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UOBEUT, SON OF JAMES. 71
(RP.S. 15;.i So again, 3 July 1546, there is au action bv I>avi.l Lo;::iii, burgess of Parti.
Edinburgh, as assignee of the esulieat of the goods of the late James Wcdderliurn, bur"ess
Chap. iv.
of Dundee, v. the Abbot of Liiidore^ Jouet Logan, relict of the said James, Mr. .lames
Bonar, now her spouse, and others, tenants of the said James and his son Itnbert (11. A. D.
II). There are al.so several references to him in connecti(jn with his sou and tiS iD.ll.K. JCU)
and 12 Feb. 1573 i;iJ.l'.B. IGu). By her he also had a son, Edward Wedderburn.
See post p. 73.
Of these two half brothers,
1. Robert Wedderburn [1515 ?— 1551-52],* son and heir of James Wedderburn, i.i
first mentioned in the instrument of 8 Oct. 1530, by which his grandmother, Janet Frost'er
made a settlement on him and his father (S. \V. 8). As in this document he is called a
youth or young man, we may assume that he was about fifteen ycai-s of a;,'e, and this is
borne out by the date of his admission as burgess, "iiuia tilius est Jacobl Ivcdderbuni
8 June 1535," when he was probably about twenty (D.L.B. 12). It is he, and not as ha.s
been supposed his namesake and cousin, afterwards Vicar of Dundee, wiio is the '• Itdbert
son of James Wedderburn, burgess of Dundee,'"' respited for the slaughter of Mali.-oni'i
and for all action or crime, 6 .liui. 15:^0 (K.F.S. 4), and he al.so it is who, with his f.ither
and othei-s, is again respited, 27 July 15-13, for art and part in the murder of I 'avid Uollok,
burgess of Dundee, in the preceding March {il,. 12). He wnecirs liaiids
through his breaking of the fence and arrestment made on the third ]i,ut uf the teind
sheaves of the kirk of Dundee by Alexander Blair, messenger (1M'..S. l.j). He is nau'ed
again in au action against his father's widow, Janet Logan, 3 Julv 151G (K..-\.l). 11 ), and
1 April 1547 he, as son and heir of the late James Wedderburn, sells his N(]f tli .Mnrravgait
land to his uncle Robert \Vedderburn, elder, and Janet Kyd, his v>ife(S.\V. 12\ The
charter has his signature and his seal,'' and a later endorsement bv the f;r.inds()n of the
grantee, Alexander Wedderburn of Kingennie. He is called " uiun;.'ir " in the Dundee
records, in distinction from his uncle just mentioned. Thu.s, 7 Nov. li.'JO, he is so named
(D.B.R. 24 t), and again 16 March 1551, when he acts as jirocurator (D.B.K. 2Sur,
18 Feb. 1522 (D.B.R. IS a), being the son of oUl David \Veilk:'-» nialr. n m—t,
unlikely that they should be tlie sou.-5of the same mother, and al.-^n-ctiuk- llmt KuU-rl it ii'-^cnwuioi m
the son of Janet Logan (e.a. H.A.D. 11), I think it almost certain that lh.iiiii i;i\r!i«i«>ve in-iTm-l.
* Synopsis of References :— S W. 8, 12. 069 ; D.L B. 1-J ; D.lMi. Itl. 132, lii', ICO, I'.!, -JJO ; U.Ii.lC I'l »,
27, 28 a, 39, 50, 66, 98, 159 ; R.R.S. 4, 12. 15 ; K.A.D. 11.
' Campbell of Murthlie was third husband of Robert's patemalaunt, i:iiail-eth\Vc.!d.-tl.iini. .Se ui*-!>rttri,t!y
omitted his name). Some acres in the Kastfieldof Dundee are relVtic-l to a> ..ii.-c hi* 6 IVl*. lJ5n,
22 July 1573 (D.P.B. 91, 166).