William Ramsay of Balmain

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WILLIAM RAMSAY OF BALMAIN

William Ramsay of Balmain, here treated, is the son of Sir John Ramsay of Trarinyeane Exchequer Rolls XIV: 182-3

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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27 February 1517: RENTALI DOMINI REGIS . . . . . Galway subtus Cree. Assedatio Terrarum Dominii de Galway . . . . . Baronia de Butill . . . . . Medietas de Kirkandris. Medietas de Kirkandris assedatur Willelmo Ramsay, filio quondam Johannis Ramsay de Trarinyeane militis, qui obiit in bello, pro terminus ut supra, solvendo ut in margine, grassuma xl li., soluta rotulatori. Exchequer Rolls XIV: pp. 182-3

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10 September 1517: COMPOTUM ROBERTI BERTOUN, COMPOTORUM ROTULATORIS . . . . . Idem idem onerat se de xl li. grassume terrarum de Trarinyeane et Kirkandris ab episcopo de Dunblanensi receptis per assedationem factam filio quondam domini Johannis Ramsay militis per rotulatorem et commissarios anno prescripto. Et de xx li. de firmis terrarum de Terrinyeane terminorum Penthecostes et Sancti Martini anni vcdecimi sexti receptis ab eodem episcopo Dunblanensi. Summa hujusoneris, xl li. Exchequer Rolls XIV: p. 282

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6 February 1552-53: Extract decreet delivered by Patrick Ireland, sheriff depute of Edinburgh, specially constituted, in causa Thomas Levinax [Lennox] in Pluntoun [Plunton] v David Ramsay, son and heir of the deceased William Ramsay of Balmane [Balmangan], for implement of contract, dated 6 November 1544, whereby the said deceased William Ramsay bound himself to sell the 9 merkland of Pluntoun to the said Thomas. [Fragmentary; vide RMS iv, 857.] National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Murray Family of Broughton, Wigtownshire, and Cally, Kirkcudbrightshire, reference GD10/64

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11 April 1534: Charter by which James V, King of Scots, confirms that he has given certain lands in feu farm to William Ramsay of Balmayne and his wife Marjorie Wod. The lands in question were the lands of Trarinzane in the Sheriffdom of Ayr, and one half of the land of Kirkandrews in the lordship of Galloway and Sheriffdom of Wigton. RMS 1513-46: charter number 1380

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4 January 1538-39: Charter by which James V, King of Scots, confirms possession of certain lands to William Ramsay and his wife Marjorie Wod. The lands in question were the town and lands of Balmane, the lands of lie Strath, and the mill of Fethircarno, all in the barony of Balmane and sheriffdom of Kincardine. RMS 1513-46: charter number 1889

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6 October 1539: "Wil Ramsay of Balmany" was scheduled to take part in an assize in the Sheriffdom of Kincardine on this date but he had to be replaced because he was absent from the County. RMS 1513-46: charter number 2039

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24 September 1543: Precept of sasine by William Raysay [Ramsay] of Balmane [Balmangan] in favour of Thomas Levenax [Lennox] of the lands of Clowttoun, occupied by the said Thomas, in the parish of Kirkandris [Kirkandrews], in liferent. Witnesses: Master Thomas Kene [Kean] and Thomas Lambe [Lamb], notaries, Robert Chepman [Chapman], John Keir, John Wilsoun [Wilson] and Patrick Watsoun [Watson]. [Signed by granter; no seal.] National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Murray Family of Broughton, Wigtownshire, and Cally, Kirkcudbrightshire, reference GD10/63

Printed Evidence

1. Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Vol. XIV. 1513-1522. Edited by A. J. G. Mackay, MA. Oxon., LL.D. Edin., Honorary Fellow of King's College, London; Sheriff of Perth and Kinross. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1893), 836 pp. including index and corrigenda
2. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1513-1546. Edited by James Balfour Paul, FSA. Scot., and John Maitland Thomson, MA., Advocates. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1883), 1067 pp. including indices and errata

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