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art I. David Wedderburn' [1185!— luGO^ of Crai-if, and in the Murniygait, sou of old
hap. •" David Weddcrbuni, is cnstaiitlv named in the Dundee and otl.er records.^^ It is from lum
that Dou.'lasand id.s f.,ll- 46 DC IXt 1 21: D L.B 4. 10, 11 ;
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2r. 3 ' V-:V' 40 43 4r, Vs! 61 ac. 72. 74, ^6] 9r,. 99, 103, 112, 147, 1S3, 3S-c ;
G.S.K. 26, 30, SI';
l-'p'n .-. • It I'S. 6. 7, 10, 11. 13, 18, 2>i, 21 P.n.N. ; 1. . ., ^
1 I l„u^ r;ire:vlv ',.. 44, u. 1) alluded to the im,,o..sibiUty of assi-ung. in the presence of three contemporanes
of tle n e na.ue everveutry naming aDavid to a particular indiv.dual. As m the c^se o U edderl.u,-„.H
o the nine, of Ja.neJ and Kobert .o in that of those called David, we cannot cert.unly a^.^ign every
en n ^a particular individual. Three of the name all of then. hurKe.so. were coulem|.orar,o. m
Duiulee viz (i) I'avid (..on of David), in Murraygait and of Cnugie, adnutt.d a burge-^ betore 1.14
Tnl ften a led "elder" ; he died aboMt 1559-60. (ii.) David (a;;n of « alter m \ el^ait ad.n.tte.
a burge'" 1 6 Oct. 1.-23. and con..tantly designed " .son of Walter "or " m U elgait he died about
- the ^me i,ne aa his na>ne.s.»ke of Cndgie. (iii.) Davi.l (.son o Robert), a.lnntte.l Imrge-s ,.m he
Bamr.UV as the sou of W.dter. He is certainly called " younger on one occasion, in l.-,31 D P B .>M,
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Tnd I think all the references to David Wedderburn. younger (1523-155< )
are to be a.ss.gned to hm.
?S^e pos p 67) But in addition to the references to •' David in Murraygait, of Craigie, or e der,
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DaWd Ion of Walter, or in SVelgait." and " Davi,l. son of Robert," or •'younger anumber .f
entries remain 1521-58. which mav refer to any of the th.ee, and cannot, theretore be ass,gne.Uo
II If them n nirticnlar These are nioatlv of little interest, and may be quickly dealt with.
'1 A,"i 3!d Vd^^^^^^ - P'-
(t^-'- '< ^) 1^22 .Ian.
= 2, heis ",uyt of the
^g^ ^ting down " of some malt " pL-it on hyrn " (< ;
1532 Jam U. he^ias ame.
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1^ ?l?7^or^9-i^rHt;:^^^-r l:t }^2;viiy^:r:%s:t buyii^if
[2*)' 1523 iulfubaiUe (.-4.29*); -1530. present (ii. 33) ; Oct. 8, burgess. w,tnes.s ^S.W.S):
V^i F^b 07 ifre ent D P B 51 a) ; 1537 Oct. 11. witness (Bl. 2) ;
1546 Dec. 17, defender in a su.
oVe"'C;^riS.s'-a;d mi.stis; (R.A.D. 12) ; 1.-0 , Sept 28 nominated on t e Cou 1
'^In'Tfe V "her nTrTes one wouu/liL to haU been able to identify the person named. Thus there
is very cur^u.fenu "l5 July 1527. when Ale.,an.ler Blak sells to Davul \\ ed.lerburn for £-^0 ns
la a \erj ou.s euti v 1 j
.^^ marriage any wite. however ugly, David
"""ff'^'b n, mv bin £40 (DP 20). This lookl as if David°was then unmarried, and hlmse'f
may offer b-nb or TO hmi ^-lO j';^-''^ ,^^.. ^ ^^edderburu is named in a letter from (,!ueen Mary
... on the look o,.t for a wite^
'^^fir;/,;^ " the burge.sses in order to relieve David Wedderburn and
rffn^^T^id^t em for abiding from her Majestv's host at Roslingmure in June la-t
mr22 -1553 i^ia Chi e!^a^d. and ano.lior We.lderburu are acquitted of assisting the English
^^8 6 \.b2\l and. 1557 Aug. 2. he and Henry Uichaul^on are named as ';
s.ter s bajrns ma
i. 1 „„»„' /r>R« 7',\ rSvnon.sis of the above reterences :—b \V . 8 . Bl. 2 U.L. — .ii
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n pr'^I fiof?' id .IS 00 28,^33,' 51 a, 86 ; D.B.R. 4, 13, 22 a, 25 4. 75 K.A.D. 12.]
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» He h tr'easurer'l2"Novri529 (D^L.B.'lO), but I>erhap3 it is one of his contemporaries who 13 clerk of giU
20 June 1531 (ii. 11).