Andro Glasgow, Corstoun, parish of Caldercleir: inventory and opening of latter will
NRS Edinburgh Commissary Court CC8/8/32, images 123-124; both record images freshly reviewed
Reviewed: 2026-09-10
LLM-assisted working reading. Brackets/ellipses mark uncertainty or omissions; not a diplomatic edition.

IMAGE / PASSAGE 123
1. [Margin] Andro glasgw
2. decimo Julij
3. 1598
4. The testament testamentar and Inventar of the guidis geir soumes
5. of money and dettis pertening to vmqle andro glasgw in corsoun[?]
6. within the parochin of calder cleir[?] within the schirefdome of Edr
7. the tyme of his deceis quha deceissit vpoun the sevint day of februar
8. the zeir of god jm vc lxxxxvij[?] zeiris faithfullie maid & gevin vp
9. be him self vpoun the sext day of februar the zeir of god
10. foirsaid In presens of the witnessis James [surname illegible] in corsoun[?] [illegible]
11. [illegible] James [surname illegible] [illegible] Johne [surname illegible] [illegible]
12. [illegible]
13. In the first the said vmqle andro glasgw had the guidis geir soumes of
14. money and dettis of the availl & prices efter following pertening to him the
15. tyme of his deceis foirsaid Viz Item thrie ky wt thair calfis price of the
16. pece viij li[?] Summa xxiiij li[?] Item tua zowng[?] of ane zeir auld
17. price of the pece [amount illegible] Summa [amount illegible] Item tua horss price of the
18. pece x li[?] Summa xx li[?] Item nyne scheip price of the pece [illegible]
19. [amount illegible] Item in the barne & barnzaird aucht bollis aittis price of the
20. boll at the [illegible] iiij merkis[?] Summa [amount illegible] Item mair [quantity illegible] firlott
21. beir price of [illegible] Item in vtensilis & domicilis with the abulzementis
22. of his bodie estimat to [amount illegible]
23. Summa of the Inventar [amount unresolved]
24. Followis the dettis awin to the deid
25. Item thair wes awin to the said vmqle andro glasgw be Jo[hn?] mure in [place illegible]
26. [amount illegible] Item be Isobell [surname illegible] relict of vmqle Johne [surname illegible]
27. [amount illegible] Item be James stevinsoun in [place illegible] x li[?]
28. Summa of the dettis awin to the deid [amount unresolved]
29. Summa of the Inventar wt the dettis [amount unresolved]
30. Followis the dettis awin be the deid
31. Item thair wes awin be the said vmqle andro glasgw to [name illegible]
32. in corsoun[?] [amount illegible] Item to Johne keddell[?] in [place illegible]
33. [illegible] for ane broun hors [amount illegible] Item to [name illegible] [amount illegible]
34. [illegible] Item to James [surname illegible] [illegible] Item to David
35. lyoun [amount illegible] Item to patrik stevinsoun[?] in [place illegible] [amount illegible] Item
36. to the laird westhall[?] [amount illegible]
37. Summa of the dettis awin be the deid [amount unresolved]
38. Restis of free geir the dettis deducit [amount unresolved]
39. To be dividit in thrie the deidis pairt [amount unresolved]
40. Quhairof the quot is componit for [amount unresolved]
41. Followis the deidis latter will
42. Vpoun the sext day of februar 1597 The said day the said andro [continues]

IMAGE / PASSAGE 124
1. [Continuation from 'The said day the said andro' on image 123; opening legal words partly unresolved.]
2. [illegible] Elizat stevinsoun his spous and Robart glasgw his sone
3. begottin be him vpoun the said Elizat his wyff [illegible]
4. [authority to intromet with goods, gear and movable debts; intervening words unresolved]
5. [counsel/adviser passage including James Stevinsoun; exact locality and other wording unresolved]
6. [distribution passage] incais his said spous be with bairne to him [illegible]
7. and gif scho be not with bairne [illegible]
8. his said sone and his said [word beginning dochter-, struck through] Marione Jonet Isobell
9. [illegible] his said Robart cum to aige [illegible]
10. [land/holding to be used by Elizat until Robert came to age; tenure word unresolved]
11. [illegible] Elizat his spous do not hir pairt to his said bairnis [illegible]
12. [closing notarial and confirmation formula partly unresolved]
13. [Andrew Glasgow's entry ends before the following testament on image 124.]

MODERN INTERPRETATION
The supplied page is Andrew Glasgow's testament-testamentar and inventory. The ScotlandsPeople index confirms Corstoun in the parish of Caldercleir, sheriffdom of Edinburgh; the manuscript's residence strokes remain provisionally read as Corsoun. It records his death on 7 February and says that he gave up the inventory himself on 6 February. The latter-will opening at the bottom expressly bears 6 February 1597 as written.
The inventory includes cows with calves, young cattle, horses, sheep, oats, barley, household furnishings and clothing. Incoming and outgoing accounts name financial associates, but their appearance here does not establish family relationships.
The continuation freshly confirms Elizat Stevinsoun as Andrew's spouse and Robert Glasgow as his son begotten upon Elizat his wife. It names daughters Marione, Jonet and Isobell in the alternative distribution, provides for a possible unborn child only conditionally, and directs that Elizat retain the land or holding until Robert came of age.

EVIDENCE
Image 123, lines 4-9: this is a testament-testamentar, distinct from a testament-dative. The decedent's own act on the sixth and death on the seventh are legible; uncertain year numerals in the opening should be checked against the clearer 1597 at the latter-will opening.
Image 123, line 42: 6 February 1597 is the written latter-will date. The existing record describes this as 1597/8 under the pre-1600 Scottish year convention; that is a dating interpretation, not a different date written on the image.
Image 123, lines 24-36: financial associates and possible Stevenson names are not described here as Andrew's parents, children or siblings.
Image 124, family clause: 'Elizat stevinsoun his spous' and 'Robart glasgw his sone begottin be him vpoun the said Elizat his wyff' directly establish Andrew and Elizat as Robert's parents.
Image 124, distribution: Marione, Jonet and Isobell are named after wording identifying Andrew's daughters; Elizat is not expressly called their mother in this clause.
Image 124, contingency and succession: a possible child in utero is conditional, not evidence of a birth, while Robert had not yet reached the stated age and was intended to succeed to Andrew's land or holding.
Image 124 record boundary: Andrew's entry ends before the separate lower testament; no names from that next entry are assigned to his family.

CHANGES
Closes the false continuation gap by freshly reading image 124 from the nested PDF and supplied PNGs; coverage is now full for the two-image record span.
Freshly supports the testament type, Caldercleir setting, sixth/seventh-February sequence and the written 1597 latter-will date.
Freshly confirms rather than merely carrying forward Elizat Stevinsoun, Robert, and daughters Marione, Jonet and Isobell from the older continuation review.
Keeps the unborn-child provision conditional and separates Robert's explicit maternity from the daughters' unstated maternity.
The outgoing Stevenson name may be patrik rather than James in one entry. The present reading is too uncertain for an identity correction; retain a flagged financial-name query.

UNRESOLVED
The indexed residence is confirmed as Corstoun; its individual manuscript strokes, witnesses, creditor names and most account numerals remain unresolved.
The outgoing Stevenson name requires comparison with a clearer same-hand example; no genealogical conclusion should depend on it.
The exact land or tenure term, adviser localities, and much of the closing formula on image 124 remain unresolved.