Gavin Lockhart, burgess of Lanark

GAVIN LOCKHART

Burgess of Lanark

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

7 February 1587-88: Charter by which James VI, King of Scots, confirms a quitclaim of certain property within the burgh of Lanark in favour of James Lockhart son and apparent heir of James Lockhart of Lee, senior: "Jacobo Lokkert filio et heredi apparenti Jacobi L. de Lie senioris." The property quitclaimed included a croft which Gavin Lockhart, burgess of Lanark, held in feu ferme from the monks of Dryburgh. Gavin Lockhart was the brother german of James Lockhart of Lee junior. Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1580-1593, charter number 1450 on page 497