Sir Adam Mure of Caldwell

SIR ADAM MURE OF CALDWELL

Selections from the Family Papers Preserved at Caldwell, Part First, pp. 8-9

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

7 July 1458: Compotum Alexandri domini Mountgomery, ballivi de Kilbride infra vicecomitatum de Lanark, redditum apud Perth ultimo die mensis Junii anno Domini etc. quinquagesinio octavo, de omnibus receptis suis et expensis per firmas et exitus bailie sue a septimo die mensis Julii anni Domini etc. quinquagesimi usque in diem hujus compoti, et sic de octo annis integris infra hoc compotum. . . . . . Et de iijli. vj s. viij d. de firmis terrarum de Kittosyde de termino Sancti Martini ultimo existencium in manibus regis, saisina non recuperata de eisdem. Et de ij rosis rubeis per duplicacionem albe firme regi debite per saisinam datam Ade Mure de dictis terris. Exchequer Rolls: 441-42

Printed Evidence

Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Edited by George Burnett, Lyon King of Arms. Vol. VI. A. D. 1455-1460. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1883), 783 pp. including index

Genealogy

Selections from the Family Papers Preserved at Caldwell MCCCCXCVI - MDCCCLII. Part First. (Glasgow, MDCCCLIV), 317 pp.

The Mures of Caldwell by Clan Muir Society

Sir Adam Mure, the fourth in succession from Gilchrist, was knighted by James IV., and is supposed to have been slain at the battle of Flodden. His son, John Mure of Caldwell, on 20th February 1515, took by assault, at the head of his followers, “the castle and palace” of the archbishop of Glasgow, situated near the city, battering the walls in breach ‘with artillery,’ and carrying off a rich booty. He married Lady Janet Stewart, daughter of Matthew earl of Lennox, and grand-aunt of Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, queen of Scots, and died in 1533. His eldest son, John Mure of Caldwell, had, with other children, two sons, John, his heir, and William of Glanderstoun, ancestor of the Mures of Glanderstoun.