William Mudie of Melsetter, younger

WILLIAM MUDIE OF MELSETTER younger

William Mudie, eldest son and apparent heir of Francis Mudie of Breckness (1625) William Mudie, eldest son and apparent heir of said Francis (1626)

William Mudie, here treated, is identified as William Mudie, younger of Melsetter by the Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval. He was the eldest son of Francis Mudie of Breckness (afterwards of Melsetter) and his first wife Margaret Stewart. The Moodie Book He is also identified as the eldest son and apparent heir of Francis Mudie of Breckness in a charter dated 1 December 1625. NRS: GD217/60

William Mudie, here treated, had possession of the eighteen penny land of Breckness. His father transferred ownership of this land to him on 1 December 1625. NRS: GD217/60

Death

According to the Moodie Book, William Mudie of Melsetter, younger, died before July 1631. The Moodie Book He was certainly dead before 25 January 1634 when his younger brother James is identified as the eldest son of Francis Mudie of Melsetter. James Brown Craven bequest relating to local and ecclesiastical history of Orkney, reference GD106/177

Evidence Published by the National Records of Scotland

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1 December 1625 - 3 June 1626: Charter de me by Francis Mudie of Breknes to Marion Tullocht, his spouse, relict of Arthur Sinclair, merchant, indweller in Kirkwall in liferent, of rooms and lands of Breknes, extending to 18d. land, in parish of Stromnes, reserving his own liferent; with judicial ratification by said Marion of disposition by said Francis to William Mudie, his eldest son and apparent heir of said land, and renunciation thereof by said William to said Francis. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scarth Family of Breckness, Orkney, reference GD217/60

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3 June 1626: Disposition by Marion Tullocht, relict of Arthur Sinclair, merchant, indweller in Kirkwall, with consent of Francis Mudie of Breknes, now her spouse to William Mudie, eldest son and apparent heir of said Francis of her liferent of all rooms and lands of Brecknes extending to 18d. land, in parish of Stromnes National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scarth Family of Breckness, Orkney, reference GD217/61

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25 January 1634: Obligation by Francis Mudie of Melsetter (Cautioner: Jas. M. his eldest son) to George Bishop of Orkney and Zetland, for £400 Scots James Brown Craven bequest relating to local and ecclesiastical history of Orkney, reference GD106/177

Genealogy

The Moodie Book