John Glasgow of Quothquan, Lanark testament confirmation: name reread

Look at the strokes

1. The capital B has two open lobes and is much taller than the following letters.
2. Bessie contains a close double-s sequence before the dotted i and terminal e.
3. Glasgow begins with a looped capital G and includes a lower g loop below the baseline.
4. The surname's final ow runs into a light exit stroke before the legal wording.

Compare in this hand: Bessie Glasgow is written again in the confirmation step, providing a same-page comparison for both capitals and the double-s sequence.

Reading limits: The name is clear; this first name box alone does not state the sibling relationship.

Look at the strokes

1. The capital J has a tall entry and a long descending stroke below the small letters.
2. The o is a small loop attached directly to the final n.
3. The word sits at the extreme right end of the line, immediately before the surname continues below.

Compare in this hand: The confirmation step writes the fuller John in the equivalent clause.

Reading limits: Jon is the literal spelling; John is the normalized forename.

Look at the strokes

1. The surname resumes flush with the left margin on the line below Jon.
2. The capital G is a broad open loop with a returning lower stroke.
3. The second g descends below the baseline, and the final ow is compressed into shallow linked strokes.

Compare in this hand: The same surname follows Bessie earlier in the crop and recurs in the confirmation step.

Reading limits: The reading is clear; its placement on a new line must not be mistaken for a different person.

Look at the strokes

1. Hir begins with a tall looped h, followed by a short dotted i and compact r.
2. A visible word space separates the pronoun from brother.
3. Brother begins with a tall b, includes another tall h, and ends in a small curling r.
4. The phrase follows Glasgow on the same baseline, attaching the relationship to John Glasgow.

Reading limits: Hir is the Scots spelling of her; the brother relationship is explicit, but the clause does not name the siblings' parents.

Look at the strokes

1. The capital B again has two open lobes followed by the close ess-ie sequence.
2. The double s is darker and more angular than the small i and terminal e.
3. Glasgow again opens with a broad looped G and sends its lower g below the baseline.
4. The final ow finishes in a thin rightward stroke.

Compare in this hand: The first step shows the same full name higher on the page with matching B, double-s and Glasgow forms.

Reading limits: The repetition is secure but occurs within the same source, so it is not independent evidence.

Look at the strokes

1. The capital J descends far below the short o and n.
2. A tall h is written at the end here, unlike the shorter Jon spelling in the first clause.
3. The name is crowded against the right margin and completes just before the line break.

Compare in this hand: The earlier clause has Jon in the same syntactic position; this fuller spelling confirms the normalized John.

Reading limits: The fuller spelling is clear, but the surrounding formula remains only partly transcribed.

Look at the strokes

1. The surname begins at the extreme left of the next line, continuing John from above.
2. Its large open G and descending lower g match the other Glasgow forms on this page.
3. The as is compact, while the final ow ends in a light rising exit.

Compare in this hand: Compare the left-margin Glasgow in the first step, where Jon is split from the surname in the same way.

Reading limits: The surname is secure; the line break is purely scribal layout.

Look at the strokes

1. The tall opening h of hir rises above its short i-r ending.
2. Brother begins with a looped b and has a second tall ascender at h.
3. The final er is compressed into a small rightward curl.
4. The phrase is joined on the same line directly after Glasgow.

Compare in this hand: The first step repeats the same two-word relationship with closely matching tall h and b forms.

Reading limits: The sibling term is clear; repetition within one instrument does not identify either sibling's parents.