William Hay in Wynden

WILLIAM HAY

Evidence from the Yester Writs

29 May 1568: Instrument of Sasine by Thos. Pantoun, Provost of Haddington, of two acres of arrable land in the freedom of Haddington near the Cheritrie heuch and in the field called the Tenter Croft, of which said two acres six rigs lie contiguous in the cheritrie heuch between the lands of Wm. Hume on the east and lands of um. Thos. Thomsoun on the West, and two rigs lie contiguous in the Tenter croft between the lands of John Aytoun on the west and north, and lands of John Forros on the south, resigned by Wm. Hay, son of um. Wm. Hay of Tallo, in favour of himself and his spouse Margaret Hay, etc. Done 3 p.m. 29th May 1568; Witnesses, Pat. Franche, John Clark in Nungate of Haddington and Andrew Quhite and Rob. Byris, Serjeants of the said burgh. Thos. Stevin, priest S. And. dio., N.P. A. a. (H.) Yester Writs: number 758

Printed Evidence

Calendar of Writs Preserved at Yester House, 1166-1625. Compiled by Charles C. H. Harvey and John Macleod (Printed for the Scottish Record Society by J. Skinner & Company, Ltd., Edinburgh, 1910), 437 pp. including indexes