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James Tweedie, of Frude

b. circa 1500, d. December 1562

Birth

James Tweedie, of Frude, was born circa 1500.1

Parents

FatherBrother of John Tweedie (b. circa 1480)
MotherCatherine Fraser, Lady Fruid (b. circa 1500)

Property23,4,5,67,4

Death

James Tweedie, of Frude, died was murdered in the house of Williakm Tweedie, burgess of Edinburgh in December 1562 at age ~62 in Edinburgh.8,9

Citations

  1. [S29] Various, "WikiTree," pedigree, Commons, WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki: online 10 November 2023), James Tweedie (abt. 1500 - abt. 1557) at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tweedie-8.
  2. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 479–480.
  3. [S28] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh: T and A Constable, 1911), vol viii, Fleming Earl of Wigtown pages 519 - 558.
  4. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 507.
  5. [S58] Edinburgh, National Records of Scotland, "Online Catalogue," National Records of Scotland (https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue: viewed 25 September 2025), GD18 17/3, 26 Mar 1531, Charter from Catherine Fraser of Frude and her husband, James Tweedie, in favour of Malcolm, Lord Fleming, anent the lands of 'Urrisland' in Glenholm.
  6. [S17] Francis J Grant (Ed), Charter Chest of the Earldom of Wigtown: 1214-1681 (Edinburgh: James Skinner & Company for the Scottish Record Society, 1910), Charter 483–485.
  7. [S43] Scotland Court of Exchequer, editor, Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1912), vol iii, ch 1079, p. 236; online image, Internet Archive, archive.org (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101038096846&seq=7&q1=flemyng : accessed 12 April 2025.
  8. [S85] Robert Pitcairn, Criminal Trials in Scotland: from 1488 to 1624, embracing the entire Reigns of James IV, V, Mary and James VI (Edinburgh: William Tait, 1833), vol i, p 426; online image, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/criminaltrialsin01pitc/page/n7/mode/2up : accessed 9 April 2025; Murder of the Laird of Frude.
  9. [S5] William Hunter, Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar District, Archeological, Historical and Biographical, second edition (Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867), p 580.
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