[Source: Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh 1514-1600]
See also the corresponding pages for 1601-1700 and 1701-1800
Note that hardly any of these testaments include the will of the deceased, being largely accounts of the 'goods and gear' of the deceased and of debts owed and owing. Some of them mention relatives.
Held in the National Archives of Scotland, NAS ref. CC8/8/...
Mh = Musselburgh; Fw = Fisherrow; Edr = Edinburgh; Invk = Inveresk
Newbg = Newbigging; mert. = merchant; par. = parish; portr. = portioner
rel = relict; serv. = servant; sher. = sheriffdom; sp = spouse; s.t. = sometime
BM = burgess of Musselburgh
`umquhile' means `deceased'
name | designation | date testament was recorded |
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Adamson, Alexander | in Newbigging, burgess of Musselburgh | 19 Feb 1600 |
Adamson, Margaret | sometime spouse to David Tod, in Fischerraw | 1 July 1588 |
Adamson, William, elder | in Musselburgh | 3 Nov 1599 |
Adamson, William | maltman, burgess of Musselburgh | See Wernour, Christiane |
Anderson, Edward | tailor in Musselburgh | See Paterson, Jonet |
Bennet, Robert | indweller in Musselburgh | See Mure, Marion |
Broun, Christiane | lawful daughter of umquhile Edward B., elder, and burgess of Musselburgh | 14 Feb. 1598-9 |
Broun, Edward, elder | burgess of Musselburgh | 16 Feb. 1587-8 |
Broun, Edward | maltman, burgess of Musselburgh | See Sellerman, Barbara |
Broun, Isobel | sometime spouse to Robert Swinton, indweller in Musselburgh, elder | 13 Feb. 1598-9 |
Broun, Walter | burgess of Musselburgh | 28 May 1584 |
Craig, Margaret | sometime spouse to Archibald Schaw [Shaw], in the Fischerraw | 25 Apr. 1597 |
Craig, Thomas | in the Fischer-raw, and burgess of Musselburgh | 12 Dec. 1570 |
Cranstoun, William | in Monktoun-hall | 14 June 1569 |
Crook (Cruke), Alexander | in Montounhall [Monktonhall] | 24 Oct. 1580 |
Davidson, Thomas | maltman, burgess of Musselburgh | 7 Feb 1593-4 |
Douglas, Bessie | spouse to Alexander Preston, in Musselburgh | 30 July 1595 |
Douglas, John | in Inneresk, sometime servitor to Mr. Alexander Sym, advocate in Edinburgh | 6 Jan. 1579-80 |
Douglas, Robert | in Inneresk | 30 Nov. 1584 |
Duncan, John | burgess of Musselburgh | 25 Mar. 1597 |
Duncan, William | in Inverask, par. of Musselburgh | 4 July 1599 |
Erskine, William | mealmaker in Newbiging of Musselburgh | 16 Feb 1587-8 |
Forman, George | in Innerask, sher. of Edinburgh | 5 Apr. 1596 |
Forsyth, Agnes | sometime spouse to John Clyddsheid, hookmaker in Fischerraw, burgess of Musselburgh | 2 Aug. 1592 |
Frog, John | in Innerask, par. of Smeytoun [Smeaton], sher. of Edinburgh | 21 July 1598 |
Grahame, John | loremure [lorimer] in Fischeraw, burgess of Musselburgh ; and John G., pupil, his only lawful son | 6 Mar. 1590-1 |
Grahame, Margaret | sometime spouse to Thomas Smyth, in Newbigging, par. of Musselburgh | 26 Jan. 1598-9 |
Grieve, Thomas | in Fischerraw | 9 Nov. 1564 |
Harrat [Heriot], John | in Cousland, par. of Innerask, sher. of Edinburgh | 28 Nov. 1599 |
Harrat [Heriot], Marion | relict of William Wernour [Vernour], in Inverask, sher. of Edinburgh | 10 Mar. 1600 |
Hepburn, Katherine | spouse to Robert Verno [Vernour] in Inveresk, sher. of Lothian | 17 Nov. 1593 |
Hill, David | in Inverask, sher. of Edinburgh | 4 Apr 1600 |
Hill, John | burgess and indweller in Musselburgh | 21 Oct. 1595 |
Hill, Jonet | sometime spouse to Edward Broun, burgess of Musselburgh | 10 Nov 1584 |
Johnstone, Mathew | maltman, burgess of Musselburgh | 31 Oct. 1584 |
Johnstone, Peter | in Cousland, par. of Inverask, sher. of Edinburgh | 29 Nov. 1600.
See also Jonet Wood |
Johnstone, William | in the Fisherraw, burgess of Musselburgh | 12 Oct. 1584 |
Joy, Jonet | sometime spouse to Thomas Sanderson, burgess of Musselburgh | 18 Dec. 1588 |
Laing, John | servitor to umquhile William Warno [Vernour], in Inveresk | 18 Mar. 1591-2 |
Merchingstoun [Merston], Archibald | in Musselburgh | 12 Apr. 1599 See also Jonet Thomson |
Merchingstoun [Merston], James | burgess of Musselburgh | 26 Dec. 1594 |
Merchingstoun [Merston], William, younger | in Inveresk, sher. of Lothian | 9 Feb. 1595-6 |
Mure, Marion | sometime spouse to Robert Bennet, indweller in Musselburgh | 26 July 1597 |
Nicolson, George | in Fischerraw, burgess of Musselburgh | 2 July 1588 |
Nicolson, John | in Musselburgh | 4 Mar. 1567-8 |
Paterson, Jonet | sometime spouse to Edward Anderson, tailor in Musselburgh | 30 Mar. 1591 |
Pendman [Penman], William | burgess of Musselburgh | See Warnour, Jonet |
Penman, Thomas | maltman in Musselburgh | 18 Feb 1577-8 |
Pursell, David | in Carbarnye [possibly Carberrie, parish of Inveresk?] | 29 Nov 1564 |
Rammage, Symon | in the Fischerraw, and Agnes Tod, his spouse | 24 May 1594 |
Ramsay, James | in Inneresk | See Wright, Marion |
Randy, Isobell | spouse of Edward Sellarmane, in the Fischear-raw | 11 Apr 1571 |
Richardson, Alexander | smith in Fischerraw, and Mause Tod, his spouse | 6 Aug. 1594 |
Richardson, John | smith in Fischerraw | 29 Jan 1598-9 |
Russell, Robert, | in Fawsyd [parish of Inveresk?] | 20 Nov. 1576 |
Sanderson, Thomas | burgess of Musselburgh | See Joy, Jonet |
Schaw [Shaw], Archibald | in the Fischerraw | See Craig, Margaret |
Sellarman, Barbara | sometime spouse to Edward Broun, maltman, burgess of Musselburgh | 9 Oct. 1584 |
Sellarman, Edward | in the Fisher-row | See Randy, Isobell |
Skirling, Eufame | relict of James Broun, burgess of Edinburgh, and last spouse to John Douglas, in Inveresk | 25 Apr 1588 |
Smart, Henry | in the Fischerraw, burgess of Musselburgh | 10 Mar 1591-2 |
Smart, James | burgess of Musselburgh | 21 June 1588 |
Smart, John | baxter, burgess of Musselburgh | See Vallance, Agnes |
Smart, Jonet | sometime spouse to James Williamson, maltman in Musselburgh | 15 Feb 1581-2 |
Smart, Robert | burgess and indweller in Musselburgh | 20 July 1594 |
Strachan, Archibald | in Musselburgh | 26 Feb 1567-8 |
Swinton, Robert | indweller in Musselburgh | See Broun, Isobel |
Taylor, George | maltman, burgess of Musselburgh | 26 Jan. 1587-8 |
Taylor, William | maltman in Fischerraw | See Vernour, Jonet |
Tempill [Temple], John | in Newbiggin, burgess of Musselburgh | 26 Oct. 1586 |
Thomson, Bessie | sometime spouse to John Douglas, in Inverask, sher. of Edinburgh | 25 July 1598 |
Thomson, Gawine | maltman, burgess in Musselburgh | 26 Jan 1576-7 |
Thomson, Helen | relict of Thomas Calderwod, elder, burgess of Musselburgh | 2 Feb 1598-9 |
Thomson, Jonet | sometime spouse to Archibald Merchanestoun [Merston], in Musselburgh | 13 July 1598 |
Thomson, Thomas | in Montounhall [Monktonhall] | 30 June 1576 |
Thomson, William | maltman, burgess in Musselburgh | 12 Oct. 1584 |
Tod, Agnes | See Ramage, Simon, in the Fischerraw | |
Tod, David | in Fischerraw | 5 June 1595 |
Tod, David | in Fischerraw | See Adamson, Margaret |
Tod, John | in West-Pans of Preston | 15 Nov. 1591 |
Tod, Mause | See Richardson, Alexander, smith in Fischerraw. | |
Vallance (Vallange), Agnes | relict of John Smart, baxter, burgess of Musselburgh | 22 Jan. 1589-90 |
Verno [Vernour], Robert | in Inveresk | See Hepburn, Katherine |
Vernour, Christiane | sometime spouse to William Adamson, maltman, burgess of Musselburgh | 4 Jan. 1588-9 |
Vernour, Jonet | sometime spouse to William Tailzeour, maltman in Fischerraw, burgess of Musselburgh | 5 Mar 1589-90 |
Vernour, William | in Inneresk | 16 Feb. 1587-8 |
Warnour [Vernour], Jonet | sometime spouse to William Pendman, burgess of Musselburgh | 28 Oct. 1596 |
Warnour [Vernour], Robert | in Inverask | 2 Sept 1596 |
Watson, John | chapman in the Fischerraw | 10 Jan. 1594-5 |
Wernor [Vernour], William | in Inverask | See Harret, Marion |
Williamson, James | maltman in Musselburgh | See Smart, Jonet |
Wood, Jonet | sometime spouse to Peter Johnstone, in Cousland | 6 July 1584 |
Wright, Andro | baxter in the Fischerraw | 18 Feb. 1577-8 |
Wright, Marion | spouse to James Ramsay, in Inneresk, sher. of Lothian | 17 Feb 1594-5 |
See also the corresponding pages for 1601-1700 and 1701-1800