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Scotland: Wills & probate
Wills, testaments, inventories and grants. Probate dates differ from death dates; calendars may survive when original wills do not.
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- National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court CC8/8/5, Testament of John Glasgow, 1577
- National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/5, Image 276 and upper portion of Image 277, testament dative and inventory of Johne Glasgw in Hirmanscheillis; court record dated 1577
- National Records of Scotland, John Glasgow testament dative, CC8/8/5 images 276-277: second child [Androw?]
- Commissariot of Edinburgh Register of Testaments, 8 Nov 1580. Margaret Glasgow, sometime spouse to John Edstoun in Croftmalloch
- National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/8, images 355–356, testament dative and inventory of Margaret Glasgow
- National Records of Scotland, Andrew Glasgow testament, CC8/8/32 images 123-124
- National Records of Scotland, CC8/8/32, Commissary Court of Edinburgh, Testament of Andro Glasgw, 1598
- National Records of Scotland, CC8/8/32, Commissary Court of Edinburgh, Testament of Andro Glasgw, 1598
- National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, Testament Dative and Inventory of Geillis Glasgw, spouse of Thomas Wilsoun in Chaplehill, Ardrossan parish, confirmed 11 May 1603, CC9/7/3, images 113–114; original images viewed through Scotland's People
- National Records of Scotland, Katherine Glasgow testament, CC9/7/4 images 6-7
- Testament Dative and Inventory of Geillis Glasgw, spouse of Thomas Wilson in Chaipliehill, parish of Ardrossan; Glasgow Commissary Court, confirmed 11 May 1603, National Records of Scotland, CC9/7/3
- National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/5, testament of Jonet Meik, 1607
- National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/9, testament of Ninian Glasgow, 1613
- National Records of Scotland, Ninian Glasgow testament, CC9/7/9 images 142-145
- National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/62, images 461–462, testament dative and inventory of William Glasgow, mealmaker in Leith, confirmed 22 July 1646; Scotland's People wills search
- National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/62, testament dative and inventory of William Glasgow, mealmaker in Leith, registered 22 July 1646
- National Records of Scotland, John Glasgow testament dative, CC14/5/12 images 67-68
- Email from Alan McGowan, historian for Chess Scotland, researching the history of the Glasgow Chess Club. He notes "club member Robert Pirrie, who is mentioned in your pages, gifted a notice from 1827 that was addressed to 'A. Glasgow, Esq., Messrs. Frew & Glasgow, North Albion Court.' This notice said that 'The Chess Club will meet in the Royal Hotel Georges Square on Monday first the 12th curt., at 7 o'clock Evenin
- By 1607 — he was the husband of Jonet Meik and the father of Robert Glasgow. Jonet's testament was indexed or recorded on 27 August 1607. Francis J. Grant, ed., The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800, Scottish Record Society, old series vol. 7 (Edinburgh, 1901), entries under Glasgow, Ninian, and Meik, Jonet
- By 1607 — he was the husband of Jonet Meik and the father of Robert Glasgow. Jonet's testament was indexed or recorded on 27 August 1607. Francis J. Grant, ed., The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800, Scottish Record Society, old series vol. 7 (Edinburgh, 1901), entries under Glasgow, Ninian, and Meik, Jonet
- Findmypast, Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929: Will Glasgow, 16 Apr 1706, record SCOT/OPR/BAP/3572706
- Findmypast, Scotland, Will And Testament Index 1481-1807: Agnes Glasgow, 4 Mar 1628, record SCOT/WILLS/057424
- Findmypast, Scotland, Will And Testament Index 1481-1807: Andrew Glasgow, 10 Jul 1598, record SCOT/WILLS/057425
- Findmypast, Scotland, Will And Testament Index 1481-1807: Geillis Glasgow, 11 May 1603, record SCOT/WILLS/057431
- Findmypast, Scotland, Will And Testament Index 1481-1807: Hugh Glasgow, London, 12 March 1751, record SCOT/WILLS/057434
- Findmypast, Scotland, Will And Testament Index 1481-1807: John Glasgow, 17 Aug 1610, record SCOT/WILLS/057449
- Findmypast, Scotland, Will And Testament Index 1481-1807: John Glasgow, 4 May 1577, record SCOT/WILLS/057444
- Findmypast, Scotland, Will And Testament Index 1481-1807: Katherine Glasgow, 9 May 1605, record SCOT/WILLS/057453
- Findmypast, Scotland, Will And Testament Index 1481-1807: Margaret Glasgow, 8 Nov 1580, record SCOT/WILLS/057454
- Findmypast, Scotland, Will And Testament Index 1481-1807: Ninian Glasgow, 27 Aug 1607, record SCOT/WILLS/057458
- Findmypast, Scotland, Will And Testament Index 1481-1807: Ninian Glasgow, 8 May 1613, record SCOT/WILLS/057459
- Francis J. Grant, Commissariot Record of Lanark: Register of Testaments, 1595–1800, p. 38, entries for John Glasgow dated 27 May 1650, 13 January 1662 and 25 March 1685
- Francis J. Grant, ed., Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547-1800 (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1901), p. 426, Robertson, Bessie, 17 August 1610; cross-reference under Glasgow, John, p. 196
- Francis J. Grant, ed., Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547-1800 (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1901), p. 460, Smith, Margaret, 21 February 1632; cross-reference under Glasgow, James, p. 195
- Francis J. Grant, ed., The Commissariot Record of Edinburgh: Register of Testaments, Part II, Volumes 35 to 81, 1601–1700 (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1898), p. 157, entry for William Glasgow, mealmaker in Leith, 22 July 1646; Internet Archive. The indexed date is the testament-register date and is not necessarily the date of death
- Francis J. Grant, ed., The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547-1800 (Edinburgh, 1901), p. 196, entry for Katherine Glasgow; underlying register NRS CC9/7/4
- Francis J. Grant, ed., The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800 (Scottish Record Society, 1901), printed p. 460
- Francis J. Grant, ed., The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800, Scottish Record Society, old series vol. 7, Edinburgh, 1901
- Francis J. Grant, ed., The Commissariot Record of Lanark: Register of Testaments, 1595–1800 (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1903), printed p. 38, entry “Glasgow, Helen, spouse to Peter Broun, in Thankertoun,” digital copy
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- James R. Anderson, ed., Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750, p. 24, 23 October 1596; National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/9, testament of Ninian Glasgow, made 10 January 1613
- James R. Anderson, ed., Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573–1750; Scottish Record Society, The Commissariot Record of Glasgow: Register of Testaments, 1547–1800, surname entries for Cunningham and Muir
- National Records of Scotland, CC8/8, Register of Testaments, 1514–1850; NRS catalogue
- National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/32, testament of Andrew Glasgow; printed index in Commissariot of Edinburgh: Register of Testaments, 1514-1600, p. 108
- National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/8, image 355, testament dative and inventory of Margaret Glasgow
- National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, CC9/7/5, Images 82–83, testament testamentar and inventory of Jonet Meik, spouse to Niniane Glasgw
- National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, Wills and Testaments, reference CC9/7/4, records indexed under Katherine Glasgow
- National Records of Scotland, John Glasgow testament dative, CC9/7/27 pages 478-480: Agnes Glasgow
- National Records of Scotland, Lanark Commissary Court, Wills and Testaments, reference CC14/5/5, testament dative and inventory of John Glasgow in Quodquen, images 65–66
- Scotland, Will and Testament Index 1481–1807, Margaret Glasgow, 1580; supplied index entry describing her as “sometime spouse to John Edstoun, in Croftmalloch”
- Scotland, Will and Testament Index 1481–1807, Margaret Glasgow, 1580; supplied index entry: “sometime spouse to John Edstoun, in Croftmalloch”
- Scottish Record Society, published Peebles commissary testament material covering 1681–1699. Internet Archive. This is a limited chronological and jurisdictional search
- Testament and will of John Glasgow (abt.1610-abt.1685)
- The Commissariot Record of Glasgow, Register of Testaments, 1547-1800, Vol. 7, ed. by Francis J. Grant (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1901), citing the testament of Agnes Glasgw, spouse to Johnne Logane, trumpmaker in Stevinstoune, parish of Stevinstoune. National Records of Scotland, Reference CC9/7/22
- The Commissariot Record of Glasgow, Register of Testaments, 1547-1800, Vol. 7, ed. by Francis J. Grant (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1901), citing the testament of Jonet Glasgw, spouse to George Logane in Steinstoun. National Records of Scotland, Reference CC9/7/22