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O.l'.B.
ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN, ELDER. 75
Skirliug's Wyiid, near S. Clement's, to whicli reference is constantly ma.lo. He was admitted Part r.
a burgess of Dundee a^ -'son of tiie late Roljcrt " 15 Jan. 1.527 (D.L B. 8).' lie is nest ^''^P- '^•
named as a witness to tlie settlement by his motlier on liis brotlier JauR's, 8 Oct. 1530
(S.W. 8), after whicii ihere is no mention of him until 11 Oct. 1-537, when Isobcll .Vuderson
his affianced " s[)onHe," settles her South Marketgait land on herself and him (l;l. •.',
and
see below). The gap in the Dundee records accounts for a ttill further period during
which we hear nothing of him. He is named as an arbitrator U Oct. 1350 H). l!.R. 2^},
andalso20 Aiiril 1551 as on an inipiest for serving I'eter Frostur, heir to lli^* falicr (D.B.u!
28 i). He is also one of those acquitted, 8 .March 15-53, of aiding.' the I'-n^'lish in the
taking of ISroughty Castle, and the destruction of monasteries, 1548^19 (l).C. "lH). He is
referred to 2 April l.'5-t as getting from Sir James Wallace a deduction or rebate
from an annual rent chargeable on the South Murniygait property (D.IIR. ;5l), and
in the same year, 16 Nov., there is a decree for him and his w'lfc (///. 57;. After
this he is very constantly called "elder," to distinguish hiiu from the clerk, and later
from his namesake in Cupar. Thus he is so designed 8 Feb. 155S, when he and his wife
get sasine of three acres in the Easttield of Dudop from his Ijrother tieor^'e and Kufanie
Fowler, his wife (D.P.B. 91), and there are entries relatin;,' to actions to whicli .\le.xander
Wedderburn, elder, is a party 13, 1.5, 18 Jan., 1-5, 23, 26 Nov. 15G3 (D.U.U. 1-J7, 134 „\
He was, no doubt, a bailie, as, though never so dcsiL'ncd, he sits in C(unt, 2-') Sej.t. 15GG
(D C B. G ). There are several slight references to him in almost every year. Thus, 20 Jan.
1568 he gets a decreet of poyuding (I >.B.U 15G f j
; 19-21 Jan. 15GU, he is defender in a
suit (>b. 171); 12 Sept. in that year he obtains a decree (///. 177'/); and 20 .Sept. 1570
there is auotlier decree for him and his son Richard (ih. 190 a). He is a. witness 1 7 .M.irch
1.571 (D.P.H. GO), and on 8 June in that year is named as father's kin to Robert, son of
the late George Rollok, who needs curators (D.Bll. 197). There are many references to
properties of his-' Thus, 10 Xov. 1574, he and his wife acquire an ainuial rent (D.l'.l').
165 c); and 14 .hily 1576 he dispones to his son Itichanl the South Cow^ait yard
which he had bought from his great nephew, Robert AVcdderburu (S.W. 32)^ "
His
lands in Skirlin^'s Wynd are mentioned 27 June 1578 (O.B.I'. 208). He is named as
mother's kin to William Barre 9 Sept. 1579 (D.BR. 249). though the relationship does not
appear. In 1582-83 he is twice mentioned as witness, 10 Nov. and 13 Feb. i 215r,
223 It), and 9 Nov. 1583 he acts for himself and his son Richard (/// 233). He died before
4 March 15>7, when his wife Janet (sic for Isobell) is called his relict in a suit relating to
S. Matthew's cliaplainry (R..\..D 23), and there are many other references to him in
connection with his children.
He had mairied about 1537 (lil. 2) Isobell Anderson,* dau'.'hter of tlie late Thomas
Anderson and .Agnes Quhit (S.W. 10), and by her, who survived him and was livin.', his
widow, 15 .March 1591, when she set her South Marketgait i)ro|>erty to her son Patrick
(D.P.B. 287 It), and as late as 18 ^larch 1594 when she warrants a contract made
between her and him for her maintenance (D.B.R. 295),^ had issue two sous ana three
daughtei-s :
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1. Richard Wedderburn [1540— 90]. ^ He is the only jKirson of the name
mentioned throughout the Dundee records. The earliest reference to him is dated
His parentage is furtlier prove