James Thompson (1520 - 1566) MP

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Birthplace: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
Death: Died in Glasgow, Scotland
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Source: John Yanik (Reference works from Josiah VanKirk Thompson's Journa ls & Gustav Anjou) & Cheralynn Wilson

Helen Wetnight, 365 Holly Hill Road, Oldsmar, FL 34677who cites a handwrit ten 9 page document prepared by Katherine Mayes Thompson states he had lan ds rented of John Dunbar of Blantyre near Glasgow, at Syide for which he p aid a yearly rent of one firlot of barley (a firlot of barley was 3,232 cu bic inches, equalled fourth part of a boll. A boll of barley contained 6 b ushels). James Thomson & wife granted on Sept. 11, 1566 to their son, Thom as Thomson, six oxgangs of earth in Syide (an oxgang was equivale nt to 13 acres.)

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1520
1520
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, , Scotland
1544
1544
Age 24
Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
1545
1545
Age 25
1545
Age 25
Glasgow, Scotland
1566
September 11, 1566
Age 46
Glasgow, Scotland
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