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BURGH RECORDS—DUNDEE. 239376. 1609. June 29.—Mr. James Wedderburn, son of Mr. Alexander Wedderburu, Dundeenotary, witness. 00 '(73.)Book's377. 1610. [Undated].—John Mitchell is entered in a North Seagate land, as grandsonand one of the heirs of the late William Wedderburn, burgess, and thereupon resignsthe same to William Henderson, son of Magdalen Wedderburn. (98.)This entry is headed " Pro Joanne Mitchell, Magdalene Wedderburn, et filio." See post No. 480.378. 1610. Sept. 13.— Alexander and Adam Wedderburn, merchants, burgesses,witnesses. ( 1 1 \ . i379. 1611. (a) Sept. 24. — James Wedderburn, burgess, and Mr. James Wedderburn,bm-gess, are witnesses. (139.) (b) Dec. 20.—Mr. William Wedderburn, minister ofDundee, witness. (114.)380. 1612. Jan. 5.—Sasine of various premises is given to Alexander Wedderburn,younger, burgess, as attorney for Adam Wedderburn, his brother, son of PatrickWedderburn, burgess. (147.)-381. 1612. Feb. 29.— Peter Wedderburn, younger, is entered as the heir of the lateRobert Wedderburn, notary, his uncle, in various feu fermes and annual rents, whichhe at once resigns to James Wedderburn, merchant, burgess, and to Peter Wedderburn,James' brother, acting as attorney for Cristina Lovell, James' wife. (151.)The two Peter Wedderburns here named are, first, the son of Peter Wedderburn and MargaretKiuloch, and, secondly, the son of Alexander Wedderburn, the old clerk, and Janet Myln.382. 1612. May 16.—Peter Man resigns an @ rent to James Wedderburn, merchant,burgess, and David Wedderburn, attorney for Cristina Lovell, wife of the said James.(157.)383. 1612. Dec. 9.—Mr. Alexander Wedderburn, younger, David, James, and PeterWedderburn, burgesses, all witness a sasine. (178.)[See, in all, fol. 2-4, 8, 14-16. 19, 23-24, 27 29, 32, 34, 42, 55, 57-58, 60-67, 69-80, 82, 83, 86, 90-92,94,95, 97-103, 105-6, 110-11, 114-15, 119-21, 123, 126, 131-32, 135, 139, 144 47, 149, 151,153-58,161, 163, 166-67, 17C, 174-75, 177-78, 180.]Vol. 265.Entitled " Town Clerk's Protocol, from 9 November 1614 to 31 December 1619."On the first leaf is written in Latin, " Protocol Book of Mr. Alexander Wedderburn, clerk of thecourt of Dundee, in the year of man's salvation, 1614." Then follows the epitaph of Mary Queen ofScots, in Latin and Scotch, as in Vol. 253.384. 1614-15. Mr. James Wedderburn is often witness, etc. (2-46.)385. 1615. Feb. 27.— Peter Wedderburn is entered in a North Marketgate land as sonand heir of the late Peter Wedderburn, his father, and the late Margaret Kynloch,his mother (25), and again, Sept. 20, in other lands in Dundee. (60.)386. 1615. May 22.—Mr. David Wedderburn and John Wedderburn, burgesses,brothers, are witnesses. (35.)387. 1615. Oct. 27.—James Wedderburn, merchant, burgess, as procurator for JamesKynuaird and Elizabeth Wedderburn, his wife, resigns a tenement near S. Clementsto Andrew Kynuaird. (64.)388. 1615. Nov 16.—Mr. Alexander Wedderburn, younger, bailie, gives sasine of aNorth Argylegate tenement to Alexander Halyburton, shipmaster, burgess, andMargaret Wedderburu, his wife. Mr. Andrew Halyburton, son of George Halyburtonof Kyncaple, is a witness. (66.)The Margaret Wedderburn mentioned here and post No. 397 is, no doubt, the daughter of JohnWedderburn and Margaret Lindsay, and sister of James, Bishop of Dunblane. In other places,however, her husband's name is given as Robert. (See post Burgh and Head Court Records,vol. xxvi. s., 15 Feb. 1615 ;vol xxx. s., 23 Sept. 1643 ; vol. xxxi. s., 25 Aug. 1643, and the accountof her given in vol. I.).