Robert Mure of Rowallan

ROBERT MURE OF ROWALLAN

The identity of Robert Mure of Rowallan here treated is uncertain. He is not mentioned in Sir William Mure of Rowallan's Historie of the family. However, in the chronology of the family as identified by him he follows Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan, Historie, page 68 who was still alive on 2 November 1404 NRS: GD25/1/27 and he is followed by Archibald Mure of Rowallan Historie who died in or before 1460 when yet another Robert Mure of Rowallan had a precept of sasine for Rowallan. Exchequer Rolls of Scotland

Robert Mure of Rowallan here treated was implicated in the slaughter of Mauris Neilson of Dalrymple, Robert Black of Dalrymple and Donald Young at Dalmellington, for the burning of their houses and raiding of their goods and of the Castles, and Alexander Conynghame and the Lairds of Badlane and of Drumcross. In 1409 he and the others involved received a remission from Robert, Duke of Albany, Governor of Scotland. NRS: GD8/1

Death

A date and place of death has not been identified for Robert Mure of Rowallan but he is known to have died before 22 June 1417. Exchequer Rolls of Scotland

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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1409: Remission by Robert, Duke of Albany, Earl of Fife and Governor of Scotland, to Thomas Boyd of Kilmarnock, Robert Muir of Rowallan, John Keir, William of Nairn, Thomas Pontfray, James of Nesbit, Reginald Muir, Robert Muir, Robert Boyd of Flatt, Thomas Boyd of Blair, John Lowriestoun, John Donaldson, Gilbert of Kelso, Thomas Ludy, Thomas Wilson, John Lowries, Allan Lowries, his brother and John Muir of Caldwell, for the slaughter of Mauris Neilson of Dalrymple, Robert Black of Dalrymple and Donald Young at Dalmellington, for the burning of their houses and raiding of their goods and of the Castle, and Alexander Conynghame and the Lairds of Badlane and of Drumcross. National Records of Scotland, Boyd Papers, Burgh of Kilmarnock, reference GD8/1

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22 June 1417: Accounts of the Great Chamberlain of Scotland, Volume III, A.D. M.CCCC.VI. - M.CCCC.LIII. (Edinburgh, M.DCCC.XVII.), p.90

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22 June 1417: Accounts of the Great Chamberlain of Scotland, Volume III, A.D. M.CCCC.VI. - M.CCCC.LIII. (Edinburgh, M.DCCC.XVII.), pp.93-4

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22 June 1417: Et de xl li., per vendicionem warde contingentis per mortem quondam Roberti Mure de Rowalane.The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Volume 4, A.D. 1406-1436, p. 286

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22 June 1417: Et alocate computanti per remissionem factam per dominum gubernatorem de medietate summe pro qua vendita erat warda heredis quondam Roberti Mure de Rowalane, xx li. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, Volume 4, A.D. 1406-1436, p. 288

Genealogical Accounts

1. The Historie and Descent of the House of Rowallane, 141 pp.