Sir Robert Gordon of Glen and Lochinvar (-around May 1525) |
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| Robert Acarsane1 | |||
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| Father:2 | Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar (-after May 1517) | ||
| Mother:3 | Elizabeth Lindsay (-) | ||
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| Married:4 | Mariota Acarsane (-before 7 August 1538) | ||||
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| Died:14 | around May 1525 | |||
| His death took place six months before 7 November 1525. | ||||
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| He had with his wife a charter of Glenskyreburn, afterwards called Rusco, and other lands, on 26 March 1494. He received, 27 March 1508, a protection for his passing to the realm of Prance and other parts beyond the sea, for certain his needful errands that he had ado. On 3 February 1512-13 he granted a bond of manrent to John, Lord Maxwell, binding himself and his heirs in homage and service first and before all mortals, his allegiance to the King and his successors and his service to the Earl of Bothwell for his lifetime excepted. He had a charter from his father of the lands of Torscraichane in November 1515, and another of the lands of Stitchill 14 September 1516, and from his niece Janet Gordon the one already mentioned of the lands and baronies of Kenmure, Balmaclellan and Stitchill, 10 May 1517, which reserved the liferent right of Sir John his father. He received a gift of the clerkship of the sheriffdom of Wigtown and stewartry of Kirkcudbright for his lifetime, with power to officiate by deputies. Rusco Castle is supposed either to have been built or added to by him.15 | ||
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