William of Oudny

It should be noted that there are nearly 600 document extracts for the Udny family of Aberdeenshire appearing at Scotland's National Archives and not once is the name written there as "Uldeny". The spellings appearing at the Archives are Udny, Udney, Udnie, Oudney, Oudny, and Owdny; and over 500 of those extracts - the vast majority - display the name as Udny. Only 5 display the spellings Oudny or Oudney.

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III. Patrick de Uldeny.

He is mentioned in an instrument regarding the perambulation between the lands of Tarves and Uldeny, of date 1457. The proprietor of Udny at this date, was William de Uldeny. The deed refers to a perambulation that had taken place at a former period, in the time of his predecessor Patrick de Udny. Patrick was succeeded by

IV. William de Uldeny.

He is mentioned in the above quoted deed. He is also mentioned, 1456, in a deed of presentation of Sir John Jeffrason to the chaplaincy of the church of the Holy Trinity, vacant by the death of Thomas Browstare. In 1469, there is a charter to William de Uldeny, lord of that ilk, of lands in the barony of Tarves, given by Malcolm Abbot of the monastery of St. Thomas, Arbroath. William de Uldeny, married Christian Kintor. She was dead before 1498, as in that year her son, William, is infeft in some property belonging to her in the burgh of Kintore, she is also mentioned as the relict of William Oudny, so he had died prior to 1498, and was succeeded by his son,

V. William de Uldeny.

In 1482, he is mentioned in an inquest on Alexander Fraser de Philorth, along with his father, William Oudny.' In 1495, he is mentioned as son and heir of William Oudny in an inquest at his death.