Alison Reid - Should Alison's name be Christina?

Sharon Doubell C

10/27/2023 at 9:46 PM

CRISTINA REID

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

1544: Charter by the said Commendator and Abbot in favour of the said Edward Brus [Bruce] and his spouse, Cristina Reid, of the said lands of Bargady and others. National Records of Scotland, Register House charters, 1st series, reference RH6/1337

1544: Precept of sasine by the said Commendator and Abbot for infefting the said Edward Brus [Bruce] and Cristina Reid in the said lands and others. National Records of Scotland, Register House charters, 1st series, reference RH6/1338

19 November 1546: Precept of sasine by the said Commendator and Abbot for infefting the said Edward Bruse [Bruce] and Cristina Reid in the lands of Corstoun in the lordship of Culros [Culross] and sheriffdom of Perth. National Records of Scotland, Register House charters, 1st series, reference RH6/1391A

23 December 1552: Charter by William, Commendator of Culross, with consent of Robert, Bishop of Orkney and Abbot of Kinlos [Kinloss], in favour of Edward Bruce of Estir Kennett and Cristina Reid his spouse of the lands of Bargadye and others. National Records of Scotland, Register House charters, 1st series, reference RH6/1572

Sharon Doubell C

10/27/2023 at 10:03 PM

Presently named Alison Reid - Should Alison's name be Christina or is she another wife?

What is our primary evidence that Sir Edward Bruce of Blairhall and Easter Kennet was ever married to an Alison Reid?

Sharon Doubell C

10/27/2023 at 10:55 PM

I find no sources in the history of her overview that verify or even explain the name Alison. Pending such info being provided, I'm changing her name to CRISTINA REID. Call me back if we find info to the contrary.

Private User

10/31/2023 at 3:04 PM

According to the late Major William Bruce Armstrong, Sir Edward Bruce of Blairhall married a lady named Alison Reid, said by him to have been the: “daughter of John Reid of Aikenhead, and sister of Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney.”

The Scots Peerage III: 474 https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft/scotspeerage...

By way of proof, but without explanation, Major Armstrong cited The Peerage of Scotland by Robert Douglas. This contradicts him in part, because it identifies Alison Reid as the: “daughter of William Reid of Aikenhead, Esq., in vicecomitatu de Clackmannan, and sister of Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney.” Neither Douglas or Armstrong cite evidence for the name of the wife of Sir Edward Bruce of Blairhall, and their respective claims are not supported by the surviving records, four of which are cited in her profile overview.

The Peerage of Scotland by Robert Douglas: 235
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-peerage-of-s...

Sharon Doubell C

11/1/2023 at 11:11 AM

Thanks Neil.

Alison Reid - Should Alison's name be Christina?

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