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DUNDEE » 1887.

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HE Author has to acknowledge gratefully the assistance he has received in the preparation of this volume. His sincere thanks are specially due to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.T., K.G. ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Strathmore, Lord- Lieutenant of Forfarshire ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Southesk, K.T. ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, LL.D. : the Right Hon. the Earl of Camperuown ; Sru John Ocjilvy of luvorquharity, Bart.; Sir William Eraser, LL.T)., K.C.B. ; the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, D.C.L.. LL.D., M.R; Patrick Stirling, Esq. of Kippendavie ; George Armitstead, Escj. ; Frank Hender.son, Esq. ; Edward Cox, Esq. ; A. C. Lamb, Esq., F.S.A. Scot., and the other noblemen and gentlemen who kindly revised the proofs of the articles relating to the various members of their families whose names appear in this work. He has also to acknowledge the valuable aid afforded by the Sub-Committee of the Town Council charged with the duty of superintending the work, including Provost Ballingall, Bailies W. M. Ogilvie and John TuLLOCH, Dean of Guild Mathewson, Ex -Bailie Wm. Hunter, Ex -Bailie J. S. Bradford, and William Hay, Esq., Town-Clerk. To the gentlemen who granted permission to utilise ilocuments preserved amongst their family papers his acknowledgments are also due. From the care taken to secure accurac)', it is hoped that the volume will be found useful as an authentic book of reference upon Scottish history and genealogy.

To Hugh Ballingall, Es(i., Provost, and to the Magistrates and Town Council of Dundee, by whose direction this work was unflertaken, the present volume is respectfully dedicated.

A. H. MILLAR.

October, LS^r

CONTENTS.

1513. Lord Gray, Provost, .... 9 „ James Scrymgeour, Constable of Dundee, 10 „ Gilbert Gray, Son of Lord Gray, . .11 ,, Andrew Abercrombie, Provost, . .11

1.514. Alexander, Earl of Craufurd, . . 12 ,, James Weddorbiirn, junior, . . 13

1515. James, Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, . . 14 „ Alexander, Lord of Ogilvy, . . .15 ,, Robert Maule of Panmure, . . .15 ,, James Scrymgeour, . . . .16

1516. Alexander Seres, 16

1523. John Scrymgeour of Glastre, . . 17

1526. Alexander Ogilvy, Son of Lord Ogilvy, 17

„ James Scrymgeour, yr. of Duntruue, . 18 ,, Thomas Fotliringhame of Powrie, . IS

„ James Scrymgeour, yr. of Fardle, . 19

,, Walter Scrymgeour, yr. of Glastre, . 19

1529. Mariote Ker, 20

1535. Magister Thomas CIayhill.s, ... 20 ,, Robert Wedderburne, . . . .21 ,, William Wedderburn, . . . .22

1539. Magister Walter Spalding, ... 22

1540. William Ruthven of Bandene, . . 23 ,, James Haliburton, Provost, . . .24

1543. Herbert Glaidstanes, . . . .27

,, Walter Scrymgeour of Glaswell, Provost, 28

1550. Finlay Duncan, Surgeon, . . .29

1553. James Wichtand, Chaplain of Kinnaird, 29

1555. John Maxwell of Terriklis, Ivnt., . 30

1559. Henry Lovell of Ballumbie, . . 30

„ George Haliburton of Pitcur, . .32

„ Magister Walter Smetoun, . . 32

„ Alexander Guthrie, fiar of that Ilk, . 33

1562. James Scrymgeoure of Glaswell, . . 34

„ James Goldman, Merchant, . . 35

1564. Alexander Maxwell of Tealing, . . 39 ,, Magister Alexander Hepburne, . . 40

1565. Andrew Balfoure of Monquhany, . . 41 ,, Robert Balfoure, his Son, . . .41 ,, Andrew Balfoure, junior, of Monc|uhauy, 41 ,, David, Earl of Craufurd, Provost, . 42 „ Thomas Fothringham of Powrie, . 43

1568. John Blair, junior, of Balgillo, . . 44

1568. 1571. 1574.

1575. 1576.

1582.

1583.

1586.

1587.

1588. 1589.

1592.

1.596. 1597. 1599.

1600.

PAGE

John Lovell, junior, of Ballumbie, . 44

John Carnegie of that Ilk, . . .45

George Ramsay of Bam If, . . .46 David Guthrie of Kincaldrum, . . 46 Gilbert Auchinleok, of that Ilk, . . 48 David Robertson, Minister of Rossie, . 48 Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope, . 49 Magi-ster Alexander Wedderburn, . 51

Magister Alexander Beatoun, . . 53 David Wedderburne, . . . .54 Francis, Earl of Bothwell, . . .55 Hercides Stewart, . . . .55 David, Earl of Craufurd, . . .57 Michael Balfour of INIonquhany, . . 59

]\Iagister Thomas Ramsay, Schoolmaster, 59 John Chrystesoun, Pa.stor, Invergowrie, 61 Ludovic, Duke of Lennox, . . .61 John, Lord Hamilton, . . .62

Captain Robert Cunningham, . . 64 George, Earl Marischal, . . .65 James Lawson of Humbie, . . .67 George Balfour, Prior of Charterhouse, 67 John, Earl of Mar, . . . .69 Sir Archibald Striveling of Keir, Knt., 70 Andrew Wood of Largo, . . .71 Alexander Hume, of North Berwick, . 72 William Lundie, of that Ilk, . . 73 Patrick, Lord Gray, . . . .74

Gilbert Gray, Bandirrane, . . .74 Gilbert Gray of Milnhill, ... 74 William Gray, Son of Lord Gray, . 74

David Scrymgeoure of FardiU, . . 75 James Ogilvie of Balfoure, . . .76 .I\Iagister William Fergusson, Physician, 76 Magister Peter Young of Seatoun, . 78 Sir James Anstruther, junior, of that Ilk, 80 James Robertsoun, Jlinister of Dundee, 81 Magister Andrew Lamb, . . .82 John Scrymgeoure, younger of Dudhope, 83 Magister Alexander Gibson of Durie, . 84 Sir Thomas Areskyne of Gogar, Knt., . 85 Sir John Ramsay, Knt., . . .85 Sir Hugh Herries, Knt., . . .85

VI.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

IGOO. James Crichton of Ruth veil, . . 87

87 IGOl. George, Marquess of Hiintly, . . 89

91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 91 92

1602. David Kiiiloch, M.D., " . . .92

94 96

1603. "William Graham of Glaverhouse, . . 96 „ Magister Robert Howie, Pastor of Dundee, 97

1605. David Maxwell of Tealing, ... 98 „ Thomas Wintoun of Strikomartine, . 99

1606. John Scrymgeoure of Kirktoun, . . 100 „ Magister James aSTicolsoun, Megill, . 100 ,, Magister James Gleig, Schoolmaster, . 101

1611. William WedderburnejPastorof Dundee, 102

1612. Sir Robert Danielstoun of Montjoy, . 103

1615. James Neill, Surgeon, .... 104

1616. David, Lord Carnegy, .... 105

1618. John Young, Dean of Winchester, . 105 „ Magister Patrick Young, King's Librarian, 107

1619. John, Earl of Perth, . . . .108 „ James Scrymgeoure, youngerofDudhope, 109 „ Colin Campbell, Pastor of Dundee, . 109

1620. David Graham of Fintrie, . . .110 ,, Tlionirts Fotliringham of Powrie, . 112 „ ]\Iagister John Fothringham of Powrie, 112 „ IMagister George Graham of Glaverhouse, 113 „ John, Lord Holyroodhouse, . . .114 „ AVilliam Sandilands of St Monans, . 114 „ William Sandilands, junior, . . .114 „ Magister iVndrew Sandilands, . .114

James Crichton of Ruthveii,

George Hay of Netherliff, .

George, Marquess of Huntly,

William Gordon of Geicht, .

George Gordon, younger of Geicht,

James Gordon, younger of Lesmoir,

Alexander Murray of Cowbairdie,

Alexander Ileriiig of Litill Blair, .

William Stewart of Seatoun,

James Gray of Schives,

Adam Dutf, younger of Tullynesle,

James Gordon, in Piainy,

Jolm Gordon, younger of Newton,

John Chalmer, in Drumbolg,

John Gordon, younger of Carneburro,

Adam Gordon, Son of Carneburro,

Adam Gordon, Son of the Laird of Crichi

William Borthwick,

Alexander Gordon, Son of Lesmoir,

Andrew Gray, Son of Lord Gray,

Magister Gilljert Ramsay,

David Kinloch, M.D.,

!Magister David Lindsay, Schoolmaster,

Magister Andrew Clayhillis, Monifieth,

William Graham of Glaverhouse, .

1620. James Leirmonth, younger of Balcomy,. 115 ,, James Carmichael of Balmedie, . .116 ,, John of Bothwell, . . . .116 ,, James, Earl of Biiehan, . . .117 „ John, Earl of Kinghorne, . . .117 „ Frederick Lyon of Brigton, . . .117 ,, Andrew, Lord Gray, . . . .118 ,, Sir WiUiam Murray of Abercairney, . 119

1621. Sir Alexander Home of Manderstone, . 120 ,, John Erskine of Balgonie, . . .120

1622. William, Earl of Morton, . . .121 „ Robert, Lord of Dalkeith, . . .121 ,, Archibald, Lord of Lome, . . .121 ,, Patrick, Lord of Lundors, . . .124 ,, Alexander Erskine of Dun, . . . 125 „ John Livingstone of Kynnaird, . .126 „ Alexander Nairn, Queen's Chamberlain, 127 ,, Robert Montgomery, jMinister atKinnaird, 1 27 ,, David Scrymgeour, younger of Dudhope, 128

1623. James, Lord of Coupar, . . . 128 „ ]\Iagister Alexander Gibson, yr. of Durie, 130 ,, John Gibson, Son of Lord Durie,. . 130

James, Master of Deskford, . . .132 John Duncansone, Pastor of Dundee, . 133 Dr Patrick Blair, Physician, . .134

George Haliburtou of Fotherance, . 134

Sir Patrick Drummond, Knt., . .135 David Primrose, Advocate, . . .136 Magister Robert Bruce, Lord Broomhall, 137 Magister Henry Cheip, Advocate,. . 138 Simon, Lord Eraser of Lovat, . .138 Hew, Master of Lovat, . . .138

Jolm Carnegie, Son of Lord Carnegie, . 140

1625.

1627.

1629, 1631. 1632.

1633.

Alexander Carnegie, Son of Lord Carnegie, 1 40 Sir George Auchinleck of Balmanno, . 140 Magister Archibald Auchinleck, . .140 Magister David Wedderburn, Aberdeen, 142 John Graham, younger of Fintrie, . 143

Magister James Graham, . . .143 Patrick Maul of Panmure, . . .144 George Maul of Pannmre, . . .144 Henry Maul, Son (if Patrick Maul, . 144 William Laud, Bishop of London, . 146

William Juxone, Bishop of Heryfoord, . 146 Magister John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray, 146 Magister John Maxwell, Bishojj of Ross, 146 Magister Gilbert Primrose, . . .150

Magister George Gibson, yr. of Durie, . 151

		CONTENTS.
		PAGE
1633.	William, Earl of Dalhousie, .	151	1668.
))	Sir Janaes Sandilands of St Monans		))
	Knt.,	152	J)
1634.	Sir Jolin Mackenzie of Tarbat,	152	1670.
))	Simon Mackenzie of Loclislyne, .	152	JJ
n	John Mackenzie of Loclislyne,	152	JJ
))	Kenneth Mackenzie of Coull,	152	J)
»	Thomas SyJserflf, Bishop of Brechin,	154	J)
>j	James SyJserff, ....	154	1671.
1636.	Sir Patrick Hay of Megginch,	155	3»
1646.	Jolm, Earl of Loudon, .	155	5)
))	John, Earl of Middleton,	156	33
1648.	John, Lord Balmerinoch,	158	)T
J)	John, Master of Balmerinoch,	158	Ji
))	James Fitliie, Schoolmaster, .	160	JJ
1650.	Walter Graham of Duntrune,	161	J5
1651.	Sir Adam Hepburue of Humbie, .	161	)3
)J	Thomas Ilepburne, younger of Humbie	, 161	1675
)J	Sir Thomas Hamilton of Prestene,	161	3J
»	James Hamilton of Priestfield,	161	t3
)»	Patrick Hamilton, Son to Prestene,	161	3J
J)	James Hamilton, Second Son to Prestene	,161	33
1657.	Magister Peter Wedderburne, Advocate	, 163	13
1660.	John, Viscount Dudhope, .	164	J)
M	Patrick, Earl of Kinghorne, .	164	)3
5»	John Graham of Claverhouse,	166	11
)3	David Graham, Brother of Claverhouse	166	3)
)J	James Graham, Son of Duntrune,	166	)>
JJ	John Graham, Son of Duntrune, .	166	3>
3)	George, Earl of Linlithgow, .	169	1676
J)	George, Lord Liviixgstone, .	169	J)
)J	Sir Thomas Stewart of Grandtully,	170
1661.	Sir George Mackenzie of Tarbat, .	171	J)
J»	George Mackenzie, Lord Advocate,	171
1663.	William, Earl of iMortoun, .	175	3)
JJ	David, Lord Lour,	175	1677
)5	Charles, Lord Claremont,	175	1678
)1	Andrew Middleton of Balbegno, .	175	J>
1)	Sir Alexander Durham, Lord Lyon,	175
»	Sir John Strachan,	175	1689
)i	Muugo Murray of Garth,	175	1713
3)	Alexander Milne, Minister of Dundee,	177	1717.
)J	Eobert Edward, Minister of Murroes, .	177	33
))	Magister David Fergusson, .	179	1721
1665.	Alexander Wedderburn, yr. of Kingemii	e,180	3)
1667.	William Oliphant, Mariner, .	ISl	1742
1668.	John, Earl of Eothes, . . . .	182	1746
))	James, Earl of AirHe, . . . .	182	1753

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PAGE

Charles, Earl of Aboyne, . . .182 David, Lord Ogilvy, . . . .182 Sir James Carnegie of Balnamoon, . 182

Robert Sibbakl, 188

John Beattic, 188

John, Lord Lindores, . . . .191 Colonel Ludovic Leslie, . . .191 Sir James Macgill of Rankeillor, . .191 Sir Henry Bruce of Clackmannan, . 192 David Bruce of Kennet, . . .192 Sir Alexander Bruce of Broomhall, . 192 IMagister Patrick Lyon, Advocate, . 192

John, Lord Elphinstone, . . .194 Charles, Lord Haltoun, . . .194

Sir James Foulis of Colintoun, . .195 Sir John Lockhart of Castlehill, . .195

John Wedderburne, Son of Lord Gosford, 196 Sir Peter Wedderburne of Gosford, . 196 Peter Wedderburne, Son of Lord Gosford, 196 Alex. Wedderburne, Son of Lord Gosford, 196 Robert Lawrie, Bishop of Brechin, . 197

David Rollo, 197

Sir David Ogilvy of Clova, Knt., . . 198 John, Earl of Athol, . . . .198 James, Lord Murray, .... 198 Thomas Murray, Lord Glendoick, . 200

Robert, Earl of Southesk, . . .200 Robert, Viscount of Arbuthnot, . . 200 Jolm Murray, Tutor of Stormonth, . 200

John Graham, Postmaster of Scotland, . 201 William Tolmash, Son of the Duchess of

Lauderdale, 202

Magister Thomas Tolmash, Son of the

Duchess of Lauderdale, . . . 202 Robert Lumisdaine of Stravithie, . 202

Magister Hew Dalrymple, Advocate, . 203 John Siezer, Engineer, . . .203

Dr George Haliburton, Bishop of

Brechin, 206

Alexander Duncan of Lundie, . . 207 Magister Patrick Lyon, Schoolmaster, . 208 Alexander Duncan of Lundie, . . 209 Jolm Scrymgeoure, younger of Teahng, 209 Professor James Duncan, . . .211 Patrick Murray, Son of Ochtertyre, . 211 William Morisone of Nauchton, . .212 H.R.H. the Duke of Cumberland, .212

Magister John Glas, Minister, . .215

VUl.

CONTENTS.

1753. 1760. 1761. 1765. 1767. 1768. 1771. 1776. 1780.

1782.

1791. 1793. 1795. 1797. 1799. 1804. 1807. 1811. 1812. 1813.

1816.

1817.

1818. 1820.

1821. 1822,

1823. 1825, 1826,

1828, 1829,

Thomas Glas,

Eev. James Balliugall, Minister, Dundee, Magister George Dempster of Dunniclien, John Dempster, Merchant, . James Ivory, Watchmaker, . "William Pulteney, Westminster, . John Guild, Provost, . Alexander Riddoch, Provost, Colonel Jolin Campbell of Boquhan, John E<amsay L'Amy of Dunkenny, Thomas Bell, Provost, . Admiral Lord Rodney, Alexander Balfour, Provost, William Lindsaj-, Provost, . Thomas Ivory, Watchmaker, Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan, . David Brown, Provost, Patrick Anderson, Provost, . James Chalmers, Bookseller, Robert Jobson, Provost, George Duncan, M.P. for Dundee, Sir David Wedderburn of Baliudean

Bart.,

James Brown, Provost,

Edward Baxter of Kincaldrum, .

James Ivor}', Advocate,

Andrew Curr, ....

William Curr, ....

Patrick Hunter Thorns, Provost, .

Thomas Neish, Merchant in Dundee,

Sir David Baxter,

John Symers, ^Merchant,

Lieutenant^Colonel AVilliam Chalmers,

Archibald Campbell of Ely ths wood,

The Hon. Hugh Lindsay,

William Johnston, Provost,

Principal Nicol, D.D., St Andrews,

Professor Thomas Duncan, St Andrews,

Alexander Lawson, Provost,

George Rough, junior, Provost,

William Hackney, Provost,

James Carmichaol, Engineer,

Charles Carmichael, Engineer,

Jolm Boyd Baxter,

Sheriff L'Amy of Dunkenny,

Captain Basil Hall, R.N., .

Alexander Kay, Provost,

James Keish, Merchant,

PAGE

215 217 217 222 223 224 225 226 228 229 230 231 233 234 236 237 241 242 242 244 245

246 247 248 249 250 250 250 251 252 253 254 255 255 256 256 257 258 258 259 260 260 261 262 263 264 265

1831. David Jobson, Provost, ,, Viscount Duncan, ,, William Maule of Panmure, M.P., „ Joseph Hume, M.P., . „ Charles William Boase, Banker, . „ William Harris, junior, Bailie,

1832. George Kinloch of Kinloch, M.P., 1834. Charles, Earl Grey, .

,, Henry, Lord Brougham and Vaux,

„ John, Earl of Durham, 1837. Sir H. Parnell, Bart., .

,, John Gladstone of Fasque, . 1841. Francis MolLson, Merchant, .

1843. Richard Cobden, M.P.,

1844. H.R.H. Prince Albert,.

1845. John Ewan, Provost, . 1847. Jame.s Yeaman, M.P., .

1850. Fox Maule, IM.P.,

1851. Adam, Viscount Duncan,

1854. George Armitstead, M.P.,

1855. Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity, Bart, „ David Rollo, Provost, . „ Alexander Hay Moncur, Provost,

1857. Rev. David Livingstone, LL.D.,

,, Charles Parker, Provost, 1863. John, Earl Russell, M.P.,

,, William Hay, Provost,

1866. William Brownlee, Provost, .

1867. Walter, Duke of Buccleugh and Queens

berry, ..... „ Sir Charles Lyell of Kinnordy, Bart., „ Sir Roderick Impcy ]\Iurchison, Bart., ,, Sir William Armstrong, Knt.,

1868. James Cox, Provost, . „ Frank Henderson, M.P.,

1869. William Robertson, Provost,

1870. Hugh Ballingall, Provost, .

1874. Claude, Earl of Rtrathmore and King-

home, .....

1875. Alex. Mackenzie, Premier of Canada, ,, David, Earl of Airlie and Lintrathen,

1878. Sir Thomas Bouch, „ John Stirling of Kippendavie,

1883. Archibald, Earl of Rosebery, „ Robert, Earl of Camperdown, ,, John, Earl of Dalhousie,

1884. John Bright, M.P., .

1885. George, Duke of Argyll,

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265 266 266 266 268 269 270 271 271 273 274 275 277 277 279 281 281 282 282 283 284 285 285 286 287 287 289 291

292 292 292 292 296 297 297 298

300 301 302 303 304 305 305 305 307 307

INTRODUCTION

HOUGH the civic history of Dundee previous to the beginning of the fourteenth century is involved in considerable obscurity, there is sufficient evidence extant to show that the Burgh was regarded as an important national and commercial centre long before that time. From a Charter by KiNG Robert the Bruce to the Burgh, dated 1327, it appears that Dundee had enjoyed burghal privileges previous to the time when it was con- feiTed upon David, Earl of Huntingdon, by his brother William the Lion, who reigned from 1165 till 1214. The deed whereby the King bestowed the Burgh of Dundee upon the Earl of Huntingdon is no longer in existence, but that such a gift was made is proved beyond question by contemporary references made to " Earl David's Burgh" in documents which are preserved amongst the archives of England in London. From the " Exchequer Rolls of the Kings of Scotland" we learn that long anterior to the date of the oldest existing Charter (1327), a large portion of the Royal revenue consisted of customs uplifted in Dundee from wool and hides exported from the harbour of Dundee to the Netherlands. It can be proved from un- doubted records that the earliest trace of any commercial relations between Scotland and England is found in a special privilege given to the traders of " Earl David's Burgh of Dundee" before the close of the twelfth century.

Few documents relating to the civic history of Dundee dui-ing the thirteenth century are in the possession of the Town Council, arising, it is asserted, from Edward I. of England, who twice visited the Burgh, having caused them to be removed or destroyed. In the Charter by Robert I. reference is made to privileges granted by Alexander III. to the Burgh ; but as these are not detailed, the Confirming Charter of 1327 is really the foundation of the civic development of Dundee, so far as the Town's Records are concerned. It is not necessary to refer to grants made to the Burgh by later Sovereigns, as the Charters were printed in extenso by order of the Town Council in 1880 [Charters, Writs, and Public Documents of the Royal Burgh

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2 INTRODUCTION.

of Dundee— 1292-1880] ; nor need allusion be made to its rapid growth commercially during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, as that development is clearly shown by numerous entries in the Eegister of the Great Seal, and in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. The following pages take up the story of the progress of Dundee from 1.513 till the present time, showing indirectly, but upon incontestable grounds, the vicissitudes which it has experienced.

lu preparing this volume, it was thought expedient that no name should appear in the list of Honorary Burgesses that belongs to an earlier date than the existing Roll, which begins in 1513. Many of the names of Burgesses previous to that time might safely have been included, on the supposition that they had been admitted as Guild-Brethren ; but all names have been excluded save those of men who are proved upon authentic grounds to have been Burgesses of Dundee.

The Roll of Burgesses has been ke23t regularly since 1.581, but the names betwixt 1513 and that date have been transcribed in chronological order, and placed in their proper positions upon the list. These names are all in the same handwriting, and it is probable that they have been copied from the Minute-Books of the Council and from the Burgh Court Books, for the period between 1513 and 1581. The Minutes of Council were formerly kept in the volumes which contained the records of the Burgh Court, the earliest of the latter still existing bearing the date of 1550. The regular Council Minutes do not begin till 1553, and this Burgess-Roll is therefore the oldest civic record in po.ssession of the Town Council.

The manuscript volume in which these names are entered merits some description. It consists of 1,020 pages of unruled antique paper, bound in leather-covered wooden boards, and closed with two engraved brass clasps fitted with locks and keys, hence called the " Lockit Book." The first fly-leaf contains the following particulars as to the fee (in Scots money) for admission of Burgesses, written in handwriting of the sixteenth century : —

" The Accidentis that are coniounlie payd be friemen at y^ first Ressaving —

To the Dene of Gild his collectr xx .ss. & vj ss. & viij d. for Packing and peilKng, To ye Kirk-maister x ss.

To ye Clerk x ss. for inserting uf his name, and iij ss. & 4 d. for ye extract y^ of. To ye Gild Officer x ss.

Off friemenis sones at yl admissione —

To ye Dene of Gild .x ss. & vj .ss. & viij d. for Packing and Peilling.

To ye Kirkmast. vj ss. 8 d.

To ye Clerk, ye dewtie above-written.

To ye Gild Offf ye dewtie foirsaid."

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On the following page a table of the fees (in Scots money) at a later date has been extended, shewing several additional items : —

" The Sunima of the Accidents of each burgess at his entric — to the Giklvie --....

to the Clerk and extract -----

to the Kirk': ---.-.

the Hospitaller ------

to the Officer --.-_.

to the Jaylor ---...

lib.	ss.	(i.
2	6	8
0	1.3	4
0	10	0
0	3	4
0	10	0
0	1-2	0

4 15 4"

The first portion of the Lockit Book is described as " The Buik of ye Comoun Rentallis of the Burgh of Dundie, fliiishous [Flesh-house], and Kirk-wark thairof, with the names of all Burgessis, friemeu, and Brether of the gild within ye sam. Sen ye moneth of September the zeir of God ane thousand five hnndreth and threttene zeiris, and Swa to follow In tyme cumming. This maid and devysit in yc tyme of M'.' James Halieburtoun, provest, Alexander Scrymgeoure, William Forrester, James Fyndlasoun, and Alexander Ramesay, bailleis of ye said Burgh." This part of the volume is divided into three portions, named respectively " The Thesauraris Chairge," " The Kirkmaisteris Chairge," and " The Chairge or Rentall of ye Maister of ye Hospital of ye Burgh of Dundie." Under these heads a detailed account is given of the dues uplifted from various properties in the Burgh for the support of religious ordinances in pre-Reformation times. From the internal evidence afforded by the names of holders of property mentioned, as well as from the evidence of the handwriting, it is apparent that this Roll was made up in 1582, "in the time of Mr James Halieburtoun, provost." The ecclesiastical property that had been secularized by the famous Charter of Queen Mary in 1567, and handed over to the Burgh, is described in detail, the dues formerly exigible for support of various chaplainries and altars being entered as separate items in the Charges. This part of the volume was examined by the late Professor Cosmo Innes when preparing the evidence for the Stipend Case (1851-58), and portions of the entries were printed by him in the papers relating to this important suit. In Maclaren's edition of Thomson's " History of Dundee" (1874) there are also copious extracts given ; but it may be useful for future historians of Dundee to know where the complete Rental-lists as they were made up in 1582 are to be found. They are written on the first fifty-four pages of the Lockit Book.

The remainder of this interesting book is occupied with the Roll of the Burgesses of Dundee from 1513 till the present time. It is perfectly evident that it was begun in 1582, the entries

4 INTRODUCTION.

up to that date being all in the handwriting of Magister ALEXANDER Wedderburne, who was Town-Clerk at that time. I'lie inscrij^tion at tlic head of tlie first page reads thus : —

"Heir fcillowis the Xamcs of tlu' Uurgossis, friemen, and Brother of Cilclc of the Burgh of Duudie, maid sen the moneth of September In the zeir of God ane thowsand fyve hundreth and threttene zeiris, and of sic persones as sail obtene the frcdome and libertic Thairof in tyme cuming."

The value which the Councillors formerly set upon this important volume may be estimated from the fact, frequently recorded in the Minutes, that when the Lockit Book was to be opened for the inscription of any new name upon the Roll, a " bank" or proclamation by tuck of drum was sent through the town to announce the event to the citizens.

The Town-Clerk of the Burgh has always been the custodian of the volume, and he acted as the scribe who inserted the record of the fact that a certain tradesman or merchant was admitted a brother of the Guildry. All the entries previous to 1646, and the majority of them up till 1700, are written in the legal Latin of the time, and always explain that the admission of the Burgess was claimed through right of his father — ratione libcrtatis sui patris ; by request of the King — ad rogatufn Regis; for good services — ^^j-j-o bono servitio ; for his counsel and aid in the service of the Burgh — pro consilio et auxilio suo servendo hurgo de Dunde ; or for some other reason distinctly specified. Honorary Burgesses who had no claim through their ancestors or by marriage, are always distinguished as having the honour conferred free of charge — accidens gratis; anfl frequently the special reason for bestowing this dignity upon them is detailed, and thus an indication of the spirit of the time is afforded, and the relationship of Dundee to the leading nobles and statesmen of former days is clearly shewn. Many of the names recorded in the succeeding pages will be examined with surprise and interest, as they reveal the social and political history of Dundee in a manner which no other documents of a similar character have hitherto done.

Immediately preceding the Roll of the Burgesses the Town-Clerk has inserted the following extracts from the Acts and Proceedings of the Burgh Court of Dundee, which relate to the duties and jirivileges of Burgesses in the olden times, and may find a place here : —

" [At the Head Court of the Burgh of Dundee held in the Town House there Ijy honourable men, George Lovell, Kobert Myln, James Forrester, Thomas Maxwell, Bailies of the said Burgh, on the eleventh day of the month of January, I55I.]

" The quhilk day it is statute and ordanit that all Burgesses of this Burgh shall ciuii, Rcmane and mak residence within the same, To Jois and Brouk the privilegis and liberteis thereof, and to decoir the same

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efter thair power -witli thair counsall help and Supplie In taxationes, walking, wairJing, and all vtlier dewteis conforme to the maintenance of the privilege of the Burgh lyik as yai are swomc be thair aithis quhen thai ar maid Burgessis.

" [At the Head Court of the Burgh of Dundee held in the Town House thereof the 18th June, 15G7.]

" The rjuhilk day it is statute and ordanit In Respect of the gryit misordoiir of persones Rcsortand To tills Bur^ and pretendand to be friemen Burgessis and Bretlier of gild thereof, Thai uatlier beand qualifeit To use the Tred of ^lerchandice Xor zit able to saifl" Thair aith gewine the time of thair admissioun to ye fredome. Thairfor That na persoun be admittit efter This pnt. dait to be Burgess frieman or Brother of Gild of this Burgh without Thair honeste lyift' conversatioun, and nianeris be notorlie knawin.

" The quhilk day it is also statute and ordanit That gif ony frieman of this Burgh caryis or transportis fra this Burgh, or zit TraflSques w' ony unfriemandis gudes under cullor of his awin. That ye offendar tyne his fredome forever, and never to be admittit yyto agane. In respect he is thairby periurit [perjured] and the cnst(jms of this Burgh gryitlie defraudit.

" [At the Head Court of the Burgh of Dundee held in the Town House thereof by these honourable men ^Magister James Haliburtoun, Provost, Alexaxder Scrymgeodr, and William Forrester, Bailies of the said Burgh, 23rd April, 1582.]

" The (pihilk day it is ordanit and eoneludit that the honc.iurable estait of Gildrie of this Burgh be kepit, maintenit and defendit In all Lawis, privileges, constitntiones, friedomes and liberteis grantit be our soverane Lord and his maist nobil progenitours To ye estait of Gildrie of this Bur^ and according to ye Lawis and Actis of Parliament maid thairaneut, and that all Brether of the said Gildrie Reverence, obey, fortifie, and assist thair Dene of Gild pnt and to be for the tyme In all his conveutionis Jugements and ordinances according to ye commissioun and po^^•er grantit to hym, and that nae man attempt to do in the contrair under the panes conteanit In the saidis privilegis to be e.xecut but favor.

" The quhilk day it is also statute and ordanit That nae Burgess and Brether of gild be maid w'^ this Burgh without payment of the sowme of twentie lib. money, and that nae Burgesship nor Gildrie rpdiilk sail be gewin heirefter gratis Lest ony langer than the lyftyme of him that obteanis the same, Swa that his bairnes nor nane quhatsumever sal pretend na privilege thair tlirow."

Au examiuation of these entries will show the conditions under which a burgess enjoyed hi.s privileges in early times. The Letter of Guildry, or Charter from the Magistrates by which the powers of the Guildry were settled, bears the date 10th October, 1515, and was confirmed by JAjVIES V. in 1526 ; but the constitution of the Guild was a gradual development extending over a very long period. Not long after the Guildry had been instituted it was recognised by the Government as affording an admirable weapon whereby the power of law might be maintained. Oaths were introduced at a very early stage for the purpose of excluding members of the community from public offices who refused to undertake the support of established authority.

6 IXTRODUCTION.

When t.his method of compelling loyalty was found successful it was extended still further by the introduction of the Burgess Oath, by which every Burgess and Guild Brother was sworn to maintain both King and Church as by law established. This Oath has undergone several curious transmutations ; and the Lockit Book is an exceptional volume in tliis respect, that from its pages we can learn no less than three different forms of the Burgess Oath.

The earliest form of Oath contained in the volume precedes the Roll of Burgesses, but it has been carefully obliterated at a date long subsequent to its insertion. After a careful and laborious inspection and examination it has been entirely deciphered, and is here reproduced. It is a most interesting historical item, since it shows the exact form of Oath administered after tiie Reformation by the victorious Protestant nobles who sujiported King James VI.

" The Aitli and faitlifull Protestatioune or Promiss to be maide be ewrie Burgess and Brother of Gild insert in tliis Lockit Book.

" I sail serve fear and obey the eternall lord ourc god, I .sail profess maintene and continew in the trew Relligioune now faythfuUie and purelie teachit and followit within this roalmo of Scotland and Speciallie within this Burgh, and abhor and detest all other Relligioune repugnant thairto, and sail defend observe and obey the holy ordinances of oure trew Kirk, and speciallie the ordure of di.scipline thereof. 1 sail be leill and trew tn the Kiugis M. of Scotland and his liienes niaist nobile sueccssouris. I .sail fortifie and defend after my power the coinonwealtli of the Burgh of Dundie. I sail reverence and obey the ^lagistrates thereof, speciallie the Prouest, Balleis, and Counsall of the sam anil all thair guid and godlie Lawis and Stattutis. I sail in lyikwayis be obedient to the dene of Gild of this Pjurgli, and sail be subiect to his jurisdictiouue and all his privilegis Actis and ordinances maid for the weill and Comune Estait of the Gildrie. I sail maik concord amang Nichbouris quhair discord Is. I sail noeht hyde conceaU nor yet traffique with ony Vnfremenis gudes vnder culloure of myn awn. I sail handle and dealt riohteouslie with all men in my awin occupatione. Quliilk premessis I oblis nie till observe and fullfill during all the space of my lyftyme Be the holy name of God the father Sdue ami holy ghost. Amen."

This form of the Oath has evidently been engrossed in the Lockit Book when the volume was begun in 1581, and may therefore be taken as the oldest form subsequent to the Reformation. Two interpolations have been inscribed on the margin in 1639, for the purjjose of carrying out the abolition of Episcopacy by the General Assembly which met at Glasgow in the preceding year. The first addition is made so that the sentence reads, " The holy ordinances of our trew Kirk, and speciallie the ordoure of discipline thereof statutt and ordained be the Act of Assemhlie held at Glasgoiu Now. 16SS." The second interpolation refers to the establishment of the suc- cession to the Throne, and by it the sentence is made to read thus, " I sail be leill and trew to

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the Kingis M. of Scotland and his hienes maist nobile succcssouris, our established rulers." A third interpolation has been made after the exposure of the monopoly system, and is in these terms, " I sail handle and deall richteonslie with all men in my awin occiipatioune, mid tall not procure nor he -pairtner n't. of any monopolie."

After the Union of the Parliaments (1707) it was found necessary to amend the Burgess Oath, and a new form was prepared, and is written iu the Lockit Book on the page facing the first of the Roll. It is titled "The Aith and faithfull protestation or promise to be made be every Burgess and Brother Gild insert in this Booke as amended this seventh day of February one thousand seven hundred and eight years." The terms of this Oath do not greatly differ from that already quoted. In the earlier Oath reference is made to " the trew Relligioune now faythfuUie and purelie teachit and foUowit within this real me of Scotland, and Speciallie within this Burgh ;" but in tiie new form this description is elided, and the phrase " the true reformed protestant religione" is substituted. No allusion is made to the Assembly of 1G3S, nor to the Queen's " most noble successors" being " our established rulers ;" but otherwise the new Oath is identical with its immediate predecessor. The first Oath has apparently been obliterated when the last one was written in 170S. The subscription of this Oath was made a stringent condition of entrance for all Burgesses, and after the date of its introduction every entry bears that the new Burgess had " taken the Oath" as well as paid his fee. In one corner of the page on which the Oath is inscribed, the suggestive sentence is written : — "Abolished by Act of Council, 1st September, 1819."

It would not have been possible to have reproduced the names of all the Burgesses inscribed upon this Roll and given particulars of their careers within reasonable limits, hence only a few of the more prominent names have been selected, and brief biographical notes of the principal Burgesses have been added. The main reason for the production of the present volume is to afiford authentic data for the construction of an adequate record of the progress of the Burgh. In this respect the Burgess-Roll is many-sided, for whilst it takes note of the local magnates and burghers by whose exertions the commerce and manufactures of Dundee were developed, it also shows most clearly the relationship which the Bui'gh bore towards those entrusted with the control of national affairs. The words of an eminent author, whose ancestors' names may be found in the volume, may well be applied to it : — " Look at the mighty names which stand inscribed upon the Roll of Fame — warriors, sages, and statesmen — the beacons of the present, the examples of the past."

On the fly-leaf of the Lockit Book a short Latin inscription has been written over the signa- ture— Magister Alexander Wedderburne, Archigraphus, Ciiitatis Beidonancc. The writer was

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Town-Clerk of Dundee three hundred years ago, was the transci-iber of the first part of the Roll, and was one of the leading men of his time, both in the affairs of the Burgh and of the Kingdom. The following is a translation of the inscription referred to : —

" If it he tb}' ilosigu to ornament the City by thy gifts, be thou dedicated tby.sclf, in the first place, to whatsoever is loveliest, and of Clemency, Justice, and Beneficence thou shalt raise aloft the best and most memorable monument within the Republic, not merely an inconsiderable building. For if Reason should rule iu cities, it is better certainly for great souls to inhabit small houses than for mean slaves to lurk in magnificent mansions.

" The Euboeans and .Spartans did not build and repair their walls with stones onl3", but with Discipline and Zeal for Good Morals, which are the visible ornaments alike of cities and of rulers. Flourishing, truly, and peaceful they made the Republic, by uniting together not logs and stones, but livm" souls."

ROLL

EMINENT BURGESSES OF DUNDEE.

15 1 3-1 8 8 6.

1513. October 3rd.

LORD GRAY, Provost. In temipore Lord de Gray, Frovost.

The family of Gray was first settled in the Car.se of Gowrie in the beginninoj of the four- teenth century, SiR Andrew Gray of Chilliugham obtaining the lands of Longforgan from King Robert I. in 1806, for military services. It is probable that he received large grants of land in the neighbourhood of Dundee at that time, as we find his descendants in unquestioned posses- sion of the West Field and the Common Meadow of Dundee shortly after that date, whilst the Lady Egidia Gray in 1860 had a widow's terce out of the produce of the Mills and Fishings of Dundee. The title of Baron Gray was conferred upon Sir Andrew's descendant and name- sake before 1437 ; and the Lord de Gray who was Provost of Dundee was the third holder of that title. He was the son of Patrick, Master of Gray, and Annabella, daughter of the first Lord Forbes, and succeeded his grandfather in 1469. His name appears frequently in the history of the time, as he was a pjromincnt Member of the Privy Council of James IV., and held the office of Justice-General of Scotland. In 1488 he was appointed to the Heritable Sheriffdom of Angus — a post similar in dignity to that of Lord-Lieutenant of the County in our day — which office was administered by his descendants till about 1G30. He was twice mai-ried, his first wife being a grand-daughter of the Earl Marischal, and his second a grand-daughter of Lady Joanna Beaufort, Queen of James I. His name does not appear as Provost of Dundee any- where save on the Burgess-Roll. He died in 1514, the year succeeding this entry. Several of his descendants appear at a later date as Honorary Burgesses of Dundee.

c

10 JAMES SCRYMGEOUR, CONSTABLE OF DUNDEE.

1513. October 3rd.

Jacobus Scrymgeour, Constabularius de Dundee, effedus est frater Glide, pro cons'dw et

auxilio servanda dicfe hurgo.

(JAINIES SCRYMGEOUE, Constable of Dundee, is made a Guild Brother, FOR HIS Counsel and Help in Serving the said Burgh.)

Perhaps no name is more familiar in the civic annals of Dundee than that of Scrymgeour, the connection of the family with the Burgh extending back for six centuries. The alleged origin of the name belongs to even an earlier date. It is said that when ALEXANDER I. left his palace at Invergowrie to quell a rebellion in the north about the year 1110, he was accompanied by SiR Alexander Carron, a brave knight, who distinguished himself in the moment of imminent defeat by seizing the Royal standard from Bannerman, the standard-bearer, and carrying it across the Spey, where he planted it in full view of the rebels, and turned the tide of battle. For this act of bravery the King made the Knight his hereditary standard-bearer — vexillator Regis — giving him " the name of Skir.meschur or Scrymgeour, signifying a hardy fighter," and bestowing certain lands upon him as a reward. BuRKE states that Alexander I. gave liim the right to bear the lion as a part of the Royal Scottish Arms upon his shield ; but as the lion was not assumed as the Roj'al cognizance for nearly a century after Alexander's death, this part of the story must be rejected.

The first settlement of the Scrymgeour family near Dundee regarding which there is any authentic record took place in 1298, in which year Sir William Wallace, as one of the Guardians of Scotland, granted to Alexander Skirmeschur the lands of Dudhope, the Upper Field of Dundee, and the King's portion of the West Field of the Burgh, together with the office of Hereditary Constable of Dundee. This interesting document, which is the oldest original charter relating to Dundee that is known to exist, is preserved in the General Register House, Edinburgh. Alexander was succeeded in the Constableship by Nicol Scrymgeour in 1317, the office being confirmed to him at that time by Robert I. From the Exchequer Rolls we learn that the annual fee paid to the Constable in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries amounted to twenty shillings. The ScRYMGEOURS took an active interest in the Burgh from the time of their first connection with it, and were frequently Provosts of Dundee. The member of the family whose name was enrolled in 1.513 was the seventh in direct descent from the com- panion-in-arms of Sir William Wallace.

The father of this James Scrymgeour had served the Burgh in a double capacity, having been Provost of Dundee in 1492, and Member of Parliament for the Burgh in 1491 and 1492. His mother was Lsaeelle, daughter of LoRD Gray, and sister of the LORD Gray who was Provost in

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1513, wlicn he was admitted. He succeeded his father in 1503, and had thus been Constable of Dundee ten years before ho was made Burgess. Like his predecessors he took much interest in the progress of the Burgh, and was himself made Provost in 1519, and again in 1525. Whilst acting in this capacity it was his duty to sign the important charter whereby the Walker Craft of Dundee founded an Altar dedicated to S. Mark, Evangelist, within the Parish Kirk of Dundee. In 154'o-4 he served as Lord of the Articles in the Scottish Parliament. His wife was Mariota Wardlaw (not Stewart, as usually stated) [Rc(j. Mag. S'lg. Jac. V. 2G0S.], by whom he had one (laughter, Elizareth, who was married to James Scrymgeour of Kirktoun, through whom the ancient line is now represented by Henry S. Scrymgeour- Wedderburn of Wedderburn and Birkhill. Having no male issue to succeed to his estate and titles, he executed a charter in 1541 settling his succession upon the Kirktoun branch, failing the issue of his uncle, John Scrym- geour of Glaister. He died in 1540, without male issue, and the succession fell to his nephew, John Scry'MGEOUR of Glaister, whose name appears on the Burgess-Roll in 1523. One of the sisters of the Constable of Dundee was married to the Earl of Buchan, and another became the wife of Lord Carlyle of Torthorwald.

L513. October Srd.

GILBERT GRAY, Son of Andrew, Lord de Gray.

Gilbert Gray of Buttergask was the eldest son of Lord Gray', Provost of Dundee, by his second wife, Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of John, Earl of Athol, and was thus great- grandson of Queen Joanna. He was married to Egidia, daughter of Sir Lawrence Mercer of Aldie ; and his eldest son, Patrick, became fifth Lord Gray.

1513.

ANDREW ABERCROMBIE, Provost.

The name of Abercrombie is derived from an estate in the county of Fife, and the Provost OF Dundee who succeeded Lord Gray evidently belonged to the Abercrombies of that Ilk. His life is not recorded in any history of Dundee, though he must have been one of the most successful Burgesses of his time. His name appears attached to the Letter of Guildry, dated

12 ALEXANDEU, EARL OF CRAUFURD AND LORD LINDSAY.

10th October 1515. From a charter executed by him in 1521, shortly before his death, it appears that he had founded an Altar dedicated to S. Barbara iu the Parish Church of Dundee before that time, and he then granted a large annual rent from his numerous properties in Dundee for the support of a perpetual Chaplain at that Altar. The eminent position which he must have tlien held in the Burgh is shown by the fact that he was owner of extensive properties in the Argylls-gait, the Fleuker-gait, the Well-gait, and the Cow-gait, no less than fourteen different tenements being laid under contribution to furnish the annual fee of the Chaplain. By a special clavise in the charter he provided that that fee should not exceed 20 marks, the residue collected from thcj^e properties and from the estate of Gibliston in Fife being designed for distribution amongst the poor of Dundee. Nor were these the only pious bcnefjxctions of this worthy citizen. It was he who founded and endowed the Monastery of Black or Dominican Friars in Dundee, the last religious institution of the kind established in the Burgh. The building stood on tiie west side of the Friars' Vennel — now Barrack Street — opposite the burying-ground of the Gray Friars or Franciscans, which afterwards became the Howff. The Dominicans or Preaching Friars — Fratres Predicatores — were doomed to have but a brief existence in Dundee, as in 1567, about half-a-century after their foundation, the whole of their lands and endowments were conveyed by Queen Mary to the Town Council.

Andrew Abercrombie's wife was Elizabeth Barry — a name well known in Dundee at that time — and she seems to have survived her hu.sband for several years. Her consent to the Foundation-charter of 1521 is recorded, and it is certain that the Provost's death took place before 1526, as in that year the Perpetual Vicar of Lathrisk in Fife was in receipt of 10 sol. annually for masses to be said for the repose of the soul of " Andrew Abercrombie, late Burgess of Dundee." This duty was committed to the Chaplain of the Collegiate Kirk of Crail, and the annual fee was made over to him. No trace is now to be found of the property with which the Altar of S. Barbara was endowed ; and the name of Abercrombie will not readily be recognised by the Burgesses of our time as that of a munificent benefactor.

1514.

ALEXANDER, EARL of CRAUFURD and LORD LINDSAY, is aiade a Brother of the Guild, for his Counsel and Aid in the Service of the Burgh of Dundee.

The connection of the Craufurd family with Dundee extends back for a considerable space of time. There is no authentic account of the precise period when they first settled in this locality, but there is every likelihood that it took place towards the close of the fourteenth century, when the first Earl of Craufurd built the Chapel of S. Nicholas on the rock of the Craig, circa 1390. For many years after that date the " Earl's Lodging" in Dundee, built by the

JAMES WEDDERBURN, JUNKIR. 13

same Earl David, was one of the 2>riucipal residences of the Craufun] family, and they long exacted an important portion of their revenue from the Customs of the Burgh. Many of the old Earls of Craufurd were buried within the precincts of the Gray Friars Monastery, afterwards known as the Howff, and it was here that Earl John, the nephew of tlie Lord Lindsay entered on the Roll of Burgesses, was interred after his death on the held of Floddeu, where he had held a chief command. Alexander Lindsay of Auchtermonzie, who succeeded him as seventh Earl of Craufurd, and whose name heads this notice, was the second son of the famous Earl who fought with the Earl of Huntly at Brechin in 14.52. His elder brother, David, fifth Earl OF Craufurd, was created Duke of Montrose by James III. in 14S8, but John, the only son of the latter, did not assume the title, nor did Alexander, his uncle and successor, lay any claim to the Dukedom, though the grandfather of the present Earl of Craufurd sought to establish his right to the title in 1853. Sir Alexander Lindsay of Auchtermonzie had come into that estate throuoli his mother, and was advanced in j'cars before he came to the title of Earl of Craufurd. From the Roll of Burgesses, as well as from the " Book of tlie Church" [MaxtucU's " Old Dwadee," p. 507], we learn that he was Provost of Dundee in 1514, the year in which he was admitted as a Guild Brother, and at a time when he was actually Duke of Montrose. He did not long survive to enjoy his title, as he died in 1517, leaving two sons, the elder of whom was the famous David, eighth Earl of Craufurd. His grandson gained an unenviable notoriety as the " Wicked Ma.ster of Craufurd," who lost his life in a brawl in the Market-gait of Dundee. The names of both Earl John and Earl Alexander are frequently omitted from the " Peerages," but there is documentary evidence extant to prove that Earl John's body was brought from Flodden and interred in the Gray Friars Monastery, Dundee, and also that " Earl Alexander died at Fiuhaven, and was buried at Dundee." The latter was the chosen confidant of Queen Margaret after the death of James IV., at Flodden, and during his term of office as Provost of Dundee he was appointed, together with other three noblemen, " to remain con- tinually with her, to give her counsel and assistance." At the same time he was appointed High Justiciary north of the Forth, and had the task committed to him of reducing the turbulent Highlanders to order. His death took place on the 14th of May, 1517. To some of his successors in the Earldom of Craufurd, who were also Burgesses of Dundee, reference will be made at a later date.

1514.

JAMES WEDDERBUEN, Junior, is made a Brother of the Guild, by reason

OF THE Liberty of his Father.

The Wedderburn family took their name from the lands of Wedderburn, in Berwickshire, where they were located at a very early date. James Wedderburn, a cadet of this family, came to Dundee in 1430, and was engaged in commerce. His son, James Wedderburn, pursued a similar vocation, and rose to the position of Bailie in the Burgh, his name appearing as Bailie

li JAMES OCILVY, LORD 0(ai,VY.

giviug sasinc in two importaut charters from the " Walkeris Craft" to the Kirk of Dundee, under dates 1.517 and 1523. James Wedderburn, Junior, whose admission is ah-eady recorded, was his son ; and from him the race of Wedderburns tliat for so long a period guided the municipal affairs of Dundee is directly descended. This entry is especially interesting, as it is the earliest appearance of the name of Wedderburn in the existing Burgh records.

James Wedderburn, Junior, was married to Jaxet Forester, daughter of David Forester in Xevay, who inherited from her father the lands of Trosto and Tullohill, in the Baronj' of Feme, Forfarshire. These lands she granted, with her husband's consent, to their son, JoHN Wedder- BURX, in 1.527. It is worthy of notice, as showing their social position, that this charter was signed by the father and mother with their own hands, although writing was not a common accomplishment in those days. On 31st August 1.533, James Wedderburn purchased from James Scrymgeour, Constable of Dundee, thirteen acres of land, one portion of which is de- scribed as " lying between the lands of the chaplainry of the B.V.M. in the Welgait and the road which goes between the Welgait Port and Diidup," whilst the other is referred to as the place " commonly called Cawdame-Greyne, Daiue, and Daineaker, lying beside the lands of Clapantoun." This charter is interesting, as showing the condition of the town at the time. Six of the thirteen acres purchased lie in the very midst of the Dundee of to-day. The last notice of James Wedderburn occurs in a charter of 1.537, w-herein he is alluded to as the proprietor of certain lauds " near the Butterbuni." His son John was the first of a succession of Wedderburns who held the office of Town-Clerk of Dundee for nearly a century and a half.

1.515. October 15th. JAMES OGILVY. LORD OGILVY, is made a Brother of the Guild, by

REASON OF THE LiBERTY OF HIS FaTHER.

The nobleman whose name is here recorded was the third Lord Ogilvy OF Airlie, his grandfather having been raised to the Peerage by that title in 1491. His father, through whom he claims the Freedom of the Burgh, was John, second Lord Ogilvy, and was connected with Dundee through his marriage with the GRAHAMS, LoRDS OF KINCARDINE, who were allied matrimonially to the Royal Family of Stewart. There is no existing record of the entrance of the second Lord Ogilvy as a Burgess of Dundee, although the entry quoted above proves that he had that privilege. The comiectiou of the third Lord Ogilvy' with Dundee was probably brought about through his near relationship to Robert Graham of Fintry, who was frequently Provost of Dundee, and whoso descendants, the Grahams of Claverhouse, were long a most important family in the neighbourhood. The third Lord Ogilvy of Airlie was married to Margaret, daughter of David Lindsay, eighth Earl of Craufurd, the son of that Earl of Craufurd to whom allusion has been made as Provost of Dundee. Many of his descendants have been enrolled amongst the Burgesses of Dundee since his time.

ALEXANDER OGILVY, LORD OF ilGILVY — ROBERT MAULE. 15

1515. October 15th.

ALEXANDER OGILVY, LORD of OGILVY, is made a Brother of the Guild, by reason of the Liberty of his Father.

Sir Walter Ogilvy of Auchleveii {oh. 1473) aciiuh-ed the lands of Deskford through hi.s marriage with Margaret, daughter of Sir John Sinclair of Deskford. Hi.s great-grandson, the Alexander here enrolled, obtained a charter in 1511 incorporating the lands of Deskford, Findlater, and Keithmore into one entire barony of Ogilvy ; hence his title, " LoRD OF Ogilvy." He was nearly related to James, Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, whose name precedes his own on the Burgess-RoU, as their common ancestor wa.s SiR Walter Ogilvy (oh. l-i-tO), Lord High Treasurer of Scotland. As Alexander, Lord of Ogilvy, claims the Freedom through his father, SiR James Ogilvy {oh. 1505-6), this proves that the latter was also a Burgess of Dundee, though the record of his admission is no longer in existence. The j)i'esent representative of Alexander, Lord Ogilvy, is the Earl of Seafield.

1515. October 15th.

ROBERT MAULE of Panmure is made a Brother of the Guild, by reason

OF the Liberty of his Father.

The origin of the Maules of Panmure cannot be readily traced, but it is supposed that they were descended from the Maules of the Lordship of Maule, near Paris, a possession, it is stated, which was owned by the family for the long period of four hundred years previous to the eleventh century. Their first appearance in Scotland took jjlace during the reign of David I., a certain Robert Maule having come to this country along with that Monarch. William, son of this Robert, obtained the lauds of Easter Fowlis in Perthshire as a reward for his bravery at the Battle of the Standard (1138), and since that time the history of the family has been intimately connected with the progress of Dundee and of this neighbourhood. From the entry in the Roll it is evident that Robert Maule's fiither, Sir Thomas Maule of Panmure, had been a Burgess of Dundee. The latter was slain at Flodden, and Robert Maule succeeded to the estate in September, 1513.

He \vas of rather a turbulent disposition, even for those unquiet times, and frequently engaged in serious jDolitical brawls during the time of James V. and the earlier portion of QuEEN

16 JAMES SCRYMGEOUR — ALEXANDER SERES.

Mary's reign. He was married to IsoBEL, daughter of SiR LAURENCE Merger of Aldie, and Wixs thus hrothcr-in-law to Gilbert Gray of Buttergask, whose name appears near his own on the Burgess-Roll. He died in 1560, and the names of not a few of his descendants will be found recorded in the succeeding pages.

1515. October.

JAMES SCRYMGEOUE, Son of the late Nichol Scrymgeour, is made a Brother of the Guild, by reason of the Liberty of his Father.

One of the younger branches of the SCRYMGEOURS of Dudhope seems to have been early engaged in Dundee in a mercantile capacity, and the above James Scrymgeour belonged to this portion of the race. His father, NiCHOL Scrymgeour, was the owner of extensive property in the Market-gait (F/cm.s Fori), and was apparently a merchant of considerable importance. NiCHOL ScRYMGEt)UU died previous to 1496, and was succeeded by his son James, wlio claims his liberty through his deceased father.

1516. October lOtii.

ALEXANDER SERES is made a Brother of the Guild, at the request

of the Governor of Scotland.

The Seres family took their territorial title from the lands of Ceres, in Fifeshire, and the first trace we find of them in connection with Dundee is in a charter granted to Robert DE Seres, Burgess of Dundee, by Sir Patrick Gray, dated 22nd June, 1408. By this document he obtains the possession of certain lands in the Common ileadow at the north of Dundee, between the Gray Friars' fields and the lands of S. Salvador, tlie charter being confirmed by Robert, Duke OF Albany, on the above date. From this time forward several members of the Seres family rose to eminence in the Burgh — two of them, both named Robert, holding the office of Town- Clerk of Dundee for more thau lialf-a-century. Previous to 1492 Robert and Thomas Seres, Burgesses of Dundee, founded an Altar dedicated to S. Magnus The Martyr, " on the north side of the choir of the Parish Church of Dundee," and Thomas Seres took a prominent part in civic affairs, being for a long time one of the principal bailies.

JOHN SCRYMGEOURE— ALEXANDER OGILVY. 17

In " The Book and Register of Amies," prepared by SiR David Lindesay of the Mount in 1542, the arms of "Seres, Lord of Dwnde of auld," are blazoned thus: — Gules: three daggers, point downwards, in pale. Later genealogists assert that there is no authority for the title of Lords of Dmulee, although it seems very unlikely that SiR David Lindesay, then Lyon King of Arms, would have invented it without reason.

It is not easy to discover what precise services had been rendered to the Governor, John Stewart, Duke of Albany, to evoke this form of gratitude. Albany had been called from France to assume the Regency of Scotland in 1.515, during the minority of James V., but was entirely unsuited for so delicate a task, and was forced to return to France, after what has been described as eight years of " great incajDacity and extreme unpopidarity — loaded with the curses and reproaches of the nation." As the Governor's chief opponent was the Earl of Angus, who then held sway throughout Forfarshire, it may have been Albany's intention to secure the assist- ance of the " Lord of Dundee," lest he should find it necessary to make the Burgh a point of attack. No trace now remains of this once-important family, and even the name of Seres Haugh, near which their mansion probably stood, has been altered long ago. It is now called Mouorgon's Croft, and revenues from it — known as Johnstone's Charity — afford relief to a considerable number of indifrent inhabitants.

1523. October 16th. JOHN SCRYMGEOURE of Glastre is made a Brother of the Guild, by

REASON OF THE LIBERTY OF HIS FATHER.

The father of this John Scrymgeoure was the second son of that Constable of Dundee who died in 1476. His elder brother James has already been referred to {vide page 10), and also his nephew the Constatsle, who died in 1546. The John Scrymgeoure of Glastre who is here enrolled ultimately succeeded his cousin as Constable of Dundee in 1546, and from him the Viscounts of Dudhope and Earls of Dundee claimed direct descent. He died in 1575, and was succeeded by his son, Sir James Scrymgeoure.

1526. November 12th.

ALEXANDER OGILVY, Son of the late James, Lord Ogilvy, is made a Brother of the Guild, by reason of the Liberty of his Father.

James, first Lord Ogilvy, had three sons, the eldest of whom succeeded him as second Lord Ogilvy of Airlie — the Alexander here enrolled being the second son. James, third L(.>rd Ogilvy, is enrolled as a Burgess under date 15th October, 1515, claiming through his father,

D

18 JAMES SCRYMGEOUR — THOMAS FOTHRIXGHAME.

tlie second Liuti) OoiLVY ; but as Alexander, brother of tlie latter, also claims through his father, this shows that the first Lord Ogilvy was also a Burgess of Dundee. As he died iu loO-t, and the existing Roll only begins in 1513, we have no other proof of this fact than the above entrv, but it is interesting as showing how long the family from whom the Earls of Airlie sprang has been connected with Dundee.

1526. November 12th.

JAMES SCEYMGEOUR, Son and Heir of James Scrymgeodr oe Duntrune, IS made a Brother of the Guild, by reason of the Liberty of his Father.

The lauds of Duntrune, which belonged iu early times to the Ogilvys, came into the posses- sion of the Scrymgeours of Dudhope about the beginning of the sixteenth century. The father of the James Scrymgeour mentioned above was probably the first of the Scry'mgeour Lairds of Duntrune, but they did not obtain full control of the lands, as from a charter dated 1539 it appears that the Constable of Dundee disposed of an annual rent from these lands, which afterwards belonged to the Burgh of Dundee. Early in the following century they passed into the possession of the family of Graham, nearly related to the Claverhouse branch. It is likely that this James Scrymgeour was engaged in the Burgh in a commercial capacity, as there are many of the name to be found in the records of the time, but, as he may have dropped his territorial title, it is impossible to identify him.

1526. November 12tli.

THOMAS FOTHPtlNGHAME of Powrie is made a Brother of the

Guild, gratis.

The earliest evidence of the settlement of the Fothringham family near Dundee is found in a charter by Robert IL, dated IGth October, 1377, confirming to Thomas de Ffodringhay, sou of Henry de Ffodringhay, the land.s of Ballunie, which had been in possession of the latter. From the " Book of the Church" it appears that Henry of Fothringham was Provost of Dundee in 1454. The Fothringhams acquired the lands of Powrie early in the fifteenth ccntur\-, and their names have since been closely as.sociated with Dundee. Thomas Fothringham of Powrie was the intimate friend of David, Duke of Montrose (ob. 1495), and he represented

JAMES SCRYMGEOUR — WALTER SCRYMGEOURE. 19

Dundee in the Conventions of 14S2 U) l-iS5. His descendant, the Thomas Fothringhame whose name appears here, was deeply engaged in the political turmoils which took place after the death of James Y., and was one of the leaders who directed the movements of the band of Burgesses who went from Dundee to Perth to resist the appointment of the Earl of Arran as Regent in 1.542. In this nnsnccessful attempt he was associated with Robert Maule of Panmure (vide page 15), Thomas Winton of Strathmartine, and his own brother-in-law, Jo]in Charteris of Cuthil-Gurdy, and was mulcted in a heavy penalty for his so-called treason. From a charter of 1549, granting certain lands to his widow, Alisone Charteris, wc learn that both he and his brother-in-law fell at the Battle of Pinkiecleuch, in September, 1547, fighting under the Standard of the Ql'EEX (siiJ> Rrgmic vexUlo). Several of his descendants will be found enrolled amongst the Burgesses of Dmidee.

152G.

JAMES SCRYMGEOUli, Son of David Scrymgeour of Fardle, is made a

Brother of the Guild, gratis.

David Scrymgeour of Fardle was the brother of that Juhn Scrymgeour of Glastre who became Constable of Dundee in 1546. He and his wife, Alice Ferne, obtained confirmation of the lands of F'ardle in 1497, and he died early in 1529. His son James was the proprietor of several valuable tenements in Dimdee, one of them being described in the " Charge of the Master of The Hospital in Dundee" as "ye Laird of foirdillis Land, callit the Chanteris, lyand on ye south sjid of Ergyllisgait." This is said to have been his principal town residence, and had obtained its name from having been formerly the dwelling of the " Chanter or Superior of the Chantry of the Blessed Virgin and S. George the Martyr" in the Parish Church of Dundee. The house was removed about fifteen years ago. James Scrymgeour was married in 1547 to Mar.turie Mercer, a member of one of the oldest Perthshire families, but his line has been long extinct.

1.526.

WALTER SCRYMGEOUIIE, Son of Magk. John Scrymgeoure of Glastre, is made a Brother of the Guild, gratis.

Magr. John Scrymgeoure of Glasti-e appears as witness to one of the Scrpngeoure Charters, dated at Dundee, 10th June, 1493. He was dead before 1521, as at that time John SCRYM- GEOURE of Glastre, afterwards Constable of Dundee, was in possession of the property. The Walter here mentioned would thus be a brother of the Constable, though his name does not appear in any account of the family.

20 IIARIOTE KER — MAGISTER THOMAS CLAYHILLS.

1529. November 12th. MARIOTE KEE is given the Freedom of the Guild by the King's Request.

This entry has been transcribed, as it is the only woman's name which appears upon the Bnrgess-Roll. The precise position which tlie lady occupied has not been discovered, nor is there any evident reason for the King's recommendation. The name of Ker, though not common in Dundee at the time, had been long associated with the Burgh — Robert de Kere, Burgess of Dundee, having purchased a portion of Wester Craigie and of Westfield of Dundee from Sir Andrew Gray in 1429. In the seventeenth century the name of Ker was brought into close connection with Dundee through the intermarriages of the Scrymgeours and Haliburtons with the family of the Earl of Roxburghe, and some of their names are inscribed on later pages of this Roll.

153.5. June 8th. Magister THOMAS CLAYHILLS is made a Brother of the Guild, gratis.

The name of Clayhills, which has since been honourably associated with Dundee, appears in this Roll for the first time in the Civic Records. Little is known of Magister Thomas Clayhills, though the prefix shows that he had taken his Degree as Master of Arts— Artmm Magisteo — and the likelihood is that he was in holy orders. No trace of him is to be found, how- ever, in the Church history of the time, and his name is not recorded in the Register of Ministers and Readers in the Ku'k of Scotland in 1574, so that he was either dead before that time, or had adhered to the Romish creed. Magister Andrew Clay'HILLS, Minister of Monifieth, and after- wards of Jedburgh, was a prominent leader of the Reformed Kirk at the last-named date, and is enrolled amongst the Burgesses of Dundee, but his connection with M. Thomas Clayhills is not easily traceable.

The name is said to have been derived from the lands of Clayhills, in Aberdeenshire. In 1543, Robert Clay'hills, Burgess of Dundee, witnesses a charter; and the name of his son. Bailie Peter ClaY'HILLS, appears frequently in the Records of the Burgh and in the history of the period. The lands of Baldovan, near Dundee, were in the possession of the Clayhills family early in the sixteenth century ; and they afterwards acquired the estate of Invergowrie. The present representative of this family is Captain George David Clayhills-Henderson of Invergowrie.

ROBKRT WEDDERBURNE. 21

1535. JuxE 8th.

ROBERT WEDDERBURNE is made a Brother of the Guild, because he IS the Son of James Wedderburne, Brother of the Guild.

It is no light task to identify the various members of the Wedderburn family, or to follow the race through all its ramifications. The similarity of the Christian names of man}' of the Weddekburns is apt to add to the confusion, and the Burgess whose admission is here recorded may have been Robert Wedderburn, younger brother of the Town-Clerk of Dundee, and son of James Wedderburn, Junr., though several facts seem to contradict this idea. The form of the entry is exceptional, and has no parallel throughout the Roll. The new Burgess is admitted " because he is the son of James Wedderburn, Brother of the Gild," and this seems to imply a special condition qualifying his admission. The father is not described as " Junior," though that title is added to the name of the Town-Clerk's father in a charter of a later date than this entry. It is therefore very probable that the Robert Wedderburn mentioned above was he who afterwards figured prominently as Vicar of Dundee, and to whom a large share in the authorship of the " Gude and Godlie Ballatos" — frequently called the " Dundee Psalms" — is usually attributed. He was the youngest son of " James Wedderburne, Merchant at Dundee, called James Wedderburne, at the West Kirk Stile." According to Calderwood, he studied at St Andrews under Mr Gavin Logie, one of the most active teachers of reformed doctrines. His mother belonged to one of the branches of the Barrie family, and he succeeded his uncle, Magr. Robert Barrie, as Vicar of Dundee. He appears to have taken his Degree of A.M. in 1530, but the year when he succeeded to the Vicarage is not recorded. The two elder brothers of Rcibekt Wedderburn were prosecuted for heresy. James Weddek- BLTiN, who is spoken of by Calderwood as having largely aided the Reformation by his satirical jooems and dramas, fled to France about 1540, and settled either at Dieppe or Rouen, where he continued to reside till his death, which took place circa 1550. Mr John Wedder- burn, the second brother of Robert, was educated at S. Mary's College, St Andrews, and graduated as A.M. in 1528, afterwards entering the priesthood. He is sometimes confounded with his younger brother, the ViCAR OF Dundee, in consequence of an error made by Lindesay of Pitscottie, but we have miquestionable evidence from a document now in the Charter-room of Dundee that the Vicar's name was Robert. It is supposed that John also fled to France and died there, his property in Dundee having been confiscated in 1539. Hitherto it has been doubted whether Robert Wedderburn retained his office as Vicar after the conviction and escaf)e of his two elder brothers, and that matter can now be definitely settled. The document to which allusion has been made is a charter, dated 10th March 1551, and recites that as Magr. Robert Wedderburn, perpetual Vicar of Dundee, had had his house destroyed and burned by the English ships and soldiers during the war betwixt the Scots and " our old enemies, the English" — hello inter nostrates et Anglos veteres nors. inimicos — he was willing to repair and construct it anew, for his own use during his life. The principal condition which he made

•2i WII.I.IAJI \Vi:i)l>ERBUItN' — MAGISTEU WALTER SrALDING.

\\us tlial he should liavu tlie right to alienate or raise money upon the new building, reserving only one chamber therein, eighteen feet long by seventeen feet broad and ten feet high, as the Vkwk of DrNDEE's chamber in all time coming. The house stood on the site of what is now (Jrichton Street, the frontage being on the south side of the Market-gait (High Street). As he obtains the consent of the Abbot of Lindores and the Bishop of Brechin to his joroposal, it is perfectly clear that in 1551 Robert Wedderburn was still a Vicar in the Romish Communion. The seals of these dignitaries are still attached to this very interesting document. The reason for the Vicar's desire to have full possession of this building may be found in the fact that on 13th January, 1552-3, he obtained Letters of Legitimation for his two natural sons, Robert and David ^VEl)I)EHI!^R^•.

The most recent writers upon the literary history of the time are inclined to place the ViCAR of Dundee in a very eminent position. Though his share in the " Gude and Godlie Ballates" cannot be precisely indicated, all critics admit that it was through his efforts that they were preserved for publication. The theory has also been advanced that he was the author of the " Complaynt of Scotland," and there is much to be said in support of it, even though the argu- ments ma}' not be absolutel}'' convincing. It is a striking fact that the position of such men as Robert Wedderburn, Vicar of Dundee, and James Haliburton, Provost of that Burgh, made Dundee the centre of reforming influences whilst the Protestantism of Scotland was in its infancy.

1535. June 8th.

WILLIAM WEDDEIiBURN, Son and Heir of David Weddeeburn, IS MADE A Brother of the Guild.

The David Wedderburn here referred to was the brother of James Wedderbc'rn, Junior, who Avas admitted Burgess in 1514. He appears as the proprietor of a property on the north side of the Murray-gait in 1488. William Wedderburn, whose name is here recorded, was cousin of John Wedderburn, the first of the Town-Clerks who bore that name and filled that important office.

1539. November 1st.

Magister WALTER SPALDING, Eeotor of the Grammar School, is made a Brother of the Guild, gratis.

This name has been selected for two reasons — it is the first appearance in the Burgess-Roll of a name that was intimately associated with the civic history of Dundee long before this date, and it is the earliest instance of the admission of one of the Teachers in Dundee to the Guild,

WILLIAM KUTUVEN. 23

although many such entries will be found in succeeding pages. The Si'ALOINGS were settled in Ayrshire towards the close of the thirteenth century, and shortly after that time the name is to be found at various parts on the east coast between Berwick-on-Tweed and the city of Aberdeen. Richard de Spalding is the first whose name appears directly connected with Dundee, he having been Custumar of Dundee in lo42-79, and appearing also as a Bailie of the Burgh. David de Spalding and his son, who bore tlic same name, were leading mei-chants in Dundee for the greater part of the fifteenth centiuy — the elder being Town Councillor in 1438, and the younger holding the honourable positions of M.P. for Dundee, 1 456-8, and Provost of Dundee in 1460. The latter was a munificent donor to the Church, founding a Chaplainry at the Altar of S. Margaret, and bequeathing some of his property in Spalding's Wynd (now Couttie's W^ynd) to the Monastery of Lindores, part of the revenue to be applied to the repairing of the choir of S. Mary's Church, Dundee.

Thomas Spalding, brother of David Spalding, Senior, was Provost of Dundee in 1459 (Libcf Sanctc Mario de Bahnovinach, p. 6Jf.). George of Spalding appears also to have been a pious benefactor of the Church, as in 1461 he presented " a Brew led that wes in Patric Barberis land to the thekyu of the queyr" (Maxivell's " Old DtiMdee," ^j. o60), and from the " Registrwno Epis. Brechinensis" we find that he made elaborate preparations for his obsequies in 1495. His burial-place was in the choir of S. Mary's Kirk, " under the farrast gree befor the hye altar." Although it is not possible to affirm confidently that Magr. Walter Spalding was the son of George of Spalding, it seems highly jDrobable that he was closely connected with him, and was most likely the brother of William Spalding, who represented Dundee in the Parliament of 1543. Since that time the Spaldings have intermarried with many of the leading Scottish nobles, and important branches of the family are still to be found in Sweden and in Prussia.

1540.

WILLIAM RUTHVEN of Bandene is made a Brother of the Guild, for his Counsel and Help rendered to the Provost and Bailies of the Burgh of Dundee.

William Ruthven, whose name is here inscribed on the Burgess-Roll, was the thii-d son of Sill William de Ruthven, who was created a Lord of Parliament in 1487-8, and who died in 1528. His relationship with Dundee was not a very intimate one, although his descendants were closely connected for some time with the Burgh. His grandson was the famous Eahl of Forth and Earl of Brentford, who served with great distinction under Gustavus Adolphus in the Thirty Years' War. He afterwards took part in the civil wars of Charles I., and gained his second title of Earl of Brentford from the town of Brentford, which he held for the King

24 JAMES HALIBURTON.

against the Parliamentarians in 1642. The Eaul died in Dundee in 1651, at a very advanced age. His portrait still hangs in the great hall of the Castle of Skokloster, in Sweden, beside the other heroes of the Thirtv Years' War. William Ruthven of Bandene, who is here entered as Burgess, was one of the Scottish soldiers of fortune who left this country in 1552, to take part in the wars in which Henry II. of France was engaged.

JAMES HALIBURT(1N, Tutor of Pitcur.

The record of the admission of James Haliburton as a Brother of the Guild has not been preserved, although, curiously enough, the Burgess-Roll from 1513 till 1581 was transcribed under his supervision. As his entry must have been about 1540, his name has been inserted here, prefixed by an excerpt from the Council Minutes of a later date.

[1588-9] February 20th. In the Minute of the Council under this date, the following entry

appears : —

" Concludit, tliat the Council miik the haill charges and expenses of the burial of Maister James IlALiBUiiTox, sometime Provost of the Burgh, in respect of his gude will and favour during the time of his charge."

In pursuance of this resolution, a monument was erected within the Church of S. Mary, Dundee, at the expense of the Burgh.

James Haliburton, who was thus specially honoured by the Burgh of Dundee, was one of the most prominent men of his time, and played a leading part, not only in the commercial development of the Burgh, but also in the i-eligious and political history of Scotland. Yet it is a curious fact that no civic hero of modern times has suffered more severely from the neglect of historians. By a strange slip on the part of Patrick Fraser Tytler — usually the most accurate of historians — Haliburton is numbered amongst the slain who fell at Edinburgh in 1559, fighting against the Romanist soldiers of the Queen-Regent, though Calderwood (Hist, of the Kirk i. J^72) distinctly states that it was Captain Alexander Haliburton, brother to the Provost of Dundee, who was thus sacrificed. Some historians of Dundee, entertaining no doubt of Tytler's accuracy, though unable to reconcile his statement with the fact, clearly shown by the Council books, that James Haliburton continued to be Provost of Dundee for more than a quarter of a century after this date, have supposed that there were two Provosts of this name, father and son ; but this is an error.

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Provost James Haliburton was one of the grandsons of Walter and Catherine de Haliburton, who were settled at Pitcur, in the Parish of Kettins, Forfarshire, in ] 432. He was bom in 1518, and spent his early years of study at the University of St Andrews, where he ultimately took his degree as Master of Arts in 1588. His hearty adoption of the doctrines of the Reformers, and his life-long devotion to the advancement of the Protestant Church in Scotland, may bo attributed to the College friendships which he formed at this period. He was thrown into the daily society of such men as George Wishart, Peter Young, David Straitoun, and John Erskine of Dun — all students from his own district in Forfarshire — and learned from them that " forbidden lore" to which he afterwards steadily adhered. The memory of Patrick Hamilton's martyrdom was still fresh in the minds of the students at St Andrews, and not a few of Haliburton's companions suffered a similar fate, and died as martyrs to their creed.

Having completed his Academic course, he prepared to settle down to his duties as a member of the Commonwealth. In November, 1540, he obtained a charter from James V. to himself and his "affianced wife," Margaret of Rossy, of certain lands in the Carse of Gowrie. About the same time he was enrolled as one of the Burgesses of Dundee, and in 1553 was elected Provost of the Burgh. J^ir the long period of thirty-three years ho continued to occupy this honourable position with dignity, guiding the Burgh with prudence and wisdom amid the dangers of a troublous period. He had already proved his willingness and ability to serve the Burgh, having led the troop of horse provided by the " Angus barouns, and landit men," in 1548, against the Castle of Broughty, which was then in the hands of the English, and having succeeded in expelling the invaders who had obtained possession of the Fort through the treachery of Lord Gray. James Haliburton's brother, Andrew, the Laird of Pitcur, had died before this time, leaving an infant son — afterwards Sir George Haliburton, Knt. — under the guardianship of James, who thus became " Tutor of Pitcur," a title by which he was known until the time of his death.

The leaders of the Reformation in Scotland were the Earls of Moray and of Argyll, and throughout the whole of the protracted struggle betwixt the two contending forms of religion we continually tind the name of the Provost of Dundee figuring prominently amongst the Lords of the Congregation. He was summoned to co-operate with the two Earls, the Lairds of Dun and PiTARROW, and John Knox in the Reformation of the Cathedral of St Andrews in 1559 ; and he led a band of the Burgesses of Dundee to Cupar Muir, prepared to do battle against the QuEEN- Regent in defence of their religious liberty. Later in the same year he and his brother. Captain Alexander Haliburton, did all in their power to restrain the fury of the Burgesses at the burning of the Abbey of Scone, but were unable to save the place from destruction. The fire of rebellion spread rapidly, and when the Qiteen-Regent sought to impose the yoke of Romanism upon the people by the aid of French mercenaries, the burghers of the principal towns rose in open revolt. Provost Haliburton again led his fellow-burgesses to battle, greatly distinguishing himself by his conduct in their repeated attacks upon Leith, then held by the French soldiers. These attacks, however, were unavailing, and CAPTAIN Alexander Haliburton, George Lovell of Dundee, and many other leaders amongst the Reformers, were slain. The death of the Queen-Regent in the following year gave a new aspect to public affairs. £

2C JAMES HALIBURTON.

To dotuil fully the public life of Provost Haliburton would be to write the history of the tiaie iu which he lived. He sat as Member for Dundee iu the Parliaments and Conventions of Estates almost continuously from 1563 till 1581, and was frequently chosen to administer justice and to deliberate in a responsible capacity upon some of the most momentous questions in Kirk and State. It was his misfortune to offend the QuEEN by opposing her marriage with Darnley, and in 15G5 he openly joined with Moray, Rothes, and Kirkcaldy of Grange, in their revolt against this union. It is supposed that at this time he tied with the Earl of Moray to the Court of Queen Eliza)5ETH for protection, returning with him the following year.

In 1567 James Haliburton was restored to his office as Provost, to which the Earl of Craufurd had been appointed temporarily, and having shown to the Privy Council that a pension bestowed upon him by the Queen-Regent, and renewed by the Queen, had not been available to him, he received the thirds of certain of the confiscated Kirk lands, which raised his pension to one thousand pounds. During this eventful year the murder of Darnley, the marriage of the QuEEN with BoTHWELL, and her capture at Carberry Hill and confinement in Lochleven Castle took place ; and when she unwillingly resigned the Crown, the Provost of Dundee was one of those selected to administer the affairs of the country until the Regent Moray was proclaimed. On the 29th of July he took part in the Coronation of the Infant Prince, afterwards James VI., at Stirling, and received his comrade, the Earl of Moray, as lawful Regent on his return from England. He shared in the decisive conflict at Langside in May, 1568, and was afterwards sent to quell the abortive attempt of the Gordons to restore the Queen, and to take possession of the lands of Kinnaird in Forfarshire, then held by Sir John Carnegie, a consistent supporter of Queen Mary.

For many years Scotland was kept in a continual ferment by the varied fortunes of the supporters of Queen Mary and of the Reformers. The assassination of Moray was followed by the defection of Kirkcaldy of Grange, who declared for the Queen whilst he was holding the Castle of Edinburgh for the Regent Lennox. The army of the Protestant party was assembled at Leith, and whilst they made an attack upon Edinburgh, it was the misfortune of Provost Haliburton — who held a commission as Colonel in the army — to fall into the hands of his enemies on 27th August, 1571. Eight days afterwards the Regent was assassinated. His two murderers were captured and executed, and the Queen's party were only prevented from avenging the merited death of the assassins upon the Provost of Dundee by the earnest entreaty of the Burgesses of Edinburgh. The taking of the Castle by the new Regent Mak, enabled Haliburton to regain his liberty, and he returned to resume his official duties.

From this time forward his career was a peaceful one. The aged Provost, who had battled so bravely in defence of the rights of the Burgh and the country, at leugtli began to feel the symptoms of approaching decay, and he resigned his office as civic ruler in 1586 — thirty-three years after his first appointment. He still continued his services iu the General Assembly, making his last appearance there on 6th August, 1588. He died in the month of February, 1588-0, and was honoured by his brethren of the Council in the manner described in their Minute. When some alterations were being made on the fabric of the Church of S. Mary of Dundee, in 1827, a grave and richly-carved monument were discovered beside the window

HERBERT GLAIDSTAXE.S.

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Oil tlie north of the pulpit, and it was stated that tlie inscription upon the lid of the coffer-tomb proved that it was the sepulchre of Provost Haltburton. The monument was placed close to the wall beside the window, but it was completely destroyed in the conflagration by which the churches were consumed in 1.S41. The inscription transcribc^d by Monteith is in these terms : —

Hie situs est Jacobus Halybuktonus, putruus nubilis viri, Gborgii IIalvbukton de Pitcur, militis, qui prEefucturam Dendoui urbanum fauciter [fulicitcr?] annos 33 sessit. Oliiit aunn Doni. IfiSS. .Etatis sure 70.

Allecti Prffifectus

Patriae Viiulox

Ecclesiae Ie.su i Ahininus fuit I

Here lies James Haliburtox (mule [father's brother] of an honourable man, George IIaliburton of Piteur, Knight), who happily filled the civic office of Provust of Dundee for 33 years. He died a.d. 1588, of his age 70.

I Chief of the I Magistracy

Defender of his Country

Protector of the ( )rphan

Follower of the Church of Jesus

No one who considers the important share which James Haliburton took in the stirring events of the time in which he lived will hesitate to endorse the judgment of his friend a.nd comrade, James Balfour of Halhill, when he describes him as " that notable Provost ov Dundee."

1543. HERBERT GLAIDSTANES is made a Brother of the Guild, gratis.

Although little is known of the personal history of Herbert Glaidstanes, he was for a long time an important personage in Dundee. From the heraldic arms of his sou, George Glaid- stanes, Archbishop of St Andrews, it is evident that he derived bis descent from the ancient family of de Gledestan, which was settled in Lanarkshire in the thirteenth century. In 1296 the name of Herbert de Gledestan appears in the roll of those who rendered homage to Edward I., and the family seems to have remained in different portions of the Border Counties until the close of the seventeenth century. No record has been found to show at what precise time, or under what circumstances, Herbert Glaidstanes, Burgess of Dundee, settled in tbis locality, although, from the large number of local charters which have passed through his hands as Notary Public, he must have had an extensive legal practice. He is occasionally described as

28 WALTER SCRYMGEOURE.

" Clerk of Dundee," and some of his protocol books and charters are preserved in the Charter- room of the Burgh. His name appears in the list of Bailies in loG2, and in " The Chairge or Rcntall of the Master of the Hospitall of ye Burgh of Dundie," prefixed to this Burgess-Roll, his house is described as " lyand on ye north syid of Argyllisgaitt, Betwix ye land of James Scrym- GEOR, litster, on ye south, the comoiui buriall-place on ye north, ye land of Alex. Ti{A1LL on ye east, and ye land of William Kyd on ye west partis." This " Chairge" was probably made up in 1580, and, as the land is described as "sumtpiie perteuiug to Harbert Glaidstainis," it may be assumed that he was dead before that date. His son, the Archbishop of St Andrews, was born in Dundee, educated at the Grammar School there, and took his degree of A.M. in 1583. He was first settled as minister of Ecclesgreig (St Cyrus) in 1587, and was afterwards pastor at Arbroath and St Andrews. From the latter charge he was promoted to the Bishopric of Caith- ness, and finally became Archbishop of St Andrews in 1604, in which office he died, 2nu May, 1615. His character has been variously described according to the religious profession of different writers. His successor. Archbishop Spottiswood, writes of him as " a man of good learning, ready utterance, and great invention, but of too easy a nature." The Presbyterians, on the other hand, vie with each other in finding language vile enough to describe him. Several epitaphs upon this " proud, presumptuous Prelate" will be found in Row's " History of the Kirk of Scot- land."

The latest trace of HERBERT Glaidstanes' name to be found in public documents is under date 1561, one year before he was elevated to the Bailie.ship in Dundee.

1543. November 20th. WALTER SCRYMGEOURE of Glaswell, Provost of Dundee.

The Burgess whose name is entered here was a scion of the family of the Scrymgeoures, Con- stables of Dundee. His territorial title was taken from the property of Glaswell, near Kirriemuir, though he had also large properties in the Burgh, and held a share in the lands of Milton of Craigie. From the " Rentall of the Master of the Hospital" it appears that about 1580 his name was associated with the castmost house in Dundee, which was then situated immediately within the Burgh wall at the East Port. It is described as " ye Laird of Glaswell's Land and zeard, Lyand on ye north syid of ye Seagaitt, Betwix ye land of waiter Carmanow on ye west, and Cure ladie wynd on ye east pairtis." The Provost died before 1st October, 1549, as at that date his son, James Scrymgeoure, was retourod as his heir. That the family of Glaswell was nearly related to the Constable of Dundee may be inferred from the fact that in a charter of Novodamus of the Barony of Dudhope by QuEEN Mary to the eldest son of the Constable, dated 30th June, 1565, the reversion of the estate and office is given to James Scrymgeoure of Glaswell, failing the legitimate issue of the Constable's two sons.

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1550.

FINLAY DUNCAN, Surgeon, is made a Brother of the Guild, for

Services done.

FiNLAY Duncan is the first of the Medical faculty whose name appears in the Burgess-Roll of Dundee. His house and garden stood " on ye South syid of Argyllis-gaitt, Betwix ye land of James Goldman on ye east, And ye land of ye Airis of vuiqle. Jhone Hoppringle on ye West pairtis," or about the south-west corner of Tally Street and the Overgait. He is also the first of the name of Duncan mentioned in existing records — a name which since his time has been constantly associated with Dundee. He appears to have been succeeded in his profession by William Duncan, Physician, progenitor of the Duncans of Lundie, now Earls of Camperdown. The latter was married to Katherine Wedderburne, sister of the famous Sir Alexander Weuderburne, first Baron of Kingenny, who is buried beside him in the Howft". The tomb- stone (No. 1213) bears the following inscriptions: —

" W. D : K. V: — Hie tJonnlt lionorahilis vir, Guliehnus Duncauc, iiwdicu.^, clm^ de Duudr, qui obiit die — Mail men.fis, anno 160S, cetatia sum 52." [Here sleeps an honourable man, William Duncan, Physician and Citizen of Dundee, who died — of May in the year 1608, and of his age 52.] "Heir lies ale.swae anc godlie honorabil voman, Katerin Veddcrburne, spous to Villiame Dvncane, wlio departit this lyif ye — day of — 160 — .

Disciie ah exeinplo mortales diacite noslro.

[See and learn from our example, 0 mortals, that ye are mortal.'\

Mors sola fatetiir quantula sunt honmium corpuscula.

[Death alone shows how contemptible are the bodies of men.]"

The SOD of Dr William Duncan and his wife Katherine Wedderburne was also a citizen, and lies buried in the lair adjoining theirs (No. 1214). His tombstone bears this inscription : —

"Heir lyis auc godly honest man, Jliuu Duncan, Merchant, P.urgess of Dundie, who ilied the 16 of Octob. his age 4 — .

" The memorial of the iust shall be blised, hot the name of the wicked shal root [sic.]"

1553.

DoMiNus JAMES WICHTAND, Chaplain of Kinnaird, is made a Brother of the Guild, Gratis.

Previous to the Reformation the Church of Inchture, in the Carse of Gowrie, belonged to the Priory of St Andrews. David Robertson, a member of the Chapter of St Andrews, was presented to the Vicarage of Rossie by James VI. in 1570, and the Chapels of Inchture and

;^0 JOHN MAXWELL — HENKV LOVELL.

Kinnaird were placed undor his charge. In 1574 James Wichtand is described in " The Register of Ministers and Readers," made up at that time, as "reidare at Inchesture and Kynnarde," his stipend being rated at 30 lib. Scots. In the Fasti Erdesice Scotieance he is referred to as having been Reader at Inchture "from 1574 till his death in 1579;" but the entry in the Burgess- Roll of Dundee proves that he was Chaplain of Kinnaird more than twenty years before the earlier of these dates, whilst the prefix Dominus shows that he was a regularly ordained priest of the Romish Church in 1553, and then held the Chaplainry which he afterwards served as Reader in the Protestant Communion. His immediate connection with the Burgh of Dundee does not appear.

1555.

JOHN MAXWELL of Terriklis [Terregles], Knt., is made a Brother of

THE Guild, gratis.

Sir John Maxwell of Terregles was the second sou of Robert, fifth Lord Maxwell, and acted an important part in the reign of Queen Mary. By his marriage with Agnes, the eldest daughter of William, fourth Lord Herries, he obtained the estate of Terregles — Terra EGclesioe=the Kirk land — in Dumfriesshire, and became Lord Herries of Terregles in right of his wife, though he did not assume that title till 1567. He was descended from the ancient family of the Maxwells of Caerlaverock, from which stock the Maxwells of Tealing were derived, and it was probably through his relationship with the latter family that his name was inscribed on the Burgess-Roll. SiR John was Warden of the East Marches, and a Privy Councillor both to Queen Mary and to James VI., and his name figures prominently in the history of the time. He survived till 1583, and was the ancestor of the Earls of Nithsdale (title extinct) and of the Barons Herries of Terregles. His present representative is Marma- BUKE Constable-Maxwell, fourteenth Baron Herries.

1559. June 20th.

HENRY LOVELL of Ballumbie is made a Brother of the Guild, gratis.

The Lovells of Ballumbie were at one time amongst the most influential members of society in Dundee, though the name has now almost disappeared. The family claimed a very high nncestral origin, being descended from EuDES, Duke of Brittany, through his younger son

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Robert, who came to England in the train of William the Conqueror, in 1066. The son and grandson of this Robert were settled respectively in Somerset and in Northamptonshire ; but at a later date a branch of the family came to Scotland, and held the historic estate of Branxholm, in the Barony of Hawick, for a very long period. The LovELLS appear in Angus for the first time about 1250, though they took no share in public affairs for a long time afterwards. They seem, however, to have had continuous possession of the lands of Ballumbie till early in the seventeenth century. The Henry Lovell whose name appears on the Roll was the son of Andrew Lovell of Ballumbie, and though he is here described as if he were the Laird in 1550, he cannot have been proprietor of the estate at that time, as his father was then alive and in possession of it. Throughout his life he seems to have been of a turbulent disposition ; and the fact that by a charter under the Great Seal, dated 30th May, 1551, his father passed him over, and conferred the lands and Castle of Ballumbie upon Henry's son John, proves that he had forfeited the paternal favour even at this time. For nearly a quarter of a century after the date of his entry as a Brother of the Guild he troubled and perplexed the citizens of Dundee and their landward neighbours ; and his name appears frequently in the records of the Privy Council of the time as a disturber of the peace. One of the comjolaiuts against him was brought before the Privy Council on 21st May, 1566, by James Durham of Pitkerro, accusing Henry Lovell of having entered his house and maltreated his servants, " committand thairthrow hamesuckin, forthocht fellony, and manifest opi^ressioune, upoun the said James, lyke as the said Henrie hes done to sindry utheris of the countre, as is notonrlie knawin ; lyke as thair wer nowther Prince, law, nor justice within this realme, bot that it wer lesum to everie tyranne to impyre tyrannouslie, abone the sobir men dwelland besyde thame." For this and other similar deeds Lovell was summoned to appear before the Privy Council, but failed to do so, and was declared a rebel and " put to the horn." His ovm sou, John Lovell, who had been chosen by the grandfather, Andrew Lovell, as the heir to the estate instead of Henry, was subjected to " unnaturall wrangis and injureis" at his father's hands, and was forced also to complain against him to the Privy Council in 1567. The tenor of this complaint gives a most instructive glimpse of the state of the country at the time, as well as showing the character of this boisterous Angus laird. John Lovell alleges that his father, besides " birning of his cornis," for which he had been outlawed, " laitlie hes hurt and chaissit away the said Johnnes servandis, ca.ssin out his pover tennentis out of thair houssis, intromettit with his haill nolt and scheip, and haldis the same puiiwslie, eitand and distrojand his awin cornis, that nevir proffeit sail cum thairof, the lyke of quhilk oppressioun wes nevir seue in ony cuntre." For this offence Henry Lovell was again denounced a rebel, but he does not appear to have suffered seriously from this sentence, and he continued his career of crime for some time thereafter. His name was again brought before the Privy Council, in 1575, in connection with a malicious outrage ujion '" the puyr tenentis of West Ferry and Monyfuith pertening to the leving of Ballumby." He came before the Council and denied the charge, and the case was adjourned for proof; but nothing more regarding him is recorded in the Register of the Privy Council, and it is probable that his stormy life was terminated about this time. It is certain that his son John, whose name is found on the Burgess-Roll in 1568, had full control of the estate of Ballumbie in 1579, and Henry must therefore have died before that time.

32 GEORGE HALIBUETON — MAGISTEK WALTER SMETOUN.

1559. June 20th. GEORGE HALIBURTON of Pitcur is made a Brother of the Guild,

GRATIS.

George HALiBrRXON of Pitcur was the son of Andrew Haliburton and Katherine Grahame, and the nephew of Provost James Haliburton, to whom alhision has already been made (vide page 24). He was merely an infant when his father died, and the guardianship of the estate thus fell upon Provost Haliburton, who was designated from this circumstance the " Tutor of Pitcur," a name which adhered to him thi-oiigliout his long life. His position as Provost at this time probably accounts for the enrolment of his nephew. George Haliburton was knighted by Queen Mary previous to the battle of Laugside, but he seems to have adhered to the faction of the Regent Moray after the Queen's flight to England and imprisonment, and he became a firm supporter of James VI. He was married to Elizabeth Leirmonth, daughter of Sir James Leirmonth of Balcomie, in 1553, and they obtained a joint-charter of the lands of Eglismagirdill from the Abbot and Conveut of Lindores in 1568. He signed the " Band of the Baronis in the North," confirming the pacification made by the Regent Morton in 1574, and he survived the perturbed times which succeeded that date. The last trace to be found of him is in 1594, at which time his sou James is referred to as his "sone and heir appearand." His name was inscribed on the monument erected by the Town Council of Dundee as a memorial of Provost Haliburton in 1588; and this seems to indicate that the connection of Sir George Haliburton of Pitcur witii the Burgh was highly esteemed at that period.

1559. June 20th.

Magister WALTER SMETOUN is made a Brother op the Guild,

gratis.

Walter Smetoun was the eldest son of Andrew Smetoun, tenant of the Haltoun of Fingask, Perthshire. He studied at St Andrews, and took his degree as Master of Arts there in 1551. He practised for some time in St Andrews as a Notary Public, and it was when so employed that he was entered as a Burgess of Dundee. His connection with the Burgh probably arose from his relationship with the RoLLOKS, then one of the principal Dundee fomilies, as his wife's name was Mariote Rollok, and she was a scion of the family now represented by Lord Rollo of Duncrub. A curious confirmation of the entry of Walter Smetoun's name on the Burgess-Roll is afforded by a grant made by QuEEN Mary under the Great Seal, dated 3rd June, 1564, of " the lands of Polcak [otherwise Balcak] in the lordship of Tealing," to Andrew Smetoun in life-rent, and to " Magister Walter Smetoun, Imrgcs.^ of Dundee, his son, and Mariote Rollok, spouse of the

ALEXANDER GUTHRIE. .S."{

said Walter, or tlie longest liver of them, in conjunct fee." The Smetouns were eminently distinguished in the history of the Kirk of Scotland. Magister Thomas Smetoun, brother- german of Walter, was educated at S. Salvator's College, in the University of St Andrews, and was " Regent" or Professor there jjrevious to the Reformation. From this place he went to Paris, and was enrolled in the Jesuits' College tiiere, and afterwards visited Rome. Having been stricken down by a severe fever (according to Calderwood), his doubts of the orthodoxy of the Romish faith were confirmed, and he .shortly afterwards joined the Protestant Church, and retiu'ned to England under the patronage of Walsingham, the Secretary of Queen Elizabeth. In 1577 he was appointed Minister of Paisley Abbey Kirk, and three years after- wards he succeeded Melville as Principal of Glasgow University. He died in the enjoyment of this office in 15cS3, being then in his forty-seventh year, and having twice officiated as Moderator of the General Assembl}-. His brother, Magister John Smetoun, was also distinguished in the history of the Reformed Kirk of Scotland, though in a humbler fashion.

1559. June 20th.

ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, Fiar [Heir-apparent] of that Ilk, is made a

Brother of the Guild, gratis.

The family of Guthrie of Guthrie is one of the oldest in Forfarshire, and they have held the estate from which their territorial title is derived from the time of David II. Sir David Guthrie was Sheriff of Forfarshire in 1457, was made Armour-bearer to James III., and became Lonl Treasurer of Scotland in 1461, and Lord Clerk Register in 1467. Shortly afterwards he was one of the ambassadors sent from this country to conclude the Peace of Newcastle ; and in 1473 he was made Lord Chief Justice of Scotland. His son, Sir Alexander Guthrie, was con- nected by marriage with the families of Glamis and of Dudhope, and he fell fighting by the side of his Sovereign at Flodden Field. His grandson and successor was Andrew Guthrie of Guthrie, whose son Alexander was the Laird .at the date of this entry. Alexander Guthrie, for some unexplained reason, had quarrelled with the family of his mother, Christian Gardyne of Gardyne, and a feud ensued which resulted in the assassination of the Laird of Guthrie in his house of Inverpcffer, by the hand of his cousin, Patrick Gardyne. To avenge his death, his second son, William Guthrie of Gagie, accompanied by several of his as.sociates, " bodin with daggis and pistoUetis," set upon Patrick Gardyne, the murderer of his father, " and cruellie, schamefullie, and unmercifuUie slew him be schot of ane gun or dag, upoun set purpois and provisioun." For this outrage he was denounced a rebel, but no proceedings were taken against him. F

m JAMES SCRYMGEOURE.

Alexander Guthrie, who is entered here as a Burgess, was the eldest sou of the Alexander Guthrie who was murdered, and of his wife Isabel, daughter of William Wood of Bonuyton. He was married iu 1568 to Agnes, daughter of Sir Alexander Falconer of Halkerton, and was succeeded at his decease by his eldest son, bearing the same name.

1562.

JAMES SCRYMGEOURE of Glaswell is made a Brother of the Guild,

GRATIS.

In the note appended to the entry of the admission of Provost Walter Scrymgeoure as a Burgess {vide page 28), allusion is made to liis son and successor James, whose name appears here. He was in possession of the estate of Glaswell in 1549, and was married to Mariota, daughter of James CrichtoN of Ruthven, in the following year. The exact date of his death is not recorded, but he must have been alive in 1579, as his son John is referred to in a charter of that year as " heir-a]ipareut of Glaswell." The family of his father, the Prov< iST, was highly distinguished in literature. Henry Scrymgeoure, second son of Walter and brother of James oi Glaswell, was born in Dundee iu 1506, and educated at St Andrews University. He passed as Bachelor of Arts in S. Salvator's College in 1533, and in the succeeding year he obtained his degree as Master of Arts, after having undergone what is described in the Roll as " a most rigorous examination." From St Andrews he removed to the University of Paris, and afterwards to that of Bourges, where he studied Civil Law. Having been chosen Private Secretary to the Bishop of Rennes, he accompanied that Prelate to Italy, when the BiSHOP was sent there as ambassador from the Court of France. Though professing the Roman Catholic religion, Scrymgeoure had been affected by the reforming sentiments of his College companions, George Wish art, George Buchanan, John Erskine of Dun, and Provost Haliburton, and whilst he was at Padua he came in contact with the famous Francis Spira, who it is stated " died under great horror of mind iu consequence of his recantation of the Protestant religion." The effect of this incident upon Scrymgeoure's mind was very great, as he shows in his work upon Francis Spira, printed in 1550. His position in the household of the Bishop opened up a great field of jiromotion for so able a man, but he decided to abandon the creed of the Romish Church, and to cast in his lot with the Reformers. Accordingly he removed to Augsburg, where he was received by Ulrich FUGGER, one of the most liberal patrons of literature, and spent a considerable time in collecting that Classical Library which rendered Augsburg one of the centres for the revival of literature. Many of the manuscripts of Greek and Roman authors which Scrymgeoure had secured in Italy were placed in this collection ; and whilst in this place he edited several of the Classics which were published by the famous printer, Henry Stephens. His reputation, alike as a scholar and a Reformer, soon attracted the notice of the Geneva Protestants, and he was invited by Calvin to settle at Geneva in 1561. In that year he was appointed Professor of Philosophy at the University of Geneva, and was so highly esteemed by the civic rulers there that the freedom

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of that city was conferred upon him. Two years afterwards, when the Chair of Civil Law was founded at Geneva, he was chosen as the first Professor, and occupied this post till his death on ;3rd January, 1.370. Whilst here he enjoyed the friendship of literary men of all shades of opinion throughout Europe, and was in close companionship with JoHN Calvin and Theodore Beza, as well as Georoe Buchanan, Andrew Melville, and the other leading Reformers in Scotland. So highly was he esteemed that both Regents Lennox and Mar invited him to return to his native country and to accept of some public office ; but he was then advanced in years, and had formed many ties which bound him to Geneva; nor did the disturbed state of Scotland at that time, torn as it was by many factions, seem likely to form a safe or pleasant retreat for one whose life had been devoted to peaceful literature. An interesting glimpse of his life at Geneva is ati'orded by his nephew James Melville, in his " Autobiography," in these words : —

" Ml' Hendhie Scrymgeour be lii.s Icruing in the lawes and polecii- and service of mauie noble princes, liaid atteiued to grait ritclios, and haid conquesit a prettie rouni within a lig [league] to Genev, and biggit thairon a trim house called ' The Vilet,' and a fear ludging within the town, (juhilks all with a douchtar, his onlie born, he left to the Syndiques of the town."

The name of " Henry Scrymgeol^RE, a renowned man and Professor of Arts," appears amongst the witnesses to John Calvin's Testament, in April, 1.564, and his history is preserved amongst the Biographies of Eminent Citizens of Geneva, published in 1815. As a Greek scholar, Henry Scrymgeoure occupies the very foremost rank amongst the literary men of his time.

James Scrymgeoure of Glaswell had two sisters besides this brother, both of whom were connected with literature. IsoBEL Scry'MGEOURE was married to Richard Melville of Baldovie, and became the mother of James Melville, Minister of Kilrenny, Professor of Theology at St Andrews, and author of the " Autobiography" quoted above. Margaret Scrymgeoure became the wife of John Young, burgess of Edinburgh, in 1541, and her second son was the famous Sir Peter Young of Seatoun, tutor of King James VL, whose name appears at a later date on

the Burgess-Roll of Dundee.

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1562. April loth. JAMES GOLDMAN, Merchant, is made a Brother of the Guild.

James Goldman, whose name is here entered, was the first of a generation of merchants who held a leading place amongst the Burgesses of Dundee for nearly three centuries. Their place of origin is not known, though it seems probable, from the early spelling of the name with double N — GoLDMANN — that they had come to this country from Flanders. This James Goldman is the first whose name appears in the records of Dimdee. He must have been exceptionally successful in business, as he amassed a considerable fortune, and was the proprietor of several valuable properties within the Burgh. The exact positions of some of these possessions may be easily

;j(i JAMES GOLDMAN.

understood troiii tlie fnllowiiii; entries in the " Kirkmaster's Charge," and from the " Reiitall of the Master of the Hospitall," made up about 1580:—

" Furth of ye land sumtyme of Anduo ^Iitchelsoun, now of James Goldman, James Michell, and James Cowtie, Lyand on ye South syid of Argyllisgaitt, Betwix ye land of Gabriel Mvln on ye east, and ye Kivkzoard on ye west pairtis." (This tenement was on tlie site of what is now Tally Street.)

" Furth of ye laud of Patrik Durham, Lyand on ye north syid of Ergyllisgaitt, Bctwix ye land of John Merschell and James Bower on ye south, ye land of James Goldman on ye oast pairtis." (This land was at the west corner of P.arrack Street and the Over-gait.)

" The few-niaillis underwritten Ilex™- (respectively) awand he ye personnis ]-'articvdar Proprietaris of ye Gloss («llit Sanct Salvatoris Gloss, lyand on ye north syid of Argyllisgaitt, to wit, P,eginning at ye foirland on ye west syid of ye Gloss pertening to Petir Newman, — The next laud northward, pertening to James Goldman," etc.

Besides these urban properties, he accpured a portion of the estate of Sandfurd — corrupted into St Fort — in Fifeshire, from wliich place he took his territorial designation. He was married to M.\RGARET Jack, and had a numerous family, all of whom were distinguished in the civic annals of Dundee. A very interesting account of four of them is given in a long Latin poem, written by Peter Goldman, the youngest son, and included in the Delitlie Poetarimi Scotoram. This curious work is entitled Margdveta; laccJuv iriatrls 8ucg S'U2Jcr trldi et ivirnatiira niorte qwutwor filioriim Lachrymce. (The tears of Margaret Jack, his mother, over the sad and immature death of her four sons.) From the poem it appears that the first-named son, Patrick, was over- taken by a sudden squall, aud drowned in a harbour of Batavia (Holland). John, the second son, fell a victim to the plague in Dundee, despite the efforts made by Dr Kinloch to save him. The third son, Robert, was thrown from his horse, aud instantly killed ; whilst the eldest son, WiLLlAM, " the beloved (jf the common people, and the guardian of the welfare of Dundee," was carried off by death in the midst of his labours.

Patricium Batavis Nepiunus mersit in umJix, Pestis lohannem rapiiit, sonipexque Eohertum ; Telluri, elisis, afiixit,fleliile, memhrix, Et subito e.din.flf Gulielmvin funere Parca.

There are feeling allusions made in the poem to the comfort which the sorrowing mother had derived from the ministrations of the three Pastors of Dundee, David Lindsay, William Wedderburn, and James Robertson, and the poem concludes by an expression of thank- fulness that Charles — mea maxima cura, afflictoi spes et solatia matris [my greatest care, the hope of my affliction, aud the solace of his mother] — was still spared to her. In another poem by the same writer — In Patric'imii, fratrem naufraglo cxtinctum — he laments the early death by shipwreck of his brother Patrick, exclaiming that no portion of his own life can be happy imtil the sea shall give up its dead.

ThL'se most interesting poetical effusions introduce us to a family distinguished alike by their eminence in public affairs and by the strength of their domestic affection. From other sources the varied careers of the members of the Goldman family may be traced ; and the tombstones over their place of interment in the Howff of Dundee afford several items of information. This burial place is at the second recess to the north of the principal western gate, aud, though

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the wall has been altered and the mural iuscriptioQ defaced, there remained at this spot fifty jrears ago the following fragmentary lettering: —

" Family .... Goldiiiim .... Laird ....

■\V. (t 1. G R. G

Kcivisi'd ill 1797 Ijy William Goldman Laird . . . ."

These initials plainly indicate the resting-place of three of the brothers commemorated in the first of Peter Goldman's poems. On the flat stones (Nos. 66 and 67) laid on the ground beside the recess the following inscriptions, though much decayed, may yet be deciphered : —

"Heir lyi.s iohu gciMiiiau, mairchanJ, and olisalseth Traill hi.s spous, quha both depairtit in .September 1607, of his age 34, hirs 29."

From this memorial stone it is apparent that the wife of John Goldman also fell a victim to the pest which raged in Dundee, with little intermission, from 1602 till 160S, reaching a crisis in the month of September, 1607, when these two were prematurely cut off.

The stone upon which the deaths of Robert and William Goldman were recorded is so ■completely obliterated that it is no longer decipherable. That portion of the inscription which apparently relates to Robert Goldm.\N reads thus: — ■

" Heir lyis . . . . rt . . Idiii ane fe ■

in .... 26 j\[ay of hi.s age ....

My sovlc praises God. My sovle praises God. Death is lyfe to the Godlie.

M- L I- Z. D G

I- F Thy glasso runnes. jNfyne is runne. 1617."

The initials I- Z. are placed on each side of an escutcheon bearing the arms of the Yeaman — Zeman — family. The other letters are placed upon and around a shield, and may be the initials of some obscure monumental sentiment. Robert Goldman was Collector of the Crafts in 1601-3, and was also a member of the Glover Trade. On several occasions he appeared before the Privy Council, together with his brother WiLLi.\.M, as re23re.senting Dundee in some of the disputes in which the Burgh was concerned. As has already been shown, he lost his life through a fall from his horse previous to 1617. William Goldman first appears in the town's records as one of the Councillors in loOO, and from that time until his death, which took place in 1613, he was actively engaged in the service of the Burgh. For the twelve years betwi.Kt 1601 and 1613, lie was almost ■continuously chosen as the Commissioner re23resenting Dundee at the Convention of Royal Burghs. The confidence reposed in him by the Convention is shown by the fact that, in 1612, he was sent as Commissioner to the town of Campvere, for the purpose of " re-establishing the Stapill of the natioun at the said toun" — a service in which Dundee was specially interested. The voyage of William Goldman and his fellow-Commissioner, David Aitkinheid, of Edinburgh, was an adventurous as well as an expensive one, for, on their return, we find that they " producit the ■compte of their expenses in the said voyage, extending the haill to the soum of four tliousand aucht hundreth twentie-thri lib. cllevin s. 4d. Scots money, they beand long tym detynit in the

38 JAMES GOLDMAN.

said touu, aud coustraiiiit to cum hoiii bo Inglaud iu this deid aud paroulus tyin (jf zuir." In this wurk the Commissioners had been assisted by SiR Robert Danielstoun of Moutjoy, who was Conservator of the Scots Privileges at Campvere, and who was admitted a Burgess of Dundee on 6th July, 1612. William Goldman was Bailie in Dundee from 1606 till his death, which appears to have taken place suddenly. As executor of his brother, JoHX GoLDMAN, he paid over a legacy to the Hospital of Dundee of eight hundred morks, to which bequest the following excerpt from the Council minutes refers : —

"11 .Inly 1609 — Quhilk day the Balleis, Counsale, and dekyni.s of Crafts of the Burcli of Dvuidie, being convenit in the Counsal hous thaivoff — vnderstanding that vmquhile Johne Goldman', Mercheand, laitlie left ti> the puir resident within the Hospitall the sowme of aucht Hundrcth merkis money of this Keahne, nuhilk is orJanit to be wairit either upon the redemptione of the eonnnon landis pertening to tlie Hospitall or upon ane new rent be advyis of the Ministeris and Sessioun of the Kirk, — thairfoir for moving and inciting vtheris to leave the lyik for advancement of the Hospitall rentis, hes eonchulit and ordanit that William Goldman, Dailie, Executor to the .said unKiuhile Johxe, and the said William, his airi!>, sail half power to present ane aigit deeayit Burgess of this Bureh, quhom the ministeris and Sessioun of the Kirk sail find meit and ipudifeit to be admitit in the Socitie of the pure resident within the said Hospitall — he tu'anil ane single persone nather haifl'and bairnc nor wyifT, according to the lawis maid anent the qualities of the personis cpdia suld be ressavit in the said Hospitall — and the said person being so presentit and tryit and being subiect to the lawis of the hous sail be preferrit to any vtheris and interteaneit within the said Hospitall during bis lyiif, except he be deposit for ane notorious eryme — and after his decei.s, bow oft the .said i)laee vaikis be deceise or deprivatione als oft ane vther to be presentit of new to that place be the said William and his foirsaidis — and at the desyre of the said William, and upon his presentatione, James (^Iuiiitsone, ehirurgian, being tryit and found meitt in manner fuir.said, is alreddy receaved in the .said Ibispitall."

The money thus mortified was applied in redeeming a mortgage on Andrew Barrie's Meadow, another mortgage over Lovell's Meadow, a third over the Gray Sisters Acre (West Port), and in the purchase of an annual rent out of a tenement in Mackisson's Close. The properties in the Meadows are still in the possession of the Hospital, aud include the ground from Lamb's Hotel to Panraure Street, and from Bell Street to the centre of Reform Street.

The inscription upon the tomb.stone over the grave of WiLLlAM GoLDMAN reads thus : —

" Hir jacd cir Iwnoratus clilis Dcidoiiancii qvondarii cicis ct .... Gulielmus Goldman de Sandfurd qvi i>biit crtafis fuir anno qvailraget-imo qvario, (inno a imrlvr. Virijinh 1613, iirie ijonas Aprills. Memento Mori. [Here lies an honourable man, formerly liurgess and .... of Dundee, William Goldman of Sandfurd, who died in the forty-fourth year of his age, on the day before the Nones of April — 4tli April— in the year from the Accouchement of the Virgin, 1613. Remember thou art to die.]"

Besides these sons, James Goldman had two daughters, one of whom was married to James Wedderburn, son of the Town-Clerk, Alexander Wedderburn of Kingennie, and ancestor of Lord Chancellor the Earl of Rosslyn, and the other to Sinclair of Ulbster. In several of the published genealogies of the Wedderburn family, James Goldman's eldest daughter's name is given as Margaret, but from the monument in the Howff, No. S12, this appears to be a mistake, as the inscription reads thus : —

" Beuealh this stone are deposited the remains of the following persons, viz. : — James Wedderburn, Esq., who (lied 16:^0, and his wife, Mary Goldman."

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She was married in IGOS, and liad two sous, SiH ALEXANDER Wedderburn of Blackness, and Sir Peter Wedderburn of Gosford, who became a Lord of Session.

From another tombstone at the Goldman biirying-place in the Howff, it is evident that James Goldman had a younger brother called John, who was born in 1.531, and who is thus described in the monnmental description : —

" Heir lyis ane honest aged fatlier called John Goldman Mercliaiid and IJvrges in DunJie (julia depairtit this present lyf ye 3 of Apryle, anno 1605, of aige 74. And Christiaiie Man liis spovs qulia depairtit this lyf ye 8 (if September, anno 160.3, of aige 36.

" Death is lyf to ye faithfnl."

John Gold>l\.n, Junior, son of the above, is mentioned in tlie Register of the Privy Council as a prominent Burgess of Dundee. Charles Goldman, to whom reference is made in Peter Gold- man's poem, was Boxmaster of the Weaver Incorpoi-ation of Dundee in 1624. James Goldman, probably a younger brother of Charles, is also buried in the Howff, No. 23, his tombstone bear- ing this inscription : —

" Heir lyis ane honest man naniit .Jajies Goldman, JMerehand Bvrges of Diuidie, wIki ileceissit in .September 1632, of the aige of 42. This is done he Margaret Ogiiav, his spovs, for his memorie."

Several other members of this family are mentioned in the Sasine records of Dundee and else- where, although it is not easy to trace their relationship. William Goldman of Sandford is referred to in the Acts of Parliament as being on the Committee of War for Fife, in 1648-9 (VI. II. .)t-^ — 190^ ). Mr James Goldman, minister, son of Alexander Goldman (1652), and grandson of John Goldmax (1623), was living in 1731, and had two sisters, but no other descen- dants of a later date have been traced. Referring to this family, Jervise states that " the last of them; a female, died some years ago, so reduced in circumstances as to be dependent on the charity of a neighbouring Kirk Session" (Mcmor tills of Angus and Mearns, edition ISGl, p. 198). The Goldman burying-place was claimed by a family called Laird, one of whom, William (lloLDMAN Laird, revised the inscription on the wall of the Howff, 1797.

1564. May 29th. ALEXANDER MAXWELL of Tealixg js made a Brother of the Guild,

GRATIS.

The Maxwells of Tealing were derived from the Caerlaverock family, and their earliest appearance in Forfarshire was in the first quarter of the fifteenth century. Eu.stace Maxwell, the first proprietor of the name who held Tealing, was the second son of Sir William Maxwell of Caerlaverock, and he obtained possession uf the fourth part of the Barony in 1427. His direct

40 MAGISTER ALEXANDER HEPBURNE.

descendant was that Alexander Maxwell whose name is here enrolled. He appears to have been a Magistrate of Dundee in 1553, but subsequent to this time had been involved in monetary difficulties, and temporarily pledged his lands to relieve himself in 1561. From this entry, it is apparent that he had obtained regress to the lands of Tealing three years after- wards. His eldest son and successor. Sir David Maxwell, was knighted by King James VI. For a long period the Maxwells of Tealing served the Burgh of Dundee in a public capacity -^ and several of the descendants of Alexander Maxwell will be found recorded on the Burgess- Roll.

1564. January 17th.

Magister ALEXANDER HEPBURNE, Preceptor of the Grammar School, IS MADE A Brother of the Guild, gratis.

Alexander Hepburn is the second of the schoolmasters of Dundee entered upon this Roll, the first being Magister Walter Spalding, who was admitted a Burgess in 1539 [vide page 22]. Though few references to him are found in the records of the period, his life was an eventful one. He had studied at St Andrews and taken his degree as Master of Arts there before he settled iu Dundee, and it was probably through the influence of the relatives of his wife. Christian Scrymgeour, that he obtained preferment to the high ecclesiastical dignity which he afterwards enjoyed. Previous to 1574 he was placed in charge of the Kirks of " Litill Duukeld," " Dowalie," " Logyrait," " Logyallowy," " Mwlin" (Moulin) ; and in the latter year was promoted to the Pro- testant Bishopric of Ross. Many writers on the history of the time have been perplexed by the fact that John Lesly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ross, the well-known defender of Queen Mary', retained his episcopal title long after his deposition, and consequently there were both a Pro- testant and a Romanist Bishoj") of Ross living at the same time. Hence many of the acts of these two persons are confused and credited to the wrong party. Alexander Hepburn was not popular in the North as Bishop of Ross, since the Roman Catholics naturally regarded him as an intruder ; and it appears from the lamentable complaint laid by his widow, Christian Scrymgeoure, before the Privy Council, that his death was brought about by the cruel oppression of his neighbours. In December, 1578, whilst he was contincd to his dwelling in the Channonrie of Ross by his last sickness, CoLiN Mackenzie of Kintail j^revented his wife and servants from obtaining either fuel or victuals, " usand sic inhumane and cruell dealing aganis him that for displesour thairof he fell seek and nevir recoverit quhill he depairtit this life." When Mac- kenzie learned that the Bishop was nigh luito death, he surrounded the house with armed men. and entered the Castle with violence, expelled the unfortunate wife ere her husband's body

ANDREW BALFOURE— KOBERT BALFOURE — ANDREW BALFOURE. 41

was cold, and drove her out with her children und the few servants whom Mackenzie had not already imprisoned, and took forcible possession of all her property. Nor did his cruelty end here, for having put thmn " furth of the said hous, he constrynit thamo to leif the cuntrie and to cum away by sey, not suffering thame to get meit, drink, or lugeing, within the toun, nor lettand sa meikle cum away with thame of thair owin geir as a plaid or blankat to keip the bairnis fra cauld within the boit." For this barbarous deed Mackenzie and his accomplices were justly denounced as rebels and put to the horn.

1565. March 29th. ANDREW BALFOURE of Monquhany is made a Brother of the Guild,

GRATIS.

ROBERT BALFOURE, his Son, is made a Brother of the Guild, gratis.

ANDREW BALFOURE, Son of the aforesaid Andrew, is made a Brother

of the Guild, gratis.

The family of Balfour claims descent from a certain Siward who was living in the time of King Duncan, chxa 1033. The first of the Monquhany branch was Michael Balfour, who was one of the favourites of James IV., from whom he obtained a Charter in 1493 erecting his lands into the Barony of Monquhany. SiR Michael was married to Marjory, daughter of George Durie of that Ilk who fell with his Royal Master at Flodden. Andrew Balfour, whose name is here recorded, was his only son, and was a mere infant when his father was slain. In fulfilment of the special Act made by James IV., whereby the children of those who should fall at Flodden were to be at once declared heirs as if they had attained their majority, Andrew Balfour became Laird of Monquhany at a very early age. He was married to Janet, third daughter of SiR Alexander Bruce of Earlshall, and, according to the accepted genealogy, he had only seven sons ; but the above entry in the Bui'gess-Roll of Dundee appears to indicate that he had another son named Andrew. All these sons took a distinguished share in the history of the times of QuEEN Mary and James VI. Michael Balfour, the eldest son, who was enrolled as a Burgess of Dundee in 1583, was married to Janet Boswell, and died during his ftither's lifetime, leaving a son, Michael, who succeeded Andrew Balfour as Laird of Monquhany in 1592. Sir Gilbert of Westra, the second son of Andrew Balfour, was Master of the House- hold to Queen Mary. The third son was the notorious Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich. who was deeply concerned in the murder of Darnley. He held the post of Lord President of the

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42 DAVID, EAEL OF CRAUFURD AND LORD LINDSAY.

Court of Session, anJ, through his marriage with Margaret Balfour of Burleigh, he became the ancestor of the Lords Balfour of Burleigh and the Lords Balfour of Gleuawlcy. David, the fourth son, was ancestor of the Balfours of Grange. George, the fifth son, whose name appears at a later date on this Roll, was the Prior of the Charterhouse, Perth. Robert, who was made Burge.ss of Dundee at the same time as his father, was Provost of S. Mary's College, St Andrews; whilst John is usually referred to as the youngest of the family, and he seems to have held property in Orkney. Of Andrew Balfour, Junior, no trace appears elsewhere than on this Burgess-Roll. It is worthy of notice that a hundred years elapsed betwLxt the first erection of the Barony of Monquhany (1493) and the death of the second Laird in 1.592. Andrew Balfour, Senior, was thus Laird of Monquhany for the very exceptional peri(jd of seventy-nine years.

1565. September 2oth.

DAVID, EARL of CRAUFURD and LORD LINDSAY, is made a Brother

OF THE Guild, gratis.

David, tenth Earl of Craufurd, occupies a peculiar position iu the civic history of Dundee. He was the son of Alexander, Master of Craufurd — known in history as " the Wicked Master"- — and of Jean, daughter of Lord Sinclair. His grandfather, the eighth Earl of Craufurd, had been cruelly treated by the " Wicked Master," who had seized, fettered, and imprisoned him ; and in revenge for his unnatural conduct the injured Earl had disinherited his immediate descen- dants, and conveyed the title and estates to his cousin, David Lindsay of Edzell. The latter, " being of a generous disposition," re-conveyed the title and estates to the son of the Master, merely reserving the title of Earl of CR-IUFURD to himself for his lifetime. At his death, therefore, in 1558, David Lindsay became tenth Earl of Craufurd. He was a firm adherent of the Marian party, and supported both the Queen-Dowager and the QuEEN in their struggles with the Lords of the Congregation. The attitude which Provost Haliburton had taken in this contest had seriously displeased the QuEEN, and when she and Darnley came to Dundee in 1565, Haliburton had wisely left the Burgh with a band of the principal Protestant B\u-gesses, and joined the insurgent Earl of Moray. Dundee was therefore without a Provost, and the QuEEN took the opportunity of placing her faithful follower, the Earl of Craufurd, in that important office. The ancient connection of the Craufurd flimily with the Burgh of Dundee has already been referred to [vide page 12], and it seemed to afford an excuse for placing her favourite in this post. Those of the Town Council who had remained in the Burgh acquiesced for the time in this arbitrary act, and to give it an appearance of regularity, they inscribed the Earl of Craufurd's name upon the Burgess-Roll. The first meeting of the Council under the presidency of the new Provost was held on the 25th September— the very day on which his

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Dame was enrolled — and the fii'st official act of the Eaul of Craufukd was to order the payment of the expenses incurred during the entertainment of QuEEN Mary and Darnley in Dundee. The rapidly-changing fortunes of the QuEEN soon affected the condition of Dundee, and the Earl of Craufurd found it expedient to demit his office at the end of a twelvemonth. James Haliburton then returned, and was replaced in his former position as Provost of Dundee, and he retained that honourable post without interruption for twenty years afterwards.

The Earl of Craufurd was married in 154G to Margaret, daughter of Cardinal Beatoun, and had four sons, two of whom succeeded himself as Earls of Craufurd, whilst a third was created Lord Spynie, and was the chosen companion of James VI. The Earl died at Lords- cairnie, Fife, in 157-t, and was burieil in the family vault within the Cemetery of the Gray Friars Monastery, now the Howtf of Dundee.

156o. September 25th. THOMAS FOTHRINGHAM of Powrie is made a Brother of the Guild,

BY REASON OF THE LlBEKTY OF HIS FaTHER.

Thomas Fothri^uham's father, through whom he claims his right of Burgess-ship, has already been noticed under date 12th November, 1526 [vide page 18]. He succeeded to the estate on the death of his father at Piiikie-Cleugh, and retained possession until the beginning of the seventeenth century. By his marriage with Helen, daughter of John, Lord Lindsay of the Byres, he was brought into immediate contact with the party opposed to Queen Mary. His brother-in-law was that Patrick, Lord Lindsay of the Byres, whose stern conduct towards the Queen whilst imprisoned in Lochleven Castle is familiar to every reader of Scottish history. Helen Lindsay had five sisters, who were married respectively to Norman Leslie, Master of Rothes, the principal assassin of Cardinal Be.woun ; to Thomas Myreton of Cambo ; to David Beatoun of Melgum, a natural son of the Cardinal ; to George Douglas, the brave deliverer of Queen Mary' ; and to David Kinnear of that Ilk. Seldom has there been a family so divided politically as this one. From a curious charter, dated at Powrie, 24th July, 1579, it appears that Thomas Fothringiiam had not received the complete sum of money due as the tocher of his bride even at this date, as he then sold to his wife " the lands and town of Ballathrone, the lands of Halpes, and his eighth part of Bruchtie with the pendicle there, called the Nethir Marche," for a large sum of money paid by her brother, Patrick, Lord Lindsay of the Byres, ill augmentation of her wedding gift. Elizap.eth Fothuingham, sister of Thomas Fothringham of Powrie, was married to John Ogilvy of Inverrpiharity, and was the ancestress of the present Sir John Ogilvy of Inverquharity, Bart. Thomas Fothringham survived till 1610, and was succeeded by hi.^ son, who bore the same name.

44 JOHN BLAIK — JOHN LOVELL.

1568. October 4th.

JOHN BLAIR, Heir-apparent of Balgillo, is made a Brother of the

Guild, gratis.

The Blairs of Balgillo were descended from the old family of the Blairs of Balthayock, a race that for centuries held an important place amongst the Lairds of the Carse of Gowrie. John Blair, whose entry is here recorded, was connected with Dundee through his marriage with a daughter of Haliburton of Pitcur. He succeeded to the estate on the death of his father, William Blair of Balgillo, circa 1570, and he survived till 1593. His son William, and his grandson John, were knighted by James VI. and Charles I. respectively. An interesthig incident, with which both he and Thomas Fothringham of Powrie, mentioned on the preceding page, were connected, is recorded in the Register of the Privy Council. Sir David Graham of Fintry, the son of the builder of Mains Castle, was married to Barbara Scott, a descendant of SiR Michael Scott of Balwearie. Sir David's unfortunate connection with the Popish plot, known in history as the " Spanish Blanks," had brought about his execution for treason in 1592. Almost immediately afterwards, his widow had married Thomas Fothringham, Younger of Powrie, and his relatives seem to have vmited together for the purpose of harassing and oppressing her. She accordingly applied to the Privy Council for protection for herself and her new spouse, and from the Records it appears that no less than nineteen of the Lairds in the neighbourhood subscribed bonds that they wotdd not harm her — John Blair of Balgillo being amongst the number.

15G8. October 8th. JOHN LOVELL, Fiar of Ballumbie, is made a Brother of the Guild,

GRATIS.

A brief account of the LoVELLS of Ballumbie has already been given, when referring to the admission of Henry Lovell as a Burgess on 20th June, 1559; and allusion is there made to the John Lovell, son of Henry, whose admission is here recorded. It is there shown that the father had continuously wronged and oppressed his son John, and was repeatedly bound over to keep the peace towards him. Strangely enough, we find that John Lovell, after he had obtained possession of Ballumbie, suffered in a similar manner at the hands of his own son, William Lovell. He died in 1591, leaving two sons, William and Gilbert, the former of whom succeeded him.

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1571. September 14th. JOHN CARNEGIE of that Ilk is made a Brother of the Guild,

GRATIS.

Sir John CARNEraE of Carnegie, whose name is entered here, is the first of that important family included in the Roll. His father, Sir Robert Carnegie of Kiunaird, held a considerable amount of property in Dundee, but he does not seem to have been entered as a Burgess. The date of the admission of Sill John Carnegie is important, as throwing some light upon his own political history.

After a long life spent in the service of his country as an ambassador, as a senator of the College of Justice, and as a politician, SiR Robert Carnegie expired on the 5th of January, 15G5-6, and was buried in the Old Kirk of Leuchars, where his tombstone may still be seen. By his wife, MARGARET Guthrie of Lunan, he left seven sons and seven daughters, all of whom were closely connected with Angus and the Mearns. His eldest daughter, Margaret, became the wife of Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope, Constable of Dundee ; whilst his eldest son was that SiR John Carnegie whose name is here entered. Almost the last public act of Sir Robert was the executing of a charter, dated 25th March, 1565, by which he resigned his lands of Kimiaird, Balnamone, Littlecarcary, and Monrommon Muir, to his son and heir-apparent, John Carnegie, these lands being incorporated anew into the Barony of Kinuaird by Queen Mary, " in recognition of the services done for her by the said Robert, as well in France and England, as in other foreign parts, in negotiations conducted by him for the honour and common weal of the kingrlom." In the early portion of the struggle betwixt Queen Mary and the Protestant party, Sir John adhered to her most loyally, and he is usually represented as having remained faithful to her interests throughout his life. The entry in the Burgess-Roll, however, appears to contradict this statement, for the following reasons.

After the escape of Queen Mary from Lochleveu Castle, an attempt was made by the Earl OF Huntly to create a diversion in her favour by a rising in the North. Sir John Carnegie, mindful of his allegiance, joined the Earl in this movement ; but the attempt proved abortive, and he, with David, Earl of Craufurd (lately Provost of Dundee), and James, Lord Ogilvy, were denounced by the Privy Council, and orders given that their houses should be confiscated for the use of the Regent Moray and the party acting in the name of the infant King. To Provost Haliburton of Dundee, who had been reinstated in his office, the task was committed of taking possession of the House of Kinnaird, and making a full inventory " of the haile gudis and geir being thairin." In accordance with this order, the Provost entered the house and lands of Kinnaird, and held them until he was instructed to hand them over to John, Lord Glamis. No account has been given of the place of refuge which Carnegie had found, nor is there any record of his having given in his adherence to the King's party; but the fact that he was entered a Burgess of Dundee in 1570, whilst his old antagonist Haliburton was Provost of that

46 GEORGE RAMSAY — DAVID GUTHRIE.

Burgh, clearly shows that he must have abandoned the cause of the QuEEN before this date, and taken the oath in support of James VI., which was then rigorously exacted from all new entrants. This idea is confirmed also by the circumstance of his knighthood, which was conferred upon him in 1572. Sir Johx was married to Agnes Wood of Craig, and his only legitimate child, Margaret, was married to Patrick Kinnaird of Inehture, the direct ancestor of the present Lord Kinnaird of Rossie and Inehture. As Sir John left no male issue at his decease in 159G, the estates were inherited by his younger brother David. The latter was admitted a Burgess of Dundee on 30th January. 1616.

1574. July 27th.

GEORGE RAMSAY of Bamff is made a Brother of the Guild, gratis.

George Ramsay of Bamff claimed descent from Adam de Ramsay of Bamff, whose name appears in the Ragman Roll as swearing fealty to Edward I. in 1290. He was the grandson of Nigel Ramsay of Bamff {oh. ante 1531), and his father was Alexander Ramsay, and his mother Elizabeth Crichton, a daughter of Crichton of Ruthvcn. George Ramsay wa.t in possession of the estate in 1552, and he seems to have been on intimate terms with the Halihurtons, and with his kinsmen the Scrymgeours of Glaswell. His name is appended to the charter granted by SiR George Haliburton of Pitcur in 1553 to his wife Elizabeth Leirmonth, and is there placed beside that of the unfortunate Captain Alexander Haliburton, brother of the Provost, who fell at the siege of Leith in 1559. George Ramsay was married to Elizabeth Wood of Bonniton, in 1564, and was the direct ancestor of Sir James Henry Ramsay of Bamff, Bart. His residence in Dundee was " on ye south syid of ye Fluker-gaitt," and had formerly belonged to the Abbot of Scone. He died in 1580, and was succeeded by his son, George Ramsay, thirteenth Laird of Bamff.

1574. January 12th. DAVID GUTHRIE of Kincaldrum is made a Brother of the Guild,

GRATIS.

The descent of the family of Guthrie of Guthrie and their relationship to Dundee has been explained where the admission of Alexander Guthrie, Fiar, of that Ilk, is noted, under date 20th June, 1559 {vide page 33). David Guthrie of Kincaldrum was an uncle of this Alexander, and consequently son of Andrew Guthrie and of Christian Gardyne of Gardyne. Kincaldrum

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was the estate usually given to younger sons of the Lairds of Guthrie, and though the name of David does not appear in the genealogy of the family, his existence is proved by his signature to several charters, in which he is described as the son of Andrew. It was his brother Alexander who was assassinated at Inverpeffer by his cousin Patrick Gardyne, as already related. The most important event, however, with which his name is associated took place two years after his admission as Burgess of Dundee. On the ISth July, 1.576, he appeared in presence of the Regent Morton and the Lords of the Privy Council, at Edinburgh, together with his nephew, William Guthrie of Halkertoun, William Rynd of Carse, and James Arbuthnot of Len- tusche, and gave in a bond and obligation making himself surety with them for the printing of the first Scottish Bible. The terms of this contract are of sufficient interest to be transcribed here, as they are entered in the Records of the Privy Council : —

"Be it kend till all men be thir present lettres, we Alexander Aebuthnot merchand, and Thomas Bassinden improiitair, Burgesses of Edinburgh ; that forsamckill as cure Soveraiu Lord, with avise and consent of hi.s ryelit traist cousing James, Erll of Mortoun, Lord op Dalkeyth, Regent to hi.s Hienes, his realmo and lieges, has grantit us not onelie licence for imprinting of the Bybill, but als he.s causit us be avanceit of the pryces of a greit nownier of the same Byliillis afoirhand, for furthering of the werk, — and that be contributioun of parroohynnaris of the parroehe Kirkis, inbrocht and collectit bo the labouris and diligence of tlie ]jisehopj)is, Siiperintendentis, and Visitouri.s of the Dyoeeis and Cuntreis, according to ane ordour and aggrement maid betwix thanie and us, alluwit and aiithorizit be the Regentis grace. And in respect that the werk lies not yit takin etfect, in respect of the imjjcdimentis occurring, as alsua that — sen the conditioim making, the .souritie fund be me the said Alexander Arbuthnot is departit this lyff, — it lies plesit the Regentis grace yit to grant unto us tlie space of nync monethis following tire last day of Marche instant for wirking and performing of the said werk, within the (pdulk sjiace we liave promittit that the werk salbe accomplissit and the bukis dehverit to the debursaris of the said avancement and con- tributioun, conforme to the said aggrement ; — thairfoir to be bundin and obleist, and be the tennour heirof bindis and obleissis us, conjunctlie and severalie, as principallis ; David Guthrie of Kincaldrum, WiLLiAME Guthrie of Halkertoun, Williamb Rynd of Kerse, and James Arbuthnot of Lentusche as sourties, conjunctlie and severalie for nie the said Alexander Arbuthnot, and James Norwell Burges of Edinburgh, as souirtie for me the said Thomas Bassinden, our airis and executionris ; that wo sail wirk, and perfyte the said werk of imprenting of the Bybill dewdie and sutficientlie, within tlie said space of nyne monethis nixt following the said last day of Marche instant, and sail deliver the Bukis, bund in black and claspit, to the use of every parrochyn that lies avanceit and gevin the said eontributioiin for furthering of the said werk, howsone eftir the end of the saiJis nync monethis as we salbe re(]uirit be ony ano of the parrochyn, or ony uthor in name of the same havand tliair directioun to ressave the said Bybill, — but forder delay, fraude or gyle ; and in case of failye, sail rander and deliver the money ressavit be us, to every ane parrochyn tliair awin part and portiouii."

This important historical bond was dated 18th March, 1575, and signed by all the persons named.

A series of misfortunes overtook this Bible. On the 11th January, 1570-77, Alexander Arbuthnot complained that Thomas Bassinden was not executing the work with all possible diligence, aud^ stated that " he on na wayis will do the samyn without he be compellit, quhair- tbrow the said werk lyis ydill in the menetyme, to the gi-cit hurt of the commoun weill of this realme." The Privy Council ordered that Bassinden should at once hand over, not only that portion of the work which be had completed, but also his " prenting irons and necessaris appertening

48 GILBERT AUCHINI.ECK — DAVID ROBERTSON.

thairto meit for setting furthwart of the said werk." Even after the Bible was finished, great difficulty was experienced by the subscribers in obtaining the copies for which they had paid, and an action was raised against David Guthrie of Kincaldrum and the other sureties in 1587 — nine years after the date of the bond — by Archibald Douglas, Messenger in Old Aberdeen, for 102 " Biblis bund in blak and glasspitt," which the deceased Alexander Arbuth- not and Thomas Bassinden had failed to deliver. Three years afterwards these Bibles had not reached their destination, and letters of horning were granted in 1590 against David Guthrie of Kincaldrum. The last trace of this notable Burgess of Dundee is under date 1592, and he appears to have been succeeded at that time by his eldest son ALEXANDER.

1575. May 10th.

GILBERT AUCHINLECK of that Ilk is made a Brother of the Guild,

gratis.

Gilbert Auchinleck is the first of that important family whose name appears upon the Roll. The Auchinlecks, or Afflecks, are first found in Ayrshire, and the branch of the family to which Gilbert belonged held lands in Forfarshire early in the fourteenth century. In 1296 " Matheu LE Naper of Aghelek," supposed to belong to the Merchiston family, swore fealty to Edward I., and it is probable that the Napiers had dropped their patronymic and assumed their territorial name about the period referred to.

The remains of the Baronial Castle of Auchinleck, which was built by the Gilbert whose name is here entered, are still in fair preservation. The name of Gilbert Auchinleck of that Ilk appears in the Register of the Privy Council, under date 19th April, 15G9, as complainer against two of the Ogilvies of Airlie, who had committed a " cruell and abhominabill murthour and slauchter" upon James Ramsay, tutor of the Lewis, within the Burgh of Dundee, and who had found refuge with Patrick, Lord Gray, and several of his confederates. The names of some of the family of AuCHiNLECK are entered on the Burgess-Roll of Dundee at a later date.

1576. May 17th.

DAVID ROBERTSON, Minister of the Word of God, is made a Brother

of the Guild, gratis.

The admission of David Robertson as a Burgess of Dundee is significant of the alteration in the religious history of the time. Like James Wichtand (vide page 29), he had been a Member of the Chapter of St Andrews previous to the Reformation ; but he must have abandoned his old

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creed and adi)pted the tenets of the Reformers about 15G0, as in 1507 he was Protestant Minister of Tealing, and held that chargx; in conjunction with the curacy of Rossie in the Carse of Gowrie. On 12th October, 1570, he was presented to the Vicarage of Rossie by James VI., and the Chapels of " Inchesture and Kynnarde" were also put under his charge four years afterwards. The estimation in which he was held may be very accurately measured by the stipend which hi^ obtained. From Tealing he received one hundred merks (£5 lis. lid.); and from Rossie, Inchture, and Kinnaird, he had the unvisual sum of a hundred and thirty-three pounds six and eightpence Scots money (£11 2s. 9Jd.), with the Kirk-lands. In 1577 this stipend was aug- mented by Robert, Bishop of Caithness, in respect that " he hes seruit and servis at vther twa kirks of ours." He was translated from Rossie to the Vicarage of Inchture in 1585, and was still Minister there in 1588. The fact of his admission as a Burgess shows that he must have abjured the Romish creed when taking the Burgess-oath. His residence in Dundee is described in the " Rental! of the Master of the Hospitall" in these terms : — " Ye Land of Dauid Robertsoun, Minister, lyand on the north syid of ye Fluker-gaitt betwix ye land of THOMAS Duncan, mariner, on ye east, and ye land of ye aii-is of vniqle Thomas Symesoun on ye west pairtis." The date of his death has not been recorded.

1576. February 6th.

JAMES SCEYMGE(3UR of Dudhope, Constable of Dundee, is made a

Bkother of the Guild, gratis.

Sir James Scrymgeour of Dudhope succeeded his father, John Scrymgeour of Glaister, in 1575 ; and as the latter had become the male representative of the Constables of Dundee, Sir James had that office confirmed to him. He took an important part in the municipal govern- ment of Dundee for more than thirty years after the date of his admission. He seems to have been a man of indomitable will, little scrupulous as to the means which he adopted to carry out his purposes; and for a long period he held the Burghers of Dundee in almost complete sub- jection. His name aj)pears with ominous frequency in the Register of the Privy Council, and complaints were repeatedly made to that august body by the numerous persons who suffered from his oppression. He regarded his office as Constable as giving him free licence to control the Burgh according to his own pleasure, and he not infrequently confined those who resisted his authority within the dungeons of Dudhope Castle. On more than one occasion he was denounced as a rebel for refusing to obey the orders of the Privy Council, but he succeeded by some means or other in regaining their favour, and retained his position unchallenged.

The first grave dispute which Sir James Scrymgeour had with the Burgh had reference to his rights over the annual fairs, as detailed in early charters to the Constables of Dundee. These

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60 JAMES SCRYMGEOCR.

rights were very extensive, aud put a serious limit upon the trade of the Burgh. As the power of the Burgesses increased, they naturally resisted the imposition of dues and conditions which hampered their trade, and were clearly obsolete; but the Constable would suffer no diminution of his heritable rights, and asserted them by the most violent means. He thrust himself into office as a Bailie of the Burgh, in hopes thus to accomplish his purpose, and but for the foresight and courage of Provost Haliburton he would doubtless have carried out his design without opposi- tion. During the few last years of Hali burton's Provostship, Scrymgeour was kept within reasonable limits, but after old age had compelled the PROVtjsT to resign, the Constable suc- ceeded in obtaining that honourable post, and dominated the Burgh without let or hindrance.

Despite his turbulence, his public services to Dundee were not inconsiderable. He sat as a minor Baron in the Conventions of 1.594, 1597, 159S (twice), and 1604, and he represented Dundee in the Parliaments of IGOO and 160-5, and Forfarshire in 1605 and 1607. The great mistake of his life was his joining with the Gowrie party in 1582, and for this action he was banished from the three Kingdoms. He fled with some of his companions for refuge beyond the Tweed, disregarding the futile attempt made by King James VI. to e.xile him from England and Ireland, over which that Monarch had then no control. Four years afterwards (in 1586) he returned to Scotland, and succeeded in ingratiating himself once more with the King ; and when Haliburton resigned his Provostship, he was appointed to that important post. He formed one of the band of noblemen despatched to Denmark for the purpose of arranging the marriage of King James with the Princess Anne, and though he was not privileged to accompany her home to Scotland, he received the honour of knighthood from the Sovereign when that mission was finally accomplished. At a later date, whilst .still Provost of Dundee, he was selected as one of the Commissioners from Scotland appointed to bring about the complete Union of the Crowns, and seems to have enjoyed the especial confidence of King James in this matter. In 1583 the Town Council refused to accept the Earl of Craufurd as Provost of Dundee, at the dictation of the King ; but they were not so fastidious with reference to Sir James Scrymgeour. On two occasions — in 1604, and again in 1606 — the King wrote letters direct- ing that Sir James should be elected and continued in his office, and though some of the craftsmen attempted to resist these orders, they were ultimately obeyed. He last appears in the position of Provost in 1609. His formal retour as heir to the Constableship was not made np till 15th December, 1610, aud it seems as if he had completed this legal form so as to secure the estates to his son, and thus place the rights of the latter beyond question. He died in 1612. By his marriage with Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Carnegie of Kinnaird, he had one son. Sir John Scrymgeour of Dudhope, who was afterwards Viscount of Dudhope, and direct ancestor of the first Earl of Dundee. The admission of Sir John as Burgess of Dundee took place on 23rd September, 1599.

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1582. May 8th.

Which day Magisteh ALEXANDER WEDDEKBURN is made a Burgess of THE Guild, by reason of the Priyilege of his Father, Alexander Wedderburn, Town-Clerk of Dundee.

The early history of the Weddeuhukn family ha.s been brieHy sketched in relation to the first entry of one of its members upon the Burgess-Roll, under date 1514 (vide page i;3). Allusion Ls there made to John Wedderburn of Tofts, who was the first of a succession of Towu-Clerks in Dundee bearing the same name. John died circa 1583, and was succeeded by David Wedder- RURN, his sou, who filled the same public office. In 1535, David Wedderburn and his wife Helen, daughter of Robert Lawsoun of Humbie, purchased from the Abbot and Monastery of Lindores the half of the lands of Hiltoun of Craigie, Coimty Forfar, and the charter was confirmed by James V. in 1538-9 [Rc<j. Mmj. Sly. Juc. V. 1913]. They also obtained possession, by purchase of the Mains of Huntly, from Patrick, Lord Gray, in 1542, and ten years afterwards they acquired from the same nobleman another portion of the lands of Hiltoun. It is stated by Douglas (Baronage of Scotland, p. 279) that David Wedderburn died in 1590, and that his son Alexander succeeded him in the ottice of Town-Clerk. But from the above entr}-, as well as from other documents in the Charter-room of Dundee, it is clear that Alexander Wedderburn was Town-Clerk in May, 1-582. The genealogy of the Wedderburn family given b}' Douglas is evidently incorrect, as he omits entirely all mention of an Alexander Wedderburn of Tofts, who intervenes betwixt David Wedderburn and the first Alexander, who was Tow^l-Clerk, and who, therefore, was David's grandson. Alexander Wedderburn of Tofts was married to Janet, daughter of James Myln of Drimmie, and was the father of the Town-Clerk who became the first Baron of Kingeuuie.

Alexander Wedderburn, the Town-Clerk, was one of the most eminent of the East Country Barons of his time. It was he, acting under the instructions of Haliburton, who drew up the Roll of Burgesses in 1581, and it is to his industry and unsparing zeal that we owe the preserva- tion of the earliest records of the Burgh of Dundee now in existence. Like the other members of his family, he studied at St Andrews University, and took his degree as Master of Arts there. For some time before he succeeded to the office of TowTi-Clerk he practised as a Notary Public in Dundee, and many of the charters prepared by him during this period are still extant. His capacity as an administrator of public affairs drew the attention of King James VI. towards him, and he was frequently employed by that Monarch upon missions and embassies of considerable import- ance. It is stated by DouGLAS that " he accompanied him [the King] up to England, anno 1G03 ; and, when he was about to return to Scotland, His Majesty' took a diamond ring off his finger and gave him it as a token of friend.ship, which is still [1798] preserved in the family."

In IGOO Alexander Wedderburn acquired the Barony of Kingennie, in Forfarshire, which

52 MAGISTER ALKXAXDER WEDDERBURN.

afterwards became the chief territorial possession of the ftxmily. By his marriage with HELEN Ramsay of Brackmout, in Fifeshire, he had four sons and three daughters, the eldest being that Magister Alexander Wedderburn whose admission as a Burgess is here recorded. The first WEnDERBURN of Kiugeunie died, it is said, in 1618, and was succeeded by his eldest son and namesake. He had represented Dundee in eight Conventions between 1585 and 1609, and had taken an active part in the important labours of the Convention of Royal Burghs during the long period of his term of office. His house stood on the south side of the Nether-gait, a little to the west of Crichtou Street ; and when it was removed recently some of the mural and plafond decorations were found intact.

The Alexander Wedderburn whose name is at the head of this notice also served the Burgh and the Nation as MeDiber for Dundee, with credit to himself and to his birthplace. He was appointed Commissioner for the Regulating of the Weights and Measures of Scotland, under the Act of Parliament passed in 1618 ; and represented Dundee in the Conventions of 1612, 1618, 1621, and 1628 to 1633. Some of his biographers assert that he died in 1625, but the Parlia- mentary Returns plainly show that he was Member for Dundee eight years after that date. By his marriage with Magdalen, daughter of John Scrymgeour of Kirkton, he left a son and daughter, the former of whom succeeded him as third Baron of Kingennie.

James Wedderburn, the younger brother of the last-named Alexander, had obtained through his father, the gift of the office of Town-Clerk in event of his fatbei-'s decease, and for some time he exercised the functions, but his ill health caused him to provide a substitute in 1627, and he died, it is stated, in 1633. He had been bred as a merchant in Dundee, and tilled .some important posts in the Burgh, besides being Town-Clerk. He was married to Mary, daughter of James Goldman, one of the leading merchants in Dundee at the time (vide page 38), and from him descended the AVedderburns of Blackness and the Wedderburns of Gosford, two families whose members were long connected with the progress of the Burgh.

The three sons of Alexander Wedderburn of Tofts and Janet Myln all attained to eminence in their various vocations. The eldest son, Alexander of Kingennie, has already been referred to. James, the second son, was born in Dundee in 1585, and removed to Oxford at an early age, for the purpose of completing his studies. In 1631 he became a Prebend of White Church, in the Diocese of Wilts, in England, but shortly afterwards he was appointed Professor of Divinity in S. Mary's College, St Andrews. When Bishop Bellenden was translated from the See of Dunblane to that of Aberdeen, Professor Wedderbltrn was called to occupy his place, and was consecrated Bishop of Dunblane on 11th February, 1636. He was not suffered long to remain in this office. The famous General Assembly, held at Glasgow on 13th December, 1638, boldly abolished Prelacy throughout Scotland, and BiSHOP Wedderbltrn, in common with all his Episcopal brethren, was deposed from his office and excommunicated. The reason given for this extreme measure was the allegation that Wedderburn " had been a confidential correspondent and agent of Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, in introducing the new Liturgy and Popish cere- monies." Wedderburn fled for protection to his patron. Archbishop Laud, but did not long survive his deposition. He died in England on 23rd September, 1639, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. He was buried in the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, within the Chapel of the Virgin Mary there, the memorial stone over his grave bearing the following inscription : —

MAGISTEK ALEXANDER BEATOUN. 53

" Revcrt'iiih'tisiiiiUf! in CJirisfu

Pater Jacohns Wedderhurims, Taoduii!

In Scotia natug,

Sacclli Re(jii Ibidem Deeanus.

DiiriiJilinientiiff Scdis per annos IV. Episrojius :

Atitiqme probitatis et fidei :

MaijuiiiDque ob excellentem Dodrinam ;

Patrice sua' ornarneiititm."

[To the most revereml futlier in Christ, James Wedderbukn, born iu DimJee, Scotlaml, Dean of the Chapel Royal there, Bishup of the See of Dunblane for f(jur years, faithful and upright as those of oil], superior and excellent in doctrine, and an ornament to his country.]

John Wedderburn, younger brother of the Bishop, was educated as a physician, and rose to eminence in that profession. His reputation as a mathematician was so great that he was appointed Professor of Mathematics in the University of Padua. This honourable post he filled for some time, but he ultimately resigned it, and spent the remainder of his life in the practice of medicine at Brinth, in Moravia. Tiie names of other members of this notable family appear on the Burgess-Roll at a later date.

1582. May loth.

Which day Magister ALEXANDEE BEATOUN, Archdeacon of Lothian, IS MADE A Burgess and Brother of the Guild, for his Counsel and Services to the Commonweal of the Burgh, gratis, in absence.

Alexander Beatoun (sometimes erroneously styled Archibald) was the second son of Cardinal Beatoun and Marion Ocjilvy, daughter of Lord Ogilvy of Airlie. His predecessor in the office of the Archdeanery of Lothian was his uncle, Walter Beatoun, brother of the Cardinal ; but before Alexander succeeded, the Reformation had been accomplished, and the Archdeacon had become a functionary of the Protestant Church. The family connection of Alexander Beatoun with Dundee was a very intimate one. Four of his aunts — sisters of his father — were married to important baronial families in the neighbourhood : one to SiR WiLLlAM Graham of Fiutry, another to John Graham of Clavorhouse, a third to Moncur of Ballumbie, and a fourth to Strachan of Carmyllie. The connection of his mother's family, the Ogilvies of Airlie, with Dundee has already been frequently referred to. The precise services that had been rendered to the Burgh by the Archdeacon to entitle him to the freedom of the Guild have not been described; nor is the date of his death recorded. He was living, however, in IGOl, and had then two sons, John and Archibald, who were concerned in some of the Fife risings of that period (Register of Pr'tvy Counc'd, Vol. VI.). The Archdeacon held the estate of Carsegownie, in Fife, for some time. In 1584, whilst he administered the office of Archdeacon of Lothian,

54 DAVID WEDDEKBURNE.

a portion of the revenues of that ecclesiastical dignity were conferred upon the uewly-fouaded University of Edinburgh, the official himself resigning a large part of his income for the laudable purpose of fostering education in this manner. He was the ancestor of the Bethi'XES of Tarvit, who afterwards acquired Kilcouquhar by jiurchase and Wormiston by marriage ; and he is now represented by John Trotter Bethune, tenth Earl of Lindsay.

1582. May 15th.

Which day DAVID WEDDERBUENE, Son of Alexander Wedderburne, Common Cleek to the Burgh, is made a Burgess and Brother of the Guild, by reason of the Privilege of the said Alexander, his Father, who is a Burgess and Brother of the Guild ; Accidents gratis.

The name of this David Wedderburn, son of the Town-Clerk, does not appear in any of the publLshed genealogies of the family ; but the fact that it is inscribed on the Burgess-Roll in its true chronological place, by the hand of the father himself, is conclusive evidence of his exist- ence. The entry, moreover, makes it possible to identify a David WEUDERiirRX, whose name occurs in the Register of the Privy Council, under date 1604. D.WID was probably the youngest of the four sous of Alexander Wedderburn, Town-Clerk of Duudee, and first Baron of Kin- gcnnie. Alexander, the eldest son, carried on the line of tiie family. James, the second son, succeeded to the office of Town-Clerk, as has been explained {vide page 52), and was progenitor of the Wedderburns of Blackness. John, the third son, attained a very eminent position at the Court of Charles I. He studied at St Andrews University, and, like his uncle and name- sake, chose the profession of medicine, in which department he rapidly won great reputation. He was appointed Physician to the King, was knighted by him, and received a pension of £2,000 Scots (£166 13s. 4d. sterling) for life from Charles I., that grant being confirmed to him by Charles II. In 1646, Sir John Wedderburn was incorporated as a member of Oxford University, ujjon the recommendation of the Chancellor, who thus wrote regarding him : —

" He is one of His Majesty's Physician.s in Ordinary, and a gentleman of known learning, and of vast experience. He was originally a Professor of Pliilcsophy in the University of St Andrews, but that being too narrow a place for so great a person, he left it, travelled into various countries, and became so celebrated for his great learning and skill in physick that he was the chief man of his country for many years for that faculty. Afterwards, he received the honour of knighthood, and was highly valued when ho was in Holland with the Prince in 1646-7. At length, though his infirmities and great age forced him to retire froip publick practice and business, yet his fame contracted all the Scottish nation to him ; and his noble liospitality and kindness to all that were learned and virtuous, made his conversation no less loved than his advice was desired."

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Sir John left no family at his death, and a large portion of his great wealth came to his nephew. Sir Peter Wedderburn of Gosford. His library was giveu as a legacy, together with a large sum of money, by his will to S. Leonard's College, St Andrews ; and the esteem with which he was regariled by the members of that institution is indicated in a letter of thanks for this gift, addressed by the Principal and four Professors of the University to Sir Peter, in July, 1679. Referring to this "noble donation," the writers proceed thus: —

" We cannot biit ackiKiwlcilge it the greatest of tliat nature that ever liath been made by any man to iuiy colledge in tlie Kingddine ; and yet we must, in justice to liim, say that we have no more but himself, restored witli this disadvantage ; that (wlledge now only possesseth in many dead volumes what it enjoyed in one living man ; when he, in bis younger years adorned his profession tlierein by his singular pietie, prudence, and bis other eminent endowments, whereby he was also an ornament to this Uuiversitie, as lie hath ever since Ijecn an honour to his country. As he .spent his life in making others live, so at his death he hath not only cdntributed liis endeavours to restore his languishing mother to that vigour which may enable her to lu'ing forth sui_-h children as may, in some measure, resemlile him, but also given so great an example as (we wish) may be as nuicb imitated as this is admired."

David Wedderburn, the fourth son of the Towx-Clerk, whose name is entered here on the Burgess-Roll, was a merchant in Dundee, but took little part in public life. Of the three daughters of the Town-Clerk, the eldest, Elizabeth, was grandmother to the famous Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, and superintended his early education in Dundee ; whilst the second, Agnes, was married to HaliburtoN of Gask and Pitcur, and was grandmother of Agatha Haliburton. Couxtess of Morton.

1583. May 11 th.

Which day FRANCIS, EARL of BOTHWELL, LORD of HAILES and CRICHTON, LORD LIDDTSDAIL, Lord High Admiral of the King- dom OP Scotland, is added to the number of the Citizens of Dundee, FOR HIS Labours in the Service of the Town of Dundee.

The same day HERCULES STEWART, Brother of the said Francis, Earl AS aforesaid, is given the Liberty of the Town of Dundee, gratis.

Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell, is accurately described by Professor Masson (Reg. Privy Council, Vol. IV., p. GIO, a.) as " one of the strangest and altogether most unintelligible personages in Scottish history." He was a grandson of James V., his father having been John

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Stewart, Prior of Coldingham, a natural son of the King by Elizabeth, daughter of Siu John Carmichael, Captain of Craufurd. His mother was Jean Hepburn, sister and sole heiress of hiT brother, the infamous Earl OF BOTHWELL, who became the third husband of QuEEN Mary ; aiul it was through the intercession of his mother, in 15S1, that he succeeded to the estates and offices which had formerly belonged to her brother, and had fallen to the King after Bothwell's forfeiture. In Burke's Extinct Pcernfje, p. -'lO, it is stated that Francis Stewart was created Earl of Bothwell in 1587; but this date is manifestly wrong, as his name appears in the Lockit Book of Dundee in May, 1.583, under that title; and from the Register of the Privy Council, it api^ears that he sat as a member of that body in 1578, and is styled in the Sederunt Franciscus, Comes de Botkuile.

It is not possible, within reasonable limits, to do more than merely glance at the career of this ver\' prominent political leader, as it is found in the public archives of the time. His relatioushiiJ to the King — he was his full cousin — had early made him a favourite, and he might have retained his position at the Court and risen to eminence but for the ambition which ultimately wrought his downfall. The success which had attended the plots of his uncle, the Regent Moray, probably tempted him to join with Provost Haliburton of Dundee and many others in the enterprise known in history as "the Raid of Ruthven," in August, 1582; but he had succeeded in obtaining the King's pardon for his share in this action, and at the very time when he was entered as a Burgess of Dundee he was preparing to accompany the King upon a royal progress through Fife. It was whilst the KiNG was at Falkland Palace at this time that he managed to throw off the yoke that had been imposed upon him by the " Ruthven Raiders," and the Earl of Bothwell, in common with several of his confederates, was ordered to remain at his own dwelling, under pain of being denounced as a rebel. Two years afterwards (1585) he was again restored to favour, and appointed as one of the noblemen deputed to quell the dis- turbances on the Border. His life for several years after this time was a constant fluctuation betwixt treason and pardon, honour and disgrace. When the Treaty of Union between QuEEN Elizabeth and King James for the defence of the Protestant Religion against the Catholic League, was made, he was the principal Commissioner from Scotland charged with this duty ; but he was one of the foremost to demand a declaration of war against England when the news of Queen Mary's execution reached the Scottish Court. In 1588, he led an expedition to the North Isles, for the purjaose of protecting the fisheries there against the encroachments of foreign pirates ; and immediately after his return he was directed to make prejmration, as Lord High Admiral of Scotland, to intercept the projected Catholic invasion known as the Spanish Armada. The hopes of the Romanist party in Scotland were dimmed, but not extinguished, by the wreck of " that great fleet, invincible ;" and by working upon the deadly animosity which Bothwell cherished against England, the leading Catholic nobles — the Earls OF HuNTLY, Errol, and Craufurd — induced the Lord High Admiral to join them. But for the personal regard which the King had fur him, he would certainly have suffered for his teachery and apostasy in this matter. His treason, however, was repeatedly forgiven, and even when he was taken hi arms against the King, he was merely warded in the Castle of Edinburgh, under a very imperfect guard. There was one crime that King James could not forgive — the crime of " consultation with nygromanceris, witcheis, and utheris wickit and ungodlie personis,

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bayth without and withiu this cuutre, for bereviiig liis Hieiies lyft'," -^nd several of tlie witches, whom the King had tried in person, had accused Both well of having conspired with them ; and, as he had broken out of prison and fled, rather than endure a trial, he was declared a rebel, and his title and estates were forfeited to the Ci'own, in 1591. From this time forward he never regained the Royal favour, and beca.me the open enemy of his kingly cousin. Twice he attempted to seize the persons of the King and Queen — at Falkland and at Holyrood — and on both occasions his plot miscarried. He fled for refuge to the North of Scotland, seeking the protection of the Earl of Huntly ; but he was jjursued so closely by his enemies that he became a wanderer throughout Scotland, a special proclamation declaring that all who should reset or assist him in any way were to be punished as if they had been guilty of the most heinous crimes. He escaped to France, and though the French King refused to deliver the fugitive to the emissary whom King James had sent specially to that country to demand his extradition, the unfortunate Earl was compelled to fly to Spain, for some misdemeanour committed by him at the French Court. Thence he went to Naples, and died there, in extreme poverty, in 162-i. By his marriage with the Lady Margaret Douglas, eldest daughter of the seventh Earl of Angus, he left three sons and three daughters. The line of Francis, the eldest son, has long been extinct ; and the present representative of the Hepburn and Stewart Earls of Bothwell, is Charles E. F. Stirling of Glorat, Bart., who is descended from the second son, John Stewart, Prior of Coldinghani. John Stewart, the second son, was admitted a Biirgess of Dundee, on 2nd September, 1G20.

Hercules Stewart, whose name is entered on the Burgcss-Roll, was a natural brother of Francis, Earl of Bothwell, and adhered closely to him during all his turbulent career. After the forfeiture of the Earl, the vengeance of the King fell upon Hercules Stewart, and he was denounced as a rebel, " for certaine tressounabill practicis and couspiraceis," on 9th January, 1593-4. Though he was fortiuiate enough to escape for some time from his enemies, he was at last captured and brought to trial, and he, with one of his servants, was executed at the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh, on the ISth of February, 1594-5 — the very day upon which sentence of excommunication was pronounced against his brother, the Earl, by the General Assembly.

1583. October IGth. Which day DAVID, EARL of CRAUFURD, LORD LINDSAY, is added to

THE NUMBER OF THE CiTIZENS OF DuNDEE, BECAUSE HE IS SoN AND HeIR

OF THE Noble and Potent Lord, David, Earl of Craufurd, who

HAS HAD THE FREEDOM OF THE BuRGH BESTOWED UPON HIM.

David Lindsay, eleventh Earl of Craufurd, was the son of David, tenth Earl of Craufurd, Provost of Dundee, and of Margaret, daughter of Cardinal Beatoun. The career of his father has been briefly referred to under date 23rd September, 1565 (vide page 42). The

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elevtMitli Eakl, whose name is here recorded, was born in 1552, and succeeded his father in 1574. He is described as having been " ane princely man, but a sad spendthrift ;" and his life, from the time of his accession till his decease, was a stormy one, even for that unsettled period. Three years after he succeeded to the title, a strange accident happened, which threw a cloud over all his subsequent career. For a long time before this period a feud had existed between the families of Craufurd and Glamis. In 1577-iS, whilst Lord Glamis was Chancellor, and was in attendance upon the King at Stirling Castle, he happened one evening, in March, to meet the Earl of Craufitrd in a contracted passage, called the Schoolhouse-Wynd, where there was barely room for tlie attendants of the two noblemen to pass without jostling each other. At this time both Craufurd and Glamis were adherents of the same political party, and knew that it would be dangerous for them to give way to their personal animosity, and they sought to restrain themselves, and to meet each other with cold politeness. But before their followers had passed, some trivial offence had been given by obscure members of the trahis, and ere either of the leaders could interfere, their servants had drawn their weapons and were engaged in a sanguinary conflict. Various accounts have been given of this skirmish, and though, as might be expected, these do not agree precisely as to the minuter incidents, the fatal result is the same in all versions. A stray shot from a pistol struck the Chancellor Glamis, and he fell on the causeway niortallv wounded. Although it was alleged that this shot was fired by Craufurd himself, no sufficient proof was ever offered of this statement ; but, in accordance with the custom of the time, he was held responsible for the actions of his followers. The old family feud was revived with increased virulence, and the King was at length compelled to interfere. The Earl of Craufurd was apprehended upon a charge of murdering Lord Glamis, but, after a brief deten- tion he was set at liberty, and shortly afterwards he left tlie country and journeyed to France and Italy. He returned to Scotland towards the close of 1581, and was received again into the King's favour. Strenuous efforts were made by KiNG James to bring about a reconciliation betwixt Craufurd and the fiimily of Glamis, but with only partial success. The Earl's long residence abroad, in company with the Earl OF Huntly, had made him incline towards the Romish creed, and this made him even more acceptable to the King. Several of his relatives were placed in offices of trust at the Court, and his conduct in enabling the King to throw off the yoke of the Ruthven i^arty was amplj' rewarded.

The entry of the Earl of Craufurd's name on the Burgess-Roll of Dundee is of historical importance. The King unquestionably regarded the Burgh as the principal seat of the "Ruthven Raiders," with whom Provost Haliburton had been closely associated. When that party was broken up, therefore, it was the King's purpose to deprive them of all civic power, and to place nominees of his own in public offices. Accordingly, in October, 1588, Sir Robert Bowes, the English amliassador, in one of his letters to QuEEN Elizabeth, states that the King wrote to the Magistrates of Dundee, " commanding them to elect and take Craufurd to be their Provost, albeit they had chosen their own Provost to be still continued in his office." It thus strangely appears that a second attempt had been made at this time to supersede Provost Haliburton, and that by forcing into his place the son of that Earl of Craufurd who had formerly been thru.st upon the Burgh. On this occasion, however, the Earl was unsuccessful, and he came no nearer his end than being received as a Burgess, not for special services done by him, but in right

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of his father. Provost Haliburton remained in cjffico till 1586, desjiite the King's resentment, and then resigned the post he had so greatly adorned fur thirty-three years.

The later portion of the Earl of Craufurd's turbulent career need not here be related in detail. He declared himself the ally of the Catholic Earls of Huntly and Errol, and took part with them in the insurrection at the Brig o' Dee, in 1587, for which offence he was imprisoned. On his i-elease he rotm'ued to France, and remained there till IGOl, when he caine back to Scotland, and took up his principal residence at Lordscairnie, in Fife. He died there on 22ud November, 1G07, and his botly was brought to Dundee, and buried in the family vaidt within the Howfif. He was twice married : tir.stly, to LiLlAS, daughter of Lord Drummond of Stobhall, and secondly, to Lady Grizel Stewart, eldest daughter of Johx, fourth Earl of Athol. His son, David Lixdsay, succeeded him as twelfth Earl of Craufuru.

1583. October Ifith.

Which day MICHAEL BA.LF(JUPi of Monquhany is made a Brother of THE Guild, by reason of the Privilege of his Father.

Michael Balfour was the eldest son of Andrew Balfour of Monquhany, whose entry as a Burgess is recorded under date 29th March, 1565 {vide page 41). He predeceased his fiither, and his son, Michael, succeeded Andrew Balfour, the grandfather, and was served heir to him in 1592. The present representative of this ancient family is David Balfour, Esq. of Balfour and Trenabie. Other members of Andrew Balfour's family were made Burgesses of Dundee at a later date.

1583. March 9th.

Which day Magister THOMAS RAMSAY, Schoolmaster, is given the Freedom of the Burgh of Dundee, by reason of the Privilege of his Father, David Ramsay, Baker, who is a Burgess and Guild Brother of the said Burgh ; Accidents gratis.

The family to which Magister Thomas Ramsay belonged were highly distinguished in the annals of the Burgh. His father, David Ramsay, was the second Deacon of the Baker Craft whose name has been preserved, and was appointed to that office on S. Clement's day (22nd November), 1555. On more than one occasion the meetings of the Craft were held in the house

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of Deacon Ramsay, which stood " on ye nortli syid of Argyllis-gait," near the Buri;il Wyud, or a little to the east of the corner of Barrack Street aud the Over-gait. David Ramsay's eldest son, David, succeeded to his fother's occupation, and is described as " David Rahesay, Zounger, baxter," in 1580. Thomas Ramsay was designed for the Church, and was educated at S. Leonard's College, St Andrews, where he took his degree of Master of Arts ; aud he received the appointment as Master of the Grammar School of Dundee, in succession to Thomas Makgibbon, in 15G7. During the time of his predecessor, serious disputes had arisen regarding the instruc- tion of the children of Roman Catholic parents by a declared Protestant like Makgibbon ; but the interposition of the civic power of the Provost and Magistrates had settled these divisions, and under Thomas Ramsay's superintendence the Grammar School became a mo.st important institution. The estimation in which he was held by his fellow-citizens is shown by a curious entry in the Lockit Book of the Baxter Craft, which is in these terms : —

" lOtli April 1577. — (jhiliilk Jay, iu preseuce of ye Deacone, Maystri.s, aud ConsuU of ye Craft, Tliir followiiig, Mayster Thomas Ramsay, Mayster pf ye Scliole, and Mayster Pateick Galloway, minister at Forgeune aud Fowillis, soues of Mayster.s of ye Craft, ar acceptit aud ressaifit in ye liberties of ye Craft, tuiching all ye .preiwlegis yairof, and in speciall quhensour and quhen at any tyme ye saidis p-sones pleasis to mak yair leiviug and baik, it is to be lesum, wtout ony impedmet of vs pres^ or to cum, &c. ; and ye saidis p-soues lies uphaldiu y^ hand be ye faith and trewtli of yair bodies, itc." (Sec Warden's Burgh Laws of Dundee, p. 24-1.)

Patrick Galloway, the son of the Dundee baker, who was thus nuxde a Master of the Baxter Craft along with Thomas Ramsay, afterwards became Minister of Perth, Chai)lain of the King's Household, and Moderator of the General Assembly. Ramsay continued bis labours as School- master of Dundee for some time after this period, and was made a free Burgess of the Burgh, according to the Roll, in 1.5S3.

Whilst he held this office, the educational requirements of the Bm-gh dimanded increased scholastic accommodation, as the temporary place within S. Clement's Church, which had been used after the destruction of the Schoolhoiise by the English in 1-548, was found ipiite inadequate for the numerous scholars. Accordingly, towards the close of 1588, the Town Council " devysit that void place at the back of the Weigh-house in S. Clement's Kirkyaird to be the maist com- modious quhairupon to big aue common school ; (pdiilk they ordainit to be biggit with all guidlie diligence." " The Grammar School then erected," writes Mr Maxwell (Old Dundee, p. 92), "was a plain aud substantial building of two stories, which contiuued to serve its purpose until near the end of last century, when another house was built in S. Mary's Churchyard, at the lower end of Kirk W}-nd, thenceforth known as School Wyud. The building in S. Clement's Wynd was then appropriated as a house for the Town Guard, and after the Police superseded that body, it was used as offices for them and as a Magistrates' Court-room."

Thomas Ramsay did not long remain Master of the new School, as he was appointed Minister of luchture in 1589, succeeding David Robertson, another Burgess of Dundee, to wdiom refer- ence has been made {vide page 48). Inchture had been separated from Rossie and Kinuaird before this time, and, after serving the fiist of these charges for two years, he was transferred to the second, Rossie, in 1591, and remained there till his death, on 1st October, 1594. His widow. Christian Rutherford, and his son and two daughters, survived him.

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1583. March 9th.

Which day Magister JOHN CHRYSTESOUN, Minister of the Word of God at Innergowrie, is made a Burgess and Brother of the Guild, FOR the sum of Ten Pounds, paid to the present Treasurer [David Zeman] ; other Accidents gratis.

John Chrystesoun first appears as Reader at Dunfermline, from 1570 to 1574'. Two years Jifter the latter date he was entered as Minister of Logie, Dundee — a Church which, before the Reformation, had belonged to the Abbey of Scone. On his entrance, the Churches of I.iff and Invergowrie were also placed under his charge, and the latter seems to have been regarded as the most important of the three, as he is designated Minister of Invergowrie in the Burgess-Roll. He retained his triple office till 1608, and died shortly after that date, leaving a widow, Bessie Keir, and one son, William. He was succeeded by John Duncane, from Lundie Parish, who also had the three Churches under his care. The Parishes of Logie, Invergowrie, and Liff were united by the Commissioners of Parliament in 1613; but for some time after the death of John Chry'STESOUN, the Parson of Dundee had chai-ge of the spiritual affairs of the Church of Logie. He must not be confounded with William Chrystesoun, the first ordained Minister of Dundee, who was living at the time of the admission of the Minister of Invergowrie as a Burgess of Dundee.

]586. October 4th.

LUDOVIC, DUKE of LENNOX, LORD of DARNLEY, TORBOLTON, and DALKEITH, is added to the number of the Citizens of Dundee.

LuDovic Stewart, second Duke of Lennox, was the eldest sou of Esme Stewaet, Lord DAuBiGNY, and grandson of the famous JoHN, Lord D Aubigny, Captain of the Scots Guards in France, and Governor of Avignon. His father, EsME Stewart, was full cousin to Henry, Lord Darnley', the husband of QuEEN Mary, and had been invited to Scotland by his near kinsman. King James VI., in 1579, where he soon became the most powerful nobleman of the period, being created Duke of Lennox in 1581. By the Raid of Ruthven the influence of Esme Stewart over the young King was suddenly terminated, and he was forced to fiee to France, where he died in 1583. LuDOViC, his eldest .son and successor, was born on 29th September, 1574', and was thus only twelve years of age when he was made a Burgess of Dundee — a fact which confutes the prevalent idea that all Burgesses must be of age before their admission. Unlike his father.

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LrDu\'ic liad shown some leaning towards the Gowrie party, and this may have induced Provost Haliburton — then aLdut to retire from civic life — to endeavour to secnre his adhesion to the remnant of the " Ruthven Raiders," by conferring upon him the freedom of a Burgh so deeply pledged to support that political party. The plan was so far successful, as the DuKE OF Lkxnox afterwards married Sophia, daughter of William Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie, and thereby temporarily reconciled the King to the family of that unfortunate nobleman. This connection with the locality was made closer by the fact that a large portion of his revenues at this time was obtained from the Abbey of Aberbrothock and the Monasterj^ of Lindores, a considerable part being ujDlifted from Dundee.

Tlio Duke of Lennox rose to great eminence at the Court of King James. He was made Chamberlain of Scotland and Lord High Admiral, and was sent as ambassador to Henri IV. of France. When the King went to London, to assume the Crown of the United Kingdom, he was accomjDanied by the Duke, who so distinguished himself there that he was created Earl of Richmond in 1013, and Earl of Newcastle and Duke of Richmond in 1023. Whilst in England he was made Master of the Household and Fii'st Gentleman of the Bedchamber — two offices reserved at that time for the principal favourites of the King. He did not long survive his last accession of dignity, as he died on 16th February, 1624'. He was thrice married, but left no legitimate issue. His English honours thus became extinct, and his Scottish dignities devolved upon his only brother, Esme Stewart, who became third Duke of Lennox.

158G. October 4th.

Which dav JOHN, LORD HAMILTON, is added to the number of the

Citizens of Dundee.

The admission of John, Lord Hamilton, as a Burgess of Dundee at this time is a fact full of political significance. It shows how completely the position of parties had been reversed by the turning of the capricious wheel of Fortune during the preceding twenty years. Lord Hamilton, an ardent adherent of the Romanist party under Queen Mary, and himself the Heir-pre.sumptive to the Throne of Scotland, is here seen swearing to support the true — meaning the Protestant — religion, and to be a dutiful subject of the King, whom he had regarded as an usurper, and in whose name he had been exiled for many years from his native land.

John, Lord Hamilton, was the second son of James, second Earl of Arran and Duke OF Chatelherault, who is known in history as the " Governor Arran," having been chosen Regent of Scotland on the death of James V., and made guardian of the infant QuEEN Mary. James, the eldest son of the Governor, had sought the hand of the Queen when she came to Scotland in 1.561, but his violent opposition to the Romish creed had compelled her to decline the proposed alliance, and the unfortunate nobleman, disappointed by her refusal, had become a

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raving maniac. Hence, whou tlie GovEKXOU Ahran died in 1575, his eldest son was declared to be insane, and incapable of succeeding to the estates, and these were placed umler the charge of his brother John, Lord Hamilton, who thus became practicallj- the foremost of the Scottish nobility. As his father, the Governor, had been declared Heir-presumptive to the Throne in 1543, Lord John Hamilton was nearest to the Crown, and would have succeeded had James VI. died without issue. When the church-lands were virtually secularized by the appoint- ment of laymen to ecclesiastical offices, he was made Commendator of the Abbey of Aberbrothock, with the title of Lord Arbroath; but his connection with the Earl of Huntly and the party opposed to the Regent.s Moray and Lennox was punished by his denunciation as a rebel, and by the forl'eiture of this valuable benefice. When the Earl of Morton entered upon the office of Regent one of his first acts was the drawing up of the " Pacification of Perth," in February, 1572-3, whereby the Hamiltoxs and the other leaders of the Marian Party were pardoned for their offences. Seven years later, however (1579), Morton found it expedient to revive the charge against Lord John Hamilton and his brother. Lord Claud, of being concerned in the assassinations of the Regent Moray and his successor the Regent Lennox, and both these noblemen were compelled to fly for their lives to England. According to Spottiswood, "the Lord John Hamilton, jroiuo- on foiJt throuoh the most part of England, in tlie habit of a sea- man, fled into France," whilst his brother remained with some of his relatives in the northern parts of England. The Castles of Hamilton and Draff'en were besieged and captured by the Regent Morton and the Earl of Angus, and all the possessions of the Hamiltons were confiscated.

Tlie policy of Ql^een Elizabeth at this time required that she should keep King James entirely under her control. She held his mother, QuEEN Mary, a close captive in her grasp, and she welcomed to her Court the exiled supporters of that captive, and all the discontented noble- men who had been banished from Scotland, so that she might turn them loose upon that coimtry, should the King show the least signs of indeijendence. Lord John Hamilton, in his two-fold aspect as a supporter of QuEEX Mary and a possible claimant to the Scottish Throne, was a most valuable ally for QuEEX Elizabeth, and he was treated accordingly. Finding it convenient for her to break with KiXG James, Elizabeth sent the banished Scottish Lords — Lord John Hamilton, the Earls of Angus and Mar, and the Master of Glamis — to Berwick in October, 15X5, for the purpose of invading the King's territory and capturing his person at Stirling Castle. They advanced, with their forces, from Berwick to Falkirk, and thence to St Ninians, within a mile of Stirling, where they encamped, and, after a slight skirmish, took possession of the town and castle. The rapidity of their movements terrified the King, and, though on 29th October he had issued a proclamation denouncing them, on the 4th of November he not only pardoned their offences, but dii-ected that the leaders should be " nominat, electit, and chosin" to be Members of the Privy Council. Immediately afterwards the Hamiltons had their estates restored to tiiem, and Lord John was made Keejier of Dunbarton Castle, which formed the key to the West of Scotland. From that time forward till the period of his death. Lord John Hamilton was the most prominent noble at the Scottish Court.

Apart from the political reasons, there was a very special personal motive inducing the Burgh to enrol Lord John Hamilton as a Burgess in October, 1586. At the Convention of

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Estates, held at Holyrood House on 25th September precediDg, in which Lord John took a leading part, an important dispute had been decided betwixt the Burghs of Perth and Dundee. The " peir, bulwark, schoir, and bavin" of Dundee had been exposed to tempestuous weather, and had " becum ruyuous and likelie to decay," and the Provost, Bailies, Council, and Connniuiity had obtained a letter under the Privy Seal, authorizing them to levy a " towst and exactioun" from all ships using the harbour for the space of five years. The burghers of Perth objected to pay this imposition for the repair of a harbour which they admitted they used, contending that their own necessities were well known, and that they had more need " thameseltfis of sic exactionis to supporte the commuun workis of theii- owne burgh, mair requisite to be bett and helpit nor the porte and heavyn of Dumlee." James Scrymgeoure of Dudhope, the new Provost, attended by four Bailies and the Treasurer, appeared before the Privy Council to defend the action of Dundee, and obtained a full confirmation of the right of taxation that had been conferred upon the Burgh. In this matter it is probable that they had obtained valuable support from Lord .John HAMILTON, as the name of that nobleman was eni-ollcd in the Lockit Book immediately after the return of the Provost.

The career of Lord John Hamilton after this date need not be here detailed. For many years he was closely associated with LuDOVic, Dltke of LenX(ix, in the government of the country, and was created Marquess of Hamilton, together with Huntly, who was raised to the same rank with him, at the baptism of the Princess Margaret, on 17th April, 1599. He died 12th April, 1G04, and was succeeded by his only son, James, second Marquess of Hamilton. He was married to Margaret, daughter of John, Lord Glamis, and widow of Gilbert, fourth Earl of Cassilis.

15S6. October -ith.

Which day EGBERT C'UNNINGHAME, Captain of Dunbaetane, ls given THE Freedom of the Burgh of Dundee.

The position of Dunbarton Castle, commanding the entrance to Scotland by the Clyde, made it an important post from early times ; nnd the office of Constable of this fortress had always been regarded as a responsible one. During the supremacy of the Gowrie party, it had been entrusted to John Cunninghame of Drumquha.ssil, and when their power was broken he became one of the first victims, being seized, along with Douglas of Mains, and executed as a " Ruthven Raider." James Stewart, Earl of Arran, had placed William Stewart, one of his own retainers, in the Castle as Captain ; but when the banished Scottish Lords returned, and Arran's power was over- thrown, Lord John Hamilton became Constable of Dunbarton Castle, and appointed Robert Cunninghame as Keeper. The name of the latter was probably inscribed on the Burgess-Roll at the retiuest of Lord Hamilton, though that fact is not recorded. Robert Cunninghame continued to occupy this office till 1591, at which time his name disappears from history.

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1587. March 7th.

Which day GEORGE, EARL MARISCHAL, LORD KEYTH, &c., is added to the number of the citizens of dundee, for his multifarious Labours and Assistance to the Commonweal of the said Burgh, IN presence.

The name of George Keith, fifth Earl Marischal, is one of the most memorable of the time in which he flourished. He was the eldest son of William, Lord Keith, and of Lady Elizabeth Hay, daughter of the sixth Earl of Errol, was born in l')5o, and succeeded his grandfather as fiftli Earl Marischal, on 7th October, 1581, his fixther having expired before that time. The family from which he was descended had held the dignified post of Great Marischal of Scotland from the time, it is said, that Malcolm II. invested their ancestor with the oflfice iu 1010; and the Earl whose name appears here on the Burgess-Roll of Dundee was the seven- teenth in direct descent from that remote dignitary. When he succeeded to the estate, on the death of his grandfather, he was said to be the wealthiest man in Scotland ; and as he had resided for several years abroad, and had spent the early period of his life iu companionship witli many of the most learned men of his time, he had also the more durable reputation of being " an unusually learned and accomplished young man." Whilst at Geneva, he had been the pupil of the eminent Theodore Beza, and had profited by his acquaintance with the most eminent Scotsmen of that learned time. In 1582 and 1583 he sat as a Member of the Conventions of Estates, and took part in the principal General Assemblies of the Kirk ; but ho had succeeded in keeping himself aloof from the two great parties of Lennox and Ruthven, which then contended for supremacy.

When George, Earl Marischal, came to his title, the nobles of Scotland were seriously divided by private feuds, as well as political i'actious, and it was with difficulty that the yciung Earl could decide upon the best course to be pursued. His liberal education made him incline towards union rather than division, and it was therefore with much pleasure that he took part in a famous historical scene enacted in Edinburgh two month.s after his enrolment as Burgess of Dundee. On the 14th of May the King endeavoured to reconcile the noblemen who were then opposed to each other, by inviting them to a magnificent bancpiet, which is thus described by Calderwood: —

"Upon Moonday, the 15th of ^lay, after supiier, the King cume from tlio I'alai'e of Ilalyrooilhous to the Ca.stell of Edinburgli ; from that to the Tolbuitli, and relieved the prisoners warded for debt ; from thence to the Mercat Croco, where a long table wa.s set furni.shed with bread, wyne, ami .sweetmcates. The Croce was covered witli tapestrie, and upon it the trumpeters blowing and tlie musicians singing. The King, in presence of the multitude, draiike to the nobilitie, and every lord drankc to another. The gibbets at the Croce were broken down with the fire-balls and fire spearcs ; the gla.sses, with wyne and sweetmcates, were cast abrod in the streets, and from the fore staires. They went back to the Palace in the same order as they came up — the King, with my Lord Ha.mmilton on the right hand and the iSecretau

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on the left ; tlie Uukk (ok Lennox) and Lord Claud (Hamilton) in othris hands hcforo the King ; Amgus and Montrose in hands, Huntly and Marshall, (,'ra\vkurd and tlie IMaster op Glames, likewise. In the nieantyme the cannons of the Castell thundered."

In this memorable procession there were no less than four Burgesses of Dundee, all of the foremost rank ; though the Earl Marischal — the latest on the Roll — was the possessor of the greatest landed estates. " Lord Marischal," it is said, " could enter Scotland at Berwick, and travel, in the leisurely style of those days, through the country to John o' Groat's House, and never need to take a meal or a night's rest off his own lands" (Dotnestlc Annula of Scotland, I., p. 310). It was this wise and opulent nobleman that James VI. sent to Denmark in 1589 for the purpose of negotiating the marriage of the King of Scotland with the Princess Anne. Robert Keith, uncle of the Earl Marischal, had obtained the valuable lands of the Abbey of Deer, Aberdeenshire, with the title of Lord Altrie, in life- rent to himself, and in fee to his nephew, the Earl ; and when Lord Altrie died, without male issue, in L593, the Earl Marischal entered into possession of the estates. His literary tastes led him at this time to devote a large portion of his immense wealth to the founding of Marischal College, Aberdeen, which .still remains as a lasting monument displaying his love of letters. The charter of foundation was dated 2nd April, 1.593. The Earl was appointed Royal Commissioner to the Scottish Parliament in 1G09, and took a most active share in the government of the kingdom, from the time of his first appearance in the Privy Council, in 1583, till the close of his life, in 1(j23.

George, Earl Marischal, was twice married; his first wife being Margaret {ob. 1598), daughter of Alexander, fifth Lord Home, by whom he had one son, William, his successor, and two daughters. His second wife was MARGARET, daughter of James, si.xth Lord Ogilvy of Airlie, who had two sons, James Keith of Benholm and John Keith. The treatment which the E.4RL Marischal received at the hands of Lady Margaret Ogilvy, his second wife, is shown by a curious document preserved in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh (Analecta Scotica, I., 'p. 171). It is in the form of a Royal Warrant, by James VI., in favour of William, sixth Earl Marischal, dated 22nd August, 1624, and addressed to the Chancellor, Sir George Hay o( Kinfauns, and the Privy Council, and is in these terms : —

" James E.

Kight trustie, and li.ght weil-belouit counsellor, Kight tnistie and weil-belouit coosenis and counsellors, and riglit tru.stio and weil-belouit counsyllors, We greet you weill. Whereas upon our certane knowledge of ths; unkynde, ingrate, and insolent behavior of the late erle merchcllis wyfe to hir lord and husband, who, with hir sone benholm, the laird thorntonn, and uthcris, Ijcsyde other indignities, had in a thifteous manner robbed the said erle of wryttis, money, plate, furniture of his house. We out of the regarde we had to the memorie of that man, who had alwayes to oure contentment served ws at home and abroade in greatest charges, and to prevent heirefier in otheris the following of so euill a precedent, wer pleasit to recommend to you </