Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Stephen Glasgow

c. 1550 – after 1598

Glasgow-1029 · 1 mapped association

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland→High Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
View on mapOpen WikiTreeCompareReport a correction

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
4Close relations
16Evidence items
10Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1550 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death
after 1598 · High Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
John GlasgowconfidentJonet (Spreull) Glasgowconfident
Spouses
Margaret (Graham) Glasgow
Children
John Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-1029
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
622

Comparison context

These child positions and checks are the subject details used to rank possible parents below.

Naming sequence used by the parentage model

Paternal grandfather positionJohn Glasgow (1590)
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 0 support · 0 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

Possible fathers5 leads

Automated fit2/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1540–1559Generationnominally 10 years; approximate dates permit about 16–20 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming
  • the nominal 10-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–20 years) (+4)

a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction)

Show complete scoring
  • the nominal 10-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–20 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

Deductions and cautions: a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction)

Automated fit0/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1542–1571Generationnominally 8 years; approximate dates permit about 16–18 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Stevenston, Ayrshire · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationExisting-tree context (not an independent clue)Sibling-Household ReplicationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the nominal 8-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–18 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • the same sex-aware parent-name position recurs independently in sibling households: Andrew Glasgow → James Glasgow (+3)

a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); no known spouse has a plausible maternal age at the subject's birth (−6; an unknown spouse remains possible)

Show complete scoring
  • the nominal 8-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–18 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • the same sex-aware parent-name position recurs independently in sibling households: Andrew Glasgow → James Glasgow (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); no known spouse has a plausible maternal age at the subject's birth (−6; an unknown spouse remains possible)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit0/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1542–1558Generationnominally 8 years; approximate dates permit about 16–18 years age gapRecorded placesStevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland · Stevenston — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the nominal 8-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–18 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show complete scoring
  • the nominal 8-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–18 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit0/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1542–1558Generationnominally 8 years; approximate dates permit about 16–18 years age gapRecorded placesStevenston, Ayrshire · Stevenston — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the nominal 8-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–18 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show complete scoring
  • the nominal 8-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–18 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit13/100
Conflicting Tree Generation
Dates1520–1575Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · High Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Household · Local Sibling Birth · Spouse · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); candidate is currently placed as a sibling of another linked father (−5; this makes the candidate an uncle/aunt under that tree hypothesis)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)
  • candidate has another child, Ninian Glasgow, born 0 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+6; possible sibling-household clue)
  • known spouse Margaret (Rolland) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (15) at the subject's birth (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); candidate is currently placed as a sibling of another linked father (−5; this makes the candidate an uncle/aunt under that tree hypothesis)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit7/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1530–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: glasgow (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: glasgow (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Automated fit7/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1530–1563Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit2/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1535–?Generation15 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityExisting-tree context (not an independent clue)Sibling-Household ReplicationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 15-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: glasgow (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • possible 15-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: glasgow (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • the same sex-aware parent-name position recurs independently in sibling households: John Glasgow → Margaret Glasgow (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Automated fit0/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1540–?Generationnominally 10 years; approximate dates permit about 15–30 years age gapRecorded placesInvereskIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the nominal 10-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–30 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing)

Show complete scoring
  • the nominal 10-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–30 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing)

Automated fit0/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1540–?Generationnominally 10 years; approximate dates permit about 15–30 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityExisting-tree context (not an independent clue)Sibling-Household ReplicationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: glasgow (+10)
  • the nominal 10-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–30 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction)

Show complete scoring
  • the nominal 10-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–30 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1590), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: glasgow (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • the same sex-aware parent-name position recurs independently in sibling households: John Glasgow → Margaret Glasgow (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent); parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction)

How parent leads are calculated

Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.

Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage.

No sufficiently similar same-name person is currently indexed.

How duplicate leads are calculated

Dates are eligibility gates, not merely deductions: chronologically impossible people are excluded. Dates, places, spouses, parent certainty and children's profiles and names are then compared. A high score is a prompt to inspect records, not a merge recommendation.

Open only what you need

Research & records

Latest case researchThe current conclusion from the durable research case file.Updated
Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1550

Profile-stated birthplace: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Glasgow

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.

One-Tree profile leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1029

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement centrepoint

Case-file source findingsSource extracts and analysis regenerated from findings.md.1 section(s)

Source findings

Glasgow-1029

SourceFindingAssessment
Glasgow protocol abstract dated 8 November 1575, cited in the captured WikiTree profileStephen is described as son of the late John Glasgow, with consent of Jonet Spreull his mother.Direct relational evidence.
Robert Renwick, ed., *Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow*, vol. 8, protocol 2431, 25 June 1582The property description calls Stephen Glasgow and Margaret Grahame spouses and places them on the east of How Acre in Craignestock.Direct evidence for Stephen's wife and a dated Glasgow property association.
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.8 claims
14Unknown
1Derivative
1Tree Only

Documented or strongly supported

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Working hypotheses and conflicts

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.4 open

Which records prove the subject's identity across events?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

Which original or indexed records identify the parents?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: A contemporary record explicitly identifying the parent or parents.

Which spouses and children are directly supported by records?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

What conflicts or same-name conflations must be resolved?

No current conclusion recorded.

Missing bridge: Not specified

Case-file priorities and cautions

Recommended correction applied

Glasgow-1029

Verified live 19 August 2026: protocol 2431 now directly documents Margaret Grahame as Stephen's spouse and the 1582 How Acre association. The record-proved parents and spouse are confident; no marriage date or Margaret parentage is inferred.

A same-day relationship audit found that both parents had accidentally been set to Confirmed with DNA. Both were corrected to Confident; the records prove the relationships, but no DNA confirmation is claimed.

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.16 sources

Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.

  1. unknown The Heraldry of the Spreulls of Scotland, pp. 70–73. https://archive.org/details/heraldryofsprulesofscotland/page/n83/mode/2up
  2. unknown Renfrewshire Local History Forum, “Cowden Hall.” https://rlhf.info/wp-content/uploads/3.4-Cowden-Hall-Hughson-McCrae.pdf
  3. derivative Protocol abstract cited in University of Glasgow thesis and in Town Clerks abstracts listed below.
  4. unknown Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 8, protocol 2431, pp. 56–58 (https://archive.org/details/abstractsofproto08glas/page/56/mode/2up), 25 June 1582.
  5. unknown Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, Vol. I (British History Online), perambulation entry 1 June 1574. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/glasgow-burgh-records/vol1/pp1-34]
  6. unknown Earlier volume with 1574 items: [https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc00robegoog/abstractsprotoc00robegoog_djvu.txt]
  7. unknown University of Glasgow thesis (see Sources) cites the protocol for the sale by Stephen Glasgow to John Scott, 17 June 1575.
  8. unknown “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 2 April 1586.
  9. unknown “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 15 July 1586.
  10. unknown “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 1 September 1586.
  11. unknown “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 2 March 1598–9.
  12. unknown University of Glasgow thesis with protocol abstracts and analysis of civic offices. [http://theses.gla.ac.uk/77503/1/10995551.pdf]
  13. unknown “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” various volumes:
  14. unknown Viewer (vol. 6 selection): [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc06robegoog/page/n13/mode/2up?q=Glasgw]
  15. unknown Text view (vol. 6): [https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc06robegoog/abstractsprotoc06robegoog_djvu.txt]
  16. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1029
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-1029 was captured 2026-08-19T14:01:18+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-08-19.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Glasgow, Lanarkshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field
death—High Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-10931510-00-00 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · 1575-11-08 · Stockwell Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
ParentsJonet GlasgowSpreull-41516-00-00 · 1575-00-00
ChildrenJohn GlasgowGlasgow-32961590-00-00 · Lanarkshire, Scotland · 1650-04-00 · Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland
SiblingsAndrew GlasgowGlasgow-31631540-00-00 · Scotland · 1598-07-10 · Kirknewton, Linlithgowshire, Scotland
SiblingsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-31811540-00-00 · Scotland · 1576-11-00 · Hirmanscheillis, Midlothian, Scotland
SiblingsWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-35221540-00-00 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · 1586-07-15 · High Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
SpousesMargaret GlasgowGraham-382211550-00-00 · 0000-00-00

Profile categories

Glasgow_Name_Study

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography

    • Parents: John Glasgow and Jonet Spreull. ** Jonet Spreull came from the Spreulls of Cowden in Dumbartonshire. Tradition gives descent from Walter Spreul, Seneschal of the Lennox. The Heraldry of the Spreulls of Scotland, pp. 70–73. https://archive.org/details/heraldryofsprulesofscotland/page/n83/mode/2up Renfrewshire Local History Forum, “Cowden Hall.” https://rlhf.info/wp-content/uploads/3.4-Cowden-Hall-Hughson-McCrae.pdf ** A protocol in 1575 names her as Stephen’s mother and notes that she still lived at that date: “Stephen Glasgow in 1575, son of late John Glasgow, with consent of Jonet Spreull, his mother.” Protocol abstract cited in University of Glasgow thesis and in Town Clerks abstracts listed below.
    • Place: The burgh of Glasgow. Stephen held land near St Kentigern (St Mungo).
    • Office: Water bailie. The council chose the water bailie from a leet of two. The statutes removed any officer for negligence. Marriage and How Acre On 25 June 1582 a property description placed How Acre in Craignestock beside lands occupied by Stephen Glasgow and Margaret Grahame, spouses. This directly proves the couple and their Glasgow property association, but does not supply a marriage date or Margaret's parents. Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 8, protocol 2431, pp. 56–58 (https://archive.org/details/abstractsofproto08glas/page/56/mode/2up), 25 June 1582. Offices and civic context
    • From 1574 to 1586 the water bailie sequence ran Mr William Logan, then John Clerk, then Stephen Glasgow in 1585. Logan and Stephen did not sit on the council. Clerk may have sat.
    • In 1586 the burgh named Stephen Glasgow curator to George Glasgow with Sir William Herbesoun. Property, land, and legal acts chronology
    • 1 June 1574. Court perambulation of the burgh bounds noted a missing “marche stane” on the march between the lands of Stewin Glasgw and Archibald Steven. Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, Vol. I, 1 June 1574 (https://www.british-history.ac.uk/glasgow-burgh-records/vol1/pp1-34)
    • 12 May 1574. Stephen stood as a witness at a sasine for two barns near Craigmak with William Hegate, Paul Reid, and James Andersoun. 12 May 1574. James Flemyng, bailie, gave sasine to Sir Mark Jamesoun for Agnes Heriot, Joanna Heriot, and Helen Heriot for two barns near Craigmak. Witnesses included William Hegate, Stephen Glasgow, Paul Reid, and James Andersoun. Text: https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc00robegoog/abstractsprotoc00robegoog_djvu.txt
    • 17 June 1575. Stephen sold a fore and back tenement with yard and pertinents on the west side of the street from the market cross to the South Nether Port to John Scott, baker and citizen. Mr Adam Walles, bailie, gave sasine. Witnesses: John Tempill, George Burell, David Landes, Robert Young, citizens, and John Watsoun, officer. University of Glasgow thesis (see Sources) cites the protocol for the sale by Stephen Glasgow to John Scott, 17 June 1575.
    • 2 April 1586, 9 a.m. John Grahame, bailie, transferred sasine of a great fore and back tenement with yard on the west side of the street from the metropolitan church to the market cross to Stephen Glasgow. Robert Rowet, bailie, gave sasine. Witnesses: Archibald Wilsoun, merchant; Archibald Wilsoun, armourer; and William Spreull, citizens. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 2 April 1586.
    • 15 July 1586, 10 a.m. John Grahame, bailie, transferred sasine to George Glasgow as heir to the late William Glasgow his father. The property was a dilapidated back tenement on the west side of the same street. Bounds: lands formerly of Robert Pirrhie, now of John Clerk, tailor, to the east; lands of David Lyndsay to the west; lands of the late George Herbesoun to the south; lands of Sir Bartholomew Symsoun to the north. Witnesses: Hugh Blair, servant to the Laird of Blair; John Maxucll in Bogtoun; Stephen Glasgow, citizen; Andrew Farie, sergeant. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 15 July 1586.
    • 1 September 1586, 9 a.m. George Glasgow, with consent of his mother Margaret Herbesoun, liferenter, and of his curators Sir William Herbesoun and Stephen Glasgow, sold a ruinous back tenement with pertinents on the west side of the same street to John Angus, merchant, and Helen Darroch, spouses. John Grahame, bailie, gave sasine. Witnesses: John Clerk, tailor, citizen; John Pirrie, writer. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 1 September 1586.
    • 2 March 1598–9, 2 p.m. John Anderson, sailor and procurator for Stephen Glasgow, resigned a substantial fore and back tenement with yard and pertinents on the west side of the same street to Archibald Hegate, notary and citizen. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 2 March 1598–9. Research Notes
    • Spellings vary. Stephen appears as Stephen and Stewin. Glasgow appears as Glasgw and Glassgow. Spreull appears as Spreul and Spreule. Search all forms.
    • The west side of the main street from the cathedral to the market cross anchors Stephen’s holdings and acts. Sources
    • University of Glasgow thesis with protocol abstracts and analysis of civic offices.
    • “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” various volumes: ** Viewer (vol. 6 selection): [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc06robegoog/page/n13/mode/2up?q=Glasgw (http://theses.gla.ac.uk/77503/1/10995551.pdf]) ** Text view (vol. 6): ** Earlier volume with 1574 items: [https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc00robegoog/abstractsprotoc00robegoog_djvu.txt (https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc06robegoog/abstractsprotoc06robegoog_djvu.txt])
    • Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, Vol. I (British History Online), perambulation entry 1 June 1574. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/glasgow-burgh-records/vol1/pp1-34]

Profile source citations

  1. The Heraldry of the Spreulls of Scotland, pp. 70–73. https://archive.org/details/heraldryofsprulesofscotland/page/n83/mode/2up source link 1
  2. Renfrewshire Local History Forum, “Cowden Hall.” https://rlhf.info/wp-content/uploads/3.4-Cowden-Hall-Hughson-McCrae.pdf source link 1
  3. Protocol abstract cited in University of Glasgow thesis and in Town Clerks abstracts listed below.
  4. Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 8, protocol 2431, pp. 56–58 (https://archive.org/details/abstractsofproto08glas/page/56/mode/2up), 25 June 1582. source link 1
  5. Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, Vol. I, 1 June 1574 (https://www.british-history.ac.uk/glasgow-burgh-records/vol1/pp1-34) source link 1
  6. 12 May 1574. James Flemyng, bailie, gave sasine to Sir Mark Jamesoun for Agnes Heriot, Joanna Heriot, and Helen Heriot for two barns near Craigmak. Witnesses included William Hegate, Stephen Glasgow, Paul Reid, and James Andersoun. Text: https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc00robegoog/abstractsprotoc00robegoog_djvu.txt source link 1
  7. University of Glasgow thesis (see Sources) cites the protocol for the sale by Stephen Glasgow to John Scott, 17 June 1575.
  8. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 2 April 1586.
  9. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 15 July 1586.
  10. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 1 September 1586.
  11. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 2 March 1598–9.
  12. University of Glasgow thesis with protocol abstracts and analysis of civic offices. [http://theses.gla.ac.uk/77503/1/10995551.pdf] source link 1
  13. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” various volumes:
  14. Viewer (vol. 6 selection): [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc06robegoog/page/n13/mode/2up?q=Glasgw] source link 1
  15. Text view (vol. 6): [https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc06robegoog/abstractsprotoc06robegoog_djvu.txt] source link 1
  16. Earlier volume with 1574 items: [https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc00robegoog/abstractsprotoc00robegoog_djvu.txt] source link 1
  17. Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, Vol. I (British History Online), perambulation entry 1 June 1574. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/glasgow-burgh-records/vol1/pp1-34] source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
* Parents: John Glasgow and Jonet Spreull.
** Jonet Spreull came from the Spreulls of Cowden in Dumbartonshire. Tradition gives descent from Walter Spreul, Seneschal of the Lennox. The Heraldry of the Spreulls of Scotland, pp. 70–73. https://archive.org/details/heraldryofsprulesofscotland/page/n83/mode/2up Renfrewshire Local History Forum, “Cowden Hall.” https://rlhf.info/wp-content/uploads/3.4-Cowden-Hall-Hughson-McCrae.pdf 
** A protocol in 1575 names her as Stephen’s mother and notes that she still lived at that date: “Stephen Glasgow in 1575, son of late John Glasgow, with consent of Jonet Spreull, his mother.” Protocol abstract cited in University of Glasgow thesis and in Town Clerks abstracts listed below. 
* Place: The burgh of Glasgow. Stephen held land near St Kentigern (St Mungo).
* Office: Water bailie. The council chose the water bailie from a leet of two. The statutes removed any officer for negligence.
Marriage and How Acre
On 25 June 1582 a property description placed How Acre in Craignestock beside lands occupied by Stephen Glasgow and Margaret Grahame, spouses. This directly proves the couple and their Glasgow property association, but does not supply a marriage date or Margaret's parents. Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 8, protocol 2431, pp. 56–58 (https://archive.org/details/abstractsofproto08glas/page/56/mode/2up), 25 June 1582. 
Offices and civic context
* From 1574 to 1586 the water bailie sequence ran Mr William Logan, then John Clerk, then Stephen Glasgow in 1585. Logan and Stephen did not sit on the council. Clerk may have sat.
* In 1586 the burgh named Stephen Glasgow curator to George Glasgow with Sir William Herbesoun.
Property, land, and legal acts chronology
* 1 June 1574. Court perambulation of the burgh bounds noted a missing “marche stane” on the march between the lands of Stewin Glasgw and Archibald Steven. Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, Vol. I, 1 June 1574 (https://www.british-history.ac.uk/glasgow-burgh-records/vol1/pp1-34) 
* 12 May 1574. Stephen stood as a witness at a sasine for two barns near Craigmak with William Hegate, Paul Reid, and James Andersoun. 12 May 1574. James Flemyng, bailie, gave sasine to Sir Mark Jamesoun for Agnes Heriot, Joanna Heriot, and Helen Heriot for two barns near Craigmak. Witnesses included William Hegate, Stephen Glasgow, Paul Reid, and James Andersoun. Text: https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc00robegoog/abstractsprotoc00robegoog_djvu.txt 
* 17 June 1575. Stephen sold a fore and back tenement with yard and pertinents on the west side of the street from the market cross to the South Nether Port to John Scott, baker and citizen. Mr Adam Walles, bailie, gave sasine. Witnesses: John Tempill, George Burell, David Landes, Robert Young, citizens, and John Watsoun, officer. University of Glasgow thesis (see Sources) cites the protocol for the sale by Stephen Glasgow to John Scott, 17 June 1575. 
* 2 April 1586, 9 a.m. John Grahame, bailie, transferred sasine of a great fore and back tenement with yard on the west side of the street from the metropolitan church to the market cross to Stephen Glasgow. Robert Rowet, bailie, gave sasine. Witnesses: Archibald Wilsoun, merchant; Archibald Wilsoun, armourer; and William Spreull, citizens. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 2 April 1586. 
* 15 July 1586, 10 a.m. John Grahame, bailie, transferred sasine to George Glasgow as heir to the late William Glasgow his father. The property was a dilapidated back tenement on the west side of the same street. Bounds: lands formerly of Robert Pirrhie, now of John Clerk, tailor, to the east; lands of David Lyndsay to the west; lands of the late George Herbesoun to the south; lands of Sir Bartholomew Symsoun to the north. Witnesses: Hugh Blair, servant to the Laird of Blair; John Maxucll in Bogtoun; Stephen Glasgow, citizen; Andrew Farie, sergeant. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 15 July 1586. 
* 1 September 1586, 9 a.m. George Glasgow, with consent of his mother Margaret Herbesoun, liferenter, and of his curators Sir William Herbesoun and Stephen Glasgow, sold a ruinous back tenement with pertinents on the west side of the same street to John Angus, merchant, and Helen Darroch, spouses. John Grahame, bailie, gave sasine. Witnesses: John Clerk, tailor, citizen; John Pirrie, writer. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 1 September 1586. 
* 2 March 1598–9, 2 p.m. John Anderson, sailor and procurator for Stephen Glasgow, resigned a substantial fore and back tenement with yard and pertinents on the west side of the same street to Archibald Hegate, notary and citizen. “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 2 March 1598–9. 
Research Notes
* Spellings vary. Stephen appears as Stephen and Stewin. Glasgow appears as Glasgw and Glassgow. Spreull appears as Spreul and Spreule. Search all forms.
* The west side of the main street from the cathedral to the market cross anchors Stephen’s holdings and acts.
Sources
* University of Glasgow thesis with protocol abstracts and analysis of civic offices. * “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” various volumes:
** Viewer (vol. 6 selection): [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc06robegoog/page/n13/mode/2up?q=Glasgw (http://theses.gla.ac.uk/77503/1/10995551.pdf])
** Text view (vol. 6): ** Earlier volume with 1574 items: [https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc00robegoog/abstractsprotoc00robegoog_djvu.txt (https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc06robegoog/abstractsprotoc06robegoog_djvu.txt])
* Records of the Burgh of Glasgow, Vol. I (British History Online), perambulation entry 1 June 1574. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/glasgow-burgh-records/vol1/pp1-34]
Raw WikiTree biography markup
{{One Name Study|name=Glasgow}}
{{Notables Sticker}}

== Biography ==

* '''Parents:''' John Glasgow and Jonet Spreull.
** Jonet Spreull came from the Spreulls of Cowden in Dumbartonshire. Tradition gives descent from Walter Spreul, Seneschal of the Lennox.<ref>''The Heraldry of the Spreulls of Scotland'', pp. 70–73. https://archive.org/details/heraldryofsprulesofscotland/page/n83/mode/2up</ref><ref>Renfrewshire Local History Forum, “Cowden Hall.” https://rlhf.info/wp-content/uploads/3.4-Cowden-Hall-Hughson-McCrae.pdf</ref>
** A protocol in 1575 names her as Stephen’s mother and notes that she still lived at that date: “Stephen Glasgow in 1575, son of late John Glasgow, with consent of Jonet Spreull, his mother.”<ref>Protocol abstract cited in University of Glasgow thesis and in Town Clerks abstracts listed below.</ref>
* '''Place:''' The burgh of Glasgow. Stephen held land near St Kentigern (St Mungo).
* '''Office:''' Water bailie. The council chose the water bailie from a leet of two. The statutes removed any officer for negligence.

== Marriage and How Acre ==

On 25 June 1582 a property description placed How Acre in Craignestock beside lands occupied by '''Stephen Glasgow and [[Graham-38221|Margaret Grahame]], spouses'''. This directly proves the couple and their Glasgow property association, but does not supply a marriage date or Margaret's parents.<ref>Robert Renwick, ed., ''Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow'', vol. 8, protocol 2431, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsofproto08glas/page/56/mode/2up pp. 56–58], 25 June 1582.</ref>

== Offices and civic context ==

* From 1574 to 1586 the water bailie sequence ran Mr William Logan, then John Clerk, then '''Stephen Glasgow''' in 1585. Logan and Stephen did not sit on the council. Clerk may have sat.
* In 1586 the burgh named '''Stephen Glasgow''' curator to [[Glasgow-1099|George Glasgow]] with Sir William Herbesoun.

== Property, land, and legal acts  chronology ==

* '''1 June 1574.''' Court perambulation of the burgh bounds noted a missing “marche stane” on the march between the lands of '''Stewin Glasgw''' and Archibald Steven.<ref>[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/glasgow-burgh-records/vol1/pp1-34 ''Records of the Burgh of Glasgow'', Vol. I, 1 June 1574]</ref>
* '''12 May 1574.''' Stephen stood as a witness at a sasine for two barns near Craigmak with William Hegate, Paul Reid, and James Andersoun.<ref>12 May 1574. James Flemyng, bailie, gave sasine to Sir Mark Jamesoun for Agnes Heriot, Joanna Heriot, and Helen Heriot for two barns near Craigmak. Witnesses included William Hegate, '''Stephen Glasgow''', Paul Reid, and James Andersoun. Text: https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc00robegoog/abstractsprotoc00robegoog_djvu.txt</ref>
* '''17 June 1575.''' Stephen sold a fore and back tenement with yard and pertinents on the west side of the street from the market cross to the South Nether Port to John Scott, baker and citizen. Mr Adam Walles, bailie, gave sasine. Witnesses: John Tempill, George Burell, David Landes, Robert Young, citizens, and John Watsoun, officer.<ref>University of Glasgow thesis (see Sources) cites the protocol for the sale by '''Stephen Glasgow''' to John Scott, 17 June 1575.</ref>
* '''2 April 1586, 9 a.m.''' John Grahame, bailie, transferred sasine of a great fore and back tenement with yard on the west side of the street from the metropolitan church to the market cross to '''Stephen Glasgow'''. Robert Rowet, bailie, gave sasine. Witnesses: Archibald Wilsoun, merchant; Archibald Wilsoun, armourer; and '''William Spreull''', citizens.<ref>“Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 2 April 1586.</ref>
* '''15 July 1586, 10 a.m.''' John Grahame, bailie, transferred sasine to '''George Glasgow''' as heir to the late '''William Glasgow''' his father. The property was a dilapidated back tenement on the west side of the same street. Bounds: lands formerly of Robert Pirrhie, now of John Clerk, tailor, to the east; lands of David Lyndsay to the west; lands of the late George Herbesoun to the south; lands of Sir Bartholomew Symsoun to the north. Witnesses: Hugh Blair, servant to the Laird of Blair; John Maxucll in Bogtoun; '''Stephen Glasgow''', citizen; Andrew Farie, sergeant.<ref>“Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 15 July 1586.</ref>
* '''1 September 1586, 9 a.m.''' '''George Glasgow''', with consent of his mother Margaret Herbesoun, liferenter, and of his curators Sir William Herbesoun and '''Stephen Glasgow''', sold a ruinous back tenement with pertinents on the west side of the same street to John Angus, merchant, and Helen Darroch, spouses. John Grahame, bailie, gave sasine. Witnesses: John Clerk, tailor, citizen; John Pirrie, writer.<ref>“Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 1 September 1586.</ref>
* '''2 March 1598–9, 2 p.m.''' John Anderson, sailor and procurator for '''Stephen Glasgow''', resigned a substantial fore and back tenement with yard and pertinents on the west side of the same street to Archibald Hegate, notary and citizen.<ref>“Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” vol. 6, entry 2 March 1598–9.</ref>

== Research Notes ==

* Spellings vary. Stephen appears as Stephen and Stewin. Glasgow appears as Glasgw and Glassgow. Spreull appears as Spreul and Spreule. Search all forms.
* The west side of the main street from the cathedral to the market cross anchors Stephen’s holdings and acts.

== Sources ==
<references/>
* University of Glasgow thesis with protocol abstracts and analysis of civic offices. [http://theses.gla.ac.uk/77503/1/10995551.pdf]
* “Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow,” various volumes:
** Viewer (vol. 6 selection): [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc06robegoog/page/n13/mode/2up?q=Glasgw]
** Text view (vol. 6): [https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc06robegoog/abstractsprotoc06robegoog_djvu.txt]
** Earlier volume with 1574 items: [https://archive.org/stream/abstractsprotoc00robegoog/abstractsprotoc00robegoog_djvu.txt]
* ''Records of the Burgh of Glasgow'', Vol. I (British History Online), perambulation entry 1 June 1574. [https://www.british-history.ac.uk/glasgow-burgh-records/vol1/pp1-34]