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died before i6th May 1656, when his son, Mr. Robert
Adam son, was served heir (Inq. Ret. Edinburgh, 1058). Mr.
Robert Adamson sold Craigcrook in 1659, and died before
24th February 1666, when Robert Adamson, his son, was served
heir (Inq. Ret. Gen. 4969).
FORBES OF RIRES. This family was descended from Sir
Arthur Forbes, third son of Sir Alexander Forbes, second of
Pitsligo, whose father Sir William was second son of the Sir
John Forbes of that Ilk who died 1405 (Douglas's Peerage,
Wood's edition, vols. i. p. 589, and ii. p. 367). An account
of the family is given in Walter Wood's East Neuk of Fife
(edition 1887, pp. 114-117).
ORME. I can find no mention of Kingdrum, but there were
Ormes of Mugdrum, which is most probably the family referred to.
had a charter of two
Stephen Orme, burgess of Newburgh,
parts of the lands of Mugdrum, 5th August 1506 (Register
of the Great Seal, vol. ii. No. 2985).
George Orme, son of Stephen Orme, had a charter of
Mugdrum and Easter Cluny 1520 (Stodart's Scottish Arms,
vol. ii. p. 414). He had two sons, Henry of Mugdrum, and
David of Priorletham (Reg. Great Seal, vol. v. No. 420,
and Scottish Arms).
Henry Orme of Mugdrum had one son and two daughters.
James, fiar of Mugdrum, who died without issue before
3rd August 1581 (Inq. Ret. Fife, 1468); Helen, probably
wife of Henry Adamson, burgess of Perth (Reg. Great Seal,
vol. vi. No. 2060); and Katherine, who married, 1581, George
Clephane of Carslogie (Reg. Great Seal, vol. v. No. 420).
David Orme, broth er-german of Henry Orme of Mugdrum,
had a charter of Priorletham in 1554 (R?g> Great Seal,
vol. iv. No. 1458). He married Helen Lawmonth (Reg. Great
Seal, vol. v. No. 1448), and had Mr. David, Mr. Patrick, Mr.
Allan, Mr. George, and Stephen (Reg. Great Seal, vol. v. No.
2123, vol. vii. No. 1700; Reg. P. C. Scot. vol. viii. p. 361, and
Scottish Arms). There was also a daughter Helen, who married,
in September 1584, Patrick Lindsay, afterwards of Kirkforthar.
(Baronage, p. 260). The order of the sons is uncertain, and
it is possible that Mr. George was the second son. David
Orme of Priorletham either acquired or succeeded to Mugdrum
before 3oth August 1588, when Priorletham was sold (Reg,
Great Seal, vol. v. No. 1950). He was concerned, along
with his sons David and Allan, in the treason of the Earl
of Bothwell, and was outlawed. Allan Orme was executed
1 7th September 1594 (Scottish Arms).
David Orme of Mugdrum, eldest son of the preceding,
married Margaret Adamson, and had Francis, George, David,
Helen, and Margaret. He died before i8th February 1596-7
(Register of the Great Seal, vol. vi. No. 529). His relict
married Mr. Arthur Leiche, minister at Meretoun Kirk
(Reg. P. C. Scot. vol. viii. pp. 249, 250).
Francis Orme of Mugdrum had a charter of Novodamus^
1631 (Scottish Arms).