk payit 
 
 I payit 6 lib 
 1 8s 
 
 xj lib payit in 
 Clayth 
 
 6 lib 6* 3"^ payit 
 
 6 lib 3s 9d 
 payit 
 
 7 lib 
 payit 
 
 To Robert Carnis wyf ane bound sum brokin stakis weyis 
 ane stane xiij pund at 4 lib the stane summa 7 lib to be 
 payit instantly 
 
 To Margaret my sister twa boundis weyis 3 stane 14 pund 
 at 4 lib the stane Summa xv pund twa ^ 
 
 To hir to gyf Katharen my sister ane bound weyis ane stane 
 9 pund at 4 the stane Summa sex lib Vs Thir instantly to be 
 payit 
 
 Summa preceding awin To my wyf fyve boundis and 
 Ixij lib to be payit " sum lous lynt weyis aucht stane 
 
 32 lib 
 
 Awin Jo^ Smyth 
 
 To my gud mother the Lady Westhall ane bound weyis twa 
 stane is 8 lib instantly to be payit 
 
 To Johne Smythis wyf of Denmylnis ane bound weyis ane 
 stane 8 pund and a half for 4 lib the stane to be payit 8 dayis 
 befor Mertemes nixtocum 
 
 To Jonet Myln spous to Johne Chalmer vrycht ane bound 
 weyis ane stane x pund for 4 lib the stane to be payit 8 dayis 
 befor Mertemes nixtocum 
 
 To Margaret my sister twa boundis agane weyis thrie stane 
 ane pund to be payit the day forsaid 4 lib the stane 
 
 To Thomes Thaynis wyf in Gourdy Ane bound and sum 
 brokin lynt weyis Twa stane and a half a pund at 4 lib the 
 stane to be payit 8 dayis befor Mertemes nixtocum 
 
 To Mr Alexanderis wyf Helen Ramsay ane bound and sum 
 brokin lynt weyis ane stane xj pund xij unce 4 lib the stane to 
 be payit the day forsaid 
 
 To Bessy Betoun Eff'e Hubbertis mother in Westhall ane 
 bound of lynt and sum brokin lynt weyis ane stane and a half 
 at 4 lib the stane to be payit 14 dayis efter Youle nixt faileing 
 V lib for the stane thairof 
 
 To William Low smyth ane bound weyis ane stane 9 
 pund 4 unce at 4 lib the stane to be payit at Mertemes 
 nixt 
 
 To his gudmuther quhairfor he is cautioner ane bound weyis 
 ane stane a half sten xij unce at 4 lib the stane to be payit the 
 said day 
 
 To Jonet Cokburn spous to Thomas Michell maltman ane 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 61 
 
 bound and sum brokin lynt weyis ane stane xij pund at 4 lib 
 the stane to be payit the said day 
 
 sum brokin lynt 
 
 To Bessy Barry relict of George Mudy 2 boundis weyis thre ^.^ ^2 ^ 
 stane thre pund iiij unce at 4 lib the stane, to be payit 8 dayis restis 36s 3d 
 befor Mertemes nixt forli'^. 
 
 To Issobell Maull ane bound weyis ane stane a half at 4 lib ^ 
 
 the stane receavit 3 lib thairof restis xxx s to be payit betuix 6 lib 
 
 liij^ yj*^ 
 
 this and Mertemes nixt to deduce of this a pund and a half 
 To Johne Adame and Issobell Hubbert his spous ane bound vj^ 
 
 weyis ane stane and a half at 4 lib the stane to be payit lib payit in 
 
 dayis efter Youle nixt ciayth restis x« 
 
 To the gudwyf of Ardowny ane bound weyis ane stane 9 ^ 
 
 pund at 4 lib the stane Summa vj lib v s to be payit at Merte- 6 lib vs payit 
 
 mes nixt 
 
 To the Laird of Westhall Tua boundis ane weyis ane stane ^ 
 xij pund a half Item ane uther bound weyis ane stane 9 pund 13 lib 7s 6d 
 Is in the haill thre stane v pund a half at 4 lib the stane to be receavirmair^^ 
 payit instantly Summa xiij lib 7^ 6^ Item he is awin me 34 '"^^^'^ 
 merkis for ry Item xj merk befor Summa totius Iv merkis x^ 
 
 To the Lady pryores ^ upoun the xv November 9. In presens ^ 
 of the Mr of Weyhous servand callit Bessy Carneygy Susanna ^^|}j^j^?3^^ ^^^^^^ 
 hir servand EufFame Hubbert and Margaret Key delyverit hir 
 four boundis lynt weyis sex stane thre pund at 4 lib the stane 
 to be payit quhen scho gettis in the ferme quhyt and faileing 
 scho and I can nocht agre on the prices thairof to pay me 42 boundis 
 absolutly betuix this and pace nixtocum extending to xxiiij lib 
 XV ^ Item scho is awin me xl^ of the first lynt sylver Summa 
 26 lib xv« 
 
 To my awin wyf ane bound weyis ane stane a half half a 
 pund summa 6 lib 2^ 6^ The number 3^^^ 9 stane 4 pund 6 lib 2s vjd 
 
 Summa of the haill lynt 13'^'^ 17 lib 14« 8^ 
 
 xxvij October 97 /oi. ^iK 
 
 Delyverit my gud brother the gudeman of Ardowny xij lib 
 vj^ 8^ in part of payment of xv lib for thre bollis seyd aettis 
 to be delyverit me at seyd tyme Payit him the rest in gold and 
 silver 
 
 ^ Lady Pryores. See anie, p. 58. 
 
62 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Mair the gudeman restis to my wyf 9 pek meill for sum 
 clayth coft be him fra hir 
 
 10 August 1612 
 
 Robert Stibillis ^ hes giffin ye clerk ane acquittance on the 
 payment of 4 lib upliftit be the poore out of auld Robertis 
 tenement quhilk I payit him of the yeir preceiding this dait 
 
 2 August 1620 
 
 William Weymis intre to our seller takin for a yeir for 4 
 lib 6^ 8^ in presens of Patrik Kyd bailie in his hous and siclyk 
 the uther seller for that sam price 
 
 Ultimo Januarij 1594 
 This is the dait quhair William Allerdyse is actit in the 
 
 ^ Robert Stibillis (or Stibbles), son of ' the late John Stiblis,' baker, was 
 admitted burgess on loth September 1593. In 1608 he was 'reader in the West 
 New Kirk,' and when James Robertson, minister of Dundee, renounced the 
 office of vicar, on consideration of receiving a fixed stipend, the Town Council 
 presented the vicarage to Robert Stibbles on condition that he should ' exercise 
 his office of reader within the kirk, and that he sail content and pay the treasurer 
 nine score merks yearly during the time that he sail uptak the fruits and profits 
 of the vicarage.' During the Presbyterian rule the position of vicar of Dundee 
 was not an important one, and Robert Stibbles was put into the place more for 
 the purpose of collecting the revenue for the Town Council than of exercising 
 the duties of his office. When Episcopacy was established the Bishop of Brechin, 
 in 1626, formally approved of Stibbles as vicar, and gave him charge of ' the 
 books of marriage and baptism,' and settled upon him an annual stipend of £20^ 
 afterwards increased to £2\. In 1637, when disputes again arose betwixt the 
 Episcopalians and Presbyterians, the latter attempted to thrust Stibbles out of 
 his office, but Colin Campbell, minister of Dundee, interposed, and protested 
 that no harm should be done to this aged servant of the kirk. The Town 
 Council, however, had determined to lay hold upon the revenues of the vicarage 
 which had greatly increased in value, and they strove to compel Stibbles to sign 
 the Solemn League and Covenant. He resisted on the plea that the Bishop of 
 Brechin would deprive him of his office if he did so, but the Town Council 
 agreed to protect him from any violence on the part of his ecclesiastical superior. 
 He signed the Covenant, but afterwards recanted, and although Episcopacy was 
 abolished in 1638 Stibbles was permitted to retain the vicarage, the dues of 
 which had again dwindled away. In 1642 the Council set in tack to Robert 
 Stibbles and his heirs the vicarage teinds of Dundee for three years for one 
 hundred pounds yearly, and empowered him to collect the duties for the three 
 previous years on pajnnent of two hundred merks. The date of his death is not 
 recorded, but it must have taken place about 1645. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 63 
 
 court buikis of Dundie for xx^ furth of his land to me as 
 chaplen of St iVIargaretis chaplenry 
 
 David Rollokis compt I debursit on the hous foi. 32*. 
 
 The 8 of Januar 1590 
 
 Payit to Alexander Lovell for half a chalder 
 
 Lym 48^ . 4 lib 4« 
 
 Item to the pynouris for bering it and to the 
 
 deacon ...... 4^ 
 
 Item to the skletter for redding the guttouris 
 
 and mending the riging of the hous . vj^ 
 Item to Maxwell the wrycht and for tymber 
 
 and to a messoun for the stoup of aik 
 
 to the chymnay and ye bit to be the zet 
 Item to the deill for the bak yet and the 
 
 sawing of it and bringing it fra the 
 
 schore ....... x^ 
 
 Item for ane band of Iron thairto and mend- 
 ing the uther band . . . . vj^ 8*^ 
 
 Item for half a hundreth dore neil . . tua ^ 
 For plenschoire nell ..... xvj^ 
 
 Item for a lock and key thairto and ouer lap 
 
 nell to the lok and tua barre nellis . x^ 8^ 
 Item to the wrycht Maxwell for making the 
 
 zet vj5 8^ 
 
 Item for redding the passagis of the clossit 
 
 and mending it . . . . . 3^ 4^ 
 Item fur twa ruf sparis to Robert Bruce 
 
 maryner xvjs and sawing of thame thre s 
 
 and careing of thame vjd to the hous to 
 
 be the barres zaet .... 
 Item for Naellis thairto . . . . 4^ 3^ viij^ viij'^ 
 Item for the Wrycht for making of it . . \'f 8^ 
 Item for the lok bandis and cruikis thairto 
 
 and steaple (Home the smyth) and bar to 
 
 the Mid zet and the ynner keys to the 
 
 lok and warkmanschip and nellis . . x^ 
 Item for xij Led of sand to the hous . • xij^ 8*^ 
 
64 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Item to skletter for the sam . . v lib 
 
 Item for lym and sand and his wark . . xx^ 
 Item to Waltir Key the messonis Patrik 
 Loury his man and for the tymmer to 
 the cheik of the foir dore and lyntell 
 thairof and in putting of the lyntell . 
 Item for twa crukis and a knob thairto to 
 Thomas Hennis man .... 
 
 Item for mending the pethin and the fluir 
 at the chalmer dore to Androw Dog 
 messon ...... tua ^ 
 
 Item for mending the Mullenis in the sylling xvj^ 
 
 XXV August 91 
 
 is 40^ All comptis raknit and allowit betuix us He restis 
 awin me xij lib quhilk is payit except xl^ 
 
 foi. 33^.1 9 Februar 1610 
 
 Delyverit Johne Donaldsone meassoun xxx^ in part of pay- 
 ment of muk Item gef him in part of payment of Keill of 
 befor a 2 merk pece Item a 6^ pece Item x^ for his taxa- 
 tione 
 
 Eodem die 
 
 Delyverit to Thomas Neilsone a half merk pece in part of 
 payment of 2 merk and a half for his muk quhilk I coft Item 
 gifin him 4s for the first dayis labour to fill and hes feit him of 
 that pryce to fill muk quhill my beir seid be done 
 
 Alexander Rychardsone is actit to pay me xl lib at Witson- 
 day nixt in presens of William Duncane and James Carmichaell 
 baileis 
 
 Eodem die 
 
 Delyverit Adame Scrymgeour xx^ in part of payment to 
 muk my acris 
 
 July 161j 
 
 Memorandum My remissioun anent mair taking then x 
 merkis for the hundreth merkis is insert with the provest 
 
 1 foL 32'' blank. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 65 
 
 William Duncanis remissione all in Ane And in his Custodie 
 My compositione with my lord of Burly wes lij merkis in all by 
 my expensis quhilk wes xl merkis abyding x dayis togidder in 
 Edinburgh thairon. It wes on the day of July 161j yeiris 
 past eodem die and wes of that dait confirmit under the gryt seill 
 Delyverit Andrew Guld my 2 harrowis 24 byndis thairin with 
 a pair heunt and twa brodis wyddis He is obHst to rander me 
 thame agane and to harrow my acris at all occasiones thairfor 
 and he receavit 2 swingle treis with iron cleikis theron 
 
 2 July 161j 
 
 Andrew Guld restis awin me xv yeiris dewety of 3^ be yeir 
 I haif out of his hous 
 
 Sexto Januarij 1591 M- 33^- 
 
 Send with Thomas Cokburn in the first in the I^youn thre- 
 scoir ellis lyning bred clayth cost the eln . . • xij^ 
 
 Item with him sex /do/ of bleitschet narow clayth cost the 
 eln .......... sex^ 
 
 Item with him thee /do/ of gren clayth cost the eln x^ 8^ 
 
 Item with him xj ellis gren clayth that is small cost the 
 eln .......... 
 
 26 Januar 1619 
 
 Lent Androw Thomsone at the West port my hinging lok to 
 put on Johne Smallis barn dor with the key Quhilk he hes as yit 
 
 Send with Henry Balfor in the said schip Ixij ellis etc bred 
 clayth cost of the eln . . . . . . • ^ij^ 
 
 Item with him v /do/ narow bleitschit clayth cost the eln vi^ 
 
 Item with him xxxij ellis grene clayth cost the eln xP awin 
 
 1 XT T> ii? 12 Februar 06 
 
 me be Henry Balfour ^ ^ the hadokis 
 
 Send with Jeromye Strathouchin in the said schip 48 ellis 
 
 bred clayth cost the eln . . . . . • xij^ 
 Item with him xl ellis bleitschit claith at vi^ the eln 
 Item my wyf receavit x^ 
 
 xij Februar 96 
 
 Memorandum I recavit of Alexander Peirsonis 8 lib 4*^ les 
 Destributit it as followis viz for dry fisches a /do/ 34^ for 
 
66 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 8s unce silk 16^ 8*^ Item for lynt 8 merk Item to the 
 officeris 6' 8^ 
 
 Summa restis awin me 14^ 
 
 Memorandum Alexander Rann is awin me a boll quhyt anent 
 Mr James Rutherfurd Item a corsbow plelok bow a swird staf 
 and a buikis of fisches 
 
 Memorandum I haif to pay Issobell ^ v lib 2^ for hir clayth 
 quhilk Henry hir brother hes receavit in hir name 
 
 foi. 34* XX vj January 1596 
 
 Coft fra Bessy Betoun i 24 ellis a half bred lyning cost 7« 2^ 
 the eln Summa 8 lib xj^ 
 
 xxvj February 96 
 Coft fra Johne Adam and Issobell Hubert his spous xx ellis 
 lyning for vj lib quhilk is allowit for my lynt sylver 
 
 22 May 1620 
 
 Henry Betoun my wyffis brother is awin me 3 lib 12^ he 
 boreit fra my wyf Item 8^ I pay it to Doctor Traell for medi- 
 cinis to him and his dochter 
 
 XXV Februar 96 
 Memorandum xxiij pund of lynt Alexander Kynmond awin 
 me at v merk a half the stane quhilk wes coft a yeir by past 
 
 XXV February 96 
 
 Memorandum receavit fra Alexander Kynmond 3 lib 9^ in 
 compleit payment of my lynt quhilk I payit to Robert 
 Schorswod for collis in Thomas Stewertis hous And the said 
 Alexander is payit of 3 yeiris dichting of clayth as he declarit 
 wes awin him viz hes retenit 36^ vjd by my allowance of 14^ vj^ 
 and 7^ 6^ he wes awin me befor Albeit that be of verrete it 
 is put a yeir befor and payit the said Alexander of all comptis 
 betwix us till 4^ Sua that the said Alexander hes onjustly 
 of me 36^ vj'^ Item he retenit 3^ of the said 3 lib 9^ therefter 
 
 Memorandum eodem die All comptis betuix David Melvill 
 litster and me is comptit and all payit and I gef him a pynt of 
 wyn in Thomas Stewertis hous Albeit I comptit nocht with 
 him for the extractis of my sasine 
 
 ^ Probably Issobell Betoun, sister of David Wedderburn's wife. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 67 
 
 John Ogilvy to Flanders fol 
 XV August 1595 
 
 Coft equaly betuix me and Johne Ogilvy xj /do/ Hardin 
 fra Jonet Beton cost my part . . . . 8 lib 8^ 
 
 Send to hes buith of my awin thre /do/ Hardin cost v lib 8^ 
 
 Send with him my equale half of four hundreth and xxx 
 double ellis pledding coft betuix us fra Johne Thayn 
 
 Item of my half of xxxij ellis a half sey coft fra him cost 
 me 8^-^ lib 
 
 Send with him my equale half of ane hundreth and xviij double 
 ellis pledding coft fra Adame Leyth cost my part . 47 lib 3^ 
 
 XX Junii 97 
 
 Lent Mr. Alexander a x^ pece to pay the coll men 
 24 Februar 96 
 
 Lent Robert Wedderburn mercheand first xx lib and nixt 
 uther XX lib Summa xl lib to be payit quhen I pleis Westhall 
 24 lib Alexander Blyth and William Walker 37 lib 
 Item lent Gilbert Thomsone maltman 7 lib for Iron 
 Item my gudmother 6 lib xl^ les lent Item lent hir xxx^ 
 Item Alexander Peirsone 6 lib lent bysak ^ lent him 2 merk 
 Item the constable David Maullis sylver and Johne Scrym- 
 geouris 7^ and 40^ 
 
 Item Petir Clayhillis lent him Ixx lib in v lib peces 
 Item lent him in Johne Fullertonis xv lib A merk to be payit 
 quhen I requyr Item j'^ lib 
 
 Receavit agane the lib fra Margaret ^ my sister 
 
 16 Martij 96 
 
 Lent young Robert Kyd xxlib Johne Robsone avvin me 7 lib 
 
 of the 2 boUis meill Anent 
 James Gibsone 7 merkis Alexander Jaksone 
 
 1 Bysak = Sir Alexander Lindsay of Boysack. See post^ p. 174. 
 
 2 Margaret Wedderburn, sister of David Wedderburn, married Peter Clay- 
 hills, junr., about 1583. She died towards the close of 1617, having had a son, 
 Alexander, and two daughters, Margaret and Helen. See post^ p. 70. 
 
68 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 16 Martij 96 
 
 Lent James Kyd sone to Archibald Kyd x lib in Inglis money 
 to be payit this day 8 dayis under the pane of dubling thairof 
 
 Eodem die 
 
 Lent Robert Smyth xx lib to be payit the nixt ouk but faill 
 
 foi. 35a. xxj September 95 ^ 
 
 Send with James my brother vj ellis a half small lyning cost 
 xv^ the eln to by me als guddie fyn Inglis clayth to be my self 
 ane cot of blak viz ane yard that be not sa fyn as this pece I 
 send with him Receavit it 
 
 Send with James Lovell elder xiij ellis fyn lyning at xvj^ 
 the eln 
 
 t^Ysek aVTpS ^^^^ p^^^^ ^^^^^ 1^"^^ ^^"^ ^11^ 
 
 scheitt and the ell 
 
 iswor 14s 'p^g^ peces of lenth xxxiij ellis at x^ vj^^ the ell 
 
 Item four /do/ gryt lyning at 4^ 8^ the eln 
 Item XX ellis tuidling at the ell 
 
 Sell thes in Ingland or Burdeaux he thinkis best and as he 
 decernis maist profitable gif the wyn be guide chaip or on the 
 best sort of waid to wair the fre money gottin for the clayth 
 thairon and to mark with my mark and schip it ham with him 
 self the first way v Januar 95 receavit the report ^ 
 
 Send with Johne Myln xiij barrellis full of heringis to Dams- 
 ken Johne Ogilvy gef him mv commissioun viz the ane half of 
 the fre money gottin for thame to be warit on pes the uther 
 half on lynt or iron etc to be send hame equaly in the tua 
 schippis with him 
 
 Alexander Send with Thomas Nicoll in the closfre to Bordeaux thre- 
 
 Ramsaya pun- g^oir deillis markit with his awin mark to be sauld to mv profiit 
 
 schon quhyt . i i ' 
 
 wyn sauld to and the fre money to be warit on wyn or a pok wad 
 George Ogihy William Lochmalony awin me on his act 9 lib barrellis 
 hering 
 
 Memorandum to receave fra Alexander Duncane conforme 
 to Thomas Guthreis commissione Quhilk is in my counter 
 
 1 Almost all this and the next five pages erased in MS. 
 
 ^ At this period the year was reckoned from 25th March to 24th March, so that 
 January '95 followed Sept, '95. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 69 
 
 Octavo Octobris 1596 foi, 35b 
 
 In presens of William Man bailie and the Clerk David Abir- 
 cromby^ of Pittelpie as principall and James Abircromby 
 maryner his brother actit thame conjunctly and severaly to 
 pay to me David Wedderburn 8^^ lib betuix this and Mertemes 
 nixt provyding in caise they payit me j'^ lib four dayis pre- 
 ceding togidder with a boll of sufficient aitmeill the nixt ouk 
 thay to be fred of the 8^^ lb 
 
 4 February 96 
 
 David Aberdene awin me 8 lib 8^ assisrnat to me be David 
 
 o 
 
 Robesone quhairfor the said David Robesone hes receavit fra 
 me compleit payment in presens of Thomas Robertson Johne 
 Esak 
 
 xxiiij January 96 
 Memorandum lent Andro Matheson on his obligatione four- 
 scoir lib Henry Betoun my wyffis brother x lib for 3 ellis clayth 
 instantly to be payit 
 
 restis presently 2 merkis 
 Memorandum David Barclay awin me 8 lib iij^ 4^ for 3 ellis 
 a half cloking clayth 
 
 Receavit 3 lib xl'^ thairof 
 
 ^ David Abercromby was the grandson of Andrew Abercromby of Pittelpie or 
 Pitalpin, who was Provost of Dundee in 15 13. Andrew Abercromby belonged 
 to the old Fifeshire family of Abercrombys of that ilk, and was a prominent 
 merchant in Dundee, his name being attached to the Letter of Guildry granted in 
 Oct. 1515. He founded the altar dedicated to S. Barbara in the parish church, 
 Dundee, and in 1521 he executed a charter granting an annual rent from fourteen 
 different tenements which he had in Dundee, and from his estate of Gibliston, in 
 Fife, to furnish the annual fee of the chaplain. This fee was restricted to twenty 
 merks for the chaplain, the remainder to be distributed among the poor of 
 Dundee. He also founded the monastery of Blackfriars in Dundee, the last 
 religious institution of the kind established in the burgh. This building must 
 have been destroyed previous to 1561, as in that year Queen Mary conferred the 
 lands and endowments upon the Town Council. Andrew Abercromby's wife, 
 Elizabeth Barry, survived him, for in 1526 she consented to the payment of an 
 annual sum to the Collegiate Kirk of Crail for masses to be said for the repose 
 of the soul of her late husband. David Abercromby of Pitalpin, mentioned 
 above, was admitted burgess on i8th February 1584 on payment of 10 lib. He 
 had a son, Captain Andrew Abercromby, who died previous to 1637, as in that 
 year his son Andrew was retoured his heir. James Abercromby, mariner, was 
 the younger brother of David, and was admitted burgess on 7th August 1582. 
 He had one daughter, Elizabeth, married to William Walker, and his grandson, 
 James Walker, was retoured as his heir in 1631. 
 
70 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Memorandum my gudmother the Lady Westhall hes 3 scheip 
 of ouris Item awin me vj lib xl^ les for lynt 7 quarter! s viz 
 Memorandum The laird of Westhall has a cow of ouris 
 James Bowar awin me 7 lib for the pece of gold 
 
 XXV November 96 
 Lent the gudman of Logy fourtie Rychard Thayn fourtie 
 pundis viz first threttie lib and next ten lib to be payit at 
 Youle nixt 
 
 Maid out David Maullis sylver and Johne Scrymgeour is awin 
 me V lib be the constable 
 
 Henry Beton my wyffis brother Ane hundreth lib and 4 bollis 
 meill awin conforme to his obligatione to be maid to me thairof 
 be him and his cautioneris the gudman of Ardowny and Alex- 
 ander Peirson 
 
 Henry restis awin ane boll of the said meill to us 
 
 xvj September 1595 
 
 Coft fra the Anstruder man half a last of heringis and payit 
 for thame and send [delete] for the salting and girding and 
 all chargis to Johne Roger And send thame to Lupky cost Ij lib 
 Item 38^ for chargis on the hering 
 
 Item send with him four auld rosnoblis and a prince dollour 
 and the eastwart fraucht 
 
 Coft half a quarter of the Thomas fra Robert Schorswod 
 with hir new saellis new cablis towis 3 ankris bot and redschip 
 for fiftie lib hir outred .... x lib Item mair 3 lib of outred payit 
 all to Alexander Renken payit to him 17^ vj'^ for the schilderis 
 meittis 
 
 Eodem die 
 
 Delyverit young Petir Clayhillis my gud brother^ on his 
 obligatione ane hundreth and fiftie lib And he to delyver me 
 fiftie crwnis of gold and wecht in Burdeaux at his or the schipis 
 first arryval to Burdeaux callit the Androw 
 
 Item he to receave fra Michel Cokburn Alexander Cokburn 
 cautioner for him aucht crownis a half gold and wecht in 
 Burdeaux 
 
 ^ Petir Clayhillis married Margaret Wedderburn, David Wedderburn's sister. 
 See antcy p. 67. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 71 
 
 Petir to wair thir fiftie aucht crunes and a half of the son of 
 gold and wecht on gude wynis the ane half on quhyt wynis the 
 uther half on clarit wynis and gude treis gif he cumis hame the 
 hieway ffailzeing to send hame the equale halfis waring with 
 the first and the rest to retene and war it als oft and als pro- 
 ffitable as his awn and to mark myn with my awin mark. D.W. 
 
 24 Januar 96 Comptit with foi. 36^. 
 
 Thomas Cokburn of this following restis awin me merkis 
 
 Send with Thomas Cokburn 3 lib Stirling to lyn to be warit 
 on Inglis cider Item xijs Stirling to be warit as said is Item 
 13 elnis lyning with 4 ellis quhyt to be littit wilec Item 17 ellis 
 a half tuidling to by batte 
 
 Send with Robert Schorswod to Flanderis xxx auld half 
 merk peces to by me half a last of Ingzeonis and the remains 
 on Aplis and to schip the same in the Swallow with him self 
 
 Send with Johne Roger to Lupky half a last hering with four 
 auld rosnoblis a prince dolour and the eastwart fraucht to be 
 of my part of the Thomas extending to half a quarter to be warit 
 on Suadins gad Iron and oismontis equaly bot gif thai may geit 
 pece gude chaip to wair the money on pece and mark the sam 
 with my awin mark and to schip the sam with him self in the 
 sam schip 
 
 Send in the Falcon to Spane with Walter Renkene auchten 
 scoir fourten elnis lyning to be pakit in a new salmond tre markit in 27 peces 
 with my awin mark at bayth the heidis and the middis and to 
 be sauld and the fre money to be warit , ] October 96 
 
 Air Alexander 
 
 Coft fra Mr Alexander twa barrele salmond cost me Ix lib ^ he restis awin me 
 On gren gif they cum hame the hieway and may haif the scidy sSmond^ 
 pund for 4 ducatis utherwayis gif it may not be haid of that 
 price to wair it on gude wynes sum alagant. therof they cuming 
 hame the hie way Bot gif they gang to ony uther port that ye 
 len my money for 4 pund the ducat and failzeing to sic a suir 
 hand that ye will answer for ffaileing thairof to wair it [delete] 
 bring it in your purs to send to me in ryellis of 8 mark my geir 
 with my awin mark and schip it with your self 
 
 XV lib 
 
 fol. 37^ 
 
 ^ The line beginning 'Coft' has been interpolated on ist October 1596, or, more 
 probably, the entiy beginning ' Send in the Falcon ' has been written over the 
 other memorandum. The text should read 'to be warit on gren gif they cum, etc. ' 
 
COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Send with James Fraser in the litell bark quhairof Johne 
 Arneill and ar skipperis to Flanders twa barrellis of 
 
 Grange salmond markit be the said James with my awin mark 
 Item 3 peces of small lyning the eln bred cost the eln xvj^ 
 extending in 2 peces to xl elnis In ane pece to xij ellis Item 
 2 oxin hydis 
 
 XX Jmiij 1597 
 
 Send with Patrik Gardyn Skipper in William Fyifis 
 schip to Dansken xxv lib peces Twa auld rosnoblis Ane new 
 rosnoble and tua duble ducattis to be warit on rye gif it be 
 within 48 gudlenis and failzeing thairof on lynt a part thairof 
 to be schippit in any schip that hapins to be frauchtit 
 
 Petir Clayhillis yj^^ lib for xl crunes to be warit on wyn and 
 ryellis 
 
 With Johne Ogilvy or Petir Clayhillis or George Robertsone 
 j° lib worth of lyning and hardin clayth in Flanderis with the 
 Andro 
 
 14 September 1607 
 
 Send Avith Petir Wedderburn my brother sex ellis lange of 
 blokit 2 ell bred to be littit sad russet and I to pay a merk for 
 ilk testan hes duble messour theron and to bring it hame with 
 himself 
 
 foi. 37^ xviij Septembris 1598 
 
 Send with James Neilsone maryner in the schip callit the 
 Robert quhairof William Christe is Master under God 
 
 of myn markit with this my mark DW Sex elnis small lyning 
 cost the eln ........ xxiiij^ 
 
 Item in 2 peces 24 ellis small lyning clayth cost the 
 eln .......... xvj^ 
 
 Item in 2 peces of 43 ellis small lyning clayth cost the 
 eln .......... x^ 
 
 vij ellis markit Item XX ellis quhyt wollin clayth cost the eln . .14^ 
 rnl^lwS^ Item XX ellis small lyning cost the eln . . .14^ 
 
 Item xiiij ellis a half cost the eln . . . . x^ 
 
 To be sauld in Burdeaux or in Ingland or ony uther port he 
 findis best to commodetie And the fre money to be warit on 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 73 
 
 fyn Burdeaux wynis half clarit half quhyt and to be schippit 
 with him self in the said schip and mark it with the said mark 
 of myn 
 
 ix May 1620 
 
 Send with James Symsone my Hector Boethis in laten weill 
 bund and the Kyngis Apologie to Stokholme to be sauld he hes 
 promesit to restore it or x lib thairfor or the coper guis pan 
 
 Item he hes my blundewill buk cost me 6 lib 
 
 Item I have directit James to bring me hame a ratsche of a 
 gun of fyve quarter lenth 
 
 The act quhair Johne Lovell sone and air of Johne Lovell foL sS"*. 
 elder is oblist to Helen Wedderburn ^ for 4*^ merkis is in the 
 court buikis of Dundie the 21 July 1598 
 
 The uther act quhair Johne Lovell elder and James 
 Forrester his cautioner ar oblist for the said 4^ merkis is in the 
 saidis buikis the 13 November 1596 
 
 Subscryvit be the parties and bailie 
 
 Ane Inhibitione on Bessy Forrester dochter to the said 
 James daitit at Edinburgh the 14 February 34 yeir of our liege 
 Majesteis regne 1601 D. Fleschour wryter thairto 
 
 14 Apryle 1610 
 
 Coft fra Thomas Neilsone his Muk at the West port and 
 payit him thairfor 33^ Item 6^ 8^ 
 
 Item payit to Johne Donaldsone for his ]\Iuk thair 4 merk 
 Item payit Robert Howesone for his Muk thair 6 lib xl'^ 
 Item payit for to James Donaldsone thair v merk for ]\Iuk 
 Item payit to William Air for his Muk vj lib 17^ x*^ 
 Payit Adame Crychtoun for outcareing 7 lib 
 To Thomas Neilsoun for filling 36^ 
 Item to David Thomsone for ]Muk 4 lib 
 
 Payit Adame Crychtoun for careing it to the land agane 
 4 lib 
 
 To William Petre for filling it 47^ 
 
 ^ Helen Wedderburn, niece of David Wedderburn, daughter of his brother 
 Robert by Elizabeth Lovell. She married Andrew Boyd, and was living, a 
 widow, in 1655. The entries referred to are in the Burgh atid Head Court 
 Records of Dundee^ vols. xix. and xx. 
 
74 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 8 August 161j 
 
 In presens of David Coustoun, Johne Gibsone harbour Robert 
 Drummond paynter in David Blythis heiche loft Androw 
 Guthre ^ litster quet me 7 ellis grene clayth litting and I quet 
 him my travellis seikand out his fatheris seasing of George 
 Gardneris annuel quhilk I oft socht and never fand it at his 
 command and I payit 7 vj^ vj^ at thair commandis for wyn 
 and the plumes 
 
 Upoun the v of July 1620 
 Receavit 4 bollis meill fra the gudevvyf of Balmade^ and 
 xvij bollis of befor for bayth thair sones buird thair intre wes 
 tua yeir bygane at Witsonday last Robert hes remanit all this 
 tyme with us hot Alexander remanit fra the day of July 
 
 to Youle thairefter 
 
 Memorandum^ to persew the clerk Mr Alexander Wedder- 
 burn my brother sone as air and successour to Mr Alexander 
 Wedderburn his father and air and successour to Alexander 
 Wedderburn commone clerk of Dundie hes gudschir my father 
 for the soumes and caussis specefeit in my clame 
 
 Memorandum to persew the constable of Dundie and Thomas 
 Wichtan for exhibitione of the constables band maid to me and 
 of my provisione I gef him to keip in jugement in the tolbuith 
 of the hill quhen I persewit certane persones To the effect I 
 may recover my awin conforme to thair band and my provisione 
 
 Memorandum to persew Thomas Halyburtoun* provest of 
 
 ^ Androw Guthre, son of the late Andrew Guthre, dyer, admitted burgess 
 26th March 161 1. 
 
 ^ Isabella Beatoun, wife of Alexander Pierson, See ante, p. 66. 
 
 ^ This and the following memoranda were not made on 5th July 1620, that 
 date referring only to the entry before the first memorandum. The latter cannot 
 have been written till after 1627, as it is clearly subsequent to the death of Alex- 
 ander Wedderburn of Kingennie, brother of David, who died in 1626, and to 
 that of his second son James, who succeeded him in the clerkship, and died in 
 1627. His successor in the clerkship from 1627 to 1633 was his brother Alex- 
 ander Wedderburn, second laird of Kingennie, who filled the office during the 
 education of James's son Alexander, afterwards Sir Alexander Wedderburn of 
 Blackness. The persons named in this paragraph are thus Alexander Wedder- 
 burn (David's father), clerk of Dundee 1557 till his death in 1585; his son 
 Alexander Wedderburn (David's brother), clerk 1585-1626 ; and his son (David's 
 nephew), clerk 1627-33, who died in 1637. 
 
 * Thomas Halyburtoun, admitted burgess 15th March 1603; treasurer 1610; 
 shore master 161 1 ; bailie 1612-14-16-18-20-22-24-33 ; dean of guild 1615-23-25 ; 
 kirk master 1619-21 ; provost 1626 till 1630. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 75 
 
 Dundie for the wrangis intromissione with my fatheris proto- 
 colis extending to sex gryt bukis ^ intromettit with him of myn 
 in the counsel-hous on the 17 of Marche 1629 and promisit to 
 restore thame within 14 day is thairefter or content me of a 
 thousand merkis quhilk I askit fra Johne Ramsay and William 
 Kyneres baileis sent be him to me in the Kyrkzaird thairfor 
 
 20 Junij 1619 Johne Betonis twa sones interit in our hous 
 we haif comptit this day being the 3 May 1620 we haif gottin 
 only ane led for meill that wes coft Item 3 bollis meill cum 
 from loch Item vj bollis a half meill cum from Lochlaen 
 Item the price of half a boll meill Item 13 merkis Item on 
 the 12 of August Johne Beton coft in the mercat fra ane man 
 callit dwelland in Carmylly ane led of ill meill cost 
 
 4 lib 1^ 8^ and send to our hous being on a Setterday 
 
 XV May 1622 foi. 
 At command of Mr William Ferguson bailie Robert 
 Thomsone officer in presens of George Chaplen officer and 
 Johne Ramsay past to the personal presens of Alexander Jak 
 maltman and Nicoll his spous present in thair foir buith 
 
 and arrest it xx lib and 18*^ quhilk he confessit he wes awin and 
 suld pay for his hous meill to Helen Spalding relict of Robert 
 Man messenger for part of payment of 28 lib xv^ awin be hir to 
 David Wedderburn conforme to his decreit obtenit laitly on 
 hir Siclyk past and arrestit the haill gudis and geir apertening 
 to the said Helen being in the handis of Johne Huid ^ teylzeour 
 at this present tyme quha confessit certane woll to be in the 
 handis of the said Helenis and maid dew intematione heirof to 
 thame witnessis the said George and Johne weycht in island 
 
 xvj May 1622 
 
 I obtenit ane decreit befor Andro Mathesone bailie in the 
 Hill Thomas Wichtan his clerk on Elspet Coustoun spous to 
 Johne Dikie teylzour thair for 4 lib conforme to the said 
 Johnis band being now in Thomas Wichtanis handis 
 
 befor the commissaris of Breichen 12 November 1630 
 
 Memorandum to persew William Hill maltman in Dundie 
 
 ^ These protocol books are now in the Dundee Charter-room. 
 ^ Johne Huid, tailor, admitted burgess 7th January i6oS. 
 
76 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 for 4i^^ lib he is awin me for byroun deweties of my annuelrent of 
 4 lib 6^ 8^ upliftit be me as chaplen of St Stephanes chaplenry 
 furth of his tenement lyand on the eist [delete] south syd of the 
 Kyrk wynd of Dundie onpayit sen the dait of my provisione to 
 my dimissione of the sam extending to xx yeiris dewetie togidder 
 with ten lib assignit be Edward Fraser to me conforme to my 
 assignatione Quhairon William Hill in presens of William 
 Hill notar Robert Wobster and James Wat^ fleschour lies 
 receavit my discharge befor Mertemes last and never gef me 
 a d [a penny] therof quhilk I sail prove be the witnessis insert 
 thairin and to his ayth 
 M 39''- Memorandum to crave the clerkschip of the gild conforme 
 to my provisione and Mr Alexander Wedderburn for intro- 
 missione with the benefittis thairof my domage extending to 
 2000 merkis thairby 
 
 /oi 4o=» December 1630 Memorandum to fynd out James 
 
 Thomas 2 Boy tour coft fetheis renunciatione of my fyve acris 
 
 and receavit fra me 7 arrable land lyand in the West feild 
 
 thref pes stray and is of Dundie quhair he receavit fyve 
 
 awin me 9^ for ilk thref hundreth pundis for redemptione 
 
 thairof with a thref ait thairof subscryvit be him of the dait 
 
 stray befor in the foir at Dundie the xxv of November 1623 
 
 yeir that sam price and registrat in the register of Angus 
 
 Item awin me 4 merk on the last November 1623 Sub- 
 
 ^ James Wat, flesher, son of Andrew Wat, flesher, was admitted burgess 19th 
 September 1609. He was born in 1579, and survived till 1641. His tombstone 
 is still in existence in the HowfF of Dundee, and as several unfounded legends 
 have crept into epitaphic literature regarding it, the following exact copy of the 
 inscription will be of interest : ' Heir lyis ane godlie and honest man, James 
 Wat, Flesher, Bvrges in Dondie, who lived in the holy band of matrimonie with 
 Agnes Theane, 38 Zeiris, and did bvir to him 8 childreng. He departit this 
 lyif the 26 of Sep. 1641, his age 62.' 
 
 ' Come, qvirists al, and sing vith me, 
 Halelvja. Hale Iv je.' 
 
 On a shield carved on the stone are the implements of the skinner trade. 
 
 2 Thomas Boytour of Pilmor, merchant, son of James Boytour, was admitted 
 burgess, gratis, on 14th September 1626. He married in that year Jean, 
 daughter of Alexander Wedderburn of Kingennie, David's eldest brother. She 
 predeceased her husband in November 1 630. The name, which is of French origin, 
 appears in Dundee records early in the sixteenth century, and still survives. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 77 
 
 scry vit be Mr Alexander Wedderburn 
 This renunciatione is subscryvit be 
 James Fetheis awin hand Patrik Kyn- 
 loch witnes Mr Johne Dunmuir notar 
 witnes JohneDunmuirhisbrother sone 
 
 12 December 1630 
 
 Memorandum Mr. Henry Feithe ^ coft and receavit fra me 
 12 threiffis pes stray at 9^ the thref to have instantly payit it 
 I receavit in Andro Schippertis heiche chalmer fra him only 
 13^ It is treuth I promesit his father a dolour for balding his 
 200*^ merkis I wes awin him betuix Mertemes and Youle 
 quhairon I gef my tiket on this conditione gif he requyrit it 
 and wald tak it for he kenis quhat truble I had getting him 
 that money James Wat Johne Howesone John Ogilvy kenis the 
 price All thingis betuix James Fethe and me is payit bot this 
 to me that he can for ony cause lay to my charge befor this 
 dait Witnes Andro George Muresone and to get of him 
 a generall discharge 
 
 Upoun the xvj day of Apryle 1597 foi. 4°^. 
 
 Memorandum Thair is ane registrat Discharge of Alexander 
 Lyndsayis mercheand burges of Edinburgh for him self and 
 William Lynford in London of xlvij lib Stirling money awin be 
 my gud brother Petir Clayhillis bailie to the said Alexander as 
 actour and factour for the said Lynford Qahilk Discharge con- Petir 
 tenis ane obligatione of the said Alexanderis of warrandice of ^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 all thingis betuix the said Alexander and Petir and betuix the 
 
 for the meill of the bak 
 yard 
 
 ^ Magister Henry Feithe or Fithie was the son of James Fithie, skinner, and 
 was admitted burgess of Dundee, through the privilege of his father, on 9th 
 October 1632. He studied at St. Andrews University, took his M.A. degree in 
 1621, and was admitted minister of the parish of Benvie in 1627. On 19th 
 February 1633 he was presented to the parish of Mains and Strathmartine by 
 Charles i. He was accused by the General Assembly, in August 1643, of having 
 refused to name the Malignants in his sermon before the Synod, and was ' made 
 on his knees to crave pardon' and promise amendment.' In September 1649 he 
 was deposed, along with seventeen other members of the SjTiod. He must not 
 be confused with another Henry Fithie, A.M., who was minister of Kinnell and 
 afterwards of Lundie and Fowlis, and was buried in the West Kirk of Dundee in 
 1620. See post^ p. 116. 
 
78 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 said Petir and Lynford and the said Alexander taking biirding 
 on him for the said Lynford discharging the said Petir of all 
 befor the said dait betuix thame Siclyk Johne Kippen contenit 
 thairin servitour to Lynford to warrand the said Petir registrat 
 in Mr. Alexander Gibsonis buikis the day and dait forsaid and 
 quhairat I wes present and delyverit to thame in presens of 
 Robert Crage Henry Bikertoun notar Johne Peblis in Edin- 
 burgh compleit payment in gold of the said sume. D.W. 
 
 Memorandum Kippin forsaid retenis ane discharge of 
 merkis quhilk he wald not allow in the said 47 lib Stirling 
 quhilk he receavit fra me and wald not delyver bak agane in 
 presens of the witnessis contenit in the discharge quhilk he 
 mon rander and be acomptable to the said Petir for 
 
 Discharge to me of Robert Dunbar of a crown quhilk he 
 may charge me with ane obligatione of my brotheris 
 
 Memorandum Upoun the xix of Apryle 1597 In presens of 
 Robert Wedderburn mercheand and Robert Guthre fidler I 
 delyverit Robert Dunbar servitour to Petir Wedderburn my 
 gluffis in satisfactione of a crown Robert my brother maid him 
 assert to craif fra me be verteu of my obligatione on my first 
 land gottin and hes oblist him this sam wryt to rander me the 
 said obligatione This quhen Johne Byris Petir Clayhillis 
 Robert and I in the bak chalmer at the boreing of 
 
 money be Petir fra the said Johne ^ 
 
 foi. 4 1 a. August 93 
 
 Send with Alexander Renkyn ^ xvij^'^ x ellnis lyning 
 bleitshit cost the eln of the half vj^ 8^ and the uther half v^ 
 
 ^ In the original volume a leaf has been torn out here, and two pages further 
 on another leaf has been similarly destroyed. As the book is not continuous, it 
 is impossible to tell what these leaves contained. Mr. Alexander Wedderburn, 
 Q.C., 47 Cadogan Place, London, has amongst the documents that belonged to 
 his grandfather, John Wedderburn of Auchterhouse, a copy of what is supposed 
 to have been the entries on these pages, in the handwriting of James Thomson, 
 the historian of Dundee, in whose custody the MS. volume was at one time, and 
 who made transcripts of some parts of it for Mr. Wedderburn of Auchterhouse. 
 If this be a true copy of the missing entries, it shows that the pages contained 
 a list of claims which David Wedderburn had against his brother, Alexander 
 Wedderburn of Kingennie. See ante, p. 74. 
 
 ^ Alexander Renkyn, mariner, brother-german of James Renkyn, shipowner, 
 was admitted burgess on 13th January 1589, having paid 10 lib. at that date, and 
 the remaining lo lib. on 24th October 1592. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 79 
 
 The number of peces xx and in 18 peperis packit To be sauld 
 quhair he hapnit to mak mercat and to wair it on gren gif it 
 may be haid for x frankis or les and to send it hame with a suir 
 hand in the first gude schip of our toun that cumis hame the 
 hie way utherwayis to len it for a gude frank the best may be 
 gottin to a suir hand in the first gude schip that cumis hame 
 the hie way this to be markit with my awin mark 
 
 Send with Petir Imbrie a half barrel puder markit with this 
 mark ^ myn contenand of wecht wryttin with keill thairon of 
 ane sentere and 18 lib wecht and siclyk tua litel barrellis of 
 ix pund wecht markit with my awin mark D.W. to be sauld 
 quhair he makis mercat to my proffit and war it on sic profit- 
 able waring as he dois to himself and gif he waris other in 
 Rwen or Burdeaux schip my geir and mark it with my awin 
 mark and send it hame in the first gude schip of our toun 
 quhairever it be I pray you gif your good counsell and attend- 
 ance on Alexander Renkyn to sell my xxviij [delete] 17''^ x elnis 
 lyning conforme as I haif gifin him commissione in maner and 
 to cause him do the sam 
 
 7 May 1610 foi. 
 
 Send with Alexander Broun ^ teylzeour to Londoun xij ellis 
 narrow blew clayth Item 7 ellis bred blew clayth thikit to be 
 littit violat And hes send with him 19 spynellis of yarn lyning 
 Ilk spynell cost me 28^ to sell it and to pay the lit the super- 
 flus to be warit on 
 
 Last August 1610 
 
 Send with Patrik Cok ^ teylzeour to London xx ellis 3 
 quarter and a half bred Item xv ellis the sam breid ane pece 
 of 12 ellis of 3 quarter and nel bred to be sauld to my proffit 
 and the fre money to be warit on ryellis gif thay be gude chaip 
 utherwayis to be lent as he thinkis best Sa restis to be 
 
 brocht hame with him self 
 
 ^ Alexander Broun, tailor, was admitted burgess 3rd February 1586. He 
 entered the town council in 161 3, but only served one year. 
 
 - Patrik Cok, tailor, paid 40 lib. for his burgess-ship on 20th Nov. 1605. 
 
80 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 fol. 42^. 
 Memorandum 
 My pak scheittis 
 and pak towis 
 Patrik Gardyn 2 
 retenis thame 
 with I gudlen 
 and xl gros of 
 wrang compt 
 I 
 
 5 lib i3« 4'! 
 restis xijs 
 
 4 
 
 payit 
 
 Tent of October 1612 
 
 Send my power and commissione with Johne Schorsvvodis ^ 
 obligatione of j^l lib and xx lib of penal tie and xx lib for 
 ilk charge with Johne Carneygy to persew Johne Schorswod 
 and hes gifin commissione to compone and hes promesit him the 
 third and the tua part and I haif writtin a lettre to Johne 
 Schorswod ane uther to C Cuninghame and his spous And a 
 directione to Johne Carneygy The proffit extendis at ane the 
 
 to 7 yeiris or ellis the penaltie 
 
 Quinto Septembris 1597 
 
 I haif liij stane lynt 
 
 In xxxj boundis and a half bound 
 
 Sauld to EufFame Strathouchin spous to William Annand ^ 
 ane bound weyis ane stane 4 pund at v merk and a half the 
 stane weyis [delete] summa v lib a merk receavit thairof v merk 
 in money and a pledge for the rest to be payit x dayis befor 
 Mertemes nixt restis 42^ 
 
 Sauld to the Lady pryores * the sam day in presens of Alex- 
 ander Annand ^ Weyhous Master and Mychell Law four boundis 
 lynt weyis 7 stane for v merk a half to be payit at Ten dayis 
 befor Mertemes nixt Summa xxv lib iiij^ 
 
 Sauld to Mr Thomas Ramsay^ ministeris wyf 2 boundis 
 
 ^ Johne Schorswod or Schirriswod, merchant, was admitted burgess on 15th 
 Sep. 1592, on payment of 20 lib. See pos^, p. 165, 
 2 Patrick Gardyn. See ante, p. 55. 
 
 2 William Annand, mariner, admitted burgess 2nd July 1576. He belonged 
 to a family that was eminent in the municipal history of Dundee. Andrew 
 Annand was frequently bailie between 1551 and 1567. He held the office of 
 weigh-master in 1558, being the first to whom the town council had let the dues 
 from the weigh-house for an annual rent. It is recorded that when Queen Mary 
 and Darnley visited Dundee in 1565, the provost and magistrates purchased 
 from Andrew Annand a ' puntion ' of wine for the entertainment of the royal 
 guests. Alexander Annand, son of Andrew Annand, succeeded his father as 
 weigh-master, and was the first to occupy the new weigh-house built by George 
 Lovell in the Vault, Dundee. 
 
 ^ Lady Pryores. See ante, pp. 58, 61. 
 
 ^ Thomas Ramsay entered St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews, 1583, and 
 was admitted minister of the combined parishes of Kinnaird and Rossie in 1589. 
 In the following year Rossie was made a separate parish, and placed under the 
 charge of Ramsay. He died at Rossie ist Oct. 1597. His widow was Christian 
 Rutherfurde, who is mentioned in the text. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 81 
 
 weyis 3 stane 6 pund 4 unce at v merk a half the stane Summa 
 vjlibvj^jd 
 
 Thairof receavit 6 lib xvj^ the rest to be payit instantly 
 Quhilk wes payit efter instantly 
 
 Sauld to James Dogis^ baxteris wyf our nychtbouris ane 
 bound weyis stane xiiij pund a half at v merk a half the 
 stane to be payit instantly i 
 
 Sauld to Mr Thomas Ramsay - ministeris wyf 1 bound weyis ^ ^^^^^ 
 ane stane xj pund at v merk a half the stane Summa v lib 5 lib 13s 
 xij^ 10^ to be payit quhen I requyr it v^merk 
 
 Sauld to Elspet Maxwell the brokin bound weyis a stane ^^^^^ 
 summa v merk a half to be payit xij day is befor Mertemes nixt 
 and receavit a spone in pledge thairof 
 
 13 September 97 fol. 42''. 
 
 Sauld to Margaret Myln spous to Robert Wedderburn ^ my ^.^ 2 ^ 
 father brother in presens of John Steill hir servand Elspit^ ^ '^^^ 
 Idvvye and the gudwyf of the vveyhous and hir weman Tua receavit 48s 
 boundis lynt weyis thre stanes tua pund four unce les at v firSt^sair ^ 
 merk the stane to be payit x dayis befor Mertemes nixt 
 
 Sauld to Elspit Idwye ane bound lynt weyis ane stane xj i 
 pund wecht at v merk the stane and a half to be payit x dayis Lcept^vj?^^*^ 
 befor Mertemes nixt and I haif receavit a ryng in pledge 
 
 Sauld to Katharen * my sister William Duncanis wyf 2 nb xd restis 
 boundis weyis 3 stane fyve pund a half quhairof I discharge a ivj^sa^ payit 
 pund and a half at v merk the stane Summa quhairof I 
 
 haif receavit 8 lib restis Ivjs 8^ to be payit quhen I requyre it 
 
 Sauld to Johne Ochterlonyis wyf 2 boundis weyis thre stane payit xj^iib 6' 
 sex pund at v merk a half the stane is xj lib sex^ Instantly to ^^^^^^ 263 
 be payit 
 
 Sauld to Bessy Barry relict of George Mudy four boundis ^j^^ J^^ 
 lynt weyis sex stane half a pund to be payit instantly at fyve 
 merk the stane summa xx lib 2^ 2^ 
 
 1 James Dog, baker, son of David Dog, baker, was admitted burgess 20th 
 Sept. 1587. 
 
 ^ Thomas Ramsay. See a^t^e, p. 80. 
 
 2 Robert "Wedderburn. See p. 2. 
 Katharen Wedderburn. See anfe, p. 2. 
 
 F 
 
82 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 restis 4 lib 4^ ij'' 
 
 fol. 43^ 
 X lib 
 v'^ payit 
 
 I 
 
 XV lib 3» 3'i 
 payit 
 
 2 
 
 X lib X* 
 payit except 
 restis 
 
 I 
 
 V lib 8^ 81 
 restis 8^ 8*3 
 
 8'! 
 
 X lib xvjs 
 
 x lib xvjs 8^ 
 
 V lib xvjs 
 
 8d 
 
 Sauld to John TrailP and William Lowis^ wyffis gun- 
 makeris twa boundis lynt weyis thre stane a pund and four 
 unce at v merk the stane thairof William Low to pay only 
 
 ane stane Is v merk The rest Johne Traell is tua stane 1 
 pund four unce Summa 7 lib xv^ les 
 
 Sauld to Jonet Myln spous to Johne Chalmeris wrycht ane 
 bound weyis ane stane 9 pund four unce les at v merk the stane 
 summa v lib 3^ 3^ to be payit 3 oukis befor Mertemes nixt 
 
 Sauld to Johne Cantis wyf twa boundis weyis thre stane 
 twa pund and a half at v merk the stane Is x lib x« x^ instantly 
 to be payit 
 
 Sauld to Agnes Strathouchin spous to David Small skipper 
 Ane bound lynt weyis ane stane ten pund at v merk the stane 
 Is V lib 8^ vij'^ To be payit xx dayis befor Mertemes nixt I 
 haif receavit tua Dutsche spunes in pledge 
 
 Sauld to Margaret Wedderburn ^ spous to C. Walter Hali- 
 burtoun Tua boundis lynt weyis thre stanes v pund wecht 
 quhairof I haif dischargit a pund wecht at v merk the stane 
 summa for 3 stane 4 pund is x lib xyj*^ 8^^ to be payit 14 dayis 
 befor Mertemes nixt and I haif receavit a ring in pledge thairof 
 
 To my awin wyff twa boundis weyis thre stane four poundis 
 wecht 
 
 and Laurence Bad in Westhall 
 To Peter Lovellis wyf in Mr houss ane bound sum brokin 
 lynt weyis ane stane xij pund yit to sell thairof to Margaret 
 Hulbert 3 quarteris and to Laurence Badis wyf ane quarter 
 precio die predicto restis to sell yit 3 quarteris ^ 
 
 ^ John Traill, admitted burgess 2nd March 1570 ; was councillor 1588- 1590 ; 
 was thrice treasurer, and thrice bailie. His official career was terminated in 
 1603. When the guildry put up the ' Holy Blood Silver' to auction in 1595, 
 John Traill bought it for 49 lib, ' his offer being found most profitable for the 
 weall of the gild. ' 
 
 William Low, gunsmith, son of James Low, smith, was entered in the 
 Burgess Roll 30th Sept. 1588. 
 
 2 Margaret Wedderburn, wife of Captain Walter Haliburtoun, is often named 
 in the Municipal Records of Dundee from 1571 to 1614. Her husband died 
 before 31st May 1 602, as on that day she is described as his relict. — Burgh and 
 Head Court Records, vol. xxi. She may have been a sister of David's father, 
 but it is impossible to identify her place in the family with certainty. 
 
 ^ This entry is obscure, as there are several erasures in original. It seems to 
 mean that the writer had some loose or ' broken ' lint lying in the house of his 
 brother, Magister Alexander Wedderburn, which he sold in different portions to 
 Mrs. Lovell, Margaret Hulbert, and Mrs. Bad, leaving three quarters unsold. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 83 
 
 The number 32 boundis the wecht is 51 stane 14 pund 
 The inlaik is 18 punds wecht 
 
 September Summa of the money that this extendis to 
 1597 ij' 3^^ merkis 8« ¥ les 
 
 Receavit heirof of my awin wyfis lynt and 
 altogidder 3"^""' lib 2 les restis xvj lib to be 
 payit 3 oukis befor Mertemes nixt 
 
 V May 1614 
 
 My commissione with David Blyth to receave 13 bollis a 
 firlet gryt sail inbarkit in our schip to sell it as his awin and 
 war it als oft as is awin to my proffit togidder with xij lib of 
 the superplus of my meill my part of the outred extendis to 
 XX lib and twelf lib to the for 
 
 Item to receave fra Johne Brown 4 lib xvj*^ qiihilk he gat fra 
 Mr Alexander Wedderburn and uther 4 lib xvj^ restand awand 
 me be William Andersoune and this conforme to xij chalder 
 the schip makis out and unto his returning to war it als oft 
 and als profitable to me as to him self for furnessing and out- 
 redding my part extending to half a quarter of the schip callit 
 the providence quhairof Johne Brown is skipper under God 
 
 Receavit 24 ellis tudling sell it and war it as said is 
 
 Send the staff with the pistolat on the end thairof with 
 David Blyth to be sauld and warit said is 
 
 Eodem die 
 
 Send with James Symsone ane woffin bed standis 9 lib uther 
 twa woffin beddis standis 4 lib xs the pece to Suadyn to wair 
 it on lynt to my wyf 
 
 Item send with him my power and J ohne Schorswodis bandis 
 to Cuninghame 
 
 Send with Alexander Wedderburn^ my brother Robertis 
 
 ^ Alexander Wedderburn, only son of David's brother Robert. He married 
 about 31st October 1617, Janet, daughter to John Newton {Dundee Protocols^ vol. 
 cclxv. p. 143, and vol. cclxvi. p. 166), and by her had two daughters: Helen, 
 who d.s.p. after having married twice: (i) William Gaskine or Gascoygne, 
 Englishman, and (2), on 20th Aug. 1657, Bartholomew Belson or Bilson, 
 Englishman ; and Elizabeth, who married, on 24th Nov. 1646, John Gardyne of 
 Dundee. These two daughters are entered heirs-portioners to their deceased 
 father, 3rd Dec. 1653. — Dundee Protocols, vol. cclxxiii. p. 257. 
 
84 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 sone to France or Spane in Waltir Renkynis ^ schip callit the 
 Diamont ane uther woffin bed standis 9 lib to be sauld and 
 warit als oft as his awin befor his returning heir agane. 8 May 
 David Blyth saelHt 
 foi. 44a. Jonet Cristellis inhibitione is registrat in the schiref court 
 
 buikis of Forfare the secound of October 1599 on Robert Wat 
 for xl lib Quhilk Obligatione and Inhibitione is assignit to me 
 
 xvj August 1615 
 Lent Mr William Fergusone^ my raper hingeris of blak 
 ledder and quhyt lyrnit 
 Item a pair fyn gluffis 
 
 Last October 1615 
 Lent auld William Hay my gryt cadge 
 
 xviij Junij 1623 
 
 This is the dait of my decreit on George Strathouchin for 
 Twentie merkis money 
 
 Eodem die 
 Aganis Andro Forret warkman for 4 lib 
 
 XX vj Novembris 1613 
 
 This the dait of my decreit aganis William Drummond for 
 sevin scoir ten pundis 
 
 14 May Apryle 1623 
 
 Send with James Symsone ^ to Stokholme tvva woffin beddis 
 the price of the pece vj lib Item 24 ellis gryt hardyn price 
 of the eln 6^ Item delyverit Effie his wyfF xx ellis bleitschit 
 resting \sic\ lyning tuidlen for x^ the eln to war this to our proffit and pay 
 him self the Lynt he copt to us fra James Walker and Robert 
 Clayhillis 
 
 Item I lent him x lib I wes awin x merk thairof for the 
 profittis he restis awin me v merkis 
 
 ^ Walter Renkyn, mariner, was admitted burgess 15th Dec. 1596, * for the 
 statutory sum paid to William Man, bailie, for certain speirs supplied.' 
 2 Magister William Fergusone. See ante, p. 56. 
 
 2 James Symsone, son-in-law of David Wedderburne. See post, pp. 85, 127. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 85 
 
 2j Junij 1614 pi, 44^ 
 
 Mr Robert Narn hes the last contract betuix us and Johne 
 Trael quhilk wes send to him at his desyre with Johne Ander- 
 son post 
 
 Item the auld horning aganis James Kyill 
 
 Item hes the new summondis of declaratour aganis Trel and 
 Kyllis airis to compeir the 28 Juny 1614 with the executione 
 thairof subscryvit by Johne Rennet messenger 
 
 Item he receavit the first registrat contract fra Rychard Cas 
 with the Letteris to inter air and executionis thairof as his tiket 
 beiris wrytin be Mr Robert Narnis man 
 
 Thomas Wichtan hes the Act of cautionry done in Edin- 
 burgh the secound of December 16ij 
 
 Thomas Wichtan hes the protestatione the xxj July 1613 dait 
 
 Thomas Wichtan has the clame and executionis markit 
 
 Thomas Wichtan hes the lettres of aprysing daitit at Edin- 
 burgh the xxj Januar 1614 Rychard Cas wryter thairto 
 Upon the 10 of November 1615 
 
 Compted and Reknit with my goodfather^ of all compt 
 preceding the dait herof that aither of us can lay till utheris 
 charg he restis awand till me thre scor ellevin pundis and I 
 have of his ane aikin kist in my booth in keping 
 
 Memorandum James Symsone^ hes James Simsone 
 relevit the xx ellis lyning tuidlan his D Wedderburn 
 wyf gat for x lib to be deducit af the 
 former swme 
 
 Item upoun the first of October 1616 Effe my dochter coft 
 and receavit fra my wyf Jonet ^ hir sisteris pled for ten pundis 
 The Kist estemat at elevin pundis restis only to James xl lib* 
 
 Memorandum to get' the registrat Discharge in the toun of M- 45^ 
 Dundeis buikis in Jun 1620 on Johne Wedderburn^ for 200 
 merkis to me upon the xxiij day of Januar 1613 yeiris 
 
 The four Dischargis underwryttin maid to me be the per- 
 sones efter specifeit ar registrat in the buikis of Mr Alexander 
 
 ^ Good-father = father-in-law to David Wedderburn. 
 
 2 James Symsone, married to David's daughter Eufame. See post^ p. 127. 
 2 Jonet, David Wedderburn's daughter, died 23rd May 1616. See post^ p. 124. 
 ^ A leaf is here cut out of the book. 
 
 ^ Probably the second son of Robert Wedderburn the merchant and Eufame 
 Couston. 
 
86 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Gibsone i ane of the clerkis of our soverainis counsell and 
 sessioun in Edinburgh upoun the swmes following 
 
 Viz. Mr Henry Duncane upoun the swme of Ane thousand 
 merkis and F [sic] thre hundreth merkis of penaltie quhilk I and 
 umquhill Robert Bultie wer cautioners to him for umquhill 
 William Davidsone younger contenand thairin a band maid in 
 my favouris under a penaltie etc 
 
 Item ane Discharge maid to me be Johne Gray customer in 
 Dundie on the swme of thre hundreth lib quhilk I wes cautioner 
 to him for Petir Rolland^ and of all penalties y'^"^ [sic] contenit 
 in the obligatione 
 
 Item Ane Discharge maid to me be Petir Blair and George 
 Kynlocht on fyve hundreth merkis and all penalties contenit in 
 my obligatione quhilk I wes cautioner for David Maull of both ^ 
 
 Item Ane Discharge maid to me be Thomas Auchinlek on 
 thre hundreth merkis quhilk I wes cautioner for William Lyoun 
 of Bagilly * Thir Dischargis wilbe found registrat in the saidis 
 bukis in caise I or myn be trublit heirefter for the sam the day 
 and dait abone and I have extractit thame severaly under Sir 
 Alexander Hay clerk registeris hand wTyt 
 
 Ane registrat Discharge maid [delete] in the commone court 
 buikis of Dundie of the dait the 9 Marche 1624 maid be Johne 
 Wedderburn to Alexander Innes David Wedderburn and 
 Edward Cheislie of sex scoir 24? lib x^. 
 
 1 Magister Alexander Gibsone was entered on the Burgess Roll of Dundee on 
 23rd Sept. 1599, ' for his merit and his aid to the common weal.' He was the 
 son of John Gibson of Goldingstones, and the representative of an old Fifeshire 
 family. He was appointed Third Clerk of Session in 1594, at the personal 
 request of James VI. Having acquired the barony of Durie in Fife, he assumed 
 the title of Lord Durie when he was raised to the Bench in 1621. He was a 
 favourite both with James vi. and Charles I., the latter monarch creating him a 
 baronet in 1628, and bestowed lands in Nova Scotia on him to enable him to 
 support that dignity. His principal legal work was his Collections of the Decisions 
 of the Session from July 1 62 1 till July 1642. He was appointed Lord President 
 in 1642, and remained in that office till his death in July 1646. He was doubly 
 connected with Dundee through the Fotheringhams of Powrie, as his daughter 
 Margaret was married to Thomas Fotheringham, while his son, Sir Alexander 
 Gibson, was married to Cecilia Fotheringham. 
 
 2 Petir RoUand, merchant, son of Robert Rolland, was admitted burgess 9th 
 March 1583. 
 
 ^ David Maule of Boath, in the parish of Dunnichen. 
 ^ William Lyoun of Bagilly, see post^ p. 100. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 87 
 
 Summa this waring in Scottis money ane hundreth pundis fo^- as^. 
 ten^^ les 
 
 3 October 1597 
 
 Send with Johne Scrymgeour mercheand to Spane in the scliip 
 of St Andros quhair he Robert Jak and David Heres selhs in 
 
 Twentie four eUis and a half of ell bred small lyning clayth 
 cost the eln xvj^ 
 
 Item sex ellis eln bred small lyning cost the eln 24^ 
 
 Item xxiiij ellis eln bred small lyning cost the eln xij^ 
 
 Item xxiij ellis eln bred smal lyning cost the eln x^ 
 
 Item xxiiij ellis eln bred smal lyning cost the eln xj^ 
 
 Item xij ellis small lyning cost the eln 7^ 
 
 Item XX ellis a half lyning cost the eln 6^ 8^ 
 
 Item xxij ellis a half lyning cost the eln 
 
 Item xxiiij ellis Hardin cost the eln 3^ 
 
 All thir peces bleitschit and markit with this my mark DW and 
 the number and the prices wryttin on ilk pece and ar 9 peces 
 
 Item send with him Ane pair of pistollattis cost me xij lib 
 Giflfin him commissione to sell the sam in Ingland or ony uther 
 port he thinkis best to my proffit or to bartir the sam or excheynge jj^JJ 
 the sam on fisches or stockinges and thairefter with the fre money 
 gottin for thir fischis or schankis wair it on gude alagant wyn or 
 the fynest wynes in rubberis or fyn Muskedallis as ye think best 
 and lyk as ye by to your self mark this geir with my said mark 
 and schip the sam with your self nocht ellis bot the lord pre- 
 set ve\ou is the just copy of David 
 
 Gif it be not barterit Wedderburnis commissione gifin to 
 or sauld to proffit ray ther Johne Scrymgeour subscryvit as fol- 
 bring it hame lowis be the said Johnes awin hand 
 
 Jh Scrymgeour 
 28 August 1607 >/-46». 
 
 Alexander Clayhillis hes borrit my buik of walking sprittis 
 ane Inglis buik of Arithmetik and fiftie of sylver arithmetik 
 buik ondelyverit^ 
 
 xxiij Junij 1630 
 Ane Discharge of myn registrat in the Scherif court buikis of 
 Forfare of ane hundreth xij lib x^ quhilk the gudeman of Ardony 
 
 ^ In this entry the words ' my buik of walking sprittis ' and 'fiftie'^ of sylver ' 
 are deleted, the words ' arithmetik buik ondelyverit ' having been added at a 
 date later than the rest of the entry. 
 
88 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 I as cautioner for him wer awin to Michel Ramsay in the forth 
 Quhilk is extractit be AVilliam Gray 
 
 scherif clerk 
 
 xij May 1610 
 Payit to Johne Nory 4 lib Item agane xl*^ 
 
 20 Junij 1613 
 
 Memorandum Mr Johne Dinmuir hes the obligatione of 
 xl lib within the inhibitione aganis Robert Wat to Jonet 
 Cristel to the quhill Jonet hes me hir assignay Mr Johne is 
 notar thairto quhilk he detenis till my [Item payit to George 
 Durward xxs 4^ 18^ 4*^] ^ assignatione be perfytit and subscryvit 
 
 Eodem die 
 
 Memorandum Mr Thomas Narn advocat and his man George 
 Thomsone hes all my wryttis betuix me and Johne Traell 
 
 Item hes all my sones tytillis of St Thomas Chaplenry 
 aganis Robert Kendo in keping and to persew Johne Traell and 
 Robert Kendo 
 
 XX Junij 1613 
 
 The dait of my protestatione aganis Johne Trail and his 
 cautioneris ar in Mr Alexander Gibsonis buikis 
 
 Ultimo Junij 1616 
 David Rollok ^ and William Lochmalony ^ hes promesit me 
 a gryt roll of wax candell at thair hame cuming from Quenis- 
 brig for the seasing I haif gifen tham. 
 
 7 December 96* 
 
 fol. 46*'. Litel Johne Andersone proveste 4 lib John Crychton xl^ 
 
 George Lyndsay 24 lib a knag vinacre 
 Petir Wedderburn as is on the uther syd 
 Thomas Man his spous xx merkis 
 Edward Chalmer 13 merkis 
 
 Adame Thayn cautioner for David Abircromby to delyver 
 me my gilt raper or els xx merkis 
 
 ^ The entry in brackets has been written before the rest of the paragraph. The 
 passage beginning ' Memorandum ' was inserted around the earlier entry. 
 
 2 David Rollok, merchant, son of deceased Robert Rollok, was entered 
 burgess ist June 1592. He entered the town council in 1618, was frequently 
 shoremaster, and was bailie in 1625-28. 
 
 ^ William Lochmalony, mariner, was admitted burgess 4th Feby. 1580. 
 
 ■* Many of the entries on this and the next page are deleted in original. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURXE 
 
 89 
 
 William Man to agree 
 
 with William Graham 
 14s 
 
 Henry Betoun restis 
 X lib for clayth 
 Mr Alexander x^anent 
 the scrap 
 
 David Barclay restis of 
 the clayth vlib 2 merk 
 James Carmichael the 
 styl buk 
 
 Strikmarten a gun 2 
 
 David Robeson Johne How 6 lib of 
 borouit money 
 
 Robert Scrymgeour xls of borouit 
 sylver 
 
 James Greif William Carneygy a 
 merk 
 
 Bessy Traellis dochter xijs 
 Cristel Traell x lib 
 Robert the mercheand xxs 
 James Crychton my virgill 
 Henry Guthreis sone the sege of 
 thebes 
 
 James Lyndsay litster 5 lib pistollattis 
 David Clerk x^ 
 
 James Guild officer half a merk for the ill half merk Item 
 7^ anent Patrik Walker 
 Johne Jak baxter xx^ 
 
 Patrik Gray the gudman of Balgernochis brother my pluf 
 boruit Thomas Howy x lib 
 
 William Kydis airis 4 lib 
 Johne Fyndlasone a bulk 
 
 Alexander Peirsone anent M^ James Ruderfurd my corsbow 
 polak bow Item a boll quhyt 
 
 Helen Cokburn 2 merk Issobell hir sister 14^ 
 Henry Betoun xf of auld Item x lib for 3 ell clayth to be pay it 
 David Melvill a promes to lit for wryttis at AVitsonday nixt 
 Robert Kyd customer a firlet quhyt 
 
 Patrik Wedderburn my dager and promesit me als gude thairfor 
 Alexander Craufurd in Edinburgh a pair schon 
 Mr D Alexander tua swordis a pistolat a pair gardis 
 Petir Clayhillis a kist boruit 
 
 Johne Peirsone for wryttis x lib Margaret 
 John Ramsay in Clepenton and pece Strathouchin xx^ the Eispit 
 
 of wryttis • hir spous 
 
 quhyt John Abel 
 DavidTendell anepece Andro Johnstoun half a merk 
 William ]\Iuresone 8^ George Stirling i\Iy mercheand to compt. 
 Item to charge for my haill chaplenryes beand comptroller 
 Robert my father brother a compter and a lang sadill of aik foi. 47\ 
 Petir my father brother for glassis of my fatheris 3 lib 
 
 Item 245 for the 
 rest of my beirhe 
 receavit out of 
 
90 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Barbara for a broclet xv^ vj^ Johne Nes 3^ for a stul 
 C Haliburtoun 4 lib Young George Robertsonsis wyf 7s 
 
 Johne Leitsche Ss 
 
 James Reykye 7 merk or els als mekle lit for the obligatione 
 Johne Crychtoun xx^ and vj^ 
 Robert Wat 19s 
 
 George Blak Thomas Davidsone William Spens Thomas 
 Buchan Johne Traell Thomas Lyndsay James Young Rychard 
 Clerk James Lyndsay William Kynloch and Thomas Howye of 
 littel St James Chaplenry 
 
 Nicol Clepen Patrik AVedderburn Alexander Gray and 
 Robert Mudy Mr Johne Lovel x^ 
 
 Robert Jaksone 3 lib hes sister 4 lib Johne Strathouchin in 
 Gorslesly 12^ vj^ 
 
 Robert my brother 3 lib Item a pair plet slevis a pair flasses 
 
 James V lib xij^ 
 
 Mr Alexander xvj^ Alexander Smyth awin me 7^ 
 
 Mr Henry Cleppen 4 merk awin David Robesone als mekle 
 William Kyd xl« 
 Andro Uurquhart 3 lib 
 Henry Baxter 4 lib x^ 
 Margaret Barry v mark 
 
 William Spens 19^ 4*^ and 2 merk a half on the decreit 
 Alexander Kynmond 14^ vj^ Anthone Haliburtounis wyf 
 4 lib 
 
 Johne Ogilvy 2 pak woll 
 
 Westhall xvj« 8^ Helen 3 lib xj^ and 24« and xij lib 14 lib 
 Waltir Forrester 7 lib David Lousoun 2^ 
 Mr James xliiijs David Ked 3 lib 
 Petir Clayhillis recavit 
 Helen Cokburn 2 merk 
 
 My Lord Innermay 42« David Kyd 3 lib Andro Balfour 4^^ lib 
 Monquhany xl^ Balumbye a croun David Heres 7 merk 
 St Thomas Chaplenry to be [sic] 9 barrelis hering 
 
 Alexander Forret 3 lib William Lochmalony 6^ 8*^ Thomas 
 
 Man 8 lib Andro Lovel 25^ Johne Andersone 4 Hb 
 
 The lady AVesthall Ivj merk George Stirling 28 and the rest 
 Cristel Trael x lib David Melvill lit conforme to his present 
 
 and Ivj lib 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 91 
 
 Lent Young Ballislik 2 merk 
 
 Upoun the xiij day of July 1612 at fy ve houris in the /^^- 47^ 
 morning The richt honourabill Schir James Scrymgeour of 
 Dudop ^ Knycht constable of Dundie ane verry noble and 
 gude man deit in Cristiane Lindsayis ludgeing within the 
 abbay of Halyrud hous in Edinburgh his sone and Dame 
 Magdalen Livingstoun'^ his lady being with him thair 
 
 3 8 July 1615 
 
 Giffin Bessy Wedderburn ^ a procuratorie and the obligatione 
 and the Discharge on the bak thairof with my lettre to him 
 hir husband to persew Johne Schoreswodis intromissions with 
 his geir for ix^^ x lib all in a boyst 
 
 ffoUowis the invetar ^ of the rest of the wryttis pertenand M 48^ 
 to me David Wedderburn burges of Dundie in maner as fol- 
 lowis in the sam forme as the Invetar of the remanent ar xl 
 leavis befor wryttin 
 
 Ane declaratione and Cleir Compt maid in presens of thir 
 honest persones subscryvaris thairof toward [deleted] the speciall 
 
 ^ Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope succeeded his father, John Scrymgeour of 
 Glastre, in 1575, and had the office of constable of Dundee confirmed to him at 
 that date. On 6th Feby. 1576, he was made a burgess of Dundee, and for more 
 than thirty years afterwards he took an important share in municipal affairs. 
 He had exaggerated notions of his baronial power, and several times was 
 denounced by the privy council for imprisoning burgesses in the castle of Dud- 
 hope. By ancient charters the constables of Dundee had obtained the right to 
 control the annual fairs in the burgh, and Sir James attempted to enforce his 
 privileges. For this purpose he thrust himself into the office of bailie, and 
 though Provost Halyburtoun restrained the constable, Sir James ultimately suc- 
 ceeded to the provostship, which he held from 1586 till 1590, and again from 
 1593 till 1609. He frequently represented Dundee and Forfarshire in Parlia- 
 ment, and also sat as a minor baron in various conventions. In 1582 he joined 
 the Gowrie party and was banished, but four years afterwards he was restored to 
 the king's favour. Sir James was one of the Scottish noblemen sent to Denmark 
 to arrange the marriage of James vi. with the Princess Anne, and was knighted 
 upon his return. His death took place on 13th July 1612. His son, mentioned 
 above, was John Scrymgeour, afterwards Viscount of Dudhope, whose grandson 
 was created Earl of Dundee. 
 
 2 Magdalen Livingstoun. See anfe, note, p. 27. 
 
 ^ Bessy Wedderburn. See post, p. 145. 
 
 * See ante, p. 23. 
 
92 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Ane declara- 
 tione of the just 
 compt of our 
 father and 
 motheris gudis 
 and geir and of 
 the bairnis por- 
 tions 
 
 Robert my 
 brotheris dis- 
 charge of his 
 portioun 
 naturall 
 
 fol. 48b 
 Ane Discharge 
 of James my 
 brotheris por- 
 tioun naturall 
 
 Ane discharge 
 of William my 
 brotheris por- 
 tioun naturall 
 
 freindis pertenandto me and the remanent my brether and sisteris 
 of the haill gudis and geir pertenand to our umquhill father and 
 mother and destribute to ilk particular persone thair bairnis 
 for thair bairnis portioun naturall discharging me the said 
 David thairof Viz to Robert compleit payment of thre hun- 
 dreth merkis for his part As his speciall discharge heirefter 
 Minuttit will beir To James Tua hundreth merkis money payit 
 be ane act and ane hundreth merkis on Anthon Haliburtonis 
 tenement as his discharge particular heirefter minuttit will beir 
 To Petir ane hundreth merkis on James Haliburtonis land 
 and ane hundreth merkis on William Allerdyis land and the 
 rest payit To William Thre hundreth merkis in present money 
 beand in James Forresteris hand is and Mr Alexander Wedder- 
 burnis as the particular discharge heirefter minuttit beiris 
 Siclyk declaring a satisfactione of Katharen our sisteris portione 
 and siclyk declaring a discharge to the said David subscryvit 
 be Mr Alexander of his airschip etc as the sam subscryvit 
 be James Forrester Alexander Scrymgeour James Auchinlek 
 Robert Kyd James Durhame the said Mr Alexander Petir 
 Wedderburn Robert Wedderburn me the said David and 
 Thomas Traell beiris of the dait at Dunde the 27 of Marche 
 1591 yeiris 
 
 Ane Discharge to David Wedderburn be Robert his brother 
 of his bairnis part of geir etc as the sam subscryvit be his hand 
 be Mr Alexander David James Forrester John Auchinlek and 
 Robert Wedderburn elder witnessis of the dait the xij of 
 Marche 1588 yeiris 
 
 Ane Discharge maid be James to me of his portioun as the 
 samin subscryvit be him James Forrester ^ provest James 
 Carmicheall James Durhame Mr Alexander and Robert my 
 brether Witnessis of the dait at Dundie the xiij of May 1592 
 beiris 
 
 Ane Discharge maid be James Forrester provest in nem of 
 Thomas Traell confessing him to have receavit fra the said 
 Thomas ane hundreth merkis in nem of the said David And als 
 fra the said David xlix lib xiij^ iiij*^ and thairfor discharging 
 the said David in nam of William Wedderburn his brother 
 
 ^ James Forrester. See ante, p. 17. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 93 
 
 thairof as a part of his portioun natuhall and oblissing him to 
 warrand me thairof as the sam subscryvit be the said provest 
 and James Forrester his oy of the dait the 14 May 1592 and 
 Johne Cudbert witnes 
 
 Item in the end of the sam peper ane speciall Discharge 
 maid be Mr Alexander to me in nem of the said William of 
 ane hundreth merkis for roupit geir in compleit payment 
 of the said Williamis portioun with warrandice thairin etc 
 Witnessis thairin Walter Hay Alexander Ramsay bailie the 
 said provest Subscryvit be him the said provest and James Dur- 
 hame Quhairof the dait forsaid 
 
 Petir infeft ane hundreth merkis on AVilliam AUerdyse landis ^j.^JJ^gj.'" 
 and in ane hundreth merkis James Haliburtonis land 
 
 Mr Alexander is awin xx merk to Petiris part of the roupt geir 
 
 Petir my brotheris discharge of x lib Item 8 lib v^ he 
 receavit fra George Mudy 
 
 Item xj lib I payit at Mr Alexanderis command for his 
 proceis fie to James Renkynis wyf 
 
 Ane Invetar of my father and motheris gudis and geir con- 
 tenand the forme of the rouping thairof 
 
 Ane band betwix Robert W edderburn my father brother foi. 49'*- 
 and me tuiching the discharge for repetione of xl lib throw of^Robert my^ 
 my double renunciatione thairof anent the redemptione of 6 father brother 
 and 7 merkis annuell furth of Robert Mylnis landis as the 
 samin subscryvit be him Johne Paton notar Johne Auchinlek 
 James Ferguson witnessis of the dait the xiij of October 1595 
 beiris 
 
 Ane dispositione of the xvj part of the schip callit tlie 
 Pelican maid be James Renkyn to me Subscryvit be him in a^dispositione 
 presens of Mr Alexander Wedderburn Robert Wedderburn of the Pelican 
 mercheand and Robert my brother of the dait the 19 of 
 November 1593 with a discharge of the bak thairof of the 
 recept of the swmes promittit thairfor 
 
 Ane Dispositione of half a quarter of a crear callit the Lamb a dispositione 
 and hir redschip maid be Gilbert Schorswod^ to me Subscryvit ter of the aear 
 be William Duncasone notar for him and be Gilbert his sone ^^^^'^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ 
 George Thomsone measoun and Thomas Stewart witnessis of 
 the dait the 29 January 1593 beiris 
 
 ^ Gilbert Schorswod, mariner, was admitted burgess 13th April 1585, on pay- 
 ment of 10 lib. 
 
94 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 A Discharge of 
 the laird of 
 Vaynes sylver 
 wark 
 
 A Decreit of xx 
 crunes to me 
 anent George 
 Lyndsay 
 
 Chargis etc 
 
 Horning on 
 George Lynd- 
 say 
 
 fol. 49*^ 
 
 A Memoran- 
 dum of Robert 
 my brotheris 
 effectis 
 
 14 November 
 95 send thair 
 with Petir Clay- 
 hillis to Wm. 
 Downy at Bur- 
 deaux Willm 
 Downy to me 
 of 4 XX Hb anent 
 Andre Balfour 
 
 Ane Discharge of William Hillis to me in neam of the laird 
 of Vaynes ^ 6 sylver spunes and a sylver tas contenand 18 unce 
 or thairby subscryvit be him and Johne Fullertoun Johne 
 Smyth and Johne Strathouchin the 2 of July 1595 
 
 Ane decreit of myn giffin befor the baileis of Dundie aganis 
 George Lyndsay for xx crunes of the sone in pairt of payment of 
 3^^x frankis receavit be him of myn fra Petir Imbre pertening to 
 me as the samin of the dait subscryvit be Mr Alexander Clerk 
 of the dait subscryvit be Mr Alexander Clerk of the dait the 
 xvj October 1594 
 
 Ane charge under the pane of horning to the baleis to 
 execut the samin Adame Able scryb under his hienes signet of 
 the dait the xxj Apryl of the regne the xxviij yeir 1595 
 
 Ane Decreit of horning and lettres thairon upoun the said 
 act aganis the said George Adame Cowper scrybe under his 
 hienes signet of the dait the x of Marche anno 1594 Lettres 
 of certificatione to execut on the baileis of the dait the 8 of 
 Jan war anno forsaid 
 
 Ane memorandum of my hand wryt etc 
 
 Ane lettres send in my favouris be Petir Imry to George 
 heiranent the proces thairwith knyt togider 
 
 Memorandum ane Invetar of my brother Robertis gudis and 
 geir of Petiris hand wryt notit be Mr Alexander and esteimit 
 as the samin of the dait the xx December 1594 beiris subscryvit 
 be James Scrymgeour James Carmichael and William Duncan 
 
 Ane Discharge of Elspet Heringis^ of certain rowpit geir 
 and uther present sylver of my brother Robertis geir subscryvit 
 be Johne Paton and Johne Wobster notaris about 2° tua 
 hundreth merkis In presens of David Coustoun /me/ Robert 
 Man Johne Isak of the dait the xx of September 1595 beiris 
 
 My brother Mr Alexander has my brotheris Robertis obliga- 
 tione to his dochter Helen and Johne Lovellis discharge of 3^ 
 merkis thairin 
 
 Item ane assignatione to the obligatione with the said obliga- 
 tione maid be William Douny to me of 4^^ lib awin be Andro 
 Balfour to him 
 
 ^ Laird of Vayne. See ante, p. 43. 
 
 2 Elspet Hering, third wife of Robert Wedderburn, and his reliot. 
 30th Nov. 1593. 
 
 He died 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 95 
 
 Item obliffatione of xx merkis awin be Thomas Man to me ^nent Thomas 
 
 iVx3,n of XX 
 
 Item a Discharge of Petir Wedderburnis my father brotheris merkis 
 of all he may acclame befor the dait thairof of me as the 
 samin of the dait the tent day of Apryle the yeir of God f"^^^;;^^//^^^^^^^ 
 jm fQ^jj, scoir twelf yeiris beiris subscryvit be his hand in charge 
 presens of Mr Alexander and Robert his brother and subscryvit 
 be Robert as witnes 
 
 Mv Contract MatrimonialP betuix me and the laird of West- My "latrimo- 
 
 J ^ ^ mall contract 
 
 hall and thair cautioneris of the dait the 26 Februar 1589 
 Subscryvit be us all 
 
 The extract of my burgeschip of the dait the xv May 1582 Myburgeschip 
 out of the lokit buik Subscryvit be the clerk 
 
 AVilliam Spens discharge to me of Ix lib anent the laird of Anent James 
 Carestoun ^ Subscryvit with his hand Mathowis 
 
 James Mathowis discharge of 4 bollis aittis to me 
 
 Mr Johne Moncuris ^ discharge to me of thre hundreth Anent Mr 
 
 , . Johne Moncur 
 
 merkis 
 
 My seasing of xlviij lib annuelrent furth of Androw Mathe- 
 sonis land lyand at the end of the hors wynd Mr Alexander 
 clerk thairto Witnessis William Duncan bailie William Dur- 48 lib _ 
 ham aperand of George James Wedderburn Johne How Johne 
 Paton 13 Apryle 1595 
 
 My seasing of xiij bollis aitmeill furth of Lumlachin in June Renuncit 
 1594 Johne Paton notar thairto Renuncit 
 
 Mv awin legacie wryttin in this present buk with ane Invetar My awin 
 op gudis and gier and of my waring and debtis heirin wryttin 
 
 The Constables Discharge of 1594 with a compt of payment Constables 
 of the 95 yeiris dewetie to himself 8 lib to the lady 2 merk for 
 pwder at 3 tymes 3 lib in the Catispoll * I payit at the Lairdis 
 
 ^ Contract matrimonial. See post, p. 176. 
 
 2 Laird of Carestoun, Henry Lindsay, second son of the Earl of Crawford. 
 He was married to Beatrix, daughter of John Charteris of Kinfauns, and assumed 
 the name of Charteris by express stipulation in the deed whereby John Charteris 
 made him sole heir. He was Master of the Household to Anne, queen of 
 James vi., and succeeded to the Earldom of Crawford on the death of his 
 nephew in 1621, but only survived for two years. See J>ost, p. 97. 
 
 ^ Magister Johne Moncur admitted burgess Oct. 1569, gratis. 
 
 ^ Catispoll or Ketchpeill, a tennis court which stood in the Overgait, and is 
 often referred to in charters as a boundary of adjoining properties. 
 
96 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Witsonday 
 1594 
 
 The forme of 
 my housmeill 
 pay it 
 
 To my brother 
 the Clerk 
 
 *and wes giffin 
 Andro Fyff 
 
 foh 50*'. 
 
 Discharge 
 betuix Andro 
 Gray in May- 
 boll Alexander 
 Lovell and me 
 
 *And now in 
 Robert my 
 father 
 brotheris 
 handis 
 
 command 16^ Item to Anthone Haliburtoun xx merkis the 
 rest onpayit quhairof I haif the acquittances Johne Smyth 
 receavit ane acquittance of 42s not payit 
 
 I interit in my brotheris houssis sumtyme occupy it be Alex- 
 ander Nicoll at Witsonday in anno 1594 payit at Mertemes thair 
 efter at his awin fyre-syd to him and his wyf the meill than is 
 8 lib in ane doublit ducat qlk [deleted] and 4 half merk peces 
 quhilk he instantly delyverit to his wyf. Item payit the Wit- 
 sonday meill thairefter to the gudewyf in anno 1595 to Johne 
 Ogilvy for layn v lib xv*^^ to hir self quhen 1 boruit the sylver 
 quhilk I payit agane * a single pistolat for 3 lib is 8 lib Item 
 payit to the gudewyf for the Mertemes thairefter in anno 
 
 1595 ane boll quhyt pes cost 7 lib Item payit at the gude- 
 manis command in Jurdenstoun to the drink sylveris xiijs iiijd 
 Sua rest I awin of that terme vj^ 8"^ payit this to the gudewyf 
 at the burd. As for the Witsonday to cum in anno 1596 
 they ar awin me thre lib 3^ for a blew band Item x^ for the 
 swop Item 6 lib for 6 quarteris 1 pund lynt of superplus 
 mair nor hir awin hir lynt receavit be hir Item for the 
 fraucht of hir lynt xiij^ iiij'^ Item scho is awin me for 1 band 
 lynt weyis ane stane xj pund xij unce at 4 lib the stane summa 
 thairof \] lib 18« Summa of all thair 17 lib 9^ 7'^ 
 
 Allowand to thame the Mertemes termes 8 lib of the hous I 
 occupy with the Witsonday preceding in the sam terme in anno 
 
 1596 extendis to xvj lib swa will than rest awin me 29^ 9*^^ to be 
 allowit in the next terme to thame be us. 25 of October 1597 
 I payit the Witsonday terme preceiding to the gudman Mr 
 Alexander in his heiche chalmer in a v merk pece and ane 
 single pistolat and receavit bak agane vj^ 8^*. 
 
 Memorandum on the 13 of November 1595 Andro Gray 
 prebendar of Mayboll comperit on the ground of the Inner- 
 tene[ment] sumtyme pertening to George Andersone to quhome 
 he wes servit narrest air And renuncit the annuelrent of 4 lib 
 in favouris of Alexander Lovell quha disponit the same to me 
 and gef me warrandice of his landis in St Clementis Kyrkyard 
 thairfor and this for 40 lib receavit be Andro fra him This 
 in presens of Johne Traell bailie James Carmichaell Thomas 
 Auchinlek witnessis Siclyk be ane special discharge subscryvit 
 be him in Alexander Lovellis handis* and subscryvit be the 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 97 
 
 saidis witnessis and Patrik Gray of Innergowry ^ dischargis me 
 and the said Alexander of the evidentis to be exhibeit 
 
 Memorandum on the x of the sam moneth I wes examinat 
 thairfor be the lordis of sessioun Viz : Quhittinghame ^ and Mr 
 Thomas Hamiltoun ^ and Mr. Robert Williamsone Clerk and 
 I deponit I never haid thame and was absolvit. 
 
 The Laird of Carestoim * discharge of the cautionrie for Discharge of 
 Johne Myln meassoun to him be a Missive subscryvit be him ScL^stoun^ 
 the 22 October 1595 
 
 Robert Wedderburn mercheand burges of Dundie this day 
 the xviij Januar 1595 In presens of Archibald Hering Mr 
 Alexander me David Wedderburn James Hering and George 
 Hay skletter hes receavit ane lokit blak boix quhairof the said Toward my 
 Archibald hes the key and Invetar subscryvit be the said Robert evidentis 
 and witnessis forsaidis of xiij peces of evidentis and wryttis perten- 
 ing to Alexander sone to Robert my umquhill brother viz [deleted] 
 and hes oblist him by the said [deleted] band above wryttin in 
 the Inventar in the said Archibald's handis to me be the samin 
 furth cumand to all parties that sail pretend intres thairto viz : 
 Ane seasing quhair my brother wes infeft in my fatheris 
 
 ^ Patrik Gray of Innergowry, son of Andrew Gray, and grandson of Patrick, 
 fifth Lord Gray. lie was designated ' of Invergowrie ' in 1590, and made exten- 
 sive alterations upon Invergowrie House, near Dundee. He was married to 
 Anne Napier, and some of the existing tympana that surmounted the dormer 
 window still bear the arms and initials of himself and his wife. Invergowrie 
 was acquired in 161 5 by Robert Clayhills of Baldovie, whose family was long 
 connected with Dundee. See ante, p. 9. 
 
 - Quhittinghame, Archibald Douglas, younger of Whittinghame, was the son 
 of William Douglas, Lord Whittinghame of Session. On the resignation of his 
 father, Archibald Douglas was appointed an Ordinary Lord of Session on ist 
 August 1590, at the king's request. He was knighted, and admitted a privy 
 councillor in 1603, and resigned his seat on the bench in 1618. 
 
 ^ Mr. Thomas Hamiltoun of Drumcairn, son of Sir Thomas Hamilton of 
 Priestfield, born 1563, admitted advocate Nov. 1587, appointed an Ordinary 
 Lord 9th Nov. 1592, with the title of Lord Drumcairn. He was one of the 
 Octavians appointed in Jan. 1596 to administer the affairs of the kingdom. 
 Numerous offices were conferred upon him before he was appointed Lord Presi- 
 dent of the Court of Session in June 161 6. He was raised to the peerage, with 
 the title of Lord Binning and Byres, in 1613, and six years afterwards was 
 created Earl of Melrose, which title he exchanged for that of Earl of Haddington 
 in 1627. He resigned his office of president in 1626, and was appointed Lord 
 Privy Seal, which office he held till his death on 29th May 1637. 
 Laird of Carestoun. See anie, p. 95. 
 
 G 
 
98 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 fol. 
 
 Toward Robert 
 my brotheris 
 evidentis 
 
 Paid 
 My Mertemes 
 meill 1597 
 pay it efter 
 this forme 
 
 Off Robert 
 my brotheris 
 bairnis effairis 
 
 fol. 51b. 
 
 Off my brother 
 Robertis effareis 
 
 tenement eistmest under the signe and subscriptione of Thomas 
 lyrland notar the dait the penult of Marche 1573 
 
 Ane redemptione under his not of sex merkis upliftit be 
 EIFem Bel furth of the foirland the 9 May 1578 
 
 Ane excambion betuix my brether Mr Alexander and Robert 
 of the bak tenement with Robertis lugeing and xvj merkis under 
 Thomas Irlandnot[ary] the xvj [deletedj'penult of December 1577 
 
 Ane extract furth of the commone court buikis of Dundie 
 where the sam is insert with ane aprobatione of bayth my 
 Bretheris consent to the excambion under the extract and sub- 
 scriptione of Robert Wedderburn and Gilbert Quhittet notaris 
 of the dait the xvj of October 1588 The rest ar thair 
 
 Upoun the xxj of December 1597 I ofFerit to the gudeman 
 my brother Mr Alexander and his wyf in thair heich chalmer 
 8 lib all in ryellis and ten^ peces for the Mertemes meill of my 
 hous of his quhilk I occupy and becaus of the insufficience of 
 tua barrellis salmond he sauld me and gat fra me 3^- lib in 
 gold thairfor and quhen they were sauld in Flanderis be James 
 Fraser to me I tynt xxj lib on thame they being all grissillis and 
 he selling me thame for salmond sufficient of Grange fisches he 
 quhyttit me only the said 8 lib for a recompance of my skayth 
 Sua in that respect my said Mertemes meill of his hous occu- 
 pyit be me last by past in this yeir of God 1597 is payit 
 
 Ane act contenit in the commone court buikis of Dundie 
 William Man bailie quhair Johne Lovell and James Forrester 
 ar oblist that four hundreth merkis apertening to Helen my 
 brother Robertis dochter salbe furth cumand to hir and scho 
 sustenit on the excrescence thairof of the dait the 13 November 
 1596 
 
 Ane uther act quhair James Reyky and James Fraser his 
 cautioner ar oblist in the saidis buikis that aucht scoir merkis 
 salbe furthcumand to Alexander Robertis my brother sone and 
 he to be sustenit on the excrescence thairof of the dait the xj 
 Junij 1597 
 
 Ane compt of Johne Lowell recept of sum particularis of the 
 last j^ merkis 
 
 Ane special discharge of Elspet Heringis with consent of 
 hir husband subscryvit be him and takand the burding on him 
 for hir of 3° merkis as hir portioun of my brother Robertis 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 99 
 
 gudis and geir witnessis Archibald Hering Mr Alexander and 
 Archibald Hering and my self 
 
 Ane particular recept of Elspet Heringis 
 
 The special Invetar of Robertis gudis Quhilkis gudis wes 
 roupit and intromettit with be Alexander Annand weyhous 
 maister and the money distributit be him to Johne Lovell and 
 the barnis and to Elspet Hering 
 
 Ane speciall Invetar of the restis quhilk belangis to Alex- 
 ander my brother Robertis sone extending about 3° merkis to 
 mak out his 3c merkis quhairof James Reyky hes xl merkis 
 with the 8xx merkis in his handis 
 
 Ane discharge maid be Johne Scrymgeour of Kyrktoun ^ to The gudman 
 me of Ixx merkis obtenit be him aganis me in neame of James ^Ldiarge on 
 Scrymo-eour befor the baileis of Dundie on the xxi Marche 3"'' x merkis 
 
 ^ , p , . . . , anent James 
 
 1596 be vertew oi a decreit registrat m the commone court Scrymgeour 
 buikis of Dundie the dait forsaid Subscryvit be him the 14 
 August 1597 befor Mr James Fothringhame his father in law 
 James my brother and Petir Imry and discharges all lettres and 
 executionis contenand a power thairin to Johne Paton notar 
 to deleit the said decreit 
 
 Ane Discharge maid be Alexander Smyth mercheand to me Alexander 
 ofob [sic] 33 lib to me as cautioner for Westhall and of a decreit charge 
 to be deleit gifin aganis me thairon 
 
 Upoun the xxvj Junj 1598 James Thomsone alias Reyky ^ is 
 actit in the commissaris buikis of St Andros to releif me of the 
 cautionry I became that day for him anent the furthcuming of Betuix James 
 sic gudis and geir as he gef up pertenand to umquhill Robert ster and me 
 my brother and his first tua wyffis to Alexander his sone con- 
 firmit executor dative thairto 
 
 18 May 1598 /oi. 52* 
 
 Delyverit Mr Alexander and his wyf half a stik of russellis 
 grew-gren cost the stik 4 lib v^ Flemis at 14 nobillis thair is 
 29 lib xv^ the half stik is 14 lib 17^ vj^ Item he is awin me Anent my hous- 
 
 meill paying 
 
 ^ Johne Scrymgeour of Kyrktoun was made ' a Burgess and Guild-Brother of ^598 
 
 Dundee, by reason of the privilege of his father, the late John Scrymgeour of 
 
 Kirktoun,' on ist April 1606. His daughter Magdalen was married to Alexander 
 
 Wedderburne, second Baron of Kingennie, and town clerk of Dundee. 
 
 ^ James Thomsone a/ias Reyky, litster, ' son to James Thomsone a/ias Reyky,' 
 
 was admitted burgess on 20th Sept. 1587. He married Elspet Hering, relict of 
 
 David's brother, Robert. 
 
100 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 xxij^ vj*^ of the rest of the sylver I lent him of the taxt sylver 
 I am awin him 2s summa awin me xvj lib 2^ les Quhilk siild be 
 allowit for the Witsonday and Mertemes termes in anno 1598 
 for my hous meill to him quhilk is yeirly xvj lib 
 
 28 August 1599 
 
 Payit to Mr Alexander my brother and his wyf Helen Ramsay 
 in their awin hous at thair desyer 2 auld dolouris at 46^ the 
 pece Item 28^ peces is 7 merk Item a croun of the sone of the 
 Kyng stampit is v merkis Summa xij merkis is 8 lib and 
 Anent my hous- that for the Witsonday terme in anno 1599 last wes for 
 Witsomfay^ my brotheris hous meill of that ludgeing occupyit be me 
 terme 1599 lyand in his wester clos in Dundie sumtyme pertenand to 
 the laird of Braky and this in haill and compleit payment 
 of all yeiris preceiding this dait that I occupyit the sam 
 Nochtwithstandino- that I removit fra his ludeeinff at Youle 
 befor to William Manis ludgeing he tuik his haill termes meill 
 of me I receavit his discharge thairon of the dait forsaid sub- 
 scry vit be him and be Johne Pattoun notar and AA^illiam 
 Wedderburn his brother witnessis 
 
 8 September 1609 
 
 My brother the clerk receavit a discharge with the reversione 
 quhilk he hes yit in keiping oft* all thingis Thomas Guthre may 
 acclame of him and me togidder Specealy of the vj'^ merkis 
 quhilk wes on Gracilis landis Quhilk suld be extant to us bayth 
 Thomas Wichtan Johne Patton notaris witnesses 
 
 foi. S2\ Quarto May 1609 
 
 Debtis awin me 
 The Commissar of St Andros and the gudeman of Kynellis 
 younger^ vj'^l merkis 
 
 William Lyoun of Bagilly - xlviij lib [deleted] 24 lib 
 
 ^ The gudeman of Kynellis, younger, probably James Durham, son of Alex- 
 ander Durham of Kinnell and grandson of James Durham of Pitkerro. The 
 charter by which Alexander Durham obtained the lands of Hatton of Kennell 
 was dated 14th December 1620, but he may have held the estate for some years 
 previously. 
 
 - William Lyoun of Bagilly. Balgillo, in the parish of Tannadice, came into 
 
DAVID AVEDDERBURNE 
 
 101 
 
 James Halyburtoun of Essy 84 merkis Item 4 lib 
 
 Petir Brown 22 lib 
 
 William Guthre 4^1 merkis 
 
 ]\Iy brother James frend with him xl lib 
 
 Henry Betoun litster xl lib v lib 
 
 Johne Schorswod 2^ merkis 
 
 Andro By tour 24 lib 
 
 George Lyndsayis airis xl lib 
 
 Alexander Prestoun 7 lib 
 
 Alexander Nicol P 46 lib 
 
 Johne Bower S^^ lib v lib 
 
 Thomas Fleming 
 
 Patrik Barry fleschour 7 lib 
 
 Johne Duncan gardner 7 lib vj^ 
 
 Thomas Jak a dublit of Napillis tafFetie 
 
 Auld Robert and the clerk ^ 34 lib xs 
 
 The clerk of lent sylver xj lib a scept xv lib worth of tres 
 Item xvj lib on the cobel of the salmon with uther thingis of 
 auld Johne Diky 4 lb 
 
 William Renkyn 4 lib my staf 
 
 Petir m}^ brother v lib 
 
 Patrik Ramsay 42^ . Margaret Mylnis legacie 
 
 My verrand with George Auchinlek and James Renkyn 
 James Renkyn restis xx merkis 
 
 I Jameis Kineris ^ grantis me to have recavit fre Dawid M 53' 
 Woderburn burges of Dinde the soum of ane hundreth markis 
 in mony quhilk I sail war God willand as I do my aune and 
 sail by to the sed David ane pert of ane schip therwith as I do to 
 my self with hir wtred this presand wayag that I sail God 
 willand mak in Nora way and in ces I by not ane schip to do 
 with his money as I do with the rest of my awin At Dunde the 
 xvij day of February 1603 yeiris 
 
 James Keneris w* my hand 
 
 the possession of the Blairs of Balthayock in 1387, and remained in a branch 
 designated Blair of Balgillo. About that time it was divided into Easter and 
 Wester Balgillo, the latter coming into possession of the Lyons of Balgillo. 
 
 1 Robert Wedderburn, the notary, David's uncle ; the clerk, Alexander Wed- 
 derburn of Kingennie, David's brother. 
 
 ^ James Kineris, son of deceased Andrew Kineris, was admitted burgess, 2ist 
 Sept. 1602. 
 
102 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Mer I resavet xxii lib in gold with iiij dosoun and ane ell 
 of Harding at the eln to be warit as sed is God willand to the 
 said Dawedis behove James Keneris w* my hand 
 
 X May 1610 
 
 James Myln ^ in Elgyn hes in presens of James Fethie 
 Alexander Myln ^ and William Davidsone younger promesit me 
 yeirly induring his lyftyme a quart of Aquavetie for the favour 
 and cowrtesie he hes receavit fra me anent the Aprobatione of 
 his auld infeftmentis 
 
 6 Novembris 1609 
 Margaret Guthre dochter to Robert Guthre is servit air to 
 umquhill David Guthre hir father brother in the court buikis 
 of Dundie William Duncan provest Johne Peirsone Walter 
 Rollok Mr William Ferguson baileis in jugement sittand quhilk 
 is a rycht to me to persew the said Margaret for xxxvj lib awin 
 be the said umquhill David to Thomas Guthre and quhilk 
 Thomas hes giffin me power to persew thairfor 
 
 xij May 1610 
 
 William Guthre ^ merchand is restand a wand me 3 terms 
 dewetie Item in presens of the clerk Mr Johne Ramsay Master 
 James Myln Alexander Myln Mr Johne Dynmour he ofFerit 
 me XX lib for my wyfis rememberance and for subscryving of 
 the confirmatione of his wryttis and I haif referrit to his dis- 
 
 ^ James Myln, merchant, son of Thomas Myln, merchant, burgess of Elgin, was 
 enrolled as a burgess of Dundee on 15th December 1596. He was a maltman in 
 Elgin, but was closely connected with Dundee through his mother, Margaret Spald- 
 ing. One of his brothers was married to a daughter of John Piersoun, and was thus 
 related by marriage to David Wedderburn. Another brother, Alexander Mylne, 
 mentioned in the text, born 1583, was killed at the siege of Dundee in 1651, 
 along with his son, Thomas Mylne, and both are buried in the Howff of Dundee, 
 where a monument still exists, erected by Alexander Mylne, elder brother of 
 Thomas Mylne, to the memory of his father and brother. This Alexander Mylne 
 (born 1618, died 1665) was minister of Longforgan, and afterwards of the South 
 Church, Dundee. He was the founder of the Mylnes of Muirton and Mylnefield. 
 To the same family belonged the Mylnes who for centuries were Master Masons 
 to the Kings of Scotland. James Mylne, in Elgin, died in 1652. 
 
 - William Guthre, merchant, was enrolled as a burgess on 24th October 1594, 
 * for having paid the usual sum to James Auchinlek, provost, as his stipend for 
 the past year.' He was treasurer of Dundee from 1612 to 1615. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 103 
 
 cretione to remember hir with ane stik of grew-gren silk and 
 a bowl of velvit pesmentis as his promes and his wyffis wes 
 at his hame cumin fra Flanderis this present voage in presens 
 of the saidis persones He only gratefeit my wyf with 30 lib. 
 
 9 May 161j 
 
 Memorandum Alexander Bower ^ in presens of James Fethe ^ 
 Thomas Thomsone merchand is oblist at his hame cuming out 
 of Queinisbrig to gif my wyf a fyn lynt quheill worth 3 lib and 
 I have presently gifin him the extract of the infeftment and 
 renunciatione of Alexander Kyd. 
 
 17 July 1612 
 
 Sauld my hors to Gilbert Gray for ane of the scherefis 
 officeris in presens of Andro NicoU Thomas lyrland William 
 Ramsay messenger for 28 lib money and I have receavit xx 
 merkis thairof fra him The rest extending to xxij merkis the 
 said Gilbert and William Gray notar ar oblist conj unctly and 
 severaly to me for payment thairof at the first fair of Dundie 
 nixt 
 
 Sauld to Robert Watsone xj bollis beir the sam conditione Deiyverit 
 My self a boll 
 
 7 August 1612 
 
 Sauld to Johne Scrymgeour of Dudop constable of Dundie foi. 54^ 
 ane punschon of quhyt wyn for instant payment the price 
 thairof at 9^^ lib the Swm extendis to xlv lib the Careyaris 
 Johne Low warkman Robert Carnes Johne Watsone and the 
 uther callit William Fynder Als in presens of Johne Scrymgeour 
 elder his gudsone Johne Tyrie Andro Urquhart and Patrik 
 Ramsay and Robert Gilchrist Johne Scrymgeour baxter 
 
 8 bollis to the foir except a mel^ stowin 
 
 14 Junij 1613 
 
 Sauld to James Fyif 10 bollis beir for x lib the boll with deiyverit 
 
 ^ Alexander Bower was town councillor from 1620 till 1634. He belonged to 
 the family of the Bowers of Meathie and Kincaldrum, and was kinsman of 
 Archibald Bower, author of the History of the Popes. 
 
 2 James Fethe. See ante^ p. 77. 
 
 ^ Mel = the quantity of meal of one grinding. 
 
104 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 David Robertsonis half boill mel to be payit at St Johnis day 
 nixt Mekle Robert Hovesone David Blyth David Kuik wit- 
 nessis 
 
 delyverit Sauld to David Robertsone maltman x bollis beir for x lib 
 
 the boll to be payit instantly charretit ^ efter the messour of 
 
 Leyth the clerk and Johne Key David Kuik 
 delyverit Sauld to Alexander Fald maltman xx bollis beir chirretit ^ 
 
 efter the missour of Leyth for x lib the boll to be instantly 
 
 payit or els xvj merkis for ilk boll thairof at Michaelmas nixt 
 
 Witnessis David Robertsone David Kuik etc 
 delyverit Sauld to Litell Robert Hovesone x bollis beir with David 
 
 Robertsonis half boll mell eodem pretio et conditione David 
 
 Kuik Johne Key 
 
 delyverit Sauld to Mekle Robert Hovesone wyf x bollis [deleted] twenty 
 four bollis beir with David Robertsonis mell eodem pretio et 
 conditione Witnessis David Blyth David Kuik George Kelour 
 
 delyverit Sauld to David Quheyt younger maltman xj bollis beir con- 
 
 ditione prescripto witnessis David Cargill Alexander Petre 
 Alexander Fald David Fleming younger David Kuik 
 
 fol. 54^ 
 
 DW 
 
 Receavit 
 
 xxij of Marche 1608 
 
 Sent out with William Renkyn to Spane ten bollis beir cost 
 me 6 lib 7^ the boll pakit in xj pokis of onbleitschit hardin 
 contenand 39 ellis Ilk eln cost v^ 4^ Item 4 pistollatis and thair 
 redschip Item a speit staf and carvet wark thairon to sell this 
 and war it als profitable and als oft as he dois his awin at his 
 discretione Schip my geir with your self and mark the sam with 
 this mark 
 
 X November 1616 
 
 William Cokburn in Holmyln bourit fra me a tyn flacon 
 cost 36^ 
 
 The gude wyf of Balmady ^ detenis a sek awin 
 
 ^ Charretit = priced upon the measure of the Leith boll. In 1655 the Con- 
 vention of Royal Burghs decreed as follows : ' The halff boll mett of the water 
 mett of Leyth for bear and oatis hauldis three scoir elewin pyntis, ane chopine, 
 halff a mutchkine, ane quarter of ane mutchkine, and the eight part of ane 
 mutchkine.' 
 
 ^ Gude wyf of Balmady. See ante, p. 31. Below this line there is one elaborately 
 deleted. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 105 
 
 The glide wyf of Pitlathy my Chaucer Receavit 
 The gude man of Ardowny boruit my coronicles 
 Young Creiche ^ my Ortelius 
 
 William Coustoun turner hes my boyst of ben - for tubacco 
 
 Andro Schippert my kes for canes 
 
 Mr Alexander 2 pekis pes boruit 
 
 James my brother my 2 prophesis 
 
 Mr David Wedderburn ^ 4 lib 8^ les 
 
 The gudeman of Rannkeler * compt and profyis 
 
 The peuderer hes the Lawer 
 
 The Invetar of certain my Wryttis ^"^^^ 5^^* 
 
 Ane Contract betwix Robert Kyd younger and me upoun 
 the fewing and annaileing of his gudschiris ludgeing and Off Robert 
 half yard clos and wall subscryvit be us bayth the 3 Junij 97 Sfyard^^" 
 and subscryvit be William Man Robert Kyd his curatouris in 
 takin of thair consent Witnessis subscryveris Robert Wedder- 
 burn notar Johne Charteris Johne Crell John Steille Robert 
 Myln 
 
 Ane acquittance and Discharge maid be the said Robert to 
 the said David upoun twa hundreth merkis promittit be the 
 said David to the said Robert be vertew of the said contract 
 and subscryvit be the said Robert the saidis William and 
 Robert his curatouris and be Robert Wedderburn notar Robert 
 Rollok in Polcak Johne Steill, witnessis of the dait the xx 
 Junij 1597 
 
 ^ Young Creiche. David Betoun, son of David Betoun of Creich, was retoured 
 heir to his father on 26th July 1628. 
 
 ^ Boyst of ben, properly a box covered with tanned leather. 
 
 ^ Mr. David Wedderburn was eldest son of Robert Wedderburn, merchant. 
 He was a burgess of Burntisland, but was never entered in the Lockit Book of 
 Dundee, though sometimes described as burgess of Dundee in the records of the 
 burgh. He married, about 1620, Alison Watson, and predeceased her in 1628, 
 leaving two sons, Andrew and Alexander, both of whom died unmarried. Mr. 
 David's sister was ultimately retoured heir to him in 1642. — St. Andrews Test. 
 
 ^ Gudeman of Rannkeler. James Sibbald was retoured heir of his father, 
 Andrew Sibbald, on 6th October 1602. He was Keeper of the Great Seal 
 under the Earl of Kinnoul, and died in 1660, aged 71 years. His nephew was 
 the famous Sir Robert Sibbald, the historian of Fife. 
 
 ^ Robert Kyd, younger, baker, son of Robert Kyd, baker, was admitted 
 burgess 21st January 1602. 
 
106 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 2 Junij 1613 
 
 Memorandum David Hunter receavit fra me my registrat 
 band on James Mudy and Alexander Myln for v« lib with 
 lettres of horning thairon and promesit ayther to delyver me 
 thame agane or els to cause thame pay me 4 lib 6^ 9*^ for the 
 expenssis I debursit thairfor in thair default and this within 
 XX day is heirefter 
 
 23 Apryle 1617 
 In presens of James Davidsone^ merchand Johne Fordyce 
 James Wedderburn James Wod Henry Clerk officeris George 
 Chaplen Barbara Grimlo and Alisone Morgan sauld and 
 delyverit me a sewit pled for 8 lib in part of payment of xl 
 merkis contenit in my Decreit aganis the said Alisone 
 
 First Junij 1618 
 
 fol. 55b Delyverit Alexander Faldis obligatione of ten scoir lib maid 
 to the clerk and me with a procuratorie and the remanent 
 wryttis to persew him to William Duncane bailie of Mussil- 
 burgh quha hes promesit to tak ordour with him and get us 
 payment thairof 
 
 Item Androw Schippert awin me my gilt pece 
 
 26 Aprile 1621 
 Lent James Ros ^ my Inglis cornicles 
 
 xxiiij Apryle 1621 
 
 Memorandum Patrik Guthre of Nethmuthie is restand 
 awand me x lib quhilk he boruit fra my wyf and dochter 
 Helen. 
 
 Item to remember to cair for my releif of Charles Gold- 
 manis^ cautionrie 
 
 ^ James Davidson, son of Richard Davidson, merchant, was admitted burgess 
 1 2th October 1600. 
 
 2 James Ros, son-in-law of David Wedderburn, second husband to his 
 daughter Helen. 
 
 Charles Goldman was a member of a family long notable in the mercantile 
 annals of Dundee. It is supposed that the Goldmans came from Flanders. The 
 first mentioned in Dundee records is James Goldman, who was admitted burgess 
 15th April 1562, and acquired much property in the burgh, besides purchasing 
 the estate of Sandfurd (now St. Fort) in Fifeshire. By his wife, Margaret Jack, 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 107 
 
 Item Thomas lyrland awin me xx merk of boruit silver 
 receavit thairof 48^ 
 
 Coft the treis for xx^ he receavit thairof 6^ in David 
 Blythis with Charles Goldman and Gilbert Stewinsone Item 
 gef him 5^ 6*^ P^yit for a ben of salmond to him 
 
 Item my chaplenres to persew Item Mr Johne Duncan 
 
 Item Mr Johne Schaw James Ros v merk 9>'^ les awin me 
 
 Item Henry Betoun boruit fra my wyf 3 lib 12^ Item pay it 
 for him to Doctor Traell 8^ 
 
 The gudewyf of Ardony boruit 8^ 8^ Item for the stoup 
 mending x^ Item Hary Guthre boruit 12^ pece Item befor 
 I payit for sklettis for him 2 merkis 
 
 Memorandum Johne Pattoun notar to my infeftmentis of /oi. 56^ 
 xxxij bollis victuall out of George Blakis and Alexander 
 Jaksonis portionis of Polgavy in Junij 1596 - 
 
 Ane obligatioun wryttin and subscryvit be Petir Clayhillis 
 to me of vj^^ frankis to be payit at Lambes in anno 1597 of 
 the dait the 14 May 1597 In presens of Robert Wedderburn payit 
 John Byris Thomas Man 
 
 he had a numerous family. William Goldman, the eldest son, entered the 
 council in 1590, and remained actively engaged in public services till his death 
 in 1613. For twelve years — 1601-1613 — he represented Dundee in the Conven- 
 tion of Royal Burghs, and on one occasion was sent by the Convention to Camp- 
 vere for the purpose of 're-establishing the stapill of the natioun at the said 
 toun.' John Goldman, the second son, was admitted burgess 15th December 
 1596, and died of the plague in Dundee. The third son, Robert, was thrown 
 from his horse and instantly killed. Patrick Goldman was overtaken by a 
 sudden squall and drowned, in a harbour in Batavia. Charles Goldman, men- 
 tioned in the text, was admitted burgess 6th July 1612, He was Boxmaster of 
 the Weaver Incorporation in 1624. James Goldman, younger, merchant, died 
 in September 1632, and was buried in the Howff, Dundee, where his tombstone 
 may still be seen. The youngest son, Peter Goldman, was distinguished among 
 the Latinists of his time, and several of his poems are included in the Delitice 
 Poetarum Scotorum, pubhshed by Sir Robert Scot of Scotstarvit, in 1637. One 
 of Peter Goldman's poems is entitled Margaretce laccha matris sine super tristi 
 et imniatura morte qiiattwr filio7'iim Lachrymce, and describes the manner of the 
 decease of his four brothers. Referring to Charles Goldman, the poet writes : 
 
 Vivat, mea maxima cura, 
 Carolus, afflictae spes et solatia matris.' 
 
 David's nephew, James Wedderburn (town-clerk of Dundee, d. 1627), married, 
 in 1608, ^Margaret, daughter of James Goldman and Margaret Jak. Many years 
 later (1677) an Elizabeth Goldman became the third wife of Sir Peter Wedder- 
 burn, Lord Gosford {Edin. City Par. Reg. ). 
 
108 
 
 CO:\IPT BUIK OF 
 
 Ane oblio:atione of the gudeman of Gwvndis ^ to restor me 
 restorit agane the Laird of Connoquhyis " obligatione maid to me of 3^^ 
 WmbS^th? bolHs beir within xx dayis efter the dait thairof the dait the 8 
 August 1597 befor thir witnessis Henry Ramsay of Ardowny 
 and ^Ir William Ferguson and wryttin and subscryvit be the 
 said gudman of G^ynd 
 
 Ane Dispositione of half a quarter of a crear callit the Hart 
 maid be Robert Schorswod to me of the dait the 8 Apryle 1597. 
 
 Ane Dispositione or assignatione of 3 acris land maid be 
 Patrik Gray tavlzeour quhairof the half of the grouth [deleted] 
 salbe lating to me for 2 compleit cropis subscryvit be him 
 Walter Hay Cristell Traell of the dait the 17 Marche 1596 
 
 Ane oblio^atione maid be Georo^e Vat to me of x merkis to be 
 payit at Lambes 1597 subscryvit be him and Andro Mathow 
 and Johne Wedderburn witnessis 
 
 Ane obligatione maid be Thomas I\Ian and William Man his 
 father to me of xj^' xxv lib quhairof ten*^ lib to be payit 8 
 davis befor IMertemes nixt and ane hundreth xxv lib at the 
 lettir fair 1597 Subscryvit be him his father William Duncan 
 bailie Mr Alexander Wedderburn Alexander Anderson witnessis 
 of the dait the 24 May 1597 
 
 Ane obligatione maid be Henrv Betoun wrvttin and sub- 
 Restis ane scrvvit be him and the gudeman of Ardowny and Alexander 
 boiimeiu Peirsone of Vardmylne his cautioneris of j^' lib and 4 bollis 
 meill of the dait the 26 and 27 October 1596 and subscryvit 
 be Westhall Johne his brother 
 
 Ane obligatione maid be Johne Smith of Dargo Alexander 
 Smyth his brother and Thomas Traell his cautioneris to pay 
 me ane thousand merkis with four bollis aitmeill 4 bollis beir 
 
 fol. 56b. 
 
 ^ Gudeman of Gwynd. The lands of Guynd belonged to the Abbey of Arbroath. 
 In 1549 James Beaton, then Abbot of Arbroath, is said to have granted the 
 lands of Guynd to John Beaton of Balquharg as a reward for services performed 
 by him in defence of the Abbey against the Lutherans. It is probable that the 
 estate had been divided, one portion being held by the Beatons and another by 
 the Strachans. From a retour, dated 5th July 1597, it appears that James 
 Beaton, then Archbishop of Glasgow, succeeded his father, John Beaton of 
 Balquharg, as heir-male, so that the Archbishop would be ' gudeman of Gwynd ' 
 at the date given in the text. He was succeeded on nth June 1605 by Robert 
 Beaton of Balfour. 
 
 - Laird of Connoquhy. Lovell of Ballumbie married the heiress of Cunnochie 
 in 1587. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 109 
 
 and ane boll quhyt audit dayis befor Mertemes next 1597 of 
 the dait the 7 May 1597 Subscryvit be thame and Johne Patoun 
 notar witnessis 
 
 Ane oblio^atione maid be the saidis Johne Alexander and 
 Thomas to me of fyve hundreth merkis to be payit at Wit- 
 sonday in anno 1598 and with nyn boUis beir and half a boll 
 beir at Youle preceiding Subscryvit be thame and the said 
 notar of the dait the 14 May 1597 
 
 Ane obligatione maid be David Narne of Sandfurd ^ and 
 Johne Hay portioner of Sandfurd to ye [deleted] and James 
 Forrester and Thomas Bleir burgessis of Dundie thair cautioneris 
 for 7^ merkis to be payit to me 4 dayis preceding Mertemes 
 
 1597 Subscryvit be thame and be George Ramsay Robert 
 Bursy Alexander Kelman Johne Pattoun witnessis of the dait 
 the 13 November 1596 
 
 Memorandum I haif v auld subscryvit protogol buikis of my 
 fatheris Item 4 buikis of Harbert Gledstanes 
 Item of my uncle and uther litell buikis 
 Item of quaris 
 
 Memorandum my twa lettres of horning on all my Chap- s September 
 lenryis with Johne Paton notar presently f^^. jc^JJ^ 
 
 Memorandum of my twa acris of beir sauld to George Clerk ^-^.t^^^^^^s 
 Memorandum my acre and a half of benis and pes 2 peids at 9 lib 
 
 the boll and 
 
 Last November 1597 ""1"°"'' ■ 
 
 yiU to be payit 
 
 Ane obligatione maid be Robert Kynlocht and Thomas Mt{em!^''^\Kt 
 Traell his cautioner of ane thousand merkis to be payit at /o/. 57\ 
 Mertemes in anno 1598 
 
 Ane obligatione maid be Henry Ramsay of Ardowny to me 
 of 1 merkis j boll beir to be payit 14 dayis preceding Mertemes 
 
 1598 Item ane uther .... 
 
 My infeftment of William Mertenis tenement in the West 
 syd of the Welgait under reversioun of 2^ merkis and four bollis 
 beir the Beir to be payit at Youle nixt and the money 14 dayis Redemit 
 
 ^ David Narne of Sandfurd. The Nairns of Sandfurd settled in Fife previous 
 to 1445, as in that year Alexander Nairn was Lyon King of Arms and Keeper of 
 the Rolls. From him descended the David Nairn mentioned in the text, who 
 was retoured heir of his grandfather Robert Nairn of Sandfurd on 21st July 1596. 
 A portion of the estate belonged to the Goldman family. See anU, p. 106. 
 
110 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 preceding Mertemes 1598 uthirwayis the tenement to remane 
 with me heretable and also assignit me to v'^ merkis awin be 
 Petir Rolland This in presens of Patrik Lyoun ^ bailie witnessis 
 James Durham Johne Smyth of Dargo Johne Buill Johne Nes 
 
 Ane obligatione of 2^ merkis awin be Johne Ogilvy to be 
 payit to me 14 dayis befor Witsonday nixt 
 
 Ane obligatione maid be the Laird of Balhoussy- Andro 
 Schippert and Thomas Maull his cautioneris of 7^"^ ix lib and 
 9 furlettis beir to be payit 14 dayis befor Witsonday nixt 
 
 Ane obligatione of j'^ merkis of James Brown to be payit at 
 Candelmes nixt 
 
 Ane obligatione of George Clerk instantly to be payit 
 
 Ane obligatione of Patrik Hendersonis of xxx lib to be payit 
 the XX of December nixt 
 /oi. 57^. Ane obligatione of Johne Smythis of 4 bollis beir vj firlettis 
 Quhyt twa bollis meill and 9 bollis beir Restis half a boll quhyt 
 
 Ane obligatione of merkis awin be 
 
 Ane compt of Thomas Flemingis of 4^"^ lib a boll beir in 
 Robertis buikis maid at Candelmes last to me 
 
 Ane assignatione to 1 lib awin be Androw Fothringhame 
 on Johne Ogiluyis obligatione 
 
 Last November 1597 
 foi- • J have ventorit with Johne Ogiluy xxv peces on pledding 
 
 etc to Flanderis 
 
 Item ane hundreth lib on pledding. 
 
 Item ane hundreth lib on skynnis 
 
 Item delyverit him xx lib of sylver in hand 
 
 Comptit with him. I haif xv'^ double ellnis pledding 
 
 Item thre hundreth and sex skynnis scheip skynnis of 
 
 Flemis hundrethis to be sauld and warit conforme to my com- 
 
 missione 
 
 xxiiij Merche 1598 
 Outtred with Robert Schorswod my part of the crear quhilk 
 
 1 Patrick Lyoun. See ante, p. lo. 
 
 2 Laird of Balhoussy. The lands of Balhoussie were in the possession of the 
 Maules of Panmure frum the middle of the fourteenth century, and the Strachans 
 were lairds under them for many years. The Strachans of Balhoussie formed a 
 branch of the Strachans of Claypotts. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 111 
 
 is half quarter thairof to Norrovay my part of victuallis hyris 
 sailling and expennssis and hir beitting standis to 18 lib 6^ 8^ 
 all pay it to him except xP quhilk suld be gifin at Witsonday 
 for meill 
 
 Memorandum Thomas Young is awin me 2 payntit brodis 
 ouergilt at his hamecuming from Flanderis 
 Item Johne Ogiluy lies promesit me als many 
 
 29 November 161j s^''- 
 
 Lent Thomas Lyndsay goldsmyth ^ on a fit of a sylver coup 
 weyand 6 unces Si draples and on a ring with a stane thairin 
 weying a croun and a quarter of a croun xx lib quhill festrinis 
 evin 2 nixt and failzeing the pledgis to remane with me I have 
 boruit Georg Auchinlekis name to this 
 
 Memorandum Alexander Duncane goldsmyth^ receavit fra 
 me my ring with the safFer weyand a quarter unces and a croun 
 to sell for me for x crounes 
 
 xxj December 1613 
 
 Send with Robert Auchinlek to Deip or Rwen 4 ellis 
 6 quarter bred blew clayth to be Littit of a said and grave 
 cullour the exemple I prenit it on his commissione and hes gifin 
 him xij^ Stirling to pay thairfor and quhat mair or les we to 
 compt at meting in Thomas Halyburtonis litel bark 
 
 xxj May 1617 
 
 George Hay Cvpmaker past fra my hous in the Overgeit he 
 tuik and is awin me 4 merkis for a yeiris meill thairof and tua 
 heukis in harvest price ten^ Of this I have gotten a cup with a 
 
 ^ Thomas Lyndsay, goldsmyth, was admitted burgess on i6th February i602, 
 through the privilege of his wife, Margaret Ker, daughter of John Ker, ship- 
 owner. His son, Thomas Lindsay, who was admitted burgess on 6th March 
 1662, was more famous as a goldsmith, and several of the communion cups in 
 Scotland — notably those at Kettins, Belhelvie, and a presentation communion 
 plate belonging to the South Parish Church, Dundee — were the work of Thomas 
 Lindsay, junior. 
 
 2 Festrinis evin = Fastern's Eve, i.e. Shrove Tuesday. 
 
 2 Alexander Duncane, goldsmyth, son of the late Finlay Duncan, surgeon, and 
 brother of Bailie William Duncan, surgeon (see ante^ p. i), was admitted burgess 
 on 19th March 161 1. 
 
112 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 cover for \'f 8^ fra him and he tuik away the key of the dur 
 quhilk cost me half a merk 
 
 James Hering warkman is awin me 8 lib for 3 yeiris meill of 
 that hous as befor 
 
 /./. The third of Marche 1598 
 
 Comptit with David Wodderbourn I have resavit of his fywe 
 hundrethe merkis to be lent or Avarrit heir as I think guid to 
 his profeit in Flanderis this present waige and to pay with the 
 first end thairof twentie sax libis flames [Flemish] and four gryt 
 for his deit Johne Ogiluy 
 
 3 May 1616 
 
 Send with Adame Crychtoun is his muk creillis to Pitkerro 
 a knag Vinacre of 9 pyntis 2 cannis oyledoly cost xP 2 hamis 
 cost 3 lib x^ a grene can with 13 pyntis of syrop worth 3 lib 
 in Sat [deleted] rememberance, for sex firlottis crallis I gat fra 
 him, 2 Junij 1611 
 
 Lent the nurische ^ Jean Blair my tyn flacon cost me xls 
 Lent George Auchinlek my vissour Item my trene flacon of a 
 pynt with the feit to send to the Vardmyln with vinacre 
 Thir I yit want 
 
 21 July 1611 
 
 Gif the barron of Pitkerro - ane Lance lawer worth a croun 
 Item send to him quhen I gaid to dwel in Westhall ane Strachen 
 cheir cost me 7 lib Item ane young wolffis skyn cost me 7 merk 
 Item 2 glessis worth xP Item a barrele confectionis worth 3 lib 
 
 Upoun the 22 Marche 1598 
 Imbarkit in the schip callit the Robert of Dundie quhairof 
 AVilliam Chiesle is Master under God with James Neilsone 
 clerk of hir Tuelf bollis sex pekis quhyt verry dry in pokis 
 pakit and markit with ane N and W7 apertening to me quhilk 
 the said James pleis godwilling sell in Spane to my proffit and 
 to war the fre money gottin thairfor on. . . . [sic] 
 
 And to schip the sam in the said schip and with him self and 
 to mark my geir with my awin mark D W 
 
 ' Nurische = nurse. 
 
 ■■^ Barron of Pitkerro. See a^iU, p. i6. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 113 
 
 xxij of Marche 1608 foi. sg\ 
 
 Send with William Renkyn to Spane ten bollis a firlet beir 
 in xj pokis of onbleitschit hardin contenand 39 ellis Ilk eln 
 cost 4*^ Item four pistollatis and thair redschip Item a speit ^^j^^ 
 staf and carvit wark thairon to sell this and war als proffi table 'ib heirof 
 and als oft as his awin and as he dois with his awin at his dis- 
 cretione schip my geir with your self and mark it with this my 
 mark D W 
 
 Send with Robert Schoriswod to Norrovay to by buttir xij 
 ellis hemp clayth at 6^ the eln and a cot breikis and 
 schankis of blak 
 
 14 Apryle 1608 
 
 Send with Waltir Renkyn^ to Quenisberg sex scoir fyve 
 ry ellis of 8 in Scottis money v*^ merkis to be warit on walx 
 quhairon I have the copy of my awin commissoun subscryvit 
 be him 
 
 24 Junj 1608 In presens of David Coustoun 
 Thomas Clayhillis Thomas Lyndsay goldsmyth ^ 
 
 I lent James Coustoun servitor to George Stirling x lib and 
 he promesit to pay it agane betuixt this and this day xx dayis 
 with a drawine pepper 
 
 XV July 1608 
 
 Send with Robert Kendo ^ to Dansken fiftie ryellis of 8 pakit 
 in a pokit of myn to wair on walx and gif it be extraordiner 
 deir foirby the wounted prices at his discretione to wair on 
 coper 
 
 ^ Waltir Renkyn. See anfe, p. 84. 
 
 2 Thomas Lyndsay, goldsmyth. See anU, p. ill. 
 
 ^ Robert Kendo or Kandow, merchant, was not enrolled as a burgess. His 
 tombstone, which is still in existence in the Howff of Dundee, has the following 
 inscription : ' Heir lyis ane honest godlie vertevs voman callit Merreoun Bover, 
 spous to Robert Kandow, Merchant, qvha depairtit ye 28 of Agvst. 1606, and of 
 hir aig 32, as also ye said Robert, qvha depairtit ye 26 of Agust, 1620, and of his 
 aig 61 zeiris. 
 
 Svrly I knov yat thov vilt bringe me to deith, and to ye hovs appointit for all 
 ye living. Job xxx. 23.' 
 
 H 
 
114 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 24 November 1611 
 
 Memorandum payit Johne Fothringhame 5 lib 6^ for a 
 quarter dollor and 30^ I wes awin him of befor 
 Item payit Robert Andyrsone compleitly 
 
 4 Aprilis 1599 
 
 foi. 6o\ I have send with James Neilsone to Hispane in the Robert 
 
 quhairof William Cheisle is Maister xij bollis sex pekis a lipe 
 les of quhyt verry dry pakit in xij pokis of hardin markit with 
 this mark 4x7 And the hardin is 30 ellis cost v lib xvj^ 
 This to be sauld to my proffit and the fre money gottin thairfor 
 to be lent to a suir hand that he will caus answer me to be 
 payit within a moneth eftir the hamecuming and failzeing 
 that for als gryt proffit as ony sail receave on the schip And 
 failzeing thairof at his discretione to wair it on gren gif he 
 rakinis my proffit bettir thairon To remember to by the 
 gudeman of Ardowny a suird fyn and to fill my litel barrele 
 with confectionis 
 
 Item to by me half a Kob of oyldoly 
 
 James Neilsoune 
 
 9 Junij 1608 
 
 Memorandum Thomas Abercromy hes boruit fra me my 
 Cronicles of Ingland Scotland and Irland for xx dayes to 
 reid on 14 Junij 1608 
 
 Memorandum on the 27 of January 1586 Quhilk is the dait 
 of ane Confirmit Testament in Edinburgh of umquhile Mar- 
 garet Rollokis relict of umquhile David Robesone burges of 
 Dundie makand mentioun of fourscoir lib restand avand to me 
 David Wedderburn burges of Dundie quhilk I haue never 
 receavit payment thairof Mr Johne Lermont subscryver 
 thairof 
 
 Item Alexander Peirsone at Wardmyln hes boruit fra me 
 my Frensche Academy and ane uthir buik and my blew sadill 
 the girdis and stirrowbis 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 115 
 
 XV Julij 1608 
 
 Memorandum George Fell flescheour ^ hes coft fra me sex j-^i 
 scheip for xx merkis the ane half to be payit presintly the 
 uthir half at St James day nixt He hes payit x^ heirof to 
 Robert Findlasone [deleted] William Barry videlicet a vj^ and 
 4^ pece, as for the 2^ I payit it myself Item he hes payit to ane 
 uther fleschour xiij^ heirof at my command 
 
 Memorandum I propynit the Laird of Kynnard^ in the 
 Cars with my tren trunscheouris and boyst 
 
 Memorandum To charge Alexander Carnegy officiar with 
 my decreit on Alexander Prestoun of vj lib He sayis he 
 arestit Thomas Cristellis bot and Alexanderis tymber in her 
 
 The tent of September 1610 in presens of Mr James 
 
 AVedderburn ^ Mr John Dynmur and David Mudy 
 
 telzeour in the hous of WilHam Guthre* 
 
 The said William promittit me a stik of fyn grew-gren silk 
 quhilk suld cost v lib gryt within 7 or 8 oukis heirefter and 
 swner eftir his hamecuming from Flanderis for my consent to 
 the aprobatione of his rychtis of his tenement. 
 
 This in 
 
 James handis 
 
 Tertio July 1610 in presens of Mr Alexander 
 Wedderburn William Rollok Mr John Dynmur John 
 Pattoun Thomas Vichtan James and Petir Wedderburnis ^ 
 
 ^ George Fell, flescheour. The Fells afiford an instance of an occupation being 
 hereditary in a family, the earliest recorded of the name being Finlay Fell, 
 butcher, who was admitted burgess on 7th June 1533. The trade descended 
 from father to son for more than a century. 
 
 2 Laird of Kynnard. Patrick Kinnaird of Inchture, son of Patrick Kinnaird, 
 born 1580, was retoured heir of his father loth Oct. 1604. He was father of 
 Sir George Kinnaird of Inchture, who was created Baron Kinnaird 28th Dec. 
 1682, and is represented by the present Lord Kinnaird. 
 
 2 James Wedderburn, nephew of David Wedderburn. 
 
 * William Guthre, merchant, was admitted burgess 24th Oct. 1594, ' for 
 having paid the usual to James Auchinleck, Provost, as his stipend for the past 
 year.' At that time the provost received no lib Scots as his annual fee, but in 
 1632 Provost Thomas Auchinleck, son of James Auchinleck, resigned his right to 
 this fee, on condition that he should have power to present the freedom of the 
 burgh to one individual. 
 
 ^ James and Petir Wedderburn, brothers of David Wedderburn. 
 
116 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 James Ouchterlony and Agnes Myln his spous gef a Discharge 
 subscreyvit with their handis to auld Robert Wedderburn my 
 father brother of the compleit payment of sex^ merkis for the 
 quhilk Robert Wedderburn wes a cautioner and in compleit 
 payment of all they may acclaim throw Robert Myln James 
 Myln or their decess 
 
 Memorandum 6 January 1606 
 foh 6ia. Gilbert Hunteris Vyf and Thomas Dougell in Leyth victuall 
 
 byeris Thomas Broun wrycht and Robert Wedderburn my 
 father brother gef young Petir Wedderburn 28^ in pairt of pay- 
 ment of the Mertemes meill last in anno 1605 of his zard and 
 that for tymber avin be the said Thomas to me 
 
 Thomas Jak merchand^ zounger awin me ane doublet of 
 fyn grew-gren Xaplis at his hame cuming from Flanderis nixt 
 for my gudewill of Johne Schorswodis buith 
 
 XXV Apryle 1606 
 
 In presens of David Barclay maryner in Dundie and John 
 Bowden - in Hillsyd I requyrit Alexander Brown telzour ^ to 
 delyver me the tua hors I coft fra him quhairon he receavit a 
 merk in arrels and he aluterly refuissit This hors wer coft in 
 presens of Alexander Jak maltman * William Graham David 
 Mudy Item to persew him befor the lordis at the Constablis 
 instance and myn 
 
 Sex xij ellis of myn lyand on the schore 
 
 David Clerk in the Ferry avin me a merk 
 
 John Ogiluy hors rynner xx^ 
 
 George Craeg vj^ 8*^. 
 
 John Gilchryst and James Fethie ^ hes of myn 4 lib x^ vj^ 
 
 ^ Thomas Jak, merchand, younger, was admitted burgess 7th Feb. 1570. He 
 entered the town council in 1617, and was Hospital Master in 1620. 
 
 2 John Bowden, brewer, was admitted burgess 4th March 1606, having paid 
 40 lib Scots. 
 
 ^ Alexander Brown, telzour, was enrolled burgess on 3rd Feb. 1586, having 
 then paid 10 lib Scots and the remainder on 30th Dec. 1595. See ante, p. 79. 
 
 * Alexander Jak, maltman, son of Robert Jak in Littletoun, was admitted 
 burgess on 2nd Sept. 1590, 'having paid 20 lib to M. Alexander Wedderburn, 
 Town Clerk, for his stipend in the last year.' 
 
 ° James Fethie belonged to a family that settled in Dundee in 15 17, the first 
 of the name being John Fethie, blacksmith. His son, Henry Fethie, merchant 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 117 
 
 Item for the Decreit 4 lib 4^ les I receavit only fra James 
 Fethie thairof vj lib 
 
 16 May 1608 
 
 Memorandum James Myln in Elgyn hes my flacon or rubber 
 to fill with aquavetie for the quhilk he is satisfeit 
 
 Eodem Die 
 
 Patrik Guthre^ the young Duik of Kinblaythmont hes 
 receauit fra me xl merkis to by me 2 oixin in Tarntie mercat ^ 
 and gres thame [at] Crandort ^ in Glen lylay 
 
 Upoun the xv May 1617 foi. 
 James be the grace of God Kyng of 
 Gryt Bretan France lyrland de- 
 fender of the faith our native King 
 being mowit of his awin gude incle- 
 natione to wissie Scotland and his 
 avin people cam to Edinburgh Thair- 
 efter cam our the wattir of Kyngorne 
 and cam to Falkland and on the 
 xxj of May being Weddinsday cam our 
 the wattir of Dundie and schippit at 
 the Sowth Ferry and landit at the rude 
 And cam to Dudop lait and swippit thair The morn tymous 
 he red to Kynnard and remanit all that day Fryday Settirday 
 Sonday Mononday Tysday AVeddensday Thursday and interit 
 
 (burgess 1535), was the father of James Fethie, skinner, mentioned in the text, 
 who was admitted burgess on 26th Sept. 1570. James Fethie had three sons, 
 who were all enrolled in the Lockit Book of burgesses on Qih October 1632. John 
 Fethie and Robert Fethie followed the trade of their father. The third son 
 was Magister Henry Fethie, who graduated at St. Andrews in 1621 ; was pre- 
 sented to the parish of Benvie in 1627 ; translated to Mains parish in 1633, and 
 deposed in Sept. 1649, with seventeen other ministers, in the Synod of Angus, 
 by the Committee of the Assembly for Visitation. See ante, p. 77. 
 
 ^ Patrik Guthre. The Guthries held Kinblethmont from about the middle of 
 the fifteenth century. Thomas Guthrie was laird in 1594, although it is stated 
 that the property had been sold to Sir Peter Young of Seaton about 1582. 
 Patrick Guthrie, mentioned above, was probably the son of Thomas Guthrie, and 
 the curious title, ' Duik of Kinblaythmont,' may have been a by-name. 
 
 - Tarntie mercat = Trinity market, so called because it was held on Trinity 
 Muir, Brechin. The market is still known as 'Tarantie,' and is held on the 
 Tuesday before the last Wednesday in September. 
 
 ^ Crandort is on the Airlie estates, a short distance from Forthar Castle.. 
 
118 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 in to Dundie on Fryday at houris quhar than the toun gef 
 [deleted] his greace gef to tham his presence 
 
 [The Compt Buik is here reversed, and the entries are written 
 in the opposite direction. The pagination of the folios in the 
 original are given consecutively.] 
 
 foi- 62», xxviij December 1598 
 
 1 have comptit and raknit with Johne Ogiluy and hes allowit 
 to him all frauchtis customis and small comptis betuix us all 
 pay it He restis awin me 4xx lib And lykway hes receauit 2c 
 merkis in money This all to be warit as his awin presently to 
 Flanderis And he to pay with the first end of the fre money 
 for my debt 6 lib Flemis 4 gryt 
 
 7 May 1609 
 
 Memorandum gifRn Patrik Auchinlek my power to receave 
 and persew John Schorswod for 2c merkis awin to me and com- 
 pone etc 
 
 27 Junij 1608 
 
 This day my tua bandis on Rychard, Adame, and James 
 Thayns ^ ar registrat in the commone court buikis of Dundie 
 for 3c merkis to me and on ten boll is beir and quhyt 
 
 12 May 1611 
 
 Memorandum Mr Patrik Lyndsay ^ minister at St Vigeanis 
 Kyrk and Alexander Lyndsay ^ his brother of Pitterly hes pro- 
 mesit to cause David Maull of Both pay me 8 lib for the proffit 
 restand be him to me as his Lettre wryttin to me to be in my 
 will specefeis 
 
 ^ Thayn. Richard Thayn and his brother, James Thayn, were admitted bur- 
 gesses on 1st October 1563. 
 
 2 Mr. Patrik Lyndsay, son of Lieut, -Colonel John Lindsay of Downie, student 
 at St, Leonard's College, graduated at St. Andrews in 1587, and was presented 
 to the parish church of Guthrie in 1588. He was translated to St. Vigeans 
 parish in 1593 ; was a prominent member of the General Assembly for many 
 years, and was promoted to the Bishopric of Ross in 16 13, which he held in con- 
 junction till 5th Oct. 1630. In 1633 he was advanced to the Archbishopric 
 of Glasgow, but was deposed by the General Assembly in 1638. He fled to 
 England, and died at York in June 1644, being then in the seventy-eighth year 
 of his age. At the time of his death he was ' in such utter destitution that he had 
 to be buried at the expense of the Town-Governor.' 
 
 ^ Alexander Lyndsay of Pitairlie was laird from 1609 till 1639. His son, 
 Alexander Lyndsay, was retoured as his heir on 29th May 1655. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 119 
 
 Johne Ramsay goldsmyth^ is restand awand to me nyn 
 merkis of hous meill in the grene land 
 
 6 Aprilis 1612 foi. 62\ 
 
 I have giffin to Alexander Clayhillis^ John Schorswodis 
 Obligatione of xj^'^xj lib with a power to persew him and I 
 have tane bak Alexanderis ticket thairon gif he may get lib 
 I haif biddin him compone utherwayis to bring all hame I have 
 send a pouer to cause him subscryve on xx merkis for the 
 fyleing of Thomas Jakis buith 
 
 XV August 1622 
 
 Comptit with Jonet Cristell in my awin hous 
 
 Scho hes receavit xij lib of William Drummondis ^ Syluer 
 
 Item giffin hir xP of the xviij lib 
 
 Item sensyn xviij^ my wyf gif hir 
 
 Magdalen gef hir x^ my self 12^ 
 
 I my self gef hir 4s Item 12^ Item 2^ 
 
 I gef hir Item 2^ send with [sic] 
 
 4 Martij 1617 1617 
 
 Memorandum Robert Auchinlek * merchand oblist him cau- 
 tioner for the Laird of Grange ^ to pay me thre gry t salmond 
 fisches in recompance of my clayth PVensche clayth and pes- 
 mentis I sauld to the Laird with 2 merk and a half of the want 
 of my money for the clayth and pesmentis he coft fra me 
 quhilk is awin me contenualy sensyn [sic] 
 
 4 October 1630 
 Memorandum James Crystie in Adamestoun receavit fra me 
 
 ^ John Ramsay, goldsmyth, was probably the son of Charles Ramsay, gold- 
 smith, who was enrolled burgess 'gratis for services' on 14th June 1566. The 
 name of John Ramsay does not appear in the Lockit Book. 
 
 2 Alexander Clayhillis, son of Peter Clayhillis, dean of guild, was admitted 
 burgess, i6th August 1595. See a^z^e, p. 9. 
 
 ^ William Drummond, son of William Drummond, baker, admitted burgess, 
 9th March 1583. 
 
 Robert Auchinlek, merchant, ' son of the late James Auchinlek of Woodhill, 
 Provost,' was admitted burgess, nth October 1614. 
 
 " Laird of Grange. William Durham of Grange succeeded to the estate pre- 
 vious to 1609, and died about 1625. 
 
120 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 thre infeftmentis extractit out of my Fatheris Protocle buik 
 subscryvit be me and neuer hes payit me thairfor quhilk 
 extendis to xx lib 
 
 I have receavit only tua fouUis fra him 
 
 Wm Cokburn borrouut of 
 
 foi 63» 14 May 1598 
 
 My Flanderis waring extending to ane 
 hundreth tua pund gryt as followis 
 
 Sauld to ]\Iargaret Gray ane stik of rissellis grewgren for 
 payit xxviij lib quhairof I am payit 
 
 Sauld to Margaret Gray spous to James Ramsay maryner 
 and to Mr Alexander my brother ane stik of rissellis grewgren 
 cost 4 lib Flemis at 14 noblis [deleted] is 29 lib xv^ equally 
 betuix thame and to be payit in lyk maner equally betuix 
 thame instantly as yit awin Margaret Gray rest is xvij^ vj*^ 
 
 Sauld to Rychard Blyith and his dochter Margaret or ony of 
 thame ane stik of rissellis grewgren cost 4 lib 2 Flemis is 28 
 lib 14^ to be payit quhen I requyir it 
 
 Sauld to Henry Ramsay of Ardowny ^ j dozen plettis j dozen 
 trunscheris ane basing a laver a saltflat 2 water pottis a morter 
 a pestell a pair candlescheris 2 chandleris a quart stowp all 
 Flanderis waris extendis to 32 lib 17^ 8^ to be payit betuix 
 this and Witsonday nixt maid him out L merkis with uther 
 L merkis 
 
 To myself a morter and pestell a pair of candlescheris a string 
 of a hat a can with cheris a pece of veluit pesmentis cost 13^ 
 
 The rest of my bill John Ogiluy hes quhairof I have 
 receavit this geir following and sauld it to 
 
 John Chalmer "^ mercheand in presens of Thomas 
 
 1 Henry Ramsay of Ardowny. The lands of Ardowny, in the parish of Moni- 
 fieth, came into the possession of Sir William Monypenny in 1458, and were held 
 by his successors liil I495. that year Alexander, Lord Monypenny, exchanged 
 this barony with Sir Alexander Bruce, of Earlshall, Fife, for certain lands in 
 France. The Ramsays were in Ardowny previous to 1560, and the name of 
 Henry Ramsay of Ardowny appears on au assize in 1568. The esta'e was divided 
 about 1594, when one half of it was acquired by Thomas Maule of Pitlivie. 
 
 2 John Caalmers, merchant, son of Patrick Chalmers, dyer, was admitted 
 burgess, 25th Jan. 1593. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 121 
 
 for xiij noblis Traell Henry Beton and Robert Wedderburn 
 2* merkis to be payit as foUowis to wit thre hundreth 
 [2 quarter-merks] merkis at Michaelmesnixt tua hundreth merkis 
 four dayis befor Mertemes nixt and the rest to be 
 payit four dayis befor Candelmes thairefter foi. 63b. 
 
 This money Flemis money 
 First ane stik grewgren silk cost v lib Flemis 
 
 Ane stik 4 perse grewgren 3 lib x^ 
 
 Fiftie pund wecht suker cost 28s 8d the /do/ is v lib 19^ 4^ 
 4 /do/ pundis cortschittis Confettis cost 24« 10g^« 4 lib 19' 4^ 
 vj pundis quhyt sucher candee cost j lib 9? 
 
 Sex peces veluit pesment at xij the bout is 3 lib 12' 
 
 Twa peces at xjs the pece is 1 lib 2' 
 
 Twa peces at 14s the pece is 1 lib 8' 
 
 Sex elnis poldemy ^ at 26s is 7 lib 16' 
 
 Sex elnis single veluit at 24s is 7 lib 4' 
 
 Ane pece veluit pesmentis is 1 lib 8' 
 
 Ane /do/ Hattis is 4 lib 
 
 Sex Hattis is 3 lib 
 
 Sex Hattis 48' 
 Threttene unce x drap blak gallantis 2 lib 1' 
 
 Ane pund cullouris sik 2 lib 13' 
 
 Twa pund blak silk 3 lib 4« 
 
 Ane pund 1 unce half cullouris gallantis 3 lib 2' 8^ 
 
 Twa fdof cardis 3 lib 2' 
 
 Twa Chandeleris 8' 2^ 
 
 Ane pund 8 unce 4 drap Frengeis 2 lib 8' 6^ 
 
 Ane pece veluit pesmentis at 17' 
 
 Summa 3^^^ x lib 4' 4^ in Scottis money seven hundreth xj 
 merkis 
 
 Restis with John Ogiluy for 13 noblis 3 quarteris 
 Thre peces of veluit pesmentis ane at 14 ane 17 ane xxj' 
 quhairof I receavit a pece cost 13' restis thairof be him xxxix' 
 Ane /do; of cardis ane lib v' 
 
 Four peces fusteanis x lib Flemis 
 
 Summa in Scottis money 4^^ x lib xvj' x^ 
 
 ^ Poldemy, probably for poldavies = sailcloth. 
 
122 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 foi. 64^1 My voage God Willing to Queinsbrig ^ 
 
 24 Maj 1600 
 
 I have with me six scoir fyve crounes of the sone 
 
 Item V single pistolattis 
 
 Item a crovne Ducat 
 
 Item 2 double ducattis a half 
 
 Item the Kyngis xP pece Item the 2 merk pece bayth 
 extending to xj lib 
 Item 3 Angell noblis 
 Item a saffron at 8 merk 
 Item nyn 8 merk peces 
 Item 34 merk peces of gold 
 Item 3 sitting lyon peces at 8 merk the pece 
 Item 2 ringis of gold brokin weyis 4 Crounes 
 Item XV dolouris Item 3''^xj ryellis of 8 Item a 3 gros stik 
 Item of Inglis sylver 3^^^^ 2 lib wortli 
 Item 37 Scottis ten^ peces 
 ^ ^ Item 84 merk peces in syluer 
 
 merk with Item x merk of Scottis xxx^ peces and 2 merk peces 
 
 Item a pece of syluer of King Erik of Suadyns gold 
 I haif payit with James Bylour for my victuallis by the fur- 
 
 nessing of my kist and uther thingis thairin wryttin in the 
 
 Buik with me 3 lib 3^ 
 
 Summa xiij^ The Gold is 8° and 3"^^ merkis and ten 
 
 twentie merkis The sylver extendis 14^xj lib or thairby 
 This by David Coustounis sylver of 3'^^x dolouris x ryellis 
 
 quhilk he hes ventorit with me and ordanit to wair as my awin 
 
 1 haif xij ellis Narrow blew of Alexander NicolHs ventore 
 with me to wair on lynt to him 
 
 fot. 65". The names of Barnis and Eild of thame 
 
 procreat betuix David Wedderburn and Matild 
 Beton his spous with the names of thair 
 godfatheris and godmotheris Baptisit and quhat 
 Ministeris is as follows 
 Upoun the xxv day of Merche 1590 at audit at evin beand 
 
 ^ fol. 64b blank in orig. 
 
 2 Queinsbrig, probably Quedlinburg, one of the Dutch ports with which 
 Scottish vessels traded. See Ledger of Andrew Halybiirton, preface, p. cii. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 123 
 
 Weddinsday HELEN my eldest dochter wes born Hir God- 
 fatheris James Durhame of Pitkerro^ Mr James Rutherfurd of 
 MurroLis Petir Clavhillis Her Godmotheris Helen Ramsay spous 
 to ^Ir Alexander Wedderburn Commone Clerk of Dundie Helen 
 Cokburn Lady Westhall and Cristian Clayhillis spous to Wil- 
 liam Man - and baptisit be William Crystesone ^ Minister upoun 
 the last of :\Ierche 1590 
 
 Upoun the t wen tie aucht day of December 1592 at 4 houris 
 in the morning beand Weddinsday my Secound dochter 
 EUFFAME wes born Hir Godfatheris Mr Alexander Wedder- 
 burn John Ogiluy James Betoun of Westhall Hir Godmotheris 
 Euffame Wischert gudewvf of Persy ^ EufFame Coustoun spous 
 to Robert Wedderburn mercheand and ^Margaret Carnegy spous 
 to John Peirsone and baptisit be William Crystesone ^ upoun 
 the penult of December 1592. 
 
 L^poun the xxv of Januar 1595 beand Weddinsday at 3 
 houris in the morning my thrid dochter MATILD wes born Hir 
 godfatheris Alexander Peirsone at Wardmyln Robert Wedder- 
 burn David Yeamen ^ Hir godmotheris Elspit Symmer spous 
 
 ^ James Durhame of Pitkerro. See ante, pp. i6, ii2. 
 ^ William Man. See ante, p. 24. 
 
 ^ William Crystesone succeeded Paul Methven, and was the first regularly 
 inducted Protestant minister of Dundee, having been appointed to that charge 
 by the Lords of the Congregation on 19th July 1560. He was presented to the 
 Vicarage of Dundee by James vi. on 17th Nov. 1569, in which year he w^as 
 moderator of the General Assembly. He was a member of the first General 
 Assembly, 22nd Dec. 1560, and attended thirty-eight out of the sixty succeeding 
 assemblies. In consequence of his advanced age and infirmity, the famous 
 Robert Howie, Principal of Marischal College, was appointed by the General 
 Assembly as successor on 14th March 1597. The date of Crystesone's death has 
 not been recorded. Many of his books were bequeathed to the library in 
 the church of Dundee, but these were almost entirely destroyed in the fire by 
 which the churches were consumed on 3rd Jan. 1841. 
 
 * Euffame Wischert, gudewyf of Persy, probably wife of David Ogilvy of 
 Persie, whose daughter Elizabeth was contracted in marriage, on 3rd March 
 1606, to John Forrester, younger of Coustoun. Persie came into the Wedder- 
 burn family subsequently by the marriage, in 1737, of Isobel Edward, heiress of 
 Persie, to Robert, second son of Sir Alexander Wedderburn, Bart., of Blackness. 
 
 ^ David Yeamen, merchant, son of Patrick Yeaman, was admitted burgess on 
 14th March 1592. He belonged to the family which afterwards acquired the 
 estate of Dry burgh, near Dundee. His tombstone, in the Howff of Dundee, 
 bears the following inscription: 'Heir l)is ane godlie and honest man, David 
 
124 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 to James Scrymgeour Agnes Gibsone spous to George Ramsay 
 Helen Beton gudewyfe of Ar downy Baptisit be Mr James 
 Robertsone^ minister upoun the 26 Januar 1595 
 
 Upoun the 14 day of May 1598 beand Fryday 
 at sex houris at evin JOXET my fourt dochter 
 In Gods ^'^s born Hir godfatheris Henry Ramsay of 
 
 mercie deces- Ardowny John Scrymgeour Alexander Jak 
 sit the 23 merchand Hir godmotheris Jonet Beton spous 
 
 May 1616 Iq John Ochterlony ^Margaret and Kathtreen 
 
 AVedderburnis my sisteris Baptisit be Mr James 
 Robertsone^ the said day 
 
 Upoun the sevint day of September 1599 beand Fryday a 
 litell efter tuelf in the nycht DAUID ^ my eldest son wes born 
 and baptisit on Sonday thairefter be Mr James Robertsone 
 minister the 9 of September His godfatheris AVilliam Man 
 bailie William Duncan Chirurgian David Coustoun (Alexander 
 Cokburn John Schewan) His godmotheris Helen Ramsay the 
 Clerkis wyf ]\Iargaret my sister and EufFame Scot spous to 
 James Fraser 
 
 Upoun the last day of August 1600 being Mononday my fyft 
 dochter KATHAREN wes bom and baptisit on Sonday thair- 
 
 Zemane, son of Patrik Zemane, Elder, Bvrges of Dvnde, qvha departit this lyfe 
 the 2 day of November i6io, of his age 38. 
 
 In Morte . Vita 
 
 To honor ye sepvkvr ve may be bald, 
 
 Ve leme of Abraham ovr father avid.' 
 ^ Mr. James Robertsone was born in 1555, and educated at St. Andrews 
 University, ^^^lile still a student of theology there, he copied and circulated 
 the famous letter written by James Melville against the bishops and the supre- 
 macy of the king, and Robertson was compelled to fly to England. Returning 
 to St. Andrews, he was appointed one of the masters in the New College, and 
 in 1588 he was chosen colleague to William Crystesone (see p. 123) in the First 
 Charge of Dundee. Two years afterwards he was appointed minister of the 
 Second Charge, which he held till his death in 1623. On 21st Dec. 1597, he 
 was enrolled as a burgess of Dundee. He was buried in the South Church of 
 Dundee, where his tomb was found in a ruinous condirion after the fire in 
 1841. A sculptured shield on the tombstone bore the arms of the Scrymgeour 
 family marshalled with those of Robertson. His wife was Margaret Scrymgeour. 
 See post, p. 125. 
 
 - David died, unmarried, before 1623, as in that year his brother James Wedder- 
 burn is called the eldest son. — Dundee Protocol Books, vol. cclxviii. pp. 90, 91. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 125 
 
 efter be Mr James Robertsone Minister Hir godfatheris Mr 
 James Robertsone Minister Patrik Lyoun bailie ^ John Beton. 
 Hir god motheris my sister Katharen Wedderburn and Katharen 
 Erskyn Lady Westhall This at 9 houris in the day The 
 baptisme the 6 of September 1600 
 
 Upoun the sext day of September 1602 ^ being Sonday at 
 twelf houris at evin JAMES ^ my secound sone wes born and 
 baptisit be Mr James Robertsone minister on the xv of Sep- 
 tember being Tysday His godfatheris Sir James Scrymgeour 
 of Dudope knight Sir James Haliburtoun of Pitcur^ knycht 
 James Wedderburn my brother and James Beton of Westhall 
 His godmotheris Margaret Moncur spous to William Spens 
 and Margaret Scrymgeour spouse to Mr James Robertsone 
 
 Upoun the xxix day of August 1602 being Sonday 
 and departit at 4 houris in the morning my thrid son ALEXR 
 this lyf ix wes born and baptisit be Mr James Robertsone 
 howris morn minister* on Tysday thairefter His godfatheris 
 of the 22 day Mr Alexander Wedderburn commone clerk of 
 ofApryle616 Dundie Mr John Louell Mr William Fergusone 
 His godmotheris Jonet Wedderburn ^ spouse to 
 William Davidsone Jonet Blyth spous to Waltir 
 Rollok and Effie Gray spous to John Schorswod 
 
 ^ Patrick Lyoun, bailie. See ante, pp. lo, no. 
 
 2 i6o2, an error for i6oi. See ante, p. 48. 
 
 3 James, occasionally mentioned in the Dundee Records 1621, et seq. — Proto- 
 col Books ^ vols, cclxviii. cclxx. In March 1641, he is described as captain, and 
 in December as major. In 1644, in the will of his uncle, James Wedderburn, he 
 is called lieut. -colonel, and there is left to him ' that great silver cup whereon his 
 fathers and mothers names are, but if he shall not return to Scotland ' the cup 
 was to go to James Sympsone. He was engaged in foreign military service, and 
 is probably to be identified with Colonel Wedderburn, said to be buried in the 
 Cathedral of Abo, Finland, in the seventeenth century. 
 
 ^ Sir James Haliburtoun of Pitcur, son of Sir George Haliburtoun of Pitcur and 
 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Leirmonth of Balcomie. He was married to Lady 
 Margaret Scrymgeour (not Mary, as given in Douglas's Peerage), younger daughter 
 of Sir John Scrymgeour, first Viscount Dudhope. His daughter, Katherine, 
 was married to John Beatoun, son of David Beatoun of Balfour. See Reg. Mag. 
 Sig. 13th May 16 18. His son James was retoured as his heir on 21st April 
 1619. 
 
 5 Jonet Wedderburn, daughter to David's uncle, Peter Wedderburn, elder. 
 She married about 1595. 
 
126 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Upoun the xix of February 1604 being Sonday at 8 houris 
 at evin my sext dochter ISSOBELL wes born and baptisit on 
 Tysday thairefter be Mr James Robertsone minister Hir god- 
 fatheris Waltir RoUok William Dauidsone elder Thomas Gardyn 
 Alexander Wedderburn younger Hir Godmotheris Issobell 
 Beton spouse to Alexander Peirsone at Wardmyln Issobell 
 Kyd spouse to Alexander Smyth and Issobell Aberden spous 
 foi. 66a. Andro Hill 
 
 Upon the 23 day of February 1606 being Sonday at xj 
 houris at ewin in Westhal my sewint doter MAGDALEN wes 
 born and baptisit be Mr Henry Duncan^ in the kyrk of 
 Murrois minister thairof quha mareit me and my wyf there 
 Hir godfatheris James Ogiluy of Dyntroun ^ Henry Ramsay of 
 Ardowny ^ The said Mr Henry Duncan and Willie Grahame 
 Hir godmotheris Dame Magdalen Lewingstoun Lady Dudop 
 and Magdalen Wedderburn doter to the Clerk my brother 
 
 Upoun the auchtene day of Januar the yeir of God 
 ane thousand sex hundreth and ten yeiris my fourt 
 *the 23 son HENRY wes born and baptisit* be Mr James 
 Januar Robertsone Minister in the kyrk of Dundie the eist- 
 instant mest of thame being Friday at xij houris at evin The 
 names of his godfatheris Henry Ramsay of Ardowny 
 George Auchinlek and William Davidsone younger 
 mercheand His godmotheris Margaret Wedderburn 
 
 1 Mr. Henry Duncan was appointed minister of Ballumbie in 1585, and held 
 that charge in conjunction with Murehouse or Murroes. He removed to Murroes 
 in 1590, and remained there till his death, on 5th April 1618. He was one of 
 the forty-two ministers who protested against the introduction of Episcopacy in 
 1606. 
 
 2 James Ogiluy of Dyntroun. The Ogilvies of Duntrune were a branch of the 
 Easter Powrie family, and acquired the estate in the latter half of the fourteenth 
 century. The date when they disposed of Duntrune to a branch of the family of 
 Graham of Fintry is not recorded, and little is known of their connection with 
 the estate during the sixteenth century. The name of James Ogilvy of Duntrune 
 appearing in the text under date 1606 shows that the estate was then held by 
 that family. By a charter dated 20th Feb. 1612, the King confirmed certain 
 lands in Perthshire and Forfarshire in fee to Patrick Landlands, junr., of Collace, 
 and his intended wife, Agnes Ogilvy, daughter of the deceased John Ogilvy of 
 Duntrune. She was probably the sister of James Ogilvy, mentioned in the text. 
 Walter Graham, first laird of Duntrune of that name, was in possession in 1629, 
 and the estate is still held hy his representative on the female side. 
 
 3 Henry Ramsay of Ardowny. See ante^ p. 118. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 my sister Marioun Jak spous to Alexander Cockbum 
 Anna Thayn spous to James Fethe and Basse Fethe 
 his sister ***** 
 Upoun the xxij day of May 1610 my dochter Helen wes 
 mareit with George Auchinlek being Tysday at v houris at 
 evin be Mr James Robertsone minister thairof of Dundie in 
 the litel eist kyrk of Dundie 
 
 4 May 1610 The Kyng of France^ wes slayn 
 Upoun the xj of Nowember 1620 [deleted] 1610 my dochter 
 Effeme wes mareit with James Symsone mercheand in the kyrk 
 of the Manys be Mr William Reat ^ minister thairof 
 
 12 May 1613 David Auchinlek born at 2 efter none David 
 Auchinlek sone to George Auchinlek is baptisit be Mr David 
 Lyndsay ^ minister upoun the 13 May being Thursday 
 
 at V houris at evin His godfatheris Mr David Lvndsay /^^- 
 
 ^ Henri iv. of Navarre, assassinated by Ravaillac. 
 
 2 Mr. William Reat or Rait was admitted minister of Mains 1590, and had 
 Strathmartine under his charge conjointly. In 1593 he was translated to Lundie, 
 but returned to Strathmartine and Mains two years afterwards. Along with 
 Henry Duncan, minister of Murroes (see siiprd)^ he signed the protest against 
 Episcopacy in 1606. He remained in charge of Mains parish until his death, 
 which took place shortly before Feb. 1633. 
 
 ^ Mr. David Lyndsay is supposed to have belonged to the Lindsays of Edzell. 
 He studied at St. Andrews University, and graduated there in 1593. He was 
 appointed master of the Grammar School of Montrose, and in 1597 he removed 
 to a similar position in the Dundee Grammar School. In 1599 he was presented 
 to the parish of Guthrie, in the Presbytery of Arbroath, holding that charge in 
 conjunction with his scholastic appointment. He was enrolled as burgess of 
 Dundee on 17th Feb. 1602, being then designated 'Schoolmaster.' When 
 Robert Howie was removed from the pastorate of Dundee by decree of the Privy 
 Council, in 1605, Lindsay was promoted to this charge, and endeavoured to 
 retain the mastership of the Grammar School, but ultimately consented to resign 
 it, in 1606, for a consideration. His success as a teacher and minister was so 
 great, that, in 1613, the Town Council granted to him the sum of 500 merks for his 
 faithful services ' as weill in the education and information of the youth in letters 
 and gude manners, as in his dischairge of his office and calling of the ministry.' 
 About this time he became pro[)rietor of the estate of Dunkenny, in Forfarshire. 
 In 161 5 he began to take an active share in the work of the General Assembly ; 
 and he attracted the special n(jtice of the King at ' the disputations in divinity' 
 held before His Majesty at St. Andrews, in July 16 17. His book, entitled Reasons 
 of a Pastor s Resolution touching the Reverent Receiving of the Holy Cojnmuniojt, 
 was published in 16 18, and was so well received that he was promoted, in 
 November 1619, to the see of Brechin. He officiated at the coronation of 
 Charles I. at Holyrood, in 1633, when he was accused of a leaning towards 
 
128 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 David Hunter David Wedderburn His godmotheris Helen 
 Ramsay the gudewyf the Clerkis wyf Marion Jak spouse 
 to Alexander Cokburn and Anna Thavn spouse to James 
 Fethe 
 
 Upoun the xj day of Apryle 1621 Helen my dochter wes 
 mareit with James Ros in the litel eist kyrk of Dundie by Mr 
 Colyn Campbell ^ minister 
 
 Last of Marche 1620 
 
 Andrew Makesones man in my neame delyverit to James 
 Cochren of myn ane gryt pak tow weyand xij pund wecht new 
 to be sic pak tow quhilk I lent him quhill I delyver him ane 
 pak tow I boruit fra him of sewin pund wecht quhilk I send to 
 foi. 67a. Flanders with my pledding 
 
 ritualism. In 1634 Lindsay was consecrated Bishop of Edinburgh, and it 
 was he who officiated on the memorable 23rd July 1637, when an attempt was 
 made to introduce the Liturg}', on which occasion he was mobbed, and narrowly 
 escaped with his life. The abolition of Episcopacy by the General Assembly 
 of 1638 forced Lindsay to flee to England, where he found protection 
 with Archbishop Laud, and where he remained till his death, in 1640. He 
 has been described as ' a learned and able divine, of high and irreproachable 
 character, ' 
 
 ^ Colyne Campbell, minister of the third charge in Dundee, was born in 1577, 
 and studied at St. Andrews, where he took his degree as M.A. in 1597. His 
 first charge was at Kettins, in the Presbytery of Meigle, to which he was 
 inducted about 1604. Thence he was translated to the third charge in Dundee 
 in 1617, as successor to Magister William Wedderburn. He signed the famous 
 protest against Episcopacy in 1606 ; but he afters\'ards resiled from this position, 
 for in June 1620 he was nominated in the High Commission issued by the King 
 for the institution of an ecclesiastical court for the administration of church 
 discipline. He was enrolled as a burgess of Dundee on 19th October 1619, ' for 
 his public services.' In October 1634 he was a member of the Commission for 
 the Maintenance of Church Discipline, appointed by Charles i. and the General 
 Assembly. Colin Campbell died on 13th June 1638, and was buried in the 
 South Church, where his memorial stone was found in fragments after the 
 disastrous fire of 1841. Portions of this stone are now preserved in the museum 
 in the Old Steeple, Dundee, and show a shield bearing the arms of Campbell 
 and Hay. His wife, Margaret Hay, sur\'ived him, and was living in 1644, at 
 which time she advanced money to the Town Council to assist in raising the 
 levy imposed to raise funds to resist the insurrection led by the Marquis of 
 Huntly. The three sons of Colin Campbell were all ministers — James being 
 placed at St. Madoes, David at Menmuir, and John at Tealing. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 129 
 
 Penult July 1612 
 Dely verit George Auchinlek ^ fiftie merkis in pairt of payment 
 of j'^ lib quhilk rest awin him of his tocher gude Quhilk 
 hundreth lib with 8*^ merkis awin me on James Haliburtonis 
 obligatione and his cautioneris complettis George Auchinlekis 
 tocher gude. Item gef George xl merkis I gat fra Andro Mores 
 of my Wyn syluer Item gef George 36 lib I gat fra Robert 
 Kyd of his burgeschip Item gef his wyf 4 lib quhilk scho 
 bocht beif with Quhilk altogidder is compleit payment of ane 
 hundreth lib Quhilk altogidder is ane thousand merkis for his 
 tocher gude. 
 
 16 February 1617 
 In presens of Adame Creychton James Wat pay it to Androw 
 Nicoll xj merk a half for his muk at the West Port 
 
 17 August 1601 
 Auld Robert^ and his wyf hes infeft Thomas Kyd in ane 
 annuelrent of 24 merkis out of the grene land ^ to get his re- 
 nunciatione thairof or els to cause him register it on new in Mr 
 Alexanderis buikis 
 
 Anent James Symson foi. 68^ 
 
 Upon the xxiiij of May 1611 
 At command of James Symsone* my gudesone I payit to 
 George Michell maltman^ in Murreget Ixj lib 13^4^ for his 
 pairt of a crear coft be him fra George as the first termes pay- 
 ment thairof 
 
 Item gef at his command to John Fothringham xxiiij lib 
 Item to John Fothringhame agane xxxv lib 
 To Effie my dochter his wyf 6 lib 
 
 ^ George Auchinlek, first husband of David's eldest daughter, Helen Wedder- 
 burn. 
 
 2 Robert Wedderburn, the notary, David's uncle, 
 
 ^ Grene land was a tenement which stood at the corner of the Nethergait and 
 Spalding's (now Couttie's) Wynd. The name was derived from the possessor, 
 James Grein, mariner, and Matilda Spalding, his wife, who purchased the pro- 
 perty from James Scrymgeour of Littleton, and were infefted on ist July 1558. 
 In 1562 this property was described as ' waste and burned,' but a new building 
 was erected on its site immediately afterwards, and the old name of the * Grein 
 Land ' was retained. 
 
 * James Symson, husband of Eufame, daughter of David Wedderburne. 
 
 5 George Michell, maltman, admitted burgess 3rd Feby. 1586. 
 
 I 
 
130 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 To Effie agane 5 lib xij^ 
 
 To yourself to mak out merkis 3 lib V 4:^ 
 Upoun the 26 July 1611 
 
 Item gef yourself in my chalmer tua hundreth merkis in 
 Inglis money Summa in the haill four hundreth merkis This 
 in pairt of payment of the first v° merkis I am debtful to 
 pay for the first terme of her tocher gude of a thousand 
 merkis 
 
 9 June 1612 In presens of Robert Trael 
 Mr John Dunmure 
 Delywerit James Symsone in Petir Balmannois^ hous com- 
 pleit payment of ane thousand merkis be vertew of his Dis- 
 charge on the bak of his Contract Matrimoniall Videlicet the 
 some in money 14^^ lib 4 lib Item xl lib to Robert Hamil- 
 toun the rest off befor in presens of Robert Trael gef him 
 four hundreth merkis as the forme insert in this buik will 
 declair 
 
 M 68b. The 22 January 1602 
 
 Item resauit fra David Wedderbourun sewin schor sax poundis 
 sax scliilling iiij*^ quhilk sal be warit to him as the rest of my 
 money is warit on skynes and plaiding and sal be imployit God 
 willing as the said David gifis me commissioun in this present 
 voage to Flanderis 
 
 Item resauit mar fre the said David threte aucht pound 
 fourten schilling to be warit as said is mar resauit fre David 
 to be sauld pice hame of the dossone ane uther pice of nyntene 
 elnis mar ane pice of tuedling of thre dossone Alexander 
 Nicolls thretie nyne elnis half gren linning xx elnis hardne of 
 guidman Ardowne ^ 
 
 Upoun the xij of July 1603 
 My creatione of notarie wes and [sic] insert in Mr Alexander 
 Hayis^ buik My buik notit and merkit contenit threscoir aucht 
 
 1 Petir Balmanno, merchant, admitted burgess, iSth May 1609, on payment of 
 40 lib. 
 
 2 These two paragraphs are not in David Wedderburn's handwriting ; hence 
 the diflference in spelling. 
 
 3 Alexander Hay, Clerk of Register, admitted 22nd November 1594, demitted 
 office in 16 12. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 131 
 
 leiffis James Hay of Fudie my cautioner I payit als to Mr Hay 
 a Bonet pece price 8 lib Item a vj lib pece 
 
 Memorandum Mr Robert Narn hes [deleted] aduocat hes 
 gottin my 2 merk pece of gold 
 
 3 Nouember 1609 
 
 My actione of aduocatione betuix William Guthre and me 
 callit befor the Lordis 
 
 IMemorandum Alexander Barbour seruitour to Mr Alexander 
 Gibsone hes my registrat obligatione anent William Lyoun 
 John Balfour and Thomas Lowry his man Lettres reasit 
 thairon 
 
 Mr Olyuer Colt for the wryttis to adwyse with my wrytturis 
 
 Nono Septembris 1594 foi, e<^\ 
 
 Delyuerit Patrik Chalmeris ^ in the Mary Gallant a precept 
 of John Strathouchins to receaue 20 croun of the sone of gold 
 and wecht of the first fraucht beis gottin and to len it als oft 
 for a fraucht als gude as beis gottin sa oft as he dois to him 
 self quhill his returneing bot gif he may have gren for 12 or 14 
 frankis to send it hame to me with the first commodetie and 
 quhen any proflfit beis gottin to wair the profit as he thinkis 
 gude and send it hame to me 
 
 Item giffin Hary Balfour commissione to uptak fra John 
 Strathouchin of his fraucht of the Lyoun this present voage 
 confornie to his commissione gifin to him and the Clerkis xxv 
 crwnes of the sone of gold and wecht 
 
 Item to receaue fra Anthone Halyburtoun^ of his fraucht 
 XV crwnes of the sone and to wair this money conforme to my 
 
 1 Patrik Chalmeris, mariner, was admitted burgess on 9th March 1583, on 
 payment of 10 lib, the remainder of the burgess fee being paid on ist June 1592. 
 
 2 Anthone Halyburtoun was enrolled as a burgess, 'gratis,' on ist Oct. 1582, 
 and was then described as ' natural son of the deceased Alexander Haliburtoun.' 
 His father was Captain Alexander Haliburton, brother of Provost James Hali- 
 burton, and was slain at the siege of Leith, in 1559. An error was made by 
 Tytler, in his History of Scotlajid, when, referring to this siege, he confused 
 Captain Alexander Haliburton with the Provost, and stated that the latter was 
 slain on this occasion. There is absolute proof in the Dundee Charter-Room 
 that Provost Haliburton long held his office as civic ruler subsequent to the siege, 
 and died in Feb. 1588-9. 
 
132 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 commissione and to ther obligationis etc to by gren faileing to 
 len it as he dois to him self 
 
 of Item send with Petir Clayhillis ^ in the samyn schip 
 the eln 4 peces bleitschit lyning eln bred contening 7/do/ 
 7 peces contening 8/do/ a half narrow cost 8s the 
 eln Item 14 ellis tykis beddis cost a merk the eln Item 23 ellis 
 tykis beddis cost a merk the eln Item 23 ellis tuidling Item 
 quarteris tuidling in a pokit and a toll To do heirwith as 
 Petir thinkis best 
 
 Nono Septembris 94 
 
 Outred with Robert Schorswod 40^ for the third of my half 
 quarter of the Crear of hir lading of collis and delyuered him 
 22 ellis bleitschit lyning worth the eln to sell in Flanderis 
 and with the coll syluer and fre money thairof to lay in my 
 thrid of hir laiding of inzeonis or aplis in Flanderis and quhat 
 superplus beis attour to by a kynkyn seap 
 
 Item to mak me compt of my pairt of hir outwitli fraucht 
 Giffin John Myln commissione to wair 8 gudlenis on pes or 
 Osmond iron 
 
 9 December 94 
 
 Send with John Ogiluy to Flanderis a barrele of salmond xxv 
 ellis hodding and a oix hyd to wair it as he thinkis best Item 
 send with him xxv ellis elbred smal lyning clayth worth x^ the 
 eln Item xij /do/ a half of bleitschit hardin cost xx lib 
 
 David Ked in St Andros and William Lochmalony in Dundie 
 
 myn barrel 
 
 his cautioner awin me a half last hering to be delyuerit at the 
 lettir fair ^ nixt conforme to the act in the court bukis 
 
 44 lib [deleted] xviij lib 
 David Johnstonis wyf in Perth is awin me j*^ 8 merkis 
 conforme to a act of Perth in James Goldmanis handis awin 
 me X merk Andro Small messenger hes the 
 letters of horning 
 
 ^ Peter Clayhillis married, in 1583, David's younger sister, Margaret. She 
 survived her husband, and died in 16 17. 
 2 Lettir on Latter Fair. See a7ite^ p. 44. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 135 
 
 The Lady Westhall is awin me conforme to a compt in the 
 litel clespit buikis 47 lib [delete] 13 lib instantly to be payit now 
 XX merkis payit 
 
 The Laird of Westhall awin v bollis beir and xiij lib syluer 
 of lent syluer and for Tymber etc The beir receauit restis the 
 12 lib 
 
 Thair is in Alexander Kynmondis ^ buith xx xij ellis cloking 
 worth 3 lib the eln John Dynnes^ awin thairfor xxj lib xiijs 
 Thomas Hunter notter thairto 
 
 James By tor ^ Prymros foi 70*. 
 
 Ane kynkyn of puder contenand 69 pund wecht 
 
 Ane uther kynkyn puder contenand 70 pund wecht and 
 markit and wryttin thairon markit with Alexander Forretis 
 mark and his awin 
 
 Ane last pese of myn contend [delete] markit with my awin 
 mark To be sauld quhair he happins to mak mercat on sic 
 proffitable waring as he dois to him self and as he waris and dois 
 to himself and as he waris and dois with all his awin 
 
 Restis awin me unpayit 44 pund wecht of puder 
 
 Last Merche 95 
 James Renkyn * skipper awin me xj lib I gef his wyf 
 George Mudy awin me 9 lib for my hyd siluer he receauit 
 fra Petir 
 
 Lyoun 
 
 Ane half last of lynt contenand xxxvj Speneis stane and in 
 
 ^ Alexander Kynmond, dyer, admitted burgess, 7th Nov. 1581, His booth was 
 on the west side of the Wellgait. 
 
 2 John Dynnes or Dioneis, sword-sHpper, was admitted burgess, 25th May 
 1585, when he paid 10 lib as part of 20 lib burgess-fee, paying the remainder on 
 loth Oct. 1598. 
 
 ^ James Bytor or Boyture, merchant, son of Alexander Boyture, merchant, was 
 admitted burgess, i8th March 1 594. Alexander Boyture, who was enrolled burgess 
 in 1553, had four sons, merchant burgesses of Dundee, named Andrew, George, 
 John, and James. The youngest of them, James Boyture, was in the council 
 from 1604 till 1635, and held the offices of treasurer, dean of guild, harbour- 
 master, kirk-master, and bailie. The last-named position he held for nine 
 separate terms. 
 
 ^ James Renkyn, mariner, admitted burgess, 2nd Jan. 1581, having paid 10 lib 
 in two portions. 
 
134 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Scottis wecht thre scoir x stanes markit with this mark DW 
 and the figour of four 4 
 
 Only XXX lib awin me December 94 
 George Lyndsay awin me xx crunes of the sone conforme to 
 my Decreit and a Knag vinacre conforme to his obligatione 
 William David sone quhen he cumis out of Flanders 
 
 Robert Bruce ^ a kynkin with salt 
 Thomas Bleir ^ my kynkin 
 to bring hame full of 
 My Pes vinacre 
 My ferme beir in David Robertsonis handis 
 My 24 ellis lyning and blak clayth 
 My XXV bollis salt 7 December 94 
 
 Andro Mathesone ^ actit to pay me 4^ lib 
 at Witsonday for x pokis waid 
 
 1 October 95 
 
 1 
 
 14 
 
 George Stirling ^ of bred clayth Perill 
 
 
 24 
 
 To be war it on gren gif it may be haid 
 
 3 
 
 23 
 
 gude and gude cheap faileing on quhyt 
 
 4 
 
 15 
 
 and Clarit wynis to cum hame the 
 
 5 
 
 16 
 
 hie way in the Perell or else in the 
 
 6 
 
 12 
 
 first that cumis hame reddiest 
 
 7 
 
 12 
 
 
 8 
 
 20 
 
 
 9 
 
 35 
 
 
 10 
 
 40 
 
 
 
 26 [delete] 
 
 11 
 
 26 
 
 
 
 ^8 ell with 
 
 X quarteris of tuidling quhairin it is pakit 
 
 ^ Robert Bruce, mariner, ' brother-german of Alexrander Bruce, feuar of Erlis- 
 hall,' was enrolled burgess on 17th July 1584, 'for services done to the magis- 
 trates of the burgh.' 
 
 ^ Thomas Blair, mariner, son of Henry Blair, mariner, admitted burgess nth 
 Oct. 1592, married Katharine, daughter of Colonel Wedderburn, a member of 
 another branch of the Forfarshire Wedderburns. 
 
 Andro Mathesone, capmaker, admitted burgess, by the privilege of his 
 father, Patrick Mathesone, capmaker, on 20th Oct. 1591. 
 
 * George Stirling or Strivling, mariner, enrolled burgess, 19th March 1580. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 135 
 
 Hary Balfour of bred clayth Lyoun 
 
 1 25 
 
 2 21 
 
 3 21 
 
 4 26 
 
 5 26 
 
 6 21 
 
 7^^^ ell with vij quarteris tuidling quhairin it is pakit 
 
 1 12 
 
 2 12 
 
 3 13 
 
 4 13 
 
 5 XV 
 
 3^-'^ 6 ell in pepers of half a merk the eln 
 fyve peces coper wyis sewin scottis stanes 
 in the weyhous 
 
 Aucht crounes gold and wecht fra Anthone 
 Haliburtoun 
 
 Item fra Thomas Kyd ^ Ix elUs at ¥ 6^ the eln 13 lib x^ M 
 Item fra him xxxiiij el gren at 44 the eln Summa 6 lib xij^ 
 
 18 July 1618 
 
 In presens of James Mudy in James Fiffis seller on the south 
 pairt of the Kyrkyard Johne Barry agreit with me that for my 
 8 merk he is awin me he suld at his first hamecuming from 
 Ingland he suld gif me a hatt and a string of crep worth 12^ 
 Sterling and I to pay him gif sa be sterlen at James Mudeis 
 sicht wthervayis not. I haue receauit fra John Barry in presens 
 of David Aberden in Elspet Haellis hous 3 lib scottis in pairt 
 of payment of the 8 merk is he restit awin me 46^ 8^ and I 
 spendit 7' Scottis then with him This on the 27 Marche 1619 
 
 This not deleit 
 
 James Renkyn 
 
 He hes of myn to receaue in Burdeaux xlij crounes and 
 a half 
 
 ^ Thomas Kyd, tailor, son of Thomas Kyd, clothcutter, admitted burgess, 20th 
 Sept. 1586. 
 
136 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 26 December 1598 
 
 The bailie and Clerk my brother gef seasing to my wyf 
 Matild Betoun induring hir lyftyme of St Thomas Chaplenry 
 and haill rentis thairof 
 
 M 71*'.' xiiij August 95 
 
 Coft fra Patrik Layng in St Johnstoun Ixxvj ellis of bred 
 lyning clayth at ix lib the scoir 
 
 Summa 34 lib 4s 
 
 Viz* ane of 39 
 Ane of XV 
 Ane of xxij 
 
 Coft fra Robert Keir in St Johnstoun xlvij elnis bred clayth 
 at 9^ 6^ the eln 
 
 Item fra him xx ellis of the sam sort Summa xxij lib 6^ 6^ 
 
 Item coft fra him twa xiiij ellis is 28 ellis bred clayth at 
 7s 4d 7s 4d ^j^g Summa x lib v« 4^ 
 
 Item copt fra James Adame of narrow clayth 4xx ellis at 
 4s 3d the eln Summa xvij lib 8s 6d 
 
 Item coft fra the gudewyf of Arthoristane ^ v peces small 
 lyning contenand Ixv ellis at vj^ the eln Summa xix lib x^ 
 
 All pay it to thame j^ 8 hb x^ 
 
 Lent John Ogiluy tua double pistollatis 
 
 8 September 93 
 
 Coft fra Alexander Fairwedder inBalderdy xiij /do/ 1 ell a half 
 bleitschit clayth in xiij peces at 25 lib the hundreth and a half 
 merk 35 lib x« x^ 
 
 Coft fra Archibald Andersone in Forfare audit [deleted] 
 sevin peces bleitschit clayth contenand aucht /do/ 1 ell Summa 
 xxij lib 2^ quhairof he hes gottin only Ivj^ restis 19 lib 6^ 
 Summa I haif to pay is liiij lib x\'j^ x'^ 
 
 Giffin thame 1 merk 2^ and Ivj^ restis only to thame 
 bayth xxj lib 
 
 ^ All this page is deleted in MS. 
 
 2 Arthoristane was part of the lands belonging to Coupar Abbey, which were 
 alienated by Donald Campbell, the last abbot. See ante, p. 39. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 137 
 
 Item coft fra Issobell Cokburn in Fyf xx ell a half at 4 lib 
 the scoir payit 
 
 Item for my hossing sex scoir ten ellis at 6^ 6'^ the eln 
 Summa 42 lib 
 
 John Ogiluy John Fothringhame /oL 72^ 
 
 First XXXV ell a half gren lyning 
 xxvj ell hardyn 
 xiij ell tuidlit lyning 
 X ell a half bleitschit hardyn 4^^ v ell 
 
 14 Apryle 1610 
 
 1 xij ell 
 
 2 XX ell 
 
 3 xj ell a half Send to William Davidsone younger the 
 
 4 xij ell seiches skyn Almry ^ with the hempseid 
 
 5 XV ell 
 
 6 xij ell To be warit on gren that be gude 
 
 7 xiij ell cheap faileing bring it hame in 
 
 8 xj ell a half roiss noblis with himself 
 
 9 xij ell 
 
 10 xij ell 4 July 1609 in presens of David Rollok 
 
 1 1 xiij [delete] xij ell George Gardyn ^ skipper Robert Jak and 
 
 12 xviij ell Robert Kynloch in the Tolbuith 
 
 13 XV ell I payit John Haggons^ Officiar 14 lib 
 
 14 xxj ell vj^ 8^ for the veluit sleiffis and bodeijs 
 
 15 xij ell he roupit at the Croce to me 
 
 16 xiv ell as they say pertenit to umquhile 
 
 17 XV ell James Fosteris wyf 
 
 18 xvj ell 
 
 ^ Seiches skyn almry = sealskin chest. 
 2 
 
 George Gardyn, mariner and shipowner, son of John Gardyne, mariner, and 
 Elizabeth Kinnear. He was enrolled a burgess on loth Dec. 1598. His house 
 stood in Kyd's Close, Marketgait, and he disponed it to his mother's relative, 
 Henry Kinnear, Commendator of Balmerino. The tombstone of John Gardyne 
 and Elizabeth Kinnear bears the following inscription : — 
 
 ' Hie jacet probus vir Joanes Garden bvrgen de Dvnde qvi obiit die mensis i8 
 Jannvari anno d. 1581 setatis svas 60. 
 
 ' Hie jacet honesta mvllier Elizabethe Kinneir sponsa dicti J. G, qvi obiit die mensis 
 2 Maiianno domini 1573 Dstatis svas 52. 
 
 ' Mors vltima omnia rervm,' 
 ^ John Haggons, officer, admitted burgess I2th Sept. 1598, on payment of 
 40 lib. 
 
138 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 19 XX ij ell 
 
 20 xxiiij ell 
 
 21 xxiiij ell 
 
 22 xvj ell 
 
 23 xviij ell 
 
 24 xij ell 
 
 25 xij ell 
 
 26 xij ell 
 
 27 xxij ell 
 
 28 XX ell 
 
 xxj^'^ 17 ell a half 
 
 Petir Imbre 8 August 93 
 Alexr Renkyn ^ Phenix 
 
 Item XV ellis 
 Item XXV el 
 Item xxvj el 
 
 Item xiiij ell 27 September 1617 
 
 Item xij ell Memorandum 
 
 Item xj ell Delyuerit to William Duncane bailie of 
 Item xiiij ell Musselburcht Alexander Faldis Obligatione 
 Item xxiij ell of tua hundretli lib with ane power 
 Item xij ell subscryuit be the Clerk and me to 
 Item X ell uplift 1 xxiiij lib awin thairof and rede- 
 
 Item xij ell lyuerit bak to William the Assignatione 
 Item xxj ell maid be the said Alexander to me and 
 Item XX ell the Intematione with ane Schereffis Pre- 
 Item xxiiij ell cept of Forfar schawing my diligence 
 Item xxvj ell That I persuit thairfor and gat nothing 
 Item xij ell To gett fra William Duncane this mony 
 Item xij ell our wryttis abak agane 
 Item XX ell 
 Item XV ell 
 
 Item xij ell xvij Scoir 4 ellis 
 
 Summa xvj-'^'^xvj eUis a half 17 scoir 8 ellis 
 Ane sentner xviij pund pulder 
 
 and tua litel barrels of ix pund wecht 
 
 ^ Alexander Renkyn. See a^ite, p. 78. 
 
DAVID AVEDDERBURNE 
 
 139 
 
 21 July 1618 Send to St Andros with John Wedderburn 
 and Mr David Kid the Edik and Executionis to Mr William 
 Weyms 
 
 Send to Johne Calwye ^ bailie of Newburcht my Decreit on 
 Alisone ]Mongall for xl m to get payment thairof with Rychard 
 Blythis Lettres and my awin of requyst to him 
 
 
 Off the breed clayth 
 
 1 
 
 25 ell 
 
 
 2 
 
 xl ell 
 
 
 3 
 
 XXXV ell 
 
 8 June 1612 
 
 4 
 
 xxvj ell 
 
 lYiemoranQuni yiinii HiUiiciuic udKouiic i iiu 
 
 5 
 
 xvj ell 
 
 in pairt of payment of 8 lib for the first termes 
 
 6 
 
 xxj ell 
 
 payment of hir 2 acris I hald of hir in pre- 
 
 7 
 
 XX ell 
 
 sens of hir mother in hir hous hir dochter 
 
 8 
 
 xiiij ell 
 
 and Margaret hir seruand Quhilk 4 lib I re- 
 
 9 
 
 xiiij ell 
 
 cavit fra William Kyneres 
 
 10 
 
 xxiij ell 
 
 24 Junij 1613 
 
 11 
 
 xxj ell 
 
 Memorandum payit a yeiris dewetie to 
 
 12 
 
 XXV ell 
 
 Effie Jaksone except xj^ 4^ 
 
 13 
 
 xij ell 
 
 Item William Kyneres ^ hes gifin hir 4 
 
 14 
 
 xxj ell 
 
 Merk of the Witsonday terme last bypast 
 
 15 
 
 xij ell 
 
 
 16 
 
 xxvj ell 
 
 
 17 
 
 XV ell 
 
 
 18^-^ 18 ell a half 
 
 ^ Johne Calwye belonged to a family long connected with Newburgh, Fife. 
 On 23rd March 1589 John Calvie (or Cowie) was served heir to his grandfather in 
 seven acres and a half of arable land, with the third part of the ' almeriecruik,' 
 and on 23rd Oct. 1644 John Calvie was served heir to his great-grandfather, John 
 Calvie, in certain burgage crofts within the regality of Lindores. — Alex. Laing's 
 Lindores Abbey and its Burgh of. Newburgh, p. 129. 
 
 2 William Kyneres, son of the deceased Andrew Kineris, was admitted bur- 
 gess, 2ist Sept. 1602, the same date as his brother was enrolled. See ante, p. loi. 
 Another brother, Andrew Kineris, mariner, was admitted burgess, 1st April 1606. 
 William Kineris was very prominent in the municipal history of Dundee. He 
 entered the Town Council in 1615, was shoremaster, 1624-26; bailie, 1626-28- 
 31-35-37, and 1640 ; kirkmaster, 1630 and 1636 ; dean of guild, 1641 ; and pro- 
 vost, 1646-48. 
 
140 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Robert my father 
 brother gif me 
 this quhilk he 
 said wes gififin 
 him in Vittem- 
 burg 
 
 fol. 
 
 1.6. Rex iioster natus fuerat in carcere 
 Edinburgense 19 Junij 1566 
 inter horas 9 et 10 Antemeridiem 
 
 in anno 1575 
 R. erit versutus irrequietus Consilioruni 
 Occultator ac fundet regni sui amplicit 
 
 Off the small vj^ clayth 
 Threscoir fyve ellis in fyve peces 
 My coper extendis to vij stane wecht 
 My coper 
 
 My xlij crounis a half with James Renkyn 
 My aucht crounis with Anthone Haliburtoun 
 
 29 July 1618 
 Send to Brechin for Lettres 
 anent the Chaplenry to the 
 Commissar Clerk. 
 
 27 February 91 
 Petir Man i 
 
 Recavit of myn j last hering to be sauld quhair he happenis 
 to mak mercat to my proffit And with the fre money to len it 
 the best he can to be payit within 3 oukis efter his hame 
 cuming to a sufficient persone that he be answerable gif he 
 waris in France and can not len it to bring me hame Myln 
 rayis ^ of gold and wecht Bot if he wair to him self and the rest 
 in Rwen to wair it as his awin is warit to my proffit and in cais 
 he pas in Ingland and can not len it as said is to wair it on a 
 /do/ on lynt hattis with veluit about the browis on 2 stikis 
 fusteonis of trym cullouris and the remanent on steiningis that 
 be gude schiping it with his awin and John Fyndlasones ^ or be 
 land as hitherto and mark it with the said mark 
 
 2 Apryle 1626 Comptit with Alexander Smyth * mercheand 
 
 1 Petir Man, son of William Man, merchant, enrolled burgess, 8th May 1582. 
 
 2 Myln rays = milreis, a Portuguese coin, worth about 4s. 4|d. 
 ^ John Fyndlason. See ante, p. 11. 
 
 * Alexander Smyth, merchant, was enrolled burgess on 3rd Jan. 1625. He 
 entered the Town Council in 1628, and was then described as 'Alexander 
 Smyth, Sen'",' probably to distinguish him from another Alexander Smyth, who 
 was afterwards treasurer. As there never was a Provost Alexander Smyth in 
 Dundee, the epithet ' the litel Provost ' may have been a by-name. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 141 
 
 for all comptis of merchandise that my dochter Helen ^ or James 
 Ros wes awin him contenit in his compt buik He dischargit us 
 thairof and that becaus I causit my brother the Clerk com- 
 pleitly pay him of fyve or sex hundreth merkis he wes awin him 
 
 The dait of this decreit 17 June 1595 
 The litel Provest Alexander Smyth ^ awin me on a decreit 
 xvj^ 8^ anent my vat clayth 
 
 David Robesone awin me als mekle 
 
 Memorandum 
 
 Upoun the 9 Junij 1608 I lent Alexander Peirsone^ at 
 Vardmyln my gude-brother my Frensche Academy bundin in 
 red ourgilt Item my sadil stirribis and girdis Item the parapris 
 on the New Testament 
 
 14 August 1608 
 Lent Patrik Ramsay,* smyth, 42^ 
 
 14 August 1608 
 Lent Petir my brother v lib Item 3 lib Item to John 
 PattonM^s 
 
 Recavit heirof 4 lib restis 4 lib 8^ 
 
 George Scot restis of the cart and meir 7^ 8^ 
 
 XV July 1609 foi. 
 
 Memorandum 
 
 Send with Willie Davidsone younger x ellis narro quhyltis 
 to Flanderis Item he is awin me xP quhilk suld pay the lit of 
 my clayth etc ther 
 
 Memorandum 
 
 Upoun the — day of September 1599 yeiris Thair is ane 
 apoyntment betuix auld Robert my father brother Robert ^ the 
 noter and James Ochterlony anent the grene land ^ etc 
 
 1 Helen Wedderbum's second husband was James Ros. See ante, p. 128. 
 
 2 See p. 140. 
 
 3 Alexander Peirsone married a sister of David's wife, viz, Isabella Betoun. 
 Patrick Ramsay, son of Sylvester Ramsay, smith, was enrolled burgess, 8th 
 
 May 1582. 
 
 ^ John Patton, 'servant of M. Alexander Wedderburne, Town Clerk,' was 
 admitted burgess, 8th Nov. 1597. 
 
 6 Robert should be deleted. The phrase should run, ' auld Robert my father 
 brother the noter.' 
 
 7 The grene land. See aittCy p. 129, 
 
142 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 1626 Compt betuix Alexander Myln i mercheand and 
 me Dauid Wedderburn 
 
 Memorandum the 2 Apryle 1626 Alexander Myln coft and 
 receauit fra me ane aikin frez pres with schottlles of aik thairin 
 for the swme of ten merkis quhairof I receauit 2 ellis claything for 
 4 lib sua restis he awin me four merkis Quhilk 4 merkis mon be 
 allowit in 4 lib I aucht him for silkin pesmentis or utherwayis 
 as it is wryttin in his compt buik sua I wilbe awin him 2 merkis 
 Item He receauit fra me ane evident of his land in the Murre- 
 geit besyd Robert Drummondis land quhilk he restis awin me 
 thairfor xP sua restis he as yit awin me ane merk with ane 
 puder red horne flas he boruit fra me worth xij^ and he is awin 
 me a merk with 12^ 
 
 14 Apryle 1609 
 
 Patrik Ramsay, smyth lent him 42^ 
 James Fethie the George Fell restis to me 7 lib 
 pok of 3 ellis Alexander Prestoun 7 lib 
 
 hardin James Halyburtoun in Essy restis to me 4 lib 
 
 Andro Boytur 12 lib 
 
 foL 74^. Thomas Young 
 
 Ye pleis by me a stik of burrat that be fyn to be hir a gwn 
 
 Ane pair of fyn blak schankis 
 
 Ane pair of fyn sade cullorit brown schankis 
 
 Twa Ane [deleted] hattis lynit with taffetie 
 
 Ane pair of woll cames 
 
 To do this ye sail recave furth of your awin purs xxiij^ 
 Sterlen and sewin auld dolouris 
 
 foi, 75h.2 14 September 1590 Robert my brother 
 
 Receauit fra me by my brother Robert in ventour with him 
 
 1 Alexander Myln, merchant, son of the deceased Thomas Myln, was made a 
 burgess on 20th Jan. 1620. Thomas Myln, who was a burgess of Elgin, was 
 enrolled on the Lockit Book on 25th Jan. 1593, on payment of 40 lib. StQante, 
 p. 102. 
 
 2 Most of fol. 74^ and all fol. 75^ left blank in MS. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 143 
 
 in the Nychtengall quhairof James Deis is Maister fourtene 
 crwnes of the sone of gold and wecht and half ane last of 
 hering schippit with him in the said schip The fre money of 
 the haill to be imployit in all voagis that he sail happin to 
 mak befor his hamecuming or sic profitable waring as he dois 
 to him self And gif he cum hame the hie way to imploy it 
 haill on the best sort of waid to be schipit with him self and 
 markit with this my mark 
 
 Item delyuerit him sex crwnes of the sone of the sam wecht 
 quhilk makis in the haill twentie crwnes of the sone to be im- 
 ployit to me in maner abone wryttin for by the half last hering 
 foirsaid 
 
 Siclyk gifin him commissione to recaue nyn crwnes of the 
 sone fra Thomas Heres And tua crwnes fra Robert Jaksone 
 
 D. Wedderburn 
 
 Mair delyuerit to him conforme to his directione sen the 
 making of our last compt a crwn and a half summa xxj crwnes 
 a half 
 
 xxij day of August 1612 
 
 In presens of Robert Games John AVatsone warkmen I sauld 
 to Androw Mores and his wyf and delyuerit thame 3 peces of 
 Burdeaux quhyt wynes full for sexscoir lib to be payit at Youle payit 
 nixt except BO lib to be payit at the lettir fair day nixt The 
 filling thairof wes 16 pyntis a chopin awin 4 pyntis befor 
 
 Memorandum on the 24 Junij 1615^ foi. 76*. 
 
 It is to be rememberit I have subscryuit him ane Disposi- 
 
 tione of the Nonentre of v acris land formit be William Gray 
 
 Scheref Deput quhairin I grant I have receauit syluer 
 
 betuix him and me 
 Item quhair I deleit the uther wryttis maid in his conforme 
 Item quhair he promesit to gif me ane honest satisfactione 
 
 in the agreing him and Mr James Wedderburn in getting him 
 
 a releif of his cautionrie anent Kynnard etc 
 
 Four lines carefully obliterated in original manuscript after this line. 
 
144 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 At X houris befor noune upon the xj of January 
 1624 Patrik Kyd ^ bailie witnessis Patrik Lyoun 
 Johne Renkyn ^ maryner Mr Robert Mongumry ^ 
 Minister of Godis word at Kynnard George Piken 
 and Adame Crychton in Dundie Mr Alexander Wed- 
 derburn Clerk present 
 I David Wedderburn resignit in the said baileis handis my 
 lugeing and tenement with yard bak and foir lyand on the 
 north pairt of the hie mercat geit of Dundie in favouris of 
 Mette Beton my spous present and the airis lawfully gottin or 
 to be gottin betuix us quhilkis failzeand to me my airis and 
 assignais heretable 
 
 D Wedderburn with my hand 
 20 August 90 
 
 foi. 76b Androw Mortemer * 
 
 Item xij elnis a half at 9^ the eln onbleitschit 
 Item xxiij eln a half at 9^ the eln onbleitschit 
 Item xvij eln a half at 9^ the eln onbleitschit 
 Item xxxj eln a half at 9^ the eln onbleitschit 
 Item xxxj eln a half at 9^ vj^ the eln onbleitschit 
 Item xxiij eln a half at 9^ vj^ the eln onbleitschit 
 
 Item ix elne bleitschit at vij^ the eln 
 
 Item xviij eln a half at 4^ the eln bleitschit 
 
 ^ Patrik Kyd, son of Archibald Kyd, merchant, was enrolled burgess 20th 
 Oct. 1591. He entered the town council in 1606, when he held the office of 
 harbour master. He was bailie in 1613-15-1718-19-21-23-27-29, and 1637. 
 Beside these offices he was kirkmaster in 1 614- 1 6-22, and 1628, and dean of 
 guild in 1620. 
 
 2 John Renkyn, mariner, was admitted burgess on i6th Jan. 1620. 
 
 2 Mr. Robert Mongumry graduated at St. Andrews in 1618, and was presented 
 to the vicarage of Kinnaird by James vi. on 24th May 1628. In Scott's Fasti, 
 vol. iii. p. 707, it is stated that Montgumery's predecessor, Robert Sommer, 
 'died prior to 24th May 1628,' but he seems to have made a confusion between 
 this Robert Sommer and Robert Seymmer, who was vicar in 1607, and translated 
 to Holyrood House in 1620. The entry in the text shows that Montgomery was 
 minister of Kinnaird in 1624, so that it is likely that he succeeded Seymmer in 
 1620, and that the Robert Sommer mentioned by Scott had no existence. Mont- 
 gomery's official entry as vicar did not take place till 1628, but he had evidently 
 been acting as minister four years earlier. He was translated to St. Quivox in 
 1633, and died 
 
 Androw Mortemer, mariner, was entered burgess on 15th May 1582, on pay- 
 ment of 10 lib, * as part payment of 20 lib.' 
 
 I 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 145 
 
 Item xix eln bleitschit at 4^ vij^ the eln 
 Item xxij elnis bleitschit at 7^ the eln 
 Item xij eln a half bleitschit at 7^ the eln 
 Item XX j eln bred bleitschit lyning at 9^ the eln Summa 
 9 lib 
 
 The ane half to be warit sa oft as he waris to himself to my 
 proffit befor his hamecuming on wynes The uther half to be 
 warit on gude vaid and to be send hame on the Falcon Or 
 utherwayis gif he cum hame the hie way Haill on vaid of the 
 best sort 4^^ 7 lib 12« 
 
 John Thorntoun 
 
 Ane half last hering to be delyuerit me quhen the schipis 
 cumis fra Lochbrum ^ 
 
 27 Junij 1615 
 
 Lent Besse Wedderburn^ spous to James Kynnard ane treu 
 flacon of a quarter to go with hir to Denmark and to be send 
 hame immediately price thairof xxs 
 
 20 August 90 
 David RoUok ^ /o/. ^^\ 
 
 Item xiij eln a quarter at v^ ij^ the len bleitschit 
 Item + 24 eln bleitschit at 4^ xj^ the eln 
 Item of onbleitschit Item 22 eln a half at v^ the eln 
 Item X elnis at v^ vj^ the eln 
 Item xvj elnis a half at vj^ vj^ the eln 
 Item XX elnis bleitschit cost v^ 
 
 ^ Lochbrum. This entry is interesting as showing that Lochbroom, in Ross- 
 shire, was an important centre of the herring fishery in the sixteenth century. 
 
 2 Besse Wedderburn was a distant cousin of David Wedderburn. She was the 
 only child of John Wedderburn (died 1599), eldest and only surviving son of 
 James Wedderburn (died 1578) and Margaret Dundas. This James Wedder- 
 burn who married Margaret Strathauchin was the eldest son of David Wedder- 
 burn and Helen Lawson, whom Douglas in his Barojiage makes the progenitor 
 of the Wedderburns of Kingennie, Blackness, etc. This is, however, an error. 
 David Wedderburn had one other son, William, who married Margaret Rollok, 
 and had issue, though his male line is almost certainly extinct. Their 
 daughter, Elizabeth (Besse), married in 1604 James, son of Patrick Kynnaird, 
 and they emigrated to Denmark, as in 1616 he is described as ' now indweller in 
 Alsownoir' (Elsinore). — Dundee Burgh and Head Courts Record^ vol. xxvi. 
 8th Nov. 1616. 
 
 3 David Rollok. ^'ee ante, p. 88. 
 
 K 
 
146 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Item in his avvin purs sex crwnes of the sone to be warit on 
 wynes gif he awin ham [sic deleted] hailwair gif he ga to 
 France and so oft to wair it quhairever he mak merkit as he dois 
 to him self and gif he cum hame half on vaid half on wvnis 
 
 26 lib v« 
 
 Thomas Heres 8 September 90 
 
 Nyn crwnes recavit heir to be delyuerit to me in Burdeaux 
 To delyuer thir to Robert my brother and to be warit as his 
 awin conforme to my Bill and gif not to wair it als oft as his 
 awin to my proffit befor his hame cuming 
 
 20 August 90 
 
 /o/. James Renkyn 
 
 Item xxxj ellnis grene lyning at v'f the eln 
 Item 24 elnis grene lyning at 8^ the eln 
 Item 30 eln a half grene lyning at vj^ vj^ the eln 
 Item xxix eln grene lyning at vj'^ the eln 
 Item 14 eln a half bleitschit at 4^ 4*^ the eln 
 Item xij eln bleitschit at the eln 
 Item xiij eln bleitschit at the eln 
 Item XV elnis bleitschit at ij^ the eln 
 Item xij eln a half bleitschit at the eln 
 Item 14 eln a half bleitschit at 4^ vj^ the eln 
 Item xix eln a half bleitschit at ij^ the eln 
 Item xiij eln a half bleitschit at the eln 
 Item XV eln a half bleitschit at v^ vj*^ the eln 
 Item xiij eln a half bleitschit at v^ the eln 
 
 Item for the peice that Matild ^ hes of xx elnis at vj lib the 
 scoir 
 
 Item ane barrele of salmond 
 
 With the fre money of this abone wryttin to be w^arit on 
 xij lib wynes and sauld and to mak proffit to me in euery voage 
 2S befor his hame cuming as he dois to himself and gif he 
 cum hame the hieway to be warit on a ton of wyn and the 
 remanent of the money on vaid of the double crescent or then 
 to be schippit with him self and mark it with this mark DW 
 
 ^ Matilda Betoun, wife of David Wedderburn. This entry is deleted in MS. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 147 
 
 20 Junij 1619 
 
 John Betonis twa sones interit in my hous and we haue 
 comptit this day the 13 May 1620 all that we have receauit fra 
 thame is ane leid meill coft Item thre bollis meill fra Lochlau 
 Item sex boUis and a half of meill fra Lochlau Item the fre qr 
 
 Settirday 23 Maij Vilsones 1618 Robert Peirsone interit 
 
 Sonday 18 July 1618 Alexander Peirsone interit 
 
 Receauit 
 
 IT bollis aitmeill 
 
 to this hour the 13 May 1620 
 
 Of all thingis meill and malt Robert Wedderburn my 
 brother 26 August 90 
 
 Delyuerit Robert my brother xxvj lib x^ for half a last hering 
 to be send with him to Burdeaux and sauld to my proffit 
 
 Item he hes of myn xxj lib in his awin hand to be excheyngit 
 for crwnes extendis to sewin crwnes a half 
 
 Item sex crwnes a half in his awin hand of lent money this [sic] 
 
 16 December 1611 
 
 Giffin commissi one to Thomas Kyd goldsmyth to by me in 
 Frans sa mekle of the Frensche blak clayth as wilbe a clok to 
 me and I to pay him for his frank according to the custome 
 
 Robert Wedderburn mercheand ^ 
 A Knag of Vinacre 
 
 ^ Robert Wedderburn was one of the two sons of Mr. Robert Wedderburn, 
 vicar of Dundee in 1550. The vicar was one of the three sons of James Wedder- 
 burn who were remarkable for their share in the Reformation, and was, with 
 Httle doubt, author of T/ie Co7?iplaynt of Scotland. He was precluded by his 
 calUng from marriage, but he had two sons by Isobell Lovell (afterwards wife of 
 David Cant), viz. David and Robert. Both were legitimatised, by letters under 
 the Great Seal, 13th Jan. 1552. David died unmarried 1585, while Robert 
 married Eufame Coustoun (relict of Robert Scott), and died about 1620. He 
 left issue : David, burgess of Burntisland ; John, merchant in Dundee ; and 
 Elizabeth, who was thrice married, firstly, to Robert Murray ; secondly, to Thomas 
 Moncur of Seggieden, and thirdly, to James Lovel of Kinneuchie. She was buried 
 in the Howff of Dundee, beside her first husband. David Wedderburn had two 
 sons who died young, and James seems never to have married, as in 1642 Eliza- 
 beth was retoured heir to David. 
 
148 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Patrik Boyis George Lyndsay 
 
 Ane kynkyn hering A Knag vinacre 
 
 OfFJohne Be 
 Betonis barnis 
 
 John Thorntoun Thomas Bleir 
 
 ane half boll A knag vinacre 
 
 Ane kynkyn hering 
 
 Robert Bruce Robert Jaksone 
 
 Item 13 merk Ane kynkyn hering A knag of vinacre 
 
 fol 78^ Lent James Symsone my Blundevill buik to reid on quhill 
 he cum out of Stokholme 
 
 Lent And row Thomsone my hinging lok 
 Lent the Clerk the rottonfall 
 
 Andro Kirkaldy awin me a lantern of quhyt iron and the 
 hand of the myln 
 
 3 Martij 1586 
 
 Is the dait of my infeftment of Alexander Louell of \sic\ 
 land abone the weyhouse 
 
 26 Apryle 1587 
 Is the dait of my seasing of xj merkis out of James Hali- 
 burtons hous in Ergylisgeit 
 
 17 Martij 1590 
 
 Is the dait quhen I infeft Petir my brother thairin as ane 
 pairt of his bairnis pairt of geir of thre hundreth merkis he 
 useit thro deceis of my father and mother 
 
 25 Martij 1586 
 
 Is the dait of my brother Petiris Seasing quhen he wes infeft 
 in 12 merk annuel under reversione of ane hundreth merkis 
 upliftit furth of Edward Chalmeris houssis in Ergylis geit in 
 pairt of payment as said is 
 
 2 January 1586 
 
 Is the dait of my brother Petiris seasing of x merkis annuel 
 in compleit payment of his thre hundreth merkis upliftit furth 
 of William Allardyis land lyand in Ergylis geit 
 
 Thir all insert in Mr. Alexander Wedderburnis buikis my 
 brotheris commone clerk of Dundie 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 149 
 
 Item xiij elnis a half bleitschit clayth cost 4^ ij*^ the 79". 
 ehi Summa a quarter half 
 yjs yjd Item XV elnis clayth cost the eln 4^ ij^ Summa 
 4^ 4^ Item xviij elnis a half cost the eln 4^ ij^ Summa 
 4^ 4^ Item xiiij elnis a half cost the eln 4^ ij^ Summa 
 Item xiij elnis cost the eln 4^ ij^ Summa 
 Item xiij elnis cost the eln 4^ ij*^ Summa 
 4^ vj^ Item xiijj elnis a half cost the eln 4^ ij^ Summa 
 vj^ Item xxix elnis grene lyning cost the eln 4^ ij^ 
 Summa 
 
 vj^ Item x elnis grene lyning cost the eln 4^ ij*^ Summa 
 9^ Item xxj elnis bleitschit lyning at 9^ the eln Summa 
 
 9 lib 9« 
 
 3 Martij 1619 
 
 Memorandum send with Johne Duncane^ 
 maryner brother in law to AVilliam Kyneres 
 ane knag of a gallon to fill with 
 vinacre in Burdeaux in the said 
 Williamis schip this present voyage 
 
 xxj Maij 1619 
 
 Send with Andro Mores in Robert Haliburtonis schip to the 
 
 Rochell a knag to fill with vinacre 
 
 Memorandum to get the violet puder fra Robert Haliburtoun 
 Memorandum to get the burn wood and ham fra William 
 
 Haliburtoun 
 
 Memorandum to get the burnwood fra Janet Blyth 
 
 Item fra George Lochmalony the Oyldoly 
 
 Item fra John Haliburtoun 4 lib 6^ 8^ for Strikmertenis ^ 
 Discharge I gef him 
 
 This is the mark ooo 
 The xxvj July 1590 
 
 First Tua /do/ bleitschit clayth at xlix^ the /do/ summa 
 4 lib 18s 
 
 ^ John Duncane, mariner, was enrolled burgess, ist April 1606, having paid 
 40 lib. 
 
 * Strikmerten, i.e. Strathmartine. See ajite^ p. 34. 
 
150 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 7s the Item coft 22 elnis in twa peces bleitschit claytli at 5^ 
 the /do/ 
 
 4*1 the ein Item ane /do/ half an eln cost Iviij^ 4^^ Summa lij^ 
 
 7' Item XX ij elnis a half grene lyning cost Ij^ 8^ the /do/ 
 
 summa 9 lib 17^ 
 
 6" Item XX elnis bleitschit clayth at 6^ the eln summa 6 lib 
 
 v'vf Item x\j elnis a half of grene lyning liiijs the /do/ Summa 
 
 3 lib 14^ 
 
 v« Item xiij^ eln a half grene lyning cost liiijs the Summa 
 
 3 lib ij« 
 
 vj8^ 88 Item xxiii^ eln a half grene lyning cost liij^ the 7 lib 
 
 vj«viid Item XXX elnis a half grene lyning cost liij^ the Summa 
 
 V lib x^ 
 
 v8 Item xij elnis a half cost the 48^ Summa P 
 
 v8 Item xij elnis a half cost the 48^ Summa P 
 
 48 7d Item xix elnis lyning cost the 50^ Summa 4 lib 
 
 vMjd Item xiij elnis lyning cost the 50^ Summa Ivj^ vj^^ 
 
 vsijd Item xiij elnis a half lyning cost the 50^ Summa 4 lib xij^ 
 
 vsijd Item XV elnis lyning cost the 50s Summa 3 lib ijs vjd 
 
 V 4 peces v befor that 
 
 9 lib Item xxij elnis a half eln bred grene lyning cost 7 lib x^ the 
 
 scoir Summa 
 
 9 lib Item xxxj elnis a half eln bred grene lyning cost 7 lib x^ 
 
 the scoir Summa 
 
 9 hb Item xxxj elnis a half eln bred grene lyning cost 7 lib x^ the 
 
 scoir Summa 
 
 9 Hb Item xvij elnis a half eln bred grene lyning cost 7 lib x^ the 
 
 scoir Summa 
 
 9 lib Item xxiij elnis grene lyning litel les nor eln brod cost 
 
 7 lib x^ the scoir Summa 
 7« Item 9 elnis lyning clayth cost the eln 6^ Summa 47^ 
 
 vjd 
 
 9' Item xij elnis a half grene lyning cost the eln vj^ 7^ Summa 
 
 Item xxxj elnis grene lyning cost the eln xv^ Summa \'f ij^ 
 /o/. 8o». To James and Thomas Archeris in Vmaquhy ^ in presens of 
 
 ^ Vmaquhy, i.e. Omachie, in Forfarshire, afterwards held of the Duke of 
 Douglas by the Wedderburns of Blackness, but sold by the tutor of the third 
 baronet in 17 12 for 19,900 merks. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 151 
 
 David Scheir and Andro Archer a boll 14 merk to be pay it at 
 Michael mes nixt 
 
 To George Myln baxter elder 3 bollis with the waiter 
 mel 33 lib to be payit at the lettir fair nixt restis xP 
 
 To James Peirsone in Quhitfield a boll x lib to be payit at 
 Michaelmas nixt restis xvij lib 
 
 To a landwart man in Arbroth a boll xiij merkis payit 
 
 To Williame Grahame a boll xij merkis payit 
 
 I haif schippit with Gilbert Thomsone in Thomas Ramsayis 
 crear xx bollis to Leyth 
 
 To James Leyis crear xxiiij bollis to St Andros or Leyth 
 in Gilbert Thomsonis ry 
 
 George Ogiluyi restis awin me of the ry complit all frauchtis 
 and chargis payit 8^^xj lib iiij^ ij^ to be payit instantly restis 
 XX lib 
 
 Receauit fra George 400 lib 
 
 Restis 8^^xj ¥ ij^ 
 My Pes 
 
 To my self a boll xx merk 
 
 To Mr Alexander a boll xx merk 
 
 To Henry Betoun a half boll x merk 
 To Elspet Hering ^ a half boll x merk 
 To David Spankie ^ a firlot v merk 
 
 To the gudwif of the Weyhous* v mettis 1 merk receauit 
 therof XX lib 
 
 To David Stewert in Lamertoun a met x merkis to be payit 
 at Michelmes nixt 
 
 To Agnes Gray David Cuperis wyf a boll pes xx merkis 
 and hes spunes in plege to be payit at the lettir fair 
 nixt 
 
 restis 
 8 lib 
 
 restis 
 
 XX* 
 
 restis 
 j lib 
 4sija 
 
 P 
 
 P 
 
 allouit lit 
 bres 
 allowit 
 
 ^ George Ogiluy, maltman, was entered burgess on 2nd Oct. 1593, on pay- 
 ment of 20 lib. 
 
 ^ Elspet Hering was third wife to David's brother, Robert. See anie, p. 18. 
 ^ David Spankie, maltman, enrolled burgess, i6th Sept. 1590, on payment of 
 10 lib. 
 
 Gudwyf of the Weyhous. See an/e, p. 80. 
 
152 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 foi. 8o»'. To John Auldny in Brechen xl peckis 24 lib pavit 
 
 My Beir 
 
 Nono AugListi 1596 
 
 Saulcl to William Robertsone ^ maltman 6 bollis a half beir 
 for 14 merkis and half wantis thairof 2 peckis a lepv to be 
 payit at Michaelmes receauit thairof a new rosnoble 
 
 To Michel Cokburn a half boll v lib 
 
 resting 9 lib 
 
 restjs XX* 
 David 
 Andersone' 
 
 officiar 
 allovkit for lit 
 
 allowii in 
 the bresen 
 reslis yj» 8^ 
 
 restis 40** 
 
 restis a 
 merk 
 wantis v* 
 
 18 lib receauit 
 
 :My Ry 
 
 Alexander Nicoll - for 2 bollis 22 lib 
 Robert Roughi: 
 
 mother Issobell Fotheringhame 
 
 4 bollis 
 restis 8 lib 
 
 ane for 14 the rest for 13 merkis the bo 
 7 lib 
 
 David Bell half a boll 7 merk 
 Henry Betoun half a boll v lib x^ 
 
 Westhall Henrv Betoun and George Currour cautioner 2 
 bollis 34 merk to be payit at the lettir fair 
 
 To my self ane boll xj lib 
 
 To Eispet Hering* a boll half boll v lib x« 
 
 To William Drummond cautioner for John 
 in Smythstoun a half boll 
 
 To Margaret Thorntoun William 
 V lib xxij* iiij'^ Thirto restis xl"^ 
 
 To James Lyndsay a boll 14 merk Thir last thre to be 
 pavit at the lettir ftiir 
 
 David Stanneris 3 peckis and 3 peckis pes 4 lib to be payit at 
 the lettir fair wantis v^ 
 
 Drummond 
 V lib xiij^ iiij*^ 
 ibbaldis wvf a half boll 
 
 * William Robertson, maltman, admitted burgess 22nd Sept. 1588. The cir- 
 cumstances of his admission are thus described in the Lockit Book : ' Paid 10 lib 
 and for his labours in collecting money for the payment of the Stipend of Magr. 
 John Robertson, minister.' 
 
 ' Alexander Nicoll, maltman, admitted burgess, 26th Aug. 1583, ha\-ing paid 
 10 lib as part of 20 lib, remainder paid on 20th Feb. 1 591. 
 
 ' David Andersone, ofticer, enrolled burgess, 7th Jan. 1608, ' for serv ices 
 gratis.' 
 
 * Eispet Hering. See ante^ pp. 80, 151. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 153 
 
 John Mwir a firlot 46'* 8'^ to be payit at the 
 lettir fair 
 
 p. Laurence Bad firlot 46^ 8'^ instantly 
 
 My wyf 2 pekis xxiiij"^ 
 p. Issobell Vobster spous to John Stibbillis a boll 
 
 14 merk within 5 dayis 
 p. Grissell NicoU vj pekis 3 lib instantly 
 
 My Lynt ^ 8ia. 
 xlij boundis 
 
 Mr Alexander 3 boundis weyis v stane half a pund les 
 6 July 1612 
 
 Memorandum 
 
 In presens of Petir ^ and David Mannis ^ brether I gef our 
 Petir Manis ix lib he wes restand awand ine of my registrat 
 Band on him in the commone Court buikis of Dundie for wyn 
 etc quhilk wes on the xx of Apryle last wes to James Wed- 
 derburn my brother quhilk Petir allowit to him in the first end 
 of the fiftie merkis on Patrik Lowsonis Band And this in pairt 
 of payment of ten pundis I laitly borouit fra James, Sua rest I 
 awin him xx^ and he is restand awand me xxvij^ I payit at 
 his command in George Auchinlekis^ in presens of Thomas 
 Jak * Patrik Wedderburn Petir my brother And James causit 
 me deleit Petir Mannis registrat Band in the saidis buikis 
 Penult July 1613 
 
 Memorandum 
 
 Gef young Petir Wedderburnis woman callit Meriory Barry 
 33*^ 4^ for the Witsonday termes meill of the bak Yard to gif 
 Petir Item x^ 8^ Summa 44^ for bairnis drink. 
 
 2 August 1622 
 
 James Maky^ oblist to me cautioner for James Gibson^ in 
 
 ^ Petir Man, son of William Man, merchant, enrolled burgess, 8th May 1582. 
 ^ David Man, merchant, son of William Man, merchant, enrolled burgess, i6th 
 Aug. 1595. 
 
 2 George Auchinlek. See ante, p. 136. 
 
 * Thomas Jak. S>te ante, p. 116. 
 
 * James Maky, baker, son of James Maky, was admitted burgess, 20th Sept. 
 1603. His grandfather, Alexander Maky, baker, burgess of Dysart, was made 
 an honorary burgess of Dundee on loth June 1586, ' for services and help done 
 by him in providing aid during the time of the contagious pest ' in Dundee. 
 
 ^ James Gibson, baker, son of Robert Gibson, baker, enrolled burgess, iith 
 Oct. 1592. 
 
154 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 the hill to gif my wyf half a stane fyn dicht lynt betuix this 
 and Michealmes nixt failzeing 4 merkis and this for 2 seasingis 
 ilk xP annuel rentis a Contract extending to 3 peces 
 
 xxj day of February 1591 
 
 Payit to Waltir Lychtoun i at command of David Ked of 
 St Andros xvj merkis for the fraucht of xvj barrelis hering 
 quhilk the said David hes oblist him to pay to me quhen I 
 requyre the sam Receauit a boll of ry at 11 merk restis 7 merk 
 x^ xj*^ the boll in payment 
 
 Item payit to James Kynlocht xP for the fraucht of ane 
 last hering fra the cost syd quhilk the Laird of Monquhany^ 
 suld pay to me agane 
 
 17 September 1630 
 John Gray customer receauit fra me 2 transumptis of his 
 land besyd Andro Schippertis and ane uther land besyd the 
 Constablis in warrandice thairof Is awin me thairof 20 merkis 
 
 xxij Martij 1593 
 
 All thingis comptit and raknit betuix Henry Beton litster 
 and me toward my four barrelis and of all lit littit be me [for] 
 my wyf or be hir to ony uther befor this dait and he satisfeit 
 thairfor He restis awin me only four merkis 
 
 Henre Beton with my hand 
 David Wedderburne 
 
 XXV December 1596 
 All comptis raknit betuix Henry Betoun and me ilk ane of 
 us hes satisfeit utheris of all thingis we may charge utheris 
 befor this dait D Wedderburne 
 
 Henre Beton Descherge 
 
 27 Nove [delete] December 96 
 
 John Roger to pay me within xx dayis efter the lossing of 
 the crear ane hundreth merkis and my iron fraucht fre for my 
 
 ^ Walter Lychtoun, mariner, enrolled burgess, nth Jan. 1581, having paid 
 8 lib to John Birsie, remainder gratis, at request of Alexander Scrymgeour, dean 
 of guild. 
 
 2 Laird of Monquhany. See antc^ p. 54. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 155 
 
 half quarter of the crear Coft be him fra me This in presens of 
 Alexander Renken ^ his wyf and his brother and Thomas 
 Bover ^ 
 
 Ultimo May 1615 
 
 Giffin commissioun to James Kynnard ^ and his wyf to uplift 
 'f\ lib fra John Schoriswod* and hes send all my wryttis 
 with him and hes promisit the half thairof to him self 
 
 Last Apryle 1620 
 Lent James Stewert 4 lib and a litell befor ane merk to o>if 
 
 o 
 
 Thomas Vichtan anent James Mudy Item gef him of befor 
 X lib 
 
 29 January 1594 
 Is the dait of James Strathouchins ^ infeftment of William 
 Allerdyis houssis in Ergylis get 
 
 26 February 1585 
 Is the dait of George Mudyis seasing ^ of 3 selleris in Bur- 
 nettis land 
 
 V Aprilis 1585 
 Is the dait of Jonet Moncuris seasing 
 
 12 September 1599 
 Pro liberis Barbara Wedderburn 
 
 26 January 1597 
 Pro liberis Edward Chalmer 
 
 I Henry Beatoun litster burges of Dundie grantis me to have 
 
 presently ^ M 
 coft and receauit fra Dauid Wedderburn burges thairof ane 
 pok of wad quhairwith I am content and thairfor oblissis me 
 to content and pay to the said Dauid the swme of threttie fyve 
 pundis money of Scotland betuix this and the sext day of 
 
 ^ Alexander Renken. See ante, p. 78. 
 
 - Thomas Bower, merchant, son of John Bower, admitted burgess, 15th Dec. 
 1596. 
 
 3 James Kynnard. See ante, p. 145. 
 
 4 John Schoriswod. See ante p. 80. 
 
 5 James Strathauchin, notary, was admitted burgess, 21st Feb. 1591, 'for ser- 
 vices done to the burgh.' 
 
 6 George Mudy. See ante, pp. 22, 39. 
 
156 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 September nixtocum quhilk is the lettir fair of Dundie but 
 fraude or gyle be thir presentis subscryuit with my hand at 
 Dundie the tuentie fourt day of Julij the yeir of God j'"v^ 
 four scoir ten yeiris befor thir witnessis Patrik Chalmer ^ litster 
 James Davidsone warkman 
 
 Hendre beton with my hand 
 18 May 1598 
 
 Robert Wedderbum ^ mercheand hes coft fra me ane pyp of 
 Spanes wyn sek for 7'''' lib to be payit betuix this and Michael- 
 mes nixt in presens of James Scrymgeour and his awin wyf 
 Quhairupoun I receauit 2^ in arrels to the pwre quhilk I 
 delyuerit 
 
 XXV September 1 613 
 
 Memorandum Lent my buik callit Ortelius cost me vj lib to 
 young Laird of Creche ^ for xx day is 
 
 xj Maij 1598 
 
 James Dog baxter* restis awin me xvj merk for a boll of 
 quhyt instantlie to be payit 
 
 John Olyver in Cragy xP to be payit Michelmes nixt pro- 
 mittit in the Tolbuith in presens of Andro Low Officiar as 
 cautioner for for him resauit fra my wyf 
 
 24 Julij 1590 
 
 Warit on pledding with Johne Ogiluy 1 lib extendis to warit 
 with a hundreth lib of his awin to me xv^ ellis sex double 
 pledding a piece toffey of 28 ellis Item xx ellis raw quhyt 
 clayth to be sauld in Flanders 
 
 Item uther fiftie lib warit with xx lib at the same tyme 
 Item this 1 lib warit with a hundreth lib of his awn on tua 
 hundreth and ten double elnis pledding and on 22 eln a half 
 quhyt The quhyt cost xl lib The haile 7^^x lib 
 
 ^ Patrik Chalmer, dyer, admitted burgess, 26th Sept. 1571. 
 2 Robert ^Vedderburn. See afiie, p. 147. 
 ^ Young Laird of Creche. See anfe, p. 105. 
 ■* James Dog, baxter. See ajife, p. 81. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 157 
 
 xiij May 1598 
 
 Patrik Gardyn skynner ^ restis awin me a crown for seiking 
 out his [delete] Ferrearis seasingis 
 
 Dauid Ostlar maryner^ restis awin me a crown for transuming 
 Andro Ostlaris barnis seasingis 
 
 Henry Betoun hes receauit a lamb quhilk wes gottin fra 
 Rychard Thayn in Logy and hes promesit that twa scheip salbe 
 furthcumand thairfor to my dochter Mette 
 
 Thomas Fleming ane hundreth leid of muk this nixt yeir is 
 oblist to lay on my acris 
 
 John Smyth in Balgay tua hundreth leid is awin me and also 
 half a boll quhyt 
 
 The thrid of Junij 1590 
 
 I Henry Beatoun litster burges of Dundie grantis me to haif 
 coft and receauit at this present fra my gude friend Dauid 
 Wedderburn burges thairof tua half pokis of waid quhairwith 
 I am content and oblissis me be the tennour heirof to pay to 
 the said Dauid the swme of threscoir ten pundis thairfor at the 
 first fair of Dundie nixtocum quhilk is the xv day of August 
 but langer delay fraude or gyle be thir presentis subscryuit 
 with with my hand at Dundie the day yeir forsaid befor thir 
 witnessis Patrik Ramsay Patrik Chalmer James Thomson 
 litster Hendre beton wt my hand 
 
 I James Thomsone litster ^ burges of Dundie grantis me to 
 haif coft and receauit at this present fra my eme^ Dauid 
 Wedderburn burges thairof of four half pokis vaid quhairwith 
 I am content and oblissis me be the tennour heirof to pay to 
 the said Dauid the swme of sevinscoir four lib thairfor at the 
 first fair^ of Dundie nixtocum but langer delay fraude or gyle 
 
 ^ Patrik Gardyn, skynner, admitted burgess, 7th July 1586, on payment of 10 
 lib, part of 20 lib, remainder paid, i6th Oct. 1598. 
 
 ^ David Ostlar, maryner, admitted burgess, 26th March 1587, 'for the sum 
 paid to the Provost in 1585.' About this time there were several burgesses 
 enrolled because of claims they had for money paid to James Halyburton, 
 provost. 
 
 3 James Thomson, litster. See ante, p. 99. 
 
 ^ Eme is here used for 'cousin,' not 'uncle,' though the latter is the usual 
 meaning of the word. James Thomson's mother, Elizabeth Wedderburn, was 
 David Wedderburn's aunt. 
 
 ^ First Fair as opposed to Latter Fair. The three fairs in Dundee are still 
 Stob's Fair, held on second Thursday in July ; the First, or Lady Mary Fair, on 
 26th August ; and the Latter Fair on 19th September. See ante, p. 44. 
 
158 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 be thir presentis subscryuit with my hand at Dundie the day 
 and yeir forsaid befor thir witnessis Henry Betoun litster 
 Patrik Ramsay Patrik Chalmer 
 
 James Thamsoun 
 Of this receauit ix lib with my hand 
 
 threscoir pundis 
 
 Item receauit uther 
 threscoir lib All payit except x^ be James 
 
 fol 84"^ 23 January 89 
 
 Item send with Mr Thomas Heres on his obligatione xiij 
 crones of the sone to be warit on the fynest sort of waid or 
 len it at xxiiij^ the frank or xxiij^ Estern 3 crwnes mare 
 
 Send with James Renkyn ^ the contentis of this obligatione 
 and xj merk and xx^ worth of lyning clayth to wair it on 
 waid or len it as said is And to do thairwith quhaireuer he 
 selles as his awin to my profit He restis awin me 14 lib xij^ 
 
 Item with George Lyndsay 27 lib on lyning clayth Item 
 xiij lib Is XX [delete] xl lib Send with Andro Mortemer ^ in the 
 Pelican is sextene /do/ a half 
 
 Alexander Duncan is awin me ane hundreth merkis to be 
 payit at Witsonday nixt xvj merk awin me 
 hundreth 
 
 Roger Meluill^ ane uther merkis to be payit at Witsonday nixt 
 Item Johne Thorntoun is awin me 24 lib to be payit at 
 Witsonday 
 
 Item Robert my brother awin me 4^^x lib to be payit at 
 the said day 
 
 ^ James Renkyn, mariner. See ante, p. 133. 
 2 Andro Mortemer, mariner. See atite, p. 144, 
 
 ^ Roger Meluill, or ^Melville, was the son of Richard Melville of Baldovy and 
 Gillis Abercrombie, and was an elder brother of the famous Andrew Melville, and 
 uncle of James Melville, the diarist. He was enrolled burgess of Dundee on 19th 
 Oct. 1566, 'for services at Perth with Provost Halyburtoun.' There are numer- 
 ous references to him in James Melville's Diary. He took a prominent part in 
 forwarding the Reformation, and endured imprisonment at Blackness, along with 
 his brother Andrew, in 1583. He died previous to 1593, as on 28th Nov. of 
 that year his son, David Melville, dyer, was enrolled burgess, and described as 
 ' son of the late Roger Melville.' James Melville described his uncle as ' a man 
 of singular giftes of nature and God's grace, hot was nocht traned up in lettres.' 
 He adds, ' I haiffhard Mr. Robert Bruce say oft of Roger, that giff he haid haid 
 Mr. Andro's lerning, he waid be the oddest man in Europe.' 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 159 
 
 James Lundy 200° merkis 
 Item John Louell 23 lib 
 William Myln John Myln xx lib 8 lib 
 Anthone Halyburtoun ^ xliij lib 
 George Lyndsay xxij lib 
 
 Memorandum Lent Henry Beatoun 4 lib foi. 84^ 
 
 Compt betwix the Constable of Dundie^ and me 
 
 Sen the dait of my last acquittance of the intromission with 
 the rentis of his Chaplenryis quhilk wes in anno 1607 Idebursit 
 for a quhinger to the Lairdis father xlviij^ 
 
 Item to Robert Wedderburn for wyld meit quhen the Errle 
 of Mar wes with him lij^ 
 
 Item he playing with Mr Alexander Gibsone ^ and Mr Alex- 
 ander Lewingstoun * he directit me to Dundie for sylver and I 
 brocht him up xij lib 
 
 Item for a rym of peper I coft to him xP 
 
 Item for peper to wry t the buik John Tyrie and I wret xij^ 
 
 Item thairefter for peper vj^ 8^ 
 
 ^ Anthone Halyburtoun. See ante^ p. 131. 
 
 - C«)nstal)le of Dundie, John Scrymgeour, son of Sir James Scrymgeour and 
 Magdalen Livingstone, was admitted burgess on 23d Sept. 1599, and succeeded 
 his father in 161 2. He represented Forfarshire in the Parliaments of 1612, 1617, 
 and 1621 ; and Argyllshire from 1628 till 1633. He was one of the Forfar 
 barons who welcomed King James at Kinnaird Castle on the occasion of his 
 Majesty's visit to Scotland in 1617 ; but he did not take any active part in 
 public affairs. On 15th Nov. 1641 he was created Viscount of Dudhope and 
 Lord Scrymgeour, on the occasion of a visit paid by Charles i. to his northern 
 kingdom, but he did not long enjoy that title, as he died on 7th March 1643. 
 By his marriage with Margaret Seton of Parbroath, he left two sons, James, 
 second Viscount of Dudhope, and Captain David Scrymgeour ; and two 
 daughters, Jean, married to Sir Thomas Thomson, Bart, of Duddingstone, and 
 Mary, married to Sir James Haliburton of Pitcur. 
 
 2 Mr. Alexander Gibsone, afterwards Sir Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie of 
 Session, was the son of George Gibsone of Goldingstones. In 1594 he was 
 appointed Clerk of Session, and was raised to the bench in 1621. He was ap- 
 pointed Lord President of the Court of Session in 1642, and remained in that 
 office till his death, in July 1646.. Gibson was an intimate friend of Sir John 
 Scrymgeour, and was enrolled burgess of Dundee the same day as the son of the 
 Constable (23rd Sept. 1599). He was married to a daughter of the famous Sir 
 Thomas Craig of Riccarton. 
 
 ^ Mr. Alexander Lewingstoun, second son of the first Earl of Linlithgow, was 
 a near relative of Dame Magdalen Livingstone, mother of the first Viscount of 
 Dudhope. He succeeded to the title as second Earl of Linlithgow in 1622. 
 Twelve years before he had been appointed an Extraordinary Lord of Session. 
 
160 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Item for tua pund puder to Robert Kendo ^ 32^ 
 
 Item to Robert Wedderburn I payit at the Lardis command 
 
 thre pyntis wyn sek extendis to xl^ 
 Item payit for brynt wax 4*^ 
 Item my expensis to Arbroth and throw the countray at the 
 
 Lairdis command quhen he wes infeft in my Lord of Spyneis 
 
 landis and for the warningis using 6 lib 2^ 
 
 Item the Laird coft fra me him self a punshon of quhyt wyn 
 
 efter his fatheris deceis extendis to threscoir lib 
 
 Item he receauit fra me tua double angellis quhilk I wes not 
 
 haldin to gef him be reassoun he maid me na lawfull warning 
 
 to redeme Lumlathin for the money suld have been payit 
 
 8 dayis befor the terme and this wes on Mertemes evin he gat 
 
 my syluer. 
 
 Item payit to George Ferear for ane auld wryt of the 
 Magdalen Chaplenry at the Lairdis command xl^ 
 foi. 85a My brother Mr Alexander Wedderburn the Clerk 
 
 is justly restand awand me the sumes of 
 monev following and utheris efter mentionat 
 in respect of the caussis efter expremit 
 First the haill auld evidentis at the lest the transumpt 
 thairof of the haill tenement of land sumtyme pertenand to 
 auld Robert Wedderburn our father brother now to the said 
 Mr Alexanderis sone Petir and myn sone Alexander and thair 
 airis 
 
 Item he borouit and receauit fra me at his awin gate xj 
 crownis of the sone of gold and efterwart a littel payit me 
 agane only aucht of thame Sua he detenis thre crounes as yit 
 extending to o 1^ 
 
 Item he sauld to me ane barrele of salmond and receauit fra me 
 Ixlib 
 
 fiftie merkis thairfor And quhen I wenturit thame to the mercat 
 in France they wer found grissillis and I tynt on thame besyd 
 the gane I mycht have haid gif they haid bene salmond as the 
 testificat thairof will schaw extending to xvj lib 
 
 Item Mr Alexander receauit fra the Laird of Dynnoyn xl 
 lib for a yeiris meill of auld Robertis Inner houssis my pairt is 
 XX lib thairof receauit 3 lib thairof 
 
 ^ Robert Kendo, merchant. See ante, p. 113. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 161 
 
 Item I debursat for reparing of the Bak houssis in the bak 
 Clois laitly as the particular compt thairof will schaw x merk 
 My half thairof is v merk 
 
 Summa lij lib 6^ 8^ 
 
 Item the said Mr. Alexander is restand awand to me the equale 
 half of all debursings quhilk I avancit and debursit to auld 
 Robert at his command and he faythfully promittit to me the 
 just half thairof quhilk extendis in all to Ij lib 4^ The haf he 
 is awin to his part extendis to xxv lib xij^ 
 
 Item debursit to Thomas Guthre and furnessit him at his 
 command quhilk he promittit to pay the equale half thairof 
 extending to fiftie lib 
 
 Tertio September 1600 ^ /oi. 86\ 
 
 The Compt of my Lynt and the selling thairof 
 Persons addebtit to me thairfor 
 All sauld to thame for v merk a half 
 the stane to be payit 8 dayis befor 
 Martemes nixt 
 
 To Mr Alexander my brotheris wyf ^ 7 bound weyis 1 stane 
 xij pund 
 
 To Alexander Nicol besyd us 2 boundis 3 stane 8 pund 
 To the Lady Dudop 7 boundis xij stane x pund 
 To Margaret Aetoun 1 bound of 1 stane 9 pund 4 unce 
 52 lib 6^ 
 
 To Jeane Hwme 1 bound of 1 stane x pund a half 
 To William Patersones wyf 2 boundis of 3 stane 8 pund a half 
 To Lawrence Michel 1 bound of j stane 9 punds 
 To Ja^ [delete] W"^ Gardner 2 boundis 3 stone, vj lib 17^restis 
 To Jonet Hucheoun 1 bound of xxv pund a half 
 To John Fordyce wyf 2 boundis of 3 stane a half 
 To Robert Mylnis wyf Jonet Young 1 bound of 2 stane 
 restis x^ 
 
 To my wyf v boundis of 9 stane 3 pund les Item ane brokin 
 bound of X pund wecht a half 
 
 1 This entry begins on fol. 86='' and is continued on 85^ in consequence of the 
 book being reversed. 
 
 2 Helen, daughter of Alexander Ramsay, married to Alexander Wedderburn, 
 afterwards of Kingennie, Nov. 1582. Many of the printed genealogies of the 
 Wedderburn family describe her as the daughter of John Ramsay of Brachmont, 
 but this is an error. — See Dundee Protocols, vol. 247, pp. 76-78. 
 
 L 
 
162 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 To the gudewyf of Ardony ^ 2 boundis sum od lynt of 4 stane 
 To Michel Cokburnis wyf v bounds 8 stane 9 pund, v stane 
 
 thairof to be pay it at Mert ernes the rest at Youle 
 
 restis 14 lib 8^ 
 To Barbara Baldowy 1 bound 1 stane 9 pund 
 To David Strathauchin skipperis wyf 2 boundis S stane 
 
 V pund a half * 
 
 To John Elmeris wyf quhilk scho sayis is to Margaret 
 
 Aetoun and Issobel tua boundis 3 stane 3 pund a half 
 /<?/. 85^ To the Laird of Kyngany ^ 2 bound 3 stane 7 pund 
 
 To Henry Betoun my gude brother 1 bound of 2 stane 
 
 restis 4 lib 8*^ 
 To Andrew Mathesone 1 bound 1 stane xj pund 
 To Johne Ochterlonyis wyf 2 boundis 3 stane v pund 
 To Patrik Ramsay Smythis wyfe 1 bound sum od lynt 2 stane 
 To Elspet Vyneram spouse to Alexander Fleuker maryner 
 
 1 bound of 2 stane 4 unce the ane half thairof 8 dayis befor 
 
 Mertemes nixt the uther half at Youle 
 
 Restis 4 boundis sum od lynt of 9 stane or thairby 
 
 To my wyf a brokin bound x pund a half 
 
 To Thomas Michelsone ane bound 2 stane 
 
 To Mettie Henrysone and Walter Newtoun her gudfadr 
 
 and to George Scot at the Myln of Murrois sex quarteris lynt 
 
 to be payit at Festrinsevin nixt v lib x^ 
 
 To George Ogiluy elder and Issobel Ogiluy his wyf ane 
 
 bound sum od lynt is 2 stane at 3 lib x^ the stane 
 
 Summa 7 lib 
 Restis 1 bound sum od lynt of 2 stane 
 
 9 May 1612 
 
 Androw Mores maryner ^ in presens of Alexander Kyd elder 
 and his wyf and Thomas Kyd hes receauit fra me the Extract 
 of Issobell Kydis seasing of the third of the auld Tolbuith and 
 hes promesit me a pair of sad gray wolfin virset schankis worth 
 
 1 Gudewyf of Ardony. See a7i/e, pp. 120, 126, pos^, 163. 
 
 2 The laird of Kyngany was David's elder brother, Alexander Wedderburn, 
 who had acquired that property for 10,800 merks from William Guthrie of Kin- 
 gennie, by contract, dated 6th Sept. 1600. 
 
 2 Androw Mores, maryner, enrolled burgess, 4th Feb. 1588, on payment of 
 10 lib. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 163 
 
 vj lib at his returning fra London this present voage and 
 befor Lambes nixt 
 
 For ane uther seasing of a 1 [sic] fiftie ^ out of the buith in the 
 auld Tolbuith he hes quet me 7 lib for wyn filling and I haue 
 quet him 3 termes of xv^ be yeir 
 
 Barbara Wedderburn ^ x lib foi. 86^. 
 
 James my brother ^ v lib 
 
 Petir Clayhillis conforme to his obligatione xl crwnes 
 
 John Ogiluy lib worth of gren clayth 
 
 Robert Schorswod for my crear the len of hir this somer bye 
 xij lib the ane half of it at Midsomer the uther half thairof 
 at the lettir fair 
 
 Patrik Gray teylzeour my saving thir tuayeiris conforme to 
 my assedatione 
 
 John Smyth and his cautioneris conform to their Obligatione 
 Ane thousand merkis and 9 bollis victuall 
 
 Barron Hay^ and Sandfurd and their cautioneris 700 merkis 
 conforme to their Obligatione 
 
 Item my small clayth 
 
 George Myln baxter xl^ John Dymes xx 
 3 September 1600 
 
 Lent the gudewyf Ardowny ^ 8 merk Item for the wyn seller 
 X merk 
 
 Johne Betoun awin me for 3 eln 3 quarteris cloking at 3 lib 
 x^ the eln 
 
 Lent Mr Robert Young in Ed'" v lib 
 
 ^ Barbara Wedderburn. See ante, pp. 3, 42. 
 
 2 James Wedderburn is often mentioned in the Dundee Records. He was a 
 merchant in Dundee, and lived in the Overgate, where his coat of arms, with 
 the date 1642, may still be seen carved on a stone inserted in the wall of a house 
 which was rebuilt about 1800 on the site of his mansion. He married, about May 
 1597, Christina, daughter of William Lovell, in Murroes (by his wife, Margaret 
 Roche), but by her, who died 26th May 1 631, he had no issue. By her will (Brechin 
 Test. vol. V. 30 April 1632) she left everything to her husband except a legacy 
 of 100 merks to the town of Dundee. James Wedderburn himself died s.p. in 
 1644. By his will he left 400 merks for a silver basin for the use of the kirk of 
 Dundee, to be engraved with the names and arms of himself and his wife. 
 
 3 Barron Hay, probably Peter Hay of Naughton, a scion of the Hays, Earls of 
 Errol. For an extended account of him, see Campbell's Bahiierino audits Abbey, 
 p. 268. Sandfurd was an estate beside Naughton. It was then held partly by 
 the Nairns and partly by the Goldmans. See ante, p. 106. 
 
 ^ Henry Ramsay of Ardowny married Helen Beaton, sister of David Wedder- 
 burn's wife. 
 
164 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Lent the Clerk 28« 8^ at Monyfuth Item at St Androis 
 
 43« 
 
 John Ogiluy awin me a croun Item xv lib Item 2 double 
 pledding 
 
 The gudeman of Ardowny ^ awin me x merk for a wyn seller. 
 Item a boll beir for a wyn scott 
 
 M 4 Maij 1597 
 
 The Constable 2 boruit fra me x lib Item awin me of my 
 compt xij lib \'f Summa xxij lib y'f 8^ 
 
 His sone^ 30^ 
 
 William Cable* 14 lib and John Ingraham at commande of 
 Petir Clayhillis bailie hes arrestit his hardin clayth in John 
 Redis officiaris handis 
 
 Alexander Man and Issobell Heres xx merkis John Nes 
 officiar at command of the said Petir hes arrestit ane Inglis 
 cornicle in Dauid Thomsone and his sonis of thairis herefor 
 
 Mr. Alexander my brother xxj lib for the vrak of my 
 salmond Receauit 8 lib for my Mertemes meill of his hous I 
 occupy quyt in recompence thairfor xv lib 
 
 The Laird of Westhal xxiiij lib 
 
 His mother v lib 6' 8*^ Item 3^ 
 
 Alexander Peirson for Mr James Rutherford a boll of quhyt 
 Henry Betoun my gud brother lib and 4 bollis aitmeill 
 conform to his and his cautioneris obligatione to be payit at 
 Mertemes nixt Item awin me x lib for 3 ell of cloking Restis 
 the cloking and a boll meill 
 
 Thomas Stewart xxvj lib 3^ Restis xx^ 
 
 John Smyth in Denmylins for the rest of iron 
 
 David Spanky ^ 8 lib for a boll of meill 
 
 Alexander Annand ^ Weyhous master standand behind the 
 dor of the weyhous 42 stand of gad iron 
 
 ^ See p. 163. 
 
 2 The Constable. Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope died 1612. 
 ' Sir John Scrymgeour, afterwards first Viscount of Dudhope. See anie, 
 p. 159. 
 
 * William Cable, merchant, admitted burgess, 25th March 1561. 
 5 David Spanky, maltman, admitted burgess, i6th Sept. 1590, on payment of 
 10 lib. 
 
 ^ Alexander Annand. See an^e, p. 80. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 165 
 
 James Guld officiar xlvj^ 
 David Andyrsone officiar ^ xP 3 lib 9^ 
 Alexander Broun telzeour xlv^ 
 Issobell Maull xx^ 
 
 xvj September 1591 /<?/. 87^ 
 
 Delyuerit Robert my brother xv lib for half hundreth 
 lyning clayth extending to Ix ellis to be sauld in Spane and 
 warit on restis awin me 3 lib 
 
 13 Apryle 1623 
 Send a knag with James Broun maryner^ in John Brouns* 
 bark to the Rochell to fill full of vinacre for the seasing he gat 
 
 ix Apryle 1611 
 
 Send a knag with Thomas Brody to the Rochel to fill with 
 Vinacre of a gallin 
 
 Memorandum 9 Junij 1621 
 Mr John Dynmur awin for Mr David Kynneir and Walter 
 Scottis tua seasingis transump a double angell 
 
 20 of Merche 93 
 In presens of Thomas Stewart Hary Balfour and John 
 Auchinlek James Reyky litster is oblist to litt alsmekle clayth 
 to be my tua dochteris ilk ane of thame a cot of any hew I will 
 requyre for the quhilk I delyuerit to him his obligatione of 
 4 lib 40^ maid be him to my eme John Wedderburn ^ wryter and 
 rest the sam 
 
 2 Apryle 1611 
 
 Giffin to James Symsone my gudesone John Yeamanis 
 Discharge with the Obligatione on the bak quhair I payit for 
 John Schorswood ^ ane hundreth and fiftie lib. with a power 
 and commission to Cristean Wedderburn and hir husband 
 
 ^ David Andyrsone, officiar. See ante, p. 152, 
 
 ^ Alexander Brown, tailor, admitted burgess, 3rd Feb. 1586, having paid 
 10 lib, remainder 30th Dec. 1595. 
 
 2 James Brown, maryner, admitted burgess, 20th Dec. 1570. 
 John Brown, mariner, admitted burgess, iith Sept. 1566. 
 
 ^ Eme = cousin, not uncle. The reference is to John Wedderburn of Craigie, 
 cousin of David, who died 1600. See atztej p. 157, 
 
 ^ John Schorswood. See au/e, p. 80. 
 
166 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 C Canenghame to persew him als a procuratorie to John 
 Schorswod subscryve on xx merkis to get answer at his hame 
 cuming of [sic] 
 
 16 September 91 
 
 Send with John Ogiluy to Flanderis the bres quhilk the 
 armes wes on to barter with a mortar and a pestell 
 
 Mair sentt my keis of the sand gles of bres to put in the gles 
 Lent Robertis wyf a xxx^ piece to himself 14^ 
 
 xviij January 91 
 
 He is awin for xj quarteris a half and thre quarteris a met 
 les to be him a clok and a pair of breekis at 3 lib the eln 
 
 Henry Ogiluy fiften quarteris to be him a clok at v merkis 
 the eln 
 
 4 May 1597 
 
 David Abercrumby ^ in Pettilpie Adam Thayn his cautioner 
 my gilt raper borouit is awin me or ellis xvj lib thairfor 
 Ninian Copen my ruber vinacre and oyldoly James Rannald 
 in Edinburcht P John Duncane gardiner xx^ and 2 fardis 
 keill Young Kelly x^ Androw Vrquhart 3 lib for a hat George 
 Mudy V lib my Lord Innermay xlij^ Alexander Smyth 17^ 
 David Robeson v lib x^ Cristell Traell tua lib and a gilt brod 
 Thomas Findlason my bressin Scriptour and knyf Thomas 
 Davidsone xP John Ogilvy 2 pak towis and 4 merk Young John 
 Louell xx^ George Stirling 28^ James Bylour 44 pund puder 
 
 marmalad 
 
 David Smart conforme to my commissione David Heres x lib 
 Waltir Forrester v lib Edward Chalmer xiij merk Young 
 Robert Kyd xxx^ James Lyndsay litster 4 lib George Lynd- 
 say 24 lib and a Knag vinacre George Wat 8 lib My haill restis 
 of Chaplenryis Henry Baxter 4 lib x^ Margaret Barry v merk 
 Monquhany xP Andro Louel xxv^ Issobell Maul xij^ vj^ 
 Qnarrioris airis 8^^ lib Alexander Kynmond Walker ^ xl^ 
 Nicoll Clepen Patrik Wedderburn Alexander Gray John 
 
 ' David Abercrumby. See an^e, p. 69. 
 
 2 Alexander Kynmond, walker or fuller of cloth, admitted burgess 7th Nov. 
 1578. 
 
DAVID AVEDDERBURNE 
 
 167 
 
 Traell etc. Andro Small messenger for David Johnstonis wyf in 
 Perth on my Lettres x merkis Robert a compter a lang sadill 
 John Meill in Deip a gilt pictour C Haliburtoun 4 lib 2^ 
 John Andyrsone 4 lib John Crychton xxvj^ Robert Jaksone 
 
 3 lib Item x lib David Lousone 2^ James Peirsone in Quheit- 
 feild xx^ George Myln xP John Dynes ^ xx^ Thomas Myln 
 vj lib Barbara xvj^ 8^ Item 42^ 
 
 22 of December 1621 foi. 88b. 
 
 Lent David Vatsone marnyer 18^ Alexander Alansone 
 xx« 
 
 Lent Henry Beton 4 lib Katharen Nicoll Drimmes^ wyf of 
 
 houshil is a win me 4 merkis 
 Lent Patrik Guthre x lib George Hay Capmaker 4 merk 
 
 John Ramsay goldsmyth ^ ten merkis 
 Alexander Fald 74 lib his Band with W"" Duncan in Mus- 
 selburcht 
 
 Lent Patrik Newtoun a single pistolat 22 December 
 
 Lent James Auchinlek the Lem dische and to get my band 
 of cautonrie for Rychard Greif agane because he wes payit 
 
 James Alansone the gluifis. All payit except 7 merk a half in 
 presens of Johne Forbes and young Petir Wed- 
 derburn in Andro Schippertis heiche chalmer 
 
 Andro Michel a bulgit 
 
 Lent Helen 30^ Item a merk for vnzonis Item a iron crook 
 
 Wm Halyburtoun awin me 4 merk or a ham 
 
 Item payit Helen and James Ros merkis Mette Baldovy 
 
 4 lib 
 
 Westhall 32s Robert Lyn 6 lib for xx thref stray 
 
 Ardowny x merkis William Smyth v merkis 
 Lent Hary Guthre 12^ Item 2 merk Alexander Boyis * 
 12^^ lib 
 
 ^ John Dynes. See ante^ p. 133. 
 
 2 Drymmie was then in possession of George Wishart. 
 
 ^ John Ramsay, goldsmyth. See ante, p. 119, 
 
 ^ Alexander Boyis, mariner, admitted burgess nth April 1610, on payment 
 of 40 lib. 
 
168 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 David Couston ^ a gilt brod Constable ^ xl merkis and 
 Betwix the Clerk and me etc my uther thingis 
 
 George Auchinlekis turnis William Wedderburn a coffer 
 Patrik Newtoun a crown Robert Strathauchins Execu- 
 Margaret Selcraeg touris a pund of pesmentis 
 
 Thomas Annandis airis v lib David Blyth x lib 
 Andro Vrquhart 3 lib Thomas Bruntfeildis airis xl 
 
 Wardmyln and John Betoun merkis 
 
 4 bollis aitmeill 
 Crwnen ^ 2 bollis a buik of generositie 
 John Schorwodis airis ^00^ merkis 
 
 George Lyndsayis 1 lib John Brown or George Vardlawis 
 The Laird of Grange* 12 lib airis xx lib 
 The byrunis of the Chaplenries Fyntre and me 
 Johne Dikie telzeour 4 lib Gilbert Greif henns 
 Issobel Michel 2 merk Andro hir brother a bulgit 
 David Hunter 16^ John Duncan James Vrquhart xv^ 
 Wat Renkyn William Drummond 400^ merk Jonet Cristellis 
 turnis 
 
 foi. 89a. 7 November 1621 
 
 Lent James Balfour sone to Michell Balfour of Monquhany^ 
 Metamorphosis Ovidii in Laten with the pictouris bund in ane 
 swynis skyn of werry braw binding sumtyme apertening to 
 Robert Wedderburn my uncle with ane uther buik of Inglis of 
 Emblemis in meter for the space of ane moiieth 
 
 Lent my Cornieclis to Mr Robert Mongumry [delete] to John 
 Ochterlony of Murrois 
 
 Lent Doctor Goldman ^ 4 buikis Iliades Homerj ane uther 
 Greik buik 
 
 Mr John Mairis cornicle Ane uther buik 
 
 ^ David Coustoun, merchant, son of John Coustoun (burgess, 1594), and grand- 
 son of John Coustoun (burgess 1544), was enrolled burgess 19th Feb. 1604. 
 - Constable, Sir James Scrymgeour. See ante, p. 159. 
 ^ Crunen. See ante, p. 39. 
 * Laird of Grange. See ante, p. 119. 
 ^ Balfour of Monquhany. See ante, pp. 25, 154. 
 
 ^ Doctor Goldman, probably Peter Goldman, the distinguished Latinist. See 
 ante, p. 106. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 169 
 
 Lent James Symsone Blundevill Drackis Voyages and ane 
 sie buk 
 
 Lent Mr Josua Dury ^ ane Hebrew Bybell 
 Lent Michell Meill my gilt Ovid 
 
 Lent Thomas Vichtan ^ Smythis Sermones and ane uther buk 
 Lent Mr John Dunmur ^ tua gryt buikis of Law 
 Lent the gudeman of Crwnen anebuik and 2 bollis aitmeil awin 
 Lent Creiche Ortelius 
 
 Lent Mr John Wedderburn 4 buikis Socrates besyd Moral 
 Philosophie Erasmus in Inglis 
 
 Lent Mr William Fergusone * Morcelphis 
 
 Lent Ardony the Roten fall and fynde buikis : to the Clerk 
 the fall 
 
 Lent Alexander Peirsone of Balmadeis ^ Frensche Academy 
 and a Sadill 
 
 Lent Mr. William Fergusone* ane buik callit Morcelphis 
 and ane Laten New Testament with the pictour our gilt 
 Lent young Petir Wedderburn Doctor Faustus 
 The Bischop Mr. Dauid Lyndsay ^ 2 buikis 
 
 ^ Mr. Josua Dury, eldest son of the famous John Dury, minister of the First 
 Charge in Montrose, matriculated at St. Leonard's College, graduated at St. 
 Andrews University in 1590 ; and was appointed first minister of the Second 
 Charge, Montrose, in 1594. Two years afterwards he was translated to Forfar 
 parish, and in 1603 became minister of Logic, Montrose, now Logie-Pert. 
 Thence he was removed in 1606 to the Second Charge, St. Andrews, and in 
 1613 was presented by James vi. to the parish of Inverkeilor, where he remained 
 till his death in Nov. 1631, aged about sixty-one years. 
 
 2 Thomas Vichtan or Wichtane was a notary public in Dundee, and his name 
 appears in several charters in Mag. Stg., where he is described as servitour 
 to Mr. Alexander Wedderburn, town clerk of Dundee. 
 
 ^ Mr. John Dunmur was enrolled burgess on 2nd Jan. 1610. He is described 
 in the Roll as ' Magister John Duinmuir, notary, son of the late Magister Alex- 
 ander Duinmuir, and grandson of the late David Duinmuir, burgess.' This 
 David Duinmuir was admitted burgess 19th Oct. 1566, and seems to have been 
 the son of David Duinmuir, fuller, Invergowrie, who was admitted as 'a simple 
 burgess' on 20th June 1531. On iith Jan. 1581 the following entry appears in 
 the Lockit Book : * M. Alexander Duinmuir, minister of Kilspindie, for his ser- 
 vices, gratis.' John Duinmuir, the notary was like Vichtan, a servitour of the 
 town clerk. In 1667, Sir John Wedderburn of Blackness, first baronet, married 
 Rachel, daughter of John Dynmuir, advocate. 
 
 ^ Mr. William Fergusone, physician. See ante^ pp. 56, 84. 
 
 ^ Alexander Peirsone of Balmadeis. See ante^ p. 31. 
 
 ^ Mr, David Lyndsay. See ante^ p. 127. 
 
170 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Mr. James Robertsone^ j buik 
 
 Mr. Colyn Campbell 2 a buik the Laten Bybell 
 
 89b. Tertio January 89 
 
 Coft fra William Mylne ^ a peice of grene clayth cost the 
 /do/ 48^ is xxj elnis 
 
 is 4 lib 2^ 
 
 Item ane small peice contenand xiij elnis iij lib 8*^ 
 
 Item coft fra Meriore Patersone xxj elnis grene clayth for 
 the eln Summa v lib 
 
 In presens of Ry chard Blyth Thomas Gardyn sone to Thomas 
 Gardyn and William Blyth and Kynneres sone to Andro 
 
 Kynneres gef William Myln ^ xx lib to be warit as follows 
 on clayth 
 
 Item gef Bessye Spink for xxxviij elnis grene clayth 
 X lib xl^ 
 
 Item coft fra William Myln ^ a peice of grene clayth x lib 
 4^ iiij^ the eln is xviij elnis Summa 4 lib iij^ 
 
 xxvij July 1612 
 
 In presens of Allen Dynnes ^ swird slipper Andrew Lichton 
 maryner and Robert Alisone ^ elder smyth witnessis in David 
 Robertsonis buith David Quheit younger maltmanwitnes; David 
 Robeson ^ maltman and George Broun ^ maltman hes coft fra 
 me the grouth of my 7 acris land for 14^^ merkis v merkis les 
 to be payit at Candelmes nixt and I to be fre of warrandice 
 and lykwyis of teind except it pleis the Constable to gif me 
 the teynd of the 2 westmest acris of pes they to hef it fre 
 uthirwayis not And I am oblist to furneis thame 8 heukis tua 
 dayis in haruest and receauit 8^ in arrels and gef it to the puir 
 
 1 Mr. James Robertsone. See a?ife, p. 124. 
 
 2 Mr. Colyn Campbell. See anie, p. 128. 
 
 William Mylne, merchant, admitted burgess ist Oct. 1578. 
 ^ Allen Dynnes or Dioneis, sword-slipper, admitted burgess 5th Oct. 1602. 
 ^ Robert Alisone, smyth, son of James Alisone, smith, admitted burgess 17th 
 July 1593- 
 
 « David Robesone, maltman, admitted burgess loth June 1606, on payment 
 of 40 lib. 
 
 George Brown, maltman, enrolled burgess ist April 1606, on payment of 
 40 lib. 
 
DAVID AVEDDERBURNE 
 
 171 
 
 criple man Margaret Fyfis gudeman in presens of George 
 Broun 
 
 XXV August 1621 foi- 9o^ 
 
 Send a xij^ pece with AVilliam Wedderburn^ my brother 
 sone to Dansken to by me sum anneis ol at \sic\ and a wax 
 candill 
 
 4 October 1621 
 
 Send with James Annand in Dauid Corfittis ^ crear to London 
 4 ellis a half sewin quarter bred quhyt clayth to littit to be 
 my wyf and Magdalen Weyllcottis skarlett and hes promisit 
 him a merk for ilk testane he advances thairon on the delyuery 
 thairof 
 
 Last September 1621 
 
 Sett the upmest Seller to Alexander Bower for ane yeir for 
 
 8 merk of meill 
 
 The seller at the yett James Piersone for ane yeir for 8 merk 
 The midmest seller to William Weyms till Lambes nixt for 
 
 a croun 
 
 The bene seller to William Cokburn quhilk wilbe ane yeir 
 cum Witsonday nixt for 7 merkis 
 
 Receauit fra Adame Balmanno ^ in name of foi. 90I'. 
 William Allerdyse for my brother Peteris annuel- 
 rent of x merkis furth of the said Williamis 
 tenement lyand on the north syd of Ergylis geit 
 the kyrk yard and that for the Mertemes terme 
 in anno 1590 and Witsonday thairefter in anno 
 1591 
 
 ^ William Wedderburn was a younger son of David's eldest brother, Mr. 
 Alexander Wedderburn of Kingennie, clerk of Dundee. He was admitted 
 burgess ist March 1625, and was living at the date of the will of his brother 
 Peter (1628), who left him a legacy. There is a curious mention of him in the 
 Dundee Records (^Protocol Books ^ vol. 270, p. 19), where he witnesses the 
 handing over by Thomas Halyburton, provost {1626-31), at Woodhaven, of 
 James Forbes, lately apprehended in Dundee as a Jesuit, 19th Dec. 1626. 
 
 ^ David Corfitt, mariner, enrolled burgess 21st Sept. 1602. 
 
 ^ Adame Balmanno, mason, was enrolled burgess 23rd Sept. 1589, ' in recom- 
 pense for his labours in building the New School in the Churchyard of St. 
 Clements, Gratis.' 
 
172 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 The Swme wes fourtene lib and he is awine yit 
 xP quhilk suld be payit to Petir Wedderburn 
 elder togidder with a merk quhilk is in my 
 handis that is mair nor xx merkis that belangis 
 to my brother And Petir Wedderburn elder 
 wes payit of all termes preceiding quhen he payit 
 me a pairt of my obligatione in Alexander Scrym- 
 geouris presens in his awin ho us 
 Destributit this xiiij lib as followis 1 Merk I suld gif Petir 
 Wedderburn 
 
 Payit to Rychard Clerk ^ for 2 ellis Fleming gray to be litel 
 Petir a stand of claythis 4 lib 4^ 
 
 Payit to Thomas Henrysone - for 3 ellis Hossing to be him 
 a stand of claythis 3 lib xvj^ 
 
 Payit to William Clyd^ for a /do/ lyning that I delyuerit 
 him 3 lib x^ 
 
 Payit to James Renkyn for making his Hossing claythis 
 Payit to Johne How for a pair of schone to him 
 Payit to him self to by a pair - schone 4^ x*^ 
 
 Payit him self in Mr. Alexanderis xxij^ x^ 
 
 foi. 92» 4 The bairnis geir^ is payit in Mar as followis 
 
 James Lundy and James Fyndlasone actit to pay to James tua 
 
 hundreth merk and xij merk of profit for ilk hundreth 
 
 Anthone Halyburtoun maryner makis out his pairt quhilk is 
 
 ane hundreth merkis and hes infeftment thairon 
 Robert hes [delete] is payit and I haif his discharge 
 Petiris portioun John Andersone and Cristell Traell actit 
 
 for ane hundreth merkis 
 
 William Allerdyse hes gifin him infeftment for ane uther 
 
 hundreth merk He wantis yit ane hundreth 
 
 ^ Rychard Clerk, merchant, admitted burgess yth Feb. 1570, 'gratis.' 
 
 2 Thomas Henrysone, enrolled as burgess on 29th Sept. 1560, with the desig- 
 nation of fuller. He afterwards became a merchant, and his two sons, Patrick 
 and Thomas, were admitted by the privilege of their father, on i8th March 1598. 
 
 2 William Clyd, merchant, admitted burgess 19th March 1580. 
 
 ^ Fols. 91-'^ and 91^^ blank in MS. 
 
 ^ The bairnis, Robert, Peter, William, and Katherine, mentioned in this page 
 were David's younger brothers and eldest sister, and the entries relate to their 
 shares of their parents' property. Mr. Alexander was the eldest brother of 
 David. Another sister, Margaret, is not named. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 173 
 
 Quhilk mon be payit as follows The Ludy Dudope xx lib 
 Issobell Heres 14 lib C. Halyburtoun 4 lib on his ring. The 
 rest of my Mertemes terme to cum to mak it out of all my 
 annuellis 
 
 Katherenis pairt Robert Low hes 4 hundreth merkis and 
 XX merk and threscoir x merkis of proffit 1 merk of Dwny and 
 xl lib of George Wischertis 
 
 Williamis pairt 4^^ lib Mr. Alexander wilbe awin Robertis 
 tenmentis xx lib The Laird of Ballisak xxij lib Antone Haly- 
 burtoun xliij lib I my self the rest 
 
 As for thair intromissioun with the restis Comptrell my foi. 92''^- 
 intromissioun of all that can be layit to my charge I beleif ilk 
 ane of thame salbe found awand me x lib Quhilk will pay 
 Williamis debt I am awin and Petiris bayth as may be sene to 
 the compt autentikly wryttin and put togidder and quhen all 
 is found be computatione it wilbe found ilk ane of us to fall 
 bot 3*^° merkis Chargis deducit and Katherene to ad to her 
 pairt 1 merk of Dwny and xl lib of George Wischeritis with 
 hir awin byronis and John How to geit that of Henry Baxter 
 and Margaret Barry quhilk wilbe nyn lib or thairby 
 
 Ultimo Martij 1618 
 
 Robert Betoun and my sone James ^ hes tane up with thame 
 to Westhall to reid on Plutarche in laten ourgilt Quintiliane 
 ante signa lexicon to reid a quhyle thairin and to bring thame 
 with thame again 
 
 Last September 1621 
 
 Send to Flanderis to James ^ my sone thre hundreth merkis in 
 gold xl ellis pledding at x^ the eln and payit all his chargis to 
 by unzeonis barrele or than benis in Alexander Croyes bark 
 
 George Lyndsay hes xxxij to be warit on lyning clayth 
 and viij lib to be gifin him to mak out xl lib to be warit to my 
 proffit 
 
 David Robesone hes xxx lib warit on lamb skynnis in 
 Danskene to me 
 
 ^ Probably James Symsone, son-in-law of David Wedderburn, who married 
 Effie Wedderburn. See ante, p. 127. 
 ' Fol. 93^ is blank in MS. 
 
174 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 William Louell hes xv crvvnis of the sone to be warit on 
 Knapholt 
 
 David Heres hes 24 lib 
 
 David Johne Rattray hes xxx auld dolouris to be warit in 
 Danskene to me 
 
 Peter Forrester hes threscoir lib worth of lyning clayth of 
 myn 
 
 Thair is in Patrik Hayis handis of myn xxj frankis quhilk 
 mon be send westwart and w^arit at the first vantage 
 
 Thomas Ogiluy ^ hes of myn sevin scoir frankis warit on wyn 
 
 Item I haue with my self to Denmark ane hundreth lib 
 
 Item my grouth of the tua acris of quhyt 
 
 Memorandum To get David Raunaldis confirmation e of the 
 Kyngis on the ane acre conforme to our contract v hundreth 
 3^^ X lib 
 
 fol 94^ Issobell Heres xiiij lib v lib 
 Robert Low xliiij lib 
 
 The Laird of Ballisak - xxij lib for the maser 
 George AVischert xl lib 
 Dwnes tennentis 1 merk 
 
 XXV 
 
 Andro Louell xix 
 Barbara xv^ 
 
 James Guild vij^ 8^ Patrik Andersone 2^ Young George 
 Robertsonis Wyf v^ iiij^ 
 
 John Ogiluyis Wyf v merk Henry Baxter 4 lib x^ 
 Andro Urquhart 3 lib Thomas Gray tua merk 
 David Heres 24 lib ane boyt marmolad 
 Thomas Heres 24^ George Mudy 23^ 4^ 
 
 V 
 
 Cristell Traell x lib 
 
 Adame Thayn xx^ or thairby my suird and David Aber- 
 crumby 
 
 Robert Scrymgeour xP 
 
 1 Thomas Ogiluy, merchant, admitted burgess, 14th Dec. 1580, 'gratis.' 
 
 2 The Laird of Ballisak or Boysack, Sir Alexander Lindsay, youngest son of 
 the Earl of Crawford, created Lord Spynie on 6th May 1590. He married Jean 
 Lyon, daughter of John, Lord Glamis, and widow of the Earl of Angus. Lord 
 Spynie was slain on the High Street of Edinburgh, 6th July 1607. See ante, p. 67. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 175 
 
 Robert Jaksone 4 lib 3 lib and flasse and plet scleivis 
 John Jak xx* 
 David Clerk x« 
 James Greif sex viij^ 
 
 James Jaksone James NicoleAndro Fyf William Dmicane xlib. 
 William Carnegy a merk 
 
 Robert my brother 3 lib Mr. Alexander xxxv^ xvj^ 
 William Louell xij^ William Loiiell L Drumond half a boll 
 beir 
 
 The Lady Dudope is awin me xx lib 3 hundreth 
 
 Alexander Carnegyis wyf x lib gif it be gottin of the Lady [hSrby°^ 
 not to seik it of her in this xx lib 
 
 Debtis awin me of the Witsonday terme 1589 foi. 94^ 
 
 Era Robert Wat xv« 
 Era James Halyburtoun v merk a half 
 Era Dauid Ramsay xx^ 
 Era Margaret Mealing xj^ vj^ 8*^ xij^ 
 Era James Young viij^ 
 Era Harbert Stewart xlij^ 
 Era James Lyndsay litster 4^ vj^ 3 lib 
 Thomas Lyndsay or Robert Thomesone 4^ 
 George Blak vij^ vj^ 
 David Rannald xv^ vj<^ 
 
 John Louell younger 3 lib 9? viij^ half a merk 
 Patrik Andersone xxj^ 
 
 Marioun Young xxj^ restis 
 
 C Halyburtoun 4 merk four 2 lib on the ring 4^ 2^ 
 
 James Auchinlek 2 merk the rest for my hers 
 
 Thomas Dauidsone Skipper 4^ 32^ 
 
 Era Gilbert Galetly ^ the^ sex 
 
 fr \sic\ Off David Bell 2 merk 
 
 Matild Louell ane merk 
 
 Barbara Wedderburn xlij^ xv^ 
 
 Thomas Buchan xx^ 
 
 John Wallace xl^ 
 
 Gilbert Galetly ^ hes uther acquittance 
 
 ^ Gilbert Galetly, officer, admitted burgess, 20th Sept. 1592, 'for services done 
 to the burgh.' 
 
176 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Summa xxxj lib ^ 
 
 Johne Andersone 4 lib 
 
 William Allerdyse xij lib 
 
 Anthone Halyburtoun maryner xij lib 34 lib 
 
 Anthone Halyburtoun mercheand xliij lib 
 
 Robertis tennentis in the foir land xx lib 
 
 2 Junij 1598 
 
 /oi. 95^ Coft fra Issobell Barclay and Robert Telpher hir spous ane 
 
 stirk of 2 yeir auld and delyuerit the sam instantly to Helen 
 Cokburn ^ Lady Westhall to be broucht up and furthcumand 
 to my dochter Helen Cost four lib quhilk I haif instantly payit 
 hir in presens of Rychard Blyth Walter Hay younger his oy 
 
 7 Junij 1598 
 
 Johne Betoun my brother in law is restand awand me 
 4 merkis for grene clayth receauit be him pertenand to the 
 Lady Westhall younger quhilk scho wes awin me of the rest of 
 the pleid scho coft fra my wyf 
 
 7 Junij 1598 
 
 James Bytour ^ mercheand and I submittand us bayth to the 
 decisioun of Thomas Traell ^ mercheand wardis my 44 pund of 
 pulder receauit be him of myn and retenit on makand compt 
 of the said Thomas now in Walter Hayis hous hes ordanit the 
 said James to delyuer me a knag of vinacre and twa cannis of 
 oyldoly in contentatione thairof In respect the said James hes 
 purgit him be ane ayth and that I am damnifeit thairof as he 
 kenis And becaus of the said James skaith that brocht not 
 hame a rectificatione of the wecht of the said pulder Quhilk 
 Vinacre and Oyldoly salbe delyuerit me the first voage heirefter 
 the said James makis to Bordeaux. 
 
 ^ Helen Cockburn. See an^e, p. 28. 
 2 James Bytour. See anfe, p. 133. 
 ^ Thomas Traell. See an/e, p. 27. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 177 
 
 I David Wedderburn burges of Dundie be thir presentis Hekrf and 
 nomenattis my weilbelouit spous Matilde Betoun my only ^^^j^d^^^"^ 
 executouris and intromitteris with my gudis and geir aither derbumis my 
 Insicht planesing debtis swmes of money or ony uther way ^^^^^^""'^ 
 or thai 
 
 scho pleis dewyse to requyre quhilk belangis to me And 
 oblissis me be thir presentis be vertew of our Contract Matri- 
 moniall quhilk is in my brother Mr. Alexanderis handis 
 to infeft hir in all heretable tytellis I haif with power to my 
 and thame 
 
 said spous to use and dispone heiron at thair pleassour 
 Secludand and dischargeand all former nominationis saif this 
 only to thame be thir [delete] And willis this stand in effect 
 perpetually heirefter Subscriuit with my hand at Dundie this 
 auchtene day of December the yeir of God j^^v^ and fourscoir 
 ten yeiris befor thir witnessis Peter Fynne William Kokburn 
 John Ouchterlony Henry Ogiluy Thomas Bruntfield 
 
 David Wedderburn 
 
 with my hand 
 
 I Dauid Wedderburn aprowis my nominatione above wryttin 
 to my spous and tua dochteris forsaidis [delete from 'and'] And 
 secludis all utheris and willis this samyn stand perpetualy heir- 
 efter subscriuit with my hand at Dundie the sewint of Nouember 
 1595 David Wedderburne 
 
 And siclyk nominattis my said spous my 
 Tutrix Testamentar to my saidis bairnis 
 anno die predicto D Wedderburne 
 
 William Man elder 43^ ¥ M 96'.2 
 
 Mariory Walker 3 lib for the piece of gold restis 30^ 
 
 George Lyndsay 3 lib by the clayth 
 
 Alexander Duncan half a merk 
 
 Mr. Alexander 35^ xl^ receauit of that in Alexander Car- 
 negyis hous 
 
 John Murdo xP 
 
 1 Matilda Betoun, daughter of the laird of Westhall, was married to David 
 Wedderburn at Murroes, the contract of marriage being dated 26th Feb. 1589. 
 Subsequently to this entry David's four sons and four other daughters were born. 
 See an^e, p. 47. The entry has been deleted, no doubt after the other children 
 were born. 
 
 2 Fol. 96''^ blank in MS. and most of 96^ is erased, and a blank half-page torn out. 
 
 M 
 
178 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Bartill Barrhillis wyf and Effie 2 pieces 
 Robert Jaksone v lib 
 George :Mudy ^ 23^ 4^ 
 Andro Vrquhart 3 lib 
 Isso [sic] 
 
 Robert my father brother [delete from 'my'] 24^ 8^ and xv^besyd 
 M97^- 19 August 1589 
 
 Item resauit fra Dauid Wetherbu [delete] Wedderburne ^ xiij 
 lib x^ ix*^ in pairtoff payment off vpunschonis Wyne ane barriquin 
 of fraucht transporit out of Burdeaux in the Elspit in hir last 
 voag Sa restis he auchtand yit off the said fraucht v lib vj^ 
 viij^ Be me Willzeame Clerk elk. off the said schip 
 
 Item pay it the v [delete] John Renkynis wyf v lib 
 
 in presens of James Coutie 
 
 We the Provest Baileis Counsell and Deacones of Craftis of 
 this burgh of Dundie Takand consideration e of the gude and 
 rede seruice done be Merrone Forrester relict of umquhile 
 David Cokburn burges of this burgh to the of furderance of the 
 commone warkis thairof and of the contenuall burding quhilk 
 scho beris in all taxationis imposit upoun this burgh as also 
 that scho of hir awin gude will at the desyre of our thesaurer 
 hes furnessit frelie upoun hir awin chargis sklettis to the repara- 
 tione of the thack and ruif of the Tolbuith and that scho hes 
 promittit to funics at all necessar occasiones during hir lyf- 
 tyme sklettis to the beitting and repairing thairof in tyme 
 cuming Thairfor we be the tennour heirof for us and our suc- 
 cessouris declairis that the said Meriry salbe as fre in using of 
 hir tred in bying selling and transporting of sklettis to and fra 
 this burgh in tyme cuming during hir lyftyme as scho and the 
 said umquhile David has bene in tymes past and that scho 
 salbe na forder trublit nor molestit be us our officiaris or 
 custumeris in using of hir said tred heirefter nor scho hes bene 
 of befor and thairfor be thir presentis dischargis our saidis 
 officiaris and custumeris of all trubling and molesting of hir in 
 using of hir said handling heirafter and of the offices in that pairt. 
 Subscriuit with our handis at Dundie the 7 of September 1610 
 
 ^ George Mudy. See anie, p. 22. - Fol. 97^ blank in MS. 
 
 ^ The erasure here is interesting. The entry is in the handwriting of William 
 Clerk, who was in the act of misspelling the name when David, no doubt stand- 
 ing by, corrected him. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 179 
 
 XXV December 89 i^^- 98"- 
 
 Lent Thomas Heres xj crwnes of the sone to be delyuerit 
 
 in Bordeaux this voage in the Primrose faileing to pay me 
 
 xxiiij^ for ilk frank thairof at his hame cuming on his obli- 
 
 gatione Item 3 crwnes by that 
 
 Item the said day lent Robert my brother 4 lib and xlvj^ 
 
 he was awin me befor 
 
 Item lent George Lyndsay fyveten lib and fourtie s mair 
 
 is 17 lib warit on clayth at 48^ the /do/ Item x lib to be 
 
 warit as said is Item xiij lib Al warit on sextene /do/ a half 
 
 of clayth Send with Andro Mortemer ^ in the Pelican 
 
 Ultimo \sic\ 4 December 1589 
 Comptit with Alexander Duncane anent my clayth and the 
 fyve crwnes and the ros noble All extendis to ane hundreth 
 merkis xxx^ les to be payit quhen I pleis 
 
 a merk awin me 
 
 Tertio January 89 
 
 William Myln^ mercheand and John Myln^ cautioner for 
 him to pay me xx lib betuix this and Witsonday nixtocum 
 
 John Louel younger awin me xxiij lib and a corbit to be 
 payit aucht dayis befor Midsomer nixtocum Obligationis 
 
 Item Gifin William Louell xv crwnes of the sone to be warit fol. 98^ 
 on Knapholt 
 
 4 October 89 
 Item Issobell Smyth is awin me j^viij lib 
 Item David Robesone iij^^ x lib for Dansken waris 
 Item William Kydis wyff* and him self for 3 punshonis Vyn 
 
 j^iiij hb 
 
 Item Thomas MurisWyf for 2 punschonis abarrelkin iiij^^xj lib . 
 to be payit at Youle nixt 
 
 Item Alexander Duncane hes to be warit on wyn a merk 1 lib 
 Item James Renkyn to gif to Alexander Duncane 24 lib 
 Item Robert my brother xxv crwnes 
 
 of the sone to be warit on wyn 
 
 ^ Andro Mortemer. StQ ante, pp. 144, 158. 
 
 2 William Myln. See ajite, p. 1 70. 
 
 ' John Myln, merchant, admitted burgess ist Oct. 1578. 
 
 I 
 
180 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Item Thomas Biiehan for quhyt S^^ lib 
 
 Item Robert Bultiei ' 1 lib 
 
 Alex'" Alexander Wedderburn 
 
 X X X X 
 
 Item William Geykye 1 lib 
 
 Item Andro Blak Robert Wat xx lib 
 
 Item 
 
 Fyftene day October 90 
 
 Memorandum that Jonat Watsone hes receauit xxv merk 
 foi. 99\ xj February 88 
 
 Item send with William Man ^ to France half a last hering 
 to be sauld in the Elspet 
 
 Item send with Dauid Smairt^ half a last hering to be sauld 
 in [delete] quhair thaj happin mak mercat in Alexander 
 Duncanis * schip 
 
 Item Hes gifin Thomas Ogiluy ^ commissioun to receaue my 
 siluer fra Patrik Hay of xj barrele salmond to be warit in 
 Burdeaux on wynes 
 
 Item in cais he be not obeyit that John his sone haif it 
 faileing him hes gifin James Rankyn^ to receaue the samyn 
 
 Item he hes receauit of myn fra John Thornton xxj fr. 
 quhilk is in Patrik Hayis handis 
 
 Item hes gifin Petir Forrester ix lib warit on lyning clayth 
 to be warit in Ingland conform to my commissoun 
 
 Item hes gifin John Rattray ^ half a last hering to sell thame 
 and wair the money on with 80 dolouris for a hers 
 
 Item gifin John Rattray^ xxx auld dolouris to be warit 
 on lynt 
 
 John Rattray is awin me my half lang swird 
 
 ^ Robert Bultie, merchant, admitted burgess, ist Oct. 1578. He entered 
 the town council in 1597. He must not be confounded with another Robert 
 Bultie who was in the council from 1642 to 1653, and held the offices of 
 harbour-master, treasurer, dean of guild, and bailie. 
 
 ^ William Man, merchant. See pp. 24, 123. 
 
 ^ Dauid Smairt, mariner, admitted burgess, i8th Feb. 1584, on payment of 
 10 lib as a part payment of 20 lib, remainder paid on 20th May 1591. 
 
 •* Alexander Duncan, mariner, son of John Duncan, mariner, admitted burgess, 
 13th July 1584. 
 
 ^ Thomas Ogiluy, merchant. See a7i^e, p. 174. 
 
 ^ James Renkyn, mariner. See an^e, pp. 133, 158. 
 
 ' John Rattray, merchant, admitted burgess, 24th Feb. 1584. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 181 
 
 Item hes gifin David Robesone xxvij lib to be warit on 28 Apryle 
 lamb skynnis 
 
 Item Gifin George Lyndsay younger xl lib varit on clayth fol. 99^ 
 Item George Lyndsay xix frankis warit on lyning clayth 
 Receauit thairof 7 lib of salt Delyuerit agane of the samen 
 to William Clyd ^ at his command iij lib xv^ 4 lib 
 Item Robert Smyth xx dolouris waring 
 
 Item lent Robert my brother 4 lib half a merk Receauit xxxj^ Martj 98 
 
 Item to Mr. Alexander xl xxxv^ 
 
 Item besyd me xx lib 
 
 Item xl lib besyd me 
 
 Item Alexander Carnegis ^ wyf x lib 
 
 D W 
 
 Item my aittis xj lib Alexr 
 
 8 September 1588 
 
 Item Delyuerit Petir Imry^ xxx lib to be warit on dry 
 fisch extend is to \sic\ Item xx lib on lyning clayth extendis 
 to \sic\ to by hering and by thairwith vynis vaid equaly ellis 
 poldeuy canves cadgis 
 
 Summa 1 lib 
 
 Item send with Petir Forrester to Ingland xxxviij elnis 
 bred clayth cost xvj^ Item v lib to be warit on clayth ex- 
 tendis to Item 14 Inglis testanes and 3^ Syluer Item 9 crwnes 
 of the sone to by me with the fre money thairof twa pund 
 saffron twa /do/ pepper The rest on Canary sucker and confectis 
 
 Item William Main xxviij lib or thairby receavit xx lib j-^i 
 
 8 September 1619 
 I haue giffin Petir my brother ane pair of syluer spectacles 
 and he hes promesit to gif me a propyn this voadge from 
 Noraye 
 
 Item Johne Stewart xxv lib awin me yit xx^ 
 Item Robert Wedderburn yit ... . xx^ 
 Item My hering treis and salt and John Thorntoun awin me 
 
 ^ William Clyd, merchant. See ante^ p. 172. 
 
 - Alexander Carnegie, maltman, admitted burgess, 30th Sept. 1589, through 
 the late Patrick Carnegie, his father. 
 ' Petir Imry. See post, p. 183. 
 
182 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 vj lib Item John hes receauit 8 lib for nettis Item 8 lib 1 merk 
 he hes receauit . . . quhilk makis compleit payment of the 
 outred of the half fraucht net syluer and grundleif Sua of 
 superplus he is awin me xj^ and the salt and girdis ar payit 
 Item outred half a last with David Ramsay maryner 
 Item a last in the hunkgryian of James Scrymgeouris 
 Item David Heres vvilbe awin me by the tua rubberis of Vyn 
 cullische xvj crwnes of the sone. 
 
 Receauit ane angel noble and he to ware ane uther in Spane 
 on Murmblade or for confectionis 
 3 Apryie 89 Item John Fullertoun cautioner for Inerawty to 
 
 pay me ane hundreth lib before Witsonday nixt 
 aucht day xvj xiv xxv 
 
 Item Thomas Heres x lib waring on lyning clayth 
 Item John Lovel to pay me 38 lib and xl^ 
 Item Robert Smyth xxx lib 
 
 toi. loob. XX August 1588 
 
 Warit on salmond with Johne Fyndlasone^ ij'' lib extendis to 
 Send with Alexander Duncan that ^ 
 
 Item Sauld to Issobel Smyth xxix stane of lynt quhilk wes 
 xxviij dolouris and ane ort waring extendis to iij^^ xj lib 
 
 Item James Scrymgeour is awin me for my gren iij^* lib or 
 thairby 
 
 foi loia. Ultimo Novembris 1589 
 
 Delyuerit John Meill a Hackbuit with a snap and he 
 delyuerit me a Hackbuit with a Skarmische and he hes pro- 
 mittit a fyn gilt brod with a pictour how sone he passis to 
 France. 
 
 XV Decembris 1589 
 Payit Waltir Mores for the first quarteris payment of the 
 secound yeir xxxiij^ iiij^ This quarter to ryn a quarter of a 
 yeir or fourteene dayis thre oukis efter Youll nixtocum and he 
 hes receauit a pair of brekis in bountay 
 
 7 Junij 90 
 
 Payit Waltir Mores 33^ 4^ for a quarteris dewetie 
 
 1 Johne Fyndlasone. See ante, pp. 11, 140. 
 
 2 Deleted in original. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 183 
 
 XV August 90 
 
 Delyuerit Meriory ten ^ in compleit payment of thre quarteris 
 dewetie of the secound yeir 
 
 gif hir tua 
 
 24 October 90 
 
 XV Martij 1587 
 Thomas Stewart 
 
 ffor half a twn quhyt wyn to be payit at Witsonday 
 
 nixt 70 lib 
 
 Item Johne Thornetoun .... xxiiij lib 
 
 Lent Thomas Wyf xxx lib 
 
 The auchten day off Agust : 58 
 
 I am restand awine to Dauid Wedderburn the sowme off 
 tenne pundis money for his pistolat 
 
 James Mathew 
 
 James Jaksoun 
 Andro Fyf 
 William Dauidson 
 Isobel Heres 14 lib 
 Petir Wedderburn 
 Mr. John Louell 
 John Andyrsoun 
 James Kenedy Galetly 
 Patrik Andersoun in the 
 Ferry 
 
 Rychard Bennet 
 Patrik Wider 
 Barbara and Petir Young 
 George Robertsonis wyf 
 
 Debtis awin me 
 James Mathew ^ x lib 
 Thomas Guthre 14 vj lib lent money 
 James Halyburtoun xx lib 
 Petir Games x lib 
 David Robesone vj lib 
 Robert Jaksone^ four lib is v lib x^ 
 Petir Imry^ xxj^ vjd and 3 ros- 
 
 nobles 
 Robert Scrymzour xl^ 
 Cristel Traell * x lib 
 George Mudy^ xxiij^ 4*^ v lib 
 David Fleming v lib 1^ 
 Thomas Gray 2 merk 
 Andro Urquhart iij lib x^ 
 
 ^ James Mathew, merchant, son of Alexander Mathew, clothier, admitted 
 burgess 20th Sept. 1587. 
 
 - Robert Jaksone, lorimer (spurmaker), admitted burgess 1573. 
 
 ^ Peter Imry or Imbrie was second husband of Barbara Wedderburn, paternal 
 aunt to David Wedderburne. 
 
 * Cristel or Christopher Traell, merchant, enrolled burgess 26th Sept. 1576. 
 
 ^ George Mudy, merchant. See antty p. 22. 
 
184 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 Lady Powry ^ iij lib 
 John Fell 2 iv« 
 
 Andro Black Ivij^ and tua^ vj^ 
 Robert Kyd John Jak ilk ane xx^ 
 Constable 24 lib x lib niarmalat 
 Thomas Gray hat strings 
 David Heres xxviij^ 
 C. Halyburton 4 lib 4^ ij^ 
 Margaret Strathouchin xx^ 
 
 William Drummond 
 John Ogilues Wyf 
 David Ramsay in Nethir 
 
 Drimes ferme 
 
 Andro Lou ell 
 John Louell 
 
 My haile Chaplenreis forby 
 20 :Martij 88 Receauit fra 
 
 Thomas Heres 
 for Dauid his brother 
 6 trunschoris weyis 5 pund 
 2 unce les 
 
 foi. 102*. David Robesone 
 
 ffor my Danskene waris undirwryttin 
 
 Deum time. Gloria Deo De Creatione 
 Gloria Deo De mortificatione 
 Gloria Deo De Resurrectione et Redemptione 
 Gloria Deo In ^Eternum Lux nostra in Christo 
 Victrix casta fides Deus 
 
 Abrahamj Isaacj de Jacob) Is meus est Deus 
 
 I January 161 1 
 Thir inscrip- 
 tiones 
 
 to be ingravin 
 in the lyntis 
 
 abonethepiiieris D. Wedderburn 
 
 of my galry 
 
 pay It 
 
 Williame Kynloch ^ Litster 
 O Capvt elleboro Dignum 
 fFor sum stanes Birsell .... 
 Restis avvin me ..... 
 
 Thomas Heres 
 ffor lynt an pwlder receauit be him fra me 
 
 I\Ir. Johne Louell 
 
 Patrik Wedderburn 
 ffor xxiij pund a half pwlder at x^ the pund 
 
 ij« lib 
 
 XXX lib 
 V lib 
 
 XXX lib 
 XX lib 
 
 xi lib xv^ 
 
 ^ Lady Powry. Helen, daughter of Patrick, Lord Lindsay of the Byres, 
 married to Thomas Fotheringham of Powrie, who died in 1610. 
 2 John Fell. See ante^ p. 115. 
 
 ^ Williame Kynloch, dyer, enrolled burgess, 1 8th Jan. 1576. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 185 
 
 James Goldman ^ f''^- ^°2b. 
 
 Item to him ane pund 14 unce a half cordonis 14^ the unce P^y^^ 
 is xxj lib 
 
 23 Janij 1612 
 
 The Baleis and Counsale restis awin me 35 pundis 3^ 4** with payit 
 ane burgeschip 
 
 Primo Augusti 1613 
 Memorandum Cristiane Lychtoun, etc 
 
 Robert Bursie ^ 
 
 Item a stik lylas virsett Summa 24 lib 15^ payit 
 
 9 August 1622 
 
 John Ramsay^ thesaurer hes my syluer stamp and kes in Delyverit 
 custodye 
 
 Alexander Myln * hes my pwder horn redy in borrowing 
 James Buchert ^ 
 
 Item a stik grewgren silk Summa 26 lib payit 
 
 Nynt of August 1621 
 
 Androw Boydis wyf ^ boruit fra my wyf 14 September 1622 
 a lynt quheill 
 
 James Symsone content thame the foirsaid of theaikin lang 
 sadill of the pres and the aikin cradel 
 
 ^ James Goldman. See ante, p. 107. 
 
 ^ Robert Bursie, merchant, son of John Bursie, merchant, admitted burgess 
 8th May 1582. 
 
 2 John Ramsay, merchant, admitted burgess 9th Sept. 1617. He entered the 
 town council in 1620, and was chosen treasurer in that year. For twenty-one 
 years he served in the council, being bailie in 1623-27-29-31-34-36-38, and 1640. 
 He was four times kirk-master, 1633-37-39, and 1641. 
 
 ^ Alexander Myln. See ante, p. 142. 
 
 ^ James Buchert, baker, son of the deceased William Buchart, baker, admitted 
 burgess 3rd May 1608. 
 
 ^ Androw Boydis wyf. Helen Wedderburn, only daughter of Robert Wedder- 
 burn and Elizabeth Lovell, married Andro Boyd of the family of Kinkindie. 
 See ante^ p. 18. 
 
 ^ James Symsone married, 1620, Eufame, daughter of David Wedderburne. 
 
186 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 William Hunter 
 payit Item fy ve quarteris a half a half nel tua pyle veluit 
 
 xiij lib 
 
 foi. 103a. Issobel Smyth 
 
 payit fFor geir underwrytten receauit be hir fra me xxv lib 
 
 2 September 1589 
 
 In presens of Alexander Duncan and John Wedderburn ^ in 
 Kyrkstyell delyuerit Robert Wedderburn my brother ane obli- 
 gatione of William Kinlochs harbour of 2*^ merkis and actit in 
 the buikis of Elgyn ane Lettre of Inhibitione to the quhilk 
 Thomas Guthre maid him assignay to. \sic\ This in Robertis 
 awin hous and I am exonerit thairof. 
 
 8 November 16 1597 
 
 Auld Robert Wedderburns infeftment of Robert and James 
 Barreis landis lyand in the west of the gren landis is insert in 
 my brother the Clerk of D undies Protocle 
 
 xxviij August 1613 
 
 Thare is in the court buikes of Dundie ane registrat Band of 
 myn aganis Thomas Annand for 1 lib 
 
 8 Maj 1612 
 
 A Decreit of myn insert in the court buikis of Dundie 
 against David Hunter for v^ lib 
 
 4 Martij 1612 
 
 A Discharge insert and registrat in the court buikis of 
 Dundie maid by Petir my brother to Eduard Chalmeris airis 
 and me of ane hundreth merkis on their land and of samekle 
 of his bairnis pairt of geir fra me. 
 
 6 August 1613 
 
 A Decreit of myn insert in the Court buikis of Dundie aganis 
 George Durward for vj lib 
 
 ^ John Wedderburn was grandson of James Wedderburn, junior, one of the 
 three sons of James Wedderburn, elder, and Janet Barry, famous for their share 
 in the compilation and authorship of The Gude and Godlic Ballates. John Wed- 
 derburn died in 1606. 
 
DAVID AVEDDERBURNE 
 
 187 
 
 4 December 1612 
 
 Ane Ordinance insert in the Court buik of Dundie aganis 
 Issobel Kyd and Margaret FyifF to lay the Clos of St. 
 Margatris clos foranent the heid rowmes betwix thame and 
 me 
 
 7 Martij 1609 Robert Clayhillis ^ William Goldman ^ bailies foi. 103^ 
 witnesses John Patton ^ Thomas Wichtan ^ notaris Petir AVed- 
 derburn younger James Ochterlony Gilbert Makduff 
 
 Auld Robert Wedderburn noter hes resignit in the handis 
 of the saidis Robert Clayhillis baillie his haill tenement west- 
 mest and eastmest and haill yardis thairof in fauouris of 
 Alexander Wedderburn,^ sone to David Wedderburn senior and 
 to David his actornay and to \sic\ as actornay for 
 
 Petir sone to Mr. Alexander their airis and assignais heretable 
 but redemptione ; sailfing his awin lyfrent. The Clerk 
 Mr. Alexander Thomas Wichtan and John Patton nottaris 
 thairto 
 
 Lykway in presens of the saidis witnesses he hes oblist him 
 to infeft the said Alexander and Petir in his sex acres land 
 lyand at the West Port of Dundie heretable as said is : saiffing 
 his awin lyfrent 
 
 Efter the perfyting of the infeftment we the said Mr. 
 Alexander and I, the said Dauid yeirly and ilk year indur- 
 ing the said Robertis lyftyme to pay him a chalder aitmeill 
 equally betuix us and to pay to Petir Wedderburnis tua sons 
 Petir and George efter his deceis sex hundreth merkis equally 
 betuix us 
 
 ^ Robert Clayhillis, merchant, son of Peter Clayhills, dean of guild, was ad- 
 mitted burgess on 22nd Sept. 1588. The names of his two brothers, Peter and 
 William, were enrolled on the same day. Robert entered the town council in 1603, 
 and continued an active member till 1628. He was bailie in 1603-8-10-12-14- 
 16-18, and 1620; kirk-master, 1609-13, and 1615 ; and dean of guild in 1611-17- 
 19, and 1641. 
 
 ^ William Goldman. See ante^ p. 107. 
 
 ^ John Patton. See ante, p. 141. 
 Thomas Wichtan or Vichtan. See ante, p. 169. 
 
 Alexander Wedderburn, son of David Wedderburn, writer of the notebook, 
 died 1 6 16. See ante, p. 125. 
 
188 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 EPITAPHIUM^ :\Iarie Stuartae Scotorum 
 ET Francie Regixae 
 
 Regibus orta, Auxj Reget Reginaque vixj 
 
 Nupta tribus, tribus orba viris, tria Regna reliqui 
 
 Gallus opes Scotus Cunas, habet Anglia Sepulchrum 
 
 In me certarunt totas expromere vires 
 
 natura & virtus, Gloria morsque suas 
 
 Esse bonam tribuit virtus natura decoram 
 
 esse breuis vite, mors inimica dedit 
 
 mida perpetuum sed gloria floret in a?vum 
 
 Ut penset vitam perpere laude breuem. 
 
 D. Wedderburne 
 Dauid Wedderburne burges of Dundie 
 
 Eff 
 
 E E 
 
 Duncan Baillie 
 
 In me certarunt totas Exprimere vires 
 natura & virtus Gloria morsque suas 
 Esse bonam tribuit virtus natura decorum 
 esse breuis vita morsque inimica dedit 
 Vunda perpetuum sed gloria floret in sevum 
 Ut penset vitam perpere laude breuem 
 
 foi. io4«. 1 Apryle 90 
 
 Gitin Charles Ramsay ^ 14 merk and tua merk a rosnobie a 
 half a unce of gold and ane angil noble to gif him 
 
 Item the vecht of the sylver is 13 unce a quarter unce les 
 
 xviij of August 93 
 Delyuerit Issobell Barclay with my dochter Euffame ^ for hir 
 first quarteris buird xx^ Item vj^ 8*^ Item xxiij^ 4^^ 
 
 24 November 93 
 Deliuerit Issobell Barclay with my dochter Euflame^ for hir 
 second termes quarter first xxj^ for a firlot mell nixt x^ for tua 
 pekis Thirdly a xxj^ pece with her dochter Item 40^ for 
 
 ^ This epitaph was frequently written by Alexander Wedderburn of Kingennie 
 upon the title-pages of his Protocol Books preserved in the Dundee charter- 
 room. 
 
 2 Charles Ramsay, goldsmith. See aiite^ p. 119. 
 
 ^ Euffame Wedderburn was born 28th Dec. 1592. See ante, p. 123. She 
 must have been put out to nurse. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 189 
 
 flesche and xviij^ restis of xj^ 4'^ qiihilk the Laird Westhall 
 comandit me gif hir 4^ 4^^ 
 
 27 February 1608 
 
 Delyuerit Mr. David Lyndsay^ in neame of Mr. Thomas 
 Ramsayis airis an acquittance on xP of the Witsonday and 
 Mertemes termes in anno 1607 the Witsonday in anno 1608 
 wilbe awin. Eodem die 
 
 Delyuerit William Goldman ane acquittance of the Witson- 
 day in anno 1608 and all termes preceding of 23^ 4^ awin out 
 of his hous sum tyme pertenand to Alexander Scrymgeour 
 
 xi December 1610 
 
 I receauit fra William Goldman 58^ 4^ for v termes dewtie 
 in compleit payment of the Mertemes terme and all termes 
 preceding 
 
 2 January 1611 
 
 I haif gifin Andro Blak a acquittance of xv^ quhilk he hes 
 not pay it me and of all yeirs preceding 
 
 13 Apryle 1613 
 
 Delyuerit Alexander Kelman ^ to gif William Goldman ane 
 acquittance of 2 yeiris bypast and of all yeiris preceding 
 
 2 Apryle 97 , foi. 104b. 
 
 John Nes officer at command of Peter Clayhillis bailie 
 arestit in David Thomsonis maryneris handis ane Cronicle of 
 Scotland Ingland Ireland sumetyme pertenand to Thomas 
 Man now to Elizabeth Heres and Alexr. Man his sone and 
 that for 13 lib x^ auin be the said umq^^ Thomas to me David 
 Wedderburn on his obligatioune 
 
 David Wedderburnis 
 Compt Buik 
 
 1 Mr. David Lyndsay. See ante, pp. 127, 169. 
 
 2 Alexander Kelman, merchant, admitted burgess nth Sept. 1589, having 
 paid 10 lib. 
 
190 
 
 COMPT BUIK OF 
 
 inside cover 
 
 David Wedderburnis 
 Compt Buik 
 
 9 Novembris 1587 
 
 D W 
 
 David Wedderburne burges of Dundee ^ 
 Avith my hand 
 
 David Wedderburne 
 
 David Wedderburne Burges of Dundee 
 with my hand 
 
 David Wedderburne April 90 
 
 my hand Memorandum 
 
 Cause Wm. Lesly 
 wryt for my boyst to 
 Jon Annandell 
 
 3 July 1612 
 
 Lent James Alisone sone to Litel John Alisone my bandeler 
 and tua velvit flasses coverit with Iron 
 
 4 August 1612 
 
 Lent James Cochren my gryt hakbut with the scrow 
 Lent John Tait my uther snap hakbut with my bandeler xj 
 theron and my horn flass and the scrow with a key 
 Lent Alex^ My In my puder horn 
 
 Wive et vivas D. Wedderburne Dauid Wedderburne 
 D. Wedderburne Dauid Wedderburne 
 
 w^ my hand 
 
 To David Robesoun a byrl quheil and a dosan of [sic] 
 To John Balbirny a hers & a heid of a burd 
 
 ^ David Wedderburn was admitted burgess 15th May 1582: — Eodem die. 
 David Wedderburn^ filius Alexandri Wedderburjt scriba. civitatis dicti biirgi 
 effectus est burgensis ac frater gildcz ratione privilegii dicti Alexandri sui patn's 
 cui est f rater gilda. Accidentibus gratis. — MS. Lockit Book of Dundee. 
 
DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 191 
 
 To John Wedderburn ^ vj cranca and a toddis heid and burz 
 To George Stirling a hers 
 
 Epitaphium Alexandri Wedderburne Archi- 
 graphi Deidonani et Jonete Myln- eius 
 conjugis 
 
 1 John Wedderburn, shipowner, Dundee, father of two sons, John, who became 
 Proto-medicus in Moravia (see Lithgow's Travels), and James, tutor of Meric, 
 son of Isaac Casaubon, and ultimately Bishop of Dunblane. See his tombstone 
 in Canterbury Cathedral. 
 
 2 These were the parents of David Wedderburn, author of the notebook. 
 The father, Alexander (son of Robert Wedderburn and Janet Kyd), was appointed 
 clerk of Dundee in 1557, and the deed of his appointment, dated 6th Feb. in that 
 year, is preserved in the Dundee Charter-room. He died 28th June 1585, his 
 will being confirmed at Edinburgh 13th May 1587, together with that of his wife, 
 who had died 19th June 1582. — See Edinr. Test. vol. xvii. They were probably 
 buried in the Howff of Dundee, and the epitaph here given may have been on 
 their tombstone. In the Howff there is still extant a table tombstone, with 
 fielded panels, erected in memory of William Ramsay, merchant, 1640, his son- 
 in-law, James Ramsay, and his wife, Grisell Ramsay. It bears the following 
 verse : — 
 
 ' In on bed ve both did keip. 
 In on grave ve both doe sleip ; 
 I hope the grave sal us restor, 
 Both agane to his heavnly glor. ' 
 This form of epitaph seems to have prevailed in various parts of the United 
 Kingdom. In St. Nicholas Church, Abingdon, Berks, there is a mural monu- 
 ment showing a sculptured group of a man, his wife, and two children, all 
 kneeling, the figures being carved in high relief, and painted in natural colours. 
 The inscription is as follows : — 
 
 ' Here rest in assurance of a joy full resurrection 
 the bodies of John Blacknall, Esquire, and Jane 
 his wife, who both of them finished an happy course 
 upon earth, and ended their days in peace, 
 on 
 
 the 21 day of August, in the year of our Lord 
 1625. 
 
 He was a bountiful benefactor to this church, 
 gave many benevolences to the poor, to the 
 glory of God and to the example of future ages. 
 
 When once they lived on earth one bed did hold 
 Their bodies which one minute turned to mould ; 
 Being dead, one grave is trusted with that prize. 
 Until the trump doth sound, and all must rise. 
 Here death's stroke did not part this pair. 
 But by this stroke they more united were ; 
 
COMPT BUIK 
 
 Hie vno quos vita thoro coniunxerat, vno 
 
 Mors vna tumulo condidit 
 Vna Ambos donee reddat Lux vnius olim 
 
 Beatitatis computes 
 
 Tua, quhome on lyve ane Bed did keip ane dead 
 
 In ane grave dois include 
 Quhill on ane day pairtaikeris they be maid 
 
 Of ane Beatitude 
 
 And what left they behind you plainly see, 
 
 One only daughter and their charity. 
 
 What though the first by death's command did leave us, 
 
 The second we are sure will ne'er deceive us.' 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE 
 1580-1618 
 
Ane Buik conteanand the Intressis of Schippis dis- 
 chairgeand at ye port of Dundie begynning in ye 
 moneth of Nouember in Anno D''' 1580. 
 
 The Intress of ye schip callit ye falcone of Dundie owned be 
 David Cant ^ [schipper of ye said] ^ Clerk of ye said schip 
 the xxij day of Nouember ye zeir of god 1580. 
 
 Vigesimo secundo die mensis Nouembris Anno D^^ 1580 in 
 pntia Roberti Kyd ^ ballivi et Alex'^ Scrymgeor. The quhilk day 
 comperit David Cant Clerk of the schip callit ye falcone of Dundie 
 And Enterit ye said schip contenand ye gudes efterspecifiet pten- 
 ing to ye psones efter mentionat. 
 
 The wyn and vinagir ptening to Jhone Lovell * and utheris 
 under writine to quhome he wes mchand 
 
 William Hunter ane twn Robert Douglas ij twn 
 
 James Goldman iij punscheonis Jhone Lovell, elder* v twn of 
 
 Thom Traill iij twn iij puns- wyn and ij of vinagir 
 cheonis 
 
 ^ David Cant, mariner, admitted burgess 19th Oct. 1556. 
 - Delete in original. 
 
 ^ Robert Kyd was one of a family of bakers in Dundee whose names appear 
 repeatedly in the burgh records from 1520 up till the present day. Three of 
 these named Robert Kyd were successively bailies in Dundee. The first held 
 that office from 1551 till 1562; the second was bailie from 1565 till 1570; and 
 the third, who is mentioned in the text, was bailie from 1580 till 1583. Another 
 Robert Kyd who was a councillor is mentioned in the Compt Buik. See ante^ 
 p. 9- 
 
 * John Lovell. There were two of the name of John Lovell in the council 
 contemporaneously: John Lovell who served from 1591 till 1598 and Magister 
 John Lovell whose term of office extended almost continuously from 1592 till 
 1606. 
 
196 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 The wyn ptening to Alex'^ Duncan and utheris to quhome 
 he wes fhchand, viz. 
 
 Tames Fyndlausoun ane twn iij 
 
 punscheoinis 
 Jhone Fyndlauson ij twn 
 William Duncan ane twn and 
 
 ane half 
 Henrie Lowell ij twn 
 Antone Halieburtoun j twn 
 Jhone Smyt half ane twn 
 Jhone Cabell half ane twn 
 Alex'' Wedderburn ane puns- 
 
 cheoin 
 Alex'^ Duncan vij twn 
 James Galloway, schipperane twn 
 Jhone Ker twa twn and ane half 
 Patrik Ramesay iij punscheoinis 
 Johone Peirsoun ane twn 
 Katherine Fotheringhame ij 
 
 punscheoinis 
 
 Walter Forrester ij punscheoinis 
 William Lesselliss ij punscheoinis 
 William Grahame ij punscheoinis 
 William Vrquhard ij punscheoinis 
 Henrie Clark ij punscheoinis 
 Thomas Hay ij punscheoinis 
 David Hutcheson ij punscheoinis 
 James Lyoun ij punscheoinis 
 David Scot j punscheoin 
 David Guide j punscheoin 
 Johne Lyn j punscheoin wyn 
 
 and ane of vinagir 
 Thomas Waker j punscheoin 
 Charles Fotheringhame ^ ij puns- 
 cheoinis 
 
 Halbert Stewart ij punscheoinis 
 Jhone Forrest ij punscheoinis 
 
 Sexto Decembris Anno D^^ 1580 
 
 The quhilk day in pns of Alex'' Annand baillie and Alex'" 
 Scrymgeour, Dene of Gild compearit Abrme Leutsoun Clk of ye 
 schip callit ye Thomas of sanctandroes laitie came fra flanders And 
 Interit his schip conteanand ye gudes efter following ptenand to 
 psones efter specefiet viz. 
 
 Alex'^ Ramesay ane pyip & ane David Robertsone ane ball of 
 punscheon canves — ane quhyit pyip ane 
 
 Thomas Traill ane ball of mader. punscheoin wyn. ane other 
 ij quhyit pypis — iij Inglis haif bfell. 
 
 treis — iij small treis — ane Robert Smyth iij Inglis treis. 
 
 boll and ane half of Seap. ane punscheoin — ij quhyit 
 
 William Clayhillis ane quhyit pypis. ane uther tree, ane 
 
 pyip. half ane boll of seap. packet of ingone seid. 
 Jhone Lowsone ane quhyit pyip Henry Coustonn ij punscheoinis. 
 
 1 Charles Fotheringhame, nauta, son of John Fotheringhame, bailie, was en- 
 rolled burgess i6th Nov. 1588. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 197 
 
 ane quhyit trie, ane romanie 
 
 pyip. ij creills. iiij bfells. 
 
 ane hemikyne of seap. 
 Robert Bursie ane punscheoin 
 
 ane bfell. 
 Richard Clerk ij quhyit pypis. 
 
 ane punscheoin. an bfell. 
 
 ij brells seap. 
 David Baxter ane ball mader. 
 
 ane quhyit pyip. ane puns- 
 
 cheoun j bfell. j bfell. iij 
 
 bfellis & ane half of seap. 
 Patrik Barrie j quhyit pyip 
 James Man j pyip. ane puns- 
 
 cheoun. ane bfell half barrell 
 
 seap 
 
 Alex'^ Smy^ ane punscheoun. 
 twa romanie treis. ane quhyit 
 pyip twa bfells. iij quhyit 
 
 bfells. iij bfells. vij bfells 
 and ane halfe Seap. 
 Patrik Lyndesay ane kist. ane 
 bfell 
 
 David Jak ^ ane quhyit pyip. ane 
 punscheoun. ane bfell. ane 
 litell packet, ane bfell Seap. 
 
 Thomas Man ane Romanie trie, 
 iij quhyit treis. ane Inglis 
 trie. half ane bfell. ane 
 kelkin ane bfell Seap. 
 
 David Mudie.^ ane punscheoun. 
 ane quhyit pyip. ane Inglis 
 trie, thrie half bfells Seap. 
 
 Thomas Conkwiss of Sanct- 
 androes. ane pyip ij bfellis 
 Seap. 
 
 Michaell Tullows. ij pypis. iij 
 bfellis Seap. 
 
 Nono die Decembris Anno D"^ 1580 
 
 the qlk day In pns of Alex'^ Scrymgeour Dene of Gild and William 
 Forrester^ comperit Androw Man Clerk of ye schip callit the 
 Marie Jhane laitlie cum fra the His laident wit herings and laident 
 [sic] his schip conteaning ye gudes efter following ptend to ye 
 psones efter mention at. 
 
 William Forrester vj last Andro Mathew ij last 
 
 James Forrester ij last Patrik Boyis ^ iij last 
 
 William Man iij last Patrik Wedderburn iij last 
 
 - David Jak, junior, merchant, was entered burgess on 31st Jan. 1581 'by 
 the privilege of Robert Jak his father.' He was probably described as 'junior' 
 to distinguish him from another David Jak, merchant, who was enrolled burgess 
 on 22nd Sept. 1564. 
 
 2 David Mudie, merchant, enrolled burgess 26th Sept. 1576. 
 
 2 William Forrester, entered burgess 13th April 1562, was bailie 1580. 
 
 ^ Patrik Boyis, mariner, was enrolled burgess on 26th Dec. 1581. The follow- 
 ing note appears in the Lockit Book : ' Patrick Bois, nauta, is made a Burgess 
 and brother of the Guild through the Act whereby it is granted to the present 
 Town-Clerk for the collection of the statutes of the said burgh and dijesting 
 thereof in one volume. ' 
 
198 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 James Donoldsone ij last James Wedderburn ij bfell 
 
 Henrie Baxter ^ iij last Thomas Richardsone iij bfell 
 
 Andro Man ij last James Ker ij brell 
 
 William Boyis iiij bfell Jhone Kynloch ij bfell 
 
 Jhone Bankis iiij bfell William Toplay [?] ij bfell 
 
 Jhone Cowtie j bfell Thomas Just iij bfell 
 James Duncan j bfell 
 
 Eodem die Anno D^^ 1580 
 
 The qlk day In pns of Robert Kyd & James Forrester bailleis 
 sittand In Jugement and Alex'^ Scrymgeour Dene of Gild com- 
 pearit Alex'^ Clerk schipper of ye schip callit [blank in original] 
 ptenand to Alex'^ Scot laitlie cum fra Norroway and interit his schip 
 contenand the geir efter specifiet ptend. to ye said Alex^ and ye 
 awneris of ye said schip to witt Henrie Blair Williapi Ferguson e 
 and David Buchine viz. 
 
 Sex thousand steingis Twa hunder deallis 
 
 Twa hunder knappet Threttie pece of aikine tymmer 
 
 Eodem die Anno 1580 
 Comperit Jhone Small ^ in pns of Robert Kyd James Forrester 
 bailleis and Alex'^ Scrymgeour Dene of Gild Jhone Small Clerk of 
 ye schip callit Clynkebellis of Dundie and interit his schip con- 
 tenand ye lastis of gudes under wrettene ptend. to ye psones efter 
 specifeit. 
 
 James Peirsoun iij last Henrie Baxter j last 
 
 Jhone Peirsoun iij last Jhone Small iij last 
 
 Thomas Davidsoun iij last Jhone Ker ij last 
 
 James Auchinlek ij last Robert Baxters wyf half ane last 
 
 Eodem die Anno 1580 
 
 Comperit Patrik Michell schipper of ye schip callit ye Merie- 
 fortune In pns of William Duncane baillie and Alex'^ Scrymgeour 
 Dene of Gild and interit his schip now cum fra ye His conteanand 
 twentie sex last of hering and sevine bfells ptening to ye psones 
 mentionat in ane doket gewine In to ye dene of gild. 
 
 ^ Henrie Baxter, shipowner, enrolled in the Lockit Book 31st Jan. 1581 in 
 these terms : — ' Henry Baxter, nauclerus, — Gratis — by the gift of the Bailies and 
 Councill because he had been a brother of the Guild, and was scored out, and 
 is now restored for services.' 
 
 2 Delete in original. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 199 
 
 Eodem die Anno 1580 
 
 Comperit Henrie Fethie schipper of ane schip callit [blank] 
 in pns of [blank in original] and Alex'^ Scrymgeour Dene of gild 
 and Interit his schip newlie cum fra ye His contenand xxj lastis of 
 hering and sewine bfell pertenand to certain psones mentionat in 
 ane ticket gewine to ye dene of gilds handis 
 
 Duodecimo Decembris anno 1580 
 
 The qlk day In pns of Robert Kyd and James Forrester, bailleis, 
 and Alex^ Scrymgeour, dene of gild, Comperit George Duncan 
 elk of ye schip callit bark allane of Dundie nowe cum fra ye pairtis 
 of Flanders and interrit his schip conteanand ye guidis & geir 
 eftermentionat ptend to ye psones efterspecifiet viz. 
 
 Patrik Blair vij twnnis 
 Edward Edie iiij twnnis & ane 
 half 
 
 Jhone Cowie iij twn & ane half 
 David Robertsone ij twn & ane 
 half 
 
 Jhone Webster viij bfellis 
 William Richardsone j twn & 
 
 ane half 
 Thomas Cabell j twn and ane 
 
 half 
 
 James Myln j twn & ane half 
 Robert Smyth j twn 
 
 Petir Clayhillis ij brell. 
 William Richie swme Ingonis 
 George Duncan swme Ingonis 
 Jhone Richie vj bfell Ingonis 
 Jhone Lawsone v bfell Ingonis 
 William Lawsone ij bfell Ingonis 
 Thomas Tullo ij b. Ingonis 
 James Rollok j b. Ingonis half 
 
 b. Seap. 
 Jhone Goldman j Inglis trie 
 Jhone Smyth ij kempkynnis of 
 
 seap 
 
 Decimo sexto Decembris anno 1580 
 
 The quhilk day In pns of James Forrester Robert Kyd and 
 William Duncan bailleis Comperit David Livie clerk of ane schip 
 callit ye Nichtengall of Dundee newlie cum fra ye Rochell & 
 burdeaux and interit his schip conteanand thrie hundreth and half 
 ane hundreth Salt ptend. to James Auchinleck, Jhone Gairdine, ye 
 heiris of umq^® Alane Watsone as awnaris of ye said schip and to James 
 Renkyn Jhone Jak George Striviling David Robertsone and Jhone 
 Gairdyne, younger, dealismen of ye same. And als conteanand 
 fyve twn and thrie punscheonis burdeaux wyn and xij punscheonis 
 Rochell wyn ptening to ye psones gewine in ane ticket at ye said 
 entrie. 
 
200 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Decimo nono Decembris Anno 1580 
 
 The qlk day In pns of Robert Kyd, James Forrester, Alex'^ Annand 
 & William Duncan, bailleis, sittand In Jugement and Alex'^ 
 Scrymgeour dene of gild. Comperit James Gudlet clerk of ye schip 
 callit ye Lyoun of Dundie laitlie cum fra burdeaux. And Interrit 
 his schip conteanand foure scoir fyve twnnis and ane punscheon 
 burdeaux wyn and ane punscheon of vinagir ptening to certain 
 psones mentionit in ane ticket gewine into ye dene of gild yis pnt 
 day 
 
 Vigesimo Decembris 1580 
 
 Comperit In pns of James Forrester & Rot. Kyd Bailleis 
 Robert quhyit Mr. of ye Robert & Wm. Lochmalowny clerk of 
 ye said schip quho enter fra Burdeaux contenand thrie scoir and 
 xj twnnis, ye special namis of awneris qroff ar gevin into ye dene 
 of gild in his ticket. 
 
 Sevin January 1580 
 
 Comperit Robert Busch clerk of ye schip callit ye Jhone of 
 Dunde and gaif up her entrie fra burdeaux conteanand thrie scoir 
 and fyve twnnis ye special names of awneris qroff ar gevin into ye 
 dene of gild in ane ticket. 
 
 Nono die mensis Januarij 1580 
 
 The qlk day in pns of Duncane, bailie, and Alex'^ Scrymgeour 
 dene of gild comperit Andrew Thomsone Mr. of ye schipp callit ye 
 Michell and Interit ye said schip laitlie cum fra burdeaux con- 
 teanand fyftie aucht twnnis of vyne and vad and gaif In ye special 
 interestis quhometo ye sam ptenint to ye dene of gild. 
 
 Undecimo Januarij 1580 
 
 The qlk day In pns of James Forrester, bailie, and Alex'^ Scrym- 
 geour dene of gild. Comperit Patrik Thomsone Mr of ye schip 
 callit ye Petir and enterit ye said schip cum from Norroway con- 
 teanand thrie thousand skynnis sewin dussen calf skynnis twelf 
 dussone of cut tymer xx peces of aik ptening to Androw Jak and 
 William Maw burgesses of Abdn. and twentie nyn deals ptening [sicj 
 
 Eodem Coram iisdem ballivis et decano gilde 
 
 Comperit Jhone Ker maister of ye schip callit ye Grace of God 
 laitlie cum fra burdeaux and interit ye said schip conteanand ye 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 201 
 
 gudis and geir efter following ptening to ye psns efter mentionat 
 to wit ^ gewine In yis day in ane ticket to ye dene of gild to wit 
 thrie scoir and thrie twnnis and ane half wyne and waid. 
 
 Vigesmo septimo die mensis Januarij 1580 
 In pntia omnium ballivorum 
 
 The qlk comperit George Sympson maister of ane bark callit ye 
 Margaret laitlie cum fra the pairtis of Ingland and enterit ye said 
 schip conteanand ye gudis efter specifiet ptening to ye psones under 
 specifiet. 
 
 first, fourtie aucht brellis of Beir and sex punscheonis and ane bfell 
 
 of do. yis entrie of brellis ptenis to George Sympson. 
 To Thomas Dog xix brellis To Thomas Dog fo'^ punscheonis 
 
 To George Scrymgeour fyve brellis of [illegible] 
 To David Small iiij brellis To George Sympson twa pun- 
 
 And two brellis ptend to [blank] cheonis 
 To James Auchinlek viij brellis To David Small ane bfell 
 
 Eodem die coram omnibus ballivi [sic] 
 
 Comperit Jhone Perie Mr. of ye schip callit ye Grace of God and 
 interit his schip laitlie cum fra Burdeaux conteanand ye guidis efter 
 specified. To witt fiftie twa twnnis of wyn ptening to ye merchandis 
 gewine In ane ticket to ye dene of gild. Subscrywit be ye said Mr. 
 and acc^ to ye maryneris To witt to Jhone Perie ane Twn. To 
 William Spynk iij punscheonis. To Thomas Haliburtoun half ane 
 twn. James Bower ane punscheon. William Colyne iij punscheonis. 
 Alex^ Ramsay ane punscheon. 
 
 Sexto die mensis martij anno 1580 
 
 The qlk day In pns of Robert Kyd James Forrester Alex^ 
 Annand & William Duncan bailleis, sittand In Jugement Com- 
 perit Thomas Fergusoune Mr. of ye schip callit ye hound of 
 Dundee and enterit ye said schip laitlie cum fra ye pairtis of Ing- 
 land conteanand ye gudis efter specifiet ptening to ye psons efter 
 mentionat. To witt 
 
 To William Annand iiij brellis of beir 
 
 To James Duncan ij brellis of beir 
 
 To Alex^ Annand & Jhone Kynloch ij brellis of beir 
 
 And. Annand, younger, viij punscheonis of raisins 
 
 Delete in original. 
 
202 
 
 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 And ane brell ptng to Thomas Stewart conteanand v dossone 
 hering, thrie dossone of candils, and thrie dossone of calf skynnis. 
 Jhone Arnott iiij top of Raisins 
 David Thomsone ane punscheon of hemp seid 
 
 The 24 of May A^ 1581 
 
 In presenss of ye balleis and dene of gild coperit James Man 
 being maister of ye schyp callit ye gudsyr of Leith cum fra Norro- 
 way and gave up his entriss cotenit in ane tyket specifically qlk is 
 in the handis of ye said dene of gild. 
 
 Ye 2 of Junij A^ 1581 
 
 Coperit Jhone Man maist^' of ye schyp callit ye grace of god laitly 
 cum fra flanders, and gaif up his entries cotenit in ane tyket in 
 particklar qlk he hes delyverit to ye dene of gild Judicially in 
 presens of ye bailleis. 
 
 Ye 5 of Junij AO 1581 
 
 Coperit James Auchinlek maist^' of ye schyp callit ye falcon 
 arryvit fra Overdansk & gaiff up hes entriss cotenit in ane scryve 
 in particklar qlk is delyverit to ye dene of gild in presens of ye 
 bailleis Judicially. 
 
 Ye said day coperit Androw Thomsone mr. of ye schyp callit ye 
 michell arryvit from bordeaux and gaiff up his entriss cotenit in ane 
 tyket qlk he hes delyvrit to ye dene of gylde Judically in presens 
 of ye bailleis. 
 
 Ye 6 of Junij A« 1581 
 
 Coperit Jhone Ker maist^' of ye schyp callit ye grace of god 
 arryvit fra bordeaux and gaiff up hes entriss in particklar cotenit in 
 ane tyket qlk he hes delyvrit to ye dene of gylde Judicially in 
 presens of ye bailleis. 
 
 Ye said day coperit Thomas Fotliringam mr of ye schyp callit 
 ye hart cum fra Norroway & gef up his entriss cotenit in ane 
 tyket delyvrit to ye dene of gylde in presens of ye bailleis. 
 
 Ye 11 of Junij A^ 1581 
 
 Coperit Patryk Thomsone maist^* of ye schyp callit ye unikorn 
 cum fra Queinsbryg and gaiff up hes entriss cotenit in ane tyket 
 delvyrit to ye dene of gylde Judicially in presens of ye bailleis. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 203 
 
 Ye 28 Junij A« 1581 
 
 The said day coperit James Petrie maist^ of ye schyp callit ye 
 [blank in original] cum fra rochell wt salt and geifF up hes entriss 
 cbtenit in ane tyket in particklar qlk he hes delyvrit to ye dene of 
 gylde Judicially in presens of ye bailleis. 
 
 Ye 28 June 1581 
 
 Coperit Jhone Small clerk of ye schyp callit ye peter cum fra 
 sant mertins & ilands wt salt & gaiff up hes entriss in particklar 
 cbtenit in ane tyket qlk is delyvrit to ye dene of gylde in presens 
 of ye bailleis. 
 
 Ye last of Junij 1581 
 
 Coperit Hendrie Baxter maist^ of ye schyp callit ye mary jhane 
 arryvit fra Santmertenis salt & gaiff up his entriss cotenit in 
 ane vryting delyvrit to ye dene of gylde Judicially in presens of 
 ye bailleis. 
 
 Ye 18 Jullij in 1581 
 
 Coperit Androw Stryvilling mchand fra duschte maisf^ of ane 
 duschte schyp wt tymr. fra norroway & gaiff up hes entriss be ane 
 particklar tyket qlk is delyvrit to ye dene of gylde in presens of 
 ye bailleis Judicially. 
 
 Ye said day coperit Jhone Rodger mr of ye schyp callit ye bark 
 fra norroway & gaiff up hes entriss in particklar be ane tyket 
 delyvrit up to ye dene of gylde in presens of bailleis. 
 
 Ye 22 of Jullij A^ 1581 
 
 Coperit Hendrie Smyth in ye ferry maist^ of ye schyp callit ye 
 harry cum fra dansken & gaiff up hes entriss cotenit in ane tyket 
 delyverit to ye dene of gylde in presens of ye bailleis. 
 
 The same day coperit Alex^" Scot arryvit fra norroway and gaiff 
 up hes entriss cotenit in ane tyket delyvrit to ye dene of gylde in 
 presens of ye bailleis. 
 
 Ye 24 of Jullij A« 1581 
 
 Coperit James Kar maist^ of ye schyp callit ye Jhone laitly cum 
 fra flanders and gaiff up hes entriss in particklar cotenit in ane 
 tyket qlk is delyvrit to ye dene of gylde in presens of ye bailleis 
 Judicially. 
 
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 Ye 26 day of Jullij A« 1581 
 
 Coperit Gylbert Garding clerk of ye schyp callit ye margaret 
 cum fra deip and gaifF up hes entriss cotenit in ane tyket delyvrit 
 to ye dene of gylde in presens of ye bailleis. 
 
 primo augusti 1581. in pns of ye baileis beand in Jugement 
 
 Comperit Jo" Small clerk of ye petir now cum from rochell & 
 Interit ye said schip cotenand twa hundreth & ane half of salt 
 ptenand to Ja^ Auchinlek, Jo'^ Peirsone, Alex^ Duncane, Alex'^ 
 Gray, Jo" Duncane, Ro* Vatsone, Wricht, George Lyndsay, as 
 is cotenit in ye intrie qlk he hes delyvrit to Alex^ Scrymgeour den 
 of gild. 
 
 xi Augusti 81 in pns of ye baileis & Alex^ Scrymgeour 
 den of gild 
 
 Comperit Andrew Stewinsone & Interit ane schip callit ye 
 Whyte Angell of opslaw now come from Norroway cotenand xxv 
 hundreth knaphold ptenand to Ja'' Strathauchan, to ye schip twa 
 hundreth deals, to ye schip viiij bds of wenscott. The den of gild 
 hes receavit this Invetar. 
 
 XV Septembris 1581 in pns of ye baileis and den of gild forsaid 
 
 Comperit Jacob Thempis mr. of ane dutsche and hes Interit his 
 schip now from Danskene contenand in ane pticklar tiket qlk guidis 
 ptenis to Androw Annand, Alex^ Broun, Wiliame Andersone, Ja^ 
 Broun, Jo" Henrysone, burgess of pth [Perth] qlk ptickler tiket 
 the den of gild hes receavit. 
 
 eodem die in pns of ye saidis baileis, den of gild 
 
 Coperit Androw Robertsone & Interit ye crear callit ye Androw 
 q^o^ Patrik Gray is mr. cotenand v thousand gude steyingis ane 
 hundreth knappit ane half hundreth buirds & hes delyvrit ye tiket 
 to ye den of gild. 
 
 eodem die ejusdem bal. in pns of ye den of gild 
 
 Coperit Jo" Coustoun clerk of ye schip callit ye Hart & enterit 
 her cotenand xx diss, deals xxx powlis. vj bds of tymmer v hun- 
 dreth steyingis. iij hundreth knapholt. xij pecis of aiken tymmer 
 & the writing he hes delyvrit to ye den of gild 
 
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 205 
 
 xix September 1581 
 
 Coperit Magnus brown & Interit his schip cum from Norrovay 
 callit ye hind contenand twa hundreth sparis of ruif tymmer ane 
 hundreth deals & ane thousand steyngis & deliverit ye pticklar 
 compt to ye den of gild 
 
 xxiv Septembris '81 
 Comperit Lauerens Ribon & Interit his schip cum from Danskene 
 cotenand ye guids and geir contenant in ane pticklar tiket qlk he 
 hes delyverit to ye den of gild. 
 
 xxvi Septemb '81 in pntia ballivorum et decani gilde 
 
 Comperit David Scrymgeour & Interit hes schip cum from 
 Norrovay calit ye Haire cotenand thrie*^. aikin tymer thrie 
 hundreth daillis & ane half twa hundreth firr sparis sex hundreth 
 knapholt ptenand to Patrik Kynnaird & delyvrit ye pticklar tiket 
 to ye den of gild. 
 
 Secundo die mensis Julij 1582 in pns of 
 Wm. Forrester & James Fyndlasone baileis 
 
 Comperit James Deis mr. of ye schip callit ye Jo^ & Interit 
 his schip cum from rochell cotenand thrie hundreth thrie q^^ salt 
 & ane half do. ptenand to awneris cotenant in ane pticklar copt 
 qlk Alex"^ Scrymgeour Den of gild hes receivit 
 
 Eod°^ die in pns diet, balliv. et diet. Den of gild 
 
 Comperit george lyndsay & Interit ye schip calit ye peHcan 
 cotenand twa hundreth & ane half of salt ptenand to ye awneris 
 & hes delyverit ye pticklar tiket to ye Den of gild. 
 
 Eod"^ die in pnt diet, balliv. et den of gild 
 
 Comperit Thomas Gardyn & Interit his schip cum from Norro- 
 vay calit ye greis of handbur* cotenand 1. peice of aikin tymmer 
 four hundreth deillis four hundreth ruif spars twa hundreth 
 garronis four thousand steyngis twelf hundreth knapholt half a 
 hundreth aixtree of birk ptenand to hary his brother and Jo" 
 heris qlk pticklar tiket ye den of gild [*zc]. 
 
 xxvii Julij 1582 in pntia Alex^ Scrymgeour & 
 Wm Forrester bal. 
 Coperit george ro^sone & interit ye schip calit ye falcone of 
 
206 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Dundie now cum from Norrovay cotenand 400 deals 23 jestis of 
 aik 600 viket sparis 7000 knapholt 400 steyngs xx swadin buirds 
 ptenand to ye said george & delyverit ye pticklar tiket to ye den 
 of gild. 
 
 Eod"" die in pns of ye saidis bailie & den of gild 
 
 Comperit David Scrymgeour Mr. of David Smyth in ye ferreis 
 [Broughty Ferry] schip & Interit ye said schip cum from Norrovay 
 cotenand vij hundreth deillis & a half hundreth firm ruif sparis 
 twa thousand steyngis & delyverit ye pticklar tiket to ye den of 
 
 gild 
 
 xxviij Julij 1582 in pntia diet. bal. et decani gilde 
 
 Comperit Ker Mr. of ye schip calit ye M* ^ & Interit his schip 
 cum from Norrovay cotenand ye guidis & geir cotenant in ane 
 particklar tiket qlk he hes delyverit to ye den of gild & ptenand 
 to hymself Ja^ Auchinlek & Petir Wedderburn. 
 
 xj Augusti '82 in pns of Alex^ Scrymgeour patrik ramsay 
 baileis & den of gild 
 
 Coperit androw stewinsone & Waltir stewinsone & Interit thair 
 schip calit ye bark litell tod from Norrovay cotenand v^ sparis 
 ane thousand guid styngis twa hundreth holt ane do. peine asche 
 ane fawdom burnewod trie ptenand to james peddie & gev ane 
 pticklar tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
 Eodm die in pntia diet, ballivorum et decani gilde 
 
 Comperit David Spalding skipp^ & Interit the schip callit ye 
 Ja" of Dundie cum from Norrovay cotenand ij hundreth & half 
 of dellis twa hundreth ruif spearis xl peces of corbellis twa do. 
 laing tymmer thrie hundreth knapholt ptenand to ye awneris & 
 hes delyverit ye pticular tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
 xxviij Augusti 1582 in pntia dictor*" ballivorum 
 de decani gilde 
 
 Comperit Jo^ roger & Interit ye schip callit ye hund cum from 
 Danskene cotenand v last iron v last pik ane last tar four bfell 
 powder four hundreth swadin buirdis v last - ptenand to waltir 
 elder adame harower patrik olyver burgesses of Leith and hes 
 delyverit ye pticular tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
 1 Mt = Margaret. 
 
 2 Obliterated. 
 
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 eod™ die in pntia ballivis 
 
 Coraperit ro* kynoche clerk of ye litell pink cum from Lupkey 
 contenand twa hundreth dellis ane hundreth firm tymmer ane 
 half hundreth garrones v hundreth steyngis ane hundreth knap- 
 holt and delyverit ye pticular tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
 xxvj Augusti 1582 in pntia dictor°^ ballivorum 
 
 Comperit thomas dowall mr of ye Mary Jo^ & Interit his schip 
 cum from Norrovay cotenand 300 ruif spars 100 dellis x aikin treis 
 ptenand to Ja« donaldsone w"^ man & henry baxt^ & delyverit ye 
 pticular tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
 eod'" die ejusd*" ballivis 
 
 Comperit Jo** duncane & Interit ye da^ [diamond] cum from 
 Norrovay contenand twa hundreth dellis 36 corbellis v hundreth 
 steyngis twa hundreth knapholt ptenand to Jo^ alason Jo^ ker 
 Alex^ duncane ro* kynloch & hes gevin a pticular tiket to ye den 
 of gild. 
 
 xxviij Augusti 1582 in pntia forrester 
 
 Comperit Grahame riche & Interit ye bark now cum from Norro- 
 vay cotenand ane hundreth & ane half ruif spar, four thousand 
 steyngis ane dussen aik xxiij dellis ptenand to W"^ man & petir 
 clayhillis ro* smyth & delyvrit ye pticular tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
 eod^ die pntia dicti ballij 
 
 Comperit ro* kyd & Interit Jo" kerris schip callit ye grace of 
 god cum from danskene cotenand pik tar & lynt as ane pticklar 
 cbpt qlk the den of gild hes will schaw. 
 
 eod'" die pntia dicti ballij 
 
 Comperit \W schorswod Mr. of ye schip callit ye george of . 
 Dundie & Interit his schip cum fra danskene cotenand 200 
 garronis ane hundreth ruif spar 2000 steyngis ptenand to ye 
 awneris & delyverit ye pticklar tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
 Qinto septembris 1582 in pns of Alex^ scrymgeour & Ja^ 
 fyndlasone baileis 
 
 Coperit Lauerens Rebon & Interit hes schip cum from [Norro- 
 vay] 1 Danskene cotenand v last oismond four schip pund gad iron 
 
 1 Delete in original. 
 
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 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 vij last iron ten bfellis j last iij qrteris of lynt fourtie nyn stane of 
 hemp ane coper ketill And a hundreth gryt knaphold ptenand to 
 thomas andersone, Jo^ boytur, Jo^ cathrow, Ro* fuller and delyverit 
 ye pticklar tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
 decimo Jan^^ 82 in pntia dictorum ballivorum 
 
 The Intrie of ye grace of god cum from flanderis cotenand ye 
 guids & geir cotenant in ane Invetar qlk ye den of gild hes 
 receavit. 
 
 sexto die mensis Julij a°° 1583 coram ballivis pdict et pntia 
 decani gilde 
 
 Comperit robert lyell & Interit ye quhyt swan of grippiswald 
 now cum from danskene cotenand four small ash treis xxvij 
 steyngis ane last of grene lynt nyn sparris [one line illegible 
 at bottom of page]. 
 
 septimo Julij 1583 in pntia balliv. et decani gilde 
 
 Comperit wiliame rychie & Interit ye schyp callit ye Mary 
 galland cum from danskene cotenand nyn last thrie ble ptenand to 
 david Jak iij last to Ja^ auchinlek xxv to ro* Smyth j last to Ja^ 
 myln 2 ble to George Duncan xij ble to Niniane roger half a last to 
 peit four ble to george w^sone thrie ble to wait, ferrie thrie ble 
 to w°^ richie twa ble to david rattray thrie ble to thomas henry. 
 To sanct Jhoniston [Perth] androw arnald xiiij last Jo° Pullor four 
 last 3 ble w"^ andersone four last w™ broun twa last and half olyver 
 peney iij last alex^' steen of elgin a qrter of a last qlk ye den of gild 
 hes receivit ye pticklar compt. 
 
 undecimo Julij 1583 in pntia balliv. pdict 
 
 Comperit marcus duvring & Interit his schip come fra danskene 
 to wit viij last oismond xviij schip pund of gad iron [line illegible] 
 ten small kynnis of steill twa ble [illegible in orig.] thrie ble bellis 
 v ble powder xxx schip punds lynt v schip pund hards sex schip 
 pund hemp twa schip pund coper keittillis twa hundreth komer- 
 land bines ptenand to men of sanct Jo°stoun [Perth] qlk ye den 
 of gild hes receivit ye pticklar tiket. 
 
 eod"^ die ejsd°^ ballivis 
 
 Comperit Jo'^ rattray younger & Interit his schip cum from 
 danskene cotenand tua gryt hundreth & ane half of knappit 
 
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 ane hundreth vynscot planks nyn lastis ane last halfe vii lastis 
 2 lastis 3 lastis 4 lastis ptenand to ye said Jo^ Ja^ myln & Tho^ 
 Jak. the den of gild lies receavit ye ]5ticklar tiket. 
 
 24 Julij 1583 coram ballivis above writ. 
 Cornperit Ja^ gal & interit his crear now cum from werlindhous 
 cotenand 4 lastis oismonts 2 lastis 3 lastis 10 ble. 6 hie. 4 hie. 3 
 gryt [delete in orig.] of oismonts. thre gryt hundreth dalis. 
 sextene aikin buirds & hes gifin ye den of gild ye pticklar tiket. 
 
 xxix Julij 1583 Coram Alex^ Scrymgeour et Jacobi forrester 
 
 ballivis 
 
 Comperit Patrik michel & interit ye schip callit ye Michaell now 
 cum out of sanctmertinis cotenand thrie [delete in orig.] ane 
 hundreth thrie qrters of ane hundreth salt ptenand to ye awneris 
 of ye said schip & hes delyverit ye den of gild ye pticklar tiket. 
 
 eod^ die coram pdictis ballivis et decani gilde 
 Comperit David cant & interit ye schip callit ye grace of god 
 now cum from flanders contenand ye guidis & geir gifin in ane 
 pticklar tiket qlk the den of gild hes receavit. 
 
 Sexto Augusti 1583 Coram ro* kyd ballivus 
 Comperit Jo^ lyn Mr. of ye bark callit ye swan now cum from 
 Norrovay & Interit hir cotenand tua hundreth garronis vj /do./ 
 of ruif spar vj hundred steyngis tua hundreth knapit qlk the den 
 of gild hes receavit ye pticklar tiket. 
 
 decimo quinto augusti 1583 coram Jacobi forrester et 
 Alex^' Scrymgeour 
 Comperit David collen & Interit hes schip callit klynkbellis 
 now cum from danskene cotenand ye guidis & geir following, 
 that is. four lastis oismonds ptenand to Androvv boyter xij schip 
 pund gad iron thrie last ais xiij last half lynt half a last of hemp 
 ane faw of aim thrie poks mader xij hie. tar vj hie. pik vij hie. seap 
 all ptenand to ye said Androw. Item thrie last suiden ptenand to 
 Valtir dougleische xvj schip pund gad iron four last ais j last 
 of lynt ane last of hemp ane stik of hemp vj hie tar ane faw of aim 
 ptenand to ye said Valtir burgess of Pth [Perth]. Item to Jo'^ 
 Allan in breichen xij hie. oismond half a last lynt foure hie. seape. 
 anoth^ hie. tar Jo^ ross thrie hie. Iron & hes delyverit ye den 
 of gild ye pticklar tiket, 
 
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 decimo sexto augusti 1583 coram ballivis pdictus et decani gilde 
 
 Comperit gilbert symire & Interit his schip callit ye angell cum 
 fra Norrovay contenand fyve hundreth deillis thrie thousand 
 steyngis vj hundreth rungis thrie/do./ruif tymmer tua/do./ 
 garronis sex aiken treis tua hundreth knapit ptenand to hir 
 awneris & hes delyverit ye den of gild ye pticklar tiket. 
 
 xxix augusti coram dictis ballivis 
 
 Comperit wiliame rychie & Interit ye schip callit ye Vlen cum 
 from Norroway cotenand thrie /do./ of dellis xviij hundreth 
 steyngis tua hundreth knapholt tua /do./ cruiket tymmer ane 
 hundreth ruif tymmer xxx peice of aiken tymmer ptenand to 
 her awneris and hes delyverit ye den of gild ye pticklar tiket. 
 
 primo septembris 1583 coram Alex^ scrymgeour ballivis 
 
 Comperit constantine arrot & Interit ye bark callit ye post cum 
 from Norrovay cotenand j"^ deillis a hundreth ruif tymmer a scoir 
 of corbellis & ye rest skowis and hes delyverit ye pticklar tiket to 
 ye den of gild ye geir forsaid ptenis to her awneris. 
 
 decimo die mensis septembris 1583 coram ro* kyd et 
 Alex^ Scrymgeour 
 
 Comperit david fudy m^^* & Interit his schip callit ye hairt cum 
 from Norrovay cotenand four hundreth dellis 3 / do / ruif tymmer 
 3000 steyngis ptenand to ye said david & patrick kynnaird and 
 hes delyverit ye pticklar tiket to ye den of gild 
 
 primo die mensis Januarij in pntia Alex^' Annand et Jacobi 
 fyndlasone et Alex^' scrymgeour decani gilde 
 
 Comperit Jo^ ker ^ patrick ramsay & Interit his schip cum from 
 flanders callit ye grace of god In ye first ro* Mudy and his 
 mcheandis haveand yis m^ A. I. ane pyp ane punschon ane ble. 
 half a ble ane ball of maldir tua haren treis ane ble tua Inglis 
 treis viij peices of brusell ane ble of feggis ane quhyt pipe ane 
 punschon ane rowan barell of feggis foure ble & ane kynkin mkit 
 w* syndrie m'^^ All ye pmissis. Thomas man for him and his 
 mchandis tua ballis of malder tua Inglis treis ane punschon vj 
 peces of brusell ane quhyt tun half a ble. ane quhyt tun a quhyt 
 
 Delete in original. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 211 
 
 tun tua treis all m^*^ as said is. Thomas traell and his incheandis 
 ane ball mader ane pyp tua half barrel fegs. Robert bursye & 
 Jo^ mertoun mchandis ane punschon ane heren tree ane 
 
 kynken ane romane trie ane romane trie ane quhyt tua tries ane 
 ball of mader ane tierce feggis. Patrik lyn tua Inglis tries Alex^ 
 rynd ane Inglis trie ane tierce of feggis Jo'^ boytur ane Inglis trie 
 ane punscheon. The number of feggis in ye schip ane ble & 
 half ane ble ane ble ane kynken ane ble ane half ane ble a half a 
 half a half ane kynken ane kynken half Ble Jo^ rattray & Ja^ 
 goldman tua ble half a ttle half a ble a kynken. Jo^ schewan a 
 Inglis trie ane romane trie ane ble. 
 
 This is the geir that cam out of ye henneschon ane Inglis trie 
 ane Inglis trie vij peces brusells the remand guidis cotenant in ye 
 inventar qlk ye den of gild hes receavit & Markis of yis geir 
 cotenand y"^ 
 
 quinto Januarij 1583 in pntea dictor. ballivor 
 
 Comperit Jo^ scrymgeour & Interit ye mary grace cum from 
 bourdeaux cotenand for Ro* kynlloch and his mcheandis 33 twn ten 
 twnis. a half of vaid iij bles twa punscheonis vinaicre 2 twnis [ille- 
 gible in orig.] 
 ane punscheon vinacre. 
 Ja^ scrymgeour tua twnis vyn. 
 Jo^ scrymgeour a twn & a half of vyn 
 Jo^ dels vyf a twn of vyn. George ogiluy 
 
 mcheand half a twn of vyn. Ja^ Stewart tua twnis of vyn. Ja^ 
 ouchterlony 7 peces of vyn. Ja^ ferrear half a twn of vyn. Alex'^ 
 hay half a twn of vyn. Henry blew half a twn of vyn. W™ haly- 
 burtoun half a twn of vyn. Da^ schipard thrie peices of vyn. 
 Alex^ kokburn v peice. a barrellkyn of vyn. ro*^ lowell thrie peice 
 a barrellkyn of vyn. Michel law thrie punscheonis thrie barrellkyn 
 of vyn. thrie half pokis vaid. Jo^ gardin a barrellkyn & delyverit 
 to ye den of gild ye Intries. 
 
 eode"^ die eod balli. 
 
 Comperit henry Myrtoun & Interit ye schip callit ye [blank in 
 orig.] of sanctandroes cotenand 41 twnis vyn 30 pokis vaid and 
 thrie bles. qlk schip is cum from burdeaux & ye den of gild hes 
 receivit ye pticklar tiket. 
 
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 eod'" die coram gulielum. stewinson Jacobi fyndlasone 
 ballivus 
 
 Comperit Thomas key & Interit his schip callit ye Jo" of ye 
 south ferry cotenand fiftie twnis vyn ptenand to W"* merten 
 thrie twnis to himself & cotenit in ye pticklar tiket qlk ye den of 
 gild hes receavit. 
 
 nono Jarij 83 coram Jacobi fyndlasone ballivus 
 
 Comperit David luynd «S: delyverit to Alex^ Scrymgeour den of 
 gild this Intrie of ye schip callit ye grace of god q^'^^ George 
 striveling is mr. beand cum fra dansken cotenand audit last iron 
 thrie last iron & thrie last iron v last & ane pak of lynt and hemp, 
 last of [blank in orig.] ane half last ane uythr half last, ane last 
 knapit, xxxij [illegible] & delyverit ye pticklar tiket to ye den of 
 
 gild. 
 
 Nono Januarij 1585 in pntia gulielmj duncane Alex^" ramsay 
 ballivij et alex^" scrymgeour decani gilde 
 
 Comperit patrik michell & Interit ye schip callit ye hairt now 
 cum from burdeaux cotenand ye guidis following. To wit foure 
 twn to george spens fy ve twn thrie peice to Jo" hodge ro* wedder- 
 burn foure twn thrie peice W*" Duncane j twn Jo" peirson j twn 
 alex^" andersone half a twn a peice Jo" coustoun. j twn patrik 
 blew, half a twn ro* flescheor. foure twn Jo" smyth. vj twn 
 Crystorphere trael 3 twn thomas annand. tua twn Ja^ fyndlasone. 
 4 twn andrew bursye. j twn wiliame drumond. j twn Jo" gudlet. 
 ane twn [blank in orig.] Oft' waid george spens & alex^' ramsay 
 xxxij pokis. ro* wedderburn xxiij pokis. Jo" peirson vij pokis. 
 Jo" hoge iiij pokis. archibald kyd audit pokis. robert wedder- 
 burn ix pokis. w"^ duncan ij pokis. alex^ andersone 3 pokis. Ja^ 
 donaldsoii thrie pokis. Jo" coustoun 3 pokis. patrik blew 3 pokis. 
 thomas traell 3 pokis. ro* flescher vj pokis. Ja'' fyndlasone 3 
 pokis. crystorphere trael 3 pokis. andro bursye ix pokis : wiliame 
 duncane 3 pokis. Off* brusels patrik michell vj peice a half tua 
 peice. Jo" cudbert iij peice. thom'^ dempstcr tua peice. Ja'^ 
 broun tua peice. con^*'^*^ arratt tua peice. androw bursye j peice. 
 ^^ad smal j peice. andro mores j peice. Jo" fergusone j peice. 
 Ja^ melvill tua peice. w"^ sympson ij peice. <S: delyverit ye pticular 
 tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
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 Vigesmo die mensis februarij 1583 in pns. of ye foresaid baileis 
 & Alex^ Scrymgeour den of gild 
 
 Comperit Thomas nichole clerk of ye schip callit ye wy^ angell 
 & interit ye said schip now cum from biirdeaux cotenand ye 
 guidis following. To wit. to Ja^ auchinlek ane twn a barrelkyn. 
 Alex^ wedderburn tua twn. w°^ crystie tua twn a half & a 
 punscheoun of vinacre. thomas ogilvy tua twn & a half. Mr. 
 Ja^ wischert vj twn & a half. Ja^ peirsone ane twn. Ja^ nichol 
 foure twn thrie punscheoun twa barrelkins half a pok of vaid. 
 george spens fyve twn. Thome [illegible] twa twn. Alex^ frain 
 foure punscheoun a barrelkyn. J hone were tua Twn & a half. 
 Jhone fullertoun thrie twn and a punscheoun. Jhone gardin foure 
 twn & a half & half a twn of vinacre. Henry pitcairne tua 
 punscheouns. Henry clerk thrie punscheounis. Mr. george ker 
 tua punscheouns. wiliame pilmer foure punscheouns. Patrik 
 butter a punscheoun. w"^ lyndsay a punscheoun. James ker tua 
 punscheounis. W^^ lochlean tua punscheounis. Robert ramsay 
 aucht twn & a half, robert wedderburn tua twn. Jhone 
 fyndlasone fyve twn. rob* flescheour fyve twn & of vaid thrie half 
 pokis. Henry auchinlek foure punscheonis. waltir duncane thrie 
 twn thrie punscheounis. Mereione valker foure punscheounis. 
 petir srayth nyn punscheounis. patrik valker thrie twn. wiliame 
 rollok ane punscheoun. Andro ramsay tua punscheoun. Jo^ 
 auchinlek ane punscheoun. thomas nichol foure punscheoun. 
 d*'^ smal tua twn. alex'' scot tua punscheounis. Jo° duncane v 
 punscheounis tua punscheounis vinacre & half a pok of vaid. Rob*" 
 kynloche thrie half pokis. cristopher traell thrie half pokis. Jo" 
 ramsay hes [delete in orig.] ane hunder & a half vecht. thom*^ 
 ramsay sex punscheounis. patrik kynaird vj pokis of vaid. Summa 
 iiij^^ xiij twn and the said clerk hes delyverit ye pticular tiket to 
 ye den of gild. 
 
 Vigesimo quarto februrij 1583 In pns of Ja^ fyndlasone bailie 
 & Alex^ scrymgeour den of gild 
 
 Comperit robert lyell clerk of ye schip callit ye [blank] now cum 
 from Lubke [^ Norrovay ' delete in orig.] & interit ye said schip 
 cotenand fyve hundreth salt w*^ twa twn of vyn ptening thrie 
 quarter & half q^" to waltir hay. to george mudy a q^*^»' and half 
 a q^*^^. ro* kynloch half a q^*^^^". patrik schalmer a half q^'^^^. Mair 
 half a hundreth salt for ye Companie efeiring. And hes delyverit 
 ye pticular tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
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 Vigesimo septimo die mensis Martij 1584. In pns of alex^ ramsay 
 & duiicane baileis Alex'^ Scrymgeour den of gild. 
 
 Comperit Jhone small & interit ye schip callit ye falcone come 
 from bm-deaiix cotenand sevyn twn vjn to Ja^ auchinlek. Patrick 
 lyoun twa twn & a half, rollok seven pmischounis. Ja^ man 
 8 twn. Jhone peirsone 3 twn & a half, ro* wedderbum ane twn. ro^ 
 vatsone 6 twn. Jo^ smyth in perth vj twn a twn & a half pok vaid. 
 Jo^ spenis a pok of vaid. Ja^ eddie vj twn & a half pok of vaid. pat- 
 rik Iwyd j twn. Mereione valker twa twn, Katharene fothringhame 
 ane tvm. twa balls vaid. d^ Mudy a twn. Valtir forrester 2 twn a 
 punscheoun. thomas annand fyve twn. Jo^ small thrie tvm twa 
 pokis vaid. Ja^ ferrear half a Uvn. Ja^ deis half a twn. awneris half 
 a twn. robert da'^'sone a twn. charles fothringhame 3 twn & a 
 punscheoim. viliame lessellis thrie punscheounis^ 4 peice rusit. 
 david Man half a twn. robert broun thrie punscheounis. Jo^ syme 
 ane twn. Alester ferguson a twn. Jo^ Heniy half a twn. george 
 gardpi 2 twn thrie punscheounis w* a punscheoun \dnacre & thrie 
 half pokis vaid. Jo^ kynloche a punscheoun mair. and hes de- 
 lyverit ye pticular tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
 Vigesimo octavo Martij 1584. in pns of Alex^ baxter and Alex"^ 
 scrymgeour den of gild 
 
 Comperit bailie forrester & Interit ye schip callit ye klinkebellis 
 now cum from burdeaux cotenand x twnis vyn foure half pokis vaid 
 ptening to Ja^ auchinlek to Jo^ fyndlasone thrie t^vnis vyn. to Henry 
 baxter in cuper twa twnis v half pokis vaid. to wiliame Rollok ane 
 twn j half pok vaid. to ro* fyndlasone. j twn vyn. to ro* wedder- 
 burn half a twn. Ja^ goldman j twn. Alex^" annand j twn. James 
 peirsone twa twn. Jhone morisone twa twn thrie half pokis vaid. 
 thomas davidsone twa twn j pok vaid. david cant half a twn. 
 patrik ramsay half a twn. Ja* annand half a pok vaid. Androw 
 quhyt fyve punscheounis vyn. maitland v punscheounis. Heniy 
 baxter j twn. peter struther j twn. Jo^ spens vij half pokis vaid. 
 Henry Jak thrie half pokis vaid. thomas fyf j half pok vaid. 
 David colyn j twn. V^altir forrester j twn fyve half pokis vaid. 
 Androw panter j twn. w™ Stewart iij punscheounis. thomas ro^sone 
 half a twn. Alex^' Hay half a twn. Ja^ barrie ane punscheoun. Jas 
 Nichole a twn. And hes delyverit ye pticular tiket to ye den 
 of gild. 
 
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 Undecimo die mensis Maij 1584 in j5ns of Alex^^ ramsay Alex^ 
 annand & Alex'^ scrymgeour den of gild 
 
 Comperit Alex^ barrie & interit ye schip callit ye hair cum from 
 Norrovay cotenand ane hundreth deillis xvj corbells xv /do/ ruif 
 sparis. twa thousand steyingis. aucht /do/ knap, iij /do/ aik sparis. 
 viij cutt tymmer & hes delyverit ye pticular tiket to ye den of gild. 
 
 [Volume blank from IP^ May 1584 till 7*^ August 1588] 
 
 Septimo augusti 1588 
 
 Comperit William Linsay Mr. of ye schip callit ye thoraas fra 
 Norroway & enterit ye schip cotenand ye guidis eft^ following, 
 viz. ane hundreth daillis fourtene dousone of ruiff sparris xviij 
 dousone of garronis & xx peic of croukit tymer & knapholt iij^^ 
 of corbellis of aik & sevine hundreth stevngs & rufing & ye dene of 
 gild hes ressavit ye particular tiket. 
 
 eodem die 1588 
 
 Comperit patrick annand In name of george crystie Mr. of ye 
 schip callit ye hart and Interit ye said schip now cum fra norroway 
 contenand eft^ following viz. 14 dousone & thrie daillis. 24 jeists. 
 l60 of ruif sparis of aik. 40 peice of corbellis 260 gairownis 60 
 knyfeiddris & crokit tymer & ye dene of gild hes ressavit ye 
 particular tiket. 
 
 Oct^^' Augusti 1588 
 
 Comperit thomas broun Mr. of ye schip callit ye [blank in orig.] 
 & Interit ye s^ schip now cum from norvay cotenand ye guidis 
 following, viz. sevin dousone Ruif treis xv hundreth stengis 200 
 bordng fyve dousone daillis 300 knapholt 4 aikine crokit treis. 
 & ye dene of gild hes ressavit ye particular tiket. 
 
 Comperit Johne cudbert Mr. of ye schip callit ye litle angell & 
 Interit ye said schip now cum fra norrovay cotenand ye tymmer 
 following, viz. ane hundreth dails xx hundreth gret steyngis twentie 
 peice of aikine tymmer foure faldome birck bords threttie ruif 
 sparris of aik fyve hundreth firre sparris ane dousone of Ruif 
 sparris of firre ane dousone of hewne treis of firre & ye dene of 
 gild hes ressavit ye pticular ticket. 
 
 Comperit thomas flass Mr. of ye schip callit ye elspett & enterit 
 ye said schip cum fra norrovay cotenand ye guidis following, ij^/ 
 
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 daillis & ane half, ij^ knapholt. ane thousand steyngis. ij^/ ruif 
 sparris & ane half. w*. iij garrownes of aik. 
 
 Comperit David brechen Mr. of ye schip callit ye vynd & Intrit 
 ye s*^ schip now cum fra norrovay cotenand twa dousone of daillis 
 twa dousone of gryitt pieces of aik & ij corbellis of aik ane dousone 
 of ruif spar of aik twa dousone of garrownes ten peices treis ane 
 thousand steyngis. 
 
 Comperit thomas key Mr. of ye schip callit ye thomas & Interit 
 ye said schip now cum fra Danskene cotenand ye guidis follow- 
 ing [delete in orig.] & geir cotenit in ane tiket qlk ye dene of gild 
 has ressavit. 
 
 Comperit James daiss skipper of ye schip callit ye [blank in orig.] 
 & Interit ye said schip now cum fra ye rochell cotenand twa quarf^^ 
 & ane half salt ptening to ye awneris of ye said schip To wit 
 george spenss James fyndlasoun John fudy Alex^" fleschor thomas 
 watt James annand David small. 
 
 Comperit Johne wedderburn & Interit ye schip callit ye expedi- 
 tioun now cum fra Danskene cotenand ye guidis & geir cotenit 
 in ane ticket qlk ye dene of gild hes ressavit. 
 
 xxj augusti 1588 
 
 Comperit Jo^ Lowell Mr. of ye schip callit ye huik & Interit ye 
 s*^ schip now cum fra norrovay cotenand ane hundreth pece of aik 
 gryitt & small sex hundreth daillis foure thousand steyngis twentie 
 hundreth knapholt twa hundreth Ruif sparris fyrre twa thousand 
 trene naillis thrie fir maistis & ye dene of gild hes [sic]. 
 
 xxij Augusti 1588 
 Comperit Johne strathauchine clerk of ye schip callit ye Lyoun 
 & Interit ye said ship cum fra spayne cotenand ye guidis following, 
 viz. george spenss & James maw skipper, twa twn & ane half. 
 William vricht & James abernethy twa twn. Anth. halyburtoun & 
 Jo" strathauchine twa twn. David ostlaire & James galloway ane 
 twn. david hereiss & david ratray ane twn & ane half, michael 
 balfour & J^ Cameron ane twn. Jo" hamiltoun & Jo'^ gest ane twn. 
 Alex^' Ramsay & rob^ patersone ane twn. patrik rugh & Ro* hird 
 elder ane twn. Item ane hundreth stane of stick waid ptening to 
 rob* davidson in abirdene. Item to Jo" heborn twa poks of waid. 
 
 Eodem die 
 
 Comperit Thomas Mure clerk of ye schip callit ye new angell & 
 
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 Interit ye said schip now cum fra ye Rochell cotenand In hir thrie 
 hundreth salt ptening to ye awneris of ye said schip. 
 
 xxiij augusti 1588 
 
 Comperit Alex^" scott Mr. of ye schip callit ye grace of god & 
 Interit ye said schip now come fra norrovay cotenand In hir thrie 
 hundreth & fyve dousone daillis viij dousone of tymmer twentie 
 strappis ane hundreth vndergirths of aik fvye dousone of crockit 
 tymmer ane thousand steyngis thrie small maistis. 
 
 vigesimo septimo augusti 1588 
 
 Comperit David Collene Mr of ye schip callit ye James & Interit 
 ye said schip now cum fra Danskene cotenand ye gudis following, 
 viz. To Robert kynlock viij schip lib lynt. vj schip lib hemp. 
 Robert fyndlasoun ane schip lib lynt. v lastis lit. Cristian carmanow 
 foure schip lib & ane half hemp. Alex^ Ramsay xvj lastis lit lynt. 
 Katheren doig xiij lastis lit lynt. James ade ane schip lib lit. thrie 
 lastis lit lynt. william annand xv lastis lit for lynt. Androw 
 walker foure schip lib lynt. viij lastis lit. hemp. Androw flescheour 
 iiij lib lynt. william sympson viij lastis lit lynt. thomas myln of 
 elgyn iiij schip lib lynt. iiij of hemp. Thomas auchinlek vij schip 
 lib lynt. vj of hemp. David allane & his company viij schip lib 
 lynt. Waltir rollok ane schip lib & ane half of lynt. Thomas Jak 
 ane last lynt. 
 
 The qlk day comperit David lind maister of ye schip callit ye 
 dragon & Interit ye s<^ schip now cum fra Danskene cotenand ye 
 guidis following viz. Andro Mathew thrie last of lynt as iron & wax. 
 Jo^ Ratray foure last lynt as iron & coperiss. Ro* boyter foure last 
 lynt as iron & coperiss. Jo^ maill ane last & ane half. Thomas 
 bo war ane last & half ane last. Androw arnot viij last, william 
 andersoun ane half last. Ro^ powry Twa last, barron broun twa 
 last. Androw donaldsoun ane last & ane half, ye skipper twa 
 last & ye dene of gild hes ressavit ye pticular ticket. 
 
 xxviij augusti 1588 
 
 Comperit Denniss Cuyvee Mr of ane douch schip callit ye [blank 
 in orig.] & Interit ye s^ schip now cum fra Danskene cotenand ye 
 guidis following, viz. To george mathew thrie last of aiss. 4 last 
 10 ble of pik. half ane last & ane quart^ lynt. 12 schip lib. [sic] 
 
 The qlk day coperit Alex^ Duncane ane of ye awneris of ye 
 
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 schip callit ye egle & Interit ye schip now cum fra Londoun 
 cotenand ye guidis following, viz. ij^ stane of woll ptenand to 
 James Scrymgeom* & Androw Walker, viij*^/ barkit scheip skinnis 
 ptenand to Alex'^ Duncane. ane half hundreth woll. ane half last 
 of calloun. [?] sic subscribitur Alex^ Duncane w*^ my hand. 
 
 iij Septemb. 1588 
 
 the qlk day coperit w°^ Rollok skipper of ye crear callit [blank 
 in orig.] & Interit ye schip now cum fra norrovay cotenand ye 
 guidis following, viz. fyve thousand grit steyingis for ruifingis 
 mccc daillis mcc Ruif sparris of fyrr. xl peice of aik vj*^®steyingis 
 iij treis of yew. 
 
 The qlk day [sic] cudbert Lyn Mr. of ye schip callit ye klinkbellis 
 & Interit ye s*^ schip now cum fra norrovay cotenand ye guidis 
 following, sevine ^/ & ane half of daillis ane thousand steyingis. 
 
 secundo januarij 1588 
 
 comperit henrie baxter Mr. of ye schip callit ye glessie & enterit 
 ye s*^ schip now cum fra ye lyillis cotenand the guidis following 
 viz. to Will dimcan 27 barrell. Andro michell 27 barrell. James 
 donaldsoun 4 last 6 brie. James goldman 27 barell. patrick 
 boyis 27 barrell. henrie baxter 27 barrell. williame forester 27 
 barrell. Andro blak 12 barrell. Johne Roger 2 barrell ane half. 
 James bursie a brell ane half, george foullis thrie bfell. william 
 flescheor vij barrell ane half, alex'^ fithe iij barrell. david pryid 
 thrie barrell. william fyiff 3 barrell. J^ kynloch thrie barrell. 
 alex^ smith thrie barrell ane half, david methven 3 bfell ane half. 
 David schipherd thrie brell. sic subscrib. hen. baxter. 
 
 quarto januarij 1588 
 
 comperit David allane Mr of ye schip callit ye James & enterit 
 ye s*^ schip now come fra ye nor iyllis cotenand ye guidis following 
 viz. Ro^ flescheor four lastis. Ro* kynloch iiij lastis. Thomas 
 auchinlek xiiij bfell. Richard clerk ix bfell. george streveling 
 ix b. w°^ symsoun xviij barrell. David allane xxviij b. henrie 
 clerk XX b. ye awneris of ye uniquorn xxvij btl. James brichine 
 iiij bfell. sic subscrib. David Allane. w*^ my hand. 
 
 7 Januarij 1588 
 
 Comperit andro panter Mr of ye schip callit ye [blank in 
 orig.] & enterit ye s^ crear now cum fra ye nor Iyllis cotenand 
 
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 ye guidis following, viz. george spenss 2 last 3 h. It^ mair ye 
 george & Alex'^ Ramesay ane last of hering 6 barrellis of salt. 
 Alex'* Ramesay 2 last 3 h. David lundy 2 last 3 h. george 
 mitchell 2 last 3 h. Jo^ fullertoun 2 last 3 b. william walker 
 6 b. Mr. Jo^ mercir 9 b. david small 4 b. george striveling 4 b. 
 James forrester 6 ble. pet^ wedderburn ane last 6 b. Jo^ wedder- 
 burn ane last 3 b. andro parck ane last 6 barell. Williame lesellis 
 6 b. sic subscribitur andro panter w* my hand. 
 
 decimo Januarij 1588 
 
 Comperit patrik michaell Mr of ye ship callit ye princess & 
 enterit ye said ship now fra burdeaux cotenand ye guidis eftir 
 mentionat. viz. to william Rollok twa twn, ane pok waid. alex^ 
 duncane fyve twn. andro walker fyve twn ane half & ane pok 
 of waid. Thomas auchinlek ane twne, iij pokis waid. Johne 
 fullertoun foure peis of wyne. david wedderburn ane twn. george 
 mathew ane twn of wyne and twa pokis of waid. Robert smyth 
 twentie twa pokis of waid. Patrik michaell ane twn of wyn. 
 Ro* wedderburn eldare foure pokis waid. Jhone fyndlasoun 
 foure twnis vyne, 5 pokis waid. Johne peirsone twa twnis ane 
 punscheoun. Ro* wedderburn half a twn thrie pokis of waid. 
 patrik Lyne ane twn wyn 3 pokis waid. williame huid ane twn 
 wyn 6 pokis waid. david zeaman 6 pokis waid. patrik andersoun 
 6 pokis waid. ri chart clerk 4 pokis waid. Alex^ alexander 2 pokis 
 waid. gilbert gardyn 2 peice wyne, 3 pokis waid. waltir duncane 
 3 peic of wyn 3 pokis waid. george stevinsoun half twn wyne. 
 Thomas blair ane twn wyne 2 pokis waid. Ro* Ro^soun thrie 
 peice wyne 3 pokis waid. thomas Ro*soun half twn wyn. David 
 thayne half twn wyn. gilbert treall half twn wyn. w*^ haly- 
 burtoun 3 punscheonis wyne. 3 pokis waid. henry [blank in 
 orig.] ane pok waid ane punscheon wyn. Ro*^ broun half twn. 
 j twn. the mercheandis of perth 27 twn of waid & wyn. sic 
 subscribitur patrik michaell w* my hand. 
 
 14 Januarij 1588 
 
 Comperit william wricht Mr. of ye schip callit ye egle & enterit 
 ye s'^ schip now cum fra flanderis cotenand ye guidis following 
 viz. Ro*^ mudy foure last of seap, iij treis of alme twa romaney 
 boitis & inglis treis twa crane 2 creillis and ane keist of glaiss 
 raair ane bowthe keist. Twa hundreth taikil. David zeaman 
 viij barrellis of seip & iij barrell. Twa Romaney boitis Twa 
 
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 pokis of hemp ane ball of maydr iiij Ingellis treis ane creill of 
 pames. goldman for his fayther & utheris quhom he lies to do 
 ij punscheonis ij crane creills iij Inglis treis ij peic of brisset 
 iiij hunder tackill ij last soip Johne ogilvie vj Inglis treis vij 
 barrellis soip. henrie coustoun iij punscheonis viij bfellis of soip 
 ij crane creillis and Inglis treis. donaldsoun for his maister & 
 utheris quhom he hes to do vij bfellis of soip & Romany boit 
 w*^ ane punscheoun ane Inglis trie ane paket of hemp ane peic of 
 brussell Twa hundreth taikell ane half keist of glaiss. Item 
 ptening to ye schip & cumpanie thrie barrell half soip. sic 
 subscribitur william wricht my hand. 
 
 15 Januarij 1588 
 
 The qlk day comperit John Cudbert Mr of ye schip callit ye 
 engill & enterit ye s^ schip now cum fra ye nor lyillis cotenand 
 ye guidis following, viz. thomas bowar twa last iij bfell. patrik 
 zordy xxij bfell. Jo^ meill ix bfell. anth halyburtoun iiij bfell 
 ane half. Johne Cudbert iiij last ane half. Alex^ Jak xx bfell. 
 James fothringhame xviij barrell. george boyter ix bfell. thomas 
 fleschour iiij bfell half. Robert wedderburn ix barrell. Summa 
 xiiij last ix bfell. Item Alex^ Cudbert In Inverness thrie paket 
 skynis ane bfell. quhuilk spect maire of swm ij last iij bfell. sic 
 subscributer Jo^ Cudbert my hand. 
 
 15 Januarij 1588. 
 Comperit Alex^' hoig in name of patrik boyis Mr. of ye schip callit 
 ye andro & enterit ye s*^ schip now cum fra ye nor lyillis cotenand 
 ye guidis following viz Johne Lowell xvj bfell James bowar xvj 
 barrell. James myln xvj barrell. David Ro^soun viij bfell. thomas 
 fleschour viij barrel, patrik boyis ye awnir xxxij barrell. Alex^ 
 hoig xxxij barrell. Item of hering xxxv barrell. mair of keilling 
 iiij barrell sic subscribitur Alex^' hoig w* my hand. 
 
 ■4 Februarij 1588 
 
 Comperit david smairt Mr. of ye schip callit ye David & 
 enterit ye s^ schip cum fra ye north lyillis cotenand ye guidis 
 following viz. Jo^ hodg ix last vj bfell w°^ hay v barrell. andro 
 fothringam v barrell. David smairt iiij last ix barrell. Alex^ 
 Renkene v barrell. Item to ye schip & his co. iij last ix barrell. 
 sic subscribitur David smairt w*^ my hand. 
 
 The qlk day comperit Johne fotheringham Mr. of ye crear callit 
 
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 ye [blank in orig.] & enterit ye s*^ crear now cum fra flanders 
 cotenand ye guidis following. Item to Ro* smyth 2 last of seip 
 3 Inglis treiss Twa punschoins. David Mudy 18 barrell seip Thrie 
 Inglis treiss Twa punschoins. Ane pak hemp Item ane Romaine 
 trie ane quhyt pyp 18 peis brissell. Robert bultie 2 last seip twa 
 quhyt treiss ane Romaine trie, ane pak hemp. 12 peces of brissell 
 ane ball mader Alex'^ Jak iiij barrell seip ane quhyt trie 2 coverit 
 oreills Item ane pak of hemp ane pok. Item ane punschoin ane bfel 
 ane ball mader. The geir of perth 4 Inglis treiss ane ball mader 
 ane bf ell w* panis 6 pokis brissell 2 quhyt treiss ane pak of hemp 
 Twa last seip. The geir of edinbur* 20 barrell seip. Johne schewan 
 foure barrell seip 4 Inglis treiss ane punschoin ane pak. Item 
 ptening to David mudy & Jo^ schewan 3 tubis seip ane creill 
 w* panis 20 pece figis. sic subscribitur Jo^ fotheringham w^ my 
 hand. 
 
 Comperit andro panter Mr. of ye schip callit ye James & enterit 
 ye s^ schip now cum fra deip cotenand ye gudis following. Item 
 thrie doussine iron peicis twa balls of sma waid ptenand to androw 
 In St Johnstoun Item ane ball of sma waid of D^ meathies. Item 
 14 barell of plumdames To Alex^' ramesay. Item Johne maill 
 12 barrell plumdames Johne Traill 2 cradillis of glass. Item 
 to W™ petrie in Montrose j half barell plumdames. Item to 
 David sibbald ane ball of cork Alex'^ Ramesay iij cradillis of 
 glass. Item to Jo^ maill 2 punschoin of win androw panter 3 half 
 bfell plumdames. 
 
 Comperit henrie patersoun Mr. of ye [ms. torn] ... in ye 
 south ferric & enterit ye s^ schip now cum fra ye iyillis cotenand 
 ye guidis following. Item xij lastis iiij brellis ptening to ye 
 awneris & pairtenirs. Item ]5tening to thomas cok burgess of 
 perth j bfell ulie j b hering & ane half w^ ane half bfell 
 butter. 
 
 Comperit James erskyn Mr. of ye dragoun & enterit ye said 
 schip now cum fra ye Rochell twa hundreth & ane quarter calk 
 twa hundert. ye awneris of ye schip ar purposit be ye grace of god 
 to Danskene or queresoevir gif ye cumpane Requyris ye furingis 
 or gif ony quantitie be reseavit be ye awneris ye cumpane & 
 awneris sail pay according to utheris count, sic subscribitur 
 erskyn Mr. 
 
 Comperit James patersoun Mr. of ye crear in ye ferrie callit 
 ye James & enterit ye s^ schip now fra ye Iyillis cotenand ye guidis 
 
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 following viz ptening to ye mercheandis xviij. last & ten bfell of 
 hering packing & bailing x Bdles hyiddis ptenining to thomas 
 cok sic subscribitur James Patersoun. 
 
 Comperit Thomas gardyn Mr. of ye schip callit ye grace of god 
 & enterit ye s^ schip now cum fra Ingland cotenand ye guidis 
 following. Item ptening to patrik andersoun, thomas gardyn, 
 thomas doig, fargus makmillan. iij fiddes of leid iij gryitt load 
 of bark to J^. bowar ane pak of clayth ptening to petir clayhillis 
 sic subscribitur w^ my hand. Thomas gardyn. 
 
 Comperit W"^ ritche Mr. of ye bark thomas & enterit ye s*^ 
 crear now fra ye lyillis cotening ye guidis following viz 13 last 
 ptening to clayhillis. petir man. thomas smyth, Ritchie, 
 george duncan, & David smairt, awneris of ye said schip. sic 
 subscribitur William Ritche skipper. 
 
 Comperit edvard broun & enterit ye crear of pittenwem now 
 cum fra ye lyillis cotenand ye guidis following. Item nyn last & 
 ix brell hering mair of butter & ulie viij bfell ptening to patrik 
 lyoun, patrik andersoun, Jo^ lowell, & piter man. sic subscribitur 
 edvard broun. 
 
 Comperit James knycht Mr. of ye prow inyess & enterit ye 
 schip now cum fra ye lyillis cotenand ye guidis following. 
 Item ptening to george R*^soun xxxiiij bfel. david smairt xxxij 
 bfel, james nicole xvj barrell, Mais*^ fargusoun xvj bfell, James 
 bathie viij bfell halbert stewart xvj barrell Item of ye schippes 
 cumpanie thrie last & thrie brell. Item pitter rolland xiiij brellis 
 sic subscribitur James knycht. 
 
 xvij Merche 1588 ^ 
 Comperit Mr. Jo^ moncur Mr. of ye schip callit ye grace of 
 god & enterit ye said schip now cum fra ye lyillis cotening 
 The guidis following viz xiiij lastis hering ptening to Jo^ peirsoun, 
 Ro* smyth, Mr. Jo^^ moncur, & merhone small, sic subscribitur 
 Mr. Jo° moncur. 
 
 Comperit James demster & enterit ye schip callit ye mergrat 
 now cum fra ye nor^ lyillis cotening ye following viz xx lastis. 
 sex barrell hering Q^of wes stentit in ye stanehavn ane half last 
 for furnessing of ye cumpaneis victuallis The childer hes of portaig 
 thrie last & ane half ye rest appertenis to ye awneris M^ & 
 mercheandis & maryneris. 
 
 1 The entries are not dated between 17th March 1588 and 17th Nov. 1589. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 223 
 
 Comperit Johne Rollok & enterit ye schip callit ye grace of god 
 Q^of Jo'^ rogir is maist^' fra lichtoun cotenand xxiiij lastis hering 
 ptening to rollok, Androw matthew, Alex^ Scot, Valter 
 
 lichtoun. 
 
 Comperit W"^ spink Mr. of ye auld engillis & enterit ye 
 schip now cum fra ye nor* lyillis cotening xvj lastis of hering 
 Q^of Oliver powrie hes vj lastis. 
 
 Comperit Ro** broun Mr. of ye Thomas & enterit ye s^ ship 
 now cum fra ye lyillis cotening ye guidis following. Q^of ye 
 haill extendis to xiiij last ptening to william and Jo^ bursie, James 
 bowar, David mudie, Ro* broun. 
 
 Comperit [blank in orig.] Mr. of James kennadys crear & enterit 
 ye crear now cum fra ye nor* lyillis cotening ye guidis following 
 viz. ix lastis hering Q^of is of portaig xx barrell & 6 yew headis 7 
 last 2 b. of the qlk 7 last twa barrell ptenis to w"^ perssie 8 bfell 
 Androw kennady 28 bfell w'^ peitt 8 b. patrik andersoun 20 b. Jo^ 
 Stewart 30 b. summa 7 lastis 2 bfell 
 
 Comperit James man & enterit ye schip callit ye [blank in orig.] 
 cotening ye guidis following viz ix twn of win ptening to James 
 man Thomas clayhillis, & Ro* Jak 
 
 Comperit george boyter Mr. of ye schip callit ye smairt cotening 
 XXX last beir & j lib of iron & of all geir y* appertanis to M^ & ye 
 childer ij lastis beir sic subscribitur george boyter w* my hand. 
 
 Comperit Johne Cudbart Mr. of ye schip callit ye engill & 
 enterit ye said schip now cum fra Dansken cotening the guidis 
 following, viz. v do. & viij pottis ptening to Alex^ Jak. Item v d & 
 viij pottis ptening to James Scrymgeour. Item appertening to 
 William Richardsoun ij d pottis. Item to Jo^ Jak v dousine pottis. 
 To androw Johnesoun iij d. pottis. to thomas flass vj pottis to Johne 
 peirsoun half bfell plumdames. To David lyil vj pottis. Item to 
 James Alexander half bfell plumdames. sic subscribitur Jo^ 
 Cudbart w* my hand. 
 
 Comperit pitter smyth & enterit ye schip callit ye cant now cum 
 fra burdeaux contening ye guidis following viz. To James flescheour 
 & his mercheandis xij twnis wyn & ten pokis waid. Item to 
 androw bursie ix twnis wyn xlvj pokis waid. Mr. johne andersoun 
 foure twnis wyn fiftie pokis waid. James annand thrie twnis wyn 
 twa pokis waid. pitter smyth twa twnis wyn ane pok waid. george 
 spenss thrie twnis ane half of wyn ane pock of waid. pa* zeman x 
 pokis waid. James fyndlasoun foure twnis wyn thrie pokis waid. 
 
224 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Ro* bultie ane twn wyn thrie pokis vaid. David Small ane twn 
 wyn & twa pokis waid. Johne zeman x pokis waid. James brown 
 ane twn wyn. tho^ henrie ane twn wyne ane pock waid. david 
 cryistie half ane twn wyn. Johne waitt twa twnis wyn twa pokis 
 waid sic subscribitur pitter smyth. 
 
 Comperit Thomas mow & enterit ye schip callit ye angill now 
 cum fra burdeaux cotening the guidis following viz. David sibbald 
 merchant burgess in perth xxviij twn wyn & ane twn vinagir. 
 Ja^ man vj^^ & vij pokis. Item ane bfell of pik. Item James ker 
 twa twn wyn. Johne peirsoun twa twn wyn ane pok vaid. w"^ Rig 
 twa twn wyn. Richard Clerk ane twn wyn ane pok vaid. william 
 huid ane twn & ane half ane pock vaid. thomas auchinlek half 
 ane twn of wyn ane pock vaid. george spenss ane twn of wyn. 
 Alex^ Ramesay ane twn wyn. Androw walker twa twn wyn. 
 James mow twa twn wyn. Thomas davidsoun thrie punscheonis 
 wyn. Jo'^ Jak half ane twn ane pok vaid. Jo^ fyndlasoun xvj 
 pokis vaid. duncan foure pokis vaid. James goldman foure 
 
 pokis vaid. walker twa pokis vaid. patrik ramesay iij pokis. 
 
 Alex^ colHn ane pok vaid. Jonet andersoun ane pok. James 
 annand twa pokis vaid. 
 
 Comperit androw gawis and enterit his schip now fra crailsound 
 w* the gudis efterfollowing Alex^ rynd twa last the skipper twa 
 last beir 
 
 Comperit William Lyndsay and enterit ye schip callit the 
 thomas now fra norroway w* the gudes and geir efter following 
 and appertening to the awneiris of the schip seven thousand 
 steingis twentie aucht dussen of sawen timber and foure dussone 
 of dellis, Twa hunder knapport and fyve dussone of aiken Sparr. 
 
 Comperit thomas dempster and enterit the schip callit the 
 mariegrace now owt of norroway w^ the gudes efterfollowing viz. 
 200 dellis w* 200 ruif Spar of fir, w* 1000 steing, w* sum knopeit 
 and four Littill Aikin corballis, pertening to patrick Kinnaird, 
 Robert Watsone, patrik schalmer patrik Ramsay and the M^. 
 
 Comperit magnus brown and enterit the schip calHt the andro 
 w* the gudes and geir efterfollowing in the first iij thowsand 
 steingis ane half mair of rewf tymmer ane hunder mair viij dussone 
 of dellis. 
 
 Comperit thomas gardyn and enterit the schip callit the 
 mergerit w* the gudis and geir efterfollowing In the first xliij 
 ballis bark mair four steins of leid 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 225 
 
 Comperit David collein and \sic] the schip callit the Jonas now owt 
 of norroway In the first xxv dussone of sawen tymmer mair ane 
 h under and ane half of delis twa thowsand steingis twa h under 
 knapholt sex corbellis ane dussone of garronis. 
 
 Comperit george Duncane and enterit the schip callit the 
 meregalland now frome burdeaux In the first Androw Walker 28 
 twnis wyn Jhone Lowell w^ his perteneris 28 twnis William man 
 ane punscheoun Robert Smyth ane punscheoun patrik schalmer 1 
 twn 3 punscheounis. george Duncane ane twn thre punscheounis 
 Dennes gamle thre punscheounis thomas Auchinlek 2 puncheounis 
 williame riche 1 tun Jhone fullertoun ane tun williame pait ane 
 tun 4 pecies of roset. Jhone Jak thre puncheounis twa pecies roset. 
 Wat Annand 1 tun Williame Lochmalowny twa puncheounis. 
 piter craig twa puncheonis. george Jak twa puncheonis. Jhone 
 Williamsone twa puncheonis philip chalmeris ane puncheon Johne 
 Leslie 1 puncheon 4 barfls. Jeramie strachin and his father 6 
 puncheonis. 
 
 Comperit [blank in orig.] and enterit the schip callit ye thomas 
 w*^ ye gudes and geir efterfollowing in ye first iij hunder sawen 
 tymmer sex hunder knapholt ane thowsand steings fowr dussone 
 of garronis xl dellis 
 
 Comperit Jhone Lowsone and enterit ane crear of Anster w^ the 
 gudes efterfollowing. Item in the first x tun of beir ane trunk of 
 thomas Gray's. Item ten peissis of flenders mair of Jhone Wedder- 
 burns thre peissis mair ane barrell of mantillis and foure dussone 
 of aill w* sum uther provisione. To my Lord gray's houss ane 
 trunk of Robert halis twa dussone of cairdis. 
 
 Comperit Williame peit and enterit the schip callit the mere- 
 galland now out of rochell w* ye gudes and geir efterfollowing. 
 the haill salt extendis to thre hunder salt the maist appertenis to 
 The awneris and cumpany williame man, piter Clayhillis, george 
 duncane, Jhone Jak, williame reitche^ elder, and younger, Jhone 
 strathauchin dennies gamle, patrik schalmer. 
 
 Comperit Jhone wedderburne and enterit the schip callit ye 
 James now out of danskein w* ye gudes and geir efterfollowing, in 
 ye first piter man and his pterneris 100 spruiss staine of takill 
 mair of pik 4 bf mair of vaid tua schip pund mair of lynt 20 spruiss 
 staine mair of saip 7 bf . mair of alme 1 bf. Jhone Stewart of takill 
 hes 65 spruiss staine. mair Thomas Auchinlek hes of takill ix 
 spruiss staine. Jhone Jak hes of takill 14 spruiss staine. george 
 
 p 
 
226 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 strivling of takill hes 9 spruiss staine James car of seip lies 1 br. 
 williame Lochmalowny hes of seip ane bf . and of Lynt 5 spruiss 
 staine. andro kinnaird hes of wax ane schip pund andro panter hes 
 of Lynt 12 spruiss staine. Jhone wedderburn hes of Lynt 1 6 spruiss 
 staine. mair ot seip ane br. ane half, mair of takill 20 staine. 
 thomas bowar of seip 1 br. and ane half, the cumpany hes of swed. 
 Irone 4 br. mair for ye awneris of knapholt thre small hunder. 
 
 Comperit thomas gardyne and enterit the crear callit ye mere- 
 grate now frome noraway w* the gudes and geir efterfollowing. 
 In the first tua hunder deillis mair half ane ruif tymmer of fir four 
 doussone of garronis of aik mair sex hunder steingis mair ane 
 hunder knappairt. 
 
 Comperit magnus brown and enterit the crear callit ye andro 
 w* ye gudes and geir efter following in the first twa hunder and 
 ane half of ruif tymmer thrie thowsand steyngis and ane half, twa 
 hunder of aiken spaileis. 
 
 Comperit thomas dempster and enterit the crear callit ye mer- 
 gret now frome noraway w^ ye gudes and geir efter following, 
 imprimis of ruif sparris 300 of deillis ane hunder of steyngis 3000 
 of knapholt 200. 
 
 Comperit Jhone Jak and enterit the schip callit ye meregrate 
 now frome noraway w*^ the gudes and geir efterfollowing. imprimis 
 tua dussone twelf ellis and iij dussone and ane half corbellis ane 
 dussone of dubbill ruif sparis and fyve dussone of ruif sparis and 
 twentie dussone garronis and thre dussone deillis thre hunder and 
 ane half steyngis. 
 
 Comperit Jhone strathauchin [sic] and the schip callit ye lyoun 
 now from Rochell w^ the gudes and geir efterfollowing imprimis 
 four hunder salt of St. mertenis mett. 
 
 Comperit thomas flass and enterit the schip callit the hund now 
 frome noraway imprimis 1. ruif sparis xv hunder steyngis sex 
 assingaris [.^] knapholt v scoir, 
 
 Comperit James Reinkein [sic] and the schip callit the pelecant 
 now frome Rochell w^ ye gudis and geir efterfollowing imprimis 
 300 ane quarter and sex setteris [?] belongand to the awneris and 
 cumpanie. 
 
 Comperit James knicht maister of ye schip callit ye princeiss 
 contening ye gudes following imprimis of gaid lyrne threttie bf iij 
 br. of aiss. iij last of pik and tar. thre quarteris of ane last of Lynt. 
 four br. ane half of seip tua coipper cattellis ane trei of coipres thre 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 227 
 
 littill pakits of woll. mair david mortemer ane trei of aim ane uther 
 of copres mair ane set.^ of pewther. nyn br. of aiss. tiia schip piind of 
 lyrne heip tewch. david gipsone and Alex^ vannen ane last of 
 gaid lyrne x br. of oisment lyrone ane last of aiss ane last of hemp 
 tua last of pik and Tar tua sentrellis of pulder mair James ander- 
 sone of ane and twenty bf. of peis thre bf. of seip. sex gryt bf. of 
 tar tua bf . of gaid lyrone. mair James knicht iiij br. of peis iij bf . 
 of aiss. mair Allaster fargisone half ane last of gaid lyrone acht 
 bf. of aiss for him and his doeris. mair James abircromie ij bf. of 
 aiss. iij bf. of lyrone. mair thomas turpe iij bf. of aiss. tua bf. of 
 lyrone. ij bf . of pik. Ritchert blyth ane bf. of oismont lyrone tua 
 bf. of pick. 
 
 Comperit David Curror and enterit and enterit [sic^ the schip 
 callit knudsone now frome noraway gudes and geir efterfollowing 
 imprimis sex hundreth dellis thre hunder and ane half ruif tymmer 
 thre thowsand Steingis tua hunder bow steingis ane half hunder 
 knapholt tua faldome burnewod. 
 
 Comperit Jhone Stewart and [sic] his schip frome noraway w^ ye 
 gudes efterfollowing 20 stalffis of 20 futtis 12 ellis 3 ellis 4 ellis 12 
 ellis 24 of 8 ellis l6 of 7 ellis 10 of 6 ellis 4 of ruif spar 36 of garronis 
 24 croukit timmer 20 of knapholt 10 of portagy stalffis. 
 
 Comperit alex^' Cant and [sic] the schip callit the nichtingall now 
 frome noraway w* the gudes and geir efter following, imprimis 4 
 hunder dellis quhairof ane hunder appertenis to the schilder 3 scoir 
 plankis ane hundreth of sawine tymer doubbill and singill sparis 
 thre thowsand Steingis twentie peis of aiken tymer thre dussone 
 crukit tymer to ye schip four scoir burnewod ane peiss of birk. 
 
 Comperit Alex^ makie and enterit the schip callit the Jhone 
 the geir efterfollowing now frome Noraway. Imprimis 4 hunder 
 and four dussone of dellis thre hunder and thre dussone of ruif 
 Spar, mair fyve dussone of garronis four thowsand steingis. 
 
 Comperit Richard elder and enterit the schip callit the margrat 
 now frome noraway w^ the gudes efterfollowing ane hundreth 
 deillis and xxx, ane hunder ruif sjDar four thowsand steingis ane 
 hunder bittis of aik. 
 
 Comperit David colling and enterit the schip callit the Thomas 
 now frome noraway w^ ye gudes and geir efterfollowing 20 corbellis 
 ane thowsand skowes 2 hunder knapholt 4 thowsand steingis ane 
 dussone of dellis. 
 
 Set. or sentrell of pewter. 
 
228 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Comperit Mr. Jhone moncur and enterit his schip callit the grace 
 of god now frome Stockolmn the gudes and geir efterfollowing. 
 James auchinlek iij lastis ten bf. of oisment jrone man- ane thrid 
 of tua schip pund of copper cattelHs mair ten schip pund of gaid 
 lyrone. mair to Jhone peirsone tua lastis ten bf. half a thrid of 
 copper cattellis half a thrid of ten schip pundis gaid Irone mail' 
 Robert Smyth achtein br. lyrone ane quarter of a thrid of ten schip 
 pundis copper cattellis mair ane quarter of thrid of ten schip pundis 
 gaid lyrone mair to margret small xxj br. lyrone j quarter of a thrid 
 of tua schip pundis copper cattellis j quarter of a thrid ten schip 
 pundis gaid lyrone Mr. Jhone moncur iiij lastis and one half oismont 
 lyrone ane thrid of tua schip pundis copper cattelHs ane thrid of 
 ten schip pundis gaid lyrone ane last of tar James Goldman half 
 last of oismont lyrone. 
 
 Decimo septimo nowembris 1589 
 
 Comperit davld coustone and enterit the schip callit ye princeiss 
 now cum fra burdeaux contening ye gudis following Imprimis 
 Andro ra marchant lies 18 twnis thre pmischeon vyii 22 pokis waid 
 mair Alex^ Andersoiie hes 10 twnis 4- pokis vaid mair Alex^ duncane 
 hes 12 twnis wyn 27 pokis of waid mair patrik Lyne hes sex twnis 
 \vyn mair patrik michell hes 6 twnis and ane half mair williame 
 halyburtoune hes 2 twnis ane peis mair Rich^^ coping ane twn mair 
 Alex^' cokburne ane twn mair Andro Jakis wyfe ane twn mair 
 williame richertsone 2 pokis waid Andro Auchinlek ane twn wyn 
 James gardin half a tun david meffen half ane tun James ferrear 
 ane tun James Scrymgeour half ane tini david thein half ane tun 
 george stewinsone ane tun william Lochmalowny ane peis Andro 
 geiddy 3 peis thomas heres half ane tun. 
 
 Comperit Alex'^ makie and enterit the schip callit the Jhone 
 now from norraw^ay w* the gudes and geir efterfollowing. Imprimis 
 13 tliowsand steingis twa hundert knapholt fourtein bf. of nuttis 
 [blank in orig.] of dellis [blank in orig.] of ruif sparis 
 
 Comperit williame peirsoun and enterit ane crear of pittenweem 
 from noraway w* the gudes and geir efterfollowing. ij hunder 
 dellis 10*^ knapholt 10 hunder steingis xlv buiidis of lynt four 
 dussone of portag dellis. 
 
 Comperit david Jak and enterit the schip callit the James now 
 from campveir w* the gudes and geir efterfollowing. David Jak 
 XX tunis of Aples and Ingonis mair fowr tunis of uther varis 
 
[The Second Volume of the Shipping Lists begins here] 
 
 The Buik of ye entresis of Schippis arryvand at ye 
 port and Heavin of Dundie Begun in ye moneth 
 of March Anno D^^ 1612. 
 
 Vigesimo primo die mensis Martii anno dni l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Johne Rollok Maister of ye schip callit ye 
 pelicane of Dundie and enterit ye said schip laitlie cum from 
 burdeaux laidnit ye gudis & geir eftermentioned ptening to ye 
 personis efter specefeit Imprimis to Johne adie burgess of perth 
 nyne twnis half twn burdea.ux wyne. Item tua twnis vinagir 
 twelff pokis wayid. Twa pyppis of plumdamess. Item to Johne 
 Corbett xj tunnis wyne. Item to thomas goldman aucht twnis 
 ane punscheoun wyne. Item to James young twa twnis half twn 
 wyne mair ane pyip & half pyip plumdamess and fyve hundreth 
 Roset. Item to Jo^ Rollok 3 twnis wyne half pyip plumdamess. 
 Item to Alex^ Gray fyve punscheounis wyne. 
 
 Vigesimo primo die mensis Aprilis Anno D'^^ l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Robert Levingstoun traveller In germanie 
 and enterit his schip callit ye dow of Grippiswald Laitlie cum 
 from Crailsound cotenand xxxiiij lastis of drinking dutche beir 
 fyve bollis peyis sex bfellis mittis [?] appertening to himselff and 
 utheris his collegis all vnfremen. 
 
 Vigesimo septimo die Aprilis Anno D^^^ l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Andro Abircrombie Maister of ane schip 
 of yis bur*^ callit ye fox laitlie cum from burdeaux laidnit w* ye 
 wynis and vther gudes following ptening to ye psonis efterspecefiet 
 viz. xxi tunis wyne & xl pokis wayid ptening to Andro flescher 
 j twn wyne xxv pokis wayd ptening to Andro boyture. viij pokis 
 wayid half tun wyne ptening to Ja^ boyture vj pokis wayid half 
 tun wyne ptening to Alex^ Duncane viij tunis half wyne and xx 
 pokis wayid ptening to ye said andro abircrombie. Nyne tunis 
 half wyne vj pokis wayid ptening to george stevinsoune vj tunis 
 
230 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 3 peic wyne ptening to henrie guthrie vij tunis j punscheoun 
 wyne ptening to Alex^' Watsoun vj pokis wayid. James Cokburn 
 
 4 tunis wyne ix half pokis wayid Andro beatie of Montroiss 14 
 pokis wayid. 
 
 fol. lb. Vigesimo octavo die mensis Aprilis anno l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit William kynloch Maister of ye schip callit 
 ye William of Dundie And enterit his said schip laitlie cum from 
 William Rowan in framice laidnit w^ pettie cairdis brissell Games and uther 
 ye lyik frensche wairis All appertening to James boyture Robert 
 Clayhillis Alex^' Edvard James Watsoun Valter Renkyne. Thomas 
 auchinlek David schewan Johne Meldrum Alex^ Roiss David 
 Rollok W"^ kynnereis Thomas Crombie ye said William kynloch 
 all fremen Inhabitantis of ye said bur*. 
 
 Decimo nono die Junij anno d"i l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit James Man mercheand and enterit ane 
 encasan schip of encasand Laitlie cum from Danskyne Laident w* Iron 
 Wynescott knapholt And utheris Danskyne waris ptening to 
 Robert Clayhillis ye said James Man and utheris fremen and 
 gild brether of ye said bur*. 
 
 The sam day Comperit Johne Rollok Maister of ane schip of 
 pelican ye bur* of Dundie callit ye Pelicane laitlie cum from Norroway 
 and enterit ye said schip contenand [blank in orig.] deillis ane 
 thousand girt steyingis aucht faldomis of Burnewod ptening to ye 
 awneris of ye said schip fremen of ye said bur*. 
 
 Vigesmo primo Junij l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Andro painter Maister of ye schip callit 
 ye Piter laitlie cum from burdeaux cotenand ye particular gudis 
 following ptening to ye psonis underwritten viz. xv tunis half wyne 
 piter ptening to and^^ Cowy thrie tunnis wyne ptening to thomas 
 broddy Johne Admesone in St Andrews 9 tun j pece wyn. James 
 findlasone thrie pece wyn Johne tyrie j pece Robert forrester j pece 
 wyn j pece vinagre Johne wricht 3 pece wyn. David turnebull 
 fol. 2". fyve pece wyne. Patrik Lyn twa tunnis half. Robert Andersone 
 j pece wyn Thomas annand thrie pokis wayid. Alex^ edvard 
 2 tunis wyn 9 pokis waid. Bessy Lyn 2 tun wyne j pok waid. 
 James flescher sex peces of wyn Andro painter fyve tunis wyn 
 10 pokis wayid. 
 
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 Vigesmo secundo die Junij l6l2 
 Quhilk day Comperit Robert flescher Clerk of ye schip eallit ye 
 grace q^of Valtir Renkyn is Maister and enterit ye said schip 
 Laitlie Cum from Norroway cotenand sex hundreth deallis Thrie Grac 
 hundreth nyne elnis and xij elnis of firne Tymber thrie thousand 
 steyngis xvj mastis & xvj faldomis of Burnewod all ptening to ye 
 awneris friemen of ye said bur*^. 
 
 Sexto die Julij anno d°M6l2 
 Quhilk day Comperit James Moncur Maister of ye bark eallit 
 ye Edvard laitlie cum from Quhidbro in Ingland And entered ye Eduar 
 said schip Contenand fyve thousand bark xxij peices of Tymber 
 and XX stanis of Woll all appertening to ye said James and his 
 mercheandis friemen of ye said bur*. 
 
 Primo die mensis Augusti l6l2 
 
 Comperit Andro Blak Maister of ye schip Callit ye Reabuk and 
 entered ye said schip Laitlie cum from Norroway Contenand tua 
 hundreth deallis Thrie hundreth firne tymber xxiiij pecis of Aik reabu; 
 fyve hundreth steyingis ane half hundreth knapholt sex faldomis 
 of Burnewod All appertening to Mr. fergusone, James Mudy, 
 James findlasone, Jonet blyith^ And. blyith^ Johne Corbet. 
 
 Septimo die Augusti anno l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Alex^ Richardsone Mr. of ye schip callit /o/. 2^. 
 the swallow And entered the said schip Laitlie cum from Norroway 
 Contenand ane hundreth deallis of nyne elnis xv of steyngis half Suallo 
 hundreth knapholt. Thrie faldoms burnewod xij pecis aikine 
 tymber ptening to ye awneris of ye said schip friemen of yis bur^ 
 
 The sam day Comperit David Methven Maister of ye schip callit 
 ye swift laitlie cum from Zetland and entered the said schip Suaft 
 cotenand viij thousand dry fysches sex lastis of hering aucht 
 brell oyllie. 
 
 Undecimo die Augusti l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Henrie Prestoun Maister of ye schip callit 
 ye Martine Laitlie cum from Zetland and entered ye said schip Martin: 
 cotenand xiij lastis of fisches & xvj th. dry fisches w* sum oylie 
 ptening to friemen of yis bur*. 
 
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 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1616 
 
 Decimo nono Augusti l6l2 
 
 Comperit David strathauchin Maister of ye schip callit ye Tigre 
 tigre of Dundie laitlie cum from St marlines in fraunce Laidnit salt 
 ptening to ye awneris of ye said schip all friemen of ye said hurt. 
 
 The sam day Comperit William Clerk and entered the schip 
 hoipweill callit ye hoipweill q^of Ja^ Downy is maister Laitlie cmii from 
 Rotchell in fraunce Laidnit Salt all apperteaning To ye awneris 
 of ye said schip all friemen and burgesses of ye said bur*. 
 
 pi 3a, Vigesmo quarto Augusti anno dni l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Piter lessellis & Johne Scott Inhabitantis of 
 Gift of god Anstruther and enterit their schip callit ye gift of god q^of Patrik 
 Read is Maister Laitlie cum from Zetland cotenand foure Thousand 
 dry fisches and j bf ell oyille i5tening to }^e saidis Piter and Johne. 
 
 Vigesmo nono die Augusti anno l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Johne smy* Maister of ye schip callit ye 
 Elspeth Elspet Laitlie cum from danskine and entered ye said schip laidnit 
 w* Iron taikell lynt wainscott and uther lyik danskpi wairis all 
 apperteaning to friemen burgesses of ye said bur*. 
 
 Penultimo die augusti l6l2 
 
 Comperit James Moncur Maister of ye schip Callit ye James of 
 James dundie and entered ye said schip laitlie cum from Ingland con- 
 tenand fyve Thousand wecht of Bark ane thousand trie nayillis & 
 sum Crookit tymber all apperteaning to ye said James. 
 
 Ultimo Augusti anno dni l6l2 
 Comperit William blyith Maister of ye schip Callit ye George 
 George And entered ye said schip Laitlie cum from Xorroway cotenand 
 viij th. deallis^ j th. firne tymber, 2 /do/ crooked treis 500 steyingis 
 6 faldomis of burnewod. 
 
 Quinto die Septembris anno l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Johne Rollok Maister of ye schip callit 
 ye pelicane laitlie cum from Norroway entered ye said schip 
 cotenand viij th. dealhs viij th. steyingis. vij bfell tar \'iij faldome 
 of burnewod All apperteining to ye awneris friemen. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 233 
 
 fox 
 
 Octavo Septembris anno dni l6l2 /^^- 3^ 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Robert howesone in anstruther And 
 entered his bark Callit ye Margaret Laitlie cum from Orkney Margaret 
 cotenand thrie thousand foure hundreth dry fisches pteining to 
 david rollok burges of Dundie. 
 
 duodecimo Septembris l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Andro Abircrombie Maister of ye schip 
 callit ye fox Laitlie cum from Rotchell cotenand fyve hundreth 
 bollis salt all appertaining to ye awneris of ye said schip friemen. 
 
 decimo sexto Septembris anno l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Alex^ Gray and enteritt ye schip callit ye 
 gift of god q^'of Alex^ Renkyne is Maister laitlie cum from Danskyn 
 Laidnit \v* Danskyne warris All apperteining to friemen burgesses 
 of yis bur*. 
 
 The sam day Comperit Andro Lichtoun and entered ye schip 
 callit ye James q^of thomas hay is maister laitlie cum from Zetland 
 cotenand fyve lastis and ane half hering twa thousand fisches and 
 thrie brellis oylie ptening to ye said andro & Patrik kynnard. 
 
 Vpon ye 29 of Julij anno J"^ vi^ and fourtene yearis Thomas fol. 4= 
 halyburtoun peirmaster In anno l6l2 hes maid Compt of his In- 
 tromissiouns ye schoir sylver ye yeer foirsaid of his office His 
 chairge is found to extend to thrie hundreth fiftie sevine lib 
 auchtene schillingis And his dischairge extendis to fyve hundreth 
 xxi lib. vi^^ lO'^. Sua restis avand to ye Compter ane hundreth 
 thrie scoir thrie lib viij^^ 10^1 Item mair avand to him for his fie 
 xxvj lib xiij^^ 4^. 
 
 Gift of god 
 
 James 
 
 nota thomas halyburtoun hes 
 receavit ye Rest cotenit in his 
 compt In maner following viz 
 fra Johne tyrie 91 lib 'f^. Item 
 fra Alex'^ cokburn 100 lib. 
 
 T. Haly burton my hand. 
 
 Sa Restis avand to ye compter 
 of all ane hundreth foure scoir 
 ten lib 2^^ 2^. 
 
 W. Auchlinlec, Bailie, auditor 
 
 Jo. findlasoun, auditor 
 
 Robert clayhillis, kerkmester. 
 
 A. L. Cokbrun 
 
 Alex, halliburtoun 
 
 Vpon ye day foirsaid Johne Tyrie hes maid his Compt of his 
 Intromissiouns w* ye schoir sylver In anno l6l3. His chairge is 
 found to extend to thrie hundreth thrie scoir sevine lib ^^'^ and 
 
234 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 his dischairge extendis to tua hundreth xlix lib 2^^ 2^^ So restis 
 ye compter avand ane hundreth xviij lib j schilling & of his restis 
 thair is deducit to ye compter for his fie xxvj lib xiij^^ 4*^. 
 
 So restis the Compter avand de claro foure scoir ellevine lib 
 viijss yjd Q]]^ |g ordanit to be payit to Thomas halybm'toun In 
 pairt of payment of ye rest avand to him specefiet in his Compt. 
 
 W. Auchinlec Bailie^ auditor. 
 
 Jo. forrester avditur 
 
 T. Halyburtone^ awdetur. 
 
 Robert Clayhillis^ awditer 
 
 Al. Cokbrun 
 
 Allex^ Halliburton^ avditur. 
 
 [Note. — At this time tlie municipal year ended in September, and it was 
 usual in writing the Shipping Lists to leave a blank folio after the 
 last entry in September so that the certificate of the Auditors regard- 
 ing the accounts of the Shoremaster might appear at the close of 
 the year to which they referred. The above entry is interpolated, 
 having been written in July 1G14 on the blank folio. The regular 
 entries of ships were begun on the page succeeding the folio left 
 blank.] 
 
 fol.s^-'^ Sexto die mensis octobris anno dni l6l2 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit William Ramesay Maister of Ane bark of 
 
 ye bur* of dundie callit ye fortoun and enterit ye said bark laitlie 
 fortoun cum from Norroway cotenand Thrie hundreth deallis of fir xxx treis 
 
 of xvj elnis long & xxxvj treis of fir of xij elnis long, thrie thousand 
 
 steyngis & foure faldome of burnwod all appertening to burgesses 
 
 of the said bur*. 
 
 Decimo die octobris anno dni l6l2 
 Quhilk day Comperit George kny* Maister of ane bark of ye 
 Jonas said bur* callit ye Jonas Laitlie from flanders And entered ye said 
 schip Laidnit w* xij^ barrellis of Ingoinis And Aiplis pteining to ye 
 said M^" and awneris of ye said schip Inhabitantis of ye said bur*. 
 
 Vigesmo die Octobris anno l6l2 
 Quhilk day Comperit James Moncur Maister of ane schip of ye 
 James said bur* callit ye James And entered ye said schip laitlie cum 
 from ye Low countreis burdenit w* tua hundreth bf ellis of Ingoinis 
 ptening to ye said James & David Ramesay Inhabitantis of ye 
 said bur*. 
 
 ^ fol. 4^ blank. See post, pp. 250, 264. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 235 
 
 Primo die mensis Novembris anno dni l6l2 
 Quhilk day Comperit Johne myln mercheand and entered ane 
 schip callit ye Lyoness q^of James hay is Maister Laitlie cum from Lyones 
 Norroway cotenand fyve hundreth Daillis foure thousand steyngis 
 Tua hundreth wensehotis tua faldome burnewod. 
 
 Quinto die Novembris anno dni I6l2 
 Quhilk day Comperit Henrie patersoun Maister of ye schip 
 calht ye Mairtine cotenand twelf scoir bfeUis of Ingoinis and sex Martine 
 twnis of staple flanderis gudes pteining to david hunter Laitlie 
 com from Zeland. 
 
 Quinto Novem. 1612 >/. S^. 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit David peirsone Maister of ye schip of ye 
 said bur* callit The Margaret Laitlie cum from Queinsbrig And Margaret 
 entered ye said schip laidnit hemp^ lynt^ Iron^ fur, Wainescott_, 
 aiss, And uther siclyik gudes all apperteining to mercheandis 
 burgesses of ye said bur^ 
 
 Octavo die Novembris anno l6l2 
 Quhilk day Comperit William kynloch Maister of ane schip of 
 ye said bur* callit ye William Laitlie cum from Ingland cotenand William 
 sex Twnis of Inglis beir onlie. 
 
 Decimo septimo die Decembris anno l6l2 
 Quhilk day Comperit William kynereis Maister of ane schip of 
 ye said bur* callit ye houp for grace laitlie cum fra Burdeaux 
 cotenand ye particulare wynis following ptening to ye psons under 
 mentionat vij twnis wyne ptening to M^' David Wedderburn Item 
 ix twnis j punscheon wyne ptening to Johne adamesone In St houp for grace 
 Andros Thrie twnis ptening to Niniane coppine^ Thrie punscheon 
 & ane terce ptening to Johne tyrie. Item viij twnis 2 punscheonis 
 ptening to William kynereis. Item thrie twnis & ane half to 
 Robert andersone. Thrie twnis & ane half to Andro kyneris tua 
 twnis to Johne duncane tua twnis to andro young 2 twnis to Johne 
 small w* sum uther punscheonis of Wyne & Vinager ptening to ye 
 cumpanie of ye schip. 
 
 Undecimo die mensis februarij anno l6l3 
 Quhilk day Comperit Johne hog Maister of ye schip of kircaldie 
 callit ye gude fortoun laitlie cum from burdeaux And entered ye o-ude fortoun 
 said schip Conteanand tua twnis of Wyne ptening to Johne Tyrie 
 And fyve twnis Wyne burdeaux bind and xxv twnis land wyne. 
 
236 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Swift 
 
 fol. 6\ 
 David 
 
 James 
 
 William 
 
 Octavo Decemb [? March] l6l3 
 Quhilk day Roger fuUertoun entered ye schip callit ye swift 
 q^'of he is maister laitlie cum from burdeaux laidnit wjTies to 
 ye number of xxxiij twnis or thereby all pteining to friemen of 
 ye said bur* mth tua punscheonis of pruindames. 
 
 The sam day David smyth maister of ane bark callit The david 
 laitlie cum from flanderis entered ye said schip cotenand xxiiij twnis 
 of Ingonis and flanderis wairis pteining To friemen of yis bur^ 
 
 Vigesmo quarto Aprilis anno dni l6l3 
 Quhilk day Comperit henrie mudie Maister of ane schip callit 
 ye James laitlie cum from Norroway and entered ye said schip 
 cotenand ane hundreth Daillis And fyve thousand steyings 
 pteining to Inhabitantis of yis bur^ 
 
 Tertio die mensis Maij anno dni l6l3 
 Quhilk day Comperit William kynloch Maister of ye schip callit 
 ye William Laitlie cum from Rovane in fraunce & entered ye said 
 schip and entered ye said schip [sic] cotenand certane pottis papir 
 pruindames Vinager & certane uther Rovane Wairis pteining to 
 Andro boyture W^ kynloch Johne fairlie & Niniane muir. & to 
 sum Inhabitantis of perth 30 dussone pottis & tua punscheonis & 
 half punscheon w* Rowane Wairis. 
 
 Undecimo Maij l6l3 
 Quhilk day coperit henrie clerk maister of ane schip callit ye 
 gift of god laitlie cum from Norroway and entered ye said schip 
 cotenand fyve hundreth Daillis ane hundreth folleris 3 /do./ 
 axtreis ane Thousand steyngis thrie faldome burnewod ptening all 
 to Alex^' Macky & ye said henrie. 
 
 Decimo Septimo anno Maij l6l3 
 Comperit David Ramesay Maister of ye schip Callit ye sw^allow 
 laitlie cum from Norroway and entered ye said schip cotenand 
 foure hundreth half hundreth daillis 3000 steyngis j /do./ Nyne 
 elnis And sex small mastis. 
 
 Vigesmo septimo Julij l6l3 
 Quhilk day coperit Thomas Drummond and entered ye schip 
 Johne Smyth and entered ye schip [sic] callit [blank in orig.] q^of Johne smyth 
 is Maister laitlie cum from flanders laidnit w* xvj twnis of flanders 
 wairis q^of fyve twnis appteins to W™ guthrie fyve twnis to W"^ 
 Wricht And sex twnis to Alex^ Myln. 
 
 Gift of god 
 
 Swallo 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 237 
 
 Decimo quarto Junij anno dni l6l3 fol.6'^. 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Arthure abbay Maister of ane schip of 
 Carraill Callit ye Margaret Laitlie cum from Spayne And entered 
 ye said schip cotenand ye gudes following to ye psons under- 
 mentionat viz. Ten tunis spanische Wyne pteining to Ro* flescher Maigaret 
 younger. iij tunis pteining to Alex^' balfour To alex^' smyth 
 j tun. To Johne hodge younger 2 tunis and ane halff. To James 
 Monorgound j tun a half. To gilbert madyne j tun. To Robert 
 gray 2 tunis. To Ro* clayhillis j butt. To Ja^ olipher j butt. 
 Item & XX bfellis spanische salt pteining to ye Cumpanie. 
 
 Vigesmo sexto die Julij anno l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit George knycht Maister of ane schip callit 
 ye Jonas Laitlie arryvit At yis port from flamideris And entered Jonas 
 ye said schip cotenand xxiiij twnis of dry-wair geir fDtening to 
 William davidson david Zeman mercheandis & certaine mer- 
 cheandis of Perth. 
 
 Septimo die mensis Augusti l6l3 
 
 Comperit William kyneris and entered ye schip callit ye houp 
 for grace q^of Andro kyneris is Maister Laitlie cum from Rotchell ^o^P ^o*" grace 
 cotenand Thrie hundreth bollis of Rotchell salt ptening to ye 
 awneris of ye said schip burgesses of ye said bur*. 
 
 Decimo sexto Auffusti anno l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Alex^' prestoun M^ of ane schip callit 
 Andro laitlie cum from Norroway cotenand thrie hundreth daillis 
 fy ve doussene treis callit nyne elnis ane thousand steyngis j faldome 
 bumewod. 
 
 Andro 
 
 foL r- 
 
 Decimo septimo Augusti anno l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day Compeirit Alex^ Renkyne maister of ye schip callit 
 ye gift of god Laitlie cum from ye lyle of Wicht cotenand tua Gift of god 
 hundreth and fourtie bollis grit frensche salt ptening to ye awneris 
 of ye said schip mercheandis of ye said bur*. 
 
 Vigesimo octavo augusti l6l3 
 Comperit Andro Abircrombie Maister of ane schip of ye said 
 burt callit ye fox laitlie Cum from Sw^adyne cotenand threttie 
 lastis of Iron and tua lastis of peyis pteining to Robert Clayhillis 
 James Man & utheris burgessis of ye said burt. 
 
 fox 
 
238 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Sexto die mensis Septembris anno l6l3 
 
 Comperit William halyburtoun and entered ye schip callit ye 
 Patience patience of Dundie Laitlie cum from Swadyne laidnit Iron & 
 Copper Kaitlis pteining all to mercheandis of ye said burgh. 
 
 The sam day Comperit henrie Daisse of ane schip of St 
 Johne androis callit ye Johne laitlie cum from Orknay cotenand certaine 
 
 barrellis of fisches oyle & buttir pteining to mercheandis of yis 
 bur^ & of ye Citie of St androis. 
 
 Quinto die Octobris l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day coperit David strathauchine Maister of ane schip 
 callit Tiger Laitlie cum from Rotcheli And entered ye said schip 
 laidnit foure hundreth bollis salt of St Mertines measure 
 ptening to ye awneris of ye said schip 
 
 The sam day comperit Alex^ hog and entered ye schip callit ye 
 Andro of yis bur* q^of Andro Pauter is Maister laitlie cum 
 from Croynsik laidnit grit salt pteining to ye awneris of ye said 
 schip. 
 
 Octavo Octobris anno l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Witolans Guverss Mr. of ane schip of 
 Middleburt callit ye Seahors And enterit ye said schip Laitlie 
 cum from Zeland c5tenand fyve hundreth bfellis of Ingonis or 
 thereby pteining to ye said maister & his cmiipany. 
 
 The qlk day coperit Adrian Jhonesk Maister of ane Schip of 
 Middilburt callit ye Double Kay. And entred ye said schip laitlie 
 cum from Zeland Laidnit fyve hundreth bfellis of Ingoinis 
 pteining to ye Maister and his Cumpany. 
 
 Vndecimo die Octobris anno l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Johne patersone M^ of ane bark Callit the 
 Johne And entered the said bark Laitlie cum fi'om fleanderis 
 Conteanand x^-iij^^ brellis Ingoinis pteining to Alex^ Cokbum 
 Johne auchinlek hew auchinlek and Robert Moreis friemen of ye 
 said bur^ 
 
 Decimo tertio octobris anno l6lS 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Knaud fredericksone And entered his 
 schip callit ye fortoun of Upslo laitlie cum from Norroway cotenand 
 twelf hundreth deallis 2200 gud steyngis sevine do/ grit fime treis 
 2 faldome burnewod apperteining to ye said Knaud. 
 
 Tigre 
 
 Andro 
 
 fol. 7^ 
 Seahors 
 
 double Kay 
 
 Johne 
 
 fortune of 
 Upslo 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 239 
 
 The sara day Comperit David Methven maister of ane Bark 
 callit ye Swift and entered ye said bark Laitlie cum from prussia Swift 
 laidnit w*^ Danskyn Wairis pteining to W"^ carmichaell Roger 
 bower James mudy William pittillo younger James Symsone 
 James Watsone Walter Roger mercheandis of ye said bur*. 
 
 Decimo quarto Octobris anno l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day coperit George herpong Mr of ane schip of Borrows- 
 toun-ness callit ye blessing of god And entered ye said schip Blessing 
 laitlie cum from Zeland Laidnit w* Ingeonis pteining to himself & /^^- 8^. 
 to James davidson and Thomas stephane of yis cumpany 
 
 Octavo Novembris anno dni l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit George knyht And entered ye schip callit 
 ye Jonas q^'of he is maister laitlie cum from quenisbrig cotenand 
 ye gudes following^ viz. thrie lastis of aiss xvj bfells ryemaill tua Jonas 
 lastis of taikill ane last of hemp ane half last of Lynt tua shippund 
 of walx foure hundert knapholt all apperteining to James boyture 
 James peirsoun david she wan Robert davidson Alex^ symmer 
 mercheandis of ye said bur*. 
 
 Nono die Novembris anno l6lS 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit William Ramesay and entered ye schip 
 callit ye gude fortune q^of Waltir Lugton Is maister laitlie cum gude fortune 
 from Norroway cotenand 6000 steyngis 20 pecis of aikin stalffis 4 
 faldomes burnewod. 
 
 Decimo quinto die Novembris anno l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit William Kynloch Maister of ane schip 
 callit ye William laitlie cum from Norroway and entered ye said William 
 schip cotenand 6000 steyngis foure scoir pels of aikine tymber and 
 tua faldomeis burnewod pteining to ye said W^ himself. 
 
 Decimo Septimo die Novembris anno l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Johne Smyth burges of [blank in orig.] 
 And entered his bark q^bf William hud is maister laitlie cum from 
 Lyn in Ingland cotenand Nyne tunis of Inglis drinking beir & 
 fyvetene bollis bark pteining to ye said Johne. 
 
 The sam day Comperit Alex^ Bower mercheand And entered his 
 schip callit ye Marie Jahne laitlie cum from queinsbrig & q^bf 
 
MO 
 
 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Marie Jahne Patrik boyis Is Maister And entred ye said schip laidnit Lint 
 Walx Iron hemp taikell lead knapholt And ye lyik wair all apper- 
 teining to ye said Alex^ and to David Schewan W*^ powrie Andro 
 donaldsone and Andro Lugtoun 
 
 Sexto die decembris anno dni. I6l3 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Alex^ Kircaldie maryner and entered ye 
 schip callit ye Andro Laitlie cum from Lyn in Ingland cotenand 
 sextene twnis Inglis drinking beir pteining to James boyture 
 James peirsone & Piter balmannow burgesses of ye said bur*. 
 
 The sam day Comperit James Moncur Maister of ane schip of ye 
 said bur*^ callit ye James and entered ye said schip cotening ye 
 gudes following viz. fyve twnis half twn Inglis drinking beir 
 pteining to Andro kynnaird fyve twnis half twn of ye sam beir 
 pteining to William halyburtoun Item thrie twnis half twn beir 
 pteining to George gardyn. Item thrie twnis half twn beir 
 pteining to ye said James Moncur laitlie cum from Sandwich in 
 Ingland 
 
 Undecimo die Decembris l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Jhone broun M^ of ane schip callit ye 
 prouidence prouidence laitlie cum from flanderis cotenand thrie hunder 
 bf ellis Ingonis & thrie bf ellis beir pteining to ye awneris of ye 
 said schip friemen of ye said bur*. 
 
 Decimo octavo decembris l6l3 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit William Kynnereis maister of ye schip 
 [delete in orig.] skipper And entered his schip q^of Andro 
 Kynnereis is maister laitlie cum fra burdeaux callit ye hoip for 
 hoip of grace grace cotenand ye gudes following viz, Nyne twnis thrie 
 punscheounis wyne and ane punscheoun plumdames pteining to 
 Andro Ross sevine Twnis tua punscheounis Wyne j5teining to 
 Walter Kynnereis & pairtenaris Thrie twnis Wyne pteining to 
 Ninian Coppine twa pokis Wayd Twa twnis thrie punscheounis 
 Wyne pteining to Robert Andersone Twa twnis ane punscheoun 
 Wyne pteining to david Weymis foure twnis wyne pteining to 
 James Andersone in Perth Ane Twn ane punscheoun Wyne 
 pteining to Johne Duncan Twa punscheounis Wyne pteining to 
 Walter Duncane Twa twnis twa punscheounis Wyne pteining to 
 Andro Kynnereis Thrie punscheounis Wyne pteining to thomas 
 
 fol. 8\ 
 Andro 
 
 James 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 241 
 
 Mwdy j pok Wayd tua punscheounis plumdamas pteining to Alex'' 
 edvard thrie bfellis plumdamas pteining to ye Cumpany of ye 
 schip. 
 
 Undecimo die Januarij anno dni l6l4 fbl. 9*. 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Alex^' Gray Clerk of ye schip callit ye gift 
 of god laitlie cum from cadise in spayne cotenand ye gudes follow- 
 ing viz threttie thrie pyippis of spanische Wyne ptening to James Gift of god 
 boyture James peirsone Piter balmanno and Valter renkyne. 
 Item foure bfellis of Wyne ptening to ye said Valter thrie 
 bfellis feggis. Item foure bfellis land wyne ptening to David 
 Rollok. Item xj pyippis of Wyne and ane bfell ptening to Ro^ 
 davidsone. Item vj pyippis and an q^^^" pyip ptening to thomas 
 Mudy. Item aucht pyippis wyne ptening to James Smyth. Item 
 ane pyip wyne j5tening to eufame alesone. Item tua pyippis wyne 
 ptening to Andro Renkyn. Item twa pyippis wyne ane bfell 
 ptening to Valter Renkyn. Item ane pyip wyne ptening to Alex^ 
 renkyn. Item foure pyippis wyne ane bfell & ane bfell feggis 
 ptening to W^ kynnereis. Item thrie pyppis ane bfell wyne & 
 tua bfellis feggis ptening to Alex^ gi'ay. Item ane bfell wyne 
 ptening to Ro* flescher. Item tua bfellis wyne ptening to Isobell 
 kyd. Item tua bfellis wyne tua bfellis feggis ptening to Ja^ 
 Murray. 
 
 Octavo Febrij anno l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day in pns of M^' William fargusone baillie Comperit 
 James keyth Clerk of ye schip Callit ye elspet q^'of Johne smyth 
 is Maister and laitlie cum fra burdeaux And enterit ye said schip 
 cotenand ye gudes following viz. twentie thrie twnis thrie 
 punscheounis wyne y'^of land being threttene ane punscheon & of 
 burdeaux being ten twnis and ane half ptening to James fleschour. 
 Item sevinetene twnis and ane punscheon wyne ptening to George 
 arnot george pettre^ and. panter and [blank] citizens of St. andros 
 Twa twnis land wyne ptening to Jhone Duncane thrie punscheonis 
 ptening to charles ffothringhame Thrie punscheonis ptening to 
 W"^ Dick. Twa punscheonis land wyne ptening to W^ ogilvy. half 
 tun land wyne ptening to Alex^' andersone Thrie punscheonis land 
 wyne ptening to Robert Moreis Thrie punscheonis land wyne 
 ptening to William cok and ye said James keyth gaif his bodelie 
 Aith Solemnelie That ye said entrie Wes trewlie gevin vp and 
 nothing omittit furth y^'off to his knawladge. 
 
 a 
 
 fol. 9b. 
 
 Elspet 
 
242 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Quinto die Martij anno dni l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit James Lyndesay Maister of ane bark 
 callit ye James And entered ye said schip Laitlie cum from 
 flanderis cotenand ye gudes following viz. foure scoir brellis 
 James Ingoinis fyve brellis sepe pteining to Robert thomesone foure 
 brellis sepe pteining to Andro peit Ane bf ell sepe pteining to ye 
 said James Lyndesay Ane bfell sepe to Alex^' Smyth and ane bfell 
 sepe pteining to James Clerk. 
 
 Vigesimo octavo martij l6l4< 
 
 In pns of Patrik Kyd baillie Comperit david peirsone of ye 
 schip callit ye Marg^ of dundie And entred ye said schip laitlie 
 
 Margaret cum from burdeaux cotenand ye gudes following viz. Aucht twnis 
 thrie pecis of tewnis wyne. and sex twnis & thrie pecis land 
 ptening to Johne Tyrie. Item thrie pecis twnis Wyne ptening to 
 adam bennet half twn land wyne thrie pokis of wayid ptening to 
 Andro painter. Item tua brellis pruindamess ptening to fyiff. 
 
 foL ■Lo\ Item thrie twnis and ane half twn tewnis wyne ptening to 
 Johne traill. Item to him sex pecis of land wyne ane twn of 
 vinagre 2 brellis pruindames. Item fyve twnis of Tewnis wyne 
 tua bfell pruindames ptening to James young. Item fyve pece 
 of tewnis Wyne ptening to Alex^ Cokburn. Item fyve pecis tewnis 
 wyne ptening to David schewan. Item ane half punscheon of 
 pruindames ptening to Alex'' Ross. Item ten pecis land wyne 
 ptening to david watsone. Item vj pecis tewnis wyne to Alex^ 
 Watsone in perth. Item Ane twn of Tewnis wyne ptening to 
 Andro boytm-e. & tua pece land wyne. Item tua pece of wyne & 
 tua brellis pruindames ptening to Patrik Carmicheall. Item tua 
 pece land Wyne ptening to W"^ gullane. Item 2 pecis of tewnis 
 wyne and ane pok of waid ptening to W"^ Crocket. Item thrie 
 twnis of tewnis wyne ptening to david peirsone And ye said david 
 gave his bodelie aith that ye said entre wes trewlie gevine vp and 
 no thing omittat furth y^off. 
 
 Penultimo Martij anno diii l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Andro Abircrombie maister of ye schip 
 callit ye fox laitlie cum from spayne And entered ye said schip 
 cotenand the gudes following viz. fyve hundreth bollis salt 
 fox pteining to ye awneris of ye said schip Item ane but of Wyne 
 pteining to Robert clayhillis Item ane but of wyne pteining to 
 david hunter Item ane but of wyne pteining to Jo" melvin Item 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 243 
 
 ane but of wyne pteining to ye said Andro Abircrombie Item ane 
 but of wyne pteining to Joline Rough Item twa buttis of wyne 
 pteining to Piter balmannow Item ane but of wyne pteining to 
 Johne hodge. And ye said Andro gaif his ayth y* ye said entrie 
 Wes trewlie gevine vp and no thing Omittit furth y^'ofF. 
 
 ^exto Aprilis l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit George Knycht Maister of ane schij) of ye 
 said burgh callit ye Jonas And entered ye said schiip laitlie cum 
 from Diepp in Normandie Laidnit w^ 200 Menis of quheitt and 
 viij^^ menis frensche meassure of beir ptening to burgesses of ye 
 said bur* & Perth and certaine Rowane mercheandis. 
 
 Decimo Octavo die Aprilis anno dni l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Andro Ross skipper and producit ane 
 entrie of ane schip callit ye Elspet of Leavine q^bf James Sibbald 
 is maister Laitlie cum from Rotchell in fraunce cotenand thrie 
 hundreth bollis of salt apperteining to ye said Andro Ross. 
 
 Jonas 
 
 fol. xd°. 
 
 Elspet of 
 Leavine 
 
 Vltimo die mensis Aprilis l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Henrie Myillis Maister of ane schip callit 
 Sancto Willo laitlie cum from norroway and entered ye said schip 
 cotenand ane hundreth daillis ane hundreth treis callit xij elnis Santo Willo 
 ane hundreth Treis callit nyne elnis Tua thousand steyngis Ane 
 dossane Corbillis thrie /do./ Wicker sparris foure faldome Burne- 
 wod all apperteining to ye said henrie and ye awneris of ye said 
 schip. 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit James hog maister of ye schip callit ye 
 Lyoness And entered ye said schip Laitlie cum from Norroway 
 cotenand Thrie hundreth long treis Tlirie hundreth Daillis Thrie Lyones 
 thousand steyngis fyve faldomis of Burnewod all apperteining to 
 ye awneris of ye said schip friemen of this bur*-. 
 
 Sec undo die Maij anno dni l6l4. 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit James Cowstoun mercheand of ane schip 
 callit ye Angel 1 of grippiswald q^bf Patrik Storving is maister 
 And entered ye said schip laitlie cum from grippiswald in germanie Angell 
 cotenand fiftie lastis of drinking dutche beir nyne grit lastis of grippiswald 
 peyis all apperteining to ye said James and Ten schip pund of gad 
 iron ptening to Jo" kynloch Servitor to Valtir erskyn in grippis- 
 wald. 
 
244 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Quinto die mensis Maij anno dni l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit kynloch maister under god of ye bark 
 good fortune callit ye goode fortone And entred ye said schip laitlie cum from 
 germanye contenand auchtene last of drinking beir apperteining 
 to [blank in orig.] 
 
 Undecimo die mensis May l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Andro Rankene maister of the goode 
 schip callit the david of dundie And entered the said schip laitlie 
 cum from burdeaux Contenand the gudes & geir following 
 fol. ii*. pteining to ye ]5sones subsequent viz. threttene twn of wyne 
 David pteining to andro flescheor. Item aucht twn pteining to James 
 forrester. Item sevin twne wyne pteining to R* hamiltone. Item 
 sevin twne of wyne pteining to andro bultie of montross. Item 
 fyftie pokis waid pteining to James mwdy. Item sevin pocks 
 waid pteining to Alex^' edward. Item foure pocks waid pteining 
 to donald murray. Item thrie twn wyne pteining to James 
 williamsone in torye. Item thrie twne of wyne pteining to ye said 
 andro rankene. Item sex twne of wyne pteining to hercules 
 edisone in St androis. Item tua pece of wyne ]5teining to Jo'^ 
 rankene. Item tua pece pteining to andro moreis. Item ane 
 twne and ane half of wyne pteining to Gilbert Andersone. 
 Item tua twne pteining to Jo" Durhame. Item tua pece of 
 wyne j5teining to James lichtone. Item twa pece pteining to 
 David smairt. Item thrie pece of wyne pteining to Thomas 
 walker. Item fyve pocks waid pteining to James peirsone. Item 
 seven pocks waid pteining to Johne newtone. Item tua pocks 
 pteining to David schewan. Tua pocks waid pteining to Margaret 
 fyiff. And tua pwnscones plumis pteining to andro kynereis. 
 
 Quhilk day comperit thomas davidsone skipper & mr. vnder god 
 of the schip callit bark allane laitlie arryved from burdeaux in 
 fraunce And entered the said schip Conteining the goods & geir 
 pticularlie vnder writtin pteining to ye psones subsequent viz Tua 
 Bark allane pocks of waid «Sc ane pwnscone of plumdames pteining to James 
 boyture. Item Thrie twne land wyne at foure pwnscones the 
 twne and twa twnis thrie peces twnis wyne pteining to william 
 davidsone. Item TwelfT pocks of waid and ane pwnscone of 
 plumdames pteining to alex^ edward. Item Tua pocks of waid 
 pteining to david schewan. Item aucht twnes wyne and twelff 
 twne land wyne at foure pwnscones the twne pteining to thomas 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 245 
 
 davidsone. Item ten peciss land wyne and tua peces twnis wyne 
 pteining to James Cokbm*n. Item tua peces twnis wyne pteining 
 to Alex^ cokburn. Item tua peces land & tua peces twnis wyne 
 tua pocks of waid and ane pwnscones plumdames pteining to 
 Roger bowar Item tua peces land wyne pteining to Alex^' cokburn. 
 Item tua pwnscones of vynager & thrie pocks of waid pteining to 
 Jo^ sturrok Item ane pock of waid pteining to James peirsone. 
 Item foure twne land wyne pteining to henry guthrie. Item tua 
 pocks of waid pteining to Oliver powrie. Item tua twne twnis 
 wyne & thrie twne land wyne pteining to Ro* Jak. Item sex 
 peces twnis wyne and Tua twn thrie peces land wyne pteining to 
 henry Johnesone. Item tua peces of twnis wyne & fyve peces 
 land wyne pteining to Jo^^ corbet. James Davidsone ane twne 
 land wyne and ane Twn land wyne pteining to James hendersone. 
 
 Decimo sexto die mensis May l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Johne smyth skipper & mr. vnder god of 
 the schip callit ye elspet And entered ye said schip laitlie cum 
 from flanderis Conteining sex twne of wyne fourtie pocks of waid Elspet 
 thrie twne of alme tua bailes of mader Tua hundreth wecht bris- 
 sell. Tua last of seip ane trie of stiffeng foure pwnscones drywaris 
 being Inglis Irene and aucht sekis of hemp all pteining to william 
 guthrie merch. 
 
 Decimo septimo die mensis May l6l4 fol. x\\ 
 
 Quhilk day comperit William kynnareis M^ of the schip called 
 the houp for grace and entered the said schip laitlie cum from ye 
 pairtis of fraunce Contenand the pticulare peceis of goods vnder Houp forjGrace 
 written pteining to ye psones following viz thrie hundreth and 
 sextene bolls of salt pteining to ye awneris of the said schip. 
 Item ane pwnscone of vynager pteining to andro kynaireis. Item 
 mair ane pwnscone pteining to w™ wemyss Item ane pwnscone 
 pteining to James ross Item ane pwnscone pteining to David 
 ostler And ane pwnscone pteining to william kynnareis. 
 
 Decimo octavo die mensis May l6l4 
 Quhilk day comperit Colene crokat mr. of the goode schip 
 callit ye swane And entered the said schip laitlie cum frome 
 norroway Contenand sex hunder dealls xxxviij doubill dealls fourtie Swane 
 aucht fourtene elnes Tua dussone auchtene elnes ane hundreth 
 Twelff elnes tua hundreth nyne elnes thrie thowsand steingis with 
 sum bills of aikin tymer and thrie faldomes of wood. 
 
246 
 
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 Vigesimo tertio die mensis May l6l4 
 Quhilk day comperit george kynloch mr of the schip callit the 
 Blissing blissmg And entered the said schip laithe cum from norroway 
 contenand aucht hundreth dealls ane hundredth nyne elnes ane 
 thowsand steingis and sex faldome burnewod. 
 
 Vigesimo quarto may l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit David ramsay and entered the bark calht 
 James the James q^of Patrik scott is M^' laithe cum frome norroway. 
 
 contenand Tua hundreth & ane halfF deallis ane hundreth nyne 
 elnes and tua hundreth steingis. 
 
 Quhilk day comperit george lochmalony vnder god of the 
 bark callit the godis send of Dundie and entred the said bark 
 Goddis send of laitlie arryved frome Melstrand contenand thrie last of drinking 
 beir Twentie barrellis of beir Twentie barrellis of pess^ 4 barrellis 
 of Tarr auch thowsand barrellis of Skowie & ane hundreth pyp 
 stalffis all apperteining to david rollok george lochmalony Robert 
 thomesone & James thomesone. 
 
 Vigesimo sexto May l6l4 
 Quhilk day coperit James hay M^" of the bark callit the fortone 
 fortone and entered the said bark laitlie cum frome norroway contenand 
 thrie hundreth firne tymer w* ane hundreth thrie dussone of nyne 
 ellis fyftene hundreth steingis & ten faldome wod. 
 
 Penultimo May l6l4 
 Quhilk day coperit Johne Rollok M^ vnder god of the goode 
 schip callit the Williame and entred the said schip laitlie cum 
 frome norroway contenand aucht hundreth deallis & ane thowsand 
 steingis ane hundreth tymer and ten faldome wood. 
 
 Ultimo May l6l4 
 Quhilk day comperit James lyndesay mr. of ye bark callit the 
 James and entered the said bark laitlie cum frome Ludris con- 
 tenand fourtene thowsand barrell stavis ane thowsand barrell hed 
 and ane thowsand pyp stavis. 
 
 Decimo septimo die mensis Junij l6'14 
 Quhilk day comperit James downy mr vnder god of the schip 
 Houpweill callit the houp weill And entered ye said schip laitlie cum frome 
 Rotchaell contenand fyve hundreth bollis salt pteining to the 
 awneris of the said schip. 
 
 Williame 
 
 fol. I2\ 
 
 James 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 247 
 
 Vigesimo primo die mensis Junij l6l4< 
 
 Quhilk day coraperit James hay mr vnder god of the schip callit 
 the Lyoness laitlie arryved from norroway Contenand sex hundreth Lyoness 
 deallis ane hundreth half nyne elnes Thrie thowsand steingis and 
 thrie faldome burnewood. 
 
 Vig^smo Septimo Junij l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit william richie and entered the schip callit 
 the magdalene q^of ramsay is mr vnder god laitlie arryved Magdalene 
 from norroway Contenand nyne hundreth deallis aucht faldome of 
 burnewood and fyve hundreth steingis. 
 
 Quhilk day comperit henry pattersone mr. under god of the 
 bark callit the mairtene And entered the said bark laitlie cum Mairtene 
 frome flanderis Cotenand twentie twn of drywair geir and sex 
 sekis hemp all pteining to Jo° zeman w'^^ wrycht. Thomas Jak & 
 Johne goldman. 
 
 Vigesmo septimo die mensis Julij l6l4. 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Patrik chalmeris maister vnder god of the 
 schip callit the fortone of dundie And entered ye said schip laitlie ffortone 
 arryved frome Queinsbrig conteining foure last of aiss foure thou- 
 sand knaphard and ane thowsand trein naill all pteining to Robert 
 clayhillis. 
 
 Vigesmo octavo die Julij l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Johne rollok maister vnder god of the 
 schip callit the William And entered the said schip laitlie arryved 
 frome norroway cotenand sex hundreth deallis ane hundreth small 
 tymer fyve dussone twelff elnes ane thowsand steino-is fyve faldome 
 wood and tua hunder knaphard. 
 
 Quhilk day comperit henry myllis mr vnder god of the schip 
 callit Sanct Willo and entered the said schip laitlie arryved 
 frome norroway Contenand Twentie auchteen elne half hunder 
 twelff elne ane hunder nyne elne ane hunder deallis ane dussone 
 peciss of crwkit tymer of aik ane thowsand steingis and four faldome 
 burnewood. 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Alex^ guthrie mr of the bark callit the 
 William and entered the said bark laitlie arryved from norroway William 
 contening sex hundreth deallis Tua hundreth steingis and thrie 
 faldome wood all pteining to wm. and Alexander guthreis. 
 
 William 
 
 Sanct Willo 
 
248 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Penultimo July l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit James hay mr. vnder god of the bark callit 
 ffortone the fortone And entered ye said bark laitlie arryved from norro- 
 way Contening fyve hunder daellis half ane hunder nyne elnes 24 
 pece of aikin tymer and foure faldom wod. 
 
 f^^' Tertio die mensis Augustj 1614 
 
 Quhilk day comperit James Morison skipper & Maist^' vnder 
 god of ane bark of the said bur*^ callit the James laitlie cum frome 
 James Rowane And entered the said bark conteining thrie scoir duzone 
 of Irone patts TwelfF pocks of waid foure great pwnscones of 
 papper & kannis & sex pwnscones of vinicair pteining to Andrew 
 cowy. And ane pwnscone of papper & kannes belonging to Jo^ 
 duncane. 
 
 Quarto die mensis Augustj l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Colene crokit m'^^ vnder god of ane schip 
 Swan callit the Swan laitlie arryvit frome norroway and entered ye said 
 schip cotenand aucht hunder daills half hunder Twelff elnes ane 
 hunder nyn elnes foure peces of ealme four peces of aik aucht 
 hunder steingis fyve faldomis of burnewod with sum filleis and 
 spankis. 
 
 Nono die Augustj l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day compeirit david ramsay and entered ane bark of the 
 James bur* of Dundie callit the James q^'of Patrik Scott wes M'^ and 
 entered the said bark laitlie arryved frome norroway contenand 
 thrie hundreth deallis half ane hundreth nyne elnis & thrie fal- 
 dome burnewood. 
 
 Decimo sexto Augustj l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit George gardyne TvP vnder god of ane schip of 
 Bark allane the bur* of Dundie laitlie arryved frome flanderis callit bark allane 
 and entered the said bark contenand Twentie twnes of dry wair 
 geir pteining to David zeman W"^ Davidsone, Alex edward & Jo° 
 [sic in orig.]. 
 
 Decimo septimo Augustj l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit W™ Kynnaird skipper vnder god of the 
 flieboit of dundie callit the houp for grace And entered the said 
 houp for grace flieboit laitlie arryved frome the pairtis of france cotenand thrie 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 249 
 
 hunder bolls salt pteining to the awneris of the said flieboit and 
 42 bolls salt pteining to the copairtneris. 
 
 Vigesimo primo Augustj l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day coperit James hay m^' vnder god of ane bark of 
 Dundie callit the Lyoness laitlie arryvit frome norroway and Lyoness 
 entered the said bark Contenand sex hundreth daills tua hundreth 
 small ruif tymber sex pece aikin tymber & sex faldom wod. 
 
 The sam day coperit Robert forrester m^' vnder god of the bark 
 of Dundie callit the Aingell laitlie arryvit frome norroway and Aingell 
 entered the said bark cotenand thrie hunder daills aucht hunder 
 steyngis ane hunder nyne elnes foure faldomis burnewod and thrie 
 or foure pecis of aikin tymber^ 
 
 xxix^ Augustj l6l4 
 Quhilk day coperit george kynloch m^' vnder god of ane schip 
 of dundie callit ye blessing laitlie arryvit frome norroway and Blessing 
 entered ye said_ schip laitlie arryvit frome norroway [sic] cotenand 
 aucht hunder daillis. 
 
 Vltimo die mensis Augustj anno diii l6l4 /bl. 13a, 
 
 Quhilk day comperit andro abircromby Maist^ vnder god of the 
 schip of dundie callit the fox laitlie arryved from stokholme Con- fox 
 tenand threttie sex last of Irone. 
 
 Quinto die mensis septembris l6l4 
 Quhilk day comperit David peirsone M'^ vnder god of the bark 
 callit the Marg* of Dundie laitlie arryved frome Rotchell and Margaret 
 entered the said bark Contenand tua himdreth bolls salt pteining 
 to the awneris of the said bark. 
 
 The sam day comperit Johne smyth vnder god of ane bark 
 callit the elspet And entered the said bark laitlie arryved from 
 queinsbrig Contenand the goods following pteining to the psones Elspet 
 efterspecifiet viz. twelff schip pund of walx pteining to James 
 peirsone James boyture peter balmannow Walt^ renkene Ro^ 
 davidsone & Alex^" gray. Item ane thowsand knaphard fourty 
 wynescott Tua last of aiss nyne barrell pich w* ane kabill & sum 
 small taikell pteining to Ja^ peirsone Item, sex barrell aiss & ane 
 cabill pteining to Ro^ davidsone Item, sex barrell aiss & ane 
 barrell pich pteining to Alex^ edward Item, twelff barrell pich 
 
250 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 pteining to Jo" smyth Tua barrell aiss ane barrell piche pteining 
 to Jo'^ rankene Ane barrell piche pteining to Jo", barclay Item 
 ane barrell Aiss tua barrell piche pteining to Alex^ gray Item half 
 ane schip pund walx pteining to thomas ogilvie & Jo" rankene. 
 The sam day comperit James flescheour M^' vnder god of the 
 Tigre schip callit the Tigre laitlie arryved frome S* merteinis in fraunce 
 And entered the said schip contenand aucht hundreth bolls great 
 salt pteining to the awneris of the said schip. 
 
 Decimo sexto septembris l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Alex'' prestoune vnder god of the bark 
 fleing hairt callit the fleing hairt laitlie arryved frome norroway and entered 
 the said bark contenand tua hundreth deallis. thrie scoir nyne 
 elnis ane thowsand steingis with sex pecis of aik. 
 
 xxj° Septembris l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Patrik boyis m'' vnder god of ane schip 
 callit Mary Jo" arryvit frome noiToway and entered ye said schip 
 Marie Jo" contenand aucht hunder daillis sex dussone twelff elnes fyve 
 dussone nyne elnes tua dussone cuttet tymber tua thowsand 
 steingis and sex faldom burnewod. 
 
 The sam day coperit w" richie clerk of ye schip of Dundie callit 
 Magdalene ye magdalene q'"of w"^ lyndsay wes m^ vnder god laitlie arr3rvit 
 frome norroway & entered ye said schip contening aucht hunder 
 daills aucht faldome burnewod and aucht hunder steingis. 
 
 fol, 13b. Penultimo Septembris 1614 
 
 Quhilk day coperit James lyndsay m^ vnder god of the bark 
 James callit the James laitlie arryvit frome Ludgne and entered the said 
 bark contenand sextene thowsand skowis. 
 
 The sam day comperit Patrik Scott m^' vnder god of the bark 
 James callit ye James laitlie arryvit frome norroway and entered the said 
 bark cotenand ane hunder nyne elnes ane hunder & ane half daills 
 & ane faldome burnewod. 
 
 fol. 14a Vpon ye Nynt of Maij anno l6l5 
 
 Alex'' Cokburn peirmaister hes maid Comp^ of his Intromissiouns 
 w^ ye schoir silver fra ye feast of Michaelmes in anno l6l3 To ye 
 feast of Michaelmes in anno l6l4. His Chairge is found to ex- 
 tend to foure hundreth threttie aucht lib. xj^^ And his Dischairge 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 251 
 
 is found to extend To tua hundreth thrie scoir twelff lib. 9''' by ye 
 Comptoris fies q^*^ is Modefiet to fourtie m^^ for tua yearis bygane 
 So restis ye Compter avand Sextein scoir lib. for ye q^"^ he sail be 
 answerable. 
 
 W. Auchinlek prouest 
 T. Halyburtoun bailie 
 ' W. Ferguson. Dean of Gild, auditor. 
 James boyter auditor. 
 J. Kyd, Kirkmaister, auditor. 
 Thome FuUertoun auditor. 
 
 A. Wedderburn 
 
 at comand of Johne 
 Renkyne. 
 
 Vigesimo primo die mensis Octobris l6l4 /o/. 15^1 
 
 Quhilk day comperit henry mylln and entered ane bark of the 
 bur*^ of Dundie callit Sanct willo q^of James smart is m^' vnder 
 god and entered ye said bark laitlie arryvit frome norroway con- Sancto willo 
 tenand thrie score pecis of aik small & gryt sex hunder steingis 
 nyne hunder nyne elnes sex hundreth knapholt foure pecis of el me 
 and foure faldome burnewod. 
 
 Primo Die mensis Novembris l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day comperit wait bannerman and entered ane bark of 
 Dundie callit the grace of god and entered the said bark laitlie grace of god 
 arryvit frome flanderis contenand sex score barellis ingeounis and 
 appllis thairof fyve score twelff barell Ingeounis & auchtbarrell apills. 
 
 Tertio die mensis Novembris l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day coperit carmichaell m^ vnder god of the bark of 
 Dundie callit the hoipwell and entered the said bark Laitlie hoipwel 
 arryved from [blank in orig.J Contenand ane last of Tar pteining 
 to ye said Ro*- Ane last of Tar pteining to wal*^ smyth ane half last 
 of Tar pteining to thomas traill & tua last and ane half pteining 
 to thomas kyill. 
 
 Octavo die mensis Novembris l6l4 
 Quhilk day comperit Alex^ bowar merchand burgess of Dundie 
 And entered ane schip of Levine callit the Elspet quhairof James 
 
 1 foL 14'' blank. See a7iU, note p. 234, and posif, p. 264. 
 
252 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Sibbald wes M^" And entered the said schip laitlie arryvit frome 
 [blank in orig.] Contenand the pticulare peces of goods & geir 
 vnderwritten pteining to the psones following viz. 29 schippund 
 of Irone Ten sentnier of lead Twentie barrell of aiss thrie barrellis 
 piche 350 steane of Takill q^of 45 towis & wairape and 49 cor- 
 dellis 12 steane quhyt takill 39 stane lang band hemp 3 quarter 
 steane of schoirtband hemp 43 steane lynt 550 pece knappit fyve 
 steane walx ane last 9.^ pease 29 dussone 2 of bloks to skipper 
 2150 pece trein naills tua baelis of canness all apperteining to 
 Alex^ boware. Item tua last of pease pteining to David schewan 
 Item 23 steane lynt ane bound hemp weyis 14 steane 3 barrellis 
 aiss 4 bfell piche 3 shippund Irone 3 barrellis aiss 4 steane quhyt 
 takill all apperteining to Ro* kendow. Item Ten steane lynt ane 
 barrell piche 200 trein naills pteining to Ro*- clayhillis. Item ane 
 Tow w^ ane wairap with 4 cordellis weyis 38 steane 10 punds 
 3 barrellis aiss 2 barrellis pik 2 baelis of canness 6 steane lynt 
 5 steane lang band hemp all pteining to george knycht. Item 
 Elspet of "^^^^"^ ane schippund Irone 2 barrell aiss 2 last pease 4 steane 
 
 Levine lynt 3 steane quhyt takill pteining to James fethe. Item ane 
 bound hemp weyis l6 steanes ane barrell aiss ane barrell piche 
 foure steanes lynt pteining to Roger boware Item ane warrap 
 weyis 7 steanes with 2 steane lynt pteining to Andro panter. 
 
 fol. 15b. Item ane barrell aiss and foure steanes lynt pteining to thomas 
 halyburtoun. Item tua steanes lynt pteining to Andro abircromby. 
 Item 2 steane lynt pteining to Jo" methven. Item 3 steane lynt 
 pteining to David hunter. Item tua steane of lynt pteining to 
 ]y[r y^m fergussone. Item tua barrell aiss 9 steane lang band 
 hemp ane sentniar lead and 2 bollis peis pteining to Issabell kid. 
 Item tua barrell aiss and ane barrell piche pteining to Jo" adame- 
 sone. Item ane schip pund of Irone 3 sentniar lead 2 barrellis 
 aiss 2 last peise 10 steane lang band hemp and 3 steane schoirt 
 band hemp pteining to James man. Item 5 & 2 schip pund 
 Irone 8 sentniar lead the 2 pairt of ane last peise 8 barrellis aiss 
 ane bound lang band hemp weyis 15 st. Ten steane schoirt band 
 and tua last lynt all pteining to W"* rodger. Item ane quarter 
 last lynt pteining to Andro hill. Item thrie quarter lastis of hemp 
 w* ane quarter last of lynt half ane last peis and 30 baelis \slc\ all 
 pteining to the skipper and his copanye. 
 
 Decimo die mensis Novembris l6l4 
 Quhilk day Comperit Alex^ Macky and entered ane schip of ye 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 253 
 
 bur* of Dundie callit ye Swaine q^bf Colene crokit is m^' vnder 
 
 god And entered the said schip laitlie arryved from norroway Swain. 
 
 Contenand sex hunder deaillis 200 nyne elnes 100 twelff elnes 
 
 sevin hundreth steingis and foure faldome wod. 
 
 Decimo septimo die mensis Novembris l6l4? 
 
 Quhilk day coperit thoraas Davidson vnder god of the bark 
 callit ye bark allane of Dundie And entered the said bark laitlie 
 cum burdeaux Contenand the gudes subsequent pteining to the ^^^^ allane 
 psones following viz. sex Twn ane peis wyne and ane pwnscone 
 plumdames pteining to W"^ Davidson. fowre twn thrie peiss 
 wyne and tua pocks of waid pteining to thomas broddye. Twa 
 twn tua peiss of wyne & ane pock of waid pteining to ninian 
 copping. Tua peiss of wyn & ane pock of waid pteining to andro 
 peirsone. Twa twn of wyne pteining to James davidson. Threttie 
 twn of wyne pteining to thomas davidson & his doaris^ and foure 
 twn of wyne pteining to Ro* hamiltone. 
 
 The sam day coperit William kynnares m^ vnder god of the 
 flieboit of dundie callit the houp for grace And entered the said 
 flieboit Laitlie arryved from the pairtis of fraunce Contenanand the foL i6^. 
 pticulare goods & geir following pteining to the psones subsequent 
 viz. ellevin twn tua peis of wyne pteining to James forrester tua 
 twn ane peiss of wyne pteining to andro boyter elder, fowre twn 
 thrie peis of wyne pteining to andro kynnares Thrie twn of wyne 
 pteining to ninian copping Twa twn thrie peis wyne pteining houp for Grace 
 to Jo" duncan. Ten twn pteining to W"^ kynnares. fyve twn 
 wyne ane pwnscone plwmdamis pteining to David [blank in orig.] 
 Twa twn tua peiss wyne ane pock of waid pteining to thomas 
 ogilvy. Ane twn ane peiss wyne and ane pock of waid pteining 
 to Ro* andersone. Twa peiss of wyne pteining to W"^ wemyss 
 fowre pocks of waid & tua pwnscones plwmdamis pteining to Alex^* 
 boware. Ane twn tua peiss wyne pteining to adame grant and 
 thrie peiss wyne pteining to Alex^' andersone. 
 
 Vigesmo primo die mensis Nov^' l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Henrie patersone m^' of the bark callit ye 
 mairtene And entered the said bark laitlie arryved from flanderis The Mairtene 
 Contenand Twentie twn drywair geir pteining to Alex^ myln 
 James makfie Richard hay and Peter Inglis. 
 
254 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Vigesmo tertio die mensis Novembris l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day coperit william duncane and entered ane bark callit 
 Phenix the plienix laitlie arryved from the Rotchell in france contenand 
 fyftene scoir bolls salt pteining to Ro* hamiltone. 
 
 Decimo octavo die mensis Decembris l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day coperit blyith m^' vnder god of the bark callit 
 Gift of God the gift of god and entered the said bark laitlie arryved frome 
 flanderis Contenand fourtene skoir of barrells of Ingzeounis and 
 Tua twnis of uther geir. 
 
 Vigesimo octavo die mensis Decembris l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day In pns of W"^ auchinlek, prouest Coperit andro ross 
 vnder god of the bark of dundie callit the elspet And entered 
 Elspet the said bark laitlie arryved frome burdeaux Contenand the goods 
 & geir following pteining to the psones subsequent viz. Twelff twn 
 twa peiss ane half peis wyne pteining to the said andro ross 
 Thrie twn ane berrykan vyne pteining to guthrie ffoure twn 
 ane peis wyne pteining to W"^ andersone Thrie twn ane peiss 
 pteining to Thomas crombie Ane twn thrie peis of wyne pteining 
 to Alex^ roiss Ten twn ane peiss j berrykin wyne pteining to M^' 
 david Wedderburn Ane twn pteining to William Kynnareis Ane 
 twn pteining to andro painter Ane twn ane peiss pteining to andro 
 gray fFowre twn j5teining to george auchinlek Thrie peis pteining 
 to Jo"^ Durhame Tua peis pteining to thomas fotheringham Twa 
 peiss pteining to daniell maxwell & tua brell plwmdamas pteining 
 to dik. 
 
 Ultimo die mensis Decembris l6l4 
 
 Quhilk day In pns of thomas halyburtoun baillie of the bur* of 
 dundie Comperit Andro renkyne M^' vnder god of ane schip of 
 the said bur* callit the David, And entered the said schip Con- 
 tenand the guids following pteining to the psones subsequent viz. 
 8 Twn wyne pteining to Ro* hamiltone Tua twn tua peiss pteining 
 to James findlasone. Ane twn ane peiss pteining to James boytor. 
 Tua pece pteining to James peirsone Thrie twn ane peiss pteining 
 to peter balmannow & W^^ blair. Tua twn tua peiss pteining to 
 Alex^' symer. Aucht twn wyne & ane twn waid pteining to David 
 schewan Twelff twn ane peiss pteining to Jo^ Tyrie ffowre twn 
 ane peiss wyne sex pocks waid pteining to Ar^ kyd ffyve twn ane 
 peiss pteining to David sibbald Thrie twn tua peiss pteining to 
 
 fol. l6b 
 
 David 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 255 
 
 James williamsone. Thrie twn pteining to Andro rankyne Ane 
 twn pteining to Andro Moreiss. Ane twn pteining to Andro 
 Clerk. Ane twn pteining to James smyth. Ane twn ane pece 
 pteining to David smairt & David m^gill. Thrie peiss pteining 
 to Thomas Walker And ane Twn wyne pteining to Jo^^ durhame. 
 
 Vigesmo p^imo die mensis Martij l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Jo^ rollok m^' vnder god of ane gude schip 
 calHt the williame of dundie And entered the said schip Laitlie Williame 
 arryved from the Rochell cotenand sextene scoir bolls salt 
 
 Decimo quarto die mensis Aprilis l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Walter renkyne vnder god of ane schip 
 of dundie callit the Dyamond And entered the said schip cotenand Dyamond 
 fyve hundreth & Twentie bolls salt. 
 
 Vigesmo quinto die mensis Aprilis l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^ blair M'^^ vnder god of ane bark callit 
 the grace of dundie And entered the said bark laitlie arryved 
 frome Roane in france Contenand the goods and geir vnderwrittin Grace 
 pteining to the psones following viz Twelff dussone poittis 3 doz. 
 bas cards 20 doz. cardis 10 gros cannis 4 gros Cartis 8 pocks waid 
 10 rym palpire 500 wecht sma waid Twa pwnscoines wynagre 
 20 lib gallenttis 2 lib blak silk 2 /do/ silk gartenis 20 gross silk 
 buttounis 60 gros threid buttounis sevin pels of Inglis stringis 
 thrie doz of hatts 4 doz hat stringis 100 pasmentrie 2 gross silk 
 poyntes ane gross pennaris & inkhornes 2 gross neidles cussew 
 20 doz abeill pasmenterie halff gross menis beltis halff gross bairnis 
 beltis 2 doz spongis 40 lib of quhailbone 4 lib ben Cannes ane 
 gross elsonheftis ane gross cokis for barells and foure gross fol. 17^ 
 quhissillis all apperteining to Thomas Crommy elder. Item 24 doz 
 poitts & Twa pocks pteining to Robert Carmichaell Item 22 doz. 
 poitts 4 pocks waid 10 rym palpire 10 gross Cannes 1 gross cartis 
 6 doz cardines and ane gross Inkhornes pteining to waiter 
 scrymgeour Item 20 rym palpire 4 gross cannis & foure doz 
 cardines apperteining to David sibbald in perth. Item thrie doz. 
 poitts and foure rym palpire pteining to Donald thornetoun Item 
 thrie doz poitts and 3 gross cartis pteining to Alex^' ross. Item 
 foure pund gallenttis pteining to Alex^ Symer. Item 2 doz poitts 
 2 gross cartis 6 gross Cannes 2 doz spongis ane gross pennaris and 
 Inkhornes pteining to Patrik Carmichaell. Item I6 doz poitts 
 
256 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 2000 girds 3 gross Cartis 1 doz sponges pteining to Alex^' blair 
 and Jo^ traill. And sex pocks waid and tua dussone poittis 
 pteining to Andrew Cowye. 
 
 Ultimo die mensis Aprilis l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit george smairt and entered the bark the 
 Sanct willo Sanct willo laitlie arry ved frome norroway contenand foure 
 dussone twelfF ell ane hunder nyne ell 200 dealls 3000 steingis 
 foure faldom burnewod foure corbellis of aik and sex peiss of birk. 
 
 Secundo die mensis Maij l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day comperit James Lyndesay M^" under god of ane bark 
 of the bur* of dundie callit the Swane And entered the said bark 
 Swane laitlie arry ved from Norroway cotenand fyve score twelff ells aucht 
 scoir nyne ellis Twa hunder dealls foure thousand steingis aucht 
 faldome burnewood and fiftene peiss of aik sex hunder two ells, 
 pteining all to the awneris of the said bark. 
 
 Nono die mensis May l6l6 [sic in orig.] 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Robert halyburtone skipper and m^' vnder 
 god of the schip callit ye Thomas of Dundie And entered the said 
 
 Thomas schip laitlie arryved from burdeaux Contenand the Vines and 
 vther gudes ]5ticularlie vnderwritten pteining to the persones 
 following viz. aucht twn twnis wyne & ane peis land wyne pteining 
 to Thomas halyburtone. Item seven peis of twnis wyne pteining 
 to James younge. Item fyve pece of twnis wyne pteining to 
 M^' Patrik Carnegie. Item thrie twn & ane pece of twnis wyne 
 p.teining to James Cokburne. Item seven pece twnis wyne 
 pteining to andro cowie. Item tua twn of twnis wyne pteining to 
 waltir rankyne. Item tua twn & ane halff of twnis wyne 
 pteining to James monorgund. Item nyne pece of land wyne and 
 ane pock waid utherwayes pteining to the said James Monorgund. 
 
 fol. 17b. Item thrie twn of twnis wyne pteining to M"^^ Andro halyburtone. 
 
 Item tua twn & ane halff twn wyn pteining to Henry Johnesone. 
 Item seven pece of twnis wyne & thrie pece land wyne pteining 
 to Ro* halyburtone. Item thrie pece twnis wyne pteining to 
 Alex^ blair. Item tua pece twnis wyne pteining to Andro brand. 
 Item ane pece twnis wyne pteining to James brown. Item tua 
 pece land wyne and ane pece twnis wyne pteining to Jo° thorne- 
 toun And tua pece of twnis wyne pteining to Jo'^ wemyss 
 
 The sam day coperit george knycht skipper and m^ vnder god 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 257 
 
 of the schip of Dundie callit the Jonas and entered the said schip 
 laitlie arryved frome the pairts of france contenand the pticular 
 goods & geir following of the kinds efter specefied pteining to 
 the psones under mentionat viz. aucht twnis ane halff twnis wyne Jonas 
 
 ane pwnscone indifferent pteining to Alex^' halyburtone quhilk 
 he payet in burdeaux. Item tiia twn twnis wyne ane half 
 twelff pocks of waid pteining to David Watsone. Item ane twn 
 wyne pteining to Jo° Tyrie. Item tua twn of wyne pteining to 
 niniane copping Ane twn wyne pteining to andro boytour Thrie 
 twn twnis wyne pteining to david strathauchine. Item foure twn 
 ane half twnis wyne w* nyne pece land wyne pteining to W"^ 
 duncane. Item mair ane twn wyne pteining to andro boytour. 
 Item fyve peces twnis wyne w^ ane pece of land wyne pteining to 
 James boytour. Item tua pece twnis wyne & tua pece land wyne 
 pteining to niniane copping. Item ane twn of land wyne pteining 
 to thomas hendersone. Item tua pece twnis wyne pteining to 
 henry guthrie. Item tua pece land wyne pteining to thomas 
 methwen And sex hunder cork or thereby pteining to the awneris 
 of the said bark. 
 
 Declmo die mensis May l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit W"^ kynnareis skipper & vnder god of 
 ane flieboit of Dundie callit the houp for grace And entered the 
 said flieboit laitlie arryved frome the pairtis of france cotenand the 
 guds vnderwritten pteining to ye psones eftermentionat To wit Houp for 
 Tua twn tua pece twnis wyne ane twn land wyne & thrie pece^ Grace 
 And sex pocks waid pteining to David Fargussone Item tua twn 
 ane pece twnis wyne ane twn ane pece land wyne pteining to W"^ 
 blair. Item ane twn twnis wyne ane twn ane pece land wyne 
 pteining to andro andersone. Item tua pece twnis wyne ane twn 
 ane pece land wyne pteining to adame bennett. Item ane twn 
 ane pece twnis wyne ane twn ane pece land wyne pteining to 
 adame grant. Item ane twn twnis wyne ane twn ane pece land 
 wyne pteining to James andersone. Item sex pocks waid pteining 
 to the merchands of perth. Item ane twn thrie pece twnis wyne 
 and tua twn land wyne pteining to peter balmannow. Item tua 
 pece twnis wyne tua pece land wyne pteining to James peirsone. 
 Item tua pece twnis wyne and thrie pece land vyne pteining to 
 David schewan. Item tua twn twnis wyne and tua twn ane pece 
 land vyne pteining to thomas mwdy. Item ane twn twnis wyne 
 ane twn ane pece land wyne pteining to niniane copping. Item 
 
258 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Houp for 
 Grace 
 
 Ane schip of 
 Traillsound 
 q'^of Jon 
 Cradindik is 
 M'" vnder god 
 
 fox 
 
 Margaret 
 
 fyve pece twnis wyne ane twn tua pece land wyne pteining to 
 andro kynnareis togidder w*^ ten pocks waid. Item thrie pece 
 twnis wyne fyve pece land vyne j5teining to Jo'^ Duncane. Item 
 tua twn ane pece twnis wyne and Tua twne land wyne pteining 
 to David wemyss. Item ane twn thrie pece twnis wyne w*^ tua 
 twn land wyne pteining to w"^ wemyss. Item ane pece twnis 
 wyne w^ ane pece land wyne pteining to David Wedderburn. 
 Item tua pece twnis wyne pteining to Ro^ andersone. And tua 
 twn tua pece twnis wyne thrie twn ane pece land wyne and sex 
 pocks waid pteining to w^ kynnareis. 
 
 Vndecimo die mensis Maij l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Johne Cuik mercheand and entered ane 
 schip of Traillsound laitlie arry ved thairfra conteining twentie sex 
 lastis of bere twentie aucht barrellis pess ellevin barrellis blak 
 pess ane thowsand steingis pteining to mairtene bulty And aucht 
 lastis corn threttie foure barrellis rye fourtene barrell mede 
 pteining to ye said Jo^ kuik And sex lastis beir pteining to ye 
 skipper & his copanye 
 
 Decimo sexto die mensis May l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit andro abercrombie skipper and m'^ vnder 
 god of ane schip of ye bur^ of Dundie callit ye fox And entered 
 the said schip laitlie arryved from burdeaux cotenand ye gudes 
 and geir vndermentionat pteining to the psones efter remembered 
 viz. Twentie Twn wyne pteining to andro flescheour & James 
 forrester togidder w* twentie pockis waid. Item thrie twn wyne 
 pteining to James boytour. Item nyne twn vyne pteining to 
 andro boytour elder and utheris. Item tua twn thrie pece wyne 
 pteining to andro abercrombie. Item thrie twn wyne pteining to 
 david ramsay. Item thrie Twn wyne pteining to W"^ forrester. 
 Item ane Twn tua pece wyn pteining to W"^ Corbet. Item tua 
 pece wyne pteining to Jo'^ wricht And Tua pece wyne pteining 
 to David M^'gill. 
 
 The sam day coperit David peirsone maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of the bur* of Dundie callit the Margaret laitlie arryved frome 
 Rotchaell And entered the said bark Contenand fyftene scoir 
 bollis salt perteining to James boytour, James peirsone^ Johne 
 Tyrie, Alex'^ edward, David schewan, and David peirsone All in- 
 habitantis of the said bur*. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 259 
 
 Decimo octavo die mensis Maij l6l5 fol. I8^ 
 
 Quhilk day coperit george gardyne vnder god of ane bark of 
 the bur* of dundie callit ye bark allane laitlie arryved frome bur- 
 deaux And entered the said bark contenand the gudes and geir Bark Allane 
 vnderwritten pteining to ye psones efterfollowing viz. ane twn 
 twnis wyne tua twn an^ pece land wyne and twentie pocks waid 
 pteining to Alex^ Vdwart Item tua twn twnis wyne pteining to Jo^ 
 wedderburn Item ten twn twnis wyne sextene twn land vyne and 
 twelff pockis waid pteining to James flescheour. Item sex pocks 
 waid pteining to Olypher powrie. Item tua pece twnis wyne and 
 ane pece land wyne pteining to w^^^ cok. Item tua pece twnis 
 wyne & twa pece land wyne pteining to Jo^ corbet. Item tua 
 pece twnis wyne & tua pece land wyne pteining to david grant in 
 perth. Item tua twn ane berrykin twnis wyne pteining to James 
 Davidson. Item fyve pece twnis wyne pteining to Ro* Jak. Item 
 ane pece twnis wyne & thrie pece land vyne pteining to cop- 
 pine. Item ane twn ane pece twnis wyne & ane twn land wyne 
 pteining to thomas kynloch. And Tua twn twnis wyne and Tua 
 twn land wyne pteining to thomas broddie. 
 
 Decimo nono die mensis May l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Jo^^ rollok m^ vnder god of ane schip of the 
 bur* of Dundie callit the laitlie arryved from norroway And Wilzeame 
 entered the said schip Contenand ffoure hunder dealls Twa hunder 
 Tymer and thrie thowsand steingis. 
 
 Vigesimo nono die mensis May l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day In pns of William auchinlek provost of the bur* of 
 Dundie Comperit Kinloch M^ vnder god of ane bark of the 
 said hurt callit the guidfortoun And entered the said bark coten- Gude fortoun 
 and the gudes following pteining to the psones subsequent viz. 
 Twentie foure twn spaines wyne pteining to Jo'^ ogilvye w* Sex 
 twnes spaines wyne pteining to halyburtone and Twa twnes 
 spaines wyne pteining to the said W^" Kinloch. 
 
 Vltimo die mensis May I6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Patrik scott M^ vnder god of ane bark callit 
 the James laitlie arryved from norroway contenand [delete in James 
 orig.] and entered the said bark contenand thrie thowsand steingis 
 ane hundreth deallis and fiftie nyne ells, 
 
260 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Decimo die mensis Junij l6l5 
 Quhilk day coperit James smyth mercheand & guthrie 
 mercheand And entered ane schip of the bur* of Dundie callit ye 
 Elspet elspet q^of andro ross is M^' vnder god laitlie arryved from flanders 
 Contenand thrie last seip ane twn and ane halff madder & alme 
 ane twn and ane halfF of quhyit trene ane twn and ane halff of 
 Inglis Trene & uther trene and ane twn bfll haids all apperteining 
 to the said vv™ guthrie. 
 
 pi Decimo sexto die mensis Junij l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit henrie clerk skipper & vnder god of ane 
 bark of the bur* of Dundee calHt ye Swallo laitlie arryved from 
 Swallo norroway And entered the said bark cotenand thrie hunder deallis 
 fyftene hundreth steingis. Item fyve dussone nyne ells ane dussone 
 aikin trene and foure faldome burnewod. 
 
 Decimo octavo die mensis Junij l6l5 
 Quhilk day coperit george lochmalony vnder god of ane 
 Godsend bark of the bur* of Dundie callit godsend laitlie arryved frome 
 Ludhond And entered the said bark cotenand Twentie tua thow- 
 sand skowis and thrie dussone bourds. 
 
 Vigesmo tertio die mensis Junij l6l5 
 Quhilk day coperit Ro* forrester vnder god of ane schip of 
 Dundie callit the Angell And entered the said schip Contenand 
 Angell sevin hunder knappet sex barrell tar half ane last lynt pteining 
 to henrie guthrie. And sevin hunder knappit nyne barrell tar 
 fourtefyve stane of lynt ane kopper kettill & ane schip pund 
 of walx pteining to Jo^ hodge. 
 
 The sam day coperit henry myillis M^' vnder god of ane bark of 
 the bur* of Dundie callit S* Willo And entered the said bark laitlie 
 Willo arryved from norroway cotenand sex dussone twelff ells ane hunder 
 ane halff nyne ells ane hunder deallis fourtie pece of crukit aikin 
 tymmer ane thowsand steingis foure faldome burnewod and sum 
 trein naills. 
 
 Vigesmo quinto die mensis Junij l6l5 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^ prestone and entered ane bark of the 
 said bur* q^of himselff is M^' callit the fleing hairt laitlie arryved 
 fleinghairt frome norroway Contenand ane hunder dealls Twentie peis of 
 aikin Tymer foure dussone firn treis ane thowsand steingis thrie 
 dussone swadin boords and ane faldome burnewod. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 261 
 
 Mertene 
 
 fol. 19b. 
 
 Halywell 
 
 Vigesmo septimo die mensis Junij I6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit W"^ blyith vnder god of ane bark of 
 Dundie callit the gift of god and entered the said bark laitHe cum 
 frome Danskyne Contenand foure last peiss thrie last Irone tua Gift of god 
 last of aiss and tua last of lynt all belonging to James boyture 
 James peirsone roger bowar Alex^ edwart Niniane copping ro^ 
 Davidsone David schewan W^" ramsay patrik hurt W^^ kok Jo" 
 blak & Daniell maxwell. 
 
 Ultimo die mensis Junij 1 6 1 5 
 Quhilk day coperit henry patersone & entered ane bark callit 
 the mertene q^of himselff is M'^ vnder god laitlie arryved from 
 flanderis cotenand Twentie twn drywair pteining to charlis gold- 
 man thomas Jak Jo^ yeman & W"^ abercr^. 
 
 Decimo quinto die mensis July l6l5 
 
 Qlk day coperit Nicoll Wauch and entered ane bark callit the 
 halywall pteining to petir benet cotenand ane last of hering 
 pteining to David Wilsone ane last pteining to Jo" blak ane last 
 pteining to ro* moreis and ane last pteining to Alex^ boyis. 
 
 Vigesmo quarto die mensis July ]6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex'^ makkye M^' vnder god of ane schip of 
 Dundie callit the Swan laitlie arryved frome norroway And entered Swan 
 the said schip cotenand foure hunder dealls ij p*^ tymber iij thow- 
 sand steingis Ane hunder knappit and ane wikker spar pteining to 
 Alex^' m<^ky. 
 
 The sam day coperit Johne rollok vnder god of ane schip of 
 the said burgh callit the William and entered the said schip laitlie Wilzame 
 arryved frome norroway Contenand fyve hunder dealls ane hunder 
 tymer & foure thowsand steingis. 
 
 The sam day coperit WaP rankyne skipper & vnder god of 
 the gude schip callit the Dyamond of Dundie and entered the Dyamond 
 said schip laitlie arryved frome the Rotchell contenand sex hunder 
 bollis salt. 
 
 Vigesmo octavo die mensis July l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Richard rankyne vnder god of the gude 
 schip of dundie callit the Tigre And entered the said schip laitlie Tigre 
 arryved frome St. mertenis in france Contenand sevin hunder 
 bollis great salt. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Vigesmo die mensis Augustj l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit andrew abercrombie skipper & M^' vnder 
 god of ane gude schip of dundie callit the fox And entered the 
 said schip laitHe arryved frome Rotchell Contenand fyve hundreth 
 bolUs great salt. 
 
 The sam day coperit Alex^" kircaldie M'^ vnder god of the bark 
 caUit the androw of dundie And entered the said bark laitHe arryved 
 frome [blank in orig.] Contenand the gudes following j5teining to 
 the psones subsegnifiet viz. Tua last ane halff Tar ane hunder ane 
 halff dealls tua hunder steingis pteining to Duncane And tua 
 last ane halff Tar ane hunder ane halff dealls tua hunder steingis 
 Tua faldome burnewod pteining to Alex^" kircaldye And ane last 
 Tar pteining to the Companye. 
 
 fol. 20*. Vigesmo primo die mensis Augustj l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit James hay vnder god of the schip of 
 
 Lyoness dundie callit the lyoness And entered the said schip laitlie arryved 
 fro norroway Contenand thrie hundreth dealls thrie hundreth nyne 
 ells tua thowsand & fyve hundreth steingis and foure faldome 
 burnewod. 
 
 Vigesmo tertio die mensis Augustj l6l5 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^' prestone M^' vnder god of ane bark of 
 dundie callit the fleing hairt laitlie arryved from norroway And 
 fleinghairt entered the said bark contenand Tua hundreth dealls fyve dussone 
 tymer ane thowsand steingis Tua faldome wood and sex peces aikin 
 tymer. 
 
 Vigesmo quarto die mensis Augustj l6l5 
 Quhilk day coperit Thomas reid and entered ane bark callit the 
 hoipweill q^of himselff is M^' vnder god laitlie arryved frome Zet- 
 Hoipweill land Contenand tua last herring & ane barrel 1 uylie & tua hunder 
 fische pteining to thomas methven. Item ane last guids pteining 
 to thomas reid. Item thrie last guids pteining to St Androwis 
 men. Item ane hundreth fische & fyve barrell hering & uyllie 
 pteining to Wal*^ thornetoune And foure barrell pteining to Alex^ 
 myll of dysert. 
 
 Primo die mensis septembris l6l5 
 Quhilk day comperit andro ross skipper & M'^ vnder god of ane 
 Elspett bark of dundie callit the elspet And entered the said bark laitlie 
 arryved frome Rotchell in france Contenand tua hundreth bollis 
 great salt pteining to ye awneris of the said bark. 
 
 fox 
 
 Andrew 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 263 
 
 Septimo die mensis Septembris l6l5 
 Quhilk day coperit James Downye skipper & vnder god of 
 ane schip of the bur^ of dundie callit the hoipweill And entered 
 the said schip laithe arryved frome stokhollome Contenand the 
 goods vnder writtin pteining to ye psones following viz. Nyne 
 last pteining to James man. Item sevin last thrie schip pund 
 Irone pteining to Alex^ boyture. Item sex lasts twelff schip 
 pund Irone pteining to James symsone. Item sex last xij schip 
 lib Irone pteining to Alex^' Jak. Item thrie barrell Irone pteining 
 to David mwdy. Item ten bfll & ij schip lib Irone pteining to 
 James Downye. Item ten bf Is iij schip lib Irone pteining to Alex^' 
 renkyne fyve last vj brl iij schip lib Irone pteining to moreis. 
 Item ane last viij bfl Irone pteining to W^^ walker. Item iiij bfl 
 Irone pteining to Ro* Symer. Item fyve bfl Irone pteining to 
 kynloch. Item ten bfl Irone pteining to Jo^ renkyne. 
 Item thrie bfl Irone pteining to Wal*^ dm*hame. Item fyve bfl 
 Irone pteining to W^^ gulland And sex bfl Irone pteining to 
 Jo" morgund. 
 
 Vigesmo die mensis Septembris l6l5 
 Quhilk day comperit David peirsone skipper & M^' vnder god 
 of ane schip of the burgh of dundie callit ye margaret laitlie 
 arryved from Danskyne And entered the said schip Conteining 
 the goods and geir following pteining to the persones vnder- 
 writtin To wit 2 schip lib gaid Irone 2 sentenar lead 6 barrell 
 aiss 2 barrell pitche 2 bfl tar 3 quarteris sentrell of pewther. l6 
 stane takill pteining to rodger bowar. Item 3 barrell Irone 3 
 schip lib gaid Irone sex sentenare of lead 53 st. of takill 14 bf 
 aiss 4 bf of pitche 3 quarter last of lynt 2 kistis of glass halff 
 sentrell of pewtter pteining to Williame carmichaell. Item James 
 fethe j barrell of oismonds 2 schip lib gaid Irone 4 bf aiss ane 
 quarter last of lynt. Item pteining to andro michell 3 schip pund 
 gaid Irone 5 sentenare of lead 3 last of aiss ane last of lynt 2 
 barrell tar 4 barrell pitche ane sentrell of pewther & sex kistis of 
 glass. Item pteining to Jo^ duncane 14 barrell of Irone 12 schip 
 pund gaid Irone 6 barrell aiss 3 barrell pitche and tar 3 quarter 
 last of lynt ane quarter last of hemp 17 spruiss stane of takill 
 
 6 sentrell of lead ane halff sentrell of pewtter. Item pteining to 
 
 pittillok 5 barrell of Irone j schip pund gaid Irone 4 bf aiss 
 
 7 barrell meill l6 stane lynt 4 bf aiss. Item pteining to Jak 
 6 barrell aiss ane quarter last lynt ane sentrell of pewther 6 schip 
 pund gaid Irone j barrell oismonds j barrell Tar 2 spruiss stane 
 takill 2 sentrell lead. Item pteining to thomas meik ane halff 
 
 Hoipweill 
 
 Margaret 
 
264 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 last lyiit. Item pteining to David peirsone half schip pund walx. 
 6 barrell Tar 5 st. Lynt. Item pteining to Jo° Tyrie 2 steane 
 Lynt. Item |5teining to Doctor David kynloch 3 steane. Item 
 to thomas bruntfield 2 steane. Item pteining to Robert car- 
 michaell sex barrell aiss sex barrell pitche and tar tua schip pund 
 Margaret of walx ane quarter last of Lynt Item pteining to Johne Duncan 
 Tua baiTell Tar ane barrell aiss ane barrell pitche. Item pteining 
 to Archibald peirsone ane schip pund Irone ane barrell Tar aucht 
 bounds of lowse lynt. Item tua barrell of pitche and tar and nyne 
 bounds lowse lynt pteining to Thomas mwrray And thrie barrell 
 Tar and ten bounds lowse lynt pteining to Andro petrie. 
 
 Ultimo die Mensis Septembris 
 Anno Dominj Millesimo 
 Sexcentesimo Decimo Quinto 
 Whilk day Comperit George lochmalonye skipper & maister 
 vnder god of ane bark of Dundie calht the godsend And entered 
 the said bark laitlie arryved from Wardberg Contenand ten lastis 
 Godsend of Tar all apperteining to David Rollok George lochmalonye and 
 the remanent of the Cumpanye of the said bark all friemen In- 
 habitantis of the said bur* of Dundye. 
 
 Vpon ye nyntene day of febr. anno l6l6 
 foU 2i». Alex^ Cokburn peirm^ hes maid his compt. of his Intromissioun 
 w* ye schoir sylver & vther dewteis belonging to his office fra ye 
 Moneth of October anno l6l4 to ye moneth of October anno l6l5. 
 His chairge is found to extend to ye swme of sex hundreth ^ foure 
 hundreth thrie scoir fourtene lib sex schillings aucht penneis And 
 his Dischairge is found to extend to the swme of sex hundreth 
 fiftie sevine lib xv^^ vj*^. Sa restis avand to ye Compter ane 
 hundreth foure scoir threttene - \sic\ lib viij^^ x*^. Quhilk sail be 
 alio wit to him in ye first end of his next compt. 
 
 W. Auchinlec Prouest 
 
 W. Fergusson Bailie auditor 
 
 James boy tor bailie auditor 
 
 J. Kyd Auditor 
 
 J. Wedderburne auditor 
 
 Robert clayhillis auditor 
 
 Thome fullertoune 
 
 W"^ goldman 
 
 Alex^ annan 
 
 ^ * sex hundreth ' delete in orig. See ante, pp. 234, 250. 
 
 - The balance ought to be 183 lib., not 193 lib. as stated in text. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 265 
 
 Secundo die mensis Octobris Anno fol. 22*. i 
 
 D"^ Millesimo vj*^ decimo quinto 
 
 QuhiJk day coperit Williame kynloch skipper and maister vnder 
 god of ane bark of this burgh of dundie calUt ye gude fortone and 
 entered the said bark Contenand the guds following pteining to gude fortone 
 the psones subsequent viz. ffoure lastis and ane half of oismond 
 Irone and sextene schip pund of gaid irone pteining to Alex^ Jak 
 Item fourtie aucht schip pund Gaid Irone aucht barrell oismond 
 Irone pteining to halyburtone. Item nyne schip pund gaid 
 Irone foure last sex bf ell of oismond pteining to James symsone 
 Aucht schip pund gaid Irone pteining to James boytor Ten schip 
 lib gaid Irone ane barrell oismond pteining to thomas ogilvy And 
 Allevin barrell oismond and threttene schip lib pteining to 
 kynloch abone mentionat q*^ is skipper of the said bark. 
 
 The sam day comperit Williame blyith skipper & maister vnder 
 god of the crear callit the gift of god laitlie arryved frome gift of god 
 ludhome And entered the said crear conteining nyne last Tar 
 and sex thowsand barrell stawis. 
 
 Decimo die mensis Octobris l6l5 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Williame rodger mercheand burgess of, ' 
 
 dundie and entered ane vnkouth schip quhilk he & Alex^ bower ^^wm^rodgeris 
 had frauchted frome queinsbrig to this bur* Conteining foure last schip^q'^e they 
 aiss tua last pitche sextene barrell Tar ane last Taikill half last queinsbrig 
 lynt ane half last hemp ane hundreth plankis ane hundreth and ' ' ' 
 thrie scoir wyneskott 2 great hundreth knappet and foure thowsand 
 trene naills all pteining to the saids mercheandis. 
 
 Sexto die mensis Januarij I616 
 
 Quhilk day coj^erit Williame kynnareis skipper and maister 
 vnder god of ane schip of the burghe of dundie callit ye houp houp for grace 
 for grace And entered the said schip Contenand the goods follow- 
 ing pteining to the psones subsequent viz fyftene twn twa peis 
 of wyne pteining to James forrester. Item ane twn thrie peis 
 wyne pteining to Andro boytor. Item twa twn tua peis wyne 
 pteining to David ramsay. Item twelff pocks waid pteining to 
 andro forrester. Item sex twn wyne w* ane pwnsone wynager 
 
 ^ fol. 2 lb blank. 
 
266 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 pteining to Petir balmannow. Item tua twn ane peis wyn 
 ane ters plwmdamiss pteining to David crystesone. Item twa 
 peiss ane ters vynager pteining to charles rollok. Item thrie 
 twn wyne w* fyve pocks waid pteining to adam grant. Item ane 
 peis vinager pteining to Andro Andersone. Item thrie peiss wyne 
 fol. 22^ pteining to Robert moreis. Item thrie peis wyne pteining to 
 Alex^ Andersone. Item ane Twn of wyne pteining to Jo^ Duncan 
 3 peiss togidder also w* thrie barrell plwmdamiss and tua baells 
 papere pteining to the said Jo^. Item fyve twn wyne pteining to 
 Walt smyth. Item tua twn wyne pteining to M^' David Wedder- 
 burn. Item ane twn wyne pteining to thomas boucher. Item 
 ane small barrell plwmdamiss ane pock waid & tua baells papere 
 pteining to Alex^ Vdwart. Item foure twn wyne tua peiss thrie 
 pocks waid and ane ters vinager pteining to andro kynnareis. 
 Item ane twn wyne j5teining to Niniane copping. Item tua 
 peiss vyne pteining to Jo^ copping. Item tua peiss vyne w* ane 
 pwnsone plwmdamiss pteining to Alex^ coppine. Item ane twn 
 wyne pteining to Andro abircrombie. Item ane peiss wyne 
 pteining to Andro Hill And Nyne twn vyne w* ane barrell of 
 plwmdamiss pteining to W^^ kynnareis. 
 
 Decimo die mensis Januarij l6l6 
 
 Quhilk day coperit henry patersone skipper and m^ vnder god 
 Marteine of ane schip of the burgh of dundie And entered the said schip 
 laitlie arryved frome flanderis Conteanand Twentie foure Twn 
 drywaire geir pteining to Jo^ goldman James makfie And Peter 
 Inglis 
 
 Duo decimo die mensis Martij l6l6 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^^ kirkcaldie skipper & maister vnder 
 god of the goode bark of dundie callit the Andro And entered 
 Andro the said bark leatlie come frome Deipp Conteanand the goods and 
 geir following pteining to the psones efter specifiet viz. Item aucht 
 thowsand barrell girds ]5teining to the said Alex^ Togidder w* ten 
 doussone Irone poits tua hundreth schooles & thrie pocks waid 
 also pteining to the said Alex^. Item fyftene doussone Iron poitts 
 foure dry wair treis q^i'i 60 gross kannis 1 1 gross playing kerts 
 20 doussone girds 4025 spownges 4 pocks waid equallie pteining 
 to Alex^" bultie and thomas mwdie And Sex doussone poits tua 
 drywair treis w* ane baell of papir pteining to W^^ erskyne in 
 Montroiss. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 267 
 
 Vigesimo quarto die mensis Martij I616 f^^- ^3*' 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Williame Kynloch skipper & M^' vnder god 
 of ane schip of the bur* of Dundie callit the goode fortone Con- 
 teanand the goods following pteining to the psones subsequent, goode fortone 
 viz. Twa twn pteining to W^^^ Duncan Item, 8 twn pteining to 
 hay. Twa twn j3teining to Kynloch Item twa twn pteining 
 to Ro* hamiltoun Item 3 twn pteining to Williame guthrie Item 
 5 twn pteining to ro^ Davidsone Item ane twn pteining to James 
 peirsone Item ane twn pteining to Jo" Duncan and tua peiss 
 pteining to Patrik spenss. 
 
 xxvj die mensis Martij I616 
 Quhilk day coperit andro ross skipper & M^' vnder god of ane 
 bark of the burgh of dundie called the elspet And entered the 
 said bark laitlie arryved from burdeaux in france cotenand the 
 goods & geir following pteining to the psones subsequent viz. In Elspet 
 the first xij twn 2 peis pteining to andro ross of wyne. Item 
 aucht twn 3 peis pteining to Jo" hodge. Item sex twn vyne 
 pteining to fergussone. Item foure twn wyne pteining to 
 Alex^' cokburn. Item foure twn vyne pteining to thomas crommye 
 of Perth. Item ane twn ane peis pteining to Patrik dundie in 
 Perth. Item tua twn half wyne pteining to Jo" Durham. Item 
 tua peis wyne pteining to Jo" auchinlek. Item tua peis wyne 
 pteining to andro petrie. Item tua peis vyne pteining to Jo" 
 knycht. Item ane pwnsione plwmdamiss pteining to W"^ guthrie. 
 Item ane peis wyne j5teining to eufame alysone. Item tua pocks 
 waid pteining to andro abircrombie. Twa twn tua peis vyne 
 pteining to Jo" corbet. Item ane twn vyne j5teining to Jo" 
 steuard And tua peis vyne pteining to David Wedderburn. 
 
 Vigesmo septimo die mensis Martij I616 
 Quhilk day coperit thomas davidsone M'' vnder god of the schip 
 called the bark alien of Dundee laitlie arryved from burdeaux 
 Conteanand the ^ And entered the said schip cotenand the goods 
 and geir following pteining to the psones rex^^ subsequent viz. In Baik-allen 
 the first Ten Twn ane peis ane terss vyne And sex pocks waid 
 pteining to W"i Davidsone. Item foure Twn thrie peis and ane 
 terss of wyne pteining to Ro*^ prestone of cowper in fyiff. Item 
 tua twn ane halff ]5teining to Ro* Davidsone. Item ane Twn 
 pteanand to gilbert gairdyne. Item twa peis Wyne i5teining to f^^- -3^- 
 W"^ kynloch. Item tua peis vyne pteining to henry guthrie. 
 
 ^ ' Conteanand the,' deleted in orig. 
 
268 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Bark allane 
 
 Thomas 
 
 Gift of god 
 
 Lyones 
 
 fol. 243 
 
 Gift of god 
 
 Item ane twn and half of vynager pteining to Jo^ andersone. 
 Item tua pocks waid j5teining to William patersoiie. Item 3 twn 
 vyne pteining to James Davidsone. Item ane twn vyne pteining 
 to Ro* Jak. Item tua peis wyne pteining to Dik. Item tua 
 peis wyne pteining to Jo^^ myln. Item twentie tua twn ane peis 
 ane terss of wyne and ten pocks waid pteining to thomas Davidson. 
 
 Tertio die mensis Aprilis I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Ro*^ halyburtoun skipper & vnder god 
 of the schip callit the thomas of Dundie laitlie arryved frome 
 burdeaux And entered the said schip Conteanand the goods efter 
 following pteining to the psones rex^*^ subsegnifeit viz. twelff twnes 
 wyne pteining to thomas halyburtoun Item ten twn & ane half 
 pteining to Alex^" halyburtone Item aucht twn pteining to M^' 
 andro halyburtone Item 4 twn pteining to Ro* halyburtone Item 
 sex twn & ane half pteining to thomas guthrie Item 2 twn ane 
 peis pteining to thomas cromie Item ane twn pteining to andro 
 brand Item ane twn pteining to James browne Item ane twn ptein- 
 ing to Alex^ blare Item twa peiss to James Zowng. Item to James 
 monorgound 3 twn Item to WaP rankene ane twn 3 peiss Item to 
 Jo^ traill ane peiss And thrie peiss pteining to Jo'^ thornetone. 
 
 Nono die mensis Aprilis I6I6 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Alex^' boyed maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of Dundie callit the gift of god And entered the said bark 
 laitlie arryved frome Norroway Conteanand ane hundreth dealls 
 3000 steingis ten peiss aiken tymer and ane faldome wood 
 pteining all to Alex^ boyed 
 
 The sam day coperit Jo" myln and entered ane schip of Dundie 
 laitlie arryved frome norroway Conteanand 200 half nyne ells half 
 hunder twelff elnes 300 dealls and 5000 steingis all pteining to 
 Johne myln 
 
 Decimo die mensis Aprilis I616 
 Quhilk day coperit W™ blyith vnder god of the bark of 
 dundie callit the gift of god And entered the said bark laitlie 
 arryved frome burdeaux Conteanand the goods following pteining 
 to the psones efter specifiet viz. Sevin twn j5teining to W"^ forrester 
 Item foure twn vyne and 42 pocks waid pteining to andro 
 flescheour Item foure twn pteining to David strathauchine Item 
 fyve twn ]5teining to James Cokburn Item thrie twn pteining to 
 Cok Item twa twn pteining to rodger bowar And ane twn 
 pteanand to David smert. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 269 
 
 Decimo octavo die Aprilis 1616 
 Quhilk day coperit george stevinsone M'^" vnder god of ane schip 
 of the burghe of Dundie callit the Swift And entered the said 
 schip Conteanand the goods following pteining to the psones Swift 
 subsegnifeit viz. Sevin twn ane terss less and sex pocks waid ptein- 
 ing to Alex^' blare Item twa twn ane half and ane terss pteining to 
 W^^ blare of Carhapow Item aucht twn vyne foure pocks waid 
 pteining to Ro^ carmichaell Item sex twn ane peiss & fyve pocks 
 waid pteining to Jo^ Traill Item sevin twnes wyne tua pocks waid 
 pteining to David Wemyss Item ane peiss and thrie pocks waid 
 pteining to Jo^ Young Item sex peiss wyne pteining to Ro^ 
 forrester Item tua peiss wyne pteining to browne Item tua 
 twnes ane pwnsione pteining to george stevinsone Item ane twn 
 pteining to andro flescheour Item tua twn thrie peiss pteining to 
 Ninian Copping And ane pwnsione pteining to Jo^^ Lichtone. 
 
 Tertio die mensis Maij I616 
 Quhilk day coperit henrye mwdie M^' vnder god of ane bark of 
 dundie callit the onlie boat And entered the said barke laitlie Onlieboat 
 arryved frome Norroway coteanand nyne score dealls thrie thow- 
 sand steingis and Twelff peiceiss of aikin tymer 
 
 Lyikwayes the said day copeirit henry rayills vnder god of 
 ane bark of dundie callit Sancto willo laitlie arryved frome norroway 
 And entered the said bark coteanand fyve hundreth dealls ane Sancto Willo 
 hundreth nyne ells tua thowsand steingis tuo dissone twelff ells ane 
 dissone peceis of aik foure faldome burnewod 
 
 Also coperit the said day George knycht M'' vnder god of ane 
 schip of dundie called the Jonas of dundie laitlie arryved frome 
 burdeaux And entered the said schip Conteanand the goods and 
 geir following pteaning to the psones subsegnifeit viz. thrie twn fol. 24^. 
 thrie peis vyne xxij pocks waid 1 portione pteaning to Alex^edward 
 elder. Item fyve pocks waid pteaning to Wm David sone. Item 
 sevintene twn vyne thrie pocks waid pteining to James flescheour 
 Item ane twn vyne ane pock waid pteining to Jo" sturrok. Item Jonas 
 tua pocks waid pteining to eufarae alysone. Item tua twn vyne 
 pteaning to W"^ copping. Item tua peis vyne pteaning to David 
 Watson. Item Twa Twn tua peis wyne pteaning to thomas 
 broddie. Item tua peis vyne pteaning to Jo^ blak. Item tua 
 peis vyne pteaning to george stevinsone. Item thrie peis vyne 
 pteaning to James boytor. Item tua peis vyne pteaning to Walt 
 rankene. Item ane terss vyne pteaning to Ro* flescheour And ane 
 pock waid pteaning to Ro^ sterling. 
 
270 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Septimo die mensis Maij I616 
 Quhilk day comperit andro rankene skipper & maister vnder 
 god of ane schip of the burghe of dundie callit the david And 
 David entered the said schip conteanand the goods & geir following 
 pteaning to the psones subsegnifeit viz. Andro boytor nyntene twn 
 vyne 18 pocks waid Item pteaning to Alex^ somer 20 twn 2 peis 
 vyne 12 pocks waid Item j5teaning to Andro rankene 6 twn vyne 
 Item pteaning to W™ wemyss 5 twn vyne Item fjteaning to Arch^ 
 kyd foure tw^n 2 peis wyne Item ane twn pteaning to Andro peat 
 Item pteaning to James gibsone ane twn. Item pteaning to 
 James hay 3 peis. Item sex peis pteaning to henrie Johnestone 
 to Johne Lyn tua peis And Alex^ clerk tua peis 
 
 Decimo tertio die mensis Maij I616 
 Quhilk day coperit Jo^ patersone maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of dundie the preittie Jhane And entered the said bark 
 Prettie Jhane Conteanand ane hunder dealls & ane half thrie thowsand steingis 
 half ane hundreth nyne ells and half ane faldome burnewood. 
 
 Decimo quarto die mensis May I616 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^' boyes maister vnder god of ane bark 
 of dundie callit the gift of god And entered the said bark laitlie 
 Gift of god arry ved frome norroway coteanand thrie thowsand steingis sex 
 dissone dealls tua dissone of awns ^ a faldome of burnewod. 
 
 Vigesmo septimo die mensis May I616 
 Quhilk day coperit Andro brand maister vnder god of ane schip 
 of the burgh of dundie callit the george And entered the said 
 schip coteanand the goods & geir following pteaning to the 
 psones subsegnifeit viz. tua last tarr tua hunder dealls pteaning to 
 thomas halyburton Togidder w* tua barrell yrone four hunder 
 scowes tua faldome of burnewod Item sex barrell Tar foure score 
 dealls half barrell yrone ane hunder scowes a faldome burnewod. 
 Item sex barrell tarr 80 dealls half barrell yrone ane hunder 
 scowes a faldome burnewod pteining to henry clerk And sex 
 barrell Tar 80 dealls half barrell Irone ane hunder scowes and ane 
 faldome wod pteining to thomas w^ebstair 
 
 Vigesmo octavo die mensis May I616 
 Quhilk day coperit andro abircrombie M^" vnder god of ane 
 schip of dundie callit the fox laitlie arryved frome the Rochaell 
 And entered the said schip coteanand fyve hundreth fortie bolls 
 salt pteaning to the owneris of the said schip. 
 
 /Ol. 2S\ 
 
 George 
 
 Fox 
 
 ^ Awns = aunes (French), z.e. alder trees. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 271 
 
 Tertio die mensis Jimij I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit david smyth raaister vnder god of ane schip 
 of dundie callit the Swan And entered the said schip coteanand 
 the Number of fyve hunder dealls fyve thowsand steingis ane 
 hundreth firne tymer Twentie peces of aik sex faldome burnewod 
 and 200 trein naills pteaning all to the owneris of the said 
 schip. 
 
 Undecimo die mensis Junij I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit W"^ richie maister vnder god of ane bark of 
 dundie callit the gift of god And entered the said schip coteanand 
 the goods and geir following pteaning to diverss psones viz. tua 
 hunder dealls tua faldome burnewod & tua hunder steingis. 
 
 Decimo tertio die mensis Junij I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Andro gray And entered ane goode ship of 
 dundie callit the Tigre laitlie arryved from St mertines in france 
 Laidinet full of gryt salt. 
 
 Decimo tertio die mensis Junij I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit William kynnareis skipper & maister vnder 
 god of ane ship of dundie callit the houp for grace And entered 
 the said ship laitlie arryved frome france Conteanand the goods and 
 geir following pteanand to the psones subsegnifeit viz. thrie twn tua Houp for Grace 
 peis twnes wyne and thrie twn thrie peis land vyne pteanand to 
 Ro* hamiltoun. Item sevin peis twnes wyne and sevin peis land 
 wyne pteanand to petir balmannow. Item sevin peis land wyne 
 and sex peis twnes wyne pteanand to Jo" fullertoun. Item sex 
 twn twnes vyne & ane peis land wyne pteanand to Jo^ adameson. 
 Item foure peis twnes vine and foure peis land vine pteanand to 
 Charles rollok. Item tua peis twnes wyne and tua peis land vyne 
 pteanand to thomas henry. Item nyne peis twnes vyne and thrie 
 peis land vine pteanand to M^' David Wedderburn. Item foure 
 peis twnes vyne pteaning to William Jak. Item foure peis twnes 
 vyne and sex peis land vyne pteaning to Patrik carmichaell. Item 
 tua peis land vyne pteaning to Andro hill. Item thrie twn tua 
 peis twnes vyne and tua twn tua peis land vyne pteaning to Walt 
 smyth. Item tua twn tua pece twnes wyne and tua twn ane pece 
 land wyne pteaning to niniane Copping. Item tua pece twnes 
 vyne & tua pece land vyne pteaning to Jo^ copping. Item sevin 
 peis twnes vyne foure peis land vyne & tua teirs vynager pteaning 
 
 Swane 
 
 Gift of God 
 
 Tigre 
 
 fol 25b 
 
272 
 
 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 to adame grant. Item sex pece twnes vyne and thrie pece land 
 vyne pteaning to Duncan key. Item tua twn of twnes vyne 
 pteining to James andersone. Item sex peice twnes vyne tua 
 pece land vyne and tua teirs vynager pteaning to Andro andersone. 
 Item thrie pece twnes vyne and tua pece land vyne pteining to 
 William Wemyss. Item ane twn twnes vyne tua twn land vyne 
 and thrie teirss vynager pteaning to Jo^ Dun cane. Item ane pece 
 land vyne pteining to henrie mathew. Item ane pece twnes vyne 
 pteining to David oystlar. Item foure twn twnes vyne sex twn 
 thrie pece land vyne and tua teirss vynager pteaning to W™ kyn- 
 nareis. Item tua pocks waid pteining to Alex^ udward. Item tua 
 pocks waid pteaning to Alex^' copping And thrie teirss \^nager 
 pteaning to Andrew kynnareis. 
 
 Vigesmo quinto die mensis Junij I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit george lochmalowny maister vnder god of ane 
 Godis send bark of dundie callit god send And entered the said bark laitlie 
 arryved frome Luidhome Conteanand sextene planks aik fyve 
 dissone sweidin boords and Twelff thowsand barrell skowis. 
 
 Octavo die mensis Julij I616 
 
 Quhilk day comperit henry myills maister vnder god of ane schip 
 of dundie callit Sancto Willo and entered the said schip laitlie 
 Sancto Willo arryved frome norroway Conteanand halff ane hundreth twell elnes 
 tua hundreth nyne ells ane hundreth ane halff of dealls ane thow- 
 sand steingis ane dissone peceis of corbells and foure dissone 
 burnewod. 
 
 The sam day coperit James hay maister vnder god of ane bark 
 of dundie called the Jones And entered the said bark laitlie arryved 
 from norroway conteaning the goods following pteaning to the 
 Jones psones subsequent viz. foure hundreth dealls pteaning to James 
 
 cokburn & Ro^ Jak. Item ane hundreth halff nyne elnes hfilf ane 
 hundreth twelff elnes foure hundreth steingis and Tua faldome 
 wood to the said psones. 
 
 Nono die mensis Julij I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Robert forrester maister vnder god of ane 
 Anngell bark of dundie callit the Anngell and entered the said bark con- 
 teanand thrie hundreth dealls ane thowsand steingis and twelff 
 peceis of aikine tymer. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 273 
 
 Decimo die mensis Julij I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^ prestone maister vnder god of ane fleand hairt 
 bark of dundie callit the fleand hairt and entered the said bark 
 coteanand thrie hundreth dealls tua dissone nyne elnes tua thow- 
 sand steingis tua faldome burnewood and sex pecies of aik pteinand 
 to ye owneris of the said bark. 
 
 Duodecimo die mensis Julij I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit James patersone maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of dundie callit the grace And entered the said bark con- Grace 
 teanand TwelfF Twn drywair geir pteanand to Joh^ zeman Ro^ 
 symmer Alex^ myln and Alex^ Smythe. 
 
 The sam day coperit henry patersone skipper and maister vnder 
 god of ane bark callit the Mairtene And entered the said schip Mairtene 
 laitlie arryved frome flanderis leadnit w*^ twentie twnes drywair geir 
 pteaning to charles goldman thomas Jak W'^ Wricht and Johne 
 goldman. 
 
 Decimo octavo die mensis Julij I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit William halyburtone skipper and maister vnder 
 god of the bark of dundie callit the grace And entered the said bark Grace 
 laitlie arryved frome stokhollome coteanand sevintene Last of 
 Irone pteaning to James sysmone Alex^ Jak & Alex^ boytor. 
 
 Decimo nono die mensis July I616 fol. 26^. 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Andro rankene maister vnder god of ane 
 ship of dundie callit the David And entered the said ship coteanand David 
 Thrie hundreth bolls ry pteaning to Walter rankene & his pair- 
 teneris And ane hundreth bolls ry pteaning to the skipper and his 
 companye. 
 
 Vigesmo secundo die mensis July I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Andro abircrombie skipper h maister vnder 
 god of ane ship of dundie callit the fox And entered the said ship 
 laitlie arryved frome queinsbrig Conteaning threttie sex last of Fox 
 peis & ry pteaning to Andro boytor Alex^ symmer Alex'' rankene 
 William fergussone & Robert clayhills. 
 
 Vigesmo quinto die mensis July I616 
 Quhilk day coperit William Pittillok skynner & entered ane 
 Bark of barreldstoun callit the blessing q^of George Mairtene is Barreldstoun 
 
 I 
 
274 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 maister vnder god Conteaning thrie last ry foure last & half of 
 quhyt pease ane last thrie quarteris gray pease fyve barrell 
 oismonds ane Ring knappitt and TwelfF spruiss stane lynt. 
 
 Ultimo die mensis July 1616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit George kynloch skipper & maister vnder 
 god of Dundie calling the Blissing And entered the said ship 
 Blissing of laitlie arryved frome stokhoUome conteanand the goods & geir fol- 
 lowing pteaning to the psones subsegnifiet viz pteaning to James 
 man twelff last ten barrell oismond Irone and tua ship pund gaid 
 Irone. Item to Williame duncan twelff barrell oismond Irone and 
 thrie ship pund gaid Irone. Item to James boytor sex barrell 
 oismond Irone. Item to Ro* moreis nyne last tua barrell oismond 
 Irone and sex ship pund gaid Irone. Item to Ro* clayhills tua last 
 oismond Irone. Item pteining to James man & Robert moreis 
 equallie auchtene ship pund gaid Irone. Item to William Alex'^ 
 halff §hip pund kettill. Item to David peirsone ane last oismond 
 Irone. Item to George kynloch aught ship pund gaid Irone 
 and sex barrell oismond. Item to James kynloch thrie barrell 
 oismonds and tua ship pund gaid Irone. Item to James luk ten 
 barrell oismonds. Item to David hassone tua barrell oismonds and 
 tua ship pund gaid Irone. Item to James hendersone Sevin 
 barrells oismonds And to Robert Jak sex barrell oismonds. 
 
 Primo die mensis Augustj I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit James Downy maister vnder god of ane ship 
 of Dundie callit the hoip weill lately arryved from the Rotchaell 
 in france And entered the said ship Conteaning sex hundreth bolls 
 salt pteaning to the owneris of the ship foirsaid. 
 
 Secundo die Augustj I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit gilbert maidine Mercheand And entered 
 Goodefortone ane ship of Dundee callit the goode fortone of dundie q^of James 
 flesheor is maister vnder god laitlie arryved from the Rotchaell 
 Conteaning sex hundreth bolls salt pteining to ye said James 
 flescheor. 
 
 Quinto die mensis Augustj I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Jo° rollok maister vnder god of ane ship of 
 Mere Dundie callit the mere And entered the said ship laidnit w* salt 
 laitlie arryved frome Rotchaell. 
 
 fol. 27\ 
 Hoip Weill 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 275 
 
 Septimo die mensis Augustj I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit William richie Maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of Dundie callit the gift of god laitlie arryved frome Norro- Gift of god 
 way Conteanand thrie hundreth dealls and foure faldome burnewod. 
 
 The sam day coperit Alex^ Kirkaldie Maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of Dundie callit ye andro laitlie arryved frome Wairdbeirye Androw 
 coteanand sex last Tar pteaning to the said Alex^\ 
 
 Duodecimo die mensis Augustj I616. 
 
 Quhilk day copeirit Andro law maister vnder god of ane bark of 
 Anstruther callit the Jo^^ laitlie arryved frome Orkney And entered Johne 
 the said bark coteaning sex thowsand keilling fische Tua thowsand 
 seithis and ane Last barrell fische. 
 
 Vigesimo die mensis Augustj I616 
 
 Quhilk day copeirit Alex, prestone maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of Dundie callit the fleand hairt & entred the said bark laitlie Fleand hairt 
 arryved frome norroway Conteaning thrie thowsand dealls fyve 
 Dissone nyne ells sex pece oakine tymer Tua thowsand steingis 
 and twa faldome wood 
 
 Vigesimo quarto die mensis Augustj I616 
 
 Quhilk day copeirit Alex Jak and entered ane ship of Luipkee 
 laitlie arryved frome stokhollme callit the Reid lyone whereof 
 faltin buddie is maister vnder god Conteanand the goods & geir Reid lyone of 
 following pteaning to the psones subsegnifiet viz. pteaning to Luipkee 
 James boytor tua last oismond Irone twelff ship pund gaid Irone. 
 Item pteaning to andro boytor 28 barrell oismond Irone Item fol. 27^, 
 pteaning to Alex'^ boytor tua last oismond Irone. Item pteaning to 
 James man sex barrell oismond Irone. Item pteaning to Ro^ 
 moreis sex barrell oismond Irone. Item to James symsone nyne 
 last oismond Irone. and 20 ship lib. gaid Irone Item to Ro*^ 
 Jak Twa last oismond Irone. Item to Alex Jak nyne last oismond 
 Irone and twelff ship pund gaid Irone Item to David Mwdie thrie 
 barrell oismond Irone. Item to Alex^' stronge 12 ship lib. kettells 
 and to the skipper sex barrell tar. 
 
276 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 ' Vigesimo sexto die mensis Augustj I616 
 
 Quhilk day compeirit Andro Kynnareis maister vnder god of 
 Hoip for grace ane ship of Dundie callit the hoip for grace And entred the said 
 ship coteanand foure hundreth bolls rochaell salt pteaning to the 
 owneris of the said ship. 
 
 Ultimo die mensis Augustj I616 
 
 Quhilk day compeired David smairt And entred ane ship of 
 dundie callit the gift of god laitlie arryved frome Danskyne q^of 
 blyith is maister Conteanand the goods & geir following 
 Gift of god pteaning to the psones subsequent viz. pteaning to Patrik burghe 
 ane halff last lynt fyve barrell oismonds 4 ship lib. gaid Irone a 
 kist of glass thrie barrell aiss ane centiner pewtter and ane of lead. 
 Item to Rodger bowar a quarter last lynt 10 stane hemp 3 barrell 
 oismonds 6 ship pund gaid Irone 4 barrell esse half centiner 
 pewter ane centiner & a half lead & 4 spruiss stane lynt Item to 
 Alex, edward ane quarter last lynt 10 stane hemp Item To Ro* 
 clayhills 2 centiner copper kettel ane quarter last lynt a barrell 
 esse. Item to donald thornetone a quarter last lynt 4 ship lib. 
 gaid Irone a barrell esse halff centiner pewtter. Item to Ro* 
 kendo ane quarter last lynt a barrell aiss a barrell Irone. Item to 
 Jo^ Duncan a last oismonds 10 ship lib. swadine gaids. foure ship 
 lib. Danskyne gaids thrie quarteris of ane last lynt ane centinare 
 pewtter 2 kistis glass 8 wynescott. Item to W™ ramsay ane halff 
 last oismonds half last gaids 2 centinare cak lead ane quarter 
 last of lynt. Item to WaP riddell 2 ship lib gaid Irone Item 
 pteaning equallie to thomas crombye and petir balmannow ane 
 half last lynt. Item to Alex^ Jak ane quarter last lynt 
 and half centiner pewter. Item to Wal* VVricht a quarter last 
 lynt 3 barrell esse. Item to James fethie ane quarter last 
 lynt a half last gaid Irone. A barrell oismonds 3 barrell esse a 
 half centiner pewtter. Item to copping ten spruiss stane 
 
 lynt 2 barrell oismonds 2 ship lib. gaid Irone a barrell of esse. 
 Item to Williame cok sex barrell oismond 5 ship lib. gaid Irone. 
 30 spruiss stane lynt 6 wynscott and to James flescheour twa 
 steanis and ane half of lynt. Item to Andro gill thrie barrell 
 Gift of god oismonds 5 ship lib. gaid Irone, ten stane lynt 5 steane hemp 2 
 barrell meall. Item to David smairt foure barrell oismonds 4 
 ship lib. & ane halff gaid Irone. 22 spruiss stane lynt 2 barrell 
 meall. Item to Alex gray 29 spruiss stane lynt 2 steane hemp. 
 Item to David maxwell 12 spruiss steane lynt. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 277 
 
 Decimo die mensis Septembris I616 28* 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Ro* forrester maister vnder god of ane bark 
 of Dundie callit the aingell And entered the said bark cotenand Aingell 
 tua hunder and ane halff dealls twentie peiceis akine tymer ane 
 thowsand steingis and aught hundreth trein naills 
 
 The sam day coperit andro gray maister vnder god of the goode 
 ship of Dundie callit the Tigre And entered the said ship arrived Tigre 
 frome norroway coteanand sextene hundreth dealls sevin dussone 
 twelff ells fyve dissone nyne ells and fyve hundreth steingis. 
 
 Undecimo die mensis Septembris I616 
 
 Quhilk day copeired george bailzie maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of dundie callit the george And entered the said bark 
 coteaning thrie hundreth dealls pteaning tO'Alex'^ mar & george George 
 bailzie more half ane hundreth nyne ells half ane hundreth twelff 
 ells fyftene hundreth steingis and tua faldome wood. 
 
 Duodecimo die mensis Septembris I616 
 
 Quhilk day copeired Andro ross maister vnder god of ane bark 
 of dundie callit the elspet and entered the said bark coteaning Elspet 
 twelff scoir bolls rochaell salt. 
 
 Decimo tertio die Sep'' I616 
 
 Quhilk day copeirit David smyth maister vnder god of the ship 
 of dundie callit the swan And entered the said ship coteaning 400 Swan 
 dealls sex dissone nyne ells nyne dissone twelff ells 1500 steingis 
 and 3 faldome wood. 
 
 Decimo sexto die Sep'^ I616. 
 
 Quhilk day copeirit barnard Cornelius fleming and entered ane 
 ship q^of he was maister vnder god callit the roiss coteaning 400 Roiss 
 barrells wyngzeoinis pteaning to alex^" blare skipper and 280 
 barrells wyngzeoinis pteaning to the said barnard and david hay. 
 
 Decimo septimo die mensis Septembris I616 fol 28^ 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Ro* halyburton skipper & maister vnder 
 god of the ship callit the Thomas And entered the said ship laitlie 
 arryved frome Poill Conteanand the guids & geir following ptean- 
 ing to the psones subsegnifiet viz. to William carmichaell thrie ship 
 
278 
 
 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 pund gaid Irone sex barrell of oismond Irone 5 barrell of aiss 3 
 kist of glass ane quarter last of lint half centrell pewtter 4 centrell 
 lead Item pteaning to Andro michell half last lynt l6 barrell 
 oismond Irone 6 ship pund gaid Irone 5 barrell aiss 2 barrell pitche 
 1 centrell pewtter ane ring of knaphard & thrie kist of glass. 
 Item pteaning to Ro*^ auehinlek 4 barrell oismond Irone 1 quarter 
 last lynt 3 ship pund gaid Irone. Item apperteaning to William 
 Jak 5 barrell aiss 4 barrell oismond 1 quarter centrell pewtter 3 
 Thomas ship pund gaid Irone half barrell soap. Item appteaning to 
 thomas meik tua last lynt Item to Andro Andersone in St. 
 Johnestoun 14 barrell oismond Irone 28 ship pund gaid Irone and 
 9 wyneskott. Item to grigorie Johnstoun 14 barrell oismond 
 Irone 9 ship lib gaid Irone 2 wyne skott Item to William Dick- 
 sone of St Johnestoun 3 ship lib gaid Irone. Item to Jo^ murray 
 in St Johnestoun 5 barrell oismonds. Item to Thomas halyburton 
 6 barrell oismonds half last gaid Irone 4 wynescott. Item apper- 
 tening to Ro* kendow 3 ship lib gad yrone 2 barrell osmond yrone 
 halff last Lynt 50 steane takell 45 lib pouder. Item appertening 
 to Rodger bower 3 ship lib gad yrone 1 barrell aisses 12 steane 
 takell 1 centrell halff led 3 quarter centrell pouder 2 barrell 
 Osmonds 9 steane Lynt 1 kist off glasse. Item appertening to 
 peter balmanow 2 ship lib wax. Item appertening to Donald 
 thorntone 2 ship lib gad yrone 2 barrell osmond yrone 45 lib 
 pouder 14 steane Lint. Item apperteaning to Jo'^ Danskyne 
 skynner 2 ship lib gaid Irone 3 barrell oismonds 13 spruiss steane 
 Lynt And apperteaning to Johne pourie In St Johnestouu thrie 
 ship lib gaid Irone tua barrells oismonds half centrell pouder and 
 tua Centrell lead. 
 
 Z'^- 29* Decimo nono die mensis Septembris I616 
 
 Quhilk day comperit William kynloch maister vnder god of the 
 Grace [sic] bark callit the gude fortone And entered the said bark laitlie 
 arryved frome Polle Conteanand the guids & geir following 
 pteaning to the psones subsequent viz. to James symsone thrie 
 last sex barrell oismonds and fyve ship lib gaid Irone. Item to 
 Alex^ boytor 18 barrell of oismonds ellevin ship lib and 5 leith [lib.] 
 gaid Irone. Item to W"^ walker 18 barrells of oismonds 32 ship 
 lib and 9 leith lib gaid Irone. Item to Ro* Jak 12 barrell oismonds 
 28 ship lib and twelff Leith lib gaid Irone 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 279 
 
 Decimo octavo die Septemb l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day William blair In name of ye Relict and vtheris of 
 vmqi^ Alex^' Cokburn schoirm'^ of his Intromissioun w* ye schoir 
 dweteis In anno I616 his chairge is found to extend to thrie 
 hundreth xlvij lib xvi^^ viij*^ and his dischairge is found to extend 
 to ye sowme of ane hundreth ten pundis nyne schillingis aucht 
 pennies sa restis ye Compter avand tua hundreth xxxvij lib 7*^^ It 
 is to be remembered yat ye toun wes avand to ye Compter at ye 
 futt of his last Compt ane hundreth foure scoir threttene lib viij^^ x^ 
 qifcis j^Q^ defalked of ye rest cotenit in yis Compt Sa ye compter 
 will be avand xliiij/ heirof thair is deduced for ye Compteris fie 
 twentie merkis And twentie merkis q^^ is allowed to thomas haly- 
 burton q^^ wes avand to him of disputit payment be patrik Lyn 'ye 
 tyme of ye Making of ye said thomas halyburtones Compt/ Sa 
 thair restis avand be ye compter xxvj m^^ q^*^ is ordanit to be 
 delyvered to Jo° fullertoun p'^^ schoirm'' 
 
 W. Auchinlec prouest. 
 
 Robert Clayhillis baillie 
 
 T. Halyburtone baillie 
 
 W. Fergusson Dean of Gild auditor 
 
 James boyter Auditor 
 
 Jhone fullartone 
 
 Androw boyter 
 
 Primo die mensis Octobris l6l5 fol. 29b 
 
 Quhilk day comperit george stevinsone skipper & maister vnder 
 god of the bark of Dundee callit the Swift And entered the said 
 bark laitlie frome Swadin conteanand the gudis and geir following 
 pteaning to the psones subsequent viz. to William forrester 8 dissone Swift 
 8 planks 11 dissone swadin buirdis 4 score 15 firrekenis of Tarr 
 Item to David strathauchin 8 dissone 8 planks 11 dissone swadin 
 buirdis 4 score 15 firrekenis of Tarr. Item to William copping 8 
 dissone 8 planks To Alex^ philpt ane last and ane half of Tarr 
 Item to Jo" hodge younger half ane last of Tarre to George " 
 stevinsone half ane last of Tarre and ane hundreth knaphard. 
 
 The sam day Comperit James hay & entered ane ship of 
 Dundie callit the Lyones q'^of James hay is maister vnder god Lyones 
 laitlie arryved frome Norroway Conteanand fyve hundreth dealls 
 half ane hundreth twell elnes sex dissone nyne ells fyve thowsand 
 steingis and sex faidome burnewod. 
 
280 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Decimo quarto die mensis Octobris I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit thomas fynnie and entered ane bark of 
 James Dundie callit the James laitlie arryved frome flanderis q^of 
 James strathauchin is maister vnder god Conteanand aucht score 
 barrells wyngzeones pteaning to Andro cowie Ro* constabill & 
 thomas finy. 
 
 Ultimo die mensis Octobris I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit george baillie and entered ane bark of 
 Dundie callit the George, laitlie arryved frome flanderis q^of 
 George himself is maister vnder god coteanand the guids & geir following 
 pteaning to the psones subsequent viz. to Ro* moreis iiij^ barrells 
 wyngzeones Item to the said george baillie xxx barrells wyngzeones 
 Item to thomas Kyill 20 barrells wyngzeones Item to William 
 patersone iiij^^ barrell wyngzeones and sex barrell apills. 
 
 The sam day coperit ninian balfour maister vnder god of a bark 
 of Dundie callit the claynge coist and entered the said bark laitlie 
 Claynge coist arryved frome flanderis conteanand twelff scoir of wyngzeones and 
 /ol. 2o\ twentie barrells apills appteaning to the frauchteris of the said 
 bark To wit to Jo'^ blak 40 barrellis to James meallene 40 barrells 
 W"^ cok 30 barrells to Alex^ rind 30 barrells to Niniane balfour 
 40 barrells w* ten barrells apills to waiter bannerman 40 barrells w* 
 ten barrels apills and to James hay 20 barrells of wyngzeones. 
 
 Duodecimo die mensis Novembris I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^ bultie and entered ane bark of Dundie 
 callit the Jo^ q^of Jo^ patersone is vnder god laitlie arryved 
 Johne frome colpnaholme Conteanand the guids & geir following pteanand 
 to the psones subsequent viz. to James mwdie 3 last Tarre 8 ship 
 lib gaid Irone Item to Andro boyter elder 1 last half tarre 8 ship 
 lib gaid Irone to Alex^ bultie 4 last half tarre 10 ship lib gaid 
 Irone And to James [blank in orig,] tua drywair treis w* ennet 
 seids and sum kettillis. 
 
 Decimo tertio die Novembris 1616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^' blair & entered ane bark of Dundie 
 Grace q^o^ himselff is maister callit the grace laitlie arryved frome norro- 
 way Conteanand 1000 steingis sex bfell tarr 3 faldome burnewood 
 300 balstengis 3 dissone oikin dealls 12 peaceis oak for ship wark 
 and 500 arrow shaftis. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 281 
 
 The sam day coperit henrie patersone maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of South ferie called the Mairtene and entered the said 
 bark laitlie arryved frome Zeland coteanand l60 barrells of Mairtene 
 wyngyeones l6 twnes Drywair geir pteaning to Ro^ somer Jo^ 
 zeman Jo^ goldman & andro makfie. 
 
 Decimo quinto die mensis Nov. I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit henrie wyes maister vnder god of ane bark 
 of dundie callit Sancto Willo laitlie arryved frome Norroway And 
 entered the said bark conteanand ane hundreth nyne ells ane Sancto Willo 
 hundreth twell ells ane hundreth dealls 4000 steingis 4 faldome 
 wood sex corbells of aik. 
 
 [Vigesimo] secundo die nov. I616 
 
 Quhilk day coperit george knycht skipper and maister vnder 
 god of ane ship of dundie callit the Jonas & entered the said 
 ship laitlie arrived frome lupkie cotenand twelfF last pick tarr & J' 
 osemond Irone pteaning to James boyter James peirsone David 
 roUok and ro^ davidsone. 
 
 Vigesimo sexto die Nov. I616 fol 3°^ 
 
 Quhilk day coperit W"^ kynnareis maister vnder god of ane 
 ship of Dundie callit the hope for grace And entered the said ship 
 conteaning the goods following pteaning to the psones particularlie 
 vnder namit viz. In the first to peter balmannow of wyne 6 twn Hoip for grace 
 
 3 peiss Item to David strathauchin of wyne 3 twn of plwmdames 
 16 peis More to adame graunt of wyne 3 twn thrie peis more to 
 grigory Jonstone of vine 3 twn To Duncan key of vine 2 twn To 
 andro andersone of vine ane twn tuo peiss To alex^ andersone of 
 vine thrie peiss w* a pock waid To Duncane of vine ane twn 
 tua peiss To Jo° Duncane of vine tua twn 3 peiss more of vineageir 
 2 teirsis andro roiss of vine 2 twn To niniane copping of vine 
 
 4 twn To andro cowie of vine thrie twn 6 pocks waid To andro 
 kynnareis of vine fyve twn 2 peiss & of hony ane teirss To Alex'' 
 udward of waid foure pocks & of plwmedames 2 barrells To Wal<^ 
 smithe of vine 4 twn 3 peiss and 2 bfell of plwmedames. To 
 andro hill of vine thrie peiss & to marjorie duncane of vine 2 peiss. 
 To Jo'^ adamesone of vine 4 twn. To Ro*^ cowty of vine ane twn. 
 To kynnareis of vine 12 twnes and 6 pocks waid w* ane peiss 
 of hony ane peiss of vinageir & ane teirse. 
 
282 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Sexto die Decemb 1616 
 Quhilk day coperit andro renkene skipper and maister vnder 
 god of ane ship of dundie callit the David And entered the said 
 ship laitlie arrived frome france coteaning the goods following 
 pteaning to the psones subsequent viz. in the first to Ro* hamiltoun 
 & alex'^ symer and thair pairteneris 40 twn of vine thrie pocks of 
 waid To andro rankene 3 twn ane pece To wal* wemyss 5 twn 
 
 1 peice. To Peter balmannow 3 twn To thomas meffen 2 twn. 
 To patrik lyndsay ane twn. To Ro*^ straq^ thrie peice. To andro 
 moreis 5 peice To Henrie Jonstone thrie twn. To James hay 
 
 3 peis. To henrie knycht 3 peis To Wal^ renkene 5 pece & to 
 andro ross ane twn. 
 
 Undecimo die Januarij l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day copeirit Jo^^ falconare merch^ & entered ane ship of 
 dundie called the Ro^ q^'of David peirsone is maister vnder god 
 And entered the said ship laitlie arrived frome Danskene Contean- 
 ing the goods following pteaning to the psones subsequent viz. 
 To Robert hamiltoun of aiss 6 barrells 6OO knaphard sex vinescot 
 Item to alex'' bower of gaid Irone 40 ship lib of oismond Irone 
 
 2 last 8 barrells 5 sentenear of lead ane last & half last aiss 15 
 spruis steane hemp fowre chistis glass 8 barrells pitche more 
 
 4 vinescott more of knaphard 1 800. Item to w"^ rodger of oismond 
 Irone 14 barrells of aiss 18 bfells of pitche 6 brells of Lint half a 
 last of hemp 2 last 2 chistis of glass. Item to Ro*^ kendo of aiss 
 6 barrells 1 qrt'' last lint 15 spruiss steane hemp 4 barrells oismond 
 Irone. Item to george stiell of aiss 14 barrells 1 chist glass 
 4 spruce steane lint. To David peirsone of gaid Irone 6 ship lib 
 of aiss 4 bfell. Item to Jo^ richie a bfell Irone. Item to Jo^ 
 gibsone 1 bfell Irone. To cowstone ane barrell Irone. To 
 jo^ falconare ane barrell Irone. 
 
 Sexto die mensis January l6l7 
 Quhilk day Comperit Ro^ halyburtone maister vnder god of the 
 Thomas ship of Dundie callit the thomas And entered the said ship laitlie 
 arryved frome Burdeaux conteanand the goods and geir following 
 pteaning to the psones subsegnifiet viz. To thomas halyburtone 
 fyvetene twn & ane thrid of vine to William fergussone [blank in 
 orig.] to henrie guthrie [blank in orig.] to ro^ halyburtone [blank 
 in orig.] to James braund [blank in orig.] to Patrik Spens [blank in 
 orig.] and to Johne mylne twa pwnsheones of plwmdames. 
 
 fol. 31a. 
 
 Robert 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 283 
 
 Octavo die mensis Aprilis l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day comperit kynloch And entered the ship of 
 dundie q^'of him selfF is maister callit the good fortoun laitlie cum good fortoun 
 frome norroway coteaning a hundreth dealls ane hundreth nyne 
 ells and twelfF ells sex thowsand steingis & fo^" faldome wood. 
 
 Undecimo die mensis Aprilis l6l7 fol. 31^ 
 
 Quhilk day comperit henrie myll maist^ under god of the ship 
 of dundee callit the Sancto willo And entered the said ship laitlie Sancto willo 
 arryved frome norroway coteanand j"^ Dealls nyne ells halfe 
 hundreth twelfF ells ane dossone corbells of aik tua dossone aish 
 foure faldome wood 
 
 Decimo quinto die Aprilis l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit david nisiep maist^ of ane ship of Trailsound 
 callit Rabuck And entered the said ship laitlie cum therfra Rabuckof 
 coteanand threttie foure lastis bijr pteaning to Paule hynd fnchand 
 and nyne lastis bijr pteaning to the copany of the said ship. 
 
 Trailsound 
 
 Quinto die mensis may l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit henrie clerk skipper & maist^ under god of 
 ane ship of dundee callit the lyones & entered the said ship laitlie Lyones 
 cum frome Norroway conteanand 200 tymer5000 steings ane dissone 
 aik & thrie faldome wood 
 
 The sam day coperit Wm kynnareis maist^ under god of ane 
 ship of dundee callit the hoip for grace & entered the said ship 
 laitlie cum frome Burdeaux coteanand the goods following ptean- 
 ing to the psones subsequent viz. In the first to Walt rankene 
 younger sex twn 2 pece twnes wyne and tua twn tua pece land Hoip for grace 
 vine with thrie pocks waid Item to James peirsone sex pece 
 twnes vine 2 pece land vine Item to Adame bennett sex pece 
 Twnes vine and 4 pece land vine To Jon Duncane thrie twn 
 j pece land wyne and ane pece twnes wyne ane pwnscheone 
 vynager & ane terce & ane pwnscheone of prwindames Item to 
 Wm duncan sex pece twnes vine and tua pece land vyne to Alex^ 
 Andersone tua pece twnes vine To Adame graunt of twnes wyne 
 4 pece and 2 pece land vine To Wm powrie of vinager tua pece 
 2 barrell prwnedamess to Wm Andersone tua treis vinager To 
 Ro* moreis sex pece twnes vine To Walt smyth 6 pece land vine 
 2 pece twnes vine thrie pocks waid To marjorie duncan 3 pece 
 
 \ 
 
^4 
 
 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 twnes vine Item To Ro* carmichaell 3 pece land vine To ninian 
 fol 32a copping of twnes vine fyve pece To Mr Patrik carnegy of twnes 
 vine foure pece Item to James young of twnes vine aucht pece 
 Item to Jo^ blak of twnes vine 2 pece Item to James monorgund 
 of twnes vine 3 Twn j pece and of land vine 4 pece Item to 
 thoraas hendersone of twnes vine 3 pece Item to Patrik car- 
 michaell of land vine 3 pece Item to James steward of twnes 
 vine 3 pece Item to peter balmanow of land vine 2 pece of twnes 
 vine 2 pece Item alex^ meill of twnes vine 4 pece To James blake 
 Hoip for grace gne terce of hony Item to Mr David Wedderburn of twnes vine 
 6 pece of land vine 2 pece Item to \Vm kynnareis of land vine 6 
 twn 2 pece of twnes vine 3 twn ane twn vinager 5 pocks waid 
 Item to Andrew kynnareis of twnes vine 4 twn of land vine 4 twn 
 3 pece 3 terce vinager 2 barrells prwnedamass Item to David 
 Wemyss 4 twn 2 pece twnes vine of land vine 2 twn 2 pece and 2 
 pocks waid And more to Mr David Wedderbm^n of twnes vine 5 
 pece of land vine 2 pece. 
 
 Septimo die may l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day comperit thomas davidsone skipper & maisf^ under 
 god of ane ship of dundie callit the bark allane And entered the 
 said ship laitlie cum frome burdeaux ladned w* the goods following 
 Bark allane pteaning to the psones subsequent To wit In the first foure tw^n 
 j pece twnes vine pteaning to Ro^ flesheour. & foure twn ane pece 
 land vine Item To David rollok 3 pece twnes vine 3 pece land 
 vine to Ro*' flesheour ane terce vine Jo^ sturrok 3 pocks waid To 
 James peirsone 5 pece twnes vine 2 pece land vine To thomas 
 crombie of perthe inchand 2 twn twnes \dne 5 pece land vine To 
 James Davidson 6 pece twnes vine 6 pece land vine To Andro 
 panter j pece twnes vine ane pece land vine To Ro* Jack 7 pece 
 twnes vine 5 pece land vine To James gray 2 pece twnes vine 2 
 pece land vine. To Jo'^ smyth j pece twnes vine 2 pece land vine 
 To henrie knycht j pece twnes vine j pece land vine To thomas 
 murray j pece twnes vine j pece land vine To thomas Davidsone 
 ellevin twn 2 pece twnes vine 17 twn 2 pece land vine 8 pocks 
 waid all of the twnes of land vine foirsaid being comptit at 4 pece 
 the twn. 
 
 Nono die mensis may l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^ halyburtone maist^ under god of a 
 ship of dundie callit the heart & entered the said ship laitlie cum 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 285 
 
 frome burdeaux coteanand of burdeaux vine twentie nyne twn ane Heart 
 terse of land vine nyne twn j peiss of vinager ane twn & ane half 
 and 45 pocks waid 
 
 Decimo die may anno l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Wm richie & entered ane ship of Dundie 
 qrof himselfe ism^ laitlie cum frome norroway coteanand [delete in Gift of god 
 original] callit the gift of god conteanand 100 dealls 2000 steingis 
 2 faldorae wood 4 peces aikintymer. 
 
 Decimo nono die may l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Wm halyburtone & entered a ship of Dundie 
 callit the grace laitlie cum frome Rochell leadned w* nyne score Grace 
 bolls salt 
 
 Vigesimo die may anno l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Wm Wemyss & entered ane ship of flisheing Houp of 
 callit the houpe thereof laitlie cum frome Rochell loadned with 500 
 bolls salt pteaning to himselfe. 
 
 flisheing 
 
 Die xxiij may anno l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^ prestone & entered ane bark of dundie 
 callit the fleing hairt laitlie cum frome norroway coteanand 200 Flying hairt 
 dealls 200 tymer 2000 steingis 2 faldome wod 
 
 The sam day coperit James auchterlony & entered ane bark of 
 dundie callit the grace of god qrof himselfe is maisf^ laitlie cum grace of god 
 frome norroway laidned with half ane hundreth dealls 100 nyne ells 
 2000 steingis 2 faldome wod pteaning to the said Mr & James 
 meilling. 
 
 The day said David urquhart entered the ship of dundie callit 
 the [blank in original] laitlie cum frome norroway loadned w* 200 David vrquhart 
 dealls 2000 steingis 2 faldome wood and 3 peces oakin Tymer 
 
 Vigesimo Tertio die mensis May anno dni l6l7 f'^^- 33^- 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Jo^ smyth & entered ane bark of dundie 
 laitlie cum frome norroway callit the onlie boat q^'of Wm leyis is Onlie boat 
 m^ loadned w^ 300 dealls 4 dissone suadin tymer 2000 steingis 4 
 faldome wood ane dissone aik treis 
 
286 
 
 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Ultimo die may l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Andro panter & entered ane ship of dimdie 
 Andro callit the andro laitlie cum frome Rochell w*' salt pteaning to the 
 owneris of the said ship 
 
 Primo die Junij l6l7 
 Quhilk day coperit george knycht & entered ane ship of dundie 
 Jonas callit the Jonas laitlie cum fra Rie of the qu^^ ship 
 
 himselfe (under god) is m^ loadned with thrie last lint ane last 
 hemp 5 last aiss 800 knaphard 6 pypes vine pteaning to Ja^ 
 boytor James peirsone Ninian copping Wm kynnareis & Ro*^ 
 davidson 
 
 Nono die Junij l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Wm rodger & entered ane bark of [blank 
 William in original] callit [blank in original] laitlie cum frome Swadin & 
 Rogers Bark Conteanand 24 ship lib Swadin gad Irone 6 barrells oismond Irone 
 1800 small knaphard 6 sentinar of lead & ane sentinar pewtter 
 pteaning to the said Wm & Wm Duncan. 
 
 Duodecimo die mensis Junij anno l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Andro rankene & entered ane ship of 
 David dundie callit the David laitlie cum frome burdeaux conteanand of 
 wyne pteaning to Ro* hamiltone & Alex'^ Symmer 24" twns To 
 Andro boytor 20 twn whereof James boyter hes 3 twn To Andro 
 rankene 7 twn To Andro kyd 5 twn vine To henrie Johnesone 3 
 twn to James hay 3 pece vine And To David Smairt 3 pece vine. 
 
 fo/. 33b Decimo tertio die Junij l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Andro Ross & entered ane ship of Dundie 
 qr°^ himselfe is maist^ callit the elspet laitlie cum frome burdeaux 
 loadnet w* the goods following viz. To Andro ross 2 twn twnes 
 Elspet vyne 5 twn land vyne To henrie guthrie ten twn land vine To 
 thomas cromby in p*^^ [Perth] 3 twn twnes vine ane twn land vine 
 to Mr. David Wedderburn 2 twn land vine to Andro rankene j 
 twn land vine to Walt smyth j twn land vine to Jo" durham 3 
 twn vine to Donald monro 4 twn twnes vine 2 twn land vine To 
 thomas fotheringhame for p*^ sex twn vine And to Ro*^ rollok j twn 
 2 pece vine. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 287 
 
 Patience 
 
 Decimo quarto die mensis Junij l6l7 
 Quhilk day coperit Andro gray and entered the good ship of 
 Dimdie callit the Tiger laithe cum frome Rochell loadned with salt Tigre 
 pteaning to the owneris of the said ship. 
 
 Sexto die Julij anno d^^ l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Ro* forrester & entered ane bark of Dundie 
 callit aingell qr°^ himselfe is under god laitlie cum frome Stok- 
 hollome Conteanand fy ve last oismond lyrone 3 ship lib gaid Irone Aingell 
 pteaning to Alex^ Jack To Ro* moreis fyve last oismond Irone 
 foure ship lib gaid Irone Item to the said ro* forrest sex barrell 
 oismond Irone and to Jo° Auchinlek foure barrell oismond Irone. 
 
 Nono die Julij anno d^^ l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Wm halyburtone mais*^ under god of ane 
 ship of Dundie callit the Patience & entered the said ship laitlie 
 cum frome Rochell coteanand thrie hundreth bolls salt. 
 
 Decimo quinto die Julij l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex'^ kirkaldie & entered ane bark of dundie 
 laitlie cum frome norvegia callit the Andro q^'of himself is 
 under god coteanand thre score pece oakin tymmer viij^ steingis 
 thrie faldome wood. 
 
 Decimo quinto die mensis Julij anno d^^ l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex^ prestone maisf^ under god of a bark 
 of Dundie callit the flieing hart laitlie cum frome norvegia And 
 entered the said bark coteanand tua hundreth dealls ane hundreth 
 tymmer 500 steingis and tua faldome wood. 
 
 Decimo sexto die July l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Alex'^ M'Kye & entered ane ship of dundie 
 callit the Catharine whereof hepburne the young^ is Mr under god 
 laitlie cum frome norroway coteanand 500 dealls 100 twelfF ells 
 200 nyne ells 3000 steingis and foure faldome wood all pteaning 
 to the said Alex^. 
 
 The sam day coperit the said Alex'^ M'Kye & entered ane bark 
 of dundie callit the gift of god whereof david vrquhart is M^ gift of god 
 under god laitlie cum fro norvegia coteanand 100 dealls 100 nyne 
 ells 500 steingis & thrie faldome wood pteaning all to the said 
 Alex^. 
 
 Bark callit 
 Andro 
 
 M 34*. 
 
 flieing hart 
 
 Catharine 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Lyones 
 
 Thomas 
 
 Elspett 
 
 Ane bark of 
 St minnans' 
 
 Swan 
 
 fol. 34b. 
 
 gift of god 
 
 Ttie day foirsaid coperit henrie clerk & entered ane ship of 
 Dundie callit the Lyoness (whereof James hay is maist^ under 
 god) laithe cum frome norvegia coteaning 400 tymer 200 dealls 
 2000 steingis 4 faldome wood pteaning to the said James & Jonet 
 blyith. 
 
 xxviij July l6l7 
 
 Wm lyndsay entered ane ship of dundie whereof himselfe wes 
 m^ (under god) callit the thomas laitlie cum fro norroway cotean- 
 and thrie hundreth dealls 100 firr tymer 2000 steingis 2 faldome 
 wood pteaning to thomas halyburtone. 
 
 Vigesimo tertio die augusti l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit andro ross & entered ane ship of dundie 
 callit the elspet q^of andro rattray is m^ laitlie cum frome norro- 
 way conteanand 300 dealls 200 nyne ells 200 twell ells sex faldome 
 wod pteaning to the owneris of the said ship. 
 
 Vigesimo quinto die mensis Augustj l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Jo^ myln & entered ane bark of St minnanis 
 callit [blank in original] whereof Alex^' gilespie is maisf^ conteanand 
 200 half dealls 100 twelff ells 1000 steingis 2 faldome wood ptean- 
 ing to Jo"^ mylne. 
 
 Secundo die septembris l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit ro^ moreis & entered ane bark of Dundie 
 laitlie cum frome stokhollome callit the swan whereof himself is 
 m^ under god coteanand fourtene last osmond Irone & foure 
 ship lib copper keitills. 
 
 Secundo die mensis septembris anno d^^ l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit thomas mwdy & entered ane bark of dundie 
 laitlie cum frome norway callit the gift of god coteanand ane 
 hundreth dealls pteaning to himselfe. 
 
 Tertio die mensis septembris l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Wm fergussone & entered ane ship of 
 the thrie kings flisheing callit the thrie kyngis laitlie cum frome flishing loadnit 
 w* salt & sum vther small wairis pteaning to the said Wm Andro 
 morriesone & ro* Jack 
 
 of flisheing 
 
 ^ This entry interpolated in smaller handwriting in the original. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUiNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 289 
 
 Quinto die sept l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day coperit Jo" small m^' under god of ane bark of 
 portincraig callit the phenix and entered the said ship laitlie cum Phenix of 
 frome norroway coteanand foure houndreth firrin dealls ane ^" ^^^^^ 
 hundreth firrin tymer 2000 steingis twelfF peces of oakin stalffis & 
 foure faldome wood 
 
 Sexto die mensis Septembris anno d^^ 16 17 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Jo" rollok maist^ under god of the good 
 ship of Dundie callit the good fortoun And entered the said ship good fortoun 
 laitlie cum frome rochell coteanand fyve houndreth bolls salt or 
 thereby pteaning to James flesheor owner of the said ship. 
 
 The same day coperit William kynloch & entered ane bark of 
 
 dundie callit the good fortone whereof himself is maist^ under god 
 
 laitlie cum from stokhollome loadned with foure last and ane half Bark calht 
 
 good fortone 
 
 oisemond Irone pteaning to Ro'^ moreis To James sympsone foure 
 last & ane half oisemondis To Alex^ Jack foure last and ane half 
 oismond Irone & to the said maist^ foure last oismonds.^ 
 
 Septimo die mensis septembris l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day comperit thomas halyburtone younger & entered 
 ane bark of dundie callit the george whereof Ro* halyburtone is 
 m^ under god laitlie cum frome Upslo coteaning pteaning to George 
 thomas halyburtone ane last & ane half tarr tua faldome wood 
 To ro^ halyburtone aught barrells tarr ane faldome wood To 
 thomas halyburtone ane last & ane half tarr tua faldome wood & to 
 henry mudy aught barrell tarr tua faldome wood 
 
 Octavo die mensis septembris l6l7 
 Quhilk day comperit Jo" falconar & entered ane ship of Dundie 
 callit the ro* laitlie cum frome stokhollome coteaning pteanand to 
 ro^ hamiltone of oismond Irone thrie lasts and of gaid Irone sex Robert 
 ship lib To James man of oismond Irone twelff last & of gad Irone 
 20 ship lib Item to Alex^ boyter of oismond Irone twelff last of gad 
 Irone vj ship lib of copper 2 ship lib To James sympsone of 
 oismonds 3 lasts & of copper 2 ship lib 
 
 * After this entry the clerk had begun to duplicate the entry which precedes, 
 relating to the ship 'good fortoun,' but on reaching the words 'bolls salt,' had 
 observed his mistake, and drawn his pen through it. 
 
 T 
 
290 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 David covfit's 
 ship 
 
 grace 
 
 Gods send 
 
 Memorandum 
 There is in ye 
 peirmris handis 
 twelff gryte 
 sawine treis 
 foure of q''^ 
 twelff ells and 
 sewine nyne ells 
 Tua gryte aikine 
 treis expendid 
 for ye shoir 
 Ane I rone 
 
 Jhone fulartoun 
 
 Nono die septembris l6l7 
 David covfit entered his ship of dundie laitlie cum frome norro- 
 way callit [blank in the original] coteanand tua hundreth dealls 
 1000 steings 5 faldome wood 100 pteaning to the said david, 
 
 xij September l6l7 
 James moncur entered the ship callit the grace of Dundie laitlie 
 cum frome elsinore coteaning tua last tarr pteaning to Wm 
 halyburtone to andro clayhills foure last and to thomas auchinlek 
 foure last 
 
 xxvj September l6l7 ^ 
 Wm carmichaell m'* of the bark callit the god send entered her 
 coteaning 6000 steingis pteaning to D^ rollok & thrie pteaning 
 [deleted] 6 doz dealls of aik 2 doz small peces oak & tua faldome 
 wood 
 
 Vpone ye twentie fyft day off Januarij the yeir of god j"^ vj^ 
 and auchtene yeiris Jhone fullarton peir™^ of yis burgh hes maid 
 his compt of ye intromissioun w* schoir dewteis and uther 
 casualiteis belonging yr*° of the yeir of god j"^ vj° and seventene 
 yeiris His chairge is found to extent to ye soume of foure 
 hundreth fourtie nyne poundis ten^^ And his dischairge extend is 
 to ye soume of tua hundreth thrie scoir nyne poundis mony Sua 
 restis ye compter awine the soume of ane hundreth four scoir lib 
 xss qik remaines in his awine hand And salbe comptable y^'ofF to 
 ye Provost and bailleis at ye next compt And it is remembered 
 that ye compters fie & all other extraordinarie chairges ar allowit 
 in ye dischairge 
 
 W. Auchinlec prouest 
 W Fergusson Baillie Auditor 
 James boyter baillie 
 J. Kyd Baillie Auditor 
 A Wedderburne baillie auditor 
 Robert clayhillis Avditor 
 James Man Auditor 
 James Wedderburn awditor 
 thomas Jack ospitell 
 De mandato Robertj Broune auditoris scribere nescie ut asserint 
 Jacobus Wedderburn notarius pub. Subscryvit 
 
 ^ The last five entries have been written in a much smaller hand than the 
 rest of the page so as to leave the succeeding page blank for the auditor's 
 certificate, which follows. 
 
 I 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 291 
 
 Sexto die mensis Octobris l6l7 f^^- 35**- 
 
 Quhilk day comperit thora^s fynnie and ane \sic\ entered ane 
 bark callit the James wherof James Strathauchin is maisf^ vnder James 
 god laitlie cum frome flanderis conteanand sex last of wyngyeones 
 pteaning to the said thomas and James and tua twnes dry wair 
 geir pteaning to Ro* symmer. 
 
 Decimo die mensis Novembris l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day comperit James Hay skipper & maister vnder god 
 of ane ship of Dundie callit the lyones And entered the said ship Lyones 
 laitlie cum frome Norvegia conteanand tua hundreth dealls tua 
 hundreth tymer tua thousand steingis & foure faldome wood. 
 
 Vigesimo sexto die mensis Novembris l6l7 
 
 Quhilk day comperit James moncur skipper & maister vnder 
 god of ane ship of dundie callit the grace^ and entered the said 
 ship laitlie cum from flanderis cotening thrie hundreth barrell grace 
 wyngeones pteaning to Alex^ Kynmond Alex^ rynd & W"^ Johne- 
 sone To David hunter ane pwnsheone & ane bfell of figgis 
 pteaning to David hunter Togidder with ane pok of gaw & tua 
 poks of wyngeones seid pteaning to him. 
 
 Vigesimo septimo die mensis novembris l6l7 
 Quhilk day comperit henry mwdie maister vnder god of ane 
 ship of dundie callit the george and entered the said ship laitlie 
 cum frome flanderis coteaning the wyngeones following pteaning george 
 to the psones subsequent viz. to thomas halyburtone thrie score 
 ten barrells wyngeones to henrie mwdie 35 barrells To Walter 
 banerman 35 barrells to thomas murray threttie fyve barrells To 
 Jo'^ myln 35 barrells To melling ten barrell and to the boy 
 Jo'^ halyburtone tua barrell. 
 
 Tertio die mensis Decembris l6l7 
 Quhilk day comperit henry patersone vnder god of the ship 
 callit the martene & entered the said ship laitlie cum frome Mairtene 
 flanderis conteaning tua hundreth barrells wyngeones Ten twn 
 dry wair geir whereof the tua p* apperteanis to Jo^ Yeaman elder 
 H the thrid therof to James fethie, 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Decimo sexto die mensis January 16I8 
 Quhilk day comperit Robert halyburtone maister vnder god of 
 Swan ana bark of dundie callit the swan & entered the said bark laitlie 
 cum frome Rochell coteaning sextene scoir bolls salt. 
 
 Duodecimo die mensis January 16X8^ 
 Quhilk day comperit andro ross skipper & maister vnder god of 
 
 Elspet s^ip dundie callit the elspet And entered the said ship 
 
 laitlie cum frome Burdeaux coteaning the wynes resp^® following, 
 
 /oi. 36». pteaning to the psones subsequent viz : to andro ross nyne twnes 
 wyne to william graunt in p*^ [Perth] threttene twnes wyne to 
 henry guthrie sevine twnes wyne to James flesheour tua twn wyne 
 to Richard hay ane twn tua pece wyne To thomas cromby in p*^ tua 
 twn wyne to Jo^ durhame tua twn wyne and James ross ane 
 twn wyne. 
 
 Decimo nono die mensis february I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit andro abircrombie maister vnder god of 
 ane ship of dundie callit the fox and entered the said ship 
 laitlie cum frome Rochell coteaning twentie fyve score bolls 
 salt pteaning to Ro* Clayhillis andro flesheour david hunter and 
 andro abircrombie. 
 
 Vigesimo octavo die mensis february I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Robert moreis & entered ane bark of creall 
 Michaellof callit the michaell (whairof Jo^ smyth is maister) laitlie cum 
 frome Londone conteaning foure twnes beir and 2000 bfell girds 
 pteaning to ro* moreis. 
 
 Creall 
 
 Tertio die mensis Martij I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Andro Kynnareis maist^ vnder god of ane 
 ship of dundie callit the hoip for grace and entered the said ship 
 Hoip for Grace laitlie cum frome Burdeaux coteaning the goods and geir following 
 pteaning to the psones subsequent viz : to James forrester of 
 twnes vine fyve twn with nyne peces of land wyne threttene 
 pocks waid ane twn vynager ane pece of prwnedamis Item to ro^ 
 hamiltone of land wyne thrie pece Item to Andro flescheour of 
 
 ^ This entry should have come before the preceding one, but it is thus in the 
 original. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE, 1580-1618 293 
 
 waid thrie score sex pocks of twnes wyne fyve pece of land wyne 
 
 thrie pece To david ramsay of twnes wyne foure twn ane twn 
 
 land wyne aught pocks waid. Item to Jo^ duncane of twnes 
 
 wyne Tua pece of land wyne fyve pece of waid thrie pocks Item 
 
 to Alex'^^ andersone of land wyne thrie pece of ploomedamiss ane 
 
 barrell Item to george Johnstone of P*^ of twnes wyne ane twn 
 
 thrie peces Item to Adame graunt of twnes wyne ane twn Item 
 
 to Wemyss of land wyne ane twn Item to marjorie duncane 
 
 of land wyne ane twn of twnes wyne ane pece. Item to Kirstene 
 
 man of land wyne ane twn Item to thomas carnegy of land wyne 
 
 ane pece Item to James monorgound of twnes wyne ane twn thrie 
 
 pece of land wyne ane twn Item to thomas hendersone of twnes 
 
 wyne ane twn ane pece Item to Wal* smyth of hony tua Teirce 
 
 of ploomedamiss thrie barrell Item to thomas Knycht of twnes 
 
 wyne ane pece of ploomedamiss tua barrell Item to Jo^ copping . 
 
 of waid thrie pocks To andro Kynnareis young^ of waid thrie 
 
 pocks To alex'^ edward of waid aughtene pocks of papir tua balls 
 
 of ploomedamiss ane pwnsheone with thrie hundreth wecht of 
 
 roset Item to his sone david edward of waid ane pock with ane 
 
 barrell of ploomedamiss Item to andro Kynnareis elder of land 
 
 wyne sex twn of twnes wyne tua pece of wynegare tua teirce of 
 
 waid thrie pocks of roset tua hundreth wecht Item to William fol. 36^ 
 
 Kynnareis of land wyne aught twn thrie pece with thrie barrells 
 
 ploomedamiss Item to Jo^ Yeaman of waid fourtene pocks of twnes 
 
 wyne sex pece of land wyne tua pece To andro boytur of waid ten 
 
 pocks with ane pece of land wyne and to Peter balmannow of 
 
 land wyne tua twn thrie pece. 
 
 Undecimo die mensis Martij I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit alex^ Kircaldie maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of dundie callit the andro & entered the said bark laitlie Bark callit 
 cum frome newheaven coteaning threttie dissone potts foure Andro 
 pwnsheones drywair geir ten balls sma waid pteaning to the 
 said alex'^" & andro boytur. 
 
 Ultimo die mensis martij I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Jo^ falconare & entered ane ship of Dundie 
 callit the Robert (whairof george gairdyne is vnder god) laitlie Robert 
 cum frome Burdeaux coteaning the goods & geir following pteaning 
 to the psones subsequent viz : to alex symmer & his ptneris of 
 twnes wyne thrie twn ane pece of land wyne ten twn of waid 
 
294 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 threttie pocks Item to Andro flesheour fyve twn twnes wyne 
 Item to forrester & his ptneris of twnes wyne sex twn of 
 land wyne ten twn of waid twentie pocks Item to Andro clayhillis 
 of twnes wyne fyve twn Item to Walter graliame of twnes wyne 
 sex pece of land wyne foure twn Item to archibald Kyd of twnes 
 wyne tua pece of land wyne foure twn Item to W'^ copping of 
 wyne tua twn Item to Johnestounes men of land wyne fyve 
 twn and of waid aught pocks. 
 
 Secundo die mensis Aprilis I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit thomas davidsone skipper & maist^' vnder 
 god of ane ship of Dundie callit the bark allane And entered the 
 Bark x'Ulane said ship laitlie cum frome Burdeaux coteaning the goods & geir 
 following pteaning to the psones subsequent viz. Item to Peter 
 balmannow tua twn thrie pece of land wyne To Charles Goldman 
 ellevin pocks of waid Item to James peirsone thrie pocks of waid 
 Item to eufame alesone tua pocks of waid To David Wemyss thrie 
 twn Spanish wyne tua twn tua pece land wyne ane pwnsheone 
 ploomedamiss ane pwnsheone of hony sex pocks waid Item to W^^ 
 Wemyss foure twn ane pwnsheone Spanish wyne ane pwnsheone 
 ploomedamiss Item to Thomas hendersone thrie pocks waid Item 
 . . to James monorgound ane pock waid Item to James Blak ane 
 pock waid Item to WaP erskine ane twn thrie pwnsheones 
 Spanish wyne Tua twn ane peiss land wyne & tua pocks waid 
 Item to James Davidsone tua twn ane pece land wyne to Robert 
 tol. 37» Jak ane twn land wyne Item to James cokburne tua pece land 
 wyne Item to thomas Davidsone sevintene twn tua pece land 
 wyne and threttene twn and ane halfe of Spanish wyne Item to 
 Jo^ duncane ane twn land wyne & to Robert hamiltoun ane pock 
 waid All the wynes afoirsaid ar comptit at foure pwnsheones 
 the twn. 
 
 Vigesimo die mensis Aprilis I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit thomas halyburtone & entered ane ship (or 
 bark) of Dundie callit the thomas (whairof Jo^ dease is vnder 
 Thomas god) laitlie cum frome Norroway Conteaning sex hundreth dealls 
 sex thowsand steingis ane hundreth firr tymer and thrie faldome 
 wood all pteaning to the said thomas halyburtone. 
 
 Ultimo die mensis Aprilis anno d"^^ 16I8 
 
 le god send of Q^^^il^ day comperit Colene crockit and entered ane Bark of 
 Kirkaldie Kirkaldie callit the god send (whairof ro*- duncane is maister) 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 295 
 
 laitlie cum frome norroway Conteaning thrie hundreth dealls thrie 
 thowsand steingis and tua faldome burnewood. 
 
 The sam day comperit George smairt and entered ane ship of 
 dundie callit the Sancto willo laithe cum frome norroway contean- Sancto willo 
 ing twa hundreth dealls fyve dissone twelff ells tua hundreth nyne 
 ells tua thowsand steingis and foure faldome burnewood. 
 
 Undecimo die mensis May anno d^^ I6I8 
 Quhilk day comperit James Lyndesay mariner and entered ane 
 ship of Melstrand callit the Moriane whairof Andres puersone is Moriane of 
 maister vnder god Conteanand threttie thowsand stalves Tua Melstrand 
 thowsand steingis ane hundreth boordis and foure barrell of tarr 
 pteaning to the said James. 
 
 The sam day comperit Williame richie master vnder god of ane 
 ship of dundie callit the Williame And entered the said ship 
 laitlie cum frome Norroway Conteanand fyve houndreth dealls Williame 
 fyve thowsand steingis ane houndreth and ane halfe of Tymer 
 and fyve faldome of burnewod. 
 
 Vigesimo septimo die mensis May I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit James Downy skipper & maister vnder 
 god of ane good ship of dundie callit the Andro And entered the Andrew 
 said ship laitlie arryved frome Rochell Conteaning sex houndreth 
 bolls salt pteaning to the awneris. 
 
 Decimo sexto die mensis Junij I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Jo^ Daiss skipper & maist^ (vnder god) of 
 the bark or ship of Dundie callit the thomas And entered the said 
 ship laitlie arryved frome Norroway coteaning fyve houndreth Thomas 
 dealls 200 fir tymer 2000 steingis & ane faldome wood pteaning 
 to thomas halyburtone elder. 
 
 The sam day comperit Williame halyburtone skipper & M^' vnder 
 god of ane ship of dundie callit the patience & entered the said Patience 
 ship laitlie arryved frome norroway Conteaning 500 dealls 8 dissone 
 firren tymer 2000 steingis and fyve faldome wood. 
 
 Vigesimo die mensis Junij anno d^^ I6I8 fol. 37^ 
 
 Quhilk day comperit James Oughterlony skipper & maister 
 vnder god of ane ship of Dundie callit the grace of god And Grace of god 
 entered the said ship laitlie arryved frome norroway Conteaning 
 
296 
 
 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 halfF houndreth dealls ane houndreth treis tua thowsand steingis 
 and thrie faldome burnewood. 
 
 Vigesimo secundo die Junij I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Alex^" boyes maister vnder god of ane ship 
 of Dundie callit the gift of god and entered the said ship laitlie 
 Gift of God arry ved from norroway [delete in orig.] orknay & Zetland cotean- 
 ing fyve last of geir pteaning to Jo^ dukris in Jo^stoun Item 
 aught hundreth doz fyshes pteaning to ro^ moreis Item to Jo^ 
 black 600 doz fyshes Item to David Wilsone 300 doz fyshes Item 
 to Alex^" rynd 200 doz fyshes Item to Wal^ banerman 200 doz fishes 
 and to Alex^' boyes 200 doz fyshes. 
 
 The sam day comperit Ro* halyburtone & entered ane ship 
 Swan called the Swan of Dundie (whairof him selffe is maist^' vnder god) 
 
 laitlie cum frome norroway coteanand tua houndreth and ane halff 
 of dealls 100 treis 6OO steingis & tua faldome burnewood. 
 
 Lyikwayes comperit the day foirsaid thomas fynnie & entered 
 James ane bark laitlie cum frome norroway callit the James of Dundie 
 (whairof gilbert kny* is vnder god) Conteaning 100 dealls 
 100 nyne ells 500 steingis and ane faldome wood 
 
 The day foirsaid comperit David smyth and entered ane ship 
 Swan of dundie the swan laitlie cum frome norroway conteaning foure 
 
 houndreth dealls 100 nyne ells fyve dissone twelff elnes 3000 
 steingis foure pels oak and foure faldome burnewood. 
 
 Vigesimo tertio die mensis Junij I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit henry my ill maister vnder god of ane bark 
 of dundie callit the Sancto willo and entered the said bark laitlie 
 Sancto willo cum frome Norroway conteaning tua houndreth dealls 200 nyne 
 ells thrie dissone twelff ells 2000 steingis tua dissone crooked 
 tymer and foure faldome of burnewood. 
 
 Vigesimo sexto die mensis Junij anno D"i I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Williame richie & entered ane bark of 
 Dundie (whairof Johne fethie [deleted] Johne mairtene is M^) 
 gift of God callit the gift of god laitlie cum frome norroway conteaning thrie 
 hundreth dealls 2000 steingis tua faldome burnewood & halff ane 
 hundreth knaphard. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 297 
 
 The sam day comperit Jo"^ gib skipper & maister vnder god of 
 ane bark or ship CalUt the george And entered the sam laitlie 
 cum frome flanderis loadnit with aught twns of geir pteaning to 
 Jo" yeman. 
 
 Vigesimo septimo die mensis Junij I6I8 
 Quhilk day comperit henry patersone maister vnder god of ane 
 ship of the South ferry calht the mairtene^ and entered the said 
 ship laitlie cum frome flanderis conteaning twentie twns geir 
 pteaning to Jo" yeman W^^ wry* Alex^' edward James Man sen^ 
 & James smyth 
 
 The sam day comperit robert forrester M^' vnder god of ane 
 bark of Dundie callit the Aingell laitlie cum frome Campheir and 
 entered the said ship loadit with ten twns geir pteaning to Jo^ 
 Goldman fyve twns pteaning to Ro* symmer ane twn & ane halff 
 pteaning to Charles dennystoun ane twn & ane halff pteaning to 
 "Wm Waugh and ane twn pteaning to thomas Jack. 
 
 George 
 
 Mairtene of 
 the ferry 
 
 Aingell 
 
 foL 3S\ 
 
 Decimo sexto die mensis Julij anno D^^ I6I8 
 Quhilk day coperit Andro keneris skipper & maister vnder god 
 of ane schip of Dundie callit houpe for grace & entered the said 
 schip laitlie cum frome Quenesbrige loadit w* ye guidis & geir Hoip for grace 
 following perteaning to ye persones subsequent viz. In ye first to 
 James boy tar ane quarter last of lynt w*^ sewin sten of wax. Item 
 to Jo" fulerton fwrtene stene of lint w* thrie spruiss sten of wax. 
 Item to Jo" ogiluay fyftene stene of wax. Item to Alex^ symer 
 thrie score tene sten of lint w* fyftene of wax & thrie score ten 
 sten of teakill, half last of aiss^ & fowre barrells of pik. To 
 Thomas crombie ane last & ane halff of lint. More to W"^ fergus- 
 sone fowrtie stene lynt fyftene steine taikill sewin stene wax & 
 ane barrell aiss. To Ninion copeine aucht barrell aiss fowre 
 barrells pitch sex stane of lint threttie spruce stane teakill threttie 
 spruce stane hempe. Item to James peirsone twelff stane walx 
 fowre barrells pitch tua barrells aiss tua spruce stane lint sex 
 spruce stane teakill. To Thomas Davidsone tua ship pund walx. 
 To Ro* Davidsone thrie spruce stane walx. Item to Thomas Kyle 
 sextene stanes spruce of lint. More to Jo" lyndsay aucht spruce 
 stane lint. To James Lichton twelff spruce stane lint, and to 
 Walter Rankyne tua schip pund walx & ane halff, fowrtie spruce 
 stane lint twentie stane of hempe Sextie spruce stane taikell, fowr 
 barrells aiss & sex barrells pitche. Item to James Monorgond 
 
298 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 threttie spruce stane lint. Moir To W«i Waucht fyftene spruce 
 stane lint, tua barrells aiss. Item to Jo" Duncane fourtie fyve 
 spruce steane lint, foure barrells aiss, sex Barrells pitche. To 
 charles small in St. Andrews ane houndreth fourtie spruce stane 
 lynt. To David mertein thair a quarter last of lynt. Item to 
 James man ane last and thrie quarteris of ane last lint, ane last 
 of takill fyve barrells aiss fyftene stane walx. Item to W"^ rodger 
 Twentie stane lynt. To alex^ bower ane tow with nyne peces 
 takill weyand 40 stane spruce, sex spruce stane lynt. More to 
 henry guthrie 40 spruce stane lynt fo^ barrells pitche, thrie 
 barrells aiss, sex spruce stane walx. Item to Niniane coppine 
 threttie spruce stane takill, 20 stane of lynt Item to W'" Kynnareis 
 ane last of aiss, fyftie spruce stane of takill & twentie stane of lynt. 
 To alex^' edward fyftene stane of lynt, sex barrells aiss, tua barrells 
 pitche. Item to Andro hill threttie spruce stane lynt, ane barrell 
 aiss. Item to Andro kynnareis foure spruce stane lynt, fo^ barrells 
 pitche, fiftie spruce stane takill. Item to Andro kynnareis young'^ 
 14 stane lynt. Item to Jak aught spruce stane lynt. Item 
 to W"^ pittillok aught spruce stane lynt. Item to the ship 200 
 knaphard, and to Andro Abircrumbie 25 spruce stane Takill. 
 
 /oL 38\ Vigesimo quinto die mensis Julij l6l8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit William Kynloch skipper & maister vnder 
 god of ane bark of dundie callit the good fortone and entered the 
 Good fortone said bark laitlie cum frome norvegia conteaning ane houndreth 
 twelff elnes tua houndreth nyne ells thrie houndreth dealls foure 
 faldome burnewood and thrie houndreth steingis. 
 
 Vigesimo septimo die mensis Julij anno D"^ l6l8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit andro ross skipper & maister vnder God of 
 the bark callit the Elspet, And entered the said bark laitlie cum 
 Elspet of frome Danskyn loadit with the goods following pteaning to the 
 Dundie psones subsequent viz : to Andro michell skynner, sex barrells 
 Irone sexe centinar lead, more halff ane last and ane centinar 
 poutter, foure wynescott and sex stane hemp. Item to Jo" Duncane 
 aught barrells Irone, thrie ship pound Irone, halff ane last lynt sex 
 barrells pitche and tarre, & foure centinar lead. More to Patrik 
 burghe foure barrells Irone thrie barrells pitche & tarre ane q^' 
 last lynt. Sicklyk to James peirsone tua cradill glasse, tua 
 centinar lead. Also to Alex'^ edward elder ane quarter last lynt, 
 thrie barrells pitche, thrie centinar lead ane centinar pulder. To 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 299 
 
 Rodger bowar thrie barrells Irone, thrie centinar lead, halff ane 
 houndreth pulder thrie barrells pitche and tarre. Lyikwayes to 
 Jo^ durhame ane quarter last lynt. To Robert auchinlek sexe 
 barrells Irone thrie centinare lead, halff last lynt^ ane last pitche 
 and tarre. Mair attour to the said Andro ross skipper fourtie 
 >vynescott, ane last pitche and tarre, ane quarter last lynt. Item 
 to Donald niurray in Perth sexe barrell Irone aught centinar lead, 
 ane centinar kettills, ane quarter last lynt, aught wynescott, and 
 finallie to James Andersone in Perth halfF ane centinar pulder. 
 
 Penultimo die mensis Julij anno D°i l6lS 
 Quhilk day comperit Alex'^ mackye elder & entered ane bark 
 callit the thomas (whairof thomas lentrone is maister vnder god) Thomas 
 laitlie cum frome noroway loadit with thrie hundreth tymmer tua 
 thowsand steingis twentie peces oakin tymmer and tua faldome 
 burnewood. 
 
 Decimo die mensis Augustj Anno D"^ I6I8 
 Quhilk day comperit Alex^ Wedderburne, maryner, and entered 
 ane ship of Dundie callit the Swan (whairof Ro*^ halyburtone is 
 maister vnder god) laitlie cum frome Norroway loadit with thrie Swane 
 hundreth firm treis, halfF ane houndreth dealls, and fourtene 
 peces of oak. 
 
 Vigesimo quarto die mensis Augustj anno D^^ I6I8 
 Quhilk day Comperit Robert forrestar maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of Dundie callit the Angell, And entered the said bark laitlie 
 cum frome Norroway, Conteaning ane hundreth dealls, sexe 
 hundreth steingis, foure dissone nyne ells, with sume peces of 
 oakin tymer. 
 
 Vigesimo quinto die mensis Augustj I6I8 
 Quhilk day comperit halyburtone elder, skipper and maister 
 vnder god of ane bark of Dundie callit the patience laitlie cum 
 frome norroway. And entered the said ship loadit with fyve 
 hundreth dealls, twelff hundreth steingis ane hundreth nyne ells, 
 fourtie twelff elnes and foure faldome burnewood. 
 
 The sam day Comperit James hay maister vnder god of ane ship 
 of dundie callit the Lyones, And entered the said ship laitlie cum Lyc 
 frome norroway loadit with ane houndreth twelff elnes, ane 
 houndreth nyne ells, tua hundreth dealls, thrie thowsand steingis, 
 and foure faldome burnewood. 
 
 Angell 
 
 fol. 39». 
 
 Patience 
 
300 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 falcone 
 
 Thomas 
 
 Johne 
 
 Bark allane 
 
 Andrew 
 
 Pelicane of 
 Convall 
 
 fol. 39b. 
 Robert 
 
 Vigesimo octavo die mensis Augustj anno D^^ I6I8 ^ 
 
 Quhilk day Comperit Alex^ bultie and entered the good ship of 
 Dundie callit the falcone (whairof Alex'^" gray is maister vnder 
 god) laitlie cum frome stokhollome loadit with twentie sexe last 
 osemond Irone and ten last gaid Irone pteaning to Robert hamil- 
 tone, Alex^' boyttor & James symsone, merchants, and their 
 pteneris. And with sexe last osemonds pteaning to the said Alex'^" 
 gray, maister, the company, and ]5terneris with them. 
 
 Septimo die mensis Septembris I6I8 
 Quhilk day comperit Jo'^ Dease skipper & maister vnder God of 
 ane ship of Dundie callit the Thomas and entered the said ship 
 laitlie cum frome Rochell contenand her loading of salt pteaning 
 to Thomas halyburtone elder. 
 
 Octavo die mensis Septembris I6I8 
 Quhilk day comperit Alex^" prestone maister vnder god of ane 
 bark of Dundie callit the Johne & entered the said bark laitlie 
 cum frome Norroway conteaning ane hundreth dealls 30 peces 
 oakin tymer, tua dussone nyne ells, tua dussone twelff ells & tua 
 faldome burnewood. 
 
 The sam day Comperit Jo" small maister vnder God of ane ship 
 of Dundie callit the Bark allane and entered the said ship laitlie 
 cum frome trosik loadit with salt 
 
 Undecimo die mensis Septembris I6I8 
 Quhilk day Comperit James downy maister vnder God of the 
 good ship of Dundie callit the Androw & entered the said ship 
 laitlie cum frome Rochell loadit with salt. 
 
 The sam day comperit James lyndesay mariner & entered ane 
 bark of Convall callit the Pelicane (whairof him selff is vnder 
 god) laitlie cum frome ludhond loadit with ten thowsand stalves, 
 sex thowsand pyp stalves, ane last and sex barrell Tarre, ane 
 hundreth dealls twentie peces oakin Tymmer, ane dussone planks 
 and threttie dussone oakin boords, all perteaning to the said 
 James lyndesay. 
 
 Vigesimo quinto die mensis Augustj anno d°^ I6I8 
 Quhilk day comperit George gardyne maister vnder God of ane 
 ship of Dundie caUit the Robert, And entered the said ship laitHe 
 
 ^ The entries on fol^. 39^, 'i^^ have been interpolated so as to leave 40** for 
 the docquet of the auditors. See p. 302. 
 
SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 301 
 
 cum frome Norroway loadit with tua hundreth dealls^ ane hundreth 
 twelfF ells, ane hundreth nyne ells^ foure faldhome burnewood and 
 fyve hundreth steingis. 
 
 Ultimo die mensis August] anno d'^^ I6I8 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Androw abircrombie maister vnder god of 
 ane ship of Dundie callit the folx And entered the said ship laitlie folx 
 cum frome Stokhollome loadit with ellevin last of osemond Irone 
 twentie foure ship pound Irone and thrie ship pound kettills 
 pteaning to Alex'^ Jack elder. More aught last & halff osemond 
 Irone and foure ship pound Irone pteaning to Robert morels. 
 Forder, foure last osemond Irone, sex ship lib Irone pteaning to 
 James cochran. Item thrie last osemonds pteaning to Ro* Jack. 
 Item to W"^ Walker aught barrells osemonds. Item to James 
 forrester sex barrell osemonds. Sicklyik to thomas crombie sex 
 barrells of osemonds. Item to Robert hamiltoun fyvetene barrells 
 osemonds. Item to Patrik chalmeris twelff barrells osemonds. 
 To williame crockat foure barrells osemonds. And tua barrells 
 osemonds pteaning to Walter smyth. 
 
 Decimo tertio die mensis Septembris anno D^^ Millesimo 
 sexcentesimo decimo octavo 
 
 Quhilk day comperit Peter browne maister of ane hoy of 
 Middleburgh callit the Swallow and entered the said hoy loadit Swallow of 
 with thrie hundreth apills & pearis. Middleburgh 
 
 Decimo octavo die mensis Septembris anno D^^ Millesimo 
 sexcentesimo decimo octavo 
 
 Quhilk day comperit William halyburtone young'^ skipper. And 
 entered ane ship of Dundie callit the grace (whairof hiraselff is 
 maister vnder god) laitlie cum frome elsingoir loadit with tua last 
 of Tarr, halff ane hundreth planks pteaning to forrester, And 
 with ane last Tarr and foure dussone planks pteaning to Jo^ 
 corbett. 
 
 Vigesimo tertio die mensis Septembris anno d^^ Millesimo 
 sexcentesimo decimo octavo 
 
 Quhilk day comperit William Kynloch maister vnder god of ane 
 ship of Dundie callit the good fortone and entered the said ship Good fortone 
 laitlie cum frome Norvegia loadit with tymmer 
 
302 SHIPPING LISTS OF DUNDEE. 1580-1618 
 
 Upone the tent day of februarie l6l9 Johne fullertoun peir- 
 maister hes maid Compt of his casualties belonging to his office in 
 ye yeir of god j"^ vj'^ and aughtene yeiris. his chairge is found to 
 extend to fyve hundreth thrie scoir ane punds aught shillings, 
 And his dischairge is found to extend to fyve h[deleted] the sowme 
 of sex hundreth nyntene lib & 4^ So restis the toun restand to 
 ye Compter ane hundreth mks. his fie and panes comptit & 
 cosidered payit. And this rest is ordanit to be payit be ye nixt 
 schoir maister. 
 
 W. Auchinlec prouest 
 
 Robert clayhillis baillie 
 
 T. Halyburtone bailie 
 
 James Wederburn baillie 
 
 W. Fergusson. Dean of Gild, auditor 
 
 J. Kyd. auditor. 
 
 J. Wedderburn auditor 
 
 James Man. the^^' auditor 
 
 Androw painter schoir maister 
 
 Wiliam hil. auditour. 
 
 1 
 
INDEX 
 
 Abbay, Arthure, 237. 
 
 Abercrombie, Andro, 229, 233, 237, 
 242, 243, 249, 252, 258, 262, 266, 
 267, 270, 273, 292, 298, 301. 
 
 of Pittelpie, 69 71. 
 
 David, 3, 26, 30, 166, 174. 
 
 of Pitalpin, 69. 
 
 Gillis, 158. 
 
 Henry, 2. 
 
 James, 69 and n, 227. 
 
 Thomas, 1 14. 
 
 William, 261. 
 
 Aberdene, David, 69, 135. 
 
 Issobel, 47, 126. 
 
 Abernethy, James, 216. 
 
 Able or Abel, Adame, 94. 
 
 John, 89. 
 
 Robert, 30. 
 
 Adame, James, 136. 
 
 Johne, 61, 66. 
 
 Adamson, John, 230, 235, 252, 271, 
 281. 
 
 Ade, James, 217. 
 Adie, Johne, 229. 
 Aetoun, Margaret, 162, 163. 
 Air, William, 73. 
 Alansone, Alexander, 167. 
 
 James, 167. 
 
 Johne, 35. 
 
 Petir, 26. 
 
 Robert, 12 and n. 
 
 Alekr, William, 39. 
 Alesone or Alysone, Eufame, 241, 267, 
 269, 294. 
 
 James, 192. 
 
 Johne, 42, 207. 
 
 Robert, 170 and n. 
 
 Alexander, Alexander, 219. 
 
 James, 223. 
 
 William, 274. 
 
 Allane, David, 217, 218. 
 
 Henry, 40. 
 
 John, 209. 
 
 Robert, 39. 
 
 Allerdys, William, 2, 8, 62, 92, 93, 
 
 148, 155, 171, 172, 176. 
 Ammand, Bessy, 58. 
 Anderson, Alexander, 108, 212, 228, 
 
 241, 253, 266, 281, 283, 292. 
 
 Anderson, Andro, 257, 266, 272, 278, 
 281. 
 
 Archibald, 136. 
 
 David, 152 and «, 165. 
 
 George, 6 and «, 96. 
 
 Gilbert, 244. 
 
 Isobel, 14 «, 19 n. 
 
 James, 227, 240, 257, 272, 299. 
 
 John, 31, 38, 85, 88, 90, 167, 172, 
 
 176, 183, 223, 268. 
 Jonet, 224. 
 
 Patrik, 174, 175, 183, 219, 222, 
 
 223. 
 
 Robert, 114, 230, 235,240,253, 
 
 258. 
 
 Thomas, 208. 
 
 William, 83, 204, 208, 217, 254, 
 
 283. 
 
 Annand, Alexander, 29, 30, 58, 80 
 99, 164, 196, 200, 201, 210, 214, 264. 
 
 Mrs. Alexander, 81, 151. 
 
 Andrew, 80 «, 201, 204. 
 
 James, 171, 214, 216, 223, 224. 
 
 Patrick, 215. 
 
 Thomas, 168, 186, 212, 214, 230. 
 
 Wat, 225. 
 
 William, 201, 217. 
 
 Annandell, Jon, 191. 
 Archer, Andro, 151. 
 
 James, 150. 
 
 Thomas, 150. 
 
 Ardownie. See Ramsay, Henry. 
 Arnald, Androw, 208. 
 Arneill, Johne, 72. 
 Arnot, Androw, 217. 
 
 George, 241. 
 
 Jhone, 202. 
 
 Arrot, Constantine, 210, 212. 
 Arthurshiels, 5 n. 
 
 Arthurstone estate, 39 «, 136 and n. 
 Auchinlek, Andro, 228. 
 David, 127. 
 
 George, 57, iii, 112, 126, 127, 
 
 129, 153, 168, 254. 
 
 Henry, 213. 
 
 Hew, 238. 
 
 James, 11 and «, 18, 92, 102 «, 
 
 115 w, 167, 175, 198, 199, 201, 202, 
 204, 206, 208, 213, 214, 228, 
 
304 COMPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 Auchinlek, John, i8, 23, 38, 92, 93, 
 
 165, 213, 238, 267, 287. 
 Patrik, 118. 
 
 Robert, iii, 119 and n, 278, 299. 
 
 Thomas, 57, 86, 96, 115 «, 217- 
 
 219, 224, 225, 230, 290. 
 William, 233, 234, 251, 254, 259, 
 
 264, 279, 302. 
 Auchterlony. See Ochterlony. 
 Auldny, John, 152. 
 
 Bad, Laurence, 82, 153. 
 
 Baillie, Alexander, of Dochfour, 13 w. 
 
 George, 277, 2S0. 
 
 Balbirny, John, 189. 
 Baldo\'ie, 9 16 and 71. 
 
 Barbara, 162. 
 
 Mette, 167. 
 
 Balfour, Alexander, 237. 
 
 Andro, 90, 94. 
 
 George, 58 and n. 
 
 Henr>^ 65, 131, 135, 165. 
 
 James, 168. 
 
 John, 131. 
 
 Michael, of Monquhany, 25 and n, 
 
 28, 90, 154, 166, 168, 216. 
 
 Xinian, 280. 
 
 Balgersho estate, 39 n. 
 Balgillo, 100 71. 
 
 See Lyon. 
 
 Balhoussie, lairds of, no and 71. 
 Ballisak or Boysack. See Lindsay, sir 
 
 Alexander. 
 Balluny, 15 and n. 
 Balmanno, Adame, 171 and ti. 
 Peter, 130 and «, 240, 241, 243, 
 
 249, 254- 257, 266, 271, 276, 278, 
 
 281, 282, 284, 293, 294. 
 Balrudder>', 13 and ii. 
 Balumbie. See Lovell. 
 Bankis, Jhone. 198. 
 Bannerman, Walter, 251, 280, 291, 296. 
 Barbara, St., altar to, 69 7i. 
 Barbour, Alexander, 131. 
 Barclay, 89. 
 
 David, 32, 69, 116. 
 
 George, of Svde, ii. 
 
 Issobell, 176', 188. 
 
 John, 250. 
 
 William. 44. 
 
 Barn, schir Johne, 38. 
 
 Barrhill, Bartil, 177. 
 
 Barrie or Barry, Alexander, 215. 
 
 Bessie, 61, 69 «, 81. 
 
 James, 186, 284. 
 
 Janet, 186 71. 
 
 Johne, 135. 
 
 Margaret, 26, 90, 166, 173. 
 
 Meriory, 153. 
 
 i Barrie or Barry, Patrik, 6, loi, 197. 
 i Robert, 7. 
 
 William, 20, 29, 39, 115. 
 
 ' Bathie, James, 222. 
 
 j Baxter, Alexander, 214. 
 
 I alias Rannald, Andrew, 14. 
 
 David, 15, 197. 
 
 Henry, 26, 90, 166, 173, 174, 
 
 j 198 and 203, 207, 214, 218. 
 
 I Robert, 198. 
 
 ' Bayn, John, 42. 
 ^ Beatie, Andro, 230. 
 
 Beaton. See Betoun. 
 I Bell, David, 152, 175. 
 
 I Euffame, 12, 98. 
 
 I Belson, Bartholomew, S3 «. 
 1 Bennet, Adam, 242, 257, 283. 
 
 ! Johne, 85. 
 
 I Peter, 261. 
 
 Rychard, 183. 
 
 ' Betoun or Beatoun, Alexander, 39 «. 
 
 ! Bessy, 60. 
 
 j David, 39 71. 
 
 1 of Creich, 105 and w, 156. 
 
 I Helen, 25, 28 and w, 48, 124. 
 
 See also Ramsay, Helen. 
 
 Henr}-, 24, 25, 27, 28 and «, 32 
 
 and 71, 57, 58, 66, 69, 70, 89, loi, 
 107, 121, 151, 152, 154-157, 159, 
 161, 164, 167. 
 I Isabella, 31 «, 66 74, 104 and «, 
 
 126, 141 71. 
 
 James, of Gwynd, archbishop of 
 
 Glasgow, 108 and 
 of Westhall, 28 and «, 30, 
 
 31,43,44,46,48,58,61,67,70,90, 
 
 95, 99, 108, 123, 125, 133, 152, 164, 
 
 167, 188. 
 
 Johne, 31, 45, 48, 56, 58, 75, 
 
 108 71, 125 and 71, 147, 163, 168, 176. 
 
 Jonet, 48, 67, 124. 
 
 "Matilda, 54, 55, 122, 136, 144, 
 
 146, 176 and 71. 
 
 Robert, 28 and n, 173. 
 
 William, 30. 
 
 Bible in Latin, 170. 
 
 Bikertoun, Henr^', 78. 
 
 Birsie, John, 154 «. 
 
 Black (Blak), Andro, 29, 36, 180, 184, 
 189, 218, 231. 
 
 George, 36, 90, 107, 175. 
 
 James, 54 and «, 284, 294. 
 
 John, 261, 269, 280, 284, 296. 
 
 I Blackfriars monastery, Dundee, 69 
 
 Blacknall, John, epitaph on, in Berks, 
 ! 190 n. 
 
 Blackness, 25 n. 
 
 Blair (Blare), Alexander, 255, 256, 268, 
 269, 280, 
 
INDEX 
 
 305 
 
 Blair (Blare), Henrie, 198. 
 
 Jena, 112. 
 
 Patrik, 199. 
 
 Petir, 86. 
 
 Thomas, 109, 134 and «, 148, 
 
 219. 
 
 William, 254, 257, 269, 279. 
 
 Blessed days, 3, 4. 
 Blew, Henry, 211, 212. 
 Blyth, Alexander, 67. 
 
 Andro, 38, 231. 
 
 David, 74, 83, 84, 104, 107, 168. 
 
 Jonet, 47, 125, 149, 231, 288. 
 
 Richard, 6 and «, 120, 139, 170, 
 
 176, 227. 
 
 William, 170, 232, 254, 261, 265, 
 
 268, 276. 
 Boethius, 73. 
 Bonar, James, 10, 16. 
 Boucher, Thomas, 266. 
 Bowak, Thomas, in Tilleheat, 27. 
 Bowden, John, 116 and n. 
 Bower, Alexander, 103 and 171, 239, 
 
 251-253, 265, 282, 298. 
 
 James, 29, 70, 201, 220, 222, 223. 
 
 Johne, loi. 
 
 Merreoun, 113 n. 
 
 Roger, 239, 252, 261, 263, 268, 
 
 276, 278, 299. 
 
 Thomas, 155, 217, 220, 226. 
 
 Boyd, Alexander, 268. 
 
 Andrew, 73 n, 185 and ii, 
 
 Boyis, Alexander, 167 and 261, 270, 
 
 296. 
 
 Patrik, 148, 197 and 218, 220, 
 
 240, 250. 
 William, 198. 
 
 Boysack. See Lindsay, sir Alexander. 
 
 Boytar or Byture, Alexander, 263, 273, 
 275, 278, 289, 300. 
 
 Andro, loi, 142, 209, 229, 236, 
 
 242, 253, 257, 265, 270, 273, 275, 
 279, 280, 286, 293. 
 
 George, 220, 223. 
 
 James, 133 and n, 176 and 229, 
 
 230, 239, 240, 241, 244, 249, 251, 
 254, 257, 258, 261, 264, 265, 269, 
 274, 275, 279, 281, 286, 290, 297. 
 
 John, 208, 210. 
 
 Robert, 217. 
 
 Thomas, of Pilmor, 76 and n. 
 
 Braky, laird of, 1 00. 
 
 Brand, Andro, 256, 268, 270. 
 
 James, 282. 
 
 Brechin, 14. 
 
 David, 216. 
 
 James, 218. 
 
 Brody, Thomas, 165, 230, 253, 259, 
 269. 
 
 Brown or Broun, Alexander, 42, 47, 79 
 and 116, 165 and 204. 
 
 barron, 217. 
 
 Edward, 222. 
 
 George, 170 and «, 171, 
 
 James, 50, no, 165 and 204, 
 
 212, 224, 256, 268. 
 
 Johne, 83, 165 and 168, 240. 
 
 Magnus, 205, 224, 226. 
 
 Peter, loi, 301. 
 
 Robert, 214, 219, 223, 290. 
 
 Thomas, 116, 215. 
 
 William, 208, 269. 
 
 Brownhill, Bartil, 19. 
 
 Bruce, Agnes, i n. 
 
 sir Alexander, of Earlshall, 120 n, 
 
 Dr. Andrew, 59 n. 
 
 Robert, 27, 63, 134 and n. 
 
 William, 39. 
 
 Bruntfield, Thomas, 21, 168, 264. 
 
 William, 177. 
 
 Buchan, David, 198. 
 
 Thomas, 36, 90, 175, 179. 
 
 Buchert, James, 185 and n. 
 Buddie, Faltin, 275. 
 Buill, Johne, no. 
 
 Bultie, Alexander, 45, 266, 280, 300. 
 
 Andro, 244. 
 
 Mairtene, 258. 
 
 Robert, 86, 179 and w, 221, 224. 
 
 Burghe, Patrik, 276, 298. 
 Burly, lord of, 65. 
 Bursie, Androw, 212, 223, 
 
 James, 218. 
 
 John, 223. 
 
 Robert, 109, 185 and «, 197,211. 
 
 William, 223. 
 
 Burt, Patrik, 261. 
 Busch, Robert, 200. 
 Butter, Patrik, 213. 
 Bylour, James, 122, 166. 
 Byris, Johne, 78, 187. 
 Byture. See Boytar. 
 
 Cabell, Jhone, 196. 
 
 Thomas, 199. 
 
 William, 164 and n. 
 
 Cameron, John, 216. 
 Games, Petir, 182. 
 
 Campbell, Alexander, bishop of Brechin, 
 
 1 1 and n. 
 
 Archibald, of Persy, 21, 39. 
 
 Colin, 62 w, 128 and w, 170. 
 
 Donald, abbot of Coupar abbey, 
 
 39 w, 136 n. 
 • George, of Cronan, 39 and w, 168, 
 
 169. 
 
 Patrik, 37. 
 
 Robert, 39. 
 
306 COMPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 Cant, Alexander, 227. 
 
 David, 147 «, 195 and n, 209, 214. 
 
 John, 27, 58, 82. 
 
 Car, James, 226. 
 Carestoun. See Lindsay, Henry. 
 Cargill, David, 104. 
 Carmanow, Cristian, 217. 
 James, 30. 
 
 Carmichael, James, 9 and n, 27, 64, 89, 
 
 92, 93, 94, 96. 
 
 Patrick, 242, 255, 271, 284. 
 
 Robert, 251, 255, 264, 269, 284. 
 
 William, 239, 263, 277, 290. 
 
 Carnegy, Alexander, 32, 115, 175, 177, 
 
 181 and n. 
 
 Bessy, 61. 
 
 Johne, 80, 
 
 Margaret, 48, 123. 
 
 Patrik, 256, 284. 
 
 Thomas, 293. 
 
 William, 89, 175. 
 
 Cams, Robert, 60, 103, 143. 
 
 Cas, Richard, 85. 
 
 Casaubon, Isaac, 189 n. 
 
 Cathrow, John, 208. 
 
 Catispoll or Ketchpeill, 95 and n. 
 
 Chalmer or Chalmers, Edward, 26, 31, 
 
 88, 148, 155, 166, 186. 
 
 Johne, 60, 82, 120 and n. 
 
 Patrik, 131 and «, 156 and n, 
 
 157, 213, 224, 225, 247, 301. 
 
 Philip, 225. 
 
 Chaplen, George, 75, 106. 
 
 Charteris, Beatrix, wife of Lindsay of 
 
 Carestoun, 95 n. 
 
 Johne, 105. 
 
 Cheislie, Edward, 86. 
 
 William, 112, 1 14. 
 
 Christie (Crystie) Andro, 24, 55. 
 
 David, 44, 224. 
 
 George, 215. 
 
 James, 1 19. 
 
 Johne, 44, 
 
 William, 72, 213. 
 
 Christison (Crystone), David, 266. 
 John, 13. 
 
 William, 123 and 124. 
 
 Claverhous, lady. See Lundin, Anne. 
 
 Clayhills family, 16 n. 
 
 Alexander, 87, 119 and n. 
 
 Andro, 290, 294. 
 
 Cristian, 48, 123. 
 
 Petir, 9 and n, 22, 48, 49, 67 and 
 
 n, 70 and «, 71, 72, 77, 78, 89, 90, 
 94, 107, 123, 132 and n, 163, 164, 
 191, 199, 207, 222, 225. 
 
 Robert, 37, 46, 84, 97 «, 187 
 
 and w, 230, 233, 234, 237, 244, 247, 
 252, 264, 273, 279, 290, 292, 302. 
 
 Clayhills, Thomas, 56, 113, 223. 
 
 William, 196, 222. 
 
 Clepen, David, 34, 37. 
 
 Henry, 90. 
 
 Nicol, 90, 166. 
 
 Clerk, Alexander, 198, 270. 
 
 Andro, 10, 255. 
 
 David, 89, 116, 175. 
 
 George, 109, no. 
 
 Henry, 106, 196, 213, 218, 236, 
 
 260, 270, 283, 288. 
 James, 242. 
 
 Richard, 23, 90, 172 and «, 197, 
 
 218, 219, 224. 
 
 William, 132, 178. 
 
 Clyd, William, 172 and n, i8l. 
 Cochran, Elizabeth, 10. 
 
 James, 128, 192, 301. 
 
 Cockburn (Kokburn), Alexander, 48, 
 
 50, 70, 124, 127, 128, 211, 228, 
 
 233, 234, 238, 242, 245, 250, 264, 
 
 267, 279. 
 David, 178. 
 
 Helen, wife of James Betoun of 
 
 Westhall, 25, 27 n, 28 and n, 44, 48, 
 60, 70, 89, 90, 123, 133, 176. 
 
 Issobell, 41, 89, 137. 
 
 James, 230, 245, 256, 268, 272, 
 
 294. 
 
 Johne, 52. 
 
 Jonet, 60. 
 
 Michel, 58, 70, 152. 
 
 Thomas, 36, 53 and n, 54, 65, 71. 
 
 William, 27, 43, 52, 104, 120, 171, 
 
 177. 
 
 Cok. See Cook. 
 
 Colling (Colyne : Colin), Alexander, 
 224. 
 
 David, 209, 214, 217, 225, 227. 
 
 William, 201. 
 
 Colt, Olyver, 131. 
 Col wye, Johne, 139 and n. 
 Conkwiss, Thomas, 197. 
 Connochie. See Lovell. 
 Constabill, Robert, 280. 
 Cook (Kuik), David, 104. 
 
 John, 29, 258. 
 
 Patrick, 46, 79 and «. 
 
 Thomas, 221, 222. 
 
 William, 241, 259, 261, 268, 276, 
 
 280. 
 
 Coppine or Copping, Alexander, 266, 
 272. 
 
 John, 266, 271, 293. 
 
 Niniane, 31, 45, 166, 235, 240, 
 
 253, 257, 261, 266, 269, 271, 281, 
 
 284, 286, 297, 298. 
 Richard, 228. 
 
 William, 259, 269, 276, 279, 294. 
 
INDEX 
 
 307 
 
 Corbet, James, i6. 
 
 John, 229, 231, 245, 259, 267, 301. 
 
 William, 258. 
 
 Corfitt, David, 171, 290. 
 Cornelius, Barnard, 277. 
 Coustoun, David, 48, 74, 94, 1 13, 122, 
 
 124, 168 and «, 228. 
 Elspet, 75. 
 
 Euffame, 48, 54 «, 85 w, 123, 
 
 147 n. 
 
 Henry, 196, 220. 
 
 James, 39, 243. 
 
 John, 18, 204, 212. 
 
 William, 105, 282. 
 
 Coutie, James, 178. 
 
 Cowane, Walter, 19 n. 
 
 Cowgeit, Dundee, 23, 24. 
 
 Cowie or Cowy, Andrew, 230, 248, 
 
 256, 280, 281. 
 
 Johne, 199. 
 
 Cowper, Adame, 94. 
 Cowtie, Johne, 198. 
 
 Robert, 281. 
 
 Cradindik, John, 258. 
 Craell, David, 17, 18. 
 
 James, 17. 
 
 Johne, II, 100. 
 
 Craeliis land, 100. 
 Craghal, Robert, 28. 
 Craig (Craeg), George, 116. 
 
 schir Lues, 41 and n. 
 
 Piter, 225. 
 
 Robert, 78. 
 
 sir Thomas, of Riccarton, 159 n. 
 
 Crail, collegiate church of, 69 n. 
 Crandort, 117 and n. 
 Craufurd, Alexander, 89. 
 
 Andrew, 6 and ft. 
 
 David, 27, 28, 58. 
 
 Creich. See Betoun, David. 
 Cristell, Jonet, 84, 88, 119, 168. 
 
 Thomas, 115. 
 
 Crokat, Colene, 245, 248, 253, 294. 
 
 William, 242, 301. 
 
 Crombie (Crommy), Thomas, 230, 254, 
 
 255, 267, 268, 276, 284, 286, 292, 
 
 297, 301. 
 Cronan. See Campbell, George. 
 
 estate, 39 n. 
 
 Croy, Alexander, 173. 
 
 Crychtoun, Adame, 73, 1 12, 1 29, 144. 
 
 James, 21, 89. 
 
 John, 88, 90, 167. 
 
 Crystesone. See Christison. 
 Crystie. See Christie. 
 Cudbert, Alexander, 41, 220. 
 
 Johne, 93, 212, 215, 220, 223. 
 
 Cuk. See Cook. 
 Cuninghame, C, 80, 166. 
 
 Cuper, David, 151. 
 Curror, David, 227. 
 
 George, 152. 
 
 Cuyvee, Denniss, 217. 
 
 Daisse. See Dease. 
 Danskyne, John, 278. 
 Davidson, Andrew, 4, 5 and «, 46. 
 Bessie, 5. 
 
 James, 5, 106 and «, 156, 239, 
 
 245, 253, 259, 268, 284, 294. 
 Robert, 214, 216, 239, 24I, 249, 
 
 261, 267, 281, 286, 297. 
 Thomas, 3, 18, 90, 175, 198, 214, 
 
 224, 244, 245, 253, 267, 268, 284, 
 
 294, 297. 
 
 William, 25, 47, 52, 86, 102, 125, 
 
 126, 134, 137, 141, 183, 237, 244, 
 248, 253, 267, 269. 
 
 Dease or Daisse, Henrie, 238. 
 
 James, 142, 205, 214, 216. 
 
 John, 211, 294, 295, 300. 
 
 Demster, James, 222. 
 
 Thomas, 212, 224, 226. 
 
 Denhead estate, 39 n. 
 
 Dennystoun, Charles, 297. 
 
 Robert, 19 
 
 Dick (Dik), William, 241, 254, 268, 
 Dickie (Dikie), Johne, 75, 168. 
 Dicksone, William, 278. 
 Doctor Fauslus, 169. 
 Doig (Dog), Androw, 64. 
 
 David, 22, 23, 32, 36. 
 
 Elizabeth, 59 n. 
 
 James, 81, 156. 
 
 John, 5. 
 
 Katheren, 217. 
 
 Thomas, 201, 222. 
 
 Donaldsone, Andro, 217, 240. 
 
 James, 73, 198, 207, 212, 218. 
 
 Johne, 64, 73. 
 
 William, 220. 
 
 Dougell, Thomas, 116. 
 Douglas, Archibald, of Whittinghame, 
 97 and n. 
 
 Robert, 195. 
 
 Dougleische, Valtir, 209. 
 Dowall, Thomas, 207. 
 Downy, James, 232, 246, 263, 274, 295, 
 300. 
 
 William, 94. 
 
 Drackis voyages, 169. 
 
 Drumcairn. See Hamiltoun, Thomas, 
 
 Drummond, John, 152. 
 
 L., 175. 
 
 Robert, 54, 74, 142. 
 
 Thomas, 236. 
 
 William, 26, 42, 84, 119 and «, 
 
 152, 168, 184, 212. 
 
308 CO:\IPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 Drymmie, 167 it. 
 
 Dudhope, lady. See Livingstone, Mag- 
 dalen. 
 
 Dukris, John, 296. 
 
 Dumleven, 26. 
 
 Dunbar, Robert, 78. 
 
 Duncane, Alexander, 68, 11 1 and n, 
 158, 177, 179, 180, 182, 186, 196, 
 204, 207, 217-219, 228, 229. 
 
 George, 199, 222, 225. 
 
 Grissell, 18 «. 
 
 Helen, 56 it. 
 
 Henry, 47, 86, 126 and n, 127 n. 
 
 James, 198, 201, 208. 
 
 Johne, 18, 31, 35 n, 44, 46, loi, 
 
 107, 149 and 71, 166, 207, 213, 235, 
 240, 241, 253, 258, 263, 264, 266, 
 267, 272, 276, 281, 283, 293, 294, 
 298. 
 
 M., 167. 
 
 Marjorie, 281, 283, 293. 
 
 Robert, 294. 
 
 Walter, 213, 240. 
 
 William, I and «, 2 and «, 7, 8, 
 
 21, 23, 40, 41, 48, 64, 65, 81, 94, 95, 
 102, 106, 108, 124, 138, 175, 197- 
 201, 212, 218, 219, 224, 248, 254, 
 357, 262, 267, 274, 281, 283, 286. 
 
 Duncanson, John, 4. 
 
 William, i, 4, 93. 
 
 Dundas, Margaret, 145 n. 
 
 Dundie, Patrik, 267. 
 
 Dunkenny, 127. 
 
 Dunsmuir (Dynmour), Johne, 77, 88, 
 
 102, 115, 130, 165, 169 and n. 
 Duntrune. See Ogihy, James. 
 Durham, James, 92, 100 7t, no. 
 of Pitkerro, 16 and n, 48, 
 
 112, 123 and n. 
 John, 16 and n, 244, 254, 255, 
 
 267, 292, 299. 
 
 Patrik, 58. 
 
 Robert, 36. 
 
 Walter, 263. 
 
 William, 16, 95. 
 
 of Grange, 119 and n, 
 
 168. 
 
 Durie, lord. See Gibson, Alexander. 
 Durward, George, 26, 43, 88, 1S6. 
 Dury, Josua, 169 and n. 
 Duvring, Marcus, 208. 
 Dynnes, Allen, 170 and n. 
 
 Johne, 44, 133 and «, 167. 
 
 Dynnoyn, laird of, 160. 
 
 Eclipse of the sun, 1597, 32. 
 Edie, Edward, 199. 
 
 James, 214. 
 
 Edisone, Hercules, 244. 
 
 I Edward, Alexander, 230, 241, 244, 248^ 
 249, 258, 259, 261, 266, 269, 272. 
 276, 281, 296, 298. 
 
 David, 13 «. 
 
 Elder, Richard, 227. 
 
 Waltir, 206. 
 
 Eleis, Cristell, 50, 51. 
 
 Elmer, John, 163. 
 
 Elsinore, 19 and n. 
 
 Eneme to Athesme, 57. 
 
 Episcopacy in Dundee, 62 n. 
 
 Epitaph on Mary queen of Scots, 187 
 and 
 
 on William Ramsay, 190 «. 
 
 Epitaphium Alexandri Wedderburne 
 
 . . . et Jonete Myln eius conjugis,, 
 
 189 and It. 
 Erasmtts, 169. 
 Erskyn, James, 221. 
 
 John, of Dun, 8 n. 
 
 Katharen, 48, 125. 
 
 Walter, 243, 294. 
 
 William, 266. 
 
 Esak. See Isak. 
 Evil days, 3 and n. 
 
 Fairlie, Johne, 236. 
 Fairney, Christian, 59 
 Fairwedder, Alexander, 136. 
 Falconar, John, 282, 289, 293. 
 Fald, Alexander, 104, 106, 138,, 
 167. 
 
 Farquhar, William, 46, 
 
 Fell, George, 115 and n, 142. 
 
 John, 184. 
 
 Fentoun, Thomas, 38. 
 Ferguson, Alester, 214, 227. 
 
 David, 56 «, 257. 
 
 James, 93. 
 
 John, 212. 
 
 Thomas, 201. 
 
 WiUiam, 47, 75, 84, 102, 108, 125,. 
 
 169, 198, 222, 231, 241, 251, 252, 
 267, 273, 279, 282, 288, 290, 297, 
 302. 
 
 of Balbeuchlie, 2 «, 56' 
 
 and n. 
 Ferrear, George, 160. 
 
 James, 211, 214, 228. 
 
 John, 6, 10, 12-14, 34- 
 
 P'errie, Walter, 208. 
 
 Fethie or Fethe, Alexander, 45, 218. 
 
 Besse, 127. 
 
 Henry, 21, 77 and w, 117 n, 199. 
 
 James, 76, 77, 102, 103, 116 and 
 
 n, 117 and w, 127, 128, 142, 252,. 
 
 263, 276, 291. 
 
 John, 117 «, 296. 
 
 Robert, 1 17 «. 
 
INDEX 
 
 309 
 
 Findlayson (Fyndlason), James, 38, 46, 
 
 172, 196, 205,207,210, 212,213,216, 
 
 223, 230, 231, 254. 
 John, II and 7t, 89, 140, 182, 
 
 196, 213, 214, 219, 224, 233. 
 
 Robert, I15, 214, 217. 
 
 Thomas, 11 166. 
 
 Flass, Thomas, 215, 223, 226. 
 Fleming, David, 104, 183. 
 
 George, 37. 
 
 Thomas, 9, loi, no, 157. 
 
 Flesheour, Alexander, 216. 
 
 Andro, 217, 229, 244, 258, 268, 
 
 269, 292, 294. 
 
 David, 39, 73. 
 
 James, 223, 230, 241, 250, 259, 
 
 269, 276, 289, 292. 
 Robert, 30, 212, 213, 218, 231, 
 
 237, 241, 269, 284. 
 
 Thomas, 220. 
 
 William, 218. 
 
 Fleuker, Alexander, 161. 
 Forbes, in Westhal, 26. 
 
 James, Jesuit, 171 n. 
 
 John, 42, 167. 
 
 Fordyce, Johne, 106, 162. 
 Forrest, Alexander, 35. 
 
 Jhone, 196. 
 
 Forrester, Andro, 265. 
 Bessy, 73. 
 
 James, 17 and «, 73, 92, 93, 98, 
 
 109, 197-201, 209, 219, 244, 253, 
 
 258, 265, 292, 301. 
 
 John, 123 «, 234. 
 
 Merrone, 178. 
 
 Peter, 7, 44, 174, 180, 1 81. 
 
 Robert, 230, 260, 269, 272, 277, 
 
 287, 297, 299. 
 Walter, 26, 31, 42, 90, 166, 196, 
 
 214. 
 
 William, 197, 205, 218, 25S, 264, 
 
 268, 279, 294, 301. 
 Forret, Alexander, 26, 30, 90, 133. 
 
 Andro, 84. 
 
 John, 30, 41. 
 
 Forsyth, Katharen, 17. 
 Foster, James, 137. 
 Fotheringhame, Alexander, 38. 
 
 Andro, no, 220. 
 
 Charles, 196 and «, 214, 241. 
 
 David, 38. 
 
 — — Issobell, 152. 
 ■ James, 99. 
 
 John, 114, 129, 137, 220, 221. 
 
 Katherine, 196, 214. 
 
 Thomas, 202, 220, 254, 286. 
 
 of Powrie, 86 «, 184 n. 
 
 Foullis, George, 218. 
 Fowler (Fwler), John, 5, 7. 
 
 Frain, Alexander, 213. 
 Fraser, Edward, 76. 
 
 James, 72, 98, 124. 
 
 Fredericksone, Knaud, 238, 
 Fudy, David, 210. 
 
 John, 216. 
 
 Fuller, Robert, 208. 
 Fullertoun, David, 27. 
 
 John, 69, 94, 182, 213, 219, 225, 
 
 271, 279, 290, 297, 302. 
 
 Roger, 236. 
 
 Thomas, 251, 264. 
 
 Fyff, Andrew, 2, 8 and «, 175, 183. 
 
 James, 17, 103, 135. 
 
 Margaret, 171, 187, 242, 244. 
 
 Ranald, 8. 
 
 Robert, 19 and ;z, 31. 
 
 Thomas, 214. 
 
 William, 72, 218. 
 
 Fynder, William, 103. 
 Fyndlasoun. See Findlayson. 
 Fynne or Fynnie, Peter, 177. 
 Thomas, 280, 291, 296. 
 
 Gal, James, 209. 
 Galetly, Andro, 8. 
 
 Gilbert, 22, 175 and n. 
 
 James Kenedy, 183. 
 
 Galloway, James, 196, 216. 
 Gamle, Dennes, 225. 
 Gardner, George, 74. 
 Gardyne, David, 2. 
 
 George, 137 and «, 214, 240, 
 
 248, 259, 293, 300. 
 
 Gilbert, 204, 219, 267. 
 
 James, 228. 
 
 John, 83 n, 199, 211, 213. 
 
 Patrik, 55 and w, 72, 80, 157 
 
 and n. 
 
 Thomas, 47, 126, 170, 20 222- 
 
 224, 226. 
 Gaskine, William, 83 n. 
 Gawis, Androw, 224. 
 Geiddy, Andro, 228. 
 Gest, John, 216. 
 Geykye, William, 180. 
 Gib, John, 297. 
 Gibliston, estate of, 69 n. 
 Gibson, Agnes, 48, 124. 
 
 Alexander, 78, 131. ' 
 
 of Durie, 86 and 88, 159 
 
 and n. 
 David, 227. 
 
 George, of Goldingstones, 159 w. 
 
 James, 67, 153 and «, 270. 
 
 — John, 54, 74, 282. 
 Giffen, of Dumlaven, 26. 
 Gilchryst, John, 116. 
 Robert, 103. 
 
310 COMPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 Gilespie, Alexander, 288. 
 Gill, Andro, 278. 
 
 Gledstanes, Herbert, 5 and w, 14, 17, 
 109. 
 
 Goldman, Dr., 168 and n. 
 
 Charles, 106 and 107, 261, 
 
 273» 294. 
 
 Elizabeth, 107 n. 
 
 James, 42, 45, 107 132, 185, 
 
 195, 211, 214, 218, 224, 228. 
 
 John, 199, 247, 266, 273, 281, 297. 
 
 Margaret, 24 n. 
 
 Patrick, 107 «. 
 
 Peter, 107 n. 
 
 Robert, 107 n. 
 
 Thomas, 229. 
 
 William, 46, 107 «, 187, 189, 
 
 220, 264. 
 Graham, Alexander, 39 «. 
 
 David, of Fintry, 15 n. 
 
 Grissild, 59. 
 
 John, 16, 39. 
 
 of Claverhouse, 16 n. 
 
 Walter, 294. 
 
 of Duntrune, 126 n. 
 
 William, 26, 47, 89, Il6, 126, 
 
 151, 196. 
 
 of Balluny, 15 and n, 
 
 of Claverhouse, 16 and n. 
 
 Grange. See Durham, Wm. 
 Grant (Graunt), Adame, 253, 257, 266, 
 272, 281, 283, 293. 
 
 David, 259. 
 
 • William, 292. 
 
 Gray, lord, 225. 
 Agnes, 151. 
 
 Alexander, 37, 90, 166, 229, 233, 
 
 241, 249, 250, 276, 300. 
 r Andrew, 18, 96, 254, 271, 277, 
 
 287. 
 
 of Ballegernocht, 10. 
 
 • Euffam, 47, 125. 
 
 Gilbert, 103. 
 
 -James, 284. 
 
 Johne, 86, 154. 
 
 Margaret, 120. 
 
 Patrik, 22, 89, 108, 163, 204. 
 
 of Innergowry, 97 and «. 
 
 Robert, ii, 37, 237, 
 
 Thomas, 11, 21, 37, 174, 183, 184, 
 
 225. 
 
 William, 88, 103, 143. 
 
 Greif, George, 41. 
 
 Gilbert, 168. 
 
 James, 89. 
 
 Rychard, 167. 
 
 Grein, James, 129 n. 
 
 Grene land, Dundee, 129 and n. 
 
 Grimlo, Barbara, 106. 
 
 Gudlet, James, 49, 200. 
 
 John, 212. 
 
 Guild or Guld, Andrew, 65. 
 
 David, 196. 
 
 James, 3, 26, 89, 165, 174. 
 
 Thomas, 34. 
 
 Gullane, William, 242, 263. 
 
 Guthrie (Guthre), Alexander, 2 «, 247. 
 
 Andro, 54, 74 and n. 
 
 David, 3 18, 40, 102. 
 
 Elizabeth, 1 1 and n. 
 
 Henry, 21-23, 89, 107, 167, 
 
 230, 245, 257, 260, 267, 282, 286, 
 
 292, 298. 
 
 Malcom, of Kyngany, 20 and//, 24. 
 
 Margaret, 102. 
 
 Patrik, 167. 
 
 of Nethmuthie, 106. 
 
 of Kinblethmont, 117 and n. 
 
 Robert, fidler, 78, 
 
 Thomas, 18, 47, 49, 68, 100, 161, 
 
 182, 186, 268. 
 William, 8, 25, loi, 102 and «, 
 
 115 and n, 131, 236, 245, 260, 267. 
 
 of Kyngany, 21. 
 
 of Kinblethmont, 1 1 n. 
 
 Guverss, W^itolans, 238. 
 Gwynd. See Beatoun, James. 
 
 Haell, Elspet, 135. 
 Hal, Robert, 225. 
 
 Halyburton, Alex., 13 1 n, 233, 234, 
 
 257, 268, 284. 
 
 Andro, 140, 256, 268. 
 
 of Pitcur, 8 n. 
 
 Anthone, 3, 90, 92, 96, 131 and 
 
 135. 159, 172, 173, 176, 196, 216, 
 
 220. 
 
 C, 2, 90, 167, 173, 175, 184. 
 
 George, 15. 
 
 sir George, 8 «, 59 n. 
 
 James, 8 and «, 10, 21, 22, 40, 92, 
 
 129, 131 142, 148, 157 «, 158 n, 
 
 175, 182. 
 
 of Essy, 1 01. 
 
 sir James, of Pitcur, 48, 125 and 
 
 n, 159 n. 
 John, 291. 
 
 Robert, 149, 256, 268, 277, 282, 
 
 289, 292, 299. 
 S., 36. 
 
 Thomas, 74 and n, 91, III, 171 
 
 n, 201, 233, 234, 251, 252, 254, 256, 
 268, 270, 278, 279, 282, 288-291, 
 294, 300, 302. 
 
 Walter, 22, 82 and n. 
 
 William, 10, 38, 149, 167, 21 1, 
 
 219, 228, 238, 240, 259, 265, 273, 
 285, 287, 290, 295, 299, 301. 
 
INDEX 
 
 311 
 
 Hamiltoun, John, 216. 
 
 Robert, 130, 244, 253, 254, 271, 
 
 282, 286, 289, 292, 294, 300, 301. 
 
 Thomas, of Drumcairn, 97 and n. 
 
 Harower, Adame, 206. 
 Hassone, David, 274. 
 Hay, baron, 163 and n. 
 
 Alex., 86, 130, 211, 214. 
 
 David, 277. 
 
 George, 97, iii, 167. 
 
 James, 53, 235, 246-249, 262, 
 
 270, 272, 279, 280, 282, 286, 288, 
 
 291, 299. 
 
 of Fudie, 131. 
 
 Johne, 109. 
 
 Margaret, 128 n. 
 
 • Patrick, 174, 180. 
 
 Peter, of Naughton, 163 n. 
 
 Richard, 253, 292. 
 
 Thomas, 196, 233. 
 
 Walter, 38, 93, 108, 176, 213. 
 
 William, 45, 84, 220, 267. 
 
 Pleborn. See Hepburn. 
 Hendersone, James, 245, 274. 
 
 John, 40. 
 
 Patrik, 1 10. 
 
 Thomas, 257, 284, 293, 294. 
 
 Henn, Thomas, 64. 
 
 Henri iv. of Navarre, assassination of, 
 127. 
 
 Henry, John, 214. 
 
 Thomas, 208, 224, 271. 
 
 Henrysone, John, 204. 
 
 Mettie, 161. 
 
 Thomas, 172 and n. 
 
 Heny, Johne, 30. 
 
 Hepburn (Heborn), John, 216. 
 
 the younger, 287. 
 
 Heres, David, 26, 28, 39, 87, 90, 166, 
 174, 182, 184, 216. 
 
 Elizabeth, 191. 
 
 Isobell, 2, 164, 173, 174, 183. 
 
 John, 205. 
 
 Thomas, 19, 27, 40, 143, 146, 
 
 158, 174, 178, 182, 184, 228. 
 
 Hering, Archibald, 97, 99. 
 
 Elspet, 18 94 and «, 98, 99 
 
 and «, 151 and 152. 
 
 James, 97, 112. 
 
 Herpong, George, 239. 
 
 Hill, Andro, 47, 126, 252, 266, 271, 
 281, 298. 
 
 William, 75, 76, 94, 302. 
 
 Hird, Robert, 216. 
 
 Hodge, John, 41, 212, 220, 237, 243, 
 
 260, 267, 279. 
 Hog (Hoig), Alexander, 220, 238. 
 
 James, 243. 
 
 John, 212, 235. 
 
 Hoggons, John, 137 and n. 
 Hoip, James, 32. 
 Johne, 43. 
 
 ' Holy blood silver,' sale of, 82 n. 
 Hood (Huid), Johne, 75 and n. 
 
 William, 219, 224, 239. 
 
 Hoppringill, David, 40. 
 
 How, John, 24, 38, 40, 41, 56, 89, 95, 
 
 172, 173. 
 
 Howesone, John, 77. 
 
 Robert, 57, 73, 104, 233. 
 
 William, 57. 
 
 Howie, Robert, principal of Marischal 
 
 college, 123 w, 127 
 
 Thomas, 89, 90. 
 
 Hubbert, Effe, 60, 61. 
 
 Issobell, 61, 66. 
 
 Hucheoun, Jonet, 162. 
 
 Huid. See Hood. 
 
 Hulbert, Margaret, 82 and «. 
 
 Hume, Jean, 29, 162 
 
 Hunter, David, 106, 128, 168, 186, 
 
 235, 242, 252, 291, 292. 
 
 Gilbert, 116. 
 
 Thomas, 44, 133. 
 
 William, 186, 195. 
 
 Hutcheson, David, 196. 
 Hynd, Paule, 283. 
 
 Idvies land, 38 and n. 
 
 Idwye, Elspit, 81. 
 
 Imry or Imbrie, David, 3 n. 
 
 Peter, 40, 79, 94, 99, 138, l8l, 
 
 183 and n. 
 Inglis, Peter, 253, 266. 
 Ingraham, John, 164. 
 Innergowry. See Gray, Patrik. 
 Innermay, lord, 26, 90, 166. 
 Innes, Alex., 86. 
 
 Ireland, Thomas, 11, 12 and w, 13, 18, 
 
 98, 103, 107. 
 Isak, Johne, 69, 94. 
 
 Jack (Jak), consalour, i. 
 
 Alex., 48, 75, 116 and w, 124,. 
 
 220, 221, 223, 263, 265, 273, 275, 
 
 276, 287, 289, 301. 
 
 Androw, 200, 228. 
 
 David, 197 and w, 208, 228. 
 
 George, 225. 
 
 Henry, 214. 
 
 James, 45- 
 
 John, 89, 175, 184, 199, 223- 
 
 225. 
 
 Margaret, 25 «, 45, 106 w, 107 w. 
 
 Marion, 127, 128. 
 
 Robert, 87, 137, 223, 245, 259, 
 
 268, 272, 274, 275, 278, 284, 288, 
 
 294, 301. 
 
312 COMPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 Jack (Jak), Thomas, 46, loi, 116 and 
 
 «, 119, 153, 209, 217, 247, 261, 273, 
 
 290, 297. 
 
 William, 263, 271, 278, 298. 
 
 Jackson (Jaksone), Alex., 67, 107. 
 
 Euffame, 139. 
 
 James, 2, 8, 13, 175, 183. 
 
 Robert, 3, 15, 31, 90, 143, 148, 
 
 167, 175, 177, 183 and n. 
 James vi. , in pursuit of Huntly, 42 n ; 
 
 visits Scotland, 117, 159 «. 
 Jhonesk, Adrian, 238. 
 Johnson or Johnstone, Alexander, 2. 
 
 Andro, 89, 223. 
 
 David, 28, 45, 132, 167. 
 
 George, 293. 
 
 Grigory, 278. 281. 
 
 Henry, 245, 256, 270, 282, 286. 
 
 Johne, 14. 
 
 William, 291. 
 
 Just, Thomas, 198. 
 
 Keir. See Kerr. 
 
 Keith (Keyth), James, 241. 
 
 Keithick, estate of, 39 n. 
 
 Kelly, laird of, 30. 
 
 Kelman, Alex., 109, 189 and n. 
 
 Kelour, George, 104. 
 
 Kendo, Robert, 88, 113 and 160, 
 
 252, 276, 278, 282. 
 Kennady, Androw, 223. 
 
 James, 223. 
 
 Kerr or Keir, George, 213. 
 
 James, 198, 203, 206, 213, 224. 
 
 ■ Johne, 196, 198, 200, 202, 207, 
 
 210. 
 
 Margaret, ill n. 
 
 • Robert, 136, 199. 
 
 William, of Rossy, 41. 
 
 Key, Duncan, 272, 281. 
 
 Jhone, 104. 
 
 Margaret, 61. 
 
 Thomas, 212, 216. 
 
 Walter, 24, 64. 
 
 Kinblethmont, 117 and «. 
 
 Kinloch (Kynloch), doctor David, 264. 
 
 Eupham, 56 n. 
 
 George, 86, 246, 249, 274. 
 
 James, 154, 274. 
 
 John, 198, 201, 214, 218, 243. 
 
 Patrik, 77. 
 
 Robert, 109, 137, 207, 211, 213, 
 
 217, 218. 
 Thomas, 259. 
 
 William, 90, 184 and n, 186, 230, 
 
 235, 236, 239, 244, 259, 263, 265, 
 267, 278, 283, 289, 298, 301. 
 
 Kinnaird or Kinnear (Kynnard), Andro, 
 21, 38, 170, 226, 240. 
 
 Kinnaird or Kinnear (Kynnard), David, 
 165. 
 
 Elizabeth, 137 
 
 Henry, commendator ofBalmerino, 
 
 137 «• 
 
 James, 145 and n, 155. 
 
 Patrik, 205, 210, 213, 224, 233. 
 
 of Inchture, 115 and n. 
 
 William, 75, 248. 
 
 Kippen, John, 78. 
 
 Kirkcaldie, Alexander, 240, 262, 266, 
 
 275, 287. 
 Andro, 148. 
 
 Kirktoun. See Scrymgeour, John. 
 Knyght, George, 234, 237, 239, 243, 
 
 252, 256, 269, 281, 286. 
 
 Gilbert, 296. 
 
 Henrie, 282, 284. 
 
 James, 222, 226, 227. 
 
 John, 267. 
 
 Patrik, 49. 
 
 Thomas, 293. 
 
 Kokburn. See Cockburn. 
 
 Kuik. See Cook. 
 
 Kyd, Alexander, 2, 46, 103, 161. 
 
 Andro, 22, 286. 
 
 Archibald, 212, 254, 270, 294. 
 
 David, 26, 27, 28, 42, 90, 132, 
 
 139, 154. 
 
 Issobel, 47, 126, 162, 187, 241, 
 
 252. 
 
 J., 251, 264, 290, 302. 
 
 James, 68. 
 
 Janet, il n, 12 «, 189 n. 
 
 Patrik, 62, 143 and fi, 242. 
 
 Robert, 9 and n, 18, 45, 67, 89, 
 
 92, 105 and 129, 166, 184, 195 
 and ft, 198-201, 207, 209. 
 
 Thomas, 135 and ft, 147, 162. 
 
 William, 31, 89, 90, 179. 
 
 Kyill, James, 37, 85. 
 
 Thomas, 251, 280, 297. 
 
 Kynellis, gudeman of, 100 and «. 
 Kyngeny. See Guthrie : Wedderburn, 
 
 Alexander. 
 Kyftgis Apologie. the, 73. 
 Kynlocht. See Kinloch. 
 Kynmond, Alexander, 30, 44, 66, 90, 
 
 133 and ft, 166 and ft, 291. 
 Kynnard. See Kinnaird. 
 Kynnareis, Andro, 235, 237, 240, 245, 
 253, 258, 266, 272, 276, 281, 284, 
 292, 293, 297, 298. 
 
 James, loi and ft, 102. 
 
 Walter, 240. 
 
 William, 139 and «, 149, 230, 
 
 235. 237, 240, 241, 245, 253, 254, 
 257, 258, 265, 266, 271, 272, 281, 
 283, 284, 286, 293, 298. 
 
INDEX 
 
 313 
 
 Lady Mary Fair, 44. 
 Laing (Laynge), Anthone, 40. 
 Patrik, 136. 
 
 Landlands, Patrick, of Collace, 126 n. 
 Law, Andro, 275. 
 
 Michel, 80, 211. 
 
 Lawson, Helen, 145 n. 
 
 Jhone, 199. 
 
 William, 199. 
 
 Laynge. See Laing. 
 Leighton (Lychtoun), Andro, 34 and 
 «, 170, 233. 
 
 Cristian, 185. 
 
 James, 244, 297. 
 
 John, 269. 
 
 Walter, 154 and «, 223. 
 
 Leirmonth, sir James, of Balcomie, 
 
 125 71. 
 
 Leitsche, Johne, 90. 
 Lentrone, Thomas, 299, 
 Lermont, Johne, 114. 
 Leslie, Johne, 225. 
 
 William, 191. 
 
 Lessellis, Piter, 232. 
 
 William, 196, 214, 219. 
 
 Lettir fair, 44 and «. 
 Leutsoun, Abrme, 196. 
 Ley, James, 151. 
 Leyis, William, 285. 
 Leyth, Adame, 67. 
 Lichton. See Leighton. 
 Lind, David, 217. 
 
 Lindsay or Lyndsay, Alexander, mer- 
 
 cheand burges of Edinburgh, 77. 
 
 of Pitterly, iiS and n. 
 
 of Vayn, 43 and n, 94. 
 
 sir Alexander, of Boysack, 67, 91, 
 
 173, 174 and 71. 
 
 Cristiane, 91. 
 
 David, 127 and «, 169, 189. 
 
 George, 15, 31, 46, 88, 94, loi, 
 
 134, 148, 158, 159, 166, 168, 173, 
 
 177, 179, 180, 204, 205. 
 Henry, of Carestoun, 23, 95 and 
 
 «, 97. 
 Hew, 36. 
 
 ' James, 7, 31, 36, 89, 90, 152, 166, 
 
 175, 242, 246, 250, 256, 295, 300. 
 
 John, 297. 
 
 Olyver, 1 1. 
 
 Patrik, 118 and 71, 197. 
 
 Thomas, 54, 90, 11 1 and «, 113, 
 
 175. 
 
 William, 213, 215, 224, 250, 282, 
 
 288. 
 
 Lite! St. James chaplainry, 33 and w, 
 
 34, 36. 
 Livie, David, 199. 
 Livingstone, Alexander, 159 and «. 
 
 Livingstone, dame Magdalen, wife of sir 
 James Scrymgeour of Dudhope, 2, 
 27 and w, 28 w, 47, 91, 126, 159 
 
 173, 175- 
 
 Robert, 229. 
 
 Lochbrum, 145 and 71. 
 Lochlean, William, 213. 
 Lochmalony, George, 149, 246, 260, 
 
 264, 272. 
 
 William, 30, 42, 44, 68, 88, 90, 
 
 132, 200, 225, 226, 228. 
 Logy, estate of, 43 71. 
 
 gudeman of, 70. 
 
 Loky, William, 50, 51, 52. 
 Loury. See Lowry. 
 Lousoun. See Lowson. 
 Lov, Bessie, 45. 
 
 Lovell or Lowell, Alexander, 6, 44, 63, 
 96, 148. 
 
 Andro, 18, 26, 90, 166, 174, 184. 
 
 Christina, 163 «, 190 n. 
 
 Elizabeth, 18 w, 73 71. 
 
 George, 6, 7. 
 
 Henry, 26, 196. 
 
 Isobell, 147 71. 
 
 James, 68. 
 
 Johne, 9, 18, 21 and w, 26, 27, 
 
 30, 40, 47, 73» 94, 98, 99, 125, 
 159, 166, 175, 179, 182-184, 195 
 and 71, 216, 220, 222, 225. 
 
 of Balumbie, 26 and 90, 
 
 108 and 71. 
 
 Matild, 175. 
 
 Peter, 82. 
 
 Robert, 2, 21 1. 
 
 William, 40, 174, 175, 179. 
 
 Low, Andro, 156. 
 
 John, 103. 
 
 Robert, 14, 173, 174. 
 
 William, 60, 82 and n. 
 
 Lowry (Loury), James, 43. 
 
 Patrik, 64. 
 
 Thomas, 1 31. 
 
 Lowson (Lousoun), David, 90, 167. 
 
 George, 10. 
 
 John, 196, 225. 
 
 Patrik, 55, 153. 
 
 Lugton, Andro, 240. 
 
 Walter, 239. 
 
 Luk, James, 274. 
 
 Lumlathin, 16, 95, 160. 
 
 Lundin, Anne, lady Claverhouse, 1 6 
 «, 39 and 71. 
 
 Lundy, David, 219. 
 
 James, 3, 172. 
 
 Luynd, David, 212. 
 
 Lw^d, Patrik, 214. 
 
 schir William, 35. 
 
 Lychtoun. See Leighton. 
 
314 COMPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 Lyell, David, 223. 
 
 Robert, 208, 213. 
 
 Lyndford, William, 77, 78. 
 Lyndsay. See Lindsay. 
 Lyon or Lyn, Bessy, 230. 
 
 Cudbert, 218. 
 
 James, 196. 
 
 Jean, 174 n. 
 
 Jeremy, 16. 
 
 John, 196, 209, 270. 
 
 Patrick, 10 and «, 23, 42, 48, 1 10, 
 
 125, 143, 211, 214, 219, 222, 228, 
 
 230, 279. 
 
 sir Patrick, of Carse, 36 n. 
 
 Robert, 167. 
 
 • William, 131. 
 
 of Bagilly, 86, 100 and n. 
 
 M'GiLL, David, 255, 258. 
 
 Macky (Makkye), Alexander, 153 «, 
 
 227, 228, 236, 252, 261, 287, 299. 
 
 James, 1 53 and 
 
 Madyne, Gilbert, 237, 274. 
 Magdalen chaplenry, 160. 
 Maill, John, 221. 
 
 Joseph, 217. 
 
 Main, William, 181. 
 Mair, William, 177. 
 Maitland, William, 214. 
 Major's cornicle, 168. 
 Makduff, Gilbert, 187. 
 Makeson, Androw, 128, 
 Makeynghe, Murdo, 40. 
 Makfie, Andro, 281. 
 
 James, 253, 266. 
 
 Makmillan, Fargus, 222, 
 Malice, Adam, 14, 18, 35. 
 Man, Alexander, 164, 191. 
 
 • Andro, 198. 
 
 David, 153 and 214. 
 
 James, 197, 202, 214, 223, 224, 
 
 230, 237, 252, 263, 274, 275, 289, 
 
 290, 296, 298, 302. 
 
 John, 202. 
 
 Kirstene, 293. 
 
 Petir, 140 and «, 153, 222, 225. 
 
 Robert, 75, 94. 
 
 Thomas, 26, 27, 29 and 31, 38, 
 
 88, 90, 107, 108, 191, 197, 210. 
 William, 19, 22, 24 and w, 30, 37, 
 
 48, 69, 84 11, 89, 95, 98, 100, 105, 
 
 108, 123 and n, 124, 180, 197, 228. 
 Mar, earl of, 159. 
 
 Alexander, 277. 
 
 Martin (Myrtoun), David, 19, 298. 
 
 George, 273. 
 
 Henry, 211. 
 
 John, 211, 296. 
 
 William, 109, 212. 
 
 Mary, queen of Scots, epitaph on, 187 
 and n. 
 
 Matheson, Andro, 29, 69, 75, 95, 134 
 
 and «, 161. 
 Mathew, Andro, 53, 108, 197, 217, 223. 
 
 George, 56, 217, 219. 
 
 Henrie, 272. 
 
 James, 27, 28, 183. 
 
 Mathowis, James, 95. 
 Maull, David, 67, 70, 118. 
 
 of Boath, 86 and n. 
 
 Issobell, 61, 165, 166. 
 
 Thomas, 1 10. 
 
 of Pitlivie, 120 n. 
 
 Maw, James, 216. 
 
 William, 200. 
 
 Maxwell, the wrycht, 63. 
 
 Daniell, 254, 261. 
 
 David, 276. 
 
 Elspet, 81. 
 
 Robert, 23. 
 
 Mealing. See Meilling. 
 Meallene, James, 280. 
 Meathie, David, 221. 
 Meffen, Johne, 45. 
 
 Thomas, 282. 
 
 Meik, Thomas, 263, 278. 
 Meill, Alexander, 284. 
 
 John, 167, 182, 220. 
 
 Michell, 169. 
 
 Meilling or Mealing, James, 285. 
 
 Margaret, 175. 
 
 Meldrum, Johne, 230. 
 Melgound estate, 39 n. 
 Melling, William, 291. 
 Melvill, David, 26, 66, 89, 90. 
 
 James, 212. 
 
 Richard, of Baldovy, 158 «. 
 
 Roger, 49, 158 and n. 
 
 Melvin, John, 242. 
 
 Mercir, John, 219. 
 
 Mercolphis, 169. 
 
 Methven, David, 218, 231, 239. 
 
 John, 252. 
 
 Thomas, 257, 262. 
 
 Michelsone, Thomas, 161. 
 
 Mikle sanct James chaiplenry, 34 and tu 
 
 Mirre, Thomas, 30. 
 
 Mitchell (Michell), Andro, 167, 218, 
 263, 278, 298. 
 
 George, 129 and «, 219. 
 
 Issobel, 168. 
 
 Patrik, 198, 209, 212, 219, 22S. 
 
 Thomas, 60. 
 
 Moir, John, 153. 
 
 Moncur, Andro, of Balmano, 38. 
 
 James, 231, 232, 234, 240, 290, 
 
 291. 
 
 Johne, 95 and «, 222, 228. 
 
INDEX 
 
 315 
 
 Moncur, Jonet, 155. 
 
 Margaret, 48, 125. 
 
 Thomas, of Seggieden, 147 n. 
 
 Mongall, Alisone, 139. 
 Mongumry, Robert, 144 and «, 168. 
 Monorgound, James, 237, 256, 268, 
 
 284, 293, 294, 297. 
 John, 7. 
 
 Thomas, 2 and «, 13. 
 
 Monquhany. See Balfour. 
 
 Monro, Donald, 286. 
 
 Mores, Andro, 129, 143, 149, 161 and 
 
 «, 212, 244, 255, 282. 
 James, 274. 
 
 Robert, 238, 241, 261, 263, 266, 
 
 275, 280, 283, 287, 288, 289, 292, 
 296, 301. 
 
 Walter, 182. 
 
 Morgan, Alisone, 106. 
 
 Morgund, John, 263. 
 
 Moriesone, Andro, 288. 
 
 James, 248. 
 
 John, 214, 
 
 Mortemer, Andrew, 27, 144, 158, 179. 
 
 David, 227. 
 
 Mow, James, 24 224. 
 Thomas, 224. 
 
 Mudy, David, 115, 116, 197 and w, 214, 
 
 221, 223, 263, 275. 
 George, 3, 8, 22, 32, 39, 61, 81, 
 
 93, 133, I55» 166, 177, 183 and «, 213. 
 
 Henrie, 236, 269, 289, 291. 
 
 James, 106, 135, 155, 231, 239, 
 
 244, 280. 
 
 Robert, 37, 38, 90, 210, 219. 
 
 Thomas, 240-241, 257, 266, 288. 
 
 Muir, Niniane, 236. 
 
 Thomas, 36, 179, 216. 
 
 Murdo, John, 177. 
 Mureson, George, 38, 77, 89. 
 Murray, Donald, 244, 299. 
 
 James, 241. 
 
 John, 278. 
 
 Robert, 147. 
 
 Thomas, 264, 284, 291. 
 
 Myillis, Henri, 243, 247, 260, 269, 272, 
 
 283, 296. 
 Myln, Agnes, 116. 
 
 Alexander, 102 and 106, 142, 
 
 185, 192, 236, 253, 262, 273. 
 
 Elizabeth, 4 n. 
 
 George, 151, 163, 167. 
 
 Henry, 251. 
 
 Issobell, 26. 
 
 James, 4 and «, 17, 21, 25, 102 
 
 and n, 116, 117, 199, 208, 209, 220. 
 
 John, 23, 29, 30, 49, 59, 68, 97, 
 
 132, 159, 179, 235, 268, 282, 288, 
 291. 
 
 Myln, John, of Woodhill, 2 n. 
 
 Jonet, 2 «, 4 and «, 5, 56 w, 60, 
 
 82, 189. 
 
 Margaret, 2 «, 81. 
 
 Robert, 2 n, 12 10, 93, 105, 
 
 Ii6, 162. 
 
 Thomas, 19, 21-23, 3i, 32, 167, 
 
 217. 
 
 William, 159, 170 and «, 179. 
 
 Mynto, William, 3. 
 
 Nairn (Narne), David, of Sand- 
 
 FURD, 109 and n. 
 
 Robert, 85, 131. 
 
 Thomas, advocate, 88. 
 
 Napier, Anne, wife of Patrik Gray of 
 
 Invergowrie, 97 n. 
 Neilsone, James, 72, 112, 114. 
 
 Thomas, 64, 73. 
 
 Nes, Johne, 18, 40, 44, 90, no, 164, 
 
 191. 
 
 New Testament in Latin, 169. 
 Newton, Janet, 83 n. 
 
 Johne, 244. 
 
 Patrik, 167, 168. 
 
 Walter, 161, 
 
 William, 57. 
 
 Nicoll, Alexander, 24, 54, 96, loi, 
 122, 130, 152, 162. 
 
 Andro, 18, 30, 103, 129. 
 
 Grissell, 153. 
 
 James, 2, 8, 13,40, 175, 213, 214. 
 
 Katheren, 167. 
 
 Thomas, 68, 213. 
 
 Nische, Andro, 50, 51. 
 Nisiep, David, 283. 
 Nory, Johne, 88. 
 
 OCHTERLONY, ALEXANDER, 29. 
 
 James, 116, 141, 187, 211, 258, 
 
 295- 
 
 Johne, 81, 124, 161, 177. 
 
 of Murrois, 168. 
 
 Ogilvy, Agnes, 126 n. 
 
 Alexander, of Babothy, 39. 
 
 David, 48. 
 
 of Persie, 123 n. 
 
 George, 40, 68, 151 and «, 161, 
 
 211. 
 
 Henry, 166, 177. 
 
 Issobel, 161. 
 
 James, of Dyntron, 47, 126 and n. 
 
 John, 26, 29, 30, 38, 45, 46, 48 «, 
 
 67, 68, 72, 77, 90, 96, 110-112, 116, 
 118, 120, 121, 123, 132, 136, 137, 
 156, 163, 164, 166, 174, 184, 220, 
 259, 297. 
 
 of Innerkelour, 39 and n. 
 
 Marion, 39 n. 
 
316 COMPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 Ogilvy, Thomas, 174, 180, 250, 253, 
 265. 
 
 Walter, 56. 
 
 William, 213, 241. 
 
 Olyver, James, 237. 
 
 John, 1 56. 
 
 Patrik, 206. 
 
 Ortelms, 156, 169. 
 Ostlar, Andro, 157. 
 
 David, 39, 157 and «, 216, 245, 
 
 272. 
 Ovid, 168, 169. 
 
 Painter or Panter, Andro, 214, 
 218, 219, 221, 226, 230, 238, 241, 
 242, 252, 254, 284, 286, 302. 
 
 Pait, Wiliiam, 225. 
 
 Parck, Andro, 219. 
 
 Patersoun, Henrie, 221, 235, 247, 253, 
 261, 266, 273, 281, 291, 297. 
 
 James, 221, 222, 273. 
 
 John, 238, 270, 280. 
 
 Meriore, 170, 
 
 Robert, 216. 
 
 Thomas, ^8. 
 
 William, I62, 268, 280. 
 
 Paton, John, 16, 22, 24, 25, 37, 54, 93- 
 95> 99> 100, 107, 109, 115, 141 and 
 n, 187. 
 
 Peat or Peit, Andro, 242, 270. 
 
 William, 208, 225. 
 
 Peblis, Johne, 78. 
 
 Peddie, James, 206. 
 
 Peirsone, Alexander, 42, 48, 65, 67, 70, 
 
 89, 108, 114, 123, 126, 141 and n, 
 
 147, 164, 169. 
 
 of Balmadies, 31 and n, 
 
 Andro, 253, 295. 
 
 Archibald, 264. 
 
 David, 59, 235, 242, 249, 258, 
 
 263, 264, 274, 282. 
 James, 151, 167, 171, 198, 213, 
 
 214, 239-241, 244, 245, 249, 254, 
 
 257, 261, 267, 281, 283, 284, 286, 
 
 294, 297, 298. 
 John, 48, 89, 102 and n, 123, 196, 
 
 198, 204, 212, 214, 219-224, 228. 
 
 Robert, 147. 
 
 William, 228. 
 
 Perie, Jhone, 201. 
 Persie. See Ogilvy, David. 
 Perssie, William, 223. 
 Petcur, 8 w, 37. 
 Petrie, Alexander, 104. 
 
 Andro, 264, 267. 
 
 George, 241. 
 
 James, 203. 
 
 William, 73. 
 
 Philpt, Alexander, 279. 
 
 Piken, George, 144. 
 Pilmer, Wiliame, 213. 
 Pitcairne, Henry, 213. 
 Pitkerro, 16 n. 
 Pitlathy, 105. 
 
 Pittelpie. See Abercrombie. 
 
 Pitillo, William, 239, 263, 273. 
 
 Pittillok, 298. 
 
 Plutarch, 173. 
 
 Powry, lady, 184 and n. 
 
 John, 278. 
 
 Oliver, 223, 245. 
 
 Robert, 217. 
 
 William, 240, 283. 
 
 Prestoun, Alexander, 32, loi, 115, 
 
 142, 237, 250, 260, 262, 273, 275, 
 
 285, 287, 300. 
 
 Henrie, 231. 
 
 Robert, 267. 
 
 Pryid, David, 218. 
 Pullor, John, 208. 
 
 Querreour, George, 19, 31. 
 Quhittet, Gilbert, 22, 24, 33, 98. 
 Quhyte. See AVhite. 
 Qiiintilian, 173. 
 
 Rae or Ray, Andro, 40, 52, 
 228. 
 
 Ramsay, Alexander, 2 and «, II and 
 n, 18, 23, 30, 68, 93, 196, 201, 212- 
 217, 219, 221, 224. 
 Andro, 213. 
 
 Charles, 188. 
 
 David, 19, 36, 175, 182, 184, 234, 
 
 236, 246, 248, 258, 265, 293. 
 
 George, 7 and «, 109, 124. 
 
 Grisell, 190 «. 
 
 Helen, gudewyf of Ardownie, 48, 
 
 60, 61, 100, 107, 123, 124, 128, 162 
 and n, 163 and «, 190 See also 
 Betoun, Helen. 
 
 Henry, of Ardowny, 24, 28 «, 47, 
 
 48, 59, 61, 70, 87, 108, 109, 114, 120 
 and «, 124, 126, 130, 164, 167-169. 
 
 James, 120, 190 11. 
 
 John, II, 37, 75> 89, 102, 119 
 
 and «, 162, 167, 185 and «, 213. 
 
 Michel, 88. 
 
 Patrik, 26, 43, loi, 103, 141 and 
 
 «, 142, 157, 196, 206, 210, 214, 224. 
 
 Robert, 5 and «, 213. 
 
 Thomas, 40, 80 and «, 81, 151, 
 
 189, 213. 
 
 William, 103, 234, 239, 247, 261, 
 
 276 ; epitaph on, 190 «. 
 Rankin or Renken, Alexander, 70, 78 
 
 and n, 79, 138, 155, 220, 233, 237, 
 
 273- 
 
INDEX 
 
 317 
 
 E.ankin or Renken, Andro, 241, 244, 
 254, 255, 270, 273, 282, 286. 
 
 James, 27, 93, loi, 133 and «, 
 
 135, 140, 146, 158, 172, 179, 180, 
 199, 226. 
 
 Johne, 144 and ;z, 178, 244, 250, 
 
 251, 263. 
 
 Patrick, 46. 
 
 Richard, 261. 
 
 Walter, 71, 84 and ;z, 113, 168, 
 
 230, 231, 241, 249, 255, 256, 268, 
 269, 273, 282, 283, 297. 
 
 William, lOi, 104, 113. 
 
 Rann, Alexander, 66. 
 
 Rannald, Andrew, 14. 
 
 David, 14, 175. 
 
 James, 31, 166. 
 
 Rannkeler. See Sibbald, James, 
 
 Rattray, Andro, 288. 
 
 David, 29, 208, 216. 
 
 John, 174. 
 
 John, 29, 180 and n, 208, 209, 
 
 211, 217. 
 
 Patrik, 29. 
 
 Reat, William, minister of Mains, 127 
 and n. 
 
 Rebon or Ribon, Lauerens, 205, 207. 
 
 Red, John, 164. 
 
 Reid or Read, Patrik, 232. 
 
 Thomas, 262. 
 
 Reyky, James, 26, 29, 40, 57, 58, 90, 
 
 98, 99, 165. 
 Richardsone, Alexander, 5, 49, 64. 
 
 Henry, 5. 
 
 Thomas, 198. 
 
 William, 199, 223, 228. 
 
 Riche, Grahame, 207. 
 
 Richie, John, 199, 282. 
 
 William, 208, 210, 222, 225, 247, 
 
 250, 271, 275, 285, 295, 296. 
 Riddell, Walter, 276. 
 Rig, William, 224. 
 Rind. See Rynd. 
 
 Robertson (Robeson), Androw, 204. 
 David, 19, 22-24, 30, 32, 40, 44, 
 
 69, 89, 90, 104, 114, 134, 141, 166, 
 
 170 and w, 173, 179, 180, 183, 184, 
 
 189, 196, 199, 220, 290. 
 George, 42, 72, 90, 174, 183, 205, 
 
 222. 
 
 James, 47, 48, 62 w, 124 and n- 
 
 127, 170. 
 
 John, of Baschando, 21. 
 
 Robert, 219. 
 
 Thomas, 69, 214, 219. 
 
 William, 152 and n. 
 
 Robsone, Johne, 67. 
 
 Thomas, 37. 
 
 Roche, Margaret, 163 n. 
 
 Roger or Rodger, John, 70, 71, 154, 
 203, 206, 218, 223. 
 
 Niniane, 208. 
 
 Walter, 239. 
 
 William, 252, 265, 282, 286, 298. 
 
 Rolland, Petir, 21 and ii, 22, 31, 86, 
 
 no, 222. 
 
 Thomas, 22. 
 
 Rollok, Charles, 266, 271. 
 
 David, 15, 63, 88 and «, 137, 145, 
 
 230, 233, 241, 246, 264, 281, 284. 
 
 George, 33 n. 
 
 Hercules, 33 and n. 
 
 James, 199. 
 
 Johne, 223, 229, 230, 232, 246, 
 
 247, 255, 259, 261, 274, 289. 
 
 Margaret, 114, 145 n. 
 
 Mariote, 17. 
 
 Robert, 105, 286. 
 
 Walter, 47, 102, 125, 126, 217. 
 
 William, 115, 213, 214, 218, 219, 
 
 223. 
 
 Ross, Alexander, 230, 242, 254,* 255. 
 Andro, 240, 243, 254, 260, 262,. 
 
 267, 277, 282, 286, 288, 292, 298, 
 
 299. 
 
 James, 106, 107, 128, 141, 167^ 
 
 245, 292. 
 
 John, 209. 
 
 Rough, Johne, 243. 
 
 Patrick, 216. 
 
 Robert, 152. 
 
 Row, John, of Carnock, 56 n. 
 Rutherfurd, Christian. 80 n. 
 
 James, 26, 31, 48, 66, 89, 164. 
 
 of Murrous, 123. 
 
 Rynd, Alexander, 211, 224, 280, 291, 
 
 296. 
 
 St. Clement's kyrkyard, 96. 
 
 St. Fort (formerly Sandfurd), in Fife, 
 
 106 n, 109 163 and «. 
 St. James Apostle chaplainr}-, 35 and n. 
 St. James the Less chaplainry, 33 «, 34^ 
 
 36. 
 
 St. Margaret's chaplenry, 63. 
 
 St. Servis chaplainry, 33 and 37. 
 
 St. Stephane's chaplenry, 76. 
 
 St. Thomas chaplenr}-, 88, 90, 136. 
 
 St. Thomas land, 19, 24, 25, 32. 
 
 Salter, David, 36. 
 
 Robert, 36. 
 
 Samuell, Micball, 31. 
 Sanderis tenement, 34. 
 Sandfurd. See St. Fort. 
 Schaw, Johne, 107. 
 Scheir, David, 151. 
 
 Schewan, David, 230, 239, 240, 242, 
 244, 252, 254, 257, 258, 261. 
 
318 COMPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 Schewan, Johne, 29, 48, 124, 211, 221. 
 Schippert, Andro, 77, 105, 106, no, 
 
 154, 167. 
 
 David, 36, 211, 218. 
 
 James, 44. 
 
 William, 30. 
 
 Schorswod, Gilbert, 93 and «. 
 
 John, 80 and «, 83, 91, lOi, 116, 
 
 118, 119, 125, 155, 165, 166, 168. 
 Robert, 32, 53, 66, 70, 71, 108, 
 
 no, 113, 132, 163. 
 
 Walter, 207. 
 
 Scone abbey, 8 n. 
 
 Scott, Alexander, 198, 203, 213, 217, 
 223. 
 
 David, 147 w, 196. 
 
 Eufifame, 48, 124. 
 
 George, 141, 161. 
 
 Johne, 38, 232. 
 
 Patrik, 246, 248, 250, 259. 
 
 Thomas, 16. 
 
 Walter, 165. 
 
 Scrymgeour of Dudhope, 15 «, 33 n, 
 35 n. See also sir James and sir John. 
 
 of Glaswell, 26, 39. 
 
 Adame, 64. 
 
 Alexander, 10 and «, 11, 18, 92, 
 
 154 «, 172, 189, 195-200,204-215. 
 
 David, 56, 159 w, 204, 206. 
 
 Elizabeth, 35 n. 
 
 George, 201. 
 
 Gilbert, 17, 24. 
 
 James, n, 23 and «, 33 w, 34, 
 
 36, 38, 94, 99, 124, 156, 182, 211, 
 218, 223, 228. 
 
 of Littleton, 129 n. 
 
 James, viscount Dudhope, 159 n. 
 
 sir James, of Dudhope, 27, 28 «, 
 
 42 ;z, 48, 91 and 125, 164 and 
 n, 168, 170 ; death of, 91 and n. 
 
 Jean, 1 59 n. 
 
 — John, 17, 22, 30, 35 «, 43, 48, 
 67, 70, 87, 91 and «, 103, 124, 159 
 and w, 211. 
 
 of Kirktoun, i and «, 21, 
 
 99 and 71. 
 
 of Dudhope, 103. 
 
 sir John of Dudhope, 164 and n. 
 
 Magdalen, 99 n. 
 
 Margaret, 48, 124 «, 125 and «. 
 
 Mary, 159 n. 
 
 Robert, 10, 34, 35, 89, 174, 183. 
 
 Thomas, 7. 
 
 Walter, 255. 
 
 Seaton or Seton, Henry, 15. 
 
 James, 46. 
 
 of Parbroath, 159 «. 
 
 Selcraeg, Margaret, 168. 
 Seres wynd, 36. 
 
 Seres, Robert, 20 and «. 
 Seymmer. See Symmer. 
 Ships, list of — 
 
 Andro, 72, 204, 220, 224, 226, 237, 
 238, 240, 262, 266, 275, 286, 287, 
 
 293, 295, 300- 
 Angel, 210, 220, 223, 224, 243, 249, 
 
 260, 272, 277, 287, 297, 299. 
 A 2 lid Aftgel, 223. 
 Bark, 203, 206. 
 
 Bark Allane, 244, 248, 253, 259, 
 
 267, 284, 294, 300. 
 Blessing, 246, 249, 273, 274. 
 Blessing of God, 239. 
 Cant, 223. 
 Catharine, 287. 
 Claynge Coist, 280. 
 Clynkebellis, 55, 198, 209, 214, 218. 
 David, 220, 236, 244, 254, 270, 273, 
 
 282, 286. 
 David Smyth, 206. 
 Double Kay, 238. 
 Dow, 229. 
 Dragon, 217, 221. 
 Dya?no7td, 84, 255, 26 1. 
 Eagle, 218, 219. 
 Edward, 231. 
 
 Elspet, 178, 180, 215, 232, 241, 243, 
 245, 249, 251, 254, 260, 262, 267, 
 277, 286, 288, 292, 298. 
 
 Falcon, 71, 145, 195, 202, 205, 214, 
 300. 
 
 Flei7tg Hart, 250, 260, 262, 273, 275, 
 
 285, 287. 
 Fortoun, 234, 238, 246-248. 
 Fox, 229, 233, 237, 242, 249, 258, 
 
 262, 270, 273, 292, 301. 
 George, 207, 232, 270, 277, 280, 289, 
 
 291, 297. 
 
 Gift of God, 232, 233, 236, 237, 241, 
 254, 261, 265, 268, 270, 271, 275, 
 276, 285, 287, 288, 296. 
 
 Glessie, 218. 
 
 Godsend, 246, 260, 264, 272, 290, 
 294. 
 
 Good Fortoun, 235, 239, 244, 259, 
 265, 267, 274, 278, 283, 289, 298, 
 301. 
 
 Grace, 205, 231, 255, 273, 278, 280, 
 
 285, 290, 291, 301. 
 Grace of God, 200, 201, 202, 207-210, 
 
 212, 217, 222, 223, 228, 251, 285, 
 
 295- 
 Gudsyr, 202. 
 Halywall, 261. 
 Hare, 205, 215. 
 Harry y 203. 
 
 Hart, 108, 202, 204, 210, 212, 215, 
 284. 
 
INDEX 
 
 319 
 
 Ships, list of {continued) — 
 Hind, 204. 
 
 Hope for Grace, 235, 237, 240, 245, 
 248 253, 257, 265, 271, 276, 281, 
 283' 292, 297. 
 
 Hope, Weill, 231, 246, 251, 262, 263, 
 274. 
 
 Hound, 201, 206, 226. 
 Huik, 216. 
 
 James, 206, 217, 218, 221, 225, 228, 
 
 232-234, 236, 240, 242, 246, 248, 
 
 250, 259, 280, 291, 296. 
 John, 200, 203, 205, 212, 227, 228, 
 
 238, 275, 280, 300. 
 Jonas, 225, 234, 237, 239, 243, 257, 
 
 269, 272, 281, 286. 
 Knudsone, 227. 
 Lafnb, 93. 
 Litle Angell, 215. 
 Lyoun, 65, 131, 200, 216, 226. 
 Lyoness, 235, 243, 247, 249, 262, 
 
 268, 279, 283, 288, 291, 299. 
 Magdalene, 247, 250. 
 Margaret, 201, 204, 206, 222, 224, 
 
 226, 227, 233, 235, 242, 249, 258, 
 
 263. 
 
 Martine, 231, 235, 247, 253, 261, 
 
 266, 273, 281, 291, 297. 
 Mary, 274. 
 
 Mary Galland, 1 31, 208, 225. 
 
 Mary Grace, 211, 224. 
 
 Mary Jane, 203, 207, 239, 250. 
 
 Meriefortune, 198. 
 
 Michaell, 200, 202, 209, 292. 
 
 Moriane, 295. 
 
 New Angell, 216. 
 
 Nichtingall, 142, 199, 227. 
 
 0nlie,2()<^, 285. 
 
 Patience, 238, 287, 295, 299. 
 
 Pelican, 93, 158, 179, 205, 226, 229, 
 
 230, 232, 300. 
 Petir, 200, 203, 204, 230. 
 Phenix, 254, 289. 
 Post, 210. 
 Preiitie Jhane, 270. 
 Primrose, 178. 
 Princess, 219, 226, 228. 
 Providence, 83, 240. 
 Reid Lyone, 275. 
 
 Robert, 72, 112, 114, 200, 282, 289, 
 
 293, 300. 
 Roebuck, 231, 283. 
 Roiss, 277. 
 
 Sancto Willo, 243, 247, 251, 256, 
 260, 269, 272, 281, 283, 295, 
 296. 
 
 Seahors, 238. 
 
 Smairt, 223. 
 
 Swallow, 71, 231, 236, 260, 301. 
 
 Ships, list of {continued) — 
 
 Swan, 209, 245, 248, 253, 256, 261, 
 
 271, 277, 288, 292, 296, 299. 
 Swift, 231, 236, 239, 269, 279. 
 Tho?nas, yi, 196, 215, 216, 222-225, 
 
 227, 256, 268, 277, 282, 288, 294, 
 
 295» 299, 300. 
 Thrie Kyngis, 288. 
 Tiger, 231, 238, 250, 261, 271, 277, 
 
 287. 
 
 Unikorn, 202, 218. 
 Vlen, 210. 
 
 White Angell, 204, 2 1 3. 
 White Swan, 208. 
 
 William, 49, 230, 235, 236, 239, 
 246, 247, 255, 259, 261, 295. 
 
 Wynd, 216. 
 Sibbald, Andre, 38. 
 
 David, 224, 254, 255. 
 
 James, 243, 252. 
 
 of Rannkeler, 105 and n. 
 
 William, 41, 152. 
 
 Skyrlingis wynd, 34. 
 Small, Alexander, 167. 
 
 Andro, 132, 
 
 Charles, 298. 
 
 David, 82, 212, 213, 216, 219, 
 
 224. 
 
 John, 65, 198, 203, 204, 214, 235, 
 
 289, 300. 
 
 Margret, 228. 
 
 Merhone, 222. 
 
 Smart (Smairt), David, 166, 180, 220, 
 
 222, 244, 255, 268, 276, 286. 
 
 George, 256, 295. 
 
 James, 251. 
 
 Smeton, Thomas, 17 n, 
 
 "Walter, 17 and n. 
 
 Smith or Smyth, Agnes, 58. 
 
 Alexander, 47, 90, 99, 108, 109, 
 
 126, 140 and 71, 141, 166, 197, 218, 
 
 237, 242, 273. 
 
 David, 49, 236, 271, 277, 296. 
 
 George, 219. 
 
 Hendrie, 203. 
 
 Issobell, 27, 179, 182, 186. 
 
 James, 39, 241, 255, 260, 297. 
 
 Johne, 29, 30, 34, 54, 60, 94, 96, 
 
 no, 157, 163, 164, 196, 199, 212, 
 
 214, 232, 236, 239, 241, 245, 249, 
 
 250, 284, 285, 292. 
 
 ofDargo, 108- 1 10. 
 
 Fitter, 213, 223, 224. 
 
 Robert, 19, 22, 23, 31, 68, 181, 
 
 182, 196, 199, 207, 208, 221, 222, 
 
 225, 228. 
 
 Thomas, 16, 222. 
 
 • Walter, 251, 266, 271, 281, 283, 
 
 286, 293, 301. 
 
320 COMPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 Smith, William, 42, 167. 
 Smythis Serynoiies, 169. 
 Socrates, 169. 
 Somer. See Symmer. 
 Spalding, David, 206. 
 
 George, 37. 
 
 Helen, 75. 
 
 Margaret, 102 
 
 Matilda, 129 n. 
 
 William, 24. 
 
 Spanky, David, 29, 151 and n, 164 
 and n. 
 
 Spens, George, 36 «, 212, 213, 216, 219, 
 
 223, 224. 
 
 John, 214. 
 
 Patrik, 267, 282. 
 
 William, 36 and «, 48, 90, 95, 
 
 125. 
 
 Spink, Bessye, 170, 
 
 William, 201, 223. 
 
 Spynie, lord, 160, 174 n. 
 Stanneris, David, 152. 
 Steen, Alexander, 208. 
 Steill, George, 282. 
 
 John, 81, 105, 
 
 Stephane, Thomas, 239, 
 Stevert, Thomas, i, 42. 
 Stevinsone, Andrew, 204, 206. 
 
 George, 219, 228, 229, 269, 
 
 279. 
 
 Gilbert, 107. 
 
 Walter, 206. 
 
 William, 212. 
 
 Stewart, David, 151. 
 
 Halbert, 175, 196, 222, 
 
 James, 155, 211, 284. 
 
 Johne, 181, 223, 225, 227, 267. 
 
 Thomas, 44, 66, 93, 164, 165, 
 
 183, 202. 
 
 William, 49, 214. 
 
 of Setoun, 21. 
 
 Stibbillis, John, 153. 
 
 Robert, 62 and n. 
 
 Stirling (Stryvilling), Androw, 203. 
 George, 4, 18, 26, 45, 89, 90, 
 
 113, 134 and ;z, 166, 189, 199, 212, 
 
 218, 219, 226. 
 
 Robert, 269. 
 
 Stob's fair, 44. 
 Storving, Patrik, 243. 
 Strachan of Balhoussie, 1 10 n, 
 
 of Claypotts, no n. 
 
 Jeramie, 225. 
 
 Straitoun, David, 8 n. 
 
 Strathauchin, Agnes, 82. 
 
 David, 162, 232, 238, 257, 268, 
 
 279. 
 
 Elizabeth, 20, 59 n. 
 
 Euffame, 80. 
 
 Strathauchin, George, 84. 
 
 James, 18, 155 and «, 204, 280, 
 
 291. 
 
 Jeromye, 65. 
 
 John, 7 and «, 27, 52, 90, 94, 
 
 131, 216, 225, 226. 
 
 Margaret, 20, 89, 145 «, 184. 
 
 Robert, 168, 282. 
 
 William, 19 and n. 
 
 Strathmartine. See Wyntoun. 
 Stronge, Alexander, 275. 
 Struther, Peter, 214. 
 Sturrok, John, 245, 269, 284. 
 Syme, John, 214. 
 
 Symmer, Alexander, 19, 239, 254, 255, 
 270, 273, 282, 286, 293, 297. 
 
 Elspet, 48, 123. 
 
 Gilbert, 210. 
 
 Robert, 144 263, 273, 281, 
 
 291, 297. 
 
 Sympson, George, 201. 
 
 James, 53 and «, 57, 73, 83, 84 
 
 and «, 85 and n, 125 «, 127, 
 129 and «, 130, 148, 165, 169, 185 
 and n, 239, 263, 265, 273, 275, 278, 
 289, 300. 
 
 William, 212, 217, 218. 
 
 Tait, Johne, 57, 192. 
 Tarntie mercat, 117 and its 
 Taylour, Johne, 16. 
 Telpher, Robert, 176. 
 Tendel, David, 26 and «, 29, 89. 
 
 Thomas, 55. 
 
 Tendall's wynd, 27. 
 Terrie, George, 39. 
 
 Thayn, Adame, 57, 88, 118 and«, 166, 
 174. 
 
 Anna, 127, 128. 
 
 David, 219, 228. 
 
 James, 57, 118 and n, 246. 
 
 John, 67. 
 
 Richard, 70, 118 and «, 157, 
 
 of Logy, 43 and n. 
 
 Thomas, 60. 
 
 Thempis, Jacob, 204. 
 Thomson, Andro, 54, 65, 148, 200, 
 202. 
 
 David, 73, 191, 202. 
 
 George, 40, 88, 93. 
 
 Gilbert, 31, 67, 151. 
 
 James, 157, 158. 
 
 alias Reyky, James, 99 and n. 
 
 Patrik, zoo, 202. 
 
 Robert, 3, 75, 175, 242, 246. 
 
 Thomas, 103. 
 
 sir Thomas, of Duddingstone, 
 
 159 n. 
 William, 10. 
 
INDEX 
 
 321 
 
 Thornetoun, Donald, 255, 276, 278. 
 
 John, 28, 55, 56, 145, 148, 158, 
 
 180, 181, 183, 256, 268. 
 
 Margaret, 152. 
 
 Walter, 262. 
 
 Toplay, William, 198. 
 Traell or Traill, Dr., 66, 107. 
 
 Alex., 14. 
 
 Bessy, 89. 
 
 Crystel, 26, 89, 90, 108, 166, 172, 
 
 174, 183 and n. 
 
 Crystophere, 212, 213. 
 
 Gilbert, 219. 
 
 James, 38 and n. 
 
 John, 37, 82 and it. 85, 88, 90, 96, 
 
 167, 242, 256, 268, 269. 
 Robert, 130. 
 
 Thomas, 6, 27 and n, 92, 108, 
 
 109, 176, 19s, 196, 211, 212 251. 
 
 Trumpit, Alex., 19. 
 
 Tullo, Thomas, 199. 
 
 Tullows, Michaell, 197. 
 
 Turing, James, 38. 
 
 Turnebull, David, 230. 
 
 Turpe, Thomas, 227. 
 
 Tynne, Gilbert, 27. 
 
 Tyrie, John, 103, 159, 230, 233, 235, 
 242, 254, 257, 258, 264. 
 
 Urquhart, Andrew, 3, 21, 26, 90, 
 103, 166, 168, 174, 177, 183. 
 
 ^ David, 285, 287. 
 
 James, 168. 
 
 William, 196. 
 
 Vallance, John, 3. 
 Vannen, Alex., 227. 
 Vayn. See Lindsay, Alex. 
 Vichtan. See Wichtan. 
 Vobster. See Webster. 
 Vyneram, Elspet, 161. 
 
 Waitt, Johne, 224. 
 
 Walker, Androw, 217-219, 224, 225. 
 
 James, 69 84. 
 
 Merione, 213, 214. 
 
 jMoriory, 177. 
 
 Patrik, 89, 213. 
 
 Thomas, 196, 244, 255. 
 
 William, 67, 69 n, 219, 224, 263, 
 
 278, 301. 
 Walking sprittis, buik of, 87. 
 Wallace, John, 36, 40, 175. 
 Wardlaw, George, 168. 
 Wardmyln, 168. 
 Watsone, Alane, 199. 
 
 Alexander, 230, 242. 
 
 Alison, 105 n. 
 
 Daniel, 38. 
 
 Watsone, David, 167, 242 257, 269. 
 
 James, 230, 239. 
 
 John, 54, 103, 143. 
 
 Jonet, 3, 180. 
 
 Robert, 103, 204, 214, 224. 
 
 Watt, David, 29. 
 
 George, 108, 166. 
 
 James, 129 ; epitaph on, 76 and 
 
 77. 
 
 Robert, 36, 84, 88, 90, 175, 180. 
 
 Thomas, 216. 
 
 W^auch or Waugh, Nicoll, 261. 
 
 Wm. , 297, 298. 
 
 Webster (Vobster), Issobell, 153. 
 James, 13 
 
 John, 17, 38, 39, 94, 199. 
 
 Robert, 76. 
 
 Thomas, 270. 
 
 Wedderburn family : — 
 
 Alexander l. (father of David), m. 
 Janet Myln, 2 n, 4, 5, 6, 9«, 1 1 w, 1 3, 
 14 n, 17, 54, 74, 76, 93, 120, 189 n. 
 
 2. (son of Robert 2), 55 n. 
 
 3. in Cupar, and of Pittormie, 
 
 47, 59 and 126. 
 
 4. (elder brother of David), of 
 
 Kingennie, clerk of Dundee, called 
 in the MS. ' Mr. Alexander ' or the 
 clerk ; m. Helen Ramsay. Pas situ 
 e.g. 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 n, 
 21, 22, 23, 25, 31, 32 w, 40, 47, 48, 
 7 1 , 74, 82, 83, 92,93, 96, 98, 100, loi , 
 105,123, 124, 148, 160, 162, 189 w. 
 
 5- Kingennie (eldest son of 
 
 Alexander 4), 74. 
 
 6. sir Alexander of Blackness 
 
 (son of James l), 24, 25 n. 
 
 7. (son of Robert 3), 83 «, 97, 
 
 99. 
 
 8. m. Isobell Anderson, 14 
 
 19 n. 
 
 9. (son of David l), 47, 55, 125, 
 
 160, 187, 
 
 10. Q. C. xxxiv, 78 n. 
 
 Andrew, 59 n. 
 
 Barbara (aunt of David), 3 w, 
 
 42, 155, 163, 174, 175, 183. 
 
 Cristean (dau. of Alex. 3), m. capt. 
 Cunninghame, 165. 
 
 David I. of the ' Compt Buik,' m. 
 Matild Beaton. See passim^ e.g., i, 
 4, 15, 18, 47J<f^. (hisfamilyregister); 
 95 (marriage contract); 95, 191 (his 
 admission as burgess) ; 122 seq. (re- 
 vised family register) ; 1 30 (creation 
 as notary), etc. etc. 
 
 2. (son of Robert 5), 105, 147 n. 
 
 (son of David i), 48, 124. 
 
 59 «, 147 n. 
 
322 COMPT BUIK OF DAVID WEDDERBURNE 
 
 Wedderburn family {continued) — 
 David, m. Helen Lawson, 145 
 Elizabeth i. (dau. of Alex. 7), 
 83 n. 
 
 2. (dau. of John 3), 91, 145. 
 
 Eufame (dau. of David i), 48, 53, 
 
 54, 84, 123, 129, 176, 177, 188. ^ 
 George (son of Peter i), 187. 
 Helen i. (dau. of Alex. 7), 83 n. 
 2. (dau. of Robert 3), m. And. 
 
 Boyd, 73, 94, 95. 
 3. (dau. of David i), 47, 106, 
 
 123, 127, 141, 167, 176, 177. 
 Henry (son of David i), 126, 127. 
 Isobel (dau. of David i), 47, 126. 
 James I. (second son of Alex. 4), 
 
 generally designed ' Mr.', 24 25, 
 
 37, 46, 106, 107 n, 115, 143. 
 2. (brother of David), 2^,26, 29, 
 
 32 «, 38 «, 48, 68, 90, 92, 95, 99, 
 
 105, 106, 115, 125, 153, 163, 172, 
 
 189 n. 
 
 3. (son of David l), 48, 125, 
 
 173- 
 
 Janet I. (dau. of Peter i), m. William 
 Davidson, 47, 125. 
 
 2. (dau. of David i), 48, 85, 124. 
 
 Jean (dau. of Alex. 4), 76. 
 
 John I. (fifth son of Alex. 4), 169. 
 
 2. 19, 54, 85, 147 n. 
 
 3. of Craigie, 145 165. 
 
 4. in Kirkstyel, 40, 108, 139, 
 
 186, 189. 
 
 5. of Auchterhouse, 78 n. 
 
 6. m. Dundas, 145 n. 
 
 Katharine I. (sister of David), m. i, 
 William Duncan ; 2, William Fer- 
 guson, I ;z, 2 10, 32 «, 38 n, 42, 
 48, 56, 60, 81, 92, 124, 125, 172, 
 173, 189;/. 
 
 2. (dau. of David i), 48, 124. 
 
 Magdalen i. (dau. of Alex. 4), 47, 
 59 71, 126. 
 
 2. (granddau. of Alex. 5), m. 
 
 John Scrymgeourof Kirktoun, I 7i. 
 
 3- (dau. of David i), 47, 126, 
 
 171. 
 
 Margaret i. (sister of David), m. 
 Peter Clayhills, 9 32 n, 38 n, 
 48, 60, 67 n, 70, 124, 126, 132 «, 
 189 n. 
 
 2. m. capt. W. Haliburton, 82. 
 
 Matild (dau. of David l), 48, 123, 
 176, 177, 
 
 Patrick (son of Alex. 8), 14 19 n, 
 
 37, 89, 90, 166, 183. 
 Peter i. (fraternal uncle of David), 9 
 
 27, 38, 40, 78, 88, 89, 95, 125 w, 
 
 172, 187. 
 
 Wedderburn family {continued) — 
 Peter 2. (son of Peter i), 78,88, 116, 
 
 153, 167, 169, 183, 187. 
 3. (third son of Alex. 4), 160, 
 
 187. 
 
 4. (brother of David), 2 «, 13, 
 
 32 w, 38 n, 72, 92, 93, 94, 115, 
 141, 148, 153, 171, 172, 181, 186, 
 189 n. 
 
 sir Peter, 5. of Gosford (son of James 
 
 I), 24, 25 «. 
 Richard (son of Alex. 8), 14 w, 19 n, 
 
 34 ^• 
 
 Robert I. (grandfather of David of the 
 ' Compt Buik '), m. Janet Kyd, 
 II n, 12 15, 17, 18, 189 «. 
 
 2. notary (paternal uncle of 
 
 David), 2 n, ^ n, 12 w, 15, 18, 21, 
 24, 25, 33, 35 n, 38, 48, 54, 55, 81, 
 89, 93, 95, 96, loi, 105, 116, 129, 
 140, 141, 160, 161, 168, 177, 186, 
 187. 
 
 3. (brother of David), 12 n, 17, 
 
 18 n, 19, 25, 29, 40, 49, 73, 78, 
 90, 92, 194,97-99, 142, 146, 147, 158, 
 165, 172, 179, 181, 186, 189 «. 
 He m. I, Grissell Duncan, 18 « ; 
 2, Elspet Lovell, 18 n, 73,151, 152, 
 166 ; 3, Elspet Herin, 18 n, 94, 98, 
 99- 
 
 4. vicar of Dundee, 147 n. 
 
 5. merchant (son of Robert 4), 
 
 m. Eufame Coustoun, 54, 67, 78, 
 93, 97, 121, 123, 147, 156, 159, 
 160, 181. 
 
 6. (brother of Alexander 3), 
 
 59 ^• 
 
 Walter, in Welgait, 59 n. 
 William I. (fourth son of Alex. 4), 
 167, 171. 
 
 2. (brother of David), 13, 30 n, 
 
 38, 43, 92, 93, 100, 168, 172, 173, 
 189 n. 
 
 3. (son of James l), 24, 25 n. 
 
 4. m. Margaret Rollok, 145 n. 
 
 5* inonk, 59 n. 
 
 6. rev., of Pittenweem and Dun- 
 dee, 59 n. 
 Weir, Andro, in Etheltoun, 27. 
 John, 213. 
 
 Wemyss (Weymis), David, 240, 258, 
 269, 284, 294. 
 
 John, 256. 
 
 Walter, 282. 
 
 William, 62, 139, 171, 245, 253, 
 
 258, 270, 272, 285, 293, 294. 
 West field, Dundee, 76. 
 Westhall. See Betoun, James. 
 lady. See Cockburn, Helen. 
 
INDEX 
 
 White or Whyte (Quhyte), Andrew, 8, 
 
 35. 214. 
 
 David, 104, 170. 
 
 J. Martin, 13 it. 
 
 James F., 13 71. 
 
 Robert, 200. 
 
 Whitehall close, 36 n. 
 
 Whittinghame. See Douglas, Archi- 
 bald. 
 
 Wichtan or Vichtan, Thomas, 54, 74, 
 
 75, 85, 100, 115, 155, 169, 187. 
 Wider, Patrik, 183. 
 Williamsone, George, 208. 
 
 James, 244, 255. 
 
 Johne, 24 and w, 225. 
 
 Robert, 97. 
 
 Wilsone, David, 261, 296. 
 Wischert, Euffame, 48, 123. 
 
 George, 8 n, ii n, 173, 174. 
 
 of Drymmie, 11, 167 
 
 James, 213. 
 
 Wod, James, 106. 
 Woodhill, II n. 
 Wricht, Johne, 230, 258. 
 Walter, 276. 
 
 Wricht, William, 204, 216, 219, 220, 
 
 236, 247, 273, 297. 
 Wyes, Henrie, 281. 
 Wyntoun (Wentoun), Alex., 35. 
 
 of Strathmartine, 34 and w, 35, 
 
 89, 149. 
 
 Yeaman, David, 48, 123 and «, 219, 
 
 237, 248. 
 
 John, 165, 224, 247, 261, 273, 
 
 281, 291, 293, 297. 
 
 Patrick, 223. 
 
 Young, Andro, 235. 
 Isobell, 7. 
 
 James, 36, 90, 175, 229, 242, 256, 
 
 268, 284. 
 
 Janet, 162. 
 
 John, 269. 
 
 Peter, 8 «, 183. 
 
 sir Peter, of Seaton, 117 n. 
 
 Robert, 163. 
 
 Thomas, 28 and w, ill, 142. 
 
 ZoRDY, Patrik, 220. 
 
 THE END 
 
 Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty 
 at the Edinburgh University Press 
 
REPORT OF THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL 
 
 MEETING OF THE 
 
 SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY 
 ^ 
 
 The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society was held on 
 Tuesday, November 23, 1897, in DowelFs Rooms, George 
 Street, Edinburgh — The Earl of Rosebery in the chair. 
 
 The Hon. Secretary read the Report of the Council, as 
 follows : — 
 
 Since the last General Meeting of the Society the members 
 have received (1) The Itinerary of Prince Charles Edward^ 
 edited by Mr. W. B. Blaikie, as a supplement to The Lyon 
 in Mournings a volume belonging to the issue of 1895-96 ; 
 (2) Waristons Diary and other Papej'S, presented by Messrs. 
 T. and A. Constable as a gift to all members on the roll of 
 the Society in the current year 1896-97. 
 
 The two volumes belonging to the ordinary issue of this year 
 are : (1) The Memorials of John Murray of B7'oughton and 
 (2) The Compt Buik of Bailie David W edderhurne. Merchant 
 of Dundee. Both of these works have been unexpectedly 
 delayed, but not without some compensation. Mr. Fitzroy 
 Bell has had the good fortune to discover, during the past 
 year, a number of important papers, in the British Museum, 
 Public Record Office, and elsewhere, illustrating the affairs 
 dealt with in Murray's narratives. These supplementary 
 documents, which make 150 pages of print, add considerably 
 to the interest as well as to the bulk of the volume so long 
 expected. The whole is in type except the editor's intro- 
 
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 duction, and it should be in the hands of members before 
 the end of the year. 
 
 Mr. A. H. Millar, as was intimated at the last meeting, 
 has also made material additions to Wedderburne^s Compt 
 Buik, supplementing the merchant's private record by the 
 Shipping Lists of the Port of Dundee for 1580-1618. These 
 lists involved careful and laborious editing. The greater part 
 of the volume is, however, through the press, and will be 
 ready for issue with Murray's Memorials. 
 
 The works in preparation for next year, 1897-98, are — 
 
 I. The first volume of The Papers relating to the Scots 
 Brigade at the Hague, consisting of (1) Extracts from the 
 Resolutions of the States General ; Resolutions of the Council 
 of State ; Portfolios of Requests, of Diplomatic Correspondence, 
 and of Military affairs, etc., and (2) Regimental Papers, kept 
 in the several regiments during the eighteenth century, and 
 now preserved among the municipal archives in the Town 
 Hall of Rotterdam. 
 
 The documents from the archives of the Hague will alone 
 make two of the Society's volumes. A break, however, occurs 
 naturally at the Revolution of 1688, when the regiments 
 passed, for about ten years, into the direct service of Great 
 Britain under William iii. This first volume is ready to go 
 to the printer at once. A subsequent volume will carry on 
 the foreign history of the regiments from the period of the 
 Revolution until the final merging of the Brigade in the 
 Dutch national troops, and the consequent departure of the 
 British officers in 1783. 
 
 The Rotterdam papers, which are of an entirely different 
 character, being chiefly registers of births, deaths, and mar- 
 riages within the regiments, will form a volume apart. 
 
 II. The second publication to be issued next year will be the 
 first volume of the Montereul Correspondence, for this also 
 will consist of two volumes. More than half of MontereuPs 
 letters, beginning with August 1645, and dealing with his 
 
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 negotiations between the Scots Commissioners and Charles i. 
 in the interests of France, and ending with the surrender of 
 the king to the Scots army, were written from London, New- 
 castle, and Newark ; but after the withdrawal of the Scots 
 from England, and their abandonment of Charles, Montereul 
 took up his residence in Edinburgh as accredited agent of the 
 King of France. His letters from Edinburgh (eighty in number) 
 date from February 1647 to July 1648. With these are incor- 
 porated the letters of De Bellievre, the French ambassador in 
 London, and some few other papers on Scottish affairs of the 
 time. The French papers will in all cases be accompanied 
 with an English translation. 
 
 The Society has lost during the past year eleven members, 
 nine by death and two by resignation. The vacancies will 
 be immediately filled up, maintaining the roll of individual 
 members at its full complement of four hundred, and leaving 
 eighty names on the list of applicants for admission. 
 
 It is desirable that it should be generally known that, 
 although the number of private subscribers has been, for good 
 reasons, limited to four hundred, there is no such limit placed 
 on the subscription of public libraries. All public libraries, 
 or libraries belonging to public bodies, at home or abroad, 
 are free to become members of the Society at any moment. 
 During the past year five such libraries have taken advantage 
 of this rule, bringing the total number of libraries, now 
 subscribing, to fifty-six. 
 
 It is proposed by the Council that the Rule, No. 7, re- 
 garding the date of the Annual General Meeting be altered, 
 by substituting the words 'at the end of October or at an 
 approximate date to be determined by the Council,' in place 
 of the words, ' on the last Tuesday of October." 
 
 Three members of the Council retire by rotation : Mr. 
 J. R. N. Macphail, the Rev. A. W. Cornelius Hallen, and 
 Sir Arthur Mitchell. The Council propose that Sir Arthur 
 Mitchell be re-elected and that Mr. W. K. Dickson, Advocate, 
 
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 and Dr. David Patrick be appointed in the place of ]\Ir. 
 ^lacphail and ]Mr. Hallen. 
 
 The accompanying abstract of the Hon. Treasurer's accounts 
 shows that the income for 1896-97 has been ^489, 18s. and the 
 expenditure £S69, 2s. 9d., an excess of income over expendi- 
 ture of £19,0, los. 3d. There is a balance due by the bank as 
 at 2Tth October 1897 of ^195, 9s. 3d. 
 
 There has been paid out of the Reserve Fund for transcripts 
 of papers relating to the Scots Brigade in Holland the sum 
 of ^1, leaving the amount of that fund now at £61, 10s. 
 
 The Earl of Rosebery^ in mo\-ing the adoption of the Report, said 
 — Ladies and gentlemen^ It gives me sincere pleasure once more 
 to be in my proper place in the chair on the occasion of our annual 
 meeting, even although I understand that it has been necessary to 
 break a rule in order to secure my presence, an alteration of the 
 rule which is dimly hinted at in the Report to which you have 
 listened. I myself do not know why it was felt that the Scottish 
 Histoiy Society should only meet at the end of October. It is a 
 rule which has never been explained to me, and which I think we 
 would do well to expunge. With regard to the matter of the 
 Report, there is a paragraph immediately before that to which I 
 call attention, which I think is of some importance. We limit 
 ourselves as regards private members, but we do not limit our- 
 selves as regards public libraries ; therefore no one can say that we 
 are dilettantes or obscurantists with regard to the information 
 which we provide. We place it at the disposal of public libraries, 
 but we reserve to ourselves the limitation of our own membership. 
 Well, gentlemen, what is the prospect that the Report holds out 
 to us as regards publications. In the first place, we have the books 
 for next year, The Papers relating to the Scots Brigade at the Hague, 
 which is a subject of singular and original interest, and which I am 
 sure we shall all welcome. Then there comes the Montereul 
 Correspondence, which will throw light on what I think all will 
 acknowledge to be a verj' obscure part of Scottish history, and 
 which will furnish invaluable material to the historian. Then we 
 have closely upon us The Compt Buik of JVedderburne, during the 
 end of the sixteenth and part of the seventeenth century, which I 
 think falls closely within the scope of what we had in view when 
 we founded this Society — to throw light on the life of the countr}- 
 
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 and the people ; and I am sure nothing can do that so much as 
 the Scottish accompt books which we have been privileged to 
 inspect and to publish. But, if I may say, the bonne bouche in my 
 opinion of all that is held out to us is The Memorials of John 
 Murray of Broiighton. We all remember the famous stoiy of Sir 
 Walter Scott's father and the mysterious stranger who partook of 
 tea in Sir Walter Scott's father's house, and the father Scott 
 throwing the teacup out of the window and saying, ' No man shall 
 ever taste out of a cup that has been used by Murray of Broughton.' 
 That is a singular and sinister incident, and the memory of Murray 
 of Broughton is not altogether savoury in the nostrils of history. 
 But for all that that only makes the publication of his own apologia 
 the more interesting. I have been privileged, owing, I suppose, to 
 my official position, to have a private taste of this publication, and 
 I can assure you that your anticipations will not be disappointed, 
 and that you will not regret the delay which has enabled Mr. 
 Fitzroy Bell to add a considerable number of original papers from 
 the Record Office and from Her Majesty's collection at W^indsor 
 to that book. The only part I have not seen of the book is 
 perhaps that which we will all like the best, which is the introduc- 
 tion by Mr. Fitzroy Bell ; but that is a part which cannot be hurried, 
 and I am assured it is in good progress, and it will make the 
 volume additionally welcome when it comes. Now, gentlemen, 
 will you forgive me if I say one or two words, as I have not been 
 here for some time, owing to this nefarious rule of which I com- 
 plain — one or two words on the general scope and work of our 
 Society. In doing so I feel rather reminded of the speech by the 
 late genial Sir George Harvey, the President of the Royal Scottish 
 Academy, which I heard him make at one of the banquets of the 
 Academy, which have unfortunately fallen into abeyance. Sir 
 George Harvey was delighted with the exhibition, and he made a 
 speech which amounted in brief to this — There never M as such an 
 Academy, and there never were such pictures. Well, that is my 
 view of our Society, (Hear, hear.) I shall express it quite 
 frankly — there never was such a Society, and there never were 
 such publications. I very much doubt if any one can find any 
 serious fault with anything that the Society has done or with any 
 publication tliat the Society has put forward, and I venture to ask 
 you of what other society known to you can so much be said ? 
 What is it that we have been privileged to do } What is the gap 
 that we have been enabled to fill up ? I think all our publications 
 
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 are valuable ; I am sure they are. But some epochs and some sub- 
 jects appeal more especially to some than to others^ and I think that 
 we may say that on two subjects of great importance we have been 
 enabled to do a good work — work which perhaps no other Society 
 could have done. But besides that I flatter myself, — but here I can- 
 not carry my contention into the region of proof — I flatter myself 
 that we have done much more than simply instruct by our publica- 
 tions. We have done something in the way of inspiration to 
 writers and of inducing many to tread the field of Scottish history 
 who might not have been so attracted except by our publications. 
 I will take one book, the author of which is personally unknown 
 to me, and which I have read, and which I daresay you have read, 
 with the greatest admiration and delight. The Bye-ivays of Scottish 
 History, by Dr. James Colville, of Glasgow. I cannot say for 
 certain, for I have absolutely no knowledge on the point, that that 
 book has derived any inspiration from our work, but I like to think 
 that it has, Well, what are the two subjects on which I think it 
 has been the privilege of this Society to do the most important 
 work } The first is the histoiy of the Stuart family after the 
 abdication of James ii., and that is a period of history which is 
 still open to the historian. The history of the Stuarts after the 
 abdication of James ii., in spite of the invaluable material that 
 exists both at Windsor and elsewhere, and in spite of the very 
 valuable monographs on the various rebellions which they inspired 
 which have been written, remains yet I think to be properly put 
 in shape. Now, we have done a good deal in that way. I myself 
 have been privileged to co-operate by the publication of some lists 
 of those who took part in the rebellion of '45. I do not mention 
 that fact as an encouragement to others, but I mention it because 
 of the warning that it gave to me, which will last me as long as 
 my life. In a preface to that book I put in an extract which I 
 duly copied from a veracious authority, but when I was challenged 
 as to my authority I have never been able to put my hand on it 
 from that day to this, or to find the pamphlet from which I 
 extracted it. Therefore, it is only one more confirmation of the 
 invaluable advice given by an aged sage to one who sought his 
 guidance in life — ' Always wind up your watch at night, and verify 
 your quotations.' But, gentlemen, I also like to think that if I 
 have not been able to do very much myself, I made a suggestion 
 at the last meeting which I was able to attend which bore instant 
 fruit. I don't believe the result was due to my suggestion. I am 
 
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 not so vain as to think so, but I am happy to think that two 
 minds came together, and the result was that the suggestion that 
 I made that we might have an itinerary of the wanderings of 
 Charles Edward after the battle of Culloden has borne fruit, and 
 has been admirably carried out by Mr. Blaikie in a volume which 
 is now published. Now, let me make anotlier suggestion, which 
 I hope will be equally fruitful. Before the history of the Stuarts 
 can be written there is a book which must be compiled, and will 
 not be easily compiled. I suppose you all know Haydn's Book of 
 Dignities, which has been continued in a later edition by a Mr. 
 Ockerby, and published by Messrs.' Allen and Co. It contains all the 
 prominent honours, and dignities, and ministries which have been 
 conferred by the monarchy during the whole period of our history. 
 But what is wanted is a book of those dignities which were con- 
 ferred by the Stuarts after their departure from England in 1689- 
 During almost all that time they had their secretaryships of state 
 and their peerages, their knighthoods, and their various dignities, 
 and a list of that kind would be a most valuable assistance to an 
 historian of the Stuarts. I quite admit that the first edition 
 might not be a very complete book, because, I say, there would 
 be some difficulty in the compilation, but the first edition would 
 bring out so many suggestions, and put the editor on the track of 
 so many papers, that the second and the third and fourth editions 
 would be works of incalculable value to historians. Now, I dare 
 say, you might say — What is the use of any such book } the 
 dignities died with the people, and they were not of much interest 
 when they existed. But that is not the fact. Historians, with 
 all respect be it said to them, are not sufficiently careful in matters 
 of detail. They do not give us the actual date of resignations of 
 power and accessions to power, and in the majority of histories, if 
 anybody wishes to read them accurately, he has to read them 
 with some sort of calendar of dignities, with the exact dates by 
 his side, and with the book which I suggest. There is also this 
 to be said, that whereas dignities and ministries are perhaps of 
 ephemeral interest when conferred by dynasties that are actually 
 existing, there is an element of sympathetic pathos about them 
 when they represent nothing but a faded, an abdicated, and a 
 banished power. I am not sure that the whole calendar of the 
 melancholy Court of the Stuarts, their shadowy secretaries of state, 
 and their purely nominal dignities, would not have a greater 
 interest both for the historian and the student of human nature 
 
8 
 
 than that book of Haydn's to which I have referred, which tells 
 you of those who enjoyed power and substantial rank. Well, 
 gentlemen, I pass from that subject, the history of the Stuarts, 
 where I am sure we have laid a sure foundation for the future 
 historian, and I come to another subject on which a history has 
 also to be written, and where I think we shall some day be 
 recognised as having done an incalculably good work — I mean the 
 history of Scotland in the eighteenth century. The history of 
 Scotland in the eighteenth century has, I think, by all avowal, 
 never been written. You have had the history of the two or three 
 rebellions that were stirred up by the Stuarts or by their agents. 
 You have had copious histories of the Union. You have had the 
 history of the Porteous Mob told in great detail, and by a great 
 master of fiction as well. You have had the Darien scheme told 
 in great detail. Wherever the history of Scotland in the eighteenth 
 century has touched politics it has been told, but the history of 
 Scotland in the eighteenth century only in a very rare and indirect 
 degree did touch politics at all. After the Union I think we may 
 say that Scotland determined to take with the disability of the 
 laws of her separate government the full advantage of it. She 
 gave herself up to fitting herself for the great part that she w^as 
 destined to play in the government of the British Empire. She 
 recovered by a long period of repose the exhaustion of the political 
 part of her history, which was all excitement and which was no 
 repose, and as the affluent forces of nature gathered themselves 
 together under the uniform and impassive covering of the snow, 
 so under the apparent deadness and moderatism of the eighteenth 
 century Scotland w^as collecting her strength for the effort which 
 she has put forward in the nineteenth. But there is even more to 
 be said than this. She gained not merely by her reserve and 
 recuperation of strength in the eighteenth century, but by the 
 removal of the Court and of the Parliament and of the fashion of 
 Scotland to the Southern Metropolis. She was enabled to develop 
 in her rural districts types of independent character, which, I am 
 sorry to say, under the influence of the more successful nineteenth 
 century, with its railways and its hurry and its newspapers, are rapidly 
 disappearing, and which it will be the privilege of the historian of 
 the eighteenth century carefully to record. Well, I have been much 
 longer than I intended to be, but I was anxious to call attention 
 to the two fields in which I think w^e have done specially valuable 
 work, and which, I think, may encourage the historian of the 
 
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 future. I think the historian of the eighteenth century will not 
 be able perhaps to confine his researches to that century. He 
 will have to carry it on to the first quarter of the nineteenth 
 century^ for the period of which I speak has hardly ceased till 
 the Ministry of Mr. Canning, and, indeed, some of us have been 
 able to see in our lifetimes survivals of these rare types of lairds 
 and of divines, and of the servants of divines, which are specially 
 racy and characteristic of the Scottish nation and of Scottish 
 soil. Well, as long as we do this good work, I wish more 
 power to our arm. In fact, as long as the Scottish History 
 Society exists I look forward with a certain confidence to the 
 future. Of the history of the present we know nothing whatever. 
 In despite of the invaluable agencies which report to us almost 
 every event as soon as it occurs, we can only learn partially and 
 imperfectly the real history of our times. What we get from day 
 to day is, as it were, a kodak view — limited, narrow, and piercing — 
 but so limited that for the purposes of history it is of little value. 
 It will be a century hence before the large and serene gaze of 
 history can focus itself sufficiently on the events of the day to be 
 able to place them in their true relation and their true proportion ; 
 and I trust, and I firmly believe, that a hundred years hence the 
 Scottish History Society will be still active and vigorous, and 
 perhaps pointing its focus towards the somewhat distracting and 
 distorted events of the age in which we live. 
 
 Mr. Ralph Richardson seconded the adoption of the Report, 
 which was agreed to. 
 
 The usual vote of thanks was accorded to the Council ; and 
 Sheriff Mackay moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman, 
 which was acknowledged by Lord Rosebery. 
 
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^comsl) i^isftorp ^odttv 
 
 THE EXECUTIVE. 
 
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 Chairman of Council. 
 David Masson, LL.D., Historiographer Royal for Scotland. 
 
 Council. 
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 David Patrick, LL.D. 
 
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 University of Edinburgh. 
 J. R. Findlay. 
 
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 Professor Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart, M.D. 
 
 Corresponding Members of the Council. 
 
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 Rev. W. D. Macray, Oxford ; Rev. Professor A. F. Mitchell, 
 D.D., St. Andrews. 
 
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PUBLICATIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY 
 
 For the year 1886-1887. 
 
 1. Bishop Pococke's Tours in Scotland, 1747-1760. Edited by 
 
 D. W. Kemp. (Oct. 1887.) 
 
 2. Diary of and General Expenditure Book of William 
 
 Cunningham of Craigends, 1673-1680. Edited by the Rev. 
 James Dodds, D.D. (Oct. 1887.) 
 
 For the year 1887-1888. 
 
 3. Panurgi Philo-caballi Scoti Grameidos libri sex. — The 
 
 Grameid : an heroic poem descriptive of the Campaign of 
 Viscount Dmidee in l689, by James Philip of Almerieclose. 
 Translated and Edited by the Rev. A. D. Murdoch. 
 
 (Oct. 1888.) 
 
 4. The Register of the Kirk-Session of St. Andrews. Part i. 
 
 1559-1582. Edited by D. Hay Fleming. (Feb. 1889.) 
 
 For the year 1888-1889. 
 
 5. Diary of the Rev. John Mill, Minister of Dmirossness, Sand- 
 
 wick, and Cunningsburgh, in Shetland, 1740-1803. Edited 
 by Gilbert Goudie, F.S.A. Scot. (June 1889.) 
 
 6. Narrative of Mr. James Nimmo, a Covenanter, 1654-1709. 
 
 Edited by W. G. Scott-Moncrieff, Advocate. (June 1889.) 
 
 7. The Register of the Kirk-Session of St. Andrews. Part ii. 
 
 1583-1600. Edited by D. Hay Fleming. (Aug. 1890.) 
 
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 PUBLICATIONS 
 
 For the year 1889-1890. 
 
 8. A List of Persons concerned in the Rebellion (1745). With 
 a Preface by the Earl of Rosebery and Annotations by the 
 Rev. Walter Macleod. (Sept. 1890.) 
 
 Presented to the Society by the Earl of Rosebery. 
 
 9. Glamis Papers: The 'Book of Record/ a Diary written by 
 
 Patrick^ first Earl of Strathmore, and other documents 
 relating to Glamis Castle (1684-89). Edited by A. H. 
 Millar, F.S.A. Scot. (Sept. 1890.) 
 
 10. John Major's History of Greater Britain (1521). Trans- 
 lated and Edited by Archibald Constable, with a Life of the 
 author by ^Eneas J. G. Mackay, Advocate. (Feb. 1892.) 
 
 For the ijear 1890-1891. 
 
 11. The Records of the Commissions of the General Assemblies, 
 
 1646-47. Edited by the Rev. Professor Mitchell, D.D., and 
 the Rev. James Christie, D.D., with an Introduction by the 
 former. (May 1892.) 
 
 12. Court-Book of the Barony of Urie, 1 604-1 747. Edited 
 by the Rev. D. G. Barron, from a ms. in possession of Mr. R. 
 Barclay of Dorking. (Oct. 1892.) 
 
 For the year 1891-1892. 
 
 13. Memoirs of the Life of Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, 
 Baronet, Baron of the Exchequer, Commissioner of the Union, 
 etc. Extracted by himself from his own Journals, 1676-1755. 
 Edited from the original ms. in Penicuik House by John M. 
 Gray, F.S.A. Scot. (Dec. 1892.) 
 
 14. Diary of Col. the Hon. John Erskine of Carnock, l683- 
 1687. From a ms. in possession of Henry David Erskine, 
 Esq., of Cardross. Edited by the Rev. Walter Macleod. 
 
 (Dec. 1893.) 
 
PUBLICATIONS 
 
 5 
 
 For the year 1892-1893. 
 
 15. Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, First Volume — 
 The Library of James vl, 1573-83. 
 
 (Edited by G. F. Warner.) 
 Documents illustrating Catholic Policy, 
 
 (T. G. Law.) 
 
 Letters of Sir Thomas Hope, 1627-46. (Rev. R. Paul.) 
 
 Civil War Papers, 1643-50. (H. F. Morland Simpson.) 
 
 Lauderdale Correspondence, 1 660-77. 
 
 (Rev. John Dowden, D.D.) 
 Turnbull's Diary, 1657-1704. (Rev. R. Paul.) 
 
 Masterton Papers, 1 660-1 7 19. (V. A. Noel Paton.) 
 
 Accompt of Expenses in Edinburgh, 1715. (A. H. Millar.) 
 Rebellion Papers, 1715 and 1745. (H. Paton.) (Dec. 1893.) 
 
 16. Account Book of Sir John Foulis of Ravelston (1671-1707). 
 Edited by the Rev. A. W. Cornelius Hallen. (June 1894.) 
 
 For the year 1893-1894. 
 
 17. Letters and Papers illustrating the Relations between 
 Charles il and Scotland in 1650. Edited, with Notes and 
 Introduction, by Samuel Rawson Gardiner, LL.D., etc. 
 
 (July 1894.) 
 
 18. Scotland and the Commonwealth. Letters and Papers 
 relating to the Military Government of Scotland, Aug. 
 l651 — Dec. 1653. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by 
 C. H. Firth, M.A. (Oct. 1895.) 
 
 For the year 1894-1895. 
 
 19. The Jacobite Attempt of 1719. Letters of James, second 
 Duke of Ormonde, relating to Cardinal Alberoni's project 
 FOR the Invasion of Great Britain on behalf of the 
 Stuarts, and to the Landing of the Earl Marischal in 
 Scotland. Edited by W. K. Dickson, Advocate. (Dec. 1895.) 
 
 20. 21. The ^Lyon in Mourning, or a Collection of Speeches, 
 
 Letters, Journals, etc., relative to the Affairs of Prince 
 Charles Edward Stuart, by the Rev. Robert Forbes, A.M., 
 Bishop of Ross and Caithness. 1746-1775. Edited from his 
 Manuscript by Henry Paton, M.A. Vols. i. and 11. 
 
 (Oct. 1895.; 
 
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 PUBLICATIONS 
 
 For the year 1895-1896. 
 
 22. The Lyon in Mourning. Vol. iii. (Oct. 1896.) 
 
 23. Supplement to the Lyon in Mourning. — Itinerary of Prince 
 Charles Edward. With a Map. Edited by W. B. Blaikie. 
 
 (April 1897.) 
 
 24. Extracts from the Presbytery Records of Inverness and 
 Dingwall from 1638 to 1688. Edited by William Mackay. 
 
 (Oct. 1896.) 
 
 25. Records of the Commissions of the General Assemblies 
 {continued) for the years 1648 and 1649. Edited by the Rev. 
 Professor Mitchell, D.D., and Rev. James Christie, D.D. 
 
 (Dec. 1896.) 
 
 For the year 1896-1897. 
 
 26. Wariston's Diary and other Papers — 
 
 Johnston of Wariston's Diary^ 1639. (G. M. Paul.) 
 
 The Honours of Scotland, 1651-52. (C. R. A. Howden.) 
 The Earl of Mar's Legacies, 1722^ 1726. (Hon. S. Erskine.) 
 Letters by Mrs. Grant of Laggan. (J. R. N. Macphail.) 
 
 (Dec. 1896.) 
 Presented to the Society by Messrs. T. and A. Constable. 
 
 27. Memorials of John Murray of Broughton, sometime 
 Secretary to Prince Charles Edward^ 1740-1747. Edited 
 by R. FiTZROY Bell, Advocate. (May 1898.) 
 
 28. The Compt Buik of David Wedderburne, Merchant of 
 Dundee, 1587-1630. With the Shipping Lists of the Port of 
 Dundee, 1580-1618. Edited by A. H. Millar. (May 1898.) 
 
 For the year 1897-1898. 
 
 29. The Political Correspondence of Jean de Montereul and 
 THE Brothers Bellievre, French Ambassadors in England 
 and Scotland, 1645-1648. Vol. i. Edited from the 
 originals in the French Foreign Office, with Translation and 
 Notes by J. G. Fotheringham. 
 
 Documents in the Archives of the Hague and Rotterdam 
 concerning the Scots Brigade in Holland. Edited by J. 
 Ferguson, Advocate. Vol. i. 
 
PUBLICATIONS 
 
 7 
 
 In preparation, 
 
 Scotland during the Protectorate, 1653-1 6*59 ; continuation 
 of Scotland and the Commonwealth. Edited by C. H. Firth. 
 
 MONTEREUL AND BeLLIEVRE CORRESPONDENCE. Vol. II. 
 
 Documents concerning the Scots Brigade in Holland. Vol. ii. 
 
 Journal of a Foreign Tour in i665 and 1666 by John Lauder, 
 Lord Fountainhall. Edited by Donald Crawford, Sheriff 
 of Aberdeenshire. 
 
 Sir Thomas Craig's De Unione Regnorum Britannia. Edited, 
 with an English Translation, from the unpublished ms. in the 
 Advocates' Library, by David Masson, LL.D._, Historiographer 
 Royal. 
 
 A Translation of the Statuta EccLEsiiE Scotican^e, 1225-1556, 
 by David Patrick, LL.D. 
 
 The Diary of Andrew Hay of Stone, near Biggar, afterwards 
 OF Craignethan Castle, 1 659-60. Edited by A. G. Reid 
 from a manuscript in his possession. 
 
 Records of the Commissions of the General Assemblies {con- 
 tinued), for the years 1650-53. 
 
 Register of the Consultations of the Ministers of Edinburgh, 
 and some other brethren of the ministry from divers 
 parts of the land, meeting from time to time, since the 
 
 INTERRUPTION OF THE ASSEMBLY l653, ON THE PuBLIC AfFAIRS OF 
 THIS DISTRESSED AND DISTRACTED KiRK, WITH OTHER PaPERS OF 
 PUBLIC CONCERNMENT, 1 653-1 660. 
 
 Papers relating to the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745, with other 
 documents from the Municipal Archives of the City of Perth. 
 
 A Selection of the Forfeited Estates Papers preserved inH.M. 
 General Register House and elsewhere. Edited by A. H. 
 Millar. 
 
 A Translation of the Historia Abbatum de Kynlos of 
 Ferrerius. By Archibald Constable, LL.D, 
 
 Documents relating to the Affairs of the Roman Catholic 
 Party in Scotland, from the year of the Armada to the 
 Union of the Crowns. Edited by Thomas Graves Law, LL.D. 
 
 Macfarlane's Genealogical and Topographical Collections in 
 the Advocates' Library. Edited by J. T. Clark, Keeper of 
 the Library.