Geillis Glasgow, spouse of Thomas Wilson at Chaplehill: testament dative, 1603
National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/3, images 113-114
Reviewed: 2026-09-10
LLM-assisted working reading. Brackets/ellipses mark uncertainty or omissions; not a diplomatic edition.

IMAGE / PASSAGE 113, opening and executor clause
1. The testament dative and Inventar of the guidis geir
2. debtes soumes of money and utheris q[uhil]kis pertenit
3. to umq[uhi]le Geillis glasgw spous to Thomas wilson in Chaplehill
4. within the parochin of Ardrossane quha deceist intestat the
5. moneth of Januar 1603 faithfullie maid and gevin up be the
6. said Thomas in name and behalf of James [relationship or additional-name wording unresolved] Isobell &
7. Bessie wilson [wording unresolved] executors dative [lawfully]
8. [appointed] to the said umq[uhi]le be decreit of the Commissar of
9. glasgw upon the last day of Aprile the yeir of god above written
10. [procedural wording partly unresolved]
11. Dative at length

IMAGE / PASSAGE 114, inventory and debts
1. Inventar
2. [Agricultural inventory: cattle, sheep, crop/grain and household plenishing; quantities and values only partly legible]
3. Summa of the Inventar [amount unresolved]
4. Na dettis awand
5. Dittis awand
6. Item to my lord of Eglintoun of maill ferme [sum unresolved]
7. [Rent/ferm entries continue]
8. Item to James glasgw in Stevinstoun [sum and purpose unresolved]
9. Item to Robert boyd & bessie [surname unresolved], servants, for thair
10. servantie of the byrun tyme [sum unresolved]
11. Summa of the dettis awand [sum unresolved]
12. Et sic debita excedunt bona

IMAGE / PASSAGE 114, confirmation
1. At Glasgow the xj day of Maii 1603 yeiris Robert [surname unresolved]
2. [confirmation formula and authority partly unresolved]
3. [the commissar] confirms the present testament and Inventar
4. [caution, administration and closing wording partly unresolved]

MODERN INTERPRETATION
Geillis Glasgow was expressly the spouse of Thomas Wilson at Chaplehill in Ardrossan parish and died intestate in January 1603.
Thomas supplied the testament for a court-appointed executor group including James, Isobel and Bessie Wilson. The compressed words around James do not safely establish sonship or extend any kin term to Isobel and Bessie.
James Glasgow in Stevenston is named under debts owed by the estate. That is a creditor or payee association, not a kinship statement.
The estate was agricultural and debt-heavy. It owed rent or ferm to the lord of Eglinton and past wages to Robert Boyd and a servant Bessie whose surname is not secure.
The executor decree was dated 30 April 1603 and confirmation 11 May 1603; neither is a death date.

EVIDENCE
Confirmed: spouse Thomas Wilson, Chaplehill in Ardrossan parish, intestacy and January 1603 death month.
Confirmed: James, Isobel and Bessie Wilson occur in the dative-executor clause; the appointment is administrative.
Unresolved after a closer crop: the words following James cannot securely be read as a kin term or safely attached to all three Wilsons.
Confirmed: James Glasgow in Stevenston is embedded in the debts-awand-out section and has no visible kin term.
Confirmed: Robert Boyd and Bessie are wage creditors described as servants; Bessie's surname and identity remain unresolved.
Confirmed: the lord of Eglinton is a rent/ferm creditor, not a family identification.

CHANGES
Old: relationship wording after James Wilson was simply unresolved. New: a tighter reread tested possible sonship but rejected promotion; the relationship remains unresolved because the compressed strokes admit more than one reading.
Old: James Glasgow was recorded as a Stevenston payee. New: confirmed unchanged after checking the whole debt direction and neighbouring entries.
Old: Robert Boyd and Bessie were recorded as servants. New: confirmed unchanged; no surname or identity is supplied for Bessie.
No walkthrough text or geometry changed because no featured reading crossed a confidence threshold.

UNRESOLVED
Exact wording between James and Isobel/Bessie Wilson and the relationship, if any, of each executor to Geillis.
Whether the compressed phrase contains a kin term, an additional personal name or an abbreviation.
James Glasgow of Stevenston's identity and any kinship to Geillis.
The servant Bessie's surname and identity.
Several inventory quantities, debt purposes, sums, confirmation names and closing formulae.