Isobel (Brade) Glasgow

Cross-link update - 31 August 2026

The canonical [Brady Family of Sauchie, Stirling & Easter Kennet — Research Notes](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Brady_Family_of_Sauchie%2C_Stirling_%26_Easter_Kennet_%E2%80%94_Research_Notes) page now links Esbell and the four relevant managed family profiles. The reciprocal live-profile link was published and verified by public-page and API readback.

Current conclusion

Esbell Brade was the wife of [William Glasgow (Glasgow-1098)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-1098). On 31 December 1534 they transferred Glasgow property to their son John Glasgow and his wife Jonet Spreull while reserving the profits during their own lifetimes. The record proves Esbell's spouse and son; it does not supply her birth year or parents.

Source findings

Robert Renwick, ed., *Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow*, vol. IV, protocol 1196, p. 72, records at 10 a.m. on 31 December 1534 William Glasgow acting with his wife Esbell Brade and identifies John Glasgow as their son and Jonet Spreull as John's wife. [Internet Archive scan](https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc08robegoog/page/n84/mode/2up).

Earlier Brade/Brady evidence

The published abstract of Stirling's earliest protocol book proves a pre-1500 Brady pedigree, but does not yet connect Esbell to it:

- On 22 April and 20 October 1471 Richard Brady, clerk, was expressly called a son of John Brady. The latter was probably the John Brady recorded as provost of Stirling in 1459–60.
- On 27 August 1477 Gilbert Brady was recognized as heir of John Brady, burgess of Stirling. On 10 November 1477 and 25 September 1479 he was expressly called John's grandson; on 10 January 1481/82 he was again called the late John's *nepos and heir*. This proves the grandparent relationship, although the intervening parent is not named.
- On 27 October 1478 Gilbert Brade and Isabella his spouse were served in Clackmannanshire lands.
- A croft adjoining the Stirling Blackfriars orchard was held by Gilbert Brady in 1523 and by John Brady of Easter Kennet in 1531. Gilbert was dead by 24 April 1527, when the Crown disposed of the ward, non-entry and relief of his former Easter Kennet lands. John was in sasine of Easter Kennet riggs in 1534. The exact territorial and urban-property succession makes John a strong probable son or other close heir of Gilbert, but no consulted record states the relationship.

These records make membership of the Stirling–Easter Kennet Brady kindred a reasonable hypothesis for Esbell. Her chronology and forename are compatible with Gilbert and Isabella's household, while her husband William Glasgow belonged to a 1526 Bruce/Sandilands remission network in the same wider district. That is network evidence only: no source calls Esbell their daughter or transfers Brady property to her.

An even closer candidate household is proved at Rutherglen, immediately beside Glasgow. A 24 March 1538/39 instrument calls Mariota Hamilton daughter and heir of late James Hamilton, widow of late John Brady, and mother of John Brady. John, a weaver and burgess, married Isabella Oswald; repeated 1542–43 instruments call Malcolm Brady their son and heir. Glasgow itself also contains Jonet Brady, widow of Edward Scott (1528), Janet Bradye, a joint longest-liver grantee with bailie Andrew Muir (1531/32), Andrew Bradye (1532, 1537), and Sir John Bradye (1533, 1548). This replaces a vague surname hypothesis with a documented contemporary kin group, but no inspected act calls Esbell a member of it.

Newly reconstructed Jonet Bradye–Mure family

A property succession now identifies the 1528 widow much more securely. On 2
April 1528 Jonet Brady, widow of the late Glasgow citizen Edward Scott,
received a **half-acre in Kynclaith**, bounded by Robert Smith on the west and
John Woddrop on the east. On 9 June 1564 Thomas Mure was served heir of the
late **Jonet Bradye, his mother**, in a **half-acre in Kinclaith**, still
bounded on the east by the late John Woddrop. The rare name, identical area,
identical locality and surviving eastern boundary make the two occurrences the
same woman on strong property evidence. The 1564 act is direct proof that
Thomas was her son.

The surrounding records add a probable second marriage without overstating the
wording. On 7 March 1531/32 Andrew Muir and Janet Bradye jointly acquired a
four-shilling annualrent for the longest liver. The abstract does not call them
spouses, so marriage is **strong circumstantial**, not direct. Andrew was then
a Glasgow bailie. In 1560 Thomas Mure occupied Andrew Mure's adjoining
tenement; the same act and a second on 9 June 1564 directly name Thomas's wife
as Marion Crawford. On 9 January 1571/72 Thomas was directly called brother of
Jonet Mure. Together, the longest-liver grant, surname, property occupation and
chronology strongly support Andrew as Jonet Bradye's later husband and Thomas's
father, but no inspected record uses a father-son formula.

Edward Scott's other heirs are also explicit. In March 1564/65 David Lindsay,
son of the late Alison Scott and Michael Lindsay, and Margaret, Jonet and
Marion Scott were identified as Edward Scott's four heirs; the latter three
were his daughters and David represented daughter Alison. This proves Edward's
children, but not their mother. Jonet Brady is their probable mother as
Edward's recorded widow, although an earlier wife remains possible.

Sources: *Liber Collegii Nostre Domine*, pp. 89–90 (2 April 1528);
Robert Renwick, ed., *Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow*,
vol. IV, protocol 1115 (7 March 1531/32); vol. II, protocol 552 (8 May 1560);
vol. III, protocols [795–796, pp. 54–55](https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc06scogoog/page/n67/mode/2up)
(9 June 1564), and protocols 822, 825–826 (March 1564/65); vol. VI, protocol
1818 (9 January 1571/72). These are scholarly published abstracts/transcriptions,
not images of the underlying manuscripts.

Ninian and James Bradie

Protocol 2960, 24 January 1586/87, directly calls smith **James Bradie** heir
of the late **Ninian Bradie, citizen, his father**, in a half-acre at Garngad,
between Charles Wilson and James Neilson. James immediately conveyed it to
James Rob in Dalsholm. A lay Ninian Brady witnessed at Rutherglen in 1542 and
appears in Glasgow in 1564 and 1570–71. The rare forename, lay status and close
geography make these occurrences a strong identity chain, giving the proved
father a pre-1550 documentary anchor. The clerical Sir Ninian Brady/Brydin in
Selkirk records is a distinct identity unless contrary evidence emerges.

Source: Renwick, *Abstracts*, vol. IX, protocol
[2960, p. 125](https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc01scogoog/page/n136/mode/2up),
24 January 1586/87.

Rutherglen source: *Liber Collegii Nostre Domine: Munimenta Fratrum Predicatorum de Glasgu* (Maitland Club, 1846), pp. 124–128 ([scan](https://archive.org/details/libercollegiino00annegoog)).

Principal sources: Robert Renwick, ed., “Abstract of Protocol Book of the Burgh of Stirling,” *The Scottish Antiquary* 10 (1895), pp. 59, 61, 139, 160, 163, 169 ([1471 page](https://archive.org/details/scottishantiquar10unse/page/n73/mode/2up); [1477 page](https://archive.org/details/scottishantiquar10unse/page/n153/mode/2up); [1478 page](https://archive.org/details/scottishantiquar10unse/page/n174/mode/2up); [1481/82 page](https://archive.org/details/scottishantiquar10unse/page/n183/mode/2up)); Robert Renwick, ed., *Extracts from the Records of the Royal Burgh of Stirling, A.D. 1519–1666*, Appendix, p. 265 ([scan](https://archive.org/details/cu31924091786495)); NRS [GD11/35](https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD11%2F35), [GD11/38](https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD11%2F38), and [GD11/39](https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD11%2F39); R. Page and C. Page, “The Blackfriars of Stirling,” *Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland* 126 (1996), pp. 881–892 ([PDF](https://electricscotland.com/history/articles/BlackfriarsofStirling.pdf)).

Recommended profile update

Add the 1534 property transfer as direct evidence for Esbell's marriage and son. Keep any birth estimate explicitly uncertain. Her research notes should identify the proved Rutherglen household as the leading local family-of-origin candidate and the Stirling–Easter Kennet Bradys as a second plausible kindred, but no structured parent should be attached without a record linking her to a particular generation.