David Wemyss

of Fife, Scotland. Member of Parliament. Married once and had eleven children. Married, on December 2, 1556, Cecilia (died July 8 1589, daughter of William, second Lord Ruthven).

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David Wemyss of that ilk, like many other proprietors on the sea coast, carried on the manufacture of salt, and traded in it. There was a considerable export traffic carried on , which at one time threatened to stop the supplies necessary for home consumption, and the Privy Council deemed it necesary to restrict the export until the country itself was supplied. Then and then only it was to be lawful for the salt manufacturers to expert salt, and that on condition that the exporters brought home for every chalder of salt six ounces of silver, which they were to dliver to the master of the mint on their return, at the rate of thirty shillings the ounce. To oblige himself to observe this agreement, David Wemyss, as master and owner of the salt pans of Wester Wemyss, five in number, was summoned to appear before the Privy Council at Holyrood, on August 17, 1573. The minutes of the Privy Council record the fact that he did so.

David Wemyss of that ilk died on February 22, 1596-7. He left no will, but an inventory of his effects was given up on March 6, 1600 by Gavin Wemyss, son of James Wemyss of Caskieberran, as executor-dative in place of the fiscal. He had during his lifetime seen a number of his children married, and settled their portions, and several years before his death he also provided for his younger children, so that they might have “quyatnes, luiffe and cheritie amang thame selffis.” Cecilia Ruthven, lady of Wemyss predeceased her husband on July 8, 1589. An inventory of her personal estate was given up by him as lawful administrator to their younger children on April 4, 1595.

Sources

1. Memorials of the family of Wemyss of Wemyss, by Sir William Frasier.  Published 1888 by [s.n.] in Edinburgh . Written in English.  Volume l.  "David Wemyss of Wemyss, 1572-1597."  Page 187

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