Archibald Glasgow, maltman in Leith: testament testamentar name reread

Look at the strokes

1. The capital A opens with a broad loop before the narrow joined rch strokes.
2. Tall ascenders in b and d rise above the middle letters of Archibald.
3. Glasgow begins with a conspicuous looped G and contains a lower g loop beneath the baseline.
4. The final ow runs into a fine exit stroke before maltman.

Compare in this hand: The same forename recurs in abbreviated form in the sons step; the full form here supports that expansion.

Reading limits: The full name is clear; this clause identifies the testator but does not distinguish every namesake outside the document.

Look at the strokes

1. The opening l rises in a tall narrow loop above the other letters.
2. The short e and dotted i sit low between the two tall outer letters.
3. The t is crossed, and the final h closes with a loop and returning foot.

Reading limits: The place-name is secure; the modern expansion supplies capitalization only.

Look at the strokes

1. The capital A is larger and more open than the following gnes sequence.
2. The g in Agnes drops below the baseline in a narrow loop.
3. Watsone begins with a broad angular W and ends with a small open e.
4. The tall t and long s-like stroke break up the otherwise compact surname.

Reading limits: Watsone is the literal spelling; Watson is the normalized surname.

Look at the strokes

1. The initial h of his has a tall loop, followed by a short i and compact final s.
2. Relict is separated as its own word, with a tall l at the start and crossed t at the end.
3. Spous begins with a long secretary s and finishes in a small terminal s stroke.
4. The three words occupy one continuous phrase immediately after Agnes's name.

Reading limits: Spous is the visible Scots spelling of spouse; relict means surviving spouse here, not merely an estate representative.

Look at the strokes

1. The enlarged capital A has the same broad opening movement as the full Archibald in the household step.
2. The surviving rch strokes are tightly compressed before the shortened ending.
3. A raised terminal d and abbreviation stroke signal omitted internal letters rather than a different forename.

Compare in this hand: The full Archibald Glasgow near the start of the testament supplies a same-hand comparison for the expansion.

Reading limits: Archibald is the conventional and context-supported expansion; the omitted letters are not individually written.

Look at the strokes

1. The capital G is an open loop larger than the following letters.
2. The middle or is compact, while the second g drops below the baseline.
3. The final e is a small rightward turn immediately before the line edge.

Reading limits: The forename is clear despite crowding at the right margin.

Look at the strokes

1. Williame starts with a broad angular W followed by two close l strokes and a dotted i.
2. The final e of Williame is lighter and joins visually toward the following surname.
3. Glasgowes has a large opening G, a descending lower g and a clearly continued terminal es.
4. The phrase begins at the left margin because it continues the list from the preceding line.

Reading limits: The literal terminal -es belongs to the manuscript grammar; the expansion normalizes the individual surname without treating it as a different family name.

Look at the strokes

1. The y in my drops below the line and leads into a visible word space before lawfull.
2. Lawfull has tall l strokes and a long descending f amid a dense group of minims.
3. Sones begins with a long secretary s and ends with a light open e-s sequence.
4. The plural ending agrees with the three preceding forenames.

Reading limits: The relationship and plural are explicit; this clause does not establish birth order or whether other children existed.

Look at the strokes

1. Thomas begins with a larger crossed capital T followed by a tall looped h.
2. The final s of Thomas is a long secretary form rather than a modern rounded s.
3. Glasgow opens with a broad looped G and contains a lower g loop beneath the baseline.
4. The final ow runs toward, but remains separable from, the following occupational wording.

Reading limits: The name is clear; nothing in this boxed name itself states that Thomas is related to the testator.

Look at the strokes

1. The month begins with a large J whose stem descends far below the other letters.
2. The letters after Jan are compressed and partly raised in the conventional contracted month form.
3. The four digits are separately visible, with a tall 1 and rounded final 2.
4. The date sits in the lower closing line, beneath Thomas Glasgow's name.

Reading limits: January and 1662 are secure; the exact letters represented by the contraction and the preceding day numeral remain qualified.