George Elphinstone, rentaller of Gorbals and Bridgend

GEORGE ELPHINSTON (aka GEORGE ELPHINSTOUN or ELPHINSTON)

Merchant and Burgess of Glasgow: Rentaler of the lands of Bridgend and Gorbals, and the lands of Woodside, all in the Barony of Glasgow

George Elphinstone here treated is the son of John Elphinstone and his wife Beatrice Wardlaw. He succeeded his father on 22 March 1521. Rental Book: 82-3 He died before 7 March 1556. Ibidem: 162 In a charter dated 11 November 1589 he is identified as the deceased George Elphinstone, burgess of Glasgow. RMS: 1951

The Lands of Blythswood

Clan MacFarlane genealogy idientifies George Elphinstone here treated as the first Elphinstone laird of Blythswood Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy: George Elphinstone but this distinction belongs to his grandson. RMS: 1785

Evidence from the Rental Book of the Barony of Glasgow

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22 March 1521: George Elphistoun, son off vmqwyle Jone Elphistoun, rentalit in vj lib. land off Bryghend and Gorbaldis in Gwfane ward, be consent off his modyr, Beatrise Wardlaw, scho brukand for her tyme, and efftyr hyr the sayd George. Rental Book of the Barony of Glasgow, A.D. 1509-1570, pp. 82-3

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18 August 1534: Eodem die is admittit George Helphynstoun is rentale with his wyf, Elizabeth Colquhoun, of twa merk land and half of thw Wodesyd. Rental Book of the Barony of Glasgow, A.D. 1509-1570, p. 104

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17 May 1554: Decimo septimo Maii [1554] rentaillit is George Elphinston, son to vmquhil George Elphinston, burges of Glasgo, and oye to Betraice Wardlaw in to nyne merk land of Gorbaldis and Brigend, vacand last be the deces of his wmquhil guddaime, last possessour thairof. Ibidem, p. 154

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6 March 1556: De vij Marcii [1556], is rentalit George Elphinston, secund son to George Elphinston, in xxxiij s. iiij d. land of the wodsyd, wacand be deces of his fathir, last rentalare, and wyth consent of his eldest brothir, Besse Colquhone, his mothir, brwkand for hir tym. Ibidem, p. 162

Evidence from the Protocol Books of the Town Clerks of Glasgow

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12 May 1554: John Mwre, bailie, gave sasine to George Elphinstoune, as heir of John Elphinstoune, his grandfather, of a tenement of land, fore and back, with yard and pertinents, lying t.c., in the street which leads from the Quadrivium to the Market Cross, between the lands or tenement of John Crawfurde of Rowchtsallo on the south, the lands, yard, and tenement of Mr. John Sprewile on the east, and the street on the west. Witnesses: Robert Herbisoune, John Pawtoune, William Brok, and David Watsoune, serjeant. Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, Vol I. First Protocol Book of William Hegait, 1547-55, protocol number 185 on p. 63

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29 June 1554: George Elphinstoune, son and heir of q. George Elphinstoune, his father, sold ro Andrew Hammyltoun of Coichtnok, a tenement, fore and back, with yard and pertinents, lying t.c., in the street which leads from the Quadrivium to the Market Cross, between the lands or tenement of John Crawfurde of Rowchtsallo on the south and south-west, an upper fortified tenement, commonly called the batellit hows, and the tenement of Mr. John Sprewle, vicar of Glasgow, on the north, and the street on the west, and for the purpose of the said George raising a large sum of money for rentalling him in the messuage of the Gorbaldis and Brigende. Sasine given by Mr. John Hall, bailie. Witnesses: Edward Hammyltoune, David Forsytht, and James Nasmyth. Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, Vol I. First Protocol Book of William Hegait, 1547-55, protocol number 187 on p. 64

Genealogical Accounts

1. The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their Country (Edinburgh, 1869), i, 416 pp.
2. The Chiefs of Colquhoun and their Country (Edinburgh, 1869), ii, 442 pp.
3. Clan MacFarlane and associated clans genealogy: George Elphinstone