Researched biography · Glasgow-1095
John Glasgow
c. 1475
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
About John
This pre-1500 profile is not managed by the requesting account and is not the project's maintained research destination. The current sourced biography is John Glasgow of Saltmarket, estimated born about 1480 and dead before 21 October 1553. Managed relatives and project pages should point prominently to that free-space biography while preserving this existing attachment.
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- William Glasgow3 sections of notes
What the research found
Summary of the research
Overall conclusion
The Saltmarket biography now links prominently to John Glasgw of Stirling, active in 1475–1479/80, as a plausible father of the Saltmarket John estimated born about 1480. This is a chronological and surname-based reconstruction, not a recorded relationship.
The profile is an unsourced early root estimated born in 1475 at Glasgow. Two record-defined men are compatible with parts of that description, but neither is proved to be Glasgow-1095:
- John Glasgw witnessed Stirling acts in 1475 and 1479/80; as a pre-1500 subject he is maintained on a free-space page, not as a new person profile.
- John Glasgow held a Saltmarket tenement in 1527; the same property description recurs in 1548 and an adjoining boundary calls him dead by 21 October 1553.
No inspected record calls either man father of William Glasgow-1098. A new property reconstruction does, however, show William occupying the older John's exact Rankin–Young parcel in 1534/35 and William's proved son inheriting it in 1564. This raises the older John to a serious possible relative while remaining insufficient to prove fatherhood. Preserve the current attachment as uncertain; do not present it as proved.
What the records show
Source findings
| Source | Finding | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Stirling burgh charters, 11 April 1475 and 2 March 1479/80 | John Glasgw witnessed two Stirling acts. | Secure working identity; no Glasgow property or child stated. |
| Liber Collegii Nostre Domine, 2 May 1527 and 5 January 1548 | A four-shilling annual from John Glasgow's Saltmarket tenement recurs with the same neighbours. | Secure Saltmarket property identity. |
| Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols, protocols 1201 and 1233, 17 February 1534/35 and 16 March 1535/36 | Rankin's land had William Glasgow north; James Young's place had the late William Glasgow south. | The two exact boundaries place William on John's 1527 parcel; strong property continuity, no stated kinship. |
| Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols, 21 October 1553 | John Rankyn's adjoining property bounded the lands of the late John Glasgow. | The Saltmarket owner had died by this date. |
| Protocols 1196 and 805, 31 December 1534 and 28 October 1564 | William and Esbell conveyed property to their son John; John later entered the Rankin–Young fore tenement as heir of William, his father. | Directly proves William's son and completes the William-to-son property chain, not William's father. |
Source findings — John-to-William property succession narrowed, 30 August 2026
| Source | Finding | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
Joseph Robertson, ed., Liber Collegii Nostre Domine (1846), pp. 90–91; 20 February 1528/29 (contents: 20 Februarii 1528-9, fol. xxxi b) |
Malcolm Henryson alias Makandoy, heir of his brother David, resigned to Master James Houston a tenement lying between Andrew Craig south and Willelmi Glasgu north. This is the parcel Houston resigned to John Rankin in 1534/35. |
William already held the northern parcel, the one John held on 2 May 1527, by February 1528/29. The unrecorded transfer from John to William therefore falls within about 21½ months. Scholarly Latin transcription and page scans inspected. |
| Same volume, St Andrew Apostle prebend rental, p. 36 (contents fol. xij b); foundation confirmed 3 June 1542, transumed 8 January 1548/49 | quatuor solidi annui redditus de tenemento quondam Wilelmi Glasgu, west side, between the late John Crownar north and John Rankin south. |
The same four-shilling annual charged on John's tenement in 1527 is later charged on the late William's tenement. The equation of the two annuals is strong, not direct, because the rental does not recite the 1527 conveyance. |
Together these make the 1527 John-to-William title a strong property succession. They do not show that John was William's father: sale, assignment or another non-family transfer is still possible, and no transfer instrument or kinship formula has been found. The proposition that the 1527 John was William's son John is disproved: the older adjoining owner was dead by 21 October 1553, while William's son was alive and transacting in 1564.
Recorded in research/medieval-glasgow-bridge-1447-1534/report.md (30 August 2026); carried into this file on 7 October 2026.
Identity and family
Identity and duplicate assessment
Do not create a post-1500 Saltmarket profile until Glasgow-1095's intended identity is resolved. Do not repurpose Glasgow-1095 as the Stirling witness or Saltmarket owner merely because its unsupported estimate fits both. A document linking a relative, property or civic role is required.
Relationship assessment — Eufame Craig as possible widow, 30 August 2026On 16 November 1564 Eufame Craige, the relict of wmquhill {blank} Glesgw , holding conjunct fee, franktenement and liferent of the whole back tenement between the late John Rankin south and Robert…
On 16 November 1564 Eufame Craige, the relict of wmquhill {blank} Glesgw, holding conjunct fee, franktenement and liferent of the whole back tenement between the late John Rankin south and Robert Young north, sold her liferent to John Glasgow elder for £40 (Renwick, Abstracts of Protocols, vol. III, protocol 809, printed pp. 58–59; manuscript GCA B/10/1/3, fol. 54; printed abstract inspected, not the manuscript). This is the rear part of the parcel John held in 1527.
The leading hypothesis is that Eufame was this older John's widow: a liferent reserved while John held the whole property could survive the transfer of the fee to William by February 1528/29 and still burden the rear parcel in 1564. Eufame as William's later widow remains possible but less likely, because it requires Esbell Brade's death and William's remarriage between 31 December 1534 and 16 March 1535/36. Grade: leading hypothesis, a property-based reconstruction, not a recorded marriage. The printed abstract leaves the husband's forename blank; an image of the manuscript is the decisive check.
Recorded in research/medieval-glasgow-bridge-1447-1534/report.md (30 August 2026) and surname-research/pre-1700/evidence-register.md; carried into this file on 7 October 2026.
Still open
Questions the records have not yet answered, suggested next searches and suggested corrections.
Recommended profile treatment
- Keep the attached son William-1098 uncertain; add no claim of proved descent.
- Do not replace the populated Glasgow birth estimate with an empty location.
- If a sourced identity is eventually established, replace the estimated vital data with that evidence in the same edit.
Family and relationships
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Children 1William Glasgowdate not established–before 16 March 1536
| Person and dates | Relationship | Current assessment | Why this relationship is shown |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Glasgow date not established–before 16 March 1536 | son | Uncertain son link | The same-property succession supports the older John as a probable father, but the inspected title records do not establish that relationship; the biography already describes it as an inference. Source review: Glasgow property protocols and maintained William findings. |
Life and records
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Historical chronology
Profile-stated birthplace: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Record association
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Birth
Subject
Life eventsSources
The only source so far is the WikiTree profile itselfReferences and source limitations
Profile-stated birthplace: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
b. 1475 · Glasgow · Source association
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Research notes as originally written
Current conclusion
This pre-1500 profile is not managed by the requesting account and is not the project's maintained research destination. The current sourced biography is [John Glasgow of Saltmarket, estimated born about 1480 and dead before 21 October 1553](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:John_de_Glasgow_alias_Smith_/_John_Glasgow_of_Saltmarket%27). Managed relatives and project pages should point prominently to that free-space biography while preserving this existing attachment. The Saltmarket biography now links prominently to [John Glasgw of Stirling](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:John_Glasgw_of_Stirling), active in 1475–1479/80, as a plausible father of the Saltmarket John estimated born about 1480. This is a chronological and surname-based reconstruction, not a recorded relationship. The profile is an unsourced early root estimated born in 1475 at Glasgow. Two record-defined men are compatible with parts of that description, but neither is proved to be Glasgow-1095: - John Glasgw witnessed Stirling acts in 1475 and 1479/80; as a pre-1500 subject he is maintained on a free-space page, not as a new person profile. - John Glasgow held a Saltmarket tenement in 1527; the same property description recurs in 1548 and an adjoining boundary calls him dead by 21 October 1553. No inspected record calls either man father of William Glasgow-1098. A new property reconstruction does, however, show William occupying the older John's exact Rankin–Young parcel in 1534/35 and William's proved son inheriting it in 1564. This raises the older John to a serious possible relative while remaining insufficient to prove fatherhood. Preserve the current attachment as uncertain; do not present it as proved.
Source findings
| Source | Finding | Assessment | | --- | --- | --- | | [Stirling burgh charters](https://archive.org/details/chartersotherdoc00stir), 11 April 1475 and 2 March 1479/80 | John Glasgw witnessed two Stirling acts. | Secure working identity; no Glasgow property or child stated. | | [*Liber Collegii Nostre Domine*](https://archive.org/details/libercollegiino00annegoog), 2 May 1527 and 5 January 1548 | A four-shilling annual from John Glasgow's Saltmarket tenement recurs with the same neighbours. | Secure Saltmarket property identity. | | Robert Renwick, ed., *Abstracts of Protocols*, protocols 1201 and 1233, 17 February 1534/35 and 16 March 1535/36 | Rankin's land had William Glasgow north; James Young's place had the late William Glasgow south. | The two exact boundaries place William on John's 1527 parcel; strong property continuity, no stated kinship. | | Robert Renwick, ed., *Abstracts of Protocols*, 21 October 1553 | John Rankyn's adjoining property bounded the lands of the late John Glasgow. | The Saltmarket owner had died by this date. | | Protocols 1196 and 805, 31 December 1534 and 28 October 1564 | William and Esbell conveyed property to their son John; John later entered the Rankin–Young fore tenement as heir of William, his father. | Directly proves William's son and completes the William-to-son property chain, not William's father. |
Identity and duplicate assessment
Do not create a post-1500 Saltmarket profile until Glasgow-1095's intended identity is resolved. Do not repurpose Glasgow-1095 as the Stirling witness or Saltmarket owner merely because its unsupported estimate fits both. A document linking a relative, property or civic role is required.
Recommended profile treatment
- Keep the attached son William-1098 uncertain; add no claim of proved descent. - Do not replace the populated Glasgow birth estimate with an empty location. - If a sourced identity is eventually established, replace the estimated vital data with that evidence in the same edit.
Source findings — John-to-William property succession narrowed, 30 August 2026
| Source | Finding | Assessment | | --- | --- | --- | | Joseph Robertson, ed., *Liber Collegii Nostre Domine* (1846), [pp. 90](https://archive.org/download/libercollegiino00annegoog/page/n195_w1600.jpg)–[91](https://archive.org/download/libercollegiino00annegoog/page/n196_w1600.jpg); 20 February 1528/29 (contents: `20 Februarii 1528-9`, fol. xxxi b) | Malcolm Henryson alias Makandoy, heir of his brother David, resigned to Master James Houston a tenement lying between Andrew Craig south and `Willelmi Glasgu` north. This is the parcel Houston resigned to John Rankin in 1534/35. | William already held the northern parcel, the one John held on 2 May 1527, by February 1528/29. The unrecorded transfer from John to William therefore falls within about 21½ months. Scholarly Latin transcription and page scans inspected. | | Same volume, St Andrew Apostle prebend rental, [p. 36](https://archive.org/download/libercollegiino00annegoog/page/n141_w1600.jpg) (contents fol. xij b); foundation confirmed 3 June 1542, transumed 8 January 1548/49 | `quatuor solidi annui redditus de tenemento quondam Wilelmi Glasgu`, west side, between the late John Crownar north and John Rankin south. | The same four-shilling annual charged on John's tenement in 1527 is later charged on the late William's tenement. The equation of the two annuals is **strong**, not direct, because the rental does not recite the 1527 conveyance. | Together these make the 1527 John-to-William title a **strong property succession**. They do not show that John was William's father: sale, assignment or another non-family transfer is still possible, and no transfer instrument or kinship formula has been found. The proposition that the 1527 John was William's son John is **disproved**: the older adjoining owner was dead by 21 October 1553, while William's son was alive and transacting in 1564. Recorded in `research/medieval-glasgow-bridge-1447-1534/report.md` (30 August 2026); carried into this file on 7 October 2026.
Relationship assessment — Eufame Craig as possible widow, 30 August 2026
On 16 November 1564 `Eufame Craige, the relict of wmquhill {blank} Glesgw`, holding conjunct fee, franktenement and liferent of the whole back tenement between the late John Rankin south and Robert Young north, sold her liferent to John Glasgow elder for £40 (Renwick, *Abstracts of Protocols*, vol. III, protocol 809, [printed pp. 58–59](https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc06scogoog/page/n71/mode/2up); manuscript GCA B/10/1/3, fol. 54; printed abstract inspected, not the manuscript). This is the rear part of the parcel John held in 1527.
The leading hypothesis is that Eufame was this older John's widow: a liferent reserved while John held the whole property could survive the transfer of the fee to William by February 1528/29 and still burden the rear parcel in 1564. Eufame as William's later widow remains possible but less likely, because it requires Esbell Brade's death and William's remarriage between 31 December 1534 and 16 March 1535/36. Grade: **leading hypothesis**, a property-based reconstruction, not a recorded marriage. The printed abstract leaves the husband's forename blank; an image of the manuscript is the decisive check.
Recorded in `research/medieval-glasgow-bridge-1447-1534/report.md` (30 August 2026) and `surname-research/pre-1700/evidence-register.md`; carried into this file on 7 October 2026.Research data and downloads
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