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[[Category:Stevenston, Ayrshire]]

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== Biography ==

'''James Glasgow''' was a tenant at Corsinkell in the parish and barony of Stevenston, Ayrshire. He was probably born about 1515, although his precise date and place of birth have not been identified.

The estimate is based on the presence of an adult or near-adult son, also named James, at Corsinkell by 1559–1560. It is an approximate generational estimate rather than a date stated in any record.

=== Corsinkell ===

A reconstructed list of Cunninghame teind debtors for 1559–1560 names Katherine Campbell, James Glasgow younger and James Glasgow elder under Corsinkell in Stevenston parish.<ref name="TeindList">Margaret H. B. Sanderson, [https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36 “The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire,”] ''Ayrshire Collections'' 14, no. 8 (1987), appendix, “The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559–60,” printed p. 331, citing Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v.</ref>

The designations “elder” and “younger” establish that two men named James Glasgow were present at the same holding. That record alone does not state their relationship.

On 9 February 1571 letters of reversion concerning an annual rent from the 40-shilling land of Corsinkell named the occupiers as James Glasgow elder, James Glasgow and John Glasgow, his sons, and Christian Campbell.<ref name="NRS1571">National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], letters of reversion concerning annual rent from the 40-shilling land of Corsinkell, barony of Stevenston, sheriffdom of Ayr, dated 9 February 1571.</ref>

This directly establishes that James elder had sons named James and John.

=== Children ===

James's record-confirmed sons were:

* '''[[Glasgow-3921|James Glasgow, younger]]''', present with James elder at Corsinkell in 1559–1560 and explicitly identified as his son in 1571; and
* '''[[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow]]''', the record-defined Corsinkell son explicitly identified in 1571.

[[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow of the Kilwinning district]] remains a possible identity match for the record-defined son because Burrowland, Dalgarven and Corsinkell were all in northern Ayrshire. No reviewed deed connects those holdings, so Glasgow-3193 remains separate and his father link remains uncertain.

[[Glasgow-3178|Agnes Glasgow]] was formerly attached as a daughter, but no reviewed source identifies her parents. The 1571 record names two sons and does not address daughters.

=== Death ===

James was living on 9 February 1571.<ref name="NRS1571" />

His date and place of death have not been identified. The supported death statement is therefore '''after 9 February 1571, place unknown'''.

A death date in or after November 1580 appears to derive from conflation with a different Glasgow family and should not be applied to this profile without additional evidence.

== Research Notes ==

=== Birth estimate ===

The former estimate of about 1540 is too late.

James Glasgow younger was separately listed alongside James elder at Corsinkell in the 1559–1560 teind material.<ref name="TeindList" /> The 1571 record then directly identifies the younger James as the elder James's son.<ref name="NRS1571" />

If the younger James was at least about eighteen to twenty-one in 1559, he was born by approximately 1538–1541. Normal generational spacing would place his father's birth around 1510–1520.

About 1515 is used as an uncertain working estimate. A more conservative statement would be that James elder was born before about 1525.

=== Parentage ===

'''[[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]]''' is attached as James's father.

The relationship is chronologically possible, but no inspected record connects William's Glasgow burgh family with James at Corsinkell. The attachment should remain uncertain and should not be described as proved.

'''[[Brade-232|Isobel Brade]]''' is attached as James's mother. No record cited on this profile establishes that relationship. It should likewise remain uncertain.

The earlier attachment to [[Glasgow-1093|John Glasgow]] was unsupported and chronologically problematic.

=== Wife or Campbell associates ===

Katherine Campbell was listed at Corsinkell with James elder and James younger in the 1559–1560 teind material.<ref name="TeindList" />

Christian Campbell was named among the occupiers in the 1571 archival catalogue description.<ref name="NRS1571" />

Neither source states that either woman was James's wife, daughter or other relative. Katherine and Christian should not be assumed to be the same person, and neither should be attached as James's spouse without further evidence.

=== Son James ===

The younger James named at Corsinkell is represented by '''[[Glasgow-3921|James Glasgow]]'''.

The repeated holding, the elder/younger distinction and the 1571 statement of relationship make this identification well supported.

Earlier links to [[Glasgow-991|James Glasgow]] should not be restored unless separate evidence shows that profile represents the Corsinkell son.

=== Son John ===

The 1571 record directly proves that James elder had a son named John.<ref name="NRS1571" /> [[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow]] is the surviving profile after the record-defined Corsinkell profile Glasgow-4061 was merged into it on 27 September 2026. James is directly identified as the father of the Corsinkell son named in the deed; the structured father link to this merged profile remains uncertain because its Kilwinning identity is not directly bridged.

The merger also brings the Kilwinning/Burrowland/Dalgarven records under this one profile as a probable identity match by name, generation and Ayrshire setting. No inspected deed explicitly carries the Corsinkell son to those holdings, so that part of the combined identity remains qualified. The former link to [[Glasgow-1561|John Glasgow]] should not be used.

=== Landholding context ===

Corsinkell formed part of lands held under branches of the Cunninghame family.

A charter made at Kerelaw on 4 February 1527 and confirmed on 25 May 1536 granted David Cunningham of Bertaneholme the five-merk lands of Corsinkell and Middlepart with other Stevenston lands.<ref name="Corsinkell1536">''Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum'', vol. 3, [https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi03scot/page/133/mode/2up no. 596, printed pp. 133–134].</ref>

A further charter dated 11 July 1537 and confirmed on 4 August 1537 included two-and-a-half merk lands of Corsinkell in a grant to David Cunningham of Robertland.<ref name="Corsinkell1537">''Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum'', vol. 3, [https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi03scot/page/377/mode/2up no. 1698, printed p. 377].</ref>

These charters establish the superior-title history of Corsinkell but do not name James Glasgow, identify an earlier Glasgow tenant or prove a kinship relationship with the Cunninghames.

Later marriages between people named Glasgow and Cunningham do not establish James's ancestry or his relationship to those later families.

=== Mathie and Glencairn network ===

The 1559–60 teind list also places John Mathie at Ardeer Nether, Margaret Mathie at Templemuir of Corscraig and William Mathie at Middlepart, alongside [[Glasgow-3908|Matthew Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3911|Michael Glasgow]] and the Corsinkell Glasgows.<ref name="TeindList" /> This repeated association has a city counterpart: David Mathy and [[Glasgow-1096|Robert Glasgow]] were fellow Glasgow burgesses witnessing the same sasines in 1554.<ref name="Mathie1554">Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 1, protocols 183–184, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc07robegoog/page/n90/mode/2up 10 May 1554, printed p. 63].</ref>

David’s son John is a plausible match for the writer admitted with the Earl of Glencairn’s burgess group in 1583. Tutory retours entered in 1607 identify the deceased John Mathie of Ibert’s full brother Matthew as a Glasgow burgess and name John’s lawful children James, David, Agnes and Margaret.<ref name="Ibert1607">Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum ... Abbreviatio, vol. 2, tutory retours 100–101, 20 January 1607, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PiVDAAAAcAAJ digitised volume]; underlying register, National Records of Scotland, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browsetreeview.aspx?reference=C22 C22/3].</ref> This provides a credible route between Robert’s Glasgow burgh family and the Glencairn estate community at Stevenston. It makes an association between the Glasgow households more plausible, although it does not identify James elder’s father.

=== The 1571 Glasgow burgess witness ===

The 9 February 1571 Corsinkell letters of reversion name Mr Adam Wallace, explicitly a '''burgess of Glasgow''', among the witnesses, alongside the Porterfields and an earl's servant.<ref name="NRS1571" /> This places a named Glasgow civic figure at the same transaction that identifies James elder and his sons. A later Glencairn record names a Mr Adam Wallace as one of Glasgow's bailies and William Wallace as his son; the matching name and city favour the same civic officer but do not establish his relationship to the Corsinkell Glasgows.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F68 GD39/5/68], commission dated 26 April 1588 (catalogue description; original not inspected).</ref>

The 1571 witness is a direct city-to-estate legal contact, not evidence that James elder was a son of [[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]] or kin to Wallace. The reason Wallace witnessed this deed remains open.

=== Margaret Smith of Brekpleuch ===

The Glasgow Commissary testament index contains an entry dated 21 February 1632 for Margaret Smith, spouse of James Glasgow in Brekpleuch, parish of Stevenston.<ref name="MargaretSmith">Francis J. Grant, ed., [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/460/mode/2up ''The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800''] (Scottish Record Society, 1901), printed p. 460.</ref>

That couple belongs to a later generation. The entry does not identify the James Glasgow of Brekpleuch as James elder, his son or another specific descendant.

=== Disputed origins ===

Online family trees have assigned James a birth in Midlothian, parents named John Glasgow and Nancy Glendinning, a wife named Margaret Edstoun, and a death in 1580.

No contemporary evidence cited on this profile supports those claims.

The 1580 testament of Margaret Glasgow, widow of John Edstoun of Croftmalloch, concerns a Midlothian family and does not establish a marriage to James of Corsinkell.

The Ayrshire and Midlothian families should be researched independently unless a record explicitly connects them.

=== Negative searches ===

No published Great Seal entry examined for Corsinkell identifies James's father, siblings or a preceding Glasgow tenant.

No relevant entry was found in the searched published Privy Seal registers under James Glasgow, surname variants or Corsinkell variants.

The printed Glasgow Commissary testament index contains no testament indexed under James Glasgow of Corsinkell.

These negative results narrow the available evidence but do not prove that no relevant record survives elsewhere or under a different spelling.

=== Further research ===

Useful remaining records include:

* the original GD39/5/59 deed, particularly its punctuation and witness clauses;
* the underlying Court of Session teind action cited for 1559–1560;
* Ayrshire sasines and rentals for Corsinkell;
* Glencairn and Cunningham estate papers;
* Stevenston parish and commissary records;
* a deed connecting the 1571 Corsinkell son John to the Kilwinning/Burrowland/Dalgarven holdings now represented on his merged profile;
* evidence for or against Agnes Glasgow as a daughter;
* records identifying Katherine and Christian Campbell; and
* any record connecting the Corsinkell family with [[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]] or [[Brade-232|Isobel Brade]].

=== Possible collateral households ===
The 1559-60 Stevenston teind list places [[Glasgow-3908|Matthew Glasgow]] at Ardeer Nether and [[Glasgow-3911|Michael Glasgow]] at Brakpleuch in the same estate landscape as James elder and James younger at Corsankell.<ref>Margaret H. B. Sanderson, ''The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire'', appendix “The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559-60,” [https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36 p. 331].</ref>

Matthew is linked as James's uncertain working son, although the same evidence also permits a nephew or younger collateral. The 1571 Corsankell writ proves sons James and John but does not purport to enumerate every child.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], 9 February 1571.</ref> Michael was already an adult legal witness in the Glencairn network in 1549, so he is better assessed as James's probable brother or cousin rather than a son. Neither exact relationship is stated in a record.

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Current profile5== Biography ==

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Current profile7'''James Glasgow''' was a tenant at Corsinkell in the parish and barony of Stevenston, Ayrshire. He was probably born about 1515, although his precise date and place of birth have not been identified.

Replacement profile7'''James Glasgow''' was a tenant at Corsinkell in the parish and barony of Stevenston, Ayrshire. He was probably born about 1515, although his precise date and place of birth have not been identified.

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Current profile9The estimate is based on the presence of an adult or near-adult son, also named James, at Corsinkell by 1559–1560. It is an approximate generational estimate rather than a date stated in any record.

Replacement profile9The estimate is based on the presence of an adult or near-adult son, also named James, at Corsinkell by 1559–1560. It is an approximate generational estimate rather than a date stated in any record.

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Current profile11=== Corsinkell ===

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Current profile13A reconstructed list of Cunninghame teind debtors for 1559–1560 names Katherine Campbell, James Glasgow younger and James Glasgow elder under Corsinkell in Stevenston parish.<ref name="TeindList">Margaret H. B. Sanderson, [https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36 “The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire,”] ''Ayrshire Collections'' 14, no. 8 (1987), appendix, “The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559–60,” printed p. 331, citing Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v.</ref>

Replacement profile13A reconstructed list of Cunninghame teind debtors for 1559–1560 names Katherine Campbell, James Glasgow younger and James Glasgow elder under Corsinkell in Stevenston parish.<ref name="TeindList">Margaret H. B. Sanderson, [https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36 “The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire,”] ''Ayrshire Collections'' 14, no. 8 (1987), appendix, “The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559–60,” printed p. 331, citing Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v.</ref>

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Current profile15The designations “elder” and “younger” establish that two men named James Glasgow were present at the same holding. That record alone does not state their relationship.

Replacement profile15The designations “elder” and “younger” establish that two men named James Glasgow were present at the same holding. That record alone does not state their relationship.

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Current profile17On 9 February 1571 letters of reversion concerning an annual rent from the 40-shilling land of Corsinkell named the occupiers as James Glasgow elder, James Glasgow and John Glasgow, his sons, and Christian Campbell.<ref name="NRS1571">National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], letters of reversion concerning annual rent from the 40-shilling land of Corsinkell, barony of Stevenston, sheriffdom of Ayr, dated 9 February 1571.</ref>

Replacement profile17On 9 February 1571 letters of reversion concerning an annual rent from the 40-shilling land of Corsinkell named the occupiers as James Glasgow elder, James Glasgow and John Glasgow, his sons, and Christian Campbell.<ref name="NRS1571">National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], letters of reversion concerning annual rent from the 40-shilling land of Corsinkell, barony of Stevenston, sheriffdom of Ayr, dated 9 February 1571.</ref>

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Current profile19This directly establishes that James elder had sons named James and John.

Replacement profile19This directly establishes that James elder had sons named James and John.

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Current profile21=== Children ===

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Current profile23James's record-confirmed sons were:

Replacement profile23James's record-confirmed sons were:

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Current profile25* '''[[Glasgow-3921|James Glasgow, younger]]''', present with James elder at Corsinkell in 1559–1560 and explicitly identified as his son in 1571; and

Replacement profile25* '''[[Glasgow-3921|James Glasgow, younger]]''', present with James elder at Corsinkell in 1559–1560 and explicitly identified as his son in 1571; and

Current profile26* '''[[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow]]''', the record-defined Corsinkell son explicitly identified in 1571.

Replacement profile26* '''[[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow]]''', the record-defined Corsinkell son explicitly identified in 1571.

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Current profile28[[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow of the Kilwinning district]] remains a possible identity match for the record-defined son because Burrowland, Dalgarven and Corsinkell were all in northern Ayrshire. No reviewed deed connects those holdings, so Glasgow-3193 remains separate and his father link remains uncertain.

Replacement profile28[[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow of the Kilwinning district]] remains a possible identity match for the record-defined son because Burrowland, Dalgarven and Corsinkell were all in northern Ayrshire. No reviewed deed connects those holdings, so Glasgow-3193 remains separate and his father link remains uncertain.

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Current profile30[[Glasgow-3178|Agnes Glasgow]] was formerly attached as a daughter, but no reviewed source identifies her parents. The 1571 record names two sons and does not address daughters.

Replacement profile30[[Glasgow-3178|Agnes Glasgow]] was formerly attached as a daughter, but no reviewed source identifies her parents. The 1571 record names two sons and does not address daughters.

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Current profile32=== Death ===

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Current profile34James was living on 9 February 1571.<ref name="NRS1571" />

Replacement profile34James was living on 9 February 1571.<ref name="NRS1571" />

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Current profile36His date and place of death have not been identified. The supported death statement is therefore '''after 9 February 1571, place unknown'''.

Replacement profile36His date and place of death have not been identified. The supported death statement is therefore '''after 9 February 1571, place unknown'''.

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Current profile38A death date in or after November 1580 appears to derive from conflation with a different Glasgow family and should not be applied to this profile without additional evidence.

Replacement profile38A death date in or after November 1580 appears to derive from conflation with a different Glasgow family and should not be applied to this profile without additional evidence.

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Current profile40== Research Notes ==

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Current profile42=== Birth estimate ===

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Current profile44The former estimate of about 1540 is too late.

Replacement profile44The former estimate of about 1540 is too late.

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Current profile46James Glasgow younger was separately listed alongside James elder at Corsinkell in the 1559–1560 teind material.<ref name="TeindList" /> The 1571 record then directly identifies the younger James as the elder James's son.<ref name="NRS1571" />

Replacement profile46James Glasgow younger was separately listed alongside James elder at Corsinkell in the 1559–1560 teind material.<ref name="TeindList" /> The 1571 record then directly identifies the younger James as the elder James's son.<ref name="NRS1571" />

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Current profile48If the younger James was at least about eighteen to twenty-one in 1559, he was born by approximately 1538–1541. Normal generational spacing would place his father's birth around 1510–1520.

Replacement profile48If the younger James was at least about eighteen to twenty-one in 1559, he was born by approximately 1538–1541. Normal generational spacing would place his father's birth around 1510–1520.

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Current profile50About 1515 is used as an uncertain working estimate. A more conservative statement would be that James elder was born before about 1525.

Replacement profile50About 1515 is used as an uncertain working estimate. A more conservative statement would be that James elder was born before about 1525.

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Current profile52=== Parentage ===

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Current profile54'''[[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]]''' is attached as James's father.

Replacement profile54'''[[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]]''' is attached as James's father.

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Current profile56The relationship is chronologically possible, but no inspected record connects William's Glasgow burgh family with James at Corsinkell. The attachment should remain uncertain and should not be described as proved.

Replacement profile56The relationship is chronologically possible, but no inspected record connects William's Glasgow burgh family with James at Corsinkell. The attachment should remain uncertain and should not be described as proved.

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Current profile58'''[[Brade-232|Isobel Brade]]''' is attached as James's mother. No record cited on this profile establishes that relationship. It should likewise remain uncertain.

Replacement profile58'''[[Brade-232|Isobel Brade]]''' is attached as James's mother. No record cited on this profile establishes that relationship. It should likewise remain uncertain.

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Current profile60The earlier attachment to [[Glasgow-1093|John Glasgow]] was unsupported and chronologically problematic.

Replacement profile60The earlier attachment to [[Glasgow-1093|John Glasgow]] was unsupported and chronologically problematic.

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Current profile62=== Wife or Campbell associates ===

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Current profile64Katherine Campbell was listed at Corsinkell with James elder and James younger in the 1559–1560 teind material.<ref name="TeindList" />

Replacement profile64Katherine Campbell was listed at Corsinkell with James elder and James younger in the 1559–1560 teind material.<ref name="TeindList" />

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Current profile66Christian Campbell was named among the occupiers in the 1571 archival catalogue description.<ref name="NRS1571" />

Replacement profile66Christian Campbell was named among the occupiers in the 1571 archival catalogue description.<ref name="NRS1571" />

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Current profile68Neither source states that either woman was James's wife, daughter or other relative. Katherine and Christian should not be assumed to be the same person, and neither should be attached as James's spouse without further evidence.

Replacement profile68Neither source states that either woman was James's wife, daughter or other relative. Katherine and Christian should not be assumed to be the same person, and neither should be attached as James's spouse without further evidence.

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Current profile70=== Son James ===

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Current profile72The younger James named at Corsinkell is represented by '''[[Glasgow-3921|James Glasgow]]'''.

Replacement profile72The younger James named at Corsinkell is represented by '''[[Glasgow-3921|James Glasgow]]'''.

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Current profile74The repeated holding, the elder/younger distinction and the 1571 statement of relationship make this identification well supported.

Replacement profile74The repeated holding, the elder/younger distinction and the 1571 statement of relationship make this identification well supported.

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Current profile76Earlier links to [[Glasgow-991|James Glasgow]] should not be restored unless separate evidence shows that profile represents the Corsinkell son.

Replacement profile76Earlier links to [[Glasgow-991|James Glasgow]] should not be restored unless separate evidence shows that profile represents the Corsinkell son.

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Current profile78=== Son John ===

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Current profile80The 1571 record directly proves that James elder had a son named John.<ref name="NRS1571" /> [[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow]] is the surviving profile after the record-defined Corsinkell profile Glasgow-4061 was merged into it on 27 September 2026. James is directly identified as the father of the Corsinkell son named in the deed; the structured father link to this merged profile remains uncertain because its Kilwinning identity is not directly bridged.

Replacement profile80The 1571 record directly proves that James elder had a son named John.<ref name="NRS1571" /> [[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow]] is the surviving profile after the record-defined Corsinkell profile Glasgow-4061 was merged into it on 27 September 2026. James is directly identified as the father of the Corsinkell son named in the deed; the structured father link to this merged profile remains uncertain because its Kilwinning identity is not directly bridged.

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Current profile82The merger also brings the Kilwinning/Burrowland/Dalgarven records under this one profile as a probable identity match by name, generation and Ayrshire setting. No inspected deed explicitly carries the Corsinkell son to those holdings, so that part of the combined identity remains qualified. The former link to [[Glasgow-1561|John Glasgow]] should not be used.

Replacement profile82The merger also brings the Kilwinning/Burrowland/Dalgarven records under this one profile as a probable identity match by name, generation and Ayrshire setting. No inspected deed explicitly carries the Corsinkell son to those holdings, so that part of the combined identity remains qualified. The former link to [[Glasgow-1561|John Glasgow]] should not be used.

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Current profile84=== Landholding context ===

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Current profile86Corsinkell formed part of lands held under branches of the Cunninghame family.

Replacement profile86Corsinkell formed part of lands held under branches of the Cunninghame family.

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Current profile88A charter made at Kerelaw on 4 February 1527 and confirmed on 25 May 1536 granted David Cunningham of Bertaneholme the five-merk lands of Corsinkell and Middlepart with other Stevenston lands.<ref name="Corsinkell1536">''Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum'', vol. 3, [https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi03scot/page/133/mode/2up no. 596, printed pp. 133–134].</ref>

Replacement profile88A charter made at Kerelaw on 4 February 1527 and confirmed on 25 May 1536 granted David Cunningham of Bertaneholme the five-merk lands of Corsinkell and Middlepart with other Stevenston lands.<ref name="Corsinkell1536">''Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum'', vol. 3, [https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi03scot/page/133/mode/2up no. 596, printed pp. 133–134].</ref>

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Current profile90A further charter dated 11 July 1537 and confirmed on 4 August 1537 included two-and-a-half merk lands of Corsinkell in a grant to David Cunningham of Robertland.<ref name="Corsinkell1537">''Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum'', vol. 3, [https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi03scot/page/377/mode/2up no. 1698, printed p. 377].</ref>

Replacement profile90A further charter dated 11 July 1537 and confirmed on 4 August 1537 included two-and-a-half merk lands of Corsinkell in a grant to David Cunningham of Robertland.<ref name="Corsinkell1537">''Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum'', vol. 3, [https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi03scot/page/377/mode/2up no. 1698, printed p. 377].</ref>

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Current profile92These charters establish the superior-title history of Corsinkell but do not name James Glasgow, identify an earlier Glasgow tenant or prove a kinship relationship with the Cunninghames.

Replacement profile92These charters establish the superior-title history of Corsinkell but do not name James Glasgow, identify an earlier Glasgow tenant or prove a kinship relationship with the Cunninghames.

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Current profile94Later marriages between people named Glasgow and Cunningham do not establish James's ancestry or his relationship to those later families.

Replacement profile94Later marriages between people named Glasgow and Cunningham do not establish James's ancestry or his relationship to those later families.

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Current profile96=== Mathie and Glencairn network ===

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Current profile98The 1559–60 teind list also places John Mathie at Ardeer Nether, Margaret Mathie at Templemuir of Corscraig and William Mathie at Middlepart, alongside [[Glasgow-3908|Matthew Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3911|Michael Glasgow]] and the Corsinkell Glasgows.<ref name="TeindList" /> This repeated association has a city counterpart: David Mathy and [[Glasgow-1096|Robert Glasgow]] were fellow Glasgow burgesses witnessing the same sasines in 1554.<ref name="Mathie1554">Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 1, protocols 183–184, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc07robegoog/page/n90/mode/2up 10 May 1554, printed p. 63].</ref>

Replacement profile98The 1559–60 teind list also places John Mathie at Ardeer Nether, Margaret Mathie at Templemuir of Corscraig and William Mathie at Middlepart, alongside [[Glasgow-3908|Matthew Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3911|Michael Glasgow]] and the Corsinkell Glasgows.<ref name="TeindList" /> This repeated association has a city counterpart: David Mathy and [[Glasgow-1096|Robert Glasgow]] were fellow Glasgow burgesses witnessing the same sasines in 1554.<ref name="Mathie1554">Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 1, protocols 183–184, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc07robegoog/page/n90/mode/2up 10 May 1554, printed p. 63].</ref>

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Current profile100David’s son John is a plausible match for the writer admitted with the Earl of Glencairn’s burgess group in 1583. Tutory retours entered in 1607 identify the deceased John Mathie of Ibert’s full brother Matthew as a Glasgow burgess and name John’s lawful children James, David, Agnes and Margaret.<ref name="Ibert1607">Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum ... Abbreviatio, vol. 2, tutory retours 100–101, 20 January 1607, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PiVDAAAAcAAJ digitised volume]; underlying register, National Records of Scotland, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browsetreeview.aspx?reference=C22 C22/3].</ref> This provides a credible route between Robert’s Glasgow burgh family and the Glencairn estate community at Stevenston. It makes an association between the Glasgow households more plausible, although it does not identify James elder’s father.

Replacement profile100David’s son John is a plausible match for the writer admitted with the Earl of Glencairn’s burgess group in 1583. Tutory retours entered in 1607 identify the deceased John Mathie of Ibert’s full brother Matthew as a Glasgow burgess and name John’s lawful children James, David, Agnes and Margaret.<ref name="Ibert1607">Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum ... Abbreviatio, vol. 2, tutory retours 100–101, 20 January 1607, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PiVDAAAAcAAJ digitised volume]; underlying register, National Records of Scotland, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browsetreeview.aspx?reference=C22 C22/3].</ref> This provides a credible route between Robert’s Glasgow burgh family and the Glencairn estate community at Stevenston. It makes an association between the Glasgow households more plausible, although it does not identify James elder’s father.

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Current profile102=== The 1571 Glasgow burgess witness ===

Replacement profile102=== The 1571 Glasgow burgess witness ===

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Current profile104The 9 February 1571 Corsinkell letters of reversion name Mr Adam Wallace, explicitly a '''burgess of Glasgow''', among the witnesses, alongside the Porterfields and an earl's servant.<ref name="NRS1571" /> This places a named Glasgow civic figure at the same transaction that identifies James elder and his sons. A later Glencairn record names a Mr Adam Wallace as one of Glasgow's bailies and William Wallace as his son; the matching name and city favour the same civic officer but do not establish his relationship to the Corsinkell Glasgows.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F68 GD39/5/68], commission dated 26 April 1588 (catalogue description; original not inspected).</ref>

Replacement profile104The 9 February 1571 Corsinkell letters of reversion name Mr Adam Wallace, explicitly a '''burgess of Glasgow''', among the witnesses, alongside the Porterfields and an earl's servant.<ref name="NRS1571" /> This places a named Glasgow civic figure at the same transaction that identifies James elder and his sons. A later Glencairn record names a Mr Adam Wallace as one of Glasgow's bailies and William Wallace as his son; the matching name and city favour the same civic officer but do not establish his relationship to the Corsinkell Glasgows.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F68 GD39/5/68], commission dated 26 April 1588 (catalogue description; original not inspected).</ref>

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Current profile106The 1571 witness is a direct city-to-estate legal contact, not evidence that James elder was a son of [[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]] or kin to Wallace. The reason Wallace witnessed this deed remains open.

Replacement profile106The 1571 witness is a direct city-to-estate legal contact, not evidence that James elder was a son of [[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]] or kin to Wallace. The reason Wallace witnessed this deed remains open.

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Current profile108=== Margaret Smith of Brekpleuch ===

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Current profile110The Glasgow Commissary testament index contains an entry dated 21 February 1632 for Margaret Smith, spouse of James Glasgow in Brekpleuch, parish of Stevenston.<ref name="MargaretSmith">Francis J. Grant, ed., [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/460/mode/2up ''The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800''] (Scottish Record Society, 1901), printed p. 460.</ref>

Replacement profile110The Glasgow Commissary testament index contains an entry dated 21 February 1632 for Margaret Smith, spouse of James Glasgow in Brekpleuch, parish of Stevenston.<ref name="MargaretSmith">Francis J. Grant, ed., [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/460/mode/2up ''The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800''] (Scottish Record Society, 1901), printed p. 460.</ref>

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Current profile112That couple belongs to a later generation. The entry does not identify the James Glasgow of Brekpleuch as James elder, his son or another specific descendant.

Replacement profile112That couple belongs to a later generation. The entry does not identify the James Glasgow of Brekpleuch as James elder, his son or another specific descendant.

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Current profile114=== Disputed origins ===

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Current profile116Online family trees have assigned James a birth in Midlothian, parents named John Glasgow and Nancy Glendinning, a wife named Margaret Edstoun, and a death in 1580.

Replacement profile116Online family trees have assigned James a birth in Midlothian, parents named John Glasgow and Nancy Glendinning, a wife named Margaret Edstoun, and a death in 1580.

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Current profile118No contemporary evidence cited on this profile supports those claims.

Replacement profile118No contemporary evidence cited on this profile supports those claims.

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Current profile120The 1580 testament of Margaret Glasgow, widow of John Edstoun of Croftmalloch, concerns a Midlothian family and does not establish a marriage to James of Corsinkell.

Replacement profile120The 1580 testament of Margaret Glasgow, widow of John Edstoun of Croftmalloch, concerns a Midlothian family and does not establish a marriage to James of Corsinkell.

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Current profile122The Ayrshire and Midlothian families should be researched independently unless a record explicitly connects them.

Replacement profile122The Ayrshire and Midlothian families should be researched independently unless a record explicitly connects them.

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Current profile124=== Negative searches ===

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Current profile126No published Great Seal entry examined for Corsinkell identifies James's father, siblings or a preceding Glasgow tenant.

Replacement profile126No published Great Seal entry examined for Corsinkell identifies James's father, siblings or a preceding Glasgow tenant.

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Current profile128No relevant entry was found in the searched published Privy Seal registers under James Glasgow, surname variants or Corsinkell variants.

Replacement profile128No relevant entry was found in the searched published Privy Seal registers under James Glasgow, surname variants or Corsinkell variants.

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Current profile130The printed Glasgow Commissary testament index contains no testament indexed under James Glasgow of Corsinkell.

Replacement profile130The printed Glasgow Commissary testament index contains no testament indexed under James Glasgow of Corsinkell.

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Current profile132These negative results narrow the available evidence but do not prove that no relevant record survives elsewhere or under a different spelling.

Replacement profile132These negative results narrow the available evidence but do not prove that no relevant record survives elsewhere or under a different spelling.

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Current profile134=== Further research ===

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Current profile136Useful remaining records include:

Replacement profile136Useful remaining records include:

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Current profile138* the original GD39/5/59 deed, particularly its punctuation and witness clauses;

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Current profile139* the underlying Court of Session teind action cited for 1559–1560;

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Current profile140* Ayrshire sasines and rentals for Corsinkell;

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Current profile141* Glencairn and Cunningham estate papers;

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Current profile142* Stevenston parish and commissary records;

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Current profile143* a deed connecting the 1571 Corsinkell son John to the Kilwinning/Burrowland/Dalgarven holdings now represented on his merged profile;

Replacement profile143* a deed connecting the 1571 Corsinkell son John to the Kilwinning/Burrowland/Dalgarven holdings now represented on his merged profile;

Current profile144* evidence for or against Agnes Glasgow as a daughter;

Replacement profile144* evidence for or against Agnes Glasgow as a daughter;

Current profile145* records identifying Katherine and Christian Campbell; and

Replacement profile145* records identifying Katherine and Christian Campbell; and

Current profile146* any record connecting the Corsinkell family with [[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]] or [[Brade-232|Isobel Brade]].

Replacement profile146* any record connecting the Corsinkell family with [[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]] or [[Brade-232|Isobel Brade]].

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Current profile148=== Possible collateral households ===

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Current profile149The 1559-60 Stevenston teind list places [[Glasgow-3908|Matthew Glasgow]] at Ardeer Nether and [[Glasgow-3911|Michael Glasgow]] at Brakpleuch in the same estate landscape as James elder and James younger at Corsankell.<ref>Margaret H. B. Sanderson, ''The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire'', appendix “The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559-60,” [https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36 p. 331].</ref>

Replacement profile149The 1559-60 Stevenston teind list places [[Glasgow-3908|Matthew Glasgow]] at Ardeer Nether and [[Glasgow-3911|Michael Glasgow]] at Brakpleuch in the same estate landscape as James elder and James younger at Corsankell.<ref>Margaret H. B. Sanderson, ''The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire'', appendix “The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559-60,” [https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36 p. 331].</ref>

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Current profile151Matthew is linked as James's uncertain working son, although the same evidence also permits a nephew or younger collateral. The 1571 Corsankell writ proves sons James and John but does not purport to enumerate every child.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], 9 February 1571.</ref> Michael was already an adult legal witness in the Glencairn network in 1549, so he is better assessed as James's probable brother or cousin rather than a son. Neither exact relationship is stated in a record.

Replacement profile151Matthew is linked as James's uncertain working son, although the same evidence also permits a nephew or younger collateral. The 1571 Corsankell writ proves sons James and John but does not purport to enumerate every child.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], 9 February 1571.</ref> Michael was already an adult legal witness in the Glencairn network in 1549, so he is better assessed as James's probable brother or cousin rather than a son. Neither exact relationship is stated in a record.

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== Biography ==

'''James Glasgow''' was a tenant at Corsinkell in the parish and barony of Stevenston, Ayrshire. He was probably born about 1515, although his precise date and place of birth have not been identified.

The estimate is based on the presence of an adult or near-adult son, also named James, at Corsinkell by 1559–1560. It is an approximate generational estimate rather than a date stated in any record.

=== Corsinkell ===

A reconstructed list of Cunninghame teind debtors for 1559–1560 names Katherine Campbell, James Glasgow younger and James Glasgow elder under Corsinkell in Stevenston parish.<ref name="TeindList">Margaret H. B. Sanderson, [https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36 “The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire,”] ''Ayrshire Collections'' 14, no. 8 (1987), appendix, “The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559–60,” printed p. 331, citing Register of Acts and Decreets, vol. 22, fols. 102v–167v.</ref>

The designations “elder” and “younger” establish that two men named James Glasgow were present at the same holding. That record alone does not state their relationship.

On 9 February 1571 letters of reversion concerning an annual rent from the 40-shilling land of Corsinkell named the occupiers as James Glasgow elder, James Glasgow and John Glasgow, his sons, and Christian Campbell.<ref name="NRS1571">National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], letters of reversion concerning annual rent from the 40-shilling land of Corsinkell, barony of Stevenston, sheriffdom of Ayr, dated 9 February 1571.</ref>

This directly establishes that James elder had sons named James and John.

=== Children ===

James's record-confirmed sons were:

* '''[[Glasgow-3921|James Glasgow, younger]]''', present with James elder at Corsinkell in 1559–1560 and explicitly identified as his son in 1571; and
* '''[[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow]]''', the record-defined Corsinkell son explicitly identified in 1571.

[[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow of the Kilwinning district]] remains a possible identity match for the record-defined son because Burrowland, Dalgarven and Corsinkell were all in northern Ayrshire. No reviewed deed connects those holdings, so Glasgow-3193 remains separate and his father link remains uncertain.

[[Glasgow-3178|Agnes Glasgow]] was formerly attached as a daughter, but no reviewed source identifies her parents. The 1571 record names two sons and does not address daughters.

=== Death ===

James was living on 9 February 1571.<ref name="NRS1571" />

His date and place of death have not been identified. The supported death statement is therefore '''after 9 February 1571, place unknown'''.

A death date in or after November 1580 appears to derive from conflation with a different Glasgow family and should not be applied to this profile without additional evidence.

== Research Notes ==

=== Birth estimate ===

The former estimate of about 1540 is too late.

James Glasgow younger was separately listed alongside James elder at Corsinkell in the 1559–1560 teind material.<ref name="TeindList" /> The 1571 record then directly identifies the younger James as the elder James's son.<ref name="NRS1571" />

If the younger James was at least about eighteen to twenty-one in 1559, he was born by approximately 1538–1541. Normal generational spacing would place his father's birth around 1510–1520.

About 1515 is used as an uncertain working estimate. A more conservative statement would be that James elder was born before about 1525.

=== Parentage ===

'''[[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]]''' is attached as James's father.

The relationship is chronologically possible, but no inspected record connects William's Glasgow burgh family with James at Corsinkell. The attachment should remain uncertain and should not be described as proved.

'''[[Brade-232|Isobel Brade]]''' is attached as James's mother. No record cited on this profile establishes that relationship. It should likewise remain uncertain.

The earlier attachment to [[Glasgow-1093|John Glasgow]] was unsupported and chronologically problematic.

=== Wife or Campbell associates ===

Katherine Campbell was listed at Corsinkell with James elder and James younger in the 1559–1560 teind material.<ref name="TeindList" />

Christian Campbell was named among the occupiers in the 1571 archival catalogue description.<ref name="NRS1571" />

Neither source states that either woman was James's wife, daughter or other relative. Katherine and Christian should not be assumed to be the same person, and neither should be attached as James's spouse without further evidence.

=== Son James ===

The younger James named at Corsinkell is represented by '''[[Glasgow-3921|James Glasgow]]'''.

The repeated holding, the elder/younger distinction and the 1571 statement of relationship make this identification well supported.

Earlier links to [[Glasgow-991|James Glasgow]] should not be restored unless separate evidence shows that profile represents the Corsinkell son.

=== Son John ===

The 1571 record directly proves that James elder had a son named John.<ref name="NRS1571" /> [[Glasgow-3193|John Glasgow]] is the surviving profile after the record-defined Corsinkell profile Glasgow-4061 was merged into it on 27 September 2026. James is directly identified as the father of the Corsinkell son named in the deed; the structured father link to this merged profile remains uncertain because its Kilwinning identity is not directly bridged.

The merger also brings the Kilwinning/Burrowland/Dalgarven records under this one profile as a probable identity match by name, generation and Ayrshire setting. No inspected deed explicitly carries the Corsinkell son to those holdings, so that part of the combined identity remains qualified. The former link to [[Glasgow-1561|John Glasgow]] should not be used.

=== Landholding context ===

Corsinkell formed part of lands held under branches of the Cunninghame family.

A charter made at Kerelaw on 4 February 1527 and confirmed on 25 May 1536 granted David Cunningham of Bertaneholme the five-merk lands of Corsinkell and Middlepart with other Stevenston lands.<ref name="Corsinkell1536">''Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum'', vol. 3, [https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi03scot/page/133/mode/2up no. 596, printed pp. 133–134].</ref>

A further charter dated 11 July 1537 and confirmed on 4 August 1537 included two-and-a-half merk lands of Corsinkell in a grant to David Cunningham of Robertland.<ref name="Corsinkell1537">''Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum'', vol. 3, [https://archive.org/details/registrummagnisi03scot/page/377/mode/2up no. 1698, printed p. 377].</ref>

These charters establish the superior-title history of Corsinkell but do not name James Glasgow, identify an earlier Glasgow tenant or prove a kinship relationship with the Cunninghames.

Later marriages between people named Glasgow and Cunningham do not establish James's ancestry or his relationship to those later families.

=== Mathie and Glencairn network ===

The 1559–60 teind list also places John Mathie at Ardeer Nether, Margaret Mathie at Templemuir of Corscraig and William Mathie at Middlepart, alongside [[Glasgow-3908|Matthew Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-3911|Michael Glasgow]] and the Corsinkell Glasgows.<ref name="TeindList" /> This repeated association has a city counterpart: David Mathy and [[Glasgow-1096|Robert Glasgow]] were fellow Glasgow burgesses witnessing the same sasines in 1554.<ref name="Mathie1554">Robert Renwick, ed., Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, vol. 1, protocols 183–184, [https://archive.org/details/abstractsprotoc07robegoog/page/n90/mode/2up 10 May 1554, printed p. 63].</ref>

David’s son John is a plausible match for the writer admitted with the Earl of Glencairn’s burgess group in 1583. Tutory retours entered in 1607 identify the deceased John Mathie of Ibert’s full brother Matthew as a Glasgow burgess and name John’s lawful children James, David, Agnes and Margaret.<ref name="Ibert1607">Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum ... Abbreviatio, vol. 2, tutory retours 100–101, 20 January 1607, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PiVDAAAAcAAJ digitised volume]; underlying register, National Records of Scotland, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browsetreeview.aspx?reference=C22 C22/3].</ref> This provides a credible route between Robert’s Glasgow burgh family and the Glencairn estate community at Stevenston. It makes an association between the Glasgow households more plausible, although it does not identify James elder’s father.

=== The 1571 Glasgow burgess witness ===

The 9 February 1571 Corsinkell letters of reversion name Mr Adam Wallace, explicitly a '''burgess of Glasgow''', among the witnesses, alongside the Porterfields and an earl's servant.<ref name="NRS1571" /> This places a named Glasgow civic figure at the same transaction that identifies James elder and his sons. A later Glencairn record names a Mr Adam Wallace as one of Glasgow's bailies and William Wallace as his son; the matching name and city favour the same civic officer but do not establish his relationship to the Corsinkell Glasgows.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F68 GD39/5/68], commission dated 26 April 1588 (catalogue description; original not inspected).</ref>

The 1571 witness is a direct city-to-estate legal contact, not evidence that James elder was a son of [[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]] or kin to Wallace. The reason Wallace witnessed this deed remains open.

=== Margaret Smith of Brekpleuch ===

The Glasgow Commissary testament index contains an entry dated 21 February 1632 for Margaret Smith, spouse of James Glasgow in Brekpleuch, parish of Stevenston.<ref name="MargaretSmith">Francis J. Grant, ed., [https://archive.org/details/scottishrecordso07scotuoft/page/460/mode/2up ''The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800''] (Scottish Record Society, 1901), printed p. 460.</ref>

That couple belongs to a later generation. The entry does not identify the James Glasgow of Brekpleuch as James elder, his son or another specific descendant.

=== Disputed origins ===

Online family trees have assigned James a birth in Midlothian, parents named John Glasgow and Nancy Glendinning, a wife named Margaret Edstoun, and a death in 1580.

No contemporary evidence cited on this profile supports those claims.

The 1580 testament of Margaret Glasgow, widow of John Edstoun of Croftmalloch, concerns a Midlothian family and does not establish a marriage to James of Corsinkell.

The Ayrshire and Midlothian families should be researched independently unless a record explicitly connects them.

=== Negative searches ===

No published Great Seal entry examined for Corsinkell identifies James's father, siblings or a preceding Glasgow tenant.

No relevant entry was found in the searched published Privy Seal registers under James Glasgow, surname variants or Corsinkell variants.

The printed Glasgow Commissary testament index contains no testament indexed under James Glasgow of Corsinkell.

These negative results narrow the available evidence but do not prove that no relevant record survives elsewhere or under a different spelling.

=== Further research ===

Useful remaining records include:

* the original GD39/5/59 deed, particularly its punctuation and witness clauses;
* the underlying Court of Session teind action cited for 1559–1560;
* Ayrshire sasines and rentals for Corsinkell;
* Glencairn and Cunningham estate papers;
* Stevenston parish and commissary records;
* a deed connecting the 1571 Corsinkell son John to the Kilwinning/Burrowland/Dalgarven holdings now represented on his merged profile;
* evidence for or against Agnes Glasgow as a daughter;
* records identifying Katherine and Christian Campbell; and
* any record connecting the Corsinkell family with [[Glasgow-1098|William Glasgow]] or [[Brade-232|Isobel Brade]].

=== Possible collateral households ===
The 1559-60 Stevenston teind list places [[Glasgow-3908|Matthew Glasgow]] at Ardeer Nether and [[Glasgow-3911|Michael Glasgow]] at Brakpleuch in the same estate landscape as James elder and James younger at Corsankell.<ref>Margaret H. B. Sanderson, ''The People of Sixteenth Century Ayrshire'', appendix “The Cunninghame Teind Lists of 1559-60,” [https://aanhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/people-of-ayrshire.pdf#page=36 p. 331].</ref>

Matthew is linked as James's uncertain working son, although the same evidence also permits a nephew or younger collateral. The 1571 Corsankell writ proves sons James and John but does not purport to enumerate every child.<ref>National Records of Scotland, Charter Chest of the Earls of Glencairn, [https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=GD39%2F5%2F59 GD39/5/59], 9 February 1571.</ref> Michael was already an adult legal witness in the Glencairn network in 1549, so he is better assessed as James's probable brother or cousin rather than a son. Neither exact relationship is stated in a record.

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