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130 THE WEDDEUBUKN BOOK.
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^' ^^^^^ Wedderburn [1590?— 1629].i first named7.Marcl. 1 009 in a settlement by his
j,Teat uncle liobcrl, tlie uotiirv. on him and his (wtisin Alexander, son of David of the
- C&mpt Bxiik (D.W. 21 e ;
D.l'.B. 374). and next on 21 Jn^y of that year, when he is a
witness to his brother James' discliargc of his wife's toclier (R.D. 21 4).- He was
a merchant in Dundee, and is so dcsi^'ncd in liis admission as burgess of Dundee
by his fatlier's privilege 20 Jan. 1020 (D.L.B. 40), and is no doubt the one of his
mime who, on the election of his brother Alexander as 'dean of gild, was nominated
his assessor 7 Oct. 1624 (D.G.K. .'>).•' There is a bond by him and Alexander
^^'^eddcrbum, younger, merchants, to which his two elder brothers are cautioners,
dated 15 Sept. 1025 (U.A.D. 87). His lauds in Dundee are named as a boundary
9 Oct. 1027 (D.C. S'i), and 1-3 Oct. 1027 there is a charter by liim, "merchant,
burgess," and his brother John to Sir William (iraliam of Chiverhouso of some
acres in the Westtield of Dundee, which once belonged to Robert Wedderburn, the
merchant (D.C. 71 ; F.S. 30 ; I'.B.N. 19). The last occasion on wiiich be is named
lis living is dated 13 Nov. 1028, when he grants a discharge to his eldest brother
of certain sums due to him under an assign.ation of their father (S.W. 2j7).
Facsimiles ot his signature will be found in vol. ii., opp. pp. 24, 32, 192 (S.W. 194,
19.5, 20-;: DC. 57).
He died s.p. soon after 26-31 March 1028-29, the date of his will, which was confirmed
4 Nov. 1029, being given up by himself and by hisrelictand executrix, Helen
Lovell (Br.T. S).-* No children of his are named in it, his heir being his nephew
Alexander (ehlest son of his immediate elder brother James), who was so retoured
22 Oct. 1628-29 (H.H. I 1), and got sasine as such of a North Markctgait foreland
12 Jan. 1029-30 (D.C. 58), which is sometimes named in later years as having once
belonged to Peter (S.AV. 282 ; D.P.B. 448 ; D.B.R. 475).^ The North Argylegait
land disponed by Peter and his wife to .\lexander, and Vjy him to Georire Grieve
is also mentioned as late as 1694 and 1722 32 (D.P.B. 540, 509 ; R.A.D lo.i).
Peter had married, no doubt at Dundee, about 1017-18, Helen Lovell,
daughter and heiress of the late John Lovell, bailie of Dundee. The marriage
contract, dated 20 Aug. 1017, is twice referred to, viz., in a discharge by Peter to
his mother of 800 merks promised by her to him on the occasion (S W. 202),
and. again in a resignation at about the same time made by his father in his -
favour (D.P.B. 413). She is frequently named with her husband fj/., 1 Julv 1019,
when he, "younger," and she resign a land in Dundee (D.P.B. 420); 3 June
1620, when there is a bond to them, in which he is described as "younger,
merchant, burgess of Dundee" (R.D. 74); 21 March 1028, when she and Peter
renounce certain crofts which had belonged to her father (DC 57, and see fac-simile
of their signatures, vol. ii., opp. p. 192); and as his relict in his will (Br. T. 8),
and also later, 1633 (D.C. 62.' We have already seen that they had no issue.
» SyDop.sis of References ;—S.W. 183, 1S6, 194, 195, 202, 23", 2S2 ; D.W. 3. 21 e ; DC. 51, 5fi, 57, 5S, 62,
7l;D.L.B. 40; D.P.B. 374, 413, 417. 42(1, 423 i. 448, 546.069; D,E It 372, 475; D.G.R. 5 ; K.H.
11 ; F.S. 30 ;
R.D. 21 a b, 37, 69, 74, 87. 99 ; Br.T. 8, 10 ; P.B.N. 12, 19, and K..\.D. (in orig. record)
vol. 318, fol. 29(1, and vol. 320, fol. 23.
' He ia often thereafter named as a witness, e.g. 21 May 1609 (R.D. 37) ; 13 Dec. 1611 (D.B.R. 372),
31 Jan. 1614, when he is called " Pid Wedderburn " (S.W. 183) ; 21 March 1614 (R D. 69) ; 18 Jlay
1615 (S.W. 186) ; 18 Sept. 1617. when he signs (S.W. 194 and see facsimile vol. ii., opp. p. 24)
27 Oct. 1617 (UP.H. 417), 20 Dec. 1617, when he atjain signs (S.W. 195, and see facsimile vol. ii.,
opi>. p. 32) ; 14, i;9 July 1620, when he is called '• younger " (D.C. 51 ; D.P.B. 423 i), and 13 May
1626 (R.D. 99).
' See also 14 Oct. 1622, when possession of two stacts of corn i.s given by sample to Peter Wedderburn,
merchant burgess of Dundee, on beh.ilf of his father, the clerk (P.B.N. 12); 23 May 1627, when he
ia named in the will of his " immediate elder brother " James as tutor to his two younger sous
(Br.T. 10) and 2 Oct. 1627, when he i.s elected collector of the unlaws (D.(;.B. 50';), and is called
"younger," as he is on some other occasions (e.g. D.W. 3 ; D.P.B. 420) in distinction from liis
uncle (ante, p. 118. n. 4).
* He leaves a legacy of 500 merks to William W. his brother german and a similar legacy to Alexander
Wedderburn, younger, mariner, sou to Robert W. decea.sed, father's brother to the testator, subject
to which all goes to his widow.
• Peter is called ' immediate younger brother " of James (S.W. 282), and his " immediate elder brother "
(D.B.R. 4 75). This last is an error, :is James is constantly called his father's second son, e.g., in his
marriage contract (Bl. 12). I do not, however, undersUmd why Peter's heir was not one of his two
younger brothers, William or John. Of tlie.se William died about the same time as Peter, and
without issue, his brother Jolin being his heir iu 1631 (S.W. 249), as one would have expected him
to be to Peter also.