Mariote Mure

MARIOTE MURE

Evidence from the Great Seal Register of Scotland

1 December 1628: A charter by which Thomas Boyd of Pinkhill confirms that he has given a liferent of certain lands to his wife Mariote Mure, daughter of Sir William Mure of Rowallan. The marriage contract, which is dated 31 May 1616, was arranged between Thomas Boyd of Pinkhill, who had the consent of his mother Jonet Kennedy, and William Mure of Rowallan, his son Sir William Mure of Rowallan, afterwards called senior, and William Mure of Rowallan, grandson of the first William Mure of Rowallan, now called junior. For greater security Mariote Mure obtained a charter of confirmation under the Great Seal of Scotland on 19 December 1628. The first mentioned William Mure of Rowallan was alive on 31 May 1616 but he died before 1 December 1628. Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1620-1633, charter number 1337 on pp. 454-55