Jonet Meik: oral testament and confirmation, 1606-1607 National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/5, images 82-83 Reviewed: 2026-09-10 LLM-assisted working reading. Brackets/ellipses mark uncertainty or omissions; not a diplomatic edition. IMAGE / PASSAGE 82, opening 1. The Testament testamentar latterwill and Inventar 2. of the guidis geir dettis & sowmes of money [wording unresolved] pertening to umqle 3. Jonet meik spous to Niniane[?] glasgow burges of glasgow faith- 4. fullie maid & gevin vp be hir awin mouth vpoun the fyftein[?] day 5. of februar 1606 zeiris Quhairin scho nominat & constitutit 6. the said Niniane[?] glasgow hir spous and Robert glasgow hir sone 7. hir ex[ecutouris] & intromettouris wt hir guidis and geir Quha deceist [number unresolved] 8. dayis thairefter IMAGE / PASSAGE 82, accounts 1. [Inventory of trading/household goods and clothing; commodities and values partly unresolved] 2. Debtis awand In 3. Item thair was awand to the said umqle Jonet meik be Johne Mc[rest unresolved] [amount unresolved] 4. Item be Donald Mitchell[?] [amount unresolved] 5. [another debtor entry unresolved] 6. Item be Johne glasgow for the pryce of ane [commodity unresolved] 7. Item be Gilbert [surname unresolved] [amount unresolved] 8. Dettis awand Out 9. Item thair was awand be the said umqle Jonet and Niniane[?] glasgow hir spous 10. To Cathrene Boyle[?] for hir fee [amount unresolved] 11. Item to George [surname unresolved] [amount unresolved] 12. [further creditors, including a Marioun and Thomas Morisoun[?], unresolved] IMAGE / PASSAGE 82-83, legacies and residue 1. Legacies 2. Item the said umqle Jonet meik left & disponit [wording unresolved] 3. Item to Jame[s?]/Jeane[?] meik hir broyer[?] [legacy unresolved] 4. Item to Issobell meik [legacy unresolved] 5. Item to Robert hir sone [legacy unresolved] 6. Item to marioun glasgow hir nycht[?] ane [item unresolved] 7. Item to [forename unresolved] glasgow [legacy unresolved] 8. [the remainder] of the guidis geir & dettis awand to hir to Robert 9. glasgow hir sone IMAGE / PASSAGE 83, attestation and confirmation 1. [Jonet's subscription/attestation and witness names partly unresolved] 2. [a William, surname unresolved, and a burgess of Glasgow occur in the witness wording] 3. At glasgow the xxvij[?] day of august 1607 zeiris 4. [confirmation formula unresolved] 5. And hes fund James Andersoun wobster burges [of] glasgow [administrative wording unresolved] 6. [following Robesoun estate unresolved] MODERN INTERPRETATION Jonet Meik was spouse of a Glasgow burgess whose forename is probably Niniane. She made the testament orally in February 1606 and died an unread number of days later. Robert Glasgow is expressly called her son in both the executor clause and the residue clause. The record does not rely on executorship to prove that relationship. Marioun Glasgow received a legacy, but the following word remains nycht[?] and cannot safely be expanded to niece or another precise kin term. The accounts add associates rather than proved relatives: probable debtor Donald Mitchell, debtor John Glasgow, wage creditor Cathrene Boyle, and other partly illegible parties. A Meik legatee is followed by the probable word broyer (brother), but the forename and the word itself remain too uncertain to create a sibling relationship. Isobell Meik is separately named without a relationship. James Anderson, a weaver and burgess of Glasgow, appears in the confirmation/security procedure; that administrative role does not establish kinship. EVIDENCE Confirmed: Jonet Meik's spouse clause, Glasgow burgess status, and Robert Glasgow as her son twice. Probable: the husband's forename is Niniane; repeated forms support it but the minim sequence remains crowded. Confirmed: the February 1606 date belongs to the oral testament and death followed days later; exact death date unresolved. Confirmed: Marioun Glasgow is a legatee; her following relationship word is unresolved. Probable new account reading: Donald Mitchell is an inward debtor; surname remains qualified. Confirmed existing: John Glasgow is an inward debtor and no kin term accompanies him. Probable new account reading: Cathrene Boyle is owed a fee, indicating a wage/service role rather than kinship. Probable but not relationship-grade: a Jame[s?]/Jeane[?] Meik clause may say hir broyer; both name and kin word remain qualified. Confirmed: Isobell Meik is a legatee with no explicit relationship in the readable words. Unresolved: a second Glasgow legatee follows Marioun on image 83, but the forename cannot be recovered securely. Confirmed: James Andersoun, weaver and burgess, is in the confirmation/security wording, not a stated relative. CHANGES Old: most account names were left generically illegible. New: Donald Mitchell[?] and Cathrene Boyle[?] are recorded as probable associates with role context. Old: the phrase after Jeane Meik was unresolved. New: the hand may read Jame[s?]/Jeane[?] Meik hir broyer[?], but it remains below relationship-grade confidence. Old: an additional Glasgow legatee was acknowledged only as illegible. New: confirmed that a second Glasgow surname follows Marioun, while the forename remains unresolved. Robert's sonship, the qualified Niniane reading, the testament/death-date distinction and Marioun uncertainty are confirmed unchanged. No walkthrough text or geometry changed because the new account readings do not alter a featured relationship conclusion. UNRESOLVED Exact day in February, interval to death and confirmation day in August. Husband's forename beyond probable Niniane. Marioun Glasgow's relationship word and the identity of the next Glasgow legatee. Whether Jame[s?]/Jeane[?] Meik is expressly called brother; do not create a sibling from this pass. Surnames/forenames of several debt parties and witnesses, including the William in the attestation. Commodities, most values and complete confirmation formula.