Janet Ruthven

DAME JANET RUTHVEN Lady Meikleour

Jean Ruthven (1544) Dame Jane Ruthwen, lady Meikleour (1595)

The Scots Peerage IV: 261

Death

Dame Janet Ruthven, lady Meikleour, died intestate on 9 December 1593. National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, Testament Dative and Inventory of Dame Jane Ruthwen, relict of Laurence Mercer of Mekillour, sheriffdom of Perth, reference CC8/8/28]

Her Testament and Dative and Inventory

Confirmation was granted on 6 August 1595. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, Testament Dative and Inventory of Dame Jane Ruthwen, relict of Laurence Mercer of Mekillour, sheriffdom of Perth, reference CC8/8/28]

Eik to Her Testament Dative and Inventory

Confirmation was granted on 2 March 1599. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, Eik to the Testament Dative and Inventory of Dame Jane Ruthwen, relict of Laurence Mercer of Mekillour, sheriffdom of Perth, reference CC8/8/33]

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

9 May 1544: Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1513-1546, charter number 3013 on p. 706

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13 July 1580: Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1580-1593, charter number 1752 on pp. 598-9

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1580: Discharge by Dame Jane Ruthven, Lady Mephen, relict of Henrie Lord Mephen, and Androw, Earl of Rothes, now her spouse, to her brother William Lord Ruthven, H.M. Treasurer, and tutor to Henrie now Lord Mephen, for 400 merks being rent of the lands and mains of Mephin conform to tack dated 20 and 28 Sep. 1576. National Records of Scotland, Yule Collection, reference GD90/2/18