Isobell (Newlands) Glasgow

Biography
Hysbel Newlandis, also recorded as Hisbell Newlandis and modernised as Isobell Newlands, was a member of an established landholding family in the barony of Glasgow during the first half of the sixteenth century.

Her precise date and place of birth are unknown. A birth estimate of about 1530 has previously been used, based on her possible marriage to Archibald Glasgow by 1551. However, because she was already married to Robert Barde by February 1545, she was probably born during the 1520s or early 1530s.
Name
Contemporary records use the forms:

* Hysbel Newlandis — 14 January 1538/39
* Hisbell Newlandis — 26 February 1544/45

The forms Isobell Newland and Isobell Newlands are modernised spellings.
Parents and family
Hysbel was the daughter of:

* William Newlandis, who died before 17 October 1534; and
* Margaret Love, whose surname appears in the records as Loif or Loyf.

William Newlandis was himself a son of Robert Newlandis. This relationship is stated in a Glasgow diocesan rental entry dated 17 October 1534 concerning William's widow, Margaret Loif. Joseph Bain and Charles Rogers, eds., Liber Protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis, Notarii Publici et Scribae Capituli Glasguensis, A.D. 1499–1513; also Rental Book of Diocese of Glasgow, A.D. 1509–1570, vol. 1 (London: Grampian Club, 1875), p. 104, entry dated 17 October 1534; Margaret Loif, widow of the late William Newlandis, was permitted to marry Andrew Plemyng while retaining the lands held under arrangements involving William and “Robert Newlandis, his father.” View page at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain/page/104/mode/2up). 

William had previously been entered, on 26 February 1527/28, in the rental of two merk lands of Cheddylstoun, now Shettleston, in the barony of Glasgow. Bain and Rogers, Liber Protocollorum, vol. 1, p. 89, entry dated 26 February 1527/28; William Newlandis entered in two merk lands of Cheddylstoun. View page at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain/page/89/mode/2up). 

After William's death, Margaret Love obtained permission on 17 October 1534 to marry Andrew Plemyng, or Fleming, while retaining William's two merk lands at Shettleston under the stated rental conditions. 

Hysbel had at least one known sister:

* Margaret Newlandis, living on 14 January 1538/39.

On 14 January 1538/39, Patrick Newlandis was entered in the 16-shilling and 8-penny land of Carrynduff Hill with the consent of:

> Margaret Newlandis and Hysbel Newlandis, daughters of the late William Newlandis and Margaret Loyf, their mother.

On the same day, David Newlandis, son of Patrick, was entered in the same land with the consent of the same persons. Bain and Rogers, Liber Protocollorum, vol. 1, p. 113, entries dated 14 January 1538/39; Patrick Newlandis and his son David were successively entered in land at Carrynduff Hill with the consent of Margaret and Hysbel Newlandis, daughters of the late William Newlandis and Margaret Loyf. View page at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain/page/113/mode/2up). 

The record does not state Patrick Newlandis's exact relationship to Hysbel. He was evidently connected with the family's landholding, but he should not presently be identified as her brother, uncle or other specific relative without further evidence.

The proven family can therefore be represented as:

* Robert Newlandis
** William Newlandis, died before 17 October 1534 married Margaret Love or Loif
*** Margaret Newlandis, living 14 January 1538/39
*** Hysbel or Hisbell Newlandis, living 26 February 1544/45
Marriage to Robert Barde
By 26 February 1544/45, Hysbel was the wife of Robert Barde.

On that date Patrick Barde was entered in twenty-shilling lands at Conflat with the consent of his father, Robert Barde. Patrick received one half of the property immediately, while Robert Barde and “Hisbell Newlandis, his wife” retained the other half during their respective lifetimes. Bain and Rogers, Liber Protocollorum, vol. 1, p. 129, entry dated 26 February 1544/45; Robert Barde and Hisbell Newlandis, his wife, retained a liferent interest in half of the twenty-shilling lands at Conflat when Robert's son Patrick was entered in the property. View page at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain/page/129/mode/2up). 

Patrick Barde is expressly described as Robert Barde's son. The entry does not describe him as Hysbel's son. He may have been her son or stepson, but no parent-child relationship between Hysbel and Patrick should be created from this record alone.

The Rental Book's index lists:

> Newlandis, Hysbel, 113, 129

This index entry connects the woman identified as William and Margaret's daughter on page 113 with the wife of Robert Barde on page 129. Bain and Rogers, Liber Protocollorum, vol. 1, index, “Newlandis, Hysbel, 113, 129.” View index at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain/page/249/mode/2up). 

No record of Robert Barde's death has yet been identified.
Possible later marriage to Archibald Glasgow
An Isobell Newlands is currently associated with Archibald Glasgow, who was active in Glasgow by 21 May 1551.

This Isobell has previously been estimated to have been born about 1530 and to have married Archibald before 21 May 1551. Hysbel Newlandis, daughter of William Newlandis and Margaret Love, is a strong candidate for that woman because:

* the name and surname agree;
* Hysbel belonged to a documented family in the Glasgow barony;
* she was of marriageable age by 1545;
* the chronology permits a later marriage by 1551; and
* her family's possession of rental lands is consistent with the established social and property network of the Glasgow family.

The identification has not yet been proved. Hysbel was still Robert Barde's wife on 26 February 1544/45. For her to have married Archibald Glasgow by May 1551, Robert must have died or the marriage must otherwise have ended during the intervening six years.

The complete record dated 21 May 1551 should therefore be located and transcribed before Archibald Glasgow is treated as a certain second husband.

The likely source is:

* Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 1, First Protocol Book of William Hegait, 1547–1555 (Glasgow: Carson & Nicol, 1894). View volume at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/abstractsofproto01glas).

Until the original entry is checked, the relationship to Archibald Glasgow should be marked uncertain.
Possible children with Archibald Glasgow
The following children have been associated with Archibald Glasgow and Isobell Newlands:

* Isabella Glasgow, born about 1560, later wife of John Howe.
* Robert Glasgow, reportedly born about 1582 and died 17 January 1647.

Neither relationship has yet been established by a contemporary source.

Robert's estimated birth in 1582 occurred approximately thirty-one years after the 1551 reference to Archibald and Isobell. This is biologically possible but raises a substantial chronological concern. His birth estimate may be wrong, he may belong to a later generation, or he may have been the son of another couple.

No child should presently be treated as proved from the available records.
Death
Hysbel was alive on 26 February 1544/45, when she was recorded as Robert Barde's wife.

If she was the Isobell Newlands associated with Archibald Glasgow, she was alive on or shortly before 21 May 1551. That later date remains conditional on proving that the two women were the same person.

Her date and place of death are unknown.
Research NotesSocial and property status
The records establish that Hysbel belonged to a locally established Newlandis family holding rental lands under the Archbishopric of Glasgow.

Known family land associations included:

* Shettleston, held by William Newlandis;
* Carrynduff Hill, in which Margaret and Hysbel possessed an interest sufficient for their consent to be required; and
* Conflat, where Hysbel held a liferent interest with Robert Barde.

This supports the view that she came from a family with recognised property interests and local standing. It does not establish nobility, royal descent or membership of a titled house.
Patrick and David Newlandis
Patrick Newlandis and his son David were closely involved with the Carrynduff Hill property in 1539. 

A later John Newlandis of Glendufhill was identified in records from the 1590s as the eldest son of a David Newlandis. This may represent a later generation of the same local family. Further work is required to establish whether the David of Glendufhill was identical with Patrick's son David and how Patrick was related to William Newlandis.

No exact relationship should yet be assigned.
Possible Newland–Anderson connections
Unsourced FamilySearch profiles identify:

* Johne Newland (https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/K8FR-S7D), reportedly born in 1548 and died in 1604;
* Marie Andersone (https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/KCB8-DWZ), reportedly born in 1552;
* Jonet Newland (https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/MD8B-2QJ), reportedly born in 1580.

The profiles claim that Johne Newland and Marie Andersone married about 1579 in Lanarkshire and were parents of Jonet. No historical source is attached to those claims.

A contemporary John Newlandis of Glendufhill, eldest son of David Newlandis, is documented around 1595–1600, but his recorded wife in 1600 was Margaret Cors. He may or may not be the man represented by the FamilySearch profile.

An Alexander Newlandis also witnessed an Andersone family marriage transaction in Glasgow in March 1600. This shows a genuine social or legal association between the Newlandis and Andersone families, but does not prove the proposed marriage between Johne Newland and Marie Andersone.

These profiles should remain research leads only.
Claimed English or House of Newland ancestry
Several online family trees attempt to connect Scottish Newlands families with English Newland or Newlande families.

One proposed ancestor is:

* Sir John Kingswell Newlande (https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/GK7Z-Y9S), reportedly born about 1496.

Other potentially connected FamilySearch profiles include:

* FamilySearch profile LDM6-GH1 (https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LDM6-GH1)
* Agnes Glasgow or Newland (https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/97SZ-MHP)
* Newlands (https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/K8GQ-PN3)

No record has been identified connecting Hysbel, William or Robert Newlandis of Glasgow with any of those profiles.

The Kingdom of Newland website presents a claimed medieval and English pedigree for the surname:

* Kingdom of Newland: Our History (https://kingdomofnewland.blogspot.com/p/our-history.html)
* Archived copy (https://archive.is/NhgXu)

The pedigree does not name Hysbel or Isobell and supplies no documentary chain connecting its claimed English line to the Newlandis family of sixteenth-century Glasgow. It should not be used as evidence for her parentage.

The contemporary Glasgow records already provide a stronger and more direct ancestry:

* father: William Newlandis;
* mother: Margaret Love or Loif;
* paternal grandfather: Robert Newlandis.
Further research
# Locate and transcribe the complete Glasgow protocol dated 21 May 1551 concerning Archibald Glasgow and Isobell Newlands.

# Determine whether the entry expressly calls Isobell Archibald's wife or merely associates her with the same property.

# Search for Robert Barde's testament, death, property settlement or later appearance between February 1545 and May 1551.

# Search Glasgow diocesan rentals and protocols for further references to Robert Barde and Hysbel Newlandis.

# Determine Patrick Newlandis's relationship to William, Margaret and Hysbel.

# Establish whether David Newlandis, son of Patrick in 1539, was the David later associated with Glendufhill.

# Investigate the documented John Newlandis, eldest son of David, without relying on unsourced FamilySearch dates.

# Verify every proposed child of Archibald Glasgow and Isobell Newlands from contemporary records.

# Search under variant spellings including Newland, Newlands, Newlandis, Newlan, Newlane, Nieland and Nielands.
Sources
* Bain, Joseph, and Charles Rogers, eds. Liber Protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis, Notarii Publici et Scribae Capituli Glasguensis, A.D. 1499–1513; also Rental Book of Diocese of Glasgow, A.D. 1509–1570. Vol. 1. London: Grampian Club, 1875. Complete volume at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain).
* Renwick, Robert, ed. Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow. Vol. 1, First Protocol Book of William Hegait, 1547–1555. Glasgow: Carson & Nicol, 1894. Complete volume at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/abstractsofproto01glas).
Acknowledgements
Original profile and research leads contributed by M Glasgow.

== Biography ==

'''Hysbel Newlandis''', also recorded as '''Hisbell Newlandis''' and modernised as '''Isobell Newlands''', was a member of an established landholding family in the barony of Glasgow during the first half of the sixteenth century.

Her precise date and place of birth are unknown. A birth estimate of about 1530 has previously been used, based on her possible marriage to Archibald Glasgow by 1551. However, because she was already married to Robert Barde by February 1545, she was probably born during the 1520s or early 1530s.

=== Name ===

Contemporary records use the forms:

* Hysbel Newlandis — 14 January 1538/39
* Hisbell Newlandis — 26 February 1544/45

The forms Isobell Newland and Isobell Newlands are modernised spellings.

=== Parents and family ===

Hysbel was the daughter of:

* '''William Newlandis''', who died before 17 October 1534; and
* '''Margaret Love''', whose surname appears in the records as Loif or Loyf.

William Newlandis was himself a son of '''Robert Newlandis'''. This relationship is stated in a Glasgow diocesan rental entry dated 17 October 1534 concerning William's widow, Margaret Loif.<ref name="Rental1534">Joseph Bain and Charles Rogers, eds., ''Liber Protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis, Notarii Publici et Scribae Capituli Glasguensis, A.D. 1499–1513; also Rental Book of Diocese of Glasgow, A.D. 1509–1570'', vol. 1 (London: Grampian Club, 1875), p. 104, entry dated 17 October 1534; Margaret Loif, widow of the late William Newlandis, was permitted to marry Andrew Plemyng while retaining the lands held under arrangements involving William and “Robert Newlandis, his father.” [https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain/page/104/mode/2up View page at Internet Archive].</ref>

William had previously been entered, on 26 February 1527/28, in the rental of two merk lands of Cheddylstoun, now Shettleston, in the barony of Glasgow.<ref name="Rental1528">Bain and Rogers, ''Liber Protocollorum'', vol. 1, p. 89, entry dated 26 February 1527/28; William Newlandis entered in two merk lands of Cheddylstoun. [https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain/page/89/mode/2up View page at Internet Archive].</ref>

After William's death, Margaret Love obtained permission on 17 October 1534 to marry '''Andrew Plemyng''', or Fleming, while retaining William's two merk lands at Shettleston under the stated rental conditions.<ref name="Rental1534" />

Hysbel had at least one known sister:

* '''Margaret Newlandis''', living on 14 January 1538/39.

On 14 January 1538/39, Patrick Newlandis was entered in the 16-shilling and 8-penny land of Carrynduff Hill with the consent of:

> Margaret Newlandis and Hysbel Newlandis, daughters of the late William Newlandis and Margaret Loyf, their mother.

On the same day, David Newlandis, son of Patrick, was entered in the same land with the consent of the same persons.<ref name="Rental1539">Bain and Rogers, ''Liber Protocollorum'', vol. 1, p. 113, entries dated 14 January 1538/39; Patrick Newlandis and his son David were successively entered in land at Carrynduff Hill with the consent of Margaret and Hysbel Newlandis, daughters of the late William Newlandis and Margaret Loyf. [https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain/page/113/mode/2up View page at Internet Archive].</ref>

The record does not state Patrick Newlandis's exact relationship to Hysbel. He was evidently connected with the family's landholding, but he should not presently be identified as her brother, uncle or other specific relative without further evidence.

The proven family can therefore be represented as:

* Robert Newlandis
** William Newlandis, died before 17 October 1534 married Margaret Love or Loif
*** Margaret Newlandis, living 14 January 1538/39
*** Hysbel or Hisbell Newlandis, living 26 February 1544/45

=== Marriage to Robert Barde ===

By 26 February 1544/45, Hysbel was the wife of '''Robert Barde'''.

On that date Patrick Barde was entered in twenty-shilling lands at Conflat with the consent of his father, Robert Barde. Patrick received one half of the property immediately, while Robert Barde and “Hisbell Newlandis, his wife” retained the other half during their respective lifetimes.<ref name="Rental1545">Bain and Rogers, ''Liber Protocollorum'', vol. 1, p. 129, entry dated 26 February 1544/45; Robert Barde and Hisbell Newlandis, his wife, retained a liferent interest in half of the twenty-shilling lands at Conflat when Robert's son Patrick was entered in the property. [https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain/page/129/mode/2up View page at Internet Archive].</ref>

Patrick Barde is expressly described as Robert Barde's son. The entry does not describe him as Hysbel's son. He may have been her son or stepson, but no parent-child relationship between Hysbel and Patrick should be created from this record alone.

The Rental Book's index lists:

> Newlandis, Hysbel, 113, 129

This index entry connects the woman identified as William and Margaret's daughter on page 113 with the wife of Robert Barde on page 129.<ref name="RentalIndex">Bain and Rogers, ''Liber Protocollorum'', vol. 1, index, “Newlandis, Hysbel, 113, 129.” [https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain/page/249/mode/2up View index at Internet Archive].</ref>

No record of Robert Barde's death has yet been identified.

=== Possible later marriage to Archibald Glasgow ===

An '''Isobell Newlands''' is currently associated with '''Archibald Glasgow''', who was active in Glasgow by 21 May 1551.

This Isobell has previously been estimated to have been born about 1530 and to have married Archibald before 21 May 1551. Hysbel Newlandis, daughter of William Newlandis and Margaret Love, is a strong candidate for that woman because:

* the name and surname agree;
* Hysbel belonged to a documented family in the Glasgow barony;
* she was of marriageable age by 1545;
* the chronology permits a later marriage by 1551; and
* her family's possession of rental lands is consistent with the established social and property network of the Glasgow family.

The identification has not yet been proved. Hysbel was still Robert Barde's wife on 26 February 1544/45. For her to have married Archibald Glasgow by May 1551, Robert must have died or the marriage must otherwise have ended during the intervening six years.

The complete record dated 21 May 1551 should therefore be located and transcribed before Archibald Glasgow is treated as a certain second husband.

The likely source is:

* Robert Renwick, ed., ''Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow'', vol. 1, ''First Protocol Book of William Hegait, 1547–1555'' (Glasgow: Carson & Nicol, 1894). [https://archive.org/details/abstractsofproto01glas View volume at Internet Archive].

Until the original entry is checked, the relationship to Archibald Glasgow should be marked uncertain.

=== Possible children with Archibald Glasgow ===

The following children have been associated with Archibald Glasgow and Isobell Newlands:

* Isabella Glasgow, born about 1560, later wife of John Howe.
* Robert Glasgow, reportedly born about 1582 and died 17 January 1647.

Neither relationship has yet been established by a contemporary source.

Robert's estimated birth in 1582 occurred approximately thirty-one years after the 1551 reference to Archibald and Isobell. This is biologically possible but raises a substantial chronological concern. His birth estimate may be wrong, he may belong to a later generation, or he may have been the son of another couple.

No child should presently be treated as proved from the available records.

=== Death ===

Hysbel was alive on 26 February 1544/45, when she was recorded as Robert Barde's wife.

If she was the Isobell Newlands associated with Archibald Glasgow, she was alive on or shortly before 21 May 1551. That later date remains conditional on proving that the two women were the same person.

Her date and place of death are unknown.

== Research Notes ==

=== Social and property status ===

The records establish that Hysbel belonged to a locally established Newlandis family holding rental lands under the Archbishopric of Glasgow.

Known family land associations included:

* Shettleston, held by William Newlandis;
* Carrynduff Hill, in which Margaret and Hysbel possessed an interest sufficient for their consent to be required; and
* Conflat, where Hysbel held a liferent interest with Robert Barde.

This supports the view that she came from a family with recognised property interests and local standing. It does not establish nobility, royal descent or membership of a titled house.

=== Patrick and David Newlandis ===

Patrick Newlandis and his son David were closely involved with the Carrynduff Hill property in 1539.<ref name="Rental1539" />

A later John Newlandis of Glendufhill was identified in records from the 1590s as the eldest son of a David Newlandis. This may represent a later generation of the same local family. Further work is required to establish whether the David of Glendufhill was identical with Patrick's son David and how Patrick was related to William Newlandis.

No exact relationship should yet be assigned.

=== Possible Newland–Anderson connections ===

Unsourced FamilySearch profiles identify:

* [https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/K8FR-S7D Johne Newland], reportedly born in 1548 and died in 1604;
* [https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/KCB8-DWZ Marie Andersone], reportedly born in 1552;
* [https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/MD8B-2QJ Jonet Newland], reportedly born in 1580.

The profiles claim that Johne Newland and Marie Andersone married about 1579 in Lanarkshire and were parents of Jonet. No historical source is attached to those claims.

A contemporary John Newlandis of Glendufhill, eldest son of David Newlandis, is documented around 1595–1600, but his recorded wife in 1600 was Margaret Cors. He may or may not be the man represented by the FamilySearch profile.

An Alexander Newlandis also witnessed an Andersone family marriage transaction in Glasgow in March 1600. This shows a genuine social or legal association between the Newlandis and Andersone families, but does not prove the proposed marriage between Johne Newland and Marie Andersone.

These profiles should remain research leads only.

=== Claimed English or House of Newland ancestry ===

Several online family trees attempt to connect Scottish Newlands families with English Newland or Newlande families.

One proposed ancestor is:

* [https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/GK7Z-Y9S Sir John Kingswell Newlande], reportedly born about 1496.

Other potentially connected FamilySearch profiles include:

* [https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LDM6-GH1 FamilySearch profile LDM6-GH1]
* [https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/97SZ-MHP Agnes Glasgow or Newland]
* [https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/K8GQ-PN3 Newlands]

No record has been identified connecting Hysbel, William or Robert Newlandis of Glasgow with any of those profiles.

The Kingdom of Newland website presents a claimed medieval and English pedigree for the surname:

* [https://kingdomofnewland.blogspot.com/p/our-history.html Kingdom of Newland: Our History]
* [https://archive.is/NhgXu Archived copy]

The pedigree does not name Hysbel or Isobell and supplies no documentary chain connecting its claimed English line to the Newlandis family of sixteenth-century Glasgow. It should not be used as evidence for her parentage.

The contemporary Glasgow records already provide a stronger and more direct ancestry:

* father: William Newlandis;
* mother: Margaret Love or Loif;
* paternal grandfather: Robert Newlandis.

=== Further research ===

# Locate and transcribe the complete Glasgow protocol dated 21 May 1551 concerning Archibald Glasgow and Isobell Newlands.

# Determine whether the entry expressly calls Isobell Archibald's wife or merely associates her with the same property.

# Search for Robert Barde's testament, death, property settlement or later appearance between February 1545 and May 1551.

# Search Glasgow diocesan rentals and protocols for further references to Robert Barde and Hysbel Newlandis.

# Determine Patrick Newlandis's relationship to William, Margaret and Hysbel.

# Establish whether David Newlandis, son of Patrick in 1539, was the David later associated with Glendufhill.

# Investigate the documented John Newlandis, eldest son of David, without relying on unsourced FamilySearch dates.

# Verify every proposed child of Archibald Glasgow and Isobell Newlands from contemporary records.

# Search under variant spellings including Newland, Newlands, Newlandis, Newlan, Newlane, Nieland and Nielands.

== Sources ==

<references />

* Bain, Joseph, and Charles Rogers, eds. ''Liber Protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis, Notarii Publici et Scribae Capituli Glasguensis, A.D. 1499–1513; also Rental Book of Diocese of Glasgow, A.D. 1509–1570''. Vol. 1. London: Grampian Club, 1875. [https://archive.org/details/liberprotocollor01bain Complete volume at Internet Archive].
* Renwick, Robert, ed. ''Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow''. Vol. 1, ''First Protocol Book of William Hegait, 1547–1555''. Glasgow: Carson & Nicol, 1894. [https://archive.org/details/abstractsofproto01glas Complete volume at Internet Archive].

== Acknowledgements ==

Original profile and research leads contributed by [[Glasgow-933|M Glasgow]].