John Glasgow of Quothquan: testament and confirmation, 1650
National Records of Scotland, Lanark Commissary Court, CC14/5/5, images 65-66; indexed 27 May 1650

SOURCE COVERAGE
Both register images 65-66 are supplied. The opening, sister clause and continuity of the debts were visually checked against the nested PDF and original images. The existing detailed reading desk concentrates on the confirmation on image 66; a full diplomatic transcription of the opening and accounts remains unfinished.

WORKING TRANSCRIPTION

NRS image 65: selected opening phrases, not a continuous transcription
[John's entry begins below the end of a preceding record.]
testament dative and inventar
Johne Glasgow in Quothquane
Bessie Glasgow ... his lawfull sister
[These separated phrases were visually checked. The intervening opening wording, inventory and initial debts are not yet fully transcribed here.]
[John's debt list continues at the top of image 66.]

NRS image 66
[Continuation of John's debts from image 65; these account lines are not yet fully transcribed here.]
Maister James Carmichaell commissar of Lanark speciallie
constitute for confirmation of testamentis within the boundis of his commissioun
haveing seine and considerit the testament [descriptor not re-transcribed here] and inventar
of the guidis geir and debtis of the said umquhile John
Glasgow in Quodquen [legal review formula partly illegible]
[the said] Bessie Glasgow [appointment wording partly illegible] executrix
[confirmation formula partly illegible]
Bessie Glasgow in Quodquen executrix dative to the said umquhile John
Glasgow hir brother, with power to intromet with the guidis
and geir abovewrittin [administration formula partly illegible]
[name of cautioner illegible] personallie present [security formula]
[closing procurator and instrument clause; personal name illegible]

PLAIN ENGLISH
The supplied opening names John Glasgow in Quothquan and explicitly calls Bessie Glasgow his lawful sister. It describes the instrument as a testament dative and inventory. The inventory and first debts are present, and the debt list continues on the next register image.
James Carmichael acts as commissary of Lanark in the court confirmation.
Bessie Glasgow in Quothquan is confirmed as executor dative of the late John Glasgow and the document expressly calls John her brother.
The sibling wording is direct kinship evidence. Carmichael's office and the unread caution/procurator clauses are administrative, not family evidence.
The opening is supplied on image 65 in the nested PDF and opening crop. John's debts continue at the top of image 66. These are available originals, not missing pages; full word-by-word transcription remains unfinished.

FINDINGS
Image 65 supplies the original sister clause, Bessie Glasgow ... his lawfull sister. This supports the same sibling relationship expressed as hir brother in the confirmation; both clauses belong to one testament.
Confirmed, not newly discovered: the ink securely reads 'Bessie Glasgow in Quodquen executrix dative ... John Glasgow hir brother'.
Confirmed: John and Bessie are siblings and both are associated in this instrument with Quodquen/Quothquan.
Confirmed: James Carmichael is commissary of Lanark; the record does not describe him as kin.
Unresolved after reread: the cautioner's name, the closing procurator's name, and Bessie's marital status or any designation beyond Quodquen.
The 1650 John is a distinct record-defined person from the 1661/1662 and 1685 Johns; shared name and locality do not merge them.

UNRESOLVED
Image 65: testament opening, death wording, inventory, debts, and original nomination or appointment
Bessie Glasgow's marital status and any additional designation
The cautioner's name and the closing procurator's name
Any parents or additional siblings of John and Bessie

SOURCES
testaments/Glasgow/Lanark/1650_John/1650_Glasgow.pdf
testaments/Glasgow/Lanark/1650_John/1650_John_p1.png
testaments/ScotlandsPeople_CC001400005-00005-00066-.jpg