Walter Lochhead, baxter in Glasgow

WALTER LOCHEAD

Baxter in Glasgow: Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow

Walter Lochhead was a baxter (baker) in Glasgow, and a burgess and guild brother there. Glasgow Burgesses, p. 56 He is first noticed as a resident of Glasgow on 29 May 1598. Glasgow Protocols, xi, protocol number 3470 on p. 71

Death

Walter Lochhead was alive on 8 March 1621, the date upon which his eldest son George was enrolled as a burgess of Glasgow Glasgow Burgesses, p. 56 but he died before30 March 1628, the date upon which his second son James Lochead was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow. Ibidem, p. 64

Marriage

Walter Lochhead married Beatrix Pollock.There is no record of the marriage but the fact of it is confirmed by the baptismal records of five of their children. Glasgow High Church Baptismal Records Ibidem Ibidem Ibidem Ibidem

Children

1. George Lochhead, cooper
2. James Lochhead, merchant
3. John Lochhead
4. Helen Lochhead
5. Walter Lochhead, baxter
6. Christine Lochhead
7. Bessie Lochhead
8. Beatrix Lochhead

Evidence from the Protocol Books of the Town Clerks of Glasgow

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29 May 1598: Walter Lochhead's property in Glasgow, on the east side of the street leading from the Market Cross to the South Port, is mentioned in a charter made in favour of John Landes and his wife Margaret Hall. Glasgow Protocols, xi, protocol number 3470 on p. 71

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4 August 1598: Walter Lochhead is noticed in the witness list of a charter made in favour of Duncan Symple. Glasgow Protocols, xi, protocol number 3470 on p. 78

Published Evidence

1. Robert Renwick, Depute Town Clerk, Abstracts of Protocols of the Town Clerks of Glasgow, VOL. XI. George Huchesone's Protocols, 1591-1600. Henry Gibsone's Protocols, 1598-1600 (Carson & Nicol, Glasgow, MDCCCC), 224 pp. including indexes
2. James R. Anderson, The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750 (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1925), 571 pp. including indexes