Thomas Melville, lord of Melville

The Melvilles, Earls of Melville, and the Leslies, Earls of Leven. Memoirs. (Correspondence. - Charters.) [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] by Fraser, William, Sir, 1816-1898. Page 21. Archive.Org

Thomas Melville, Lord of Melville, 1427-1429. Son of John Melville of that ilk

It has not been ascertained at what particular date Thomas Melville succeeded to the estate. But he was in possession of " Mailvil," and exer- cising the right of ownership as "lord of the samyn sted," on the 27th of March 1427. On that date he entered into a contract of excambion, with consent of John Melville, his son and heir, on the one part, and Sir William Tynnyngham, parson of the " kyrk of Mailvil," anent the " kyrklands of Mailvil." 5 This transaction appears to have been entered into when Thomas Melville was far advanced in life, and his death occurred about two years later, in December 1429. He was succeeded by his son John, the consent ei' in the contract of 1427.

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JOHN MELVILLE, Lord of that Ilk, who confirmed to the monks of Newbattle in 1329 the charter of right of way through Tartraven granted by his grandfather, Sir Gregory, and also in 1344, his* gift of a stone of wax. He had a son,

THOMAS MELVILLE, who was a consenting party to his father's charter of 1344. He had a son,

JOHN MELVILLE, Lord of that Ilk, who, on 2nth November 1379, granted a charter to John, son of John Melville of Carnbee, of the lands of Granton and Stenhouse.

References

• The Melvilles, Earls of Melville, and the Leslies, Earls of Leven. Memoirs. (Correspondence. - Charters.) [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] by Fraser, William, Sir, 1816-1898. Page 3. Archive.Org Link
• The Melvilles, Earls of Melville, and the Leslies, Earls of Leven. Memoirs. (Correspondence. - Charters.) [With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables.] by Fraser, William, Sir, 1816-1898.Link