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Biography

Robert de Glasgu entered Dublin's merchant guild in the undated earliest portion of the surviving roll and paid eight shillings. He appears immediately after Richard de Glasgu, who paid the same amount.^[1]

The early membranes were copied from an earlier source and are conventionally assigned to the later twelfth century. Adjacency does not prove that Robert and Richard were relatives, partners or simultaneous entrants.

Research Notes

Robert may have been the father of Alexander admitted in 1238/39, but the later entry does not call the father the earlier guild member. Keep that identity uncertain and keep this man separate from the 1200 plea-roll Robert, the Dunkeld clerk and the Durham witness.

John T. Gilbert's printed Free Citizens of Dublin, A.D. 1225–1250 is available online and is distinct from the Guild Merchant Roll.^[2] A text search did not recover another entry securely identifying Robert, Richard, Gilbert or Alexander. This is not an exhaustive absence finding because the printed text marks damaged material, OCR is imperfect and completeness against the White Book has not been established. Check this published material before commissioning a wholly new reading-room search.

Sources

Source references

Philomena Connolly and Geoffrey Martin, eds., The Dublin Guild Merchant Roll, c.1190–1265, membrane 2d/B; Dublin City Library and Archive, digital transcript.
John T. Gilbert, Historic and Municipal Documents of Ireland, A.D. 1172–1320 (1870), pp. 112–123; Internet Archive text.

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== Biography ==
'''Robert de Glasgu''' entered Dublin's merchant guild in the undated earliest portion of the surviving roll and paid eight shillings. He appears immediately after Richard de Glasgu, who paid the same amount.<ref name="Guild">Philomena Connolly and Geoffrey Martin, eds., ''The Dublin Guild Merchant Roll, c.1190–1265'', membrane 2d/B; Dublin City Library and Archive, [https://www.johngrenham.com/dcla/dmgr/browse.php?image_order=8 digital transcript].</ref>

The early membranes were copied from an earlier source and are conventionally assigned to the later twelfth century. Adjacency does not prove that Robert and Richard were relatives, partners or simultaneous entrants.

== Research Notes ==
Robert may have been the father of Alexander admitted in 1238/39, but the later entry does not call the father the earlier guild member. Keep that identity uncertain and keep this man separate from the 1200 plea-roll Robert, the Dunkeld clerk and the Durham witness.

John T. Gilbert's printed ''Free Citizens of Dublin, A.D. 1225–1250'' is available online and is distinct from the Guild Merchant Roll.<ref>John T. Gilbert, ''Historic and Municipal Documents of Ireland, A.D. 1172–1320'' (1870), pp. 112–123; [https://archive.org/stream/historicandmuni00dubgoog/historicandmuni00dubgoog_djvu.txt Internet Archive text].</ref> A text search did not recover another entry securely identifying Robert, Richard, Gilbert or Alexander. This is not an exhaustive absence finding because the printed text marks damaged material, OCR is imperfect and completeness against the White Book has not been established. Check this published material before commissioning a wholly new reading-room search.

== Sources ==
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