Archibald Glasgow

⚠️ Paleographic Warning:

This profile is based on a testament written in 16th-century Secretary Hand. Due to the ornate and inconsistent handwriting style, all names, places, and relationships should be considered tentative and subject to revision pending further document comparison or corroboration. Interpretations are paleographically informed but speculative.
Biography
Archibald Glasgow was baptized on 20 March 1618 in South Leith, Edinburghshire, the son of William Glasgow (bef.1600–) and Catherine (Fraser) Glasgow (1600–). "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQM4-LYL : 12 February 2020), Archbald Glascow, 1618. 

He is possibly the same Archibald Glasgow who appears in multiple mid-17th century records associated with Leith:

* On 14 April 1646, Archibald Glasgow married Margaret Hilstones in South Leith. Scotland Marriages 1561–1910, OPR Marriages, South Leith, 692/2, 90/310. Entry: Archbald Glasgow and Margaret Hilstones, 14 April 1646. 

* A child named George Glasgow (bef.1658–) was born in 1658 in South Leith to parents named Archibald Glasgow and Agnes Watson. "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQMH-CXH : 12 February 2020), Georg Glasgowe, 1658. This may indicate a second marriage or a clerical discrepancy in the mother’s recorded name.

* On 24 May 1662, an Archibald Glasgow, maltman and indweller in Leith is referenced in a testament recorded in the Edinburgh Commissary Court (CC8/8/70). This legal record, associated with the inventory of his estate, confirms his occupation and residency in Leith during this period.

Given the overlap of dates, location, and naming patterns, it is plausible that all these records refer to the same individual—Archibald Glasgow, maltman of Leith—though further evidence is needed to confirm each connection definitively.

::Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/70

::GLASGOWE
 
::ARCHBALD
 
::MARGARET HILSTONES/FR3086 (FR3086)
 
::14/04/1646
 
::692 / 2
 
::90 / 310
 
::Leith South

 The testament testamentar and inventar of the goods
 gear, sums of money and debts pertaining to umquhile
 Archibald Glasgow, maltman and indweller in Glasgow,
 who deceased in the month of February last bypast
 1662, faithfully made and given up by himself
 upon the xxix day of May the year of God above written
 in so far as concerns the nomination of his executors
 testamentar, and a part of the debts owed to him,
 and given up by Agnes Watson his relict spouse,
 taking burden upon her in name and behalf of
 Archibald, George, and William Glasgows, minors being
 lawful to the said umquhile defunct, in so far as concerns the
 whole rest of his goods, gear, debts, etc., and to him and as to the
 profit of the debts owed to him called and belonging...

Williame Glasgow he nominatt his only executors in his le[w]ill
and protested understanding the samyne of the dait
foresaid subscrivit with his hand in presence of the witnesses either
mentioned in itself as mair fully proportis.

Item in the first the said umquhile Williame Glasgow had the goods and gear
following of the values and prices aftermentioned, pertaining
to him the time of his decease foresaid, viz:

Imprimis, twelve bolls
of malt at 5 lib the boll, summa threescore pounds.
Item, eight bolls bere at 4 lib the boll, inde thirty-two pounds.
Item, the whole
insight and plenishing of his dwelling house with the abulyiements
of his body by the lordschip, estimated all in cumulo
to the sum of 50 lib Scotts money.

Summa of the inventar – £142

Follow the debts awin to the defunct:

* The 1639 apprentice entry calls Archibald the son of William Glasgow, mealmaker in Leith; the 1647 retour calls Archibald, shoemaker in Leith, heir of William Glasgow, mealmaker there, his father. | Francis J. Grant, *Register of Apprentices of Edin
 burgh*, p. 71; *Inquisitionum... Abbreviatio*, vol. 2, no. 3278 |
Sources

'''⚠️ Paleographic Warning:'''

This profile is based on a testament written in 16th-century Secretary Hand. Due to the ornate and inconsistent handwriting style, all names, places, and relationships should be considered '''tentative''' and subject to '''revision''' pending further document comparison or corroboration. Interpretations are paleographically informed but speculative.

== Biography ==

'''Archibald Glasgow''' was baptized on 20 March 1618 in South Leith, Edinburghshire, the son of [[Glasgow-3075|William Glasgow (bef.1600–)]] and [[Fraser-15286|Catherine (Fraser) Glasgow (1600–)]].<ref>"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQM4-LYL : 12 February 2020), Archbald Glascow, 1618.</ref>

He is possibly the same '''Archibald Glasgow''' who appears in multiple mid-17th century records associated with Leith:

* On 14 April 1646, Archibald Glasgow married '''Margaret Hilstones''' in South Leith.<ref>Scotland Marriages 1561–1910, OPR Marriages, South Leith, 692/2, 90/310. Entry: Archbald Glasgow and Margaret Hilstones, 14 April 1646.</ref>

* A child named [[Glasgow-2714|George Glasgow (bef.1658–)]] was born in 1658 in South Leith to parents named '''Archibald Glasgow''' and '''Agnes Watson'''.<ref>"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQMH-CXH : 12 February 2020), Georg Glasgowe, 1658.</ref> This may indicate a second marriage or a clerical discrepancy in the mother’s recorded name.

* On 24 May 1662, an '''Archibald Glasgow, maltman and indweller in Leith''' is referenced in a testament recorded in the Edinburgh Commissary Court (CC8/8/70). This legal record, associated with the inventory of his estate, confirms his occupation and residency in Leith during this period.

Given the overlap of dates, location, and naming patterns, it is plausible that all these records refer to the same individual—'''Archibald Glasgow, maltman of Leith'''—though further evidence is needed to confirm each connection definitively.

<blockquote>
::Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/70

::GLASGOWE
	
::ARCHBALD
	
::MARGARET HILSTONES/FR3086 (FR3086)
	
::14/04/1646
	
::692 / 2
	
::90 / 310
	
::Leith South
</blockquote>

<blockquote>
    The testament testamentar and inventar of the goods
    gear, sums of money and debts pertaining to umquhile
    Archibald Glasgow, maltman and indweller in Glasgow,
    who deceased in the month of February last bypast
    1662, faithfully made and given up by himself
    upon the xxix day of May the year of God above written
    in so far as concerns the nomination of his executors
    testamentar, and a part of the debts owed to him,
    and given up by Agnes Watson his relict spouse,
    taking burden upon her in name and behalf of
    Archibald, George, and William Glasgows, minors being
    lawful to the said umquhile defunct, in so far as concerns the
    whole rest of his goods, gear, debts, etc., and to him and as to the
    profit of the debts owed to him called and belonging...

Williame Glasgow he nominatt his only executors in his le[w]ill
and protested understanding the samyne of the dait
foresaid subscrivit with his hand in presence of the witnesses either
mentioned in itself as mair fully proportis.

Item in the first the said umquhile Williame Glasgow had the goods and gear
following of the values and prices aftermentioned, pertaining
to him the time of his decease foresaid, viz:

Imprimis, twelve bolls
of malt at 5 lib the boll, summa threescore pounds.
Item, eight bolls bere at 4 lib the boll, inde thirty-two pounds.
Item, the whole
insight and plenishing of his dwelling house with the abulyiements
of his body by the lordschip, estimated all in cumulo
to the sum of 50 lib Scotts money.

Summa of the inventar – £142

Follow the debts awin to the defunct:
</blockquote>

* The 1639 apprentice entry calls Archibald the son of William Glasgow, mealmaker in Leith; the 1647 retour calls Archibald, shoemaker in Leith, heir of William Glasgow, mealmaker there, his father. | Francis J. Grant, *Register of Apprentices of Edin
        burgh*, p. 71; *Inquisitionum... Abbreviatio*, vol. 2, no. 3278 |
== Sources ==
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