John Porterfield of that Ilk

JOHN PORTERFIELD OF THAT ILK

John Porterfield of that Ilk, here treated, is the son of Alexander Porterfield of that Ilk and his wife Anna Blair Stirnet: Porterfield 1

Death

John Portfield of that Ilk, here treated, died intestate in May 1690. [NRS: CC9/7/48]

His Testament Dative and Inventory

Confirmation was granted on 30 December 1690. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, The Testament Dative and Inventory of John Porterfield of that Ilk, reference CC9/7/48]

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

                   1

8 August 1676: Precept of sasine by John, Earl of Glencairn in favour of John Porterfield of that ilk. National Records of Scotland, Legal Records, reference GD514/1/28/4

                   2

8 January 1680: Heritable Bond of Corroboration by John, Earl of Glencairn, in favour of John Porterfield of that Ilk, of (1) Bond, dated 3 September 1658, by deceased William, Earl of Glencairn, in favour of deceased Alexander Porterfield of that Ilk for 3000 merks, and in security whereof he disponed an annual rent of £120 furth of lands and barony of Finlayston, in parish of Kilmacolm and sheriffdom of Renfrew; (2) bond, dated 4 Oct. 1669, by deceased Alexander, Earl of Glencairn, brother german to said John, Earl of Glencairn, in favour of John Porterfield of that Ilk, for 2300 merks, and in security thereof he disponed an annual rent of £92 furth of the lands of Denniston, then possessed by James Holme in Rowantreehill, Alexander Laird, and John Halltrigg in Parsmuire, part of barony of Finlayston, and (3) bond, dated 17 Feb. 1674, by John, Earl of Glencairn, in favour of said John Porterfield for £800 Scots. National Records of Scotland, Earls of Glencairn, reference GD39/5/154

                   3

22 May 1691: Instrument of Sasine in favour of Alexander Porterfield now of that Ilk, of annual rents furth of lands and barony of Finlayston, in parish of Kilmacolm and sheriffdom of Renfrew; on precept of clare constat, dated 22 May 1691, by John, Earl of Glencairn, in favour of said Alexander Porterfield, as heir to deceased John Porterfield of that Ilk, his grandfather. Recorded P.R.S. Renfrew 29 May 1691. National Records of Scotland, Earls of Glencairn, reference GD39/5/165

                   4

25 April 1692: Disposition by Alexander Porterfield of that Ilk, as heir to deceased John Porterfield of that Ilk, his grandfather, with consent of John, Earl of Glencairn, and them both, with consent of Sir John Maxwell of Netherpollock, Kt., Bart., Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackhall, Kt., Bart., Archibald Crawfurd of Auchenanes, James Hamilton of Aikenhead, James Stewart of Lumloch, Alexander Porterfield of Fullwood, Alexander Porterfield, indweller in Paisley, Annabel Stewart, relict of William Porterfield of that Ilk, curators to said Alexander Porterfield, in favour of Mr John Cochrane of Ferguslie, of annual rent of £260 furth of lands and barony of Finlayston, formerly wadset by the deceased William, Earl of Glencairn. National Records of Scotland, Earls of Glencairn, reference GD39/5/167

Genealogy

Stirnet: Porterfield 1