Agnes Murray

AGNES MURRAY

It cannot be regarded as being certain but it seem likely that Agnes Murray, here treated, is the daughter of Sir John Murray of Cockpool. The name of Sir John's wife is not known. The Scots Peerage I: 223

First Marriage

Agnes Murray, here treated, married Ninian Maculloch of Cardoness. The Scots Peerage I: 223 She is noticed as his wife on 15 December 1505. NRS: GD1/222/1

Second Marriage

Agnes Murray, here treated married James Kennedy of Blairquhan, She survived her second husbands and was alive in 1560. The Scots Peerage I: 223

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

15 December 1505: Instrument of resignation by Alexander Makculloch of Myrtoun, Knight, as procurator from Ninian Makculloch of Cardyness [Cardoness] of his resignation in the hands of the King as superior of the 20 merkland of Newtoun of Cardyness in the lordship of Cardyness and sherrifdom of Kirkcudbricht, for reinfeftment in favour of the said Ninian and of Agnes Murray his spouse conjunctly. Done in a chamber of the King's palace beside the monastery of Holyrood near Edinburgh Witnesses: James, Abbot of Dunfermlyne, Treasurer to the King, David, Abbot of Cambuskynneth, Thomas Boswell, Patrick Sinclair, George Bard, James Stewart, and James Jaklyne, with others. Notary: Patrick Painter. National Records of Scotland, Mackculloch of Cardyness resignation, Kirkcudbrightshire, reference GD1/222/1

Note: This charter was printed in Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A. D. 1424-1513. Edited by James Balfour Paul, Advocate, FSA. Scot. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1883), charter number 2901 on p. 616