Ninian Glasgow, fisher and burgess of Glasgow
National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/9, images 142-145
Reviewed: 2026-09-10
LLM-assisted working reading. Brackets/ellipses mark uncertainty or omissions; not a diplomatic edition.

IMAGE / PASSAGE 142, opening
1. The testament testamentar and Inventar
2. of the guidis geir debtis and sowmes of money qlkis
3. pertenit to umqle Niniane glasgow fischer burges
4. of glasgow the tyme of his deceiss Quha deceist in
5. the moneth of Januar [1613]
6. [inventory and incoming debts partly unresolved]

IMAGE / PASSAGE 143, latter will and damaged edge
1. At glasgow the [day unresolved] day of Januar 1613 zeiris
2. The qlk day Niniane glasgow seik in bodie
3. And of perfyt memorie [commends] his saull to god and his bodie to be bureit
4. Item he nominat and constitut Jonet hutchesoun his spous & Robert
5. glasgow his sone his onlie ex[ecutouris]
6. [Lower bequest/support wording, including a possible William name, is physically lost and cannot be restored]

IMAGE / PASSAGE 144, family legacies
1. and sustein him for the present [term unresolved] and na langer
2. Item to Johne glasgw his brother [amount/clothing wording unresolved]
3. Item to Marioun glasgw his sister ten merkis
4. Item to Elizabet hutchesoun [legacy amount unresolved]
5. Item to Robert glasgw his sone ane hundreth pundis money
6. [residue, witnesses and confirmation partly unresolved]

IMAGE / PASSAGE 145, continuation
1. [administrative continuation naming the estate of Ninian Glasgow]
2. the saidis Jonet hutchesoun & Robert glasgow [continuation unresolved]
3. [caution and closing formula unresolved]
4. [following estate unresolved]

MODERN INTERPRETATION
Ninian Glasgow was a fisher and burgess of Glasgow who died in January 1613.
Jonet Hutchesoun is expressly his spouse and Robert Glasgow expressly his son; both are named as his only executors. The kin terms, not executorship, prove those two relationships.
John Glasgow is expressly Ninian's brother and Marioun Glasgow expressly his sister. Robert is again called son and left one hundred pounds.
The damaged lower edge contains a possible William name followed by continuation wording about sustaining him, but the missing leaf prevents recovery of the relationship. It cannot make William another son.
Elizabeth Hutchesoun receives a legacy without a stated relationship. Witness and caution names remain too incomplete to support additional family reconstruction.

EVIDENCE
Confirmed: fisher, burgess of Glasgow and death in January 1613.
Confirmed: Jonet Hutchesoun spouse and Robert Glasgow son; both only executors.
Confirmed: John Glasgow brother, Marioun Glasgow sister and Robert Glasgow son in parallel legacy clauses.
Confirmed: Marioun's legacy is ten merks and Robert's is one hundred pounds.
Unresolved after direct edge-to-continuation reread: William's name/role and the person to be sustained cannot be linked securely because the decisive words are physically missing.
Confirmed: Elizabeth Hutchesoun is a legatee only; no kin term is visible.
Excluded: the record does not identify brother John as Glasgow-1030.

CHANGES
Old: the damaged William/support clause was unresolved. New: inspection across the torn edge and next-page continuation confirms the loss is physical; no relationship can responsibly be recovered.
Old: spouse, son, brother and sister readings were maintained. New: all four are confirmed unchanged from the ink.
Old: Elizabeth Hutchesoun's relationship was unstated. New: confirmed unchanged; legacy does not establish kinship.
No walkthrough text or geometry changed because the damaged-William conclusion remains the same.

UNRESOLVED
William's complete name, bequest/support role and relationship, if any.
Identity of brother John and whether the siblings were full or half siblings.
Elizabeth Hutchesoun's relationship.
Several account parties, witness names, exact testament day and confirmation/caution formula.