John Glasgow

BiographyUncertain father
The currently attached John Glasgow is a plausible but uncertain father. A Glasgow burgh protocol dated 13 May 1563 records John Glasgow senior resigning property to “John Glasgow junior, his son,” and a second protocol dated 8 January 1570/71 names “John Glasgw, younger son of John Glasgw.” Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 3, protocol 748, 13 May 1563, scan (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc06scogoog/page/n52/mode/2up); vol. 6, protocol 1722, 8 January 1570/71, scan (https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc05scogoog/page/n58/mode/2up). These records directly prove that John-1093 had a son John of the correct generation, but no inspected record connects that burgh son to the man at Hirmanscheillis. The relationship must therefore remain uncertain, not confident or DNA-confirmed.

This testator cannot be the brother John named in Ninian Glasgow's 1613 testament. Ninian's burgess admission identifies him as a son of Robert Glasgow, and Ninian left a gown to a brother John who was alive on 10 January 1613. James R. Anderson, ed., Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750, p. 24 (https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso43scotuoft/page/24/mode/2up), 23 October 1596; National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/9, testament of Ninian Glasgow, made 10 January 1613. Glasgow-3181 died in November 1576, so the earlier Robert-1096/Ninian sibling identification is chronologically impossible.

⚠️ Palaeographic Warning

This profile cites the registered testament of Johne Glasgw in National Records of Scotland reference CC8/8/5. Johne's entry begins on Image 276 and continues through only the upper portion of Image 277.

The lower portion of Image 277 begins a separate testament for Petir Hyme, quarter maister. A detached strip headed The confirmation of the testament of andro hutchesoun is likewise a separate record. Neither should be used as evidence concerning Johne Glasgw or Margaret Hoghame.

The manuscript is written in late sixteenth-century Scottish Secretary Hand. Original spelling is retained in the working transcription. Letters supplied when expanding contractions are placed in square brackets; uncertain or unreadable text is marked rather than silently reconstructed.
Testator
Johne Glasgw, styled in Hirmanscheillis, died in November 1576.

The year 1577 in the National Records of Scotland catalogue and the manuscript margin is the year in which the testament was processed by the Edinburgh Commissary Court. The manuscript distinguishes the dates:

* Death: November j m v c lxxvj — 1576.
* Executors-dative decree: xxj day of Aprile j m v c lxxvij — 21 April 1577.
* Marginal date: quarto May 1577 — 4 May 1577.
Executors and family
* Margaret Hoghame is described as Johne's relict. The spelling Hoghame often maps to families later shown as Hutchison.
* She gave up the inventory in name & behalfe of the bairns. She is not described as executrix.
* The two lawful bairns were:
** Katherine Glasgw
** Marjorie Glasgw
* Katherine and Marjorie, rather than Margaret, are described as the executouris dative decernit to their late father.
Inventory and valuation
* The total inventory is read as xlix li xiij s iiij d — £49 13s 4d Scots.
* The clearest individual entry records tua young nolt of tua zeir auld — two young cattle, two years old.
* The remaining entries appear to include further livestock, agricultural produce or grain, meal or malt, household vessels and the abuilzement of Johne's body.
* Several item names and individual marginal valuations remain provisional. They should not be presented as settled diplomatic readings without checking a higher-resolution image.
Debts owed to the deceased
The heading Followis the dettis awand to the deid is clear.

The current working readings of the debtor and place names include:

* Henry Coultar his wyf in Aderstoun
* Johne Donaldsone in the Borders
* Johne Williamsone in the Bent
* Sawll Wallace in Clocherd
* Robert Manys in Taleraw
* Johne Mathie in Boxhame

These personal names and place names remain palaeographic working readings. Modern locations should not yet be assigned solely from this image.

The current draft reads the Johne Mathie entry as xliij s iiij d and an old account for half a boll of oats as xvj s. The marginal figures should be checked again before being treated as final.

Nothing in the testament states or implies that Johne Mathie was related to Johne Glasgw. No connection should be made to later Mathie or Glasgow profiles from this debt entry alone.
Debts owed by the deceased
The heading Followis the dettis awand be the deid is clear.

The following portion appears to include:

* kirk duties and burial expenses;
* a kist or coffin and mortcloth;
* funeral provisions including ale, wine, candles or spice;
* arrears of maill extending over six years.

The exact wording and sums remain working readings. The account concludes by calculating the free gear remaining after deduction of the debts.
Confirmation on Image 277
The upper portion of Image 277 continues Johne Glasgw's entry. It contains the formal court procedure by which the testament and executors were confirmed and the required caution or surety was accepted.

No new testamentary family group begins at the top of Image 277. Johne's entry ends immediately before the large new heading in the middle of the page.

The large heading beginning The testament dative Inventar in the lower portion of Image 277 belongs to Petir Hyme, quarter maister, not Johne Glasgw.
Archival and legal context
* Margin note: Johne glasgw quarto May 1577.
* The body cites an executors-dative decree dated the xxj day of Aprile 1577.
* Johne's death clause gives November 1576.
* Court: Edinburgh Commissary Court.
* National Records of Scotland reference: CC8/8/5.
* Relevant manuscript extent: Image 276 and the upper portion of Image 277 only.
Diplomatic Transcription and Modern Rendering
Semi-diplomatic working transcription

:Margin Johne glasgw
:Margin quarto May 1577

:1 The testament dative Inventar of the guidis geir soumes
:2 of money & dettis pertening to vmq[uhi]le Johne Glasgw in Hirmanscheillis
:3 the tyme of his deceis quha deceissit in the moneth of November
:4 the zeir of god j m v c lxxvj zeiris Faithfullie maid & gevin vp be
:5 Margaret Hoghame his relict in name & behalfe of Kathrine
:6 & Marjorie Glasgwis thair lauchfull bairnis & executouris dative decernit
:7 to thair said vmq[uhi]le father be decreit of the commissaris of Ed[inbu]r[gh]
:8 as the samin decreit of the dait xxj day of Aprile the zeir of
:9 god j m v c lxxvij zeiris at lenth proportis
:10 In the first the said vmq[uhi]le Johne Glasgw had guidis geir soumes
:11 of money & dettis of the availl & pryces following pertening to him
:12 in the tyme of his deceis foirsaid viz tua ky [valuation indistinct]
:13 Item tua young nolt of tua zeir auld pryce [indistinct]
:14 [Further livestock entry and valuation indistinct]
:15 [Further goods or produce and valuation indistinct]
:16 [Grain, meal or malt entry partly indistinct]
:17 [Further inventory entry partly indistinct]
:18 Item the abuilzement of his body [remainder partly indistinct]
:19 Summa of the Inventar, xlix li xiij s iiij d
:20 Followis the dettis awand to the deid
:21–32 [Several named debtors, places and sums follow. See the working readings above. A complete diplomatic reading of each name and marginal sum is not yet secure.]
:33 Followis the dettis awand be the deid
:34–40 [Kirk, burial and funeral expenses and arrears of maill follow. Individual wording and sums remain partly indistinct.]
:41–Image 277 upper [The court confirmation and caution clause continues.]
:End [Johne Glasgw's entry ends before the new testament for Petir Hyme.]

Modern English rendering

:1–2 This is the court-appointed testament and inventory of the goods, property, money and debts belonging to the late John Glasgow in Hirmansheils.
:3–4 He died in November 1576.
:4–6 His widow, Margaret Hoghame, submitted the inventory in the name and on behalf of Katherine and Marjorie Glasgow.
:6–9 Katherine and Marjorie were their lawful children and had been appointed executors dative to their late father by a decree of the Commissary Court of Edinburgh dated 21 April 1577.
:10–18 The inventory then lists John Glasgow's property and the value assigned to each item. The clearest entry is two young cattle, each two years old. Other entries concern livestock, agricultural produce, household goods and his clothing.
:19 The total inventory was £49 13s 4d Scots.
:20–32 The next section lists debts and other sums owed to John by named individuals.
:33–40 The following section lists John's own unpaid debts, including burial or kirk expenses and arrears of rent.
:Image 277 upper The Commissary Court then completed the formal confirmation of the testament and executors after the required caution or surety was provided.
Research notes
* 1576 and 1577 are not competing readings of the same date. The manuscript gives death in November 1576, followed by court proceedings in April and May 1577.
* Hirmanscheillis is retained as the testament's confirmed place form. Published Calder barony-court extracts and a University of Glasgow place-name study identify the historical Hirdmanschiels forms with Hermand in West Calder. Hardy Bertram McCall, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid-Calder (1894), barony-court extracts (https://www.electricscotland.com/history/westcalder/mid_calder.pdf); The Germanic Toponymicon of Southern Scotland, University of Glasgow thesis, Hermand entry (https://theses.gla.ac.uk/1343/1/2003scott1phd.pdf). 
* Quarter maister belongs to Petir Hyme's separate testament in the lower portion of Image 277. It is not Johne Glasgw's occupation.
* The debt owed by Johne Mathie does not establish a family relationship.
* All monetary amounts are Scots money unless the source expressly says otherwise.
* The inventory total is read as xlix li xiij s iiij d — £49 13s 4d Scots.
* The item-level inventory and debtor readings remain provisional where the clerk's minims, abbreviations or marginal figures are indistinct.
Sources
* National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/5, Image 276 and upper portion of Image 277, testament dative and inventory of Johne Glasgw in Hirmanscheillis; court record dated 1577.

==  Biography  ==

=== Uncertain father ===

The currently attached [[Glasgow-1093|John Glasgow]] is a plausible but '''uncertain''' father. A Glasgow burgh protocol dated 13 May 1563 records John Glasgow senior resigning property to “John Glasgow junior, his son,” and a second protocol dated 8 January 1570/71 names “John Glasgw, younger son of John Glasgw.”<ref name="FatherProtocols">Robert Renwick, ed., ''Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow'', vol. 3, protocol 748, 13 May 1563, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc06scogoog/page/n52/mode/2up scan]; vol. 6, protocol 1722, 8 January 1570/71, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc05scogoog/page/n58/mode/2up scan].</ref> These records directly prove that John-1093 had a son John of the correct generation, but no inspected record connects that burgh son to the man at Hirmanscheillis. The relationship must therefore remain uncertain, not confident or DNA-confirmed.

This testator cannot be the brother John named in [[Glasgow-3188|Ninian Glasgow]]'s 1613 testament. Ninian's burgess admission identifies him as a son of [[Glasgow-1096|Robert Glasgow]], and Ninian left a gown to a brother John who was alive on 10 January 1613.<ref>James R. Anderson, ed., ''Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750'', [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso43scotuoft/page/24/mode/2up p. 24], 23 October 1596; National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/9, testament of Ninian Glasgow, made 10 January 1613.</ref> Glasgow-3181 died in November 1576, so the earlier Robert-1096/Ninian sibling identification is chronologically impossible.

⚠️ '''Palaeographic Warning'''

This profile cites the registered testament of Johne Glasgw in National Records of Scotland reference CC8/8/5. Johne's entry begins on Image 276 and continues through only the upper portion of Image 277.

The lower portion of Image 277 begins a separate testament for '''Petir Hyme, quarter maister'''. A detached strip headed '''The confirmation of the testament of andro hutchesoun''' is likewise a separate record. Neither should be used as evidence concerning Johne Glasgw or Margaret Hoghame.

The manuscript is written in late sixteenth-century Scottish Secretary Hand. Original spelling is retained in the working transcription. Letters supplied when expanding contractions are placed in square brackets; uncertain or unreadable text is marked rather than silently reconstructed.

===  Testator  ===

'''Johne Glasgw''', styled '''in Hirmanscheillis''', died in November '''1576'''.

The year '''1577''' in the National Records of Scotland catalogue and the manuscript margin is the year in which the testament was processed by the Edinburgh Commissary Court. The manuscript distinguishes the dates:

* Death: November '''j m v c lxxvj''' — 1576.
* Executors-dative decree: '''xxj day of Aprile j m v c lxxvij''' — 21 April 1577.
* Marginal date: '''quarto May 1577''' — 4 May 1577.

===  Executors and family  ===

* '''Margaret Hoghame''' is described as Johne's '''relict'''. The spelling Hoghame often maps to families later shown as Hutchison.
* She gave up the inventory '''in name & behalfe''' of the bairns. She is not described as executrix.
* The two lawful bairns were:
** '''Katherine Glasgw'''
** '''Marjorie Glasgw'''
* Katherine and Marjorie, rather than Margaret, are described as the '''executouris dative decernit''' to their late father.

===  Inventory and valuation  ===

* The total inventory is read as '''xlix li xiij s iiij d''' — '''£49 13s 4d Scots'''.
* The clearest individual entry records '''tua young nolt of tua zeir auld''' — two young cattle, two years old.
* The remaining entries appear to include further livestock, agricultural produce or grain, meal or malt, household vessels and the '''abuilzement''' of Johne's body.
* Several item names and individual marginal valuations remain provisional. They should not be presented as settled diplomatic readings without checking a higher-resolution image.

===  Debts owed to the deceased  ===

The heading '''Followis the dettis awand to the deid''' is clear.

The current working readings of the debtor and place names include:

* '''Henry Coultar his wyf in Aderstoun'''
* '''Johne Donaldsone in the Borders'''
* '''Johne Williamsone in the Bent'''
* '''Sawll Wallace in Clocherd'''
* '''Robert Manys in Taleraw'''
* '''Johne Mathie in Boxhame'''

These personal names and place names remain palaeographic working readings. Modern locations should not yet be assigned solely from this image.

The current draft reads the Johne Mathie entry as '''xliij s iiij d''' and an old account for half a boll of oats as '''xvj s'''. The marginal figures should be checked again before being treated as final.

Nothing in the testament states or implies that Johne Mathie was related to Johne Glasgw. No connection should be made to later Mathie or Glasgow profiles from this debt entry alone.

===  Debts owed by the deceased  ===

The heading '''Followis the dettis awand be the deid''' is clear.

The following portion appears to include:

* kirk duties and burial expenses;
* a kist or coffin and mortcloth;
* funeral provisions including ale, wine, candles or spice;
* arrears of maill extending over six years.

The exact wording and sums remain working readings. The account concludes by calculating the free gear remaining after deduction of the debts.

===  Confirmation on Image 277  ===

The upper portion of Image 277 continues Johne Glasgw's entry. It contains the formal court procedure by which the testament and executors were confirmed and the required caution or surety was accepted.

No new testamentary family group begins at the top of Image 277. Johne's entry ends immediately before the large new heading in the middle of the page.

The large heading beginning '''The testament dative Inventar''' in the lower portion of Image 277 belongs to '''Petir Hyme, quarter maister''', not Johne Glasgw.

===  Archival and legal context  ===

* Margin note: '''Johne glasgw quarto May 1577'''.
* The body cites an executors-dative decree dated '''the xxj day of Aprile''' 1577.
* Johne's death clause gives November 1576.
* Court: Edinburgh Commissary Court.
* National Records of Scotland reference: CC8/8/5.
* Relevant manuscript extent: Image 276 and the upper portion of Image 277 only.

===  Diplomatic Transcription and Modern Rendering  ===
{{Image|file=Glasgow-3181.png|align=c|size=xl|caption=Image 276, NRS CC8/8/5}}

'''Semi-diplomatic working transcription'''

:Margin  Johne glasgw
:Margin  quarto May 1577

:1  The testament dative Inventar of the guidis geir soumes
:2  of money & dettis pertening to vmq[uhi]le Johne Glasgw in Hirmanscheillis
:3  the tyme of his deceis quha deceissit in the moneth of November
:4  the zeir of god j m v c lxxvj zeiris Faithfullie maid & gevin vp be
:5  Margaret Hoghame his relict in name & behalfe of Kathrine
:6  & Marjorie Glasgwis thair lauchfull bairnis & executouris dative decernit
:7  to thair said vmq[uhi]le father be decreit of the commissaris of Ed[inbu]r[gh]
:8  as the samin decreit of the dait xxj day of Aprile the zeir of
:9  god j m v c lxxvij zeiris at lenth proportis
:10 In the first the said vmq[uhi]le Johne Glasgw had guidis geir soumes
:11 of money & dettis of the availl & pryces following pertening to him
:12 in the tyme of his deceis foirsaid viz tua ky [valuation indistinct]
:13 Item tua young nolt of tua zeir auld pryce [indistinct]
:14 [Further livestock entry and valuation indistinct]
:15 [Further goods or produce and valuation indistinct]
:16 [Grain, meal or malt entry partly indistinct]
:17 [Further inventory entry partly indistinct]
:18 Item the abuilzement of his body [remainder partly indistinct]
:19 Summa of the Inventar, '''xlix li xiij s iiij d'''
:20 Followis the dettis awand to the deid
:21–32 [Several named debtors, places and sums follow. See the working readings above. A complete diplomatic reading of each name and marginal sum is not yet secure.]
:33 Followis the dettis awand be the deid
:34–40 [Kirk, burial and funeral expenses and arrears of maill follow. Individual wording and sums remain partly indistinct.]
:41–Image 277 upper [The court confirmation and caution clause continues.]
:End [Johne Glasgw's entry ends before the new testament for Petir Hyme.]

'''Modern English rendering'''

:1–2  This is the court-appointed testament and inventory of the goods, property, money and debts belonging to the late John Glasgow in Hirmansheils.
:3–4  He died in November 1576.
:4–6  His widow, Margaret Hoghame, submitted the inventory in the name and on behalf of Katherine and Marjorie Glasgow.
:6–9  Katherine and Marjorie were their lawful children and had been appointed executors dative to their late father by a decree of the Commissary Court of Edinburgh dated 21 April 1577.
:10–18  The inventory then lists John Glasgow's property and the value assigned to each item. The clearest entry is two young cattle, each two years old. Other entries concern livestock, agricultural produce, household goods and his clothing.
:19  The total inventory was £49 13s 4d Scots.
:20–32  The next section lists debts and other sums owed to John by named individuals.
:33–40  The following section lists John's own unpaid debts, including burial or kirk expenses and arrears of rent.
:Image 277 upper  The Commissary Court then completed the formal confirmation of the testament and executors after the required caution or surety was provided.

==  Research notes  ==

* '''1576 and 1577 are not competing readings of the same date.''' The manuscript gives death in November 1576, followed by court proceedings in April and May 1577.
* '''Hirmanscheillis''' is retained as the testament's confirmed place form. Published Calder barony-court extracts and a University of Glasgow place-name study identify the historical Hirdmanschiels forms with Hermand in West Calder.<ref>Hardy Bertram McCall, ''The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Mid-Calder'' (1894), [https://www.electricscotland.com/history/westcalder/mid_calder.pdf barony-court extracts]; ''The Germanic Toponymicon of Southern Scotland'', University of Glasgow thesis, [https://theses.gla.ac.uk/1343/1/2003scott1phd.pdf Hermand entry].</ref>
* '''Quarter maister''' belongs to Petir Hyme's separate testament in the lower portion of Image 277. It is not Johne Glasgw's occupation.
* The debt owed by Johne Mathie does not establish a family relationship.
* All monetary amounts are Scots money unless the source expressly says otherwise.
* The inventory total is read as '''xlix li xiij s iiij d''' — £49 13s 4d Scots.
* The item-level inventory and debtor readings remain provisional where the clerk's minims, abbreviations or marginal figures are indistinct.

==  Sources  ==
<references />
* National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/5, Image 276 and upper portion of Image 277, testament dative and inventory of Johne Glasgw in Hirmanscheillis; court record dated 1577.