Henry Rollo

HENRY ROLLO

The Scots Peerage VII: 388

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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22 April 1727: Bond of relief by Andrew, Master of Rollo, to Robert, Lord Rollo, his father, and Mary, Lady Rollo, his mother, narrating that his father had disponed to him his lands and estate by a disposition [undated] and marriage contract, 21 April 1727, between the Master of Rollo and Katherine Murray, his future spouse, under the burdens of 12,000 merks of younger children's portions, viz, 5,000 merks to Henry Rollo, his second brother, by a bond of provision, 14 May 1727, in his favour, by Lord Rollo and Andrew, Master of Rollo, 4,000 merks to John Rollo, his third brother, under deduction of his apprentice fee, and 3,000 merks to Mary Rollo, his eldest sister, by a bond of provision of the date hereof; under the further burden of 4,900 merks due under two bonds by the said Lord Rollo to Margaret, Lady Dowager of Rollo, and 37,652 merks due by bonds of Robert, Lord Rollo, to other creditors, the said portions and debts extending to 54,552 merks; further narrating that Sir Henry Rollo of Woodside, his grandfather, had provided 18,000 merks to Mary, Lady Rollo, his mother, daughter of the said Sir Henry Rollo, in liferent and to Mary, James, Jean, Isobel and Clementine, his brother and sisters, in fee whereby his mother in the event of her surviving his father was burdened with the aliment of the children to succeed to the fee; and narrating that, in addition to above-mentioned debts, the said Robert, Lord Rollo, his father, was resting owing to Mary Rollo the sum of 1,000 merks advanced to him for her use by Mary Hope, Lady Moncreiff, and the sum of 1,000 or 700 merks due to Henry Bethune, jeweller in Edinburgh, as apprentice fee for the above John Rollo, also stipend due to Mr McIntosh, minister of Dunning, teinds, tack duties and feu duty for Easter Rossie and other debts to specified creditors; therefore the said Andrew, Master of Rollo, bound himself to relieve his father and mother of the payment of 1,000 merks due to Mary Rollo, his sister, the obligations granted to Henry Bethune, ministers stipend, teinds, tack and feu duties, 54,552 merks of portions and debts specified in the above-mentioned contract, and bound himself to aliment his brothers and sisters fiars in the 18,000 merks granted by Sir Henry Rollo of Woodside, in manner specified above in the event of the said Sir Henry surviving his father and mother. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Rollo family of Duncrub, Perthshire, reference GD56/107

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1730-31: Post-nuptial marriage contract between Henry Rollo, second son of Robert, Lord Rollo, and Anna Ruthven his spouse, only daughter of Isobel, Lady Ruthven and Colonel James Ruthven or Johnstoun [Johnstone] of Gratiny [Gretna] her husband, whereby the said Henry Rollo bound himself to secure himself and his spouse in liferent and their children in fee, in sums extending to 42,000 merks to be provided by the marriage settlement viz, 5,000 merks of natural portion given to him by Robert, Lord Rollo, by a bond of provision 17 December 1724, 10,000 merks provided to him by Sir Henry Rollo of Woodside, his grandfather, in an assignation dated 23 December 1730 in favour of Mary, Lady Rollo, his daughter, to be implemented by the assignation by Lord and Lady Rollo of sums contained in two heritable bonds dated 19 July 1709 and 20 December 1709 by William, Marquis of Annandale and James, Marquis of Annandale, 12,000 merks as the half of sums granted by the deceased Jean, Lady Ruthven, to the said Anna Ruthven and James Ruthven of Ruthven by dispositions dated 17 April 1721, 27 April 1721 and 24 October 1721 also contained in a tutorial inventory given up by Mr John Gardner, minister at Moneydie, before the sheriff of Perth on 7 December 1722, which sums were to be assigned by the said Anna Ruthven to Henry Rollo, her spouse, and 15,000 merks tocher to be provided by Isobel, Lady Ruthven, to the said spouses by the exercise of the power, reserved to her under the disposition and entail, dated 20 October 1674, of the estate of Ruthven to burden the estate for the purpose of granting provision to the younger children as well as the heir of the estate. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Rollo family of Duncrub, Perthshire, reference GD56/109