Glamis (Angus)

Introduction

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Arms of Lyon, Lord Glamis
(Dunvegan Armorial, DV44)
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Abbreviations

NLS	National Library of Scotland
NRS	National Records of Scotland, formerly called the National Archives of Scotland [NAS] and, before that, the Scottish Record Office [SRO] HM General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY (Tel: +44-131-535-1314)
OPR	Old Parish Registers of Births/baptisms, Banns/marriages & Deaths/burials (pre-1855)

Books & articles

• See also, for history of the parish:
  • The Statistical accounts of Glamis
  • General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 3, pp. 304-347.

• Andrew Jervise - Glamis: its History and Antiquities (Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1861) - a lecture

• Alexander Hastie Millar (ed.) - The Book of Record: a Diary Written by Patrick First Earl of Strathmore and Other Documents relating to Glamis Castle, 1684-1689 (Edinburgh: Scottish History Soc., 1890)

• Andrew Ramsay Nicoll & Denis Quigley (eds) - Glamis: a Village History (Glamis: Glamis Publishing Group, 2000)

• Andrew Ross - The Lyons of Cossins and Wester Ogil, Cadets of Glamis (Edinburgh: G. Waterston, 1901)

• Harry Gordon Slade - Glamis Castle (London: Society of Antiquaries of London, 2000)

• John Stirton - Notes on the Old Parish Church of Glamis (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., 45, 18-97, 1911)

• John Stirton - Glamis: a Parish History (Forfar: W. Shepherd, 1913)

• John Stirton - Glamis Castle: its Origin and History with a Brief Account of the Early Church of the Parish (Forfar: W Shepherd, 1938)

• John Lowe Weir - Glamis: its History and Antiquities (Brechin: D. H. Edwards, 1937)

Statistical accounts of Glamis

• Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 3, p. 124
• New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 337

Maps of Glamis

• 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1959
• 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1861, published 1865

For the full range of maps of Glamis, see National Library's Maps.

Photographs of places

See Geograph.org: Glamis - recent photographs of Glamis. National Grid ref. NO3846.

Glamis parish church

Located at National Grid ref. NO386468. Built 1792. The mediaeval kirk, dedicated to St Fergus, was one of those that belonged to Arbroath Abbey.

   

Above: Glamis kirk

Above: the burial vault of the earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne in Glamis kirkyard; it was the south transept of the former kirk, believed to have been built in the 15th century. See Historic Environment site record for St Fergus's Church, Glamis.

Parish ministers 1560-1942

adm.: admitted, ass.: assistant, bapt.: baptised, contr.: contract, dem.: demitted, dep.: deposed, ind.: inducted, lic.: licensed, mar.: married, min.: minister, ord.: ordained, pres.: presented, rel.: related, res.: resigned, suc.: successor, test.: testament, tr.: translated

James Rolland	1564-1570	vicar
Patrick Lyon	1570	son of James Lyon, burgess of Dundee; pres. to vicarage 11 Oct 1570 on death of James Rolland
Robert Boyd	1567-1571	min. 1567; tr. to Newtyle 1571
John Nevay of that ilk	1571-1590	min. of Newtyle in 1567; tr. & adm. ca. 1571, with Eassie, Lintrathen and Meathie in the charge; min. of Meathie 27 Apr 1577; still min. here 1590
Robert Ramsay	1575-1601	reader; pres. to vicarage 30 Oct 1575 on dem. of Patrick Lyon
Samuel Ramsay	1595-ca. 1600	min. 1595; tr. to Montrose 1599x1601
David Brown	1601-1625	min. of Nevay 1590, also having Eassie, Glamis and Lintrathen in the charge 1593, but Eassie alone in 1596; removed to Eassie 1597x1599; pres. on dem. of Robert Ramsay, tr. & adm. 1601; also held parsonage & vicarage of Clova, which he dem. bef. 1 Mar 1616; d. Mar 1625, an old man; mar.; issue: James, M.A.; Cath.; Geo.
Silvester Lammie	1625-1665?	son of George Lammie of Dunkenny; M.A. St Andrews 1617; pres. 4 Jul 1625; member of Commission of Assembly 1646; prob. d. bef. 20 Dec 1665; mar. Helen, eldest dau. of John Ogilvy of Balfour; issue: John, of Dunkenny and Balnamoon; Silvester, min. of Eassie; Eliz. (mar. Robert Douglas, bishop of Dunblane)
George Middleton	1667-1685	M.A.; adm. 5 Jun 1667; appointed regent, Kings Aberdeen 1671; dem. 1673; again min. here bef. 27 Jul 1684; dem. 11 Jan 1685 on appointment as principal of Kings
William Chalmers	1674-1681	b. ca. 1636, son of Wm C., min. of Fettercairn; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1656; adm. to Bervie 4 May 1670; tr. & adm. 15 Apr 1674; d. Mar 1681; mar. (1) ---, dau. of Patrick Lyon, min. of Barry; mar. (2) 1676 Martha, dau. of Arthur Granger, min. of Panbride; issue: Patrick; Grizel; Helen
John Lyon	1681-1684	M.A.; tr. from Airlie & adm. 21 Dec 1681; tr. to Tealing bef. 27 Jul 1684
George Middleton	1684-1685	as above
John Balvaird primus	1685-1698	M.A. St Andrews 1642; ord. to Kirkden 13 Jun 1650; tr. & adm. 24 Sep 1685; d. 1 Mar 1698, aged ca. 76; mar. Eliz. Spalding; issue: John, min. here; Wm, min. of Kirkden; Alexr; David, servitor to earl of Strathmore; Robt; Marjory (mar. Robert Strachan, min. of Colvend); Margaret (mar. James Walker, min. of Buittle); Eliz.; Kath.
John Balvaird secundus	1699-1716	b. 1652, son of above; M.A. St Andrews 1670; adm. to Edzell soon aft. 4 Sep 1684; prob. outed from there 1699; intruded here 11 Jun 1699; studied medicine & became M.D.; dem. ca. 1716; d. 28 Oct 1740
William Dun	1716-1725	ord. to 2nd charge Inveresk MLN 12 Apr 1709; tr. & adm. 11 Nov 1716; d. 23 Nov 1725; mar. Eliz. Campbell, who survived him
James Ogilvy	1726-1740	ord. 21 Sep 1726; d. 20 Nov 1740
James Donaldson	1741-1779	descendant of Patrick Donaldson, portioner of Mains of Rattray; ord. 3 Sep 1741; d. 3 Dec 1779; mar. 1743 Margaret, dau. of James Adams, min. of Kinnaird; issue: Jean (mar. 1770 James Hay of Seggieden); Mary; Thos
James Lyon	1780-1838	b. 29 Mar 1759, son of George Lyon of Wester Ogil, min. of Longforgan PER; ord. 14 Sep 1780; D.D. Marischal 1823; d. 3 Apr 1838, father of the synod; mar. 1786 Agnes, elder dau. of John Ramsay L'Amy of Dunkenny [a poetess]; issue: Agnes Hamilton (mar. Wm Rogers, min. of Rescobie); Geo., of Snowdon House, Stirling; James; Margaret; Ann Dempster; Janet; Wm, min. of Union Chapel, Aberdeen; Barbara Kath.; Jane Playfair; Stewart [f.]
Thomas Jackson Crawford	1838-1844	M.A.; tr. from Cults FIF & adm. 20 Sep 1838; D.D. St Andrews 1844; tr. to St Andrew's Edinburgh 16 Aug 1844
John Alexander Castlemaine Tannoch	1844-1872	b. 17 Feb 1805, eldest son of James T., soldier, Indian Army; ord. to St David's Edinburgh 9 Feb 1837; tr. to Kinross 27 Sep 1842; tr. & adm. 31 Oct 1844; D.D. Marischal 1854; d. 28 Sep 1872; mar. 1844 Anna, dau. of Capt. George Macpherson, R.N.; issue: Margaret Macpherson; Jane Reid (mar. William Waddell, min. of Fern); Sarah Mackintosh; Anna; John; Mary Jane; Geo. Macpherson
John Stevenson	1873-1903	b. 17 Jul 1836, son of Patk James S., D.D., min. of Coupar Angus; ass. Aberdeen West; ord. to Millbrex 19 Jul 1861; tr. to Dun 3 Aug 1865; tr. & adm. 6 Feb 1873; LL.D.(St Andrews 1888); d. 27 Nov 1903 Glamis; mycologist; mar. 1864 Eliz., dau. of John Valentine, land & mill owner, Canada; issue: Patrick James; Emily Annie; Mary Henrietta (mar. Maunsell Grant Mackintosh Donald, min. of Kinnettles)
John Stirton	1904-1919	b. 3 Sep 1871 Perth, son of John S., merchant; M.A. Glasgow 1894, B.D. St Andrews 1897; tutor to Archibald Alexander, earl of Leven and Melville; ass. St Giles Edinburgh 1897-1902; ord. to Corsock 25 Sep. 1902; tr. & adm. 19 May 1904; tr. to Crathie ABD 2 Apr 1919; appointed chaplain to king 1920; D.D. St Andrews 1926; C.V.O. 1936; led procession of clergy at coronation, Westminster Abbey, 1937; dem. from Crathie 3 Sep 1941; d. 9 Oct 1944 Edinburgh; mar. 1917 Edith Georgina Katherine, only dau. of George Dickson of Monybuie, Sheriff-substitute of Dumfries and Galloway
Matthew Babington	1919-1942	b. 15 Apr 1877 Kilwinning AYR, son of Robt B.; M.A. 1900 B.D. 1903 Glasgow; ord. to Toward 29 Sep 1909; dem. 3 Oct 1916; ass. St Mary's Dundee 1916-9; adm. 18 Dec 1919; d. 7 June 1942 Dundee; mar. 1927 Anna Arnot Bell or Whyte
Hugh Gow Mhuir Watson [or Muir Watson]	1942-1962-?	b. 1901 Glasgow; from St George's, Lamlash; ind. Dec 1942; d. 13 Mar 1982; mar. 1938 Ann B. Llewellyn

Monumental inscriptions

Monuments in Glamis Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 200 stones) are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Angus, Vol. 1: Strathmore" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1993), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Angus MI - Vol. 1. Pre-1855 Strathmore" in their online shop.)

Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Glamis in his Epitaphs & Inscriptions, vol. 1, pp. 180-6 and Charles Rogers also recorded several verses on stones there in his Monuments & Monumental Inscriptions in Scotland, vol. 2, pp. 231-5.

Glamis war memorial
Located at NO382466

See also:

• Scottish War Memorials Project: Glamis WW1

• Inside Glamis Kirk, Scottish War Memorials Project: Glamis WW2

• Scottish War Memorials Project: David & John Rennie Maxwell

Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1855 to present

Indexes and actual records for Statutory Registers of Births, Marriages & Deaths, beginning 1 Jan 1855, are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.

Births, Marriages & Deaths, before 1855

Indexes and actual records for all extant Old Parish Registers (OPRs) (pre-1855) of the Established Church of Scotland are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.

• Births & baptisms

  • 1677 - 1854

• Banns & Marriages

  • 1699 - 1715
  • 1834 - 1854

• Deaths & Burials

  • 1685 - 1715
  • 1834 - 1854

Church Session Records of Glamis Parish Church

Nature of record	Dates	NRS ref. CH2/170/...
Minutes	1719-1747	1
Heritors' minutes	1793, 1803	1
Account of the parish	1791	1
Division of church seating	1793	1
Provisions for schoolmaster	1823	1
Minutes	1780-1833	2
Accounts	1789-1832	2
Minutes	1833-1874	3
Accounts	1833-1845	3

Glamis Heritors' records

Nature of record	Dates	NRS ref. HR760/...
Papers re transference of property to Church of Scotland General Trustees	1926-1928	1

Land owners

There were 4 proprietors of land in the parish in 1842:

• Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne
• lord Douglas
• James Henderson - Rochel-hill
• William Douglas - part of Brigton

Estate records

Papers of Bowes-Lyon Family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne, - National Register of Archives for Scotland ref. NRAS885 [privately held papers]

Farmers / Tenants

Farm	Name	Dates as tenant
Arniefoul	Robert Rennie	-1851-
do	William C. Paterson	-1861-
do	John Johnston	-1881-
Back Cotton	George Duncan	-1861-
Berryhillock	Patrick Fife	-1759-
do	James Cathro [d. 1902]	-1851-1881-
Chamberwells	John Gibson [d. 1855]	-1855
do	Alexander Gibson	-1861-
do	John Gibson	-1881-
Clayhouses	Alexander Lawson	-1851-
do	Alexander Donald	-1871-1881-
Claypotts	George Millar	-1861-1871-
do	Peter Millar	-1861-
do	David Aldil[?]	-1861-
Cossans	Robert Taylor	-1851-1861-
do	Joseph Hay	-1871-
do	Charles Cook	-1881-
Denoon	Hugh Morrice Alexander	-1861-
Drumgley	Charles Wishart [d. 1865]	-1851-1861-
do	George Wishart	-1871-
do	George Ritchie	-1851-
do	James Ritchie	-1861-1871-
do	James Dear [d. 1868]	-1861-
do	James Dear yr	-1871-
Dryburn	Andrew Couper	-1861-1871-
do	James McKenzie	-1881-
Easter Denoon	Hugh Morrice Alexander	-1871-1881-
Easter Drumgley	William Donaldson	-1851-
do	William Brown	-1881-
Easter Handick	William Dryden	-1881-
Ewnie	Thomas Guthrie	-1851-
do	David L Jack	-1871-1881-
Gateside	Andrew Bruce	-1861-
Glamis	John Luckie	-1861-1871-
do	David Fairweather	-1861-
do	David Reich	-1861-1871-
Glamis Hotel	Robert Toplis [d. 1891]	-1881-1891
Glamis miller's house	William Smith	-1861-
Green Bank	Charles Ritchie	-1851-1871-
do	David Imrie	-1881-
Hatton	David Couper [d. 1882]	-1851-1882
Haughs of Cossans	James Taylor	-1851-
Hole Mill	George Dove	-1861-
do	John Milne	-1871-1881-
Kilmundie	Joseph Lyon & William Lyon	-1881-
Knockenny	James Watson [d. 1841]	-1841
do	John Watson	-1851-1861-
do	James Watson Milne	-1881-
Leys of Cossans	David Crabbe	-1861-1881-
do	John Robertson	-1861-1881-
Little Cossans	James Lindsay	-1851-
Little Kilmundie	Thomas Reid	-1851-1861-
do	James Reid	-1871-1901-
do	John Reid [d. 1905]	-?-
Loanhead	George Johnston	-1871-
Lochmill	David Johnston [d. 1893]	-1851-1861-
do	James Porter	-1881-
Lochside	William Rea [d. 1883]	-1851-1881-
Mains of Glamis	Lieut. John Alexander HEICS [d.1910]	-1851-
do	William Arnot [d. 1912]	-1861-1901-
Meikle Kilmundie	Joseph Lyon [d. 1900]	-1851-1871-
Mill of Arniefoul	John Nicoll	-1765-
Milton	Alexander Bower [d. 1795]	-1795
do	John Milne	-1851-1871-
Mossend	Alexander Kidd	-1851-
do	Andrew Niven	-1871-
do	George Millar	-1881-
Muir of Ewnie	David Johnston	-1851-1861-
do	John Wilkie	-1871-
Nether Drumgley	James Gibson	-1861-
do	William Ross	-1881-
Nether Handick	James Duff	-1851-1871-
do	Thomas Duff	-1851-
do	John Duff	-1881-
Nether Hayston	William Whyte	-1851-
do	Archibald Whyte [d. 1892]	-1871-1881-
Nether Middleton	Andrew Nicoll [d. 1879]	-1879
do	John Nicoll	-1881-
Newhouse	William D. Procter	-1851-
do	David Fairweather	-1871-
Newton	Alexander Barry	-1851-
do	John Barry	-1861-
North Drumgley	George Duncan	-1871-
North Middletown	Andrew Nicoll	-1851-
Plans of Cossans	Andrew Robertson [d. 1852]	-1852
do	Alexander Lawson	-1861-
do	Benjamin Robertson	-1861-
do	David Will	-1861-
Plans of Thornton	William Craig	-1851-
do	Andrew Rough [d. 1887]	-1851-1871-
do	John Warden	-1861-
do	David Stewart	-1861-
do	William Ferrier	-1861-
do	David Nicoll	-1861-1881-
do	John Ostler	-1861-
do	Robrt Whitton	-1861-1871-
do	David Rea	-1871-
do	William Kerr	-1871-
do	David Luckie	-1881-
do	James Campbell	-1881-
Rochelhill Mains	John Thomson	-1861-1881-
Ryehill	James Clark	-1851-1871-
do	Charles Clark	-1881-
South Drumgley	David Gibson	-1871-
Tarbrax	Rea Davidson	-1851-
do	Peter Jarron	-1861-1881-
Temple Bank	Alexander Rattray [d. 1851]	-1851
do	John Rattray [d. 1887]	-1871-1887
Thornton	Patrick Husband	-1724-
Upper Arniefoul	James Suttie	-1851-
do	Thomas Davidson	-1851-1861-
do	Robert Suttie	-1851-1861-
do	David Gibson	-1851-1861-
do	Samuel Mortimer [d.1865]	-1851-1861-
do	Charles Paterson	-1851-
do	Alexander Nicoll	-1861-1871-
do	Robert Rennie	-1861-
do	James Mortimer	-1861-1871-
do	James Gilson[?]	-1871-
do	Andrew Chalmers	-1881-
do	Andrew Rennie	-1881-
do	William Langlands	-1881-
do	Joseph Dryden	-1881-
Upper Handwick	Andrew Gibson	-1861-
do	Andrew Nicoll	-1861-
Upper Drumgley	Charles Stewart	-1861-1881-
Upper Hayston	James Langlands [d. 1885]	-1851-1885
Upper Middletown	Andrew Osler	-1851-
do	Robert Grant	-1881-
Warcking[?]	James Milne	-1871-
Wester Denoon	Andrew Hood [d. 1826]	-1826
do	John Whyte	-1871-1881-
Wester Rochelhill	George Dove [d. 1905]	-1871-1881-
Wetherleys	Andrew Cathro [d. 1778]	-1778
Woodbank	William Henderson	-1851-
Woodend	William Small	-1851-1881-
Wreathes	William Hill	-1871-1881-

Census records

Records of the official censuses of the parish in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 and 1921 are held in Register House, Edinburgh and are open to the public on payment of a fee.

Indexes to all the original census records, and the records themselves, can be accessed online at modest charge at ScotlandsPeople.

Microfilm copies are also widely available in libraries. The 1881 census is available on CD-ROM.

The early censuses of 1801-31 do not name individuals.

Population statistics

Year	male	female	total	ref.
1755			1780	Dr Alexander Webster
1783			about 2040	Old Statistical Account
1801			1931
1811			1856
1821	957	1052	2009
1831			1999
1836	1045	1105	2150	New Statistical Account
1841
1851			2152
1871	872	941	1813
1881	793	838	1631

After change of parish boundary:

Year	male	female	total
1891	741	723	1464
1901	685	666	1351
1911	583	576	1159
1921	548	551	1099

Testaments & wills

Glamis was in the Commissariot of St Andrews.

Indexes to all extant pre-1926 testamentary records (wills & inventories of moveable property) can be searched free of charge at ScotlandsPeople. Digital (and paper) copies of the documents can be purchased at that site. See further the introduction to Angus & Kincardineshire at Testaments.

Testaments of Glamis people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1823

Margaret Adams	spouse to Mr James Donaldson, minister at Glamis	10 Jun 1775
John Allan younger	in Denhead of Ogilvie	26 Apr 1619
Silvester Allardyce	in Glamis	17 Nov 1718
Thomas Allardyce	in Glamis	21 Jul 1625
James Badenoch	farmer, Mains of Glammis, thereafter at Johnston, Laurencekirk	21 Oct 1803
John Balharrie	par. of Glamis	27 Oct 1674
Mr John Balvaird	sometime minister at Glamis	26 May 1702
Gilbert Barrie	in Milntoun of Ogilvie	10 Feb 1676
Alexander Bellie	in Newtoun of Glamis	21 Jan 1629
Andrew Blackie	in the Glen of Ogilvie	26 Nov 1614
Thomas Blackie	in Glen of Ogilvie	15 Apr 1637
John Blair	cotterman in Chappellfuird	3 Mar 1600
John Blair	at Kilmundie	23 Jan 1615
David Brown	minister at Glamis	2 Dec 1625
Peter Brown	flax-dresser in Glamis	17 Aug 1785
Silvester Brown	in Woodend of Ogilvie	15 Oct 1613
Isobel Buchan	spouse to John Newtoune, in Nether Drumgley	22 Oct 1624
James Burn of Wester Denoon	par. of Glamis	24 Jan 1750
James Carter	in Glamis	19 Jun 1618
John Cathro	in Dryburnes	3 Oct 1638
John Chaplain	tenant in Lochmylne	13 Aug and 3 Sep 1701
Catherine Clerk	spouse to William Donaldson, in Newtoune of Glamis	21 Apr 1618
Agnes Cuthbert	widow in Drumgley	18 Aug 1620
William Dempster	in the Cottartoun of Glamis	26 Nov 1617
Mirabill Den	spouse to James Blair, in Glen of Ogilvie	27 May 1617
Christiane Deuchars	spouse to James Samsone, in Craw-nest of Glen of Ogilvie	23 Apr 1628
John Dog	sometime in Wedderlaws	5 Dec 1618
George Doig	shoemaker in Glamis	31 Mar 1783 and 25 Aug 1784
Thomas Donaldson	in the Cottoun of Thomastoun	21 Feb 1637
Barbara Durham	spouse to Thomas Fothringhame of Dynone	8 Oct 1640
James Elder	in Glamis	29 Apr 1691
Robert Fairweather	in Chaippilmoss, in Glen of Ogilvie	5 Oct 1619
David Falconer	in Glamis	27 Mar 1616
John Ferguson	servant man in Glen of Ogilvie	25 Feb 1600
Margaret Finlay	spouse to John Adam, in Nether Drumylay	29 Jul 1724
John Fleming	and Isobel Luke, his spouse, in Glamis	11 Feb 1652
Robert Fullarton	in Milne of Ogilvie	14 Jan 1618
William Gammock	writer in Glamis	23 Apr 1785
Janet Gibb	spouse to John Law, in Cottertoun of Haystoun	8 Mar 1619
James Gibson	in Drumgley	27 Mar 1641
Agnes Gillies	in Newtoun of Glamis	22 Oct 1638
Thomas Guthrie	tenant at Scroggarfield	23 Oct 1820
Janet Heir	spouse to John Henrie, in Meikle Kilmundie	14 Jul 1621
Andrew Henderson	weaver in Miltoun of Glen of Ogilvie	20 Jul 1675
Margaret Henderson	in Meikle Kilmundie	12 Jun 1620
William Henderson	in Glen of Ogilvie	8 Apr 1641
Isobel Hood	spouse to Thomas Guild, in Cossins	6 Dec 1616
John Hunter	in Glamis	28 Aug 1674
Isobel Hutcheon	sometime spouse to Alexander Milne, cotterman in Kilmundie	17 Mar 1600
Sir George Innes of Easter Dinnoone, knight baronet	par. of Glamis	24 Nov 1698 and 14 Oct 1702
Isobel Innes	spouse to William Ruthven, in Easter Dinnune, and sister-german to Sir George Innes of Easter Dinnune, knight baronet	10 Sep 1707
Janet Irons	in Glamis	6 Jul 1615
Alison Keill	spouse to John Lyone, in Midletoune of Ogilvie	12 Feb 1629
John Kinnear	in Haltoun of Ogilvie	6 May 1641
Margaret Kinnear	spouse to John Stewart, in Balmunde	27 Apr 1614
William Kinnear	cotterman, sometime in Haltoun of Ogilvie	17 Mar 1600
Adam Kyd	in Glamis	18 Jul 1617
Catherine Kyd	spouse to John Syme, wobster in Claypotts	14 Jul 1621
Agnes Laing	widow in the Glen of Ogilvie	18 Oct 1613
John Laing	in Milnetoune of Ogilvie	2 Apr 1618
Oliver Lambie	cotterman, sometime in Kilmundie	17 Mar 1600
Agnes Langlands	spouse to Alexander Smith, in Drumlay	16 Oct 1649
John Low	tailor in Glamis	19 & 20 Jul 1815
George Luke (Louk)	in Glamis	15 Apr 1637
Alexander Lyon	in Glamis	29 Jul 1637
Frederick Lyon	in Arnafoull	15 Oct 1687 and 11 Mar 1692
Janet Lyon	spouse to Andrew Syme, in Glen of Ogilvie	18 Mar 1637
John Lyon of Wasthill	par. of Glamis	30 May 1637
Patrick Lyon, Earl of Kinghorne, Lord Lyon and Glamis		30 Apr 1616
Margaret McReath	spouse to James Clyde, in Little Cossins	18 May 1615
Alexander Mackie	in Woodend of Glen of Ogilvie	13 Oct 1681
John Martin	in Newtone of Glamis	2 Jan 1650
Andrew Mathie	in Tempiltoun of Thorntoun	25 Jun 1616
James Mitchell	in Haystown	30 Jun 1797
Helen Nicoll	spouse to John Blair, in Raits	5 May 1619
Thomas Nicoll	in Meikle Kilmundie	22 Jan 1638
Robert Osler	tenant in Over Middleton in Glen Ogilvie	9 Nov 1814
George Parker	in Glamis	5 Oct 1619
Patrick Philip	in the Newtoun of Glamis	31 Jul 1637
Marjorie Porter	spouse to John Low, at the Walk milne	25 Jun 1616
Edward Prett	in Glamis	13 Sep 1648
Edward Prettie	in Glamis	28 Apr 1651
John Pynnell	in Cottoun of Dourbyn	24 Feb 1614
Andrew Ramsay	in Glamis	21 Jul 1625
James Ramsay	at the Barns of Glamis	20 Jun 1626
Mary Ramsay	relict of John Lyon of Westhall	14 Mar 1649
Robert Ramsay	tenant in Middleton, Glen of Ogilvie	11 Nov 1817
George Reid	in Cottoune of Glamis	3 May 1621
John Reid	in Glen of Ogilvie	1 Feb 1614
John Rhind	in Balnamoir of Glamis	3 Oct 1723
John Roche	cotterman, sometime in Kilmundie	17 Mar 1600
Janet Rodger	spouse to Andrew Wobster, in the Glen of Ogilvie	18 May 1614
William Ruthven	in Dunnoone, lawful son to the deceased William Ruthven of Garden [Gardyne]	30 Apr 1703
Elspet Scott	in Dinune	17 Mar 1600
Bessie Shepherd	spouse to James Kid, in Glamis	5 Jun 1616
Katherine Shepherd	residenter in Glamis, relict of James Horn, sometime blacksmith at Bridgend of Glamis	13 Jan 1794
Andrew Simpson	in Wester Dinnown	16 Jun 1688
John Skirling	in Drumgly	26 Oct 1685
Alexander Smith	carter at Glamis	20 & 28 Feb 1810
Catherine Smith	sometime spouse to William Smyth, in Drimgley	1 Oct 1605
William Smith	in Glamis	19 Jul 1626
Bessie Soutar	sometime spouse to John Mitchelsoun, brabonar in Cottoun in Easter Dynnown	1 Oct 1605
Margaret Storrar	spouse to Andrew Blair, in Glen of Ogilvie	23 Apr 1628
Robert Thayne	in Milnetoun of Ogilvie	29 Apr 1616
Alexander Thomson	in Cottertoun of Thorntoun	13 Mar 1618
Janet Thomson	sometime spouse to Robert Fullarton, browster and cotterman in Dinune	18 Mar 1600
John Thomson	in Arnasowle	7 Jul 1620
Elspet Thornton	spouse to James Wat, in Haystoun	19 Jun 1617
Gilbert Thornton of that Ilk	par. of Glamis	21 Jan 1618
John Thornton younger	spouse to Alison Butter, in Glamis	6 Dec 1616
John Thornton	ground officer in the Lordship of Glamis	28 Aug 1777
Alexander Wallis	in Cottoun of Drumgley	2 Nov 1621
Janet Watson	sometime spouse to Silvester Broune, cotterman in Woodend	17 Mar 1600
David Watterstoun	in Dennoyne	11 Jun 1651
John Webster	cotterman in Wester Dynoyne	25 Feb 1600
Agnes Weyld	spouse to Walter Duncan, cotterman in Caldsyde	17 Mar 1600
Janet Wilkie	spouse to David Wilson, in Drumgley	17 Jan 1617
James Williamson	in Glen of Ogilvie	6 Feb 1637
Janet Williamson	spouse to Thomas Cathrow, in Hamdiweik	21 Aug 1619
Christian Wilson	spouse to William Lyoune, in Ogilvie	12 Jun 1620
Janet Wilson	spouse to John Smyth, in Scrogarfeld	24 Feb 1619
Thomas Wishart	at the Myln of Glamis	18 Feb 1675
Andrew Wright	in Reidie	10 Jul 1637
Alexander Young	blacksmith in Glamis	4 Aug 1787

Testaments registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant

Alexander Jack and James Jack	in Glamis	14 Dec 1737
James Jack	brewer in Glamis, and George Jack, his son	14 Jul 1736
Walter Lorimer	sometime at Glammer at Glamis, and last in par. of Mains	24 Jul 1766
Janet Neave	spouse to John Nicol, in Arnipat	16 Dec 1768
John Taylor younger	weaver in Glamis	12 Aug 1730

Testaments of Glamis people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600

Andro Henderson	in Haystoun, par. of Glamis	19 Feb 1577-8
Margaret Hog	spous to George Douglas, in Newtoun of Glamys	Feb 1565
John Lyon lord Glammis	Chancellor of Scotland	25 Jun 1578
John Monorgund	at the Mylne of Dennone, par. of Glammis in Angus	27 Apr 1592
Alexander Nichol	in Easter-Dynnune, par. of Glammis, sher. of Forfar	26 Feb 1592-3
Marjorie Ogilvie	sometime spouse to Robert Lyon, in Scrogerfeild, par. of Glammis, sher. of Forfar	2 Aug 1595
Elspeth Parker	relict of Andro Henryson, in Haystoun, par. of Glammis	21 Feb 1577-8
Christiane Thomson	sometime spouse to umquhile Alexander Mertene, in Wester-Cottoun of Dennuine, par. of Glamis in Angus	26 Mar 1588
George Walker	in Drumgley, par. of Glammis	5 May 1582
David Whyte	in Nether-Drumgley, par. of Glammis	20 Oct 1580
William Whyte	in Drumgley, par. of Glammis in Angus	7 Aug 1595

Testaments of Glamis people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700

George Fithie (Fethie)	in the Newtown of Glammis, par. of Glammis, sher. of Forfar	29 Dec 1602
Alexander Fullartoun of Denune	par. of Glammis, in Angus	14 Mar 1603
Sara Fullartoun	sometime spouse to Thomas Ogilvie, in Tarbray, par. of Glammis, in Angus	22 Aug 1608
Robert Lyon	in Drumgley, par. of Glammis, in Angus	25 May 1605
Margaret Smith	in Newtown of Glamis, in Angus	9 Mar 1603
John Thornton	in Glammes, sher. of Angus	25 Aug 1603
John Thornton of that ilk	par. of Glammis, in Angus	27 May 1607

Testaments of Glamis people from the Registers of Testaments of the Commissariot and Sheriff Court of Edinburgh, 1701-1823

John Bowes Lyon, earl of Strathmore

5 Jan 1822 [SC70/1/26]

Clock & watch tax, 1797-8

Images of the original records for Glamis:

NRS ref. E326/12/2/43

Farm horse tax, 1797-8

Images of the original records for Glamis:

• NRS ref. E326/10/3/24
• NRS ref. E326/10/9/118

Places of interest

• Glamis Castle

• Glamis Castle Garden

• Glamis Castle: Garden