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• • . ' , 169, 124 THP: WEDDKUnUllN BOOK. Ch'''"iii P' ^^^' ^^''"'"^ " ^'"^''"'''-' °^ '"^ beautiful sigiuiture beu<strong>ca</strong>th it is given opp. p. 192 (vol. ii.). ^P- He is cont<strong>in</strong>ually named as clerk, notary, witness, writer <strong>of</strong> documents, etc., as well as oii many o<strong>the</strong>rm<strong>in</strong>oroc<strong>ca</strong>rsious from 1582 to 16-2G, but as <strong>the</strong>se entries are <strong>of</strong> little importance <strong>the</strong>y are briefly sunnnarized below.' Facsimiles <strong>of</strong> iii.s endorsements on, and his notarial symbol and si.u'natures to, various documents will be found <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> second volume opp. pp. 5, 13, 24, 32, 187, and 192,- while <strong>the</strong>re arc examples <strong>of</strong> his seal, bear<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> family anus, attached to several documents, e.f/. D.C. 39, .^)0. Fourteen <strong>of</strong> iiis protocol <strong>book</strong>s,' rang<strong>in</strong>g from l.'i82— 1024. are cxt;uit <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Dundee charter room, while yet ano<strong>the</strong>r <strong>book</strong> <strong>the</strong>re (vol. I'GG) is by his clerk sulistitute, Thomas Wichtane. Many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> clerk's <strong>book</strong>s are <strong>in</strong>scribed, like lho.se <strong>of</strong> his fa<strong>the</strong>r and uncle, with mottoes and quotations. Thus, <strong>the</strong> epitaph <strong>of</strong> Mary, Queen <strong>of</strong> Scots, " Reo-ibus orta, auxi reges," etc., is written <strong>in</strong> Lat<strong>in</strong> and English on <strong>the</strong> first leaf <strong>of</strong> vols. 253,°255, 264-65, while <strong>in</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs are "In my defence God me defend, and br<strong>in</strong>g my soul to ane guid end " (vol. 254) ;'" Amen, per me, <strong>Wedderburn</strong>e " (vol. 2-i8) ; and "Timor Dom<strong>in</strong>i est <strong>in</strong>cipium sapieutiic " (vol. 260). similarly <strong>in</strong> some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Burgh Court I!ooks <strong>of</strong> his time we f<strong>in</strong>d him writ<strong>in</strong>g " guid Cud be merciful unto me, Imprent thy fear <strong>in</strong> my hairt " (vol. 15), and aga<strong>in</strong> (vol. 26) •' F<strong>in</strong>is coronal opus." His public life was not conf<strong>in</strong>ed to Dundee, tliough much cuimccted with it. As early as 1 Dec. 1585 he had represented <strong>the</strong> burgh <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Scottish Parliament (A.P.S. iT^ and later on, I5!i3— li>2l, he was its representative from time to time for n<strong>ca</strong>rlv thirty years, so that his name is <strong>of</strong> frequent occurrence <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Acts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Parliaments <strong>of</strong> Scotland and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jl-';/ister <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Privy Council. Thus. 18 Jan. 1593-94. he is commissioner for Dundee (R.P C. 16 ; A.P.S. 3), and aga<strong>in</strong> 3 March 1596-97 and 26 April 1604 (K.P.C. 18 ; A.P.S. 4, 5).^ On 2 July 1604 he was named among <strong>the</strong> "merchandis"" as one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conmiissioners <strong>in</strong> regard to a union between Scotland and England (A.P.S. 6), and he is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> signatories to <strong>the</strong> treaty, 6 Dec. 1601 (K.P.U. 31).' He was <strong>in</strong> London at <strong>the</strong> beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> 160-1, where, 1 Jan., he wrote and witnessed a precept <strong>of</strong> clare constat <strong>in</strong> favour <strong>of</strong> Thomas Ramsay (D.C. 42). but must have left soon after as he was a commissioner for Dundee to <strong>the</strong> convention <strong>of</strong> burghs <strong>in</strong> June <strong>of</strong> that year (D.D. 29 • R.I'.C. 33 ; A.P.S. 7;. Perhaps it was on his departure home on this oc<strong>ca</strong>sion that <strong>the</strong> K<strong>in</strong>g, with whom he was <strong>in</strong> high favour, presented him with <strong>the</strong> r<strong>in</strong>g, still <strong>in</strong> possession <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> family, toge<strong>the</strong>r with two bracelets which have unfortunately been lost.^ The ' > See for <strong>the</strong>se S.W. 2i n, 50, .51, .5S, 63, 6.5, 66, 67, 96, 100, lOf, 110, 111, 11.1.17, 119, 120, 148. 154, 164 176, 1S2, 183 (Ijond to hira), 1S4, 190-91 (di.-^charges to him), 194, 195 (.lisclwrge), 196, 203! 207,' 2"y (discharge), -Jll. 1218 i. 219 (cli^cliarges 297, 600 {2 ; D. \V. 1 1 c», 12 /. 13 i^ A, 1 7 y ; U.C. 34, 38, 39' 48 (signs contract for deacous ol crafts). 50 ; D.P.i;. 223 f, 2-10, 256. 261. 2,'i3, 339 6, 374. 3s9 <strong>in</strong>' 413, 414, 417, 4234, 424. 428, 431 ; D.1-..K. vol. ie, 309. 337. 383, 385 (a doubtful entry, ; D.C.B. 34! ' 36; D.R.S. 12 (.^igns iiierm.ister's accounts); D.G.ll. 4; G .S.k. 46 (witness at F<strong>in</strong>dowrie), 47, 4S (at Paliiabreicli). 49. 50, 58, 59, 60, 63, 65, 66 (con.sents to a le.signatiou). 69 (at Eikell), 7ii, 72* 74 '/o 80-83, 85-8S, 90, 92, 93, 95, 98, 101, 104 (clerk <strong>of</strong> Aberdeen (.sic ], wiTn-ss, 1621), and §§ 310, II63', 1177, 2076 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lately is.sued vol. 1634 fl ; H.P.C. 15, 17, 20, 27, 29, 35 ; K.S. 1, 2, 3"; R.D. 3, 31,' 42 (witness), 50, 63 (bonds to him), 69, 72 (bond), SO (bond), 84 (discliarge bv him), 88 (bonds to him) ; R.A.D. 24 ; P.B.N. 6ab,7, «, 10, 12, 13. See also iloniiiHk Par. Rej.. 11 April 1584, when he witnes-sea a baptism ; Rnj.de Panmiiie, p. 364, wliere, 23 April 1602, lie witiie.wes a charter by David Maull<strong>of</strong> Bi>th ; A/m-d. Cmncil Re'/. 1570—1625 (Spald. Club, ed. ii., 201), where he is named 16 July 1604 ; .<strong>in</strong>d Reg. Episc. Bro'.h., p. 439. when he .signs a taxt roll 21 Jan. 1613. 2 See S.W, 12, 13, 96, 104, 162, 164, 192, 194 95. 211, and Bl. 2 n. » Vols. 250, 2.'.2, 253, 2.'4, 255, 256. 257, 25S, 259, 260, 263, 264, 265, 268. See <strong>the</strong> note on each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m <strong>in</strong> vol. ii. B"our protocol <strong>book</strong>s <strong>of</strong> his and <strong>of</strong> his son James were ordered to be transumed 5 Dec. 1633 (D.D. 3). * See as to this ante, p. 75, n. 2. ' See also R.P.C. 22, where (1602) "Mr. RoWt <strong>Wedderburn</strong>, clerk," naired <strong>in</strong> a list <strong>of</strong> commis.-iioner3 for settl<strong>in</strong>g di.iputes between I'erth and Dundee, is, <strong>of</strong> course, an error for Alesander. • Thus <strong>in</strong> Sir George Mackenzie's Treatise on HcndJry (\Vorks ii., p. 652, ed. 1716), Mr. Alexander <strong>Wedderburn</strong>, merchant, is named as one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> eommissionei-s <strong>in</strong> 1604. 'Of this treaty tlnee coiiies were signeil, <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> wliich, that at <strong>the</strong> Register Hou.se <strong>in</strong> Ed<strong>in</strong>burgli, a facsimile is given <strong>in</strong> a volume <strong>of</strong> •' Xational MSS. <strong>of</strong> Scotlaud " (III., 85;. Tliere is ano<strong>the</strong>r copy at Ham House, Fetersliam, Surrey, <strong>in</strong> possession <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Earl <strong>of</strong> Dysart, \vhich I have <strong>in</strong>spected on several oc<strong>ca</strong>sions. Tlie clerk's signature to it is a f<strong>in</strong>e one, and his seal is quite perfect. No mention <strong>of</strong> this copy <strong>of</strong> tlie treaty is made by <strong>the</strong> editor <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Rer/nter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Privy Council (VII., xxix. rej. 9,, though he speaks <strong>of</strong> an <strong>in</strong>jured copy at <strong>the</strong> Record Office <strong>in</strong> Loudon. 6 This r<strong>in</strong>g is at BirkhiU. It is <strong>of</strong> gold decorated with black enamel and five diamonds set <strong>in</strong> five square.s, which form an equal-armed cross. It is, I th<strong>in</strong>k, <strong>the</strong> " reigne with fy ve diamond sparks " named <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>ventory <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> estate <strong>of</strong> Alexander, foMrth <strong>of</strong> K<strong>in</strong>geunie, <strong>in</strong> 1692 (S. W. 500;. Kiugennie is Been wear<strong>in</strong>g both r<strong>in</strong>g and bracelets <strong>in</strong> tlie Birkhill and Meredith pictures. The bracelets were also at Birkhill <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> early part <strong>of</strong> tliis century, but were afterwards lo»t ; it does not appear how.
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