William Meldrum of Fyvie (-before 29 July 1507) |
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| Father:1 | Alexander Meldrum of Fyvie (-before 1451), Laird of Fyvie | ||
| Mother:2 | (Unknown) Preston (-) | ||
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| Married:3 | Elizabeth Barclay (-after 29 July 1507) | ||||
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| Children with Elizabeth Barclay: | ||
| George Meldrum of Fyvie (-)4 | ||
| Thomas Meldrum of Eden (-)5 | ||
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| (Unknown) Meldrum (-)6 | ||
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| Died:7 | before 29 July 1507 | |||
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| He is mentioned in an assedation of the tithes of Fyvie about 1475. "David Abbot of Arbroath, let to an honourable man, William Meldrum of Fyvie and Elizabeth his spouse, and to the longer liver of them, all the tithes of the towns of Five, Meikle Gourdas, Little Gourdas, Haldauch, Sauchock, &c."8 | ||
| In 1490, William Meldrum of Fivy makes a grant of 40 shillings from the lands of Waterton, Ellon, to the Altar of St. Ninian's, within the church of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, and in 1502, there is a resignation into the King's hands, by the said William, of all the lands of Fermartyn; one of the witnesses is Robert Gordon of Fetterletter.9 | ||
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