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RMS · Volume IX
Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum
Volume IX carries the Guthrie record into the turbulent middle decades of the seventeenth century, preserving evidence for Guthrie families, legal and civic careers, ecclesiastical connections, marriage networks, and the changing history of several Angus properties associated with Guthrie research.
Overview
RMS Volume IX covers the years 1634–1651. Its charters preserve a broad documentary record of landholding, succession, marriage provisions, legal work, ecclesiastical administration, royal confirmations, and territorial change during an exceptionally unsettled period of Scottish history.
For Guthrie research, the volume contains both Direct Guthrie records naming identifiable people and Supplementary Context records involving properties, institutions, and transactions useful for reconstructing the wider documentary landscape.
Bishop John Guthrie of Moray
Several records concern John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray. The major barony record identifies his wife Nicole Wood and provides an explicit succession sequence involving his sons John, Patrick, and Andrew Guthrie.
Angus Estates & Territorial Context
The volume preserves important context for Guthrie, Hiltoun, Craigie, Kinblathmont, Kincaldrum, Lunan, Balnabreich, and Guthrieshill, along with neighboring properties that help distinguish similarly named places.
Legal & Civic Guthries
The records document Guthries acting as notaries, writers, clerks, witnesses, and other legal or civic participants, including Richard Guthrie, Walter Guthrie, James Guthrie, and Mr. Alexander Guthrie, common clerk of Edinburgh.
Marriage & Female-Line Evidence
Guthrie women appear in marriage, liferent, consent, occupancy, and property clauses, preserving evidence of connections with families including Home, Watt, Lindsay, Ogilvy, Stirling, and Donaldson.
Digitized Volume
John Maitland Thomson, ed., Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, Volume IX, A.D. 1634–1651.
Historical Setting · Scotland, 1634–1651
Volume IX spans one of the most unsettled periods in seventeenth-century Scottish history. Its opening years belong to the reign of Charles I; its closing years follow his execution and Scotland’s recognition of his son, Charles II.
Charles I & Religious Conflict
During the 1630s, disputes over royal authority and ecclesiastical reform intensified. Resistance to changes in Scottish worship culminated in the National Covenant of 1638 and the Bishops’ Wars.
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
During the 1640s, Scotland became deeply involved in the interconnected conflicts affecting Scotland, England, and Ireland. Military service, political allegiance, forfeiture, taxation, and ecclesiastical change all affected property and administration.
1649 · Death of Charles I
Charles I was executed in January 1649. Scotland subsequently proclaimed his son Charles II, creating a sharply different constitutional situation from that prevailing in England.
1650–1651 · Charles II & War
Charles II came to Scotland in 1650 and was crowned at Scone in January 1651. The period closed amid continuing warfare and the defeat of the royalist cause at Worcester later that year.
For Guthrie research, this period is particularly significant for the documentary history of Bishop John Guthrie of Moray, the changing status of ecclesiastical property, the continuation and transfer of Angus land interests, and the activity of Guthries within Edinburgh’s legal and civic networks.
Master Finding Aid
This finding aid lists the 54 expanded Volume IX records retained for Guthrie Genealogy: 40 Direct Guthrie records and 14 Supplementary Context records. Row color carries the evidence distinction so the table can remain at six useful columns without a separate evidence-type column.
Direct Guthrie Record
A Guthrie person is named in the charter, or the printed Index Nominum securely identifies a forename-and-office reference as Guthrie. Where the surname is supplied by the index rather than printed in the calendared charter text, the row says so.
Supplementary Context
Pale-green rows preserve a Guthrie-associated place, estate, ecclesiastical setting, superiority, or later territorial history without counting it as a directly named Guthrie-person occurrence.
How to Use the Table
Select a charter number to jump to its expanded record. Exact digitized-page links are used where verified; otherwise the source link opens the verified Volume IX copy without inventing a scan number.
| Ch. # |
Date | Person / Place |
Location / Branch |
Research Significance |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | 14 Jun1634 | James Guthrie, notary public | Scone / Perthshire | Notary receiving instruments of resignation; dated professional evidence. | RMS IXpp. 56–57 |
| 225 | 15 Oct1634 | Balnabreich | Brechin / Navar / Panmure | Balnabreich appears within the later Brechin–Navar territorial complex; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 91–92 |
| 228 | 21 Oct1634 | Mr Henry Guthrie, minister at Stirling | Stirling / Clerical | Named minister included in a high-level royal ecclesiastical commission. | RMS IXpp. 93–94 |
| 286 | 16 Mar1635 | Hiltoun de Guthrie & Langlands | Angus / Balgawy–Turing | Place-name evidence within Sir Andrew Fletcher’s large barony grant; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 113–114 |
| 291 | 17 Mar1635 | Lunan & Kinblathmont | Angus / Carnegie of Ethie | Later tenure context for two Guthrie-associated estates; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 116–117 |
| 323 | 27 Jun1635 | Alexander Guthrie of Kincaldrum; David Guthrie his father | Kincaldrum | Explicit father–son evidence within the sale of the Kincaldrum barony; underlying charter 29 Nov 1633. | RMS IXpp. 127–128 |
| 332 | 6 Jul1635 | Walter Guthrie, servant of Walter Robertson, burgh scribe | Aberdeen | Writer of the underlying charter; evidence for Aberdeen scribal and legal work. | RMS IXpp. 130–131 |
| 344 | 11 Jul1635 | Nicola Guthrie, widow of John Watt; wife of Jasper Home | East Barnes / Dunbar | Direct remarriage and property-consent evidence. John Watt—not Nicola—is explicitly called father of William Watt. | RMS IXp. 137 |
| 355 | 18 Jul1635 | Alexander Guthrie of Gagie | Gagie / Ross transaction | Territorially styled witness to a Bishop of Ross / Earl of Seaforth charter; underlying instrument 11 Feb 1635. | RMS IXp. 141 |
| 377 | 1 Aug1635 | James Guthrie, notary — Index Nominum identification | Kinblathmont / Angus | The charter body does not print the surname, but the Volume IX Index Nominum explicitly indexes “Jac., notarius” at Charters 130 and 377. Direct editorially identified notarial evidence. | RMS IXpp. 149–150 |
| 422 | 28 Nov1635 | Walter Guthrie, notary public | Aberdeen | Writer of the underlying charter dated 31 Oct 1635; continuing Aberdeen notarial evidence. | RMS IXpp. 162–163 |
| 616 | 28 Nov1636 | John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray; Peter Guthrie; Nichola Wood; sons John, Patrick & Andrew | Barony of Guthrie | Pivotal transfer of the Barony of Guthrie after Peter Guthrie’s resignation, with explicit succession through Bishop John’s sons; Hiltoun and Langlands excepted. | RMS IXp. 222 |
| 680 | 20 Mar1637 | Robert Guthrie in Stitchell | Stitchell / Roxburghshire | Occupier or tenant evidence placing Robert Guthrie at Stitchell. | RMS IXpp. 243–245 |
| 713 | 12 Jun1637 | Nicola Guthrie, wife of Jasper Home | East Barnes / Dunbar | Continues the Nicola Guthrie–Home–Watt property sequence; she and her husband occupy the relevant portion of East Barnes. | RMS IXp. 256 |
| 760 | 31 Jul1637 | Lunan / Arbekie territorial context | Angus / Lunan | Later territorial and superiority evidence touching the Lunan estate network; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 271–272 |
| 790 | 16 Jan1638 | David Guthrie of Kincaldrum | Kincaldrum / Inverarity | Historical title-chain reference preserving David Guthrie’s earlier Kincaldrum interest. | RMS IXpp. 282–283 |
| 851 | 31 Jul1638 | John Guthrie, lawful son of the late John Guthrie of Kirktoun of Blair | Kirktoun of Blair / Perthshire | Explicit father–son identification in a witness clause. | RMS IXp. 310 |
| 874 | 24 Dec1638 | Mr Patrick & Mr Andrew Guthrie, lawful sons of the Bishop of Moray | Moray / Spynie | Charter names Patrick and Andrew Guthrie as lawful sons of the Bishop; the Index identifies them as sons of John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray. | RMS IXpp. 319–320 |
| 878 | 8 Jan1639 | Ethie / Lunan / Craigis lands | Angus / Carnegie | Large Carnegie grant preserves later tenure context for Lunan, Craigis and neighboring lands; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 320–321 |
| 899 | 5 Mar1639 | Craigie-Hiltoun and associated lands | Angus / Foulis–Forgund | Large Gray grant preserves territorial context for Craigie-Hiltoun and related Angus lands; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 329–330 |
| 949 | 22 Jan1640 | Walter Guthrie, notary public | Aberdeen | Another dated Aberdeen notarial appearance, strengthening the recurring professional sequence. | RMS IXp. 348 |
| 954 | 22 Jan1640 | Samuel Guthrie, dyer | Edinburgh | Urban occupational and tenancy evidence for Samuel Guthrie, a dyer in Edinburgh. | RMS IXp. 349 |
| 1004 | 8 Oct1640 | Patrick Guthrie of Auchmuthie | Auchmuthie / Arbroath | Direct feu-farm grant documenting Patrick Guthrie’s heritable rights in the Auchmuthie lands. | RMS IXp. 367 |
| 1011 | 2 Nov1641 | Carrestoun / Pitforkie / Balnabreich | Angus / Brechin | Territorial and ecclesiastical context linking Carrestoun, Pitforkie and Balnabreich; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 371–372 |
| 1018 | 12 Nov1641 | Spynie Castle / former Bishopric of Moray | Moray | Post-suppression property context for Spynie and the former bishopric; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXp. 374 |
| 1020 | 15 Nov1641 | Hiltoun de Craigie | Kynell / Angus | Hiltoun de Craigie appears in a Kynell barony grant; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 374–375 |
| 1022 | 15 Nov1641 | John, former Bishop of Moray — Index Nominum: John Guthrie | Elgin / Moray | Elgin church settlement refers to John, the former Bishop of Moray. The surname is supplied by the Volume IX Index Nominum identification. | RMS IXp. 376 |
| 1035 | 15 Dec1641 | Ruffies, Guthrieshields, Kincaldrum & other former Arbroath abbey lands | Arbroath regality / Angus | Broad former-abbey grant preserves important place-name and estate context; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 381–382 |
| 1078 | 3 Mar1642 | Hiltoun de Craigie | Lindores / Angus | Sixth-part holding of Hiltoun de Craigie in a Lindores-regality transaction; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 405–406 |
| 1177 | 18 Jul1642 | William Guthrie of Gagie; Francis his son; Jeanne Guthrie, wife of Alexander Lindsay | Gagie / Pittairlie | Strong Gagie family and marriage evidence, including an explicit father–son statement for William and Francis. | RMS IXpp. 440–441 |
| 1235 | 29 Sep1642 | Richard Guthrie, notary public | Fife / Edinburgh legal circle | Instruments of resignation were taken in Richard Guthrie’s hands; clear professional notarial evidence. | RMS IXpp. 461–462 |
| 1255 | 26 Nov1642 | Former Arbroath abbey lands | Arbroath regality / Angus | Regrant of the former abbey complex previously described in Charter 1035; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXp. 472 |
| 1403 | 31 Jul1643 | Hercules Guthrie & Gilbert Guthrie | Aberdeen | Named among former owners or heirs connected with annual rents in an Old Machar endowment. | RMS IXpp. 522–525 |
| 1427 | 7 Aug1643 | Mr Alexander Guthrie, Common Clerk of Edinburgh | Edinburgh / Dumfries lands | Alexander, identified by civic office, resigns the lands later granted to William Hay. | RMS IXp. 537 |
| 1429 | 7 Aug1643 | Margaret Guthrie, wife of Francis Ogilvy of Newgrange | Ogilvy / Newgrange | Marriage and property-consent evidence in an Ogilvy land transaction. | RMS IXpp. 538–539 |
| 1430 | 7 Aug1643 | Henry Guthrie of Halcartoun; John & Mr Henry Guthrie, sons of Mr David Guthrie of Arbroath | Halcartoun / Arbroath | Exceptional family evidence connecting Henry of Halcartoun with his brother John and their father Mr David Guthrie. | RMS IXp. 539 |
| 1461 | 20 Nov1643 | Walter Guthrie, notary public | Aberdeen | Writer of the underlying 1636 charter; continues Walter’s Aberdeen notarial sequence. | RMS IXpp. 552–553 |
| 1469 | 28 Nov1643 | Mr Alexander Guthrie, Common Clerk of Edinburgh | Edinburgh / Pentland | Civic-office witness evidence in a major Pentland property confirmation. | RMS IXp. 555 |
| 1533 | 1 Mar1644 | Jeanne Guthrie, widow of Robert Stirling of Letter | Kirkcudbrightshire | Jeanne is the principal grantee, providing direct widowhood and property-holding evidence. | RMS IXp. 583 |
| 1540 | 1 Mar1644 | Richard Guthrie, notary — Index Nominum identification | St Andrews / Edinburgh | Indexed professional occurrence for Richard Guthrie as notary; retained as Direct under the Volume IX Index Nominum. | RMS IXpp. 585–586 |
| 1639 | 18 Mar1646 | David Guthrie “of the same” | Carslogie / Fife | Named consenter in an incorporated 1636 matrimonial contract; preserves his role in the family settlement. | RMS IXp. 620 |
| 1660 | 8 May1646 | Hiltoun de Craigie | Lindores / Angus | Sixth-part holding and teind context for Hiltoun de Craigie; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXp. 626 |
| 1792 | 21 Jun1647 | Margaret Guthrie, wife of the late Gilbert Kirkwood; Mr Alexander Guthrie, Common Clerk | Kirkliston / Edinburgh | Marriage evidence for Margaret and another professional occurrence for Alexander in a ratified prior charter. | RMS IXpp. 669–670 |
| 1848 | 23 Aug1647 | John, former Bishop of Moray — Index Nominum: John Guthrie | Kinmylies / Spynie / Moray | Title history ratifies an earlier charter of the former Bishop of Moray; the Index identifies the bishop as John Guthrie. | RMS IXpp. 691–692 |
| 1937 | 1 Mar1648 | Richard Guthrie, Writer to the Signet | Edinburgh / Annandale transaction | Witness in an incorporated 12 Jul 1647 deed; professional Writer-to-the-Signet evidence. | RMS IXp. 720 |
| 1949 | 1 Mar1648 | Margaret Guthrie, wife of James Ogilvie of Newgrange | Pitnamoone / Newgrange | Margaret appears as a portioner/heir in an apprising, strengthening the Guthrie–Ogilvy family sequence. | RMS IXp. 726 |
| 1963 | 24 May1648 | John, former Bishop of Moray — Index Nominum: John Guthrie | Kinmylies / Moray | Later confirmation repeats title derived through a charter of the former Bishop of Moray; surname supplied by the Index Nominum. | RMS IXpp. 730–731 |
| 1970 | 16 Jun1648 | Hiltoun de Guthrie & Langlands | Rescobie / Angus | Large Forfarshire grant includes Hiltoun de Guthrie, Pykertoun and Langlands; no Guthrie person named. | RMS IXpp. 732–733 |
| 2009 | 20 Mar1649 | Richard Guthrie, Writer to the Signet | Curriehill / Edinburgh | Richard is the original creditor/assignor in the apprising that led to the Curriehill grant. | RMS IXp. 761 |
| 2036 | 21 Apr1649 | Richard Guthrie, notary — Index Nominum identification | Edinburgh | Indexed notarial occurrence extending Richard Guthrie’s documented legal career into 1649. Charter 2036 continues onto the next page. | RMS IXpp. 771–772 |
| 2064 | 18 Jun1649 | Richard Guthrie, notary — Index Nominum identification | Edinburgh | Indexed notarial occurrence in the later Volume IX legal sequence. | RMS IXp. 782 |
| 2086 | 9 Jul1649 | Richard Guthrie, notary — Index Nominum identification | Edinburgh | Indexed notarial occurrence documenting Richard Guthrie’s continuing professional activity. | RMS IXp. 789 |
| 2118 | 9 Aug1649 | Richard Guthrie, notary — Index Nominum identification | Edinburgh | Indexed notarial occurrence late in the surviving Volume IX sequence. | RMS IXp. 799 |
| 2122 | 9 Aug1649 | Richard Guthrie, notary — Index Nominum identification | Edinburgh | Second indexed Richard Guthrie notarial occurrence on the same date, preserving continued legal activity. | RMS IXpp. 799–800 |
Evidence note: The printed Index Nominum is used as an editorial finding aid, not rewritten as though its wording appeared in the charter. This is particularly important for entries such as Charters 377, 1022, 1540, 1848, 1963, 2036, 2064, 2086, 2118 and 2122, where the index supplies or clarifies the Guthrie identification.
Detailed Records · 1634–1635
These records open Volume IX with a mixture of direct Guthrie evidence, professional and clerical appearances, family relationships, and supplementary territorial references. Expand any charter for the documentary context and its genealogical significance.
Charter 130 · 14 June 1634 · James Guthrie, Notary Public
Source: Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, Volume IX, Charter 130, pp. 56–57. View the digitized record at HathiTrust .
Charter 225 · 15 October 1634 · Balnabreich in the Brechin–Navar Estate Context
Source: RMS IX, Charter 225, pp. 91–92; see also Index Locorum, p. 1015, which indexes Balnabreich to Charters 225 and 1011. Open Volume IX at HathiTrust .
Charter 228 · 21 October 1634 · Master Henry Guthrie, Minister at Stirling
Source: RMS IX, Charter 228, pp. 93–94. View the digitized record at HathiTrust .
Charter 286 · 16 March 1635 · Hiltoun of Guthrie and Langlands
Source: RMS IX, Charter 286, pp. 113–114. View the digitized record at HathiTrust .
Charter 291 · 17 March 1635 · Lunan and Kinblathmont Property Context
Source: RMS IX, Charter 291, pp. 116–117. Open Volume IX at HathiTrust .
Charter 323 · 27 June 1635 · Alexander and David Guthrie of Kincaldrum
Source: RMS IX, Charter 323, pp. 127–128. View the digitized record at HathiTrust .
Charter 332 · 6 July 1635 · Walter Guthrie in the Aberdeen Scribal Circle
Source: RMS IX, Charter 332, pp. 130–131. View the digitized record at HathiTrust .
Charter 344 · 11 July 1635 · Nicola Guthrie, Widow of John Watt
Source: RMS IX, Charter 344, p. 137. View the digitized record at HathiTrust .
Charter 355 · 18 July 1635 · Alexander Guthrie of Gagie
Source: RMS IX, Charter 355, p. 141. View the digitized record at HathiTrust .
Charter 377 · 1 August 1635 · James Guthrie, Notary — Index Nominum Identification
Source: RMS IX, Charter 377, pp. 149–150; Index Nominum, p. 903: “Jac., notarius, 130, 377.” Open Volume IX at HathiTrust .
Charter 422 · 28 November 1635 · Walter Guthrie, Notary Public
Source: RMS IX, Charter 422, pp. 162–163. View the digitized record at HathiTrust .
Detailed Records · 1636–1641
These seventeen entries carry Volume IX from the decisive 1636 transfer of the Barony of Guthrie through the territorial and professional evidence of 1641. Direct Guthrie-person records alternate between cream and pale lavender; pale-green cards preserve Supplementary Context without treating a place-name or later estate history as a directly named Guthrie occurrence.
Charter 616 · Peter Guthrie → John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray
Document Focus
The Crown granted the lands and Barony of Guthrie to John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray, and his wife Nichola Wood in conjunct infeftment after Peter Guthrie, then of that Ilk, resigned the estate on 13 September 1636.
Peter is explicitly described as son and heir of the deceased Master Patrick Guthrie, minister of Logie-Buchan. The destination then proceeds through Bishop John’s sons: Master John Guthrie, his eldest lawful son; Master Patrick Guthrie, his second son; and Andrew Guthrie, his third son.
The grant includes the dominical lands of Guthrie, formerly called the Kirktoun, the tower and manor-place, Teiltoun, Eistertoun alias Haltoun, Mylnetoun of Guthrie, collegiate-church patronage and associated rights.
Why This Record Matters
This is one of the most important seventeenth-century records in the collection. It documents both the end of Peter Guthrie’s possession and Bishop John’s acquisition of the historic estate, while also providing explicit father-son and birth-order evidence within the bishop’s immediate family.
Property & Succession Caution
The charter expressly excepts Hiltoun, both in property and superiority, together with the property and superiority of Langlands. Those lands should not be silently absorbed into the barony conveyed here.
Bishop John did not inherit Guthrie from Peter. The document records resignation followed by a new Crown grant. The numbered territorial succession therefore represents a legal transfer, not a demonstrated father-to-son succession between Peter and the bishop.
Source: RMS IX, charter 616, p. 222. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 680 · Robert Guthrie in Stitchell
Document Focus
In a large Crown grant and erection of the Barony of Stitchell for the Pringle/Scott family, Robert Guthrie is named among the occupiers of lands included in the historical property description.
Why This Record Matters
The entry securely places a Robert Guthrie in Roxburghshire during this period and contributes useful evidence for the geographic spread of Guthrie households beyond Angus and the northeast.
Identity Caution
The charter describes Robert by occupation of land rather than a territorial designation such as “of Stitchell.” It does not establish his parentage or connect him to a particular Guthrie family group.
Source: RMS IX, charter 680, pp. 243–245. View the HathiTrust sequence →
Charter 713 · Nicola Guthrie & Jasper Home
Document Focus
The Crown granted to Master John Sandilands, advocate, and Catherine Purves his wife a sixteenth part of the town and lands of East Barnes. The relevant portion is described as occupied by Jasper Home and Nicola Guthrie his wife.
William Watt, portioner of East Barnes, had resigned the interest conveyed in the charter.
Why This Record Matters
Charter 713 continues the documentary sequence already visible in Charter 344. Together the entries establish Nicola’s marriage to Jasper Home and their continuing connection with the East Barnes property network.
Relationship Caution
The property history includes the Watt family, but this charter does not by itself alter the relationship wording established in the earlier record. Relationships should be stated only where the text expressly supplies them.
Source: RMS IX, charter 713, p. 256. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 760 · Lunan / Arbekie Territorial Context
Document Focus
This Crichton–Stewart transaction concerns lands of Arbekie and interests associated with the Barony of Lunan. It preserves later evidence for the legal and territorial setting of an estate important to earlier Guthrie research.
Why This Record Matters
The record helps trace the changing ownership and superiority environment surrounding Lunan after the earlier Guthrie period. It is useful for property history, but it is not a Guthrie-person occurrence.
Evidence Classification
No Guthrie person is named. The entry is retained only as Supplementary Context and must not be counted as direct evidence for a seventeenth-century Guthrie of Lunan.
Source: RMS IX, charter 760, pp. 271–272. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 790 · David Guthrie of Kincaldrum
Document Focus
A large Fothringham grant covering lands in the barony of Inverarity and the barony of Brichty includes a historical title reference to David Guthrie of Kincaldrum in connection with half of Carret.
Why This Record Matters
Although David is not the principal grantee, the charter preserves a direct territorial reference to him and helps reconstruct the wider network of Kincaldrum land interests in Forfarshire.
Title-Chain Caution
This is a historical title-chain reference. It should not be read as proof that David still possessed the referenced land on 16 January 1638.
Source: RMS IX, charter 790, pp. 282–283. View the HathiTrust sequence →
Charter 851 · John Guthrie, Son of the Late John of Kirktoun of Blair
Document Focus
In the confirmation of an ecclesiastical feu involving Wester and Middle Gormock in Perthshire, John Guthrie appears as a witness and is explicitly identified as the lawful son of the late John Guthrie, portioner of Kirktoun of Blair.
Why This Record Matters
The wording supplies a secure generational link rather than a relationship inferred from matching names. It documents a father-and-son sequence associated with Kirktoun of Blair and provides a useful anchor for future Perthshire research.
Witness Caution
John’s presence as a witness does not by itself imply kinship with the principals in the transaction. The genealogical value comes from the charter’s explicit description of his own father.
Source: RMS IX, charter 851, p. 310; underlying charter dated 30 January and 9 June 1629. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 874 · Masters Patrick & Andrew Guthrie, Sons of the Bishop of Moray
Document Focus
The witness clause names Master Patrick Guthrie and Master Andrew Guthrie as the lawful sons of the bishop. The associated instruments were executed at Spynie, Elgin and Forres in September 1638.
Why This Record Matters
Read with Charter 616, this entry independently reinforces the immediate family structure of John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray. Patrick and Andrew are not merely men sharing the Guthrie surname; the relationship to the bishop is expressly stated.
Index Note
The charter identifies Patrick and Andrew as sons of “the said bishop.” The Volume IX Index Nominum identifies that office-holder as John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray. The distinction between charter wording and editorial identification is retained here.
Source: RMS IX, charter 874, pp. 319–320. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 878 · Ethie, Lunan & Craigis Lands
Document Focus
This extensive Carnegie settlement includes numerous Angus lands and preserves later title context for Lunan, Craigis, Meikle Perth, Cannony, Ballochie, Over Craigie, Eglismaldie and neighboring holdings.
Lunan appears in connection with the matrimonial provision and warrandice for Jean Maull, while the grant also incorporates a substantial share of the Craigis territorial complex.
Why This Record Matters
The charter helps place former Guthrie-associated lands within their later seventeenth-century Carnegie setting and is useful when reconstructing the post-Guthrie property chronology.
Evidence Classification
No Guthrie person is named. This is territorial history, not evidence that a Guthrie still possessed Lunan or Craigis in 1639.
Source: RMS IX, charter 878, pp. 320–321. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 899 · Craigie-Hiltoun & Associated Lands
Document Focus
A broad Gray land grant includes Craigie-Hiltoun among a larger complex of properties. The entry preserves the place-name within a seventeenth-century title context after the earlier Guthrie associations being studied elsewhere in the collection.
Why This Record Matters
The record is useful for distinguishing the continuing territorial name from the identity of any particular Guthrie family. It helps trace how the estate appears in later ownership structures.
Geographic Caution
Craigie and Hiltoun occur in multiple Scottish contexts. This entry is retained because the Angus geography is relevant; the place-name itself does not prove a Guthrie-person connection.
Source: RMS IX, charter 899, pp. 329–330. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 949 · Walter Guthrie, Notary Public
Document Focus
In a charter concerning Mostoun in Aberdeenshire, Walter Guthrie, notary public, appears among the witnesses to the underlying instrument executed at Aberdeen on 31 January 1639.
Why This Record Matters
This is another securely dated appearance of Walter Guthrie in Aberdeen’s legal and documentary community. Together with the earlier Volume IX entries, it establishes a recurring professional sequence rather than an isolated name occurrence.
Identity Caution
Recurring occupation, name and geography make these Walter Guthrie notarial entries important to compare, but each record should continue to stand on its own documentary wording unless a source explicitly proves identity across all appearances.
Source: RMS IX, charter 949, p. 348; underlying charter dated 31 January 1639. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 954 · Samuel Guthrie, Dyer in Edinburgh
Document Focus
A grant involving lands in Peeblesshire and an Edinburgh tenement describes part of the burgh property as lying beside premises associated with Samuel Guthrie, dyer (Samuelis Guthrie tinctoris).
Why This Record Matters
Samuel adds a different dimension to the Volume IX Guthrie population. Rather than a landed, clerical or notarial role, he appears in an identifiable urban trade within Edinburgh.
Property Caution
Samuel is important as an occupier or neighboring tenant in the property description. The charter does not make him the principal grantee of the tenement.
Source: RMS IX, charter 954, p. 349. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 1004 · Patrick Guthrie of Auchmuthie
Document Focus
The Crown confirmed and anew granted to Patrick Guthrie of Auchmuthie, his heirs and assignees, the lands of Auchmuthie, Newtoun of Arbroath and half of Bruntoun, with the teind sheaves included, within the lordship, barony and regality of Arbroath.
Patrick himself resigned the lands for the new infeftment, which was to be held in feu-farm.
Why This Record Matters
This is direct evidence of a territorially styled Patrick Guthrie of Auchmuthie holding substantial hereditary interests in the Arbroath regality. It is an important anchor for the Auchmuthie branch and its later family provisions.
Legal Note
Resignation in this setting is part of the legal mechanism for obtaining a new Crown confirmation and infeftment. It should not be read as abandonment of the estate.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1004, p. 367. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 1011 · Carrestoun, Pitforkie & Balnabreich
Document Focus
The charter places Balnabreich within a later territorial and ecclesiastical complex that also includes Carrestoun and Pitforkie.
Why This Record Matters
For Balnabreich research, the entry helps trace the property after the medieval Guthrie tenure and shows the broader estate setting into which it had passed by the mid-seventeenth century.
Place-Name Caution
Pitforkie is not Pitforthie. Similar-looking place-names must remain separate unless independent geographic evidence proves identity. No Guthrie person is named here.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1011, pp. 371–372. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 1018 · Spynie Castle & the Former Bishopric of Moray
Document Focus
This entry concerns Spynie and property formerly attached to the Bishopric of Moray during the period following the suppression and restructuring of episcopal interests.
Why This Record Matters
Spynie was central to Bishop John Guthrie’s episcopal career. Charter 1018 therefore provides useful institutional and territorial background for understanding the setting in which later references to the former bishop occur.
Evidence Classification
No Guthrie person is named. The connection is contextual through the former bishopric and Spynie, not a direct Guthrie occurrence.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1018, p. 374. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 1020 · Hiltoun de Craigie
Document Focus
Hiltoun de Craigie appears among the lands incorporated in a Kynell-area barony grant. The entry shows the continued use of the compound territorial designation in the seventeenth century.
Why This Record Matters
The place-name is useful when reconstructing the relationship between Hiltoun and Craigie as territorial identities, especially when comparing earlier Guthrie records with later ownership.
Evidence Classification
No Guthrie individual is named. The charter demonstrates the survival of the place-name, not the survival of Guthrie possession.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1020, pp. 374–375. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 1022 · John, Former Bishop of Moray
Document Focus
An Elgin ecclesiastical settlement refers to John, the former Bishop of Moray. The calendared charter text identifies him by forename and office rather than printing the Guthrie surname.
Why This Record Matters
The printed Volume IX Index Nominum securely places this occurrence under John Guthrie. It therefore provides another dated record of the former bishop during the changed ecclesiastical circumstances of the 1640s.
Editorial Evidence Caution
The public wording must preserve the distinction: the surname comes from the printed index, not from the calendared charter wording itself. The index is being used as an editorial finding aid rather than silently rewritten into the primary text.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1022, p. 376; identification supplied by the printed Index Nominum. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 1035 · Ruffies, Guthrieshields & Kincaldrum
Document Focus
A very large grant concerning the former lordship, abbey and regality of Arbroath enumerates a wide range of Angus properties and ecclesiastical interests.
Among the named places are Ruffies, Guthrieshields in variant historical spelling, and Kincaldrum, together with many neighboring lands and former abbey possessions.
Why This Record Matters
The entry is a valuable snapshot of the seventeenth-century landscape surrounding several places that figure prominently in Guthrie family research. It helps distinguish surviving place names and estate structures from direct evidence of family possession.
Evidence & Place-Name Caution
No Guthrie person is named. Guthrieshields is a place-name and cannot be counted as a surname occurrence. Likewise, Ruffies and Kincaldrum are retained for territorial context rather than treated as proof of continuing Guthrie ownership in 1641.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1035, pp. 381–382. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Detailed Records · 1642–1644
These twelve records span 1642–1644 and include important evidence for Gagie, the Halcartoun–Arbroath family, the Guthrie–Ogilvy and Guthrie–Stirling connections, Edinburgh civic office-holding, Aberdeen property history, and continuing professional work by Guthrie notaries. Two pale-green entries preserve territorial context without counting a Guthrie person where none is named.
Charter 1078 · Hiltoun de Craigie
Document Focus
The charter includes a sixth-part holding of Hiltoun de Craigie within a transaction associated with the regality of Lindores.
Why This Record Matters
The entry helps trace the later fractional ownership and territorial history of Hiltoun de Craigie after its earlier Guthrie associations.
Evidence Classification
No Guthrie person is named. The record is retained strictly as territorial context and does not demonstrate Guthrie possession in 1642.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1078, pp. 405–406. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 1177 · William & Francis Guthrie of Gagie · Jeanne Guthrie
Document Focus
In a Lindsay/Crawford land transaction, Jeanne Guthrie is identified as the spouse of Alexander Lindsay of Pittairlie.
The record also names Francis Guthrie as son of William Guthrie of Gagie.
Why This Record Matters
This is strong evidence for two separate genealogical points: Jeanne Guthrie’s marriage into the Lindsay family and an explicit William → Francis father-son relationship in the Gagie branch.
Relationship Caution
The charter establishes the relationships expressly stated above. Their appearance together in the wider transaction should not be used to infer additional kinship between Jeanne and the Gagie men unless supported elsewhere.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1177, pp. 440–441. View the HathiTrust sequence →
Charter 1235 · Richard Guthrie, Notary Public
Document Focus
The Crown granted Balhoufflie in Fife to Master George Gibson and Alison Greive. The resignations preceding the grant were formally recorded in the hands of Richard Guthrie, notary public.
Why This Record Matters
Richard’s role is not incidental witness evidence: he is the notary before whom the instruments of resignation were taken. It provides securely dated evidence of his professional legal activity in 1642.
Identity Caution
Volume IX contains several professional references to Richard Guthrie. The recurring name and profession are important evidence, but separate entries should not be merged beyond what the documentary sequence securely supports.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1235, pp. 461–462. View the HathiTrust sequence →
Charter 1255 · Former Arbroath Abbey Lands
Document Focus
This charter regrants the extensive former Arbroath Abbey territorial complex previously encountered in Charter 1035.
Why This Record Matters
The record provides continuity for the later ownership and legal organization of an estate network containing places important to Guthrie research.
Evidence Classification
No Guthrie person is named. This remains Supplementary Context and should not be converted into evidence of Guthrie ownership merely because historically associated place-names lie within the larger complex.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1255, p. 472. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 1403 · Hercules Guthrie & Gilbert Guthrie
Document Focus
The Crown granted to the ministers, elders and deacons of the parish church of Old Machar a large body of former cathedral chaplaincy annual rents and associated property interests.
Within the long historical list of former owners and heirs are Hercules Guthrie and Gilbert Guthrie.
Why This Record Matters
The entry adds two named Guthries to the documented Aberdeen property environment and shows that Guthrie interests there were not confined to notarial or scribal occupations.
Relationship Caution
The charter names Hercules and Gilbert within the same extensive endowment history, but it does not state their relationship to one another. Shared surname and context should not be converted into kinship.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1403, pp. 522–525. View the HathiTrust sequence →
Charter 1427 · Master Alexander Guthrie, Common Clerk of Edinburgh
Document Focus
The Crown granted extensive lands formerly belonging to Melrose Abbey to Master William Hay. Master Alexander Guthrie, Common Clerk of the burgh of Edinburgh, had resigned the lands preceding the new grant.
Why This Record Matters
This is substantial evidence for Alexander beyond a routine witness clause. He is identified by civic office and participates directly in the property transfer through resignation.
Property Caution
The record documents Alexander’s legal interest sufficient to make the resignation. It should not automatically be expanded into a broader claim about how or when he originally acquired every component of the extensive property complex.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1427, p. 537. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 1429 · Margaret Guthrie, Wife of Francis Ogilvy
Document Focus
In an Ogilvy land transaction involving holdings in the barony of Kinguldrum and the regality of Arbroath, Margaret Guthrie is expressly identified as the wife of Francis Ogilvy and gives consent to the resignation of the lands.
Why This Record Matters
The entry supplies direct marriage evidence and demonstrates Margaret’s formal participation in a property transaction affecting her husband’s interests.
Evidence Caution
This record should stand on its own wording: Margaret Guthrie is described here as the spouse of Francis Ogilvy. Later records involving women of the same name must be compared rather than automatically merged.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1429, pp. 538–539. View the HathiTrust sequence →
Charter 1430 · Henry Guthrie of Halcartoun · John Guthrie · Mr David Guthrie
Document Focus
The Crown granted to Henry Guthrie of Halcartoun the western or “shadow” half of Mylnetoun de Connane, with half of its mill and associated teind sheaves.
The charter also refers to a 1641 contract involving John Guthrie, expressly called the lawful son of Master David Guthrie, burgess of Arbroath. Master Henry Guthrie is identified as John’s brother.
Why This Record Matters
This is unusually strong family evidence. It links Henry of Halcartoun and John Guthrie as brothers and explicitly identifies John as a son of Master David Guthrie of Arbroath, while simultaneously documenting Henry’s territorial holding.
Relationship Note
The most exact reading is that John is explicitly called David’s lawful son and Henry is explicitly called John’s brother. The family structure is therefore strongly documented without needing to embellish the charter’s wording.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1430, p. 539. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 1461 · Walter Guthrie, Notary Public
Document Focus
The Crown confirmed an earlier Gordon land transaction involving Chapeltoun of Essilmont in Aberdeenshire. The underlying charter was written by Walter Guthrie, notary public, at Aberdeen on 21 June 1636.
Why This Record Matters
The record extends Walter Guthrie’s recurring Aberdeen notarial sequence and demonstrates why both the confirmation date and the earlier document date must be preserved.
Date Caution
Walter’s professional activity documented here belongs to 1636, even though the Crown confirmation was not entered until 1643.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1461, pp. 552–553; underlying charter dated 21 June 1636. View the HathiTrust sequence →
Charter 1469 · Master Alexander Guthrie, Common Clerk of Edinburgh
Document Focus
The Crown confirmed a major sale of the lands and Barony of Pentland. Master Alexander Guthrie, Common Clerk of Edinburgh, appears among the witnesses to the underlying charter executed in Edinburgh on 23 July 1642.
Why This Record Matters
Together with Charter 1427, this entry documents Alexander operating in important legal and property transactions while explicitly identified by his civic office.
Witness Caution
Alexander’s witness role reflects his official and legal environment. It does not imply kinship with the Spottiswood, Cant or other families involved in the conveyance.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1469, p. 555; underlying charter dated 23 July 1642. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 1533 · Jeanne Guthrie, Widow of Robert Stirling of Letter
Document Focus
The Crown granted directly to Jeanne Guthrie, relict of Robert Stirling of Letter, her heirs and assignees, lands of Meikle and Little Coklex with Waird-medow in the parish of Urr and stewartry of Kirkcudbright.
Why This Record Matters
Jeanne is the principal grantee, making this stronger than a witness or incidental spouse reference. The charter supplies explicit widowhood, marriage and independent property-holding evidence.
Research Caution
The record establishes Jeanne’s marriage to Robert Stirling and her widow status by 1 March 1644. It does not identify her parents or assign her to a specific Guthrie branch.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1533, p. 583. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 1540 · Richard Guthrie, Notary
Document Focus
The printed Volume IX Index Nominum identifies Richard Guthrie as the notary associated with Charter 1540.
Why This Record Matters
The indexed occurrence adds another securely catalogued professional appearance to Richard Guthrie’s Volume IX sequence and extends the documentary record of Guthrie legal work into 1644.
Editorial Evidence Caution
The Guthrie identification is supplied by the printed Index Nominum. It is retained as Direct evidence because the volume’s own editorial index identifies Richard, but the surname should not be rewritten as though it necessarily appeared in that form in the calendared charter text.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1540, pp. 585–586; Guthrie identification from the printed Index Nominum. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Detailed Records · 1646–1649
The final fourteen records include a main-line Guthrie appearance, later Hiltoun property context, marriage and inheritance evidence for Guthrie women, retrospective records concerning John Guthrie, former Bishop of Moray, and an unusually dense sequence documenting Richard Guthrie in Scotland’s professional legal world.
Charter 1639 · David Guthrie of that Ilk
Document Focus
The Crown confirmed a charter of David Clephane of Carslogie implementing a matrimonial contract between his eldest lawful son George Clephane and Mariota Duncan.
Among those giving consent on the Duncan side of the contract is David Guthrie of that Ilk.
Why This Record Matters
The charter documents David Guthrie of that Ilk participating directly in a high-status marriage settlement involving Fife property. It is useful evidence for the social and legal network surrounding the principal Guthrie line.
Relationship Caution
David’s consent is explicit; the precise reason for his participation should not be converted into an unstated kinship relationship unless another source identifies it.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1639, p. 620; matrimonial contract dated 11 August 1636. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 1660 · Hiltoun de Craigie
Document Focus
The charter preserves another one-sixth interest in Hiltoun de Craigie, together with related teind rights, within the later Lindores property complex.
Why This Record Matters
Read with Charters 899, 1020 and 1078, this record helps reconstruct the divided tenure of Hiltoun de Craigie during the seventeenth century.
Evidence Classification
No Guthrie person is named. This is evidence for the later history of the place, not for continuing Guthrie possession.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1660, p. 626. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 1792 · Margaret Guthrie & Alexander Guthrie
Document Focus
In a grant of Killeith alias Kendeleith in the barony of Kirkliston, the Crown ratified an earlier charter of Gilbert Kirkwood.
That earlier charter had been made with consent of Margaret Guthrie, his spouse, and Master Alexander Guthrie, Common Clerk of the burgh of Edinburgh.
Why This Record Matters
The entry preserves direct marriage evidence for Margaret and another documented occurrence of Alexander in his important Edinburgh civic office.
Chronology Caution
The Guthries appear through an earlier charter ratified within the 1647 grant. The 1647 Great Seal date should therefore not automatically be treated as the date on which their original acts occurred.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1792, pp. 669–670. View the HathiTrust sequence →
Charter 1848 · John, Former Bishop of Moray
Document Focus
This later title confirmation ratifies an earlier charter granted by John, then Bishop of Moray, involving Kinmylies and the Fraser/Lovat property network.
The earlier episcopal charter is dated 12 June 1634.
Why This Record Matters
The Volume IX Index Nominum identifies the bishop in this retrospective title history as John Guthrie. The charter therefore provides evidence for an act performed during his episcopate even though the Great Seal confirmation itself is much later.
Editorial Evidence Caution
The calendared wording identifies the man by forename and episcopal office; the Guthrie surname is supplied by the printed Index Nominum. That distinction is retained rather than silently rewriting the charter wording.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1848, pp. 691–692; Guthrie identification from the printed Index Nominum. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 1937 · Richard Guthrie, Writer to the King’s Signet
Document Focus
The Crown confirmed an earlier land sale involving Bririelhill in Annandale. Richard Guthrie, Writer to the King’s Signet, appears among the witnesses to the incorporated deed executed at Edinburgh on 12 July 1647.
Why This Record Matters
This entry identifies Richard with the significant professional title Writer to the Signet, strengthening the evidence for his legal career beyond the more general designation “notary.”
Date Caution
Richard’s witness appearance belongs to the underlying 12 July 1647 deed. The Great Seal confirmation was entered on 1 March 1648.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1937, p. 720. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 1949 · Margaret Guthrie & the Ogilvies of Newgrange
Document Focus
The Crown granted the lands and barony of Pitnamoone and associated properties to James Peirson of Balmadies after an apprising for debt.
Among the heirs and portioners of the former proprietorial interest is Dame Margaret Guthrie, spouse of James Ogilvie of Newgrange, together with Francis and John Ogilvie, their sons.
Why This Record Matters
This entry strengthens the Guthrie–Ogilvie reconstruction by supplying not merely a marriage but also two named sons. It places Margaret within an inheritance interest later affected by debt and apprising.
Debt / Property Note
An apprising was a debt-enforcement process involving valuation and transfer of heritable property. Margaret’s appearance as a portioner reflects an inherited or proprietary interest in the title being affected; she is not the new grantee.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1949, p. 726. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 1963 · John, Former Bishop of Moray
Document Focus
This later Fraser title confirmation again derives part of its property history from a charter granted by John, formerly Bishop of Moray.
Why This Record Matters
The printed Index Nominum identifies the former bishop here as John Guthrie. Together with Charter 1848, this preserves retrospective evidence for his role in the Kinmylies/Lovat title chain.
Date Discrepancy — Preserve as Printed
Charter 1848 gives the earlier episcopal charter date as 12 June 1634. Charter 1963 prints 12 June 1624 (sic).
The editor’s printed “sic” marks the anomalous date. It should therefore be reported rather than silently corrected.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1963, pp. 730–731; Guthrie identification from the printed Index Nominum. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 1970 · Hiltoun de Guthrie, Pykertoun & Langlands
Document Focus
A very large Forfarshire grant to Colonel Sir Francis Ruthven includes Hiltoun de Guthrie, its pendicle called Pykertoun, and Langlands among the properties incorporated into the wider Cars / Rescobie / Turin complex.
Why This Record Matters
This later charter confirms the continuing use of Hiltoun de Guthrie as a territorial designation and provides another stage in the post-Guthrie property history of Hiltoun and Langlands.
Evidence Classification
The word Guthrie here forms part of the place-name. No Guthrie person is named, so the charter remains Supplementary Context rather than a Direct surname record.
Source: RMS IX, charter 1970, pp. 732–733. View the HathiTrust sequence →
Charter 2009 · Richard Guthrie, Writer to the Signet
Document Focus
The Crown granted Curriehill and associated property to Master John Nairne, advocate, after the lands had been apprised for debt.
Nairne acted partly as assignee of Richard Guthrie, Writer to the Signet, who was an original creditor in the process.
Why This Record Matters
Richard appears here not merely as witness or notary, but as a creditor and assignor within a substantial debt recovery proceeding. It broadens the picture of his legal and financial activities.
Legal Note
The apprising took place on 23 August 1648; the royal grant followed in March 1649. Those are separate stages in the debt and property-transfer process.
Source: RMS IX, charter 2009, p. 761. View the HathiTrust page →
Charter 2036 · Richard Guthrie, Notary
Document Focus
Charter 2036 concerns an Anstruther family property transaction. The printed Index Nominum associates Richard Guthrie, notary, with the charter.
The calendared resignation clause abbreviates the notarial detail by reference to the fuller wording used elsewhere in the volume rather than reprinting the name in full.
Why This Record Matters
This is another indexed occurrence in the dense 1649 sequence for Richard Guthrie and helps document the duration of his professional activity.
Numbering & Editorial Caution
The correct charter number is 2036. It begins after Charter 2035, continues onto the following printed page, and is followed by Charter 2037.
Richard’s surname is supplied through the printed Index Nominum; it should not be represented as though the abbreviated charter text spells it out independently.
Source: RMS IX, charter 2036, pp. 771–772; Guthrie identification from the printed Index Nominum. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 2064 · Richard Guthrie, Notary
Document Focus
The charter’s calendared legal machinery abbreviates the notarial instruments rather than printing the full professional clause. The Volume IX Index Nominum nevertheless explicitly indexes this charter to Richard Guthrie, notary.
Why This Record Matters
It extends Richard’s documented notarial activity into June 1649 and forms part of the repeated sequence that the volume’s own editors deliberately grouped under his name.
Editorial Evidence Caution
The Guthrie identification is index-derived. The page should therefore distinguish the editor’s identification from wording actually printed in the shortened charter abstract.
Source: RMS IX, charter 2064, p. 782; identification from the printed Index Nominum. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 2086 · Richard Guthrie, Notary
Document Focus
The printed abstract again abbreviates the underlying notarial instruments. The Volume IX Index Nominum assigns Richard Guthrie, notary, to Charter 2086.
Why This Record Matters
This July occurrence continues a cluster of Richard Guthrie records during 1649 and helps establish sustained rather than isolated professional activity.
Editorial Evidence Caution
Richard is identified by the volume’s printed surname index. The shortened charter wording should not be expanded as if his name were independently printed there.
Source: RMS IX, charter 2086, p. 789; identification from the printed Index Nominum. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 2118 · Richard Guthrie, Notary
Document Focus
Charter 2118 is another legal instrument whose shortened calendared wording omits the repeated notarial detail. The printed Index Nominum identifies Richard Guthrie as the associated notary.
Why This Record Matters
The entry carries Richard’s indexed notarial career into August 1649 and confirms the continuing pattern recognized by the volume’s own editors.
Editorial Evidence Caution
The surname identification belongs to the Index Nominum. It should remain explicitly labeled as such.
Source: RMS IX, charter 2118, p. 799; identification from the printed Index Nominum. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
Charter 2122 · Richard Guthrie, Notary
Document Focus
The printed Index Nominum associates Richard Guthrie, notary, with this second charter dated 9 August 1649.
Why This Record Matters
Charter 2122 closes the substantial Richard Guthrie sequence in Volume IX. Taken together, the entries document him repeatedly as a notary, Writer to the Signet, witness, creditor and participant in Scotland’s legal-property machinery.
Editorial Evidence Caution
As with several of the late 1649 records, the Guthrie identification is supplied by the printed surname index rather than fully repeated in the abbreviated charter text.
Source: RMS IX, charter 2122, pp. 799–800; identification from the printed Index Nominum. Open the verified Volume IX copy →
People & Families
Several Guthries recur across Volume IX or appear within records that preserve unusually strong family relationships. This section brings those strands together without treating repeated names, shared places, or professional associations as proof of kinship.
John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray · The 1636 Guthrie Family
Charter 616 provides the clearest family structure in the volume. John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray, and Nichola Wood received the Barony of Guthrie after Peter Guthrie’s resignation.
- Master John Guthrie — eldest lawful son.
- Master Patrick Guthrie — second son.
- Andrew Guthrie — third son.
- Charter 874 independently identifies Patrick and Andrew as lawful sons of the Bishop of Moray.
Later Charters 1022, 1848 and 1963 preserve further references to John in his former episcopal capacity, with the Guthrie surname supplied or clarified by the printed Index Nominum.
Peter Guthrie & Patrick Guthrie of Logie-Buchan
Charter 616 identifies Peter Guthrie, then of that Ilk, as the son and heir of the late Master Patrick Guthrie, minister of Logie-Buchan.
Peter resigned the Barony of Guthrie in September 1636 before the Crown granted it anew to Bishop John Guthrie and his family.
This relationship belongs to Peter’s documented line and should not be confused with the separate Patrick Guthrie who appears as Bishop John’s second son.
Guthries of Kincaldrum
Charter 323 explicitly identifies David Guthrie as the father of Alexander Guthrie during the transfer of the Kincaldrum estate.
David retained a liferent interest in part of Carret, while Charter 790 preserves another historical title-chain reference to David Guthrie of Kincaldrum.
Charter 1035 later preserves Kincaldrum as part of the wider Arbroath territorial landscape, but without naming a Guthrie person.
Guthries Associated with Gagie
Two records preserve identifiable Guthries using or associated with the Gagie designation.
- Alexander Guthrie of Gagie appears as a witness in Charter 355.
- Charter 1177 identifies William Guthrie of Gagie.
- The same charter explicitly identifies Francis Guthrie as William’s son.
- Jeanne Guthrie appears as wife of Alexander Lindsay of Pittairlie.
Relationship Caution
The volume does not state how Alexander Guthrie of Gagie, William Guthrie of Gagie, and Jeanne Guthrie were related to one another. Their shared surname and territorial setting make the records important to compare, but do not supply the missing relationships.
Halcartoun & the Arbroath Guthries
Charter 1430 is especially useful for reconstructing this family. John Guthrie is expressly called the lawful son of Master David Guthrie, burgess of Arbroath.
Henry Guthrie of Halcartoun is explicitly identified as John’s brother. The document therefore joins the Arbroath burgess family with the Halcartoun territorial designation.
Exact Wording Matters
John is explicitly described as David’s son; Henry is explicitly described as John’s brother. That documentary wording is stronger than simply assuming parentage from matching names and places.
Nicola Guthrie · Watt & Home Connections
Charter 344 identifies Nicola Guthrie as the widow of John Watt and the wife of Jasper Home of Threiplandhill.
Charter 713 again identifies Nicola as Jasper Home’s wife and places the couple within the continuing East Barnes property sequence.
Parentage Caution
The earlier charter identifies John Watt as the father of William Watt. It does not explicitly state that Nicola Guthrie was William’s mother. That relationship should remain unassigned unless another document proves it.
Margaret Guthrie & the Ogilvies of Newgrange
Volume IX contains two important Newgrange references involving a woman named Margaret Guthrie, but the spouse identification is not consistent between them.
- Charter 1429: Margaret Guthrie is described as wife of Francis Ogilvy.
- Charter 1949: Dame Margaret Guthrie is described as spouse of James Ogilvie of Newgrange, with Francis and John Ogilvie identified as their sons.
Open Identity Question
These records should not yet be silently merged into one woman. The differing spouse names require reconciliation against the original charter wording, Ogilvy pedigrees, marriage contracts, sasines, or other contemporary evidence.
Other Documented Guthrie Marriage Connections
Volume IX also preserves several women whose marriage or widowhood supplies useful female-line evidence:
- Margaret Guthrie — wife of the late Gilbert Kirkwood, named in Charter 1792.
- Jeanne Guthrie — wife of Alexander Lindsay of Pittairlie, Charter 1177.
- Jeanne Guthrie — widow of Robert Stirling of Letter and principal grantee of Kirkcudbrightshire property in Charter 1533.
Same-Name Caution
Repeated first names such as Margaret and Jeanne are common. The women above should remain separate documentary identities unless independent evidence establishes that two records describe the same person.
Richard Guthrie · Notary & Writer to the Signet
Richard has the densest professional sequence in Volume IX. The records show activity from ordinary notarial work through the higher-status designation Writer to the King’s Signet and participation in debt and property proceedings.
Index-Derived Entries
Several late entries abbreviate the notarial clause in the charter body. Richard’s Guthrie identity in those cases is supplied by the printed Index Nominum and should remain labeled as such.
Walter Guthrie · Aberdeen Notarial Career
Walter appears repeatedly within the Aberdeen legal and scribal environment.
Identity Standard
The recurrence of name, profession and Aberdeen setting is highly useful, but each record should retain its own wording rather than making identity depend solely on the repeated name.
Master Alexander Guthrie · Common Clerk of Edinburgh
Alexander appears repeatedly with the explicit civic designation Common Clerk of the burgh of Edinburgh.
These references show Alexander functioning repeatedly within Edinburgh’s civic and conveyancing system rather than appearing as an isolated witness.
James Guthrie · Notary
Charter 130 explicitly names James Guthrie, notary public, in 1634.
Charter 377 supplies a second professional occurrence through the printed Index Nominum, which indexes “Jac., notarius” at Charters 130 and 377.
Editorial Identification
In Charter 377, the surname is not printed in the surviving calendared notarial wording. The Guthrie identification comes from the volume’s own surname index and must remain distinguishable from the charter text.
Repeated Names Are Not Automatic Identities
Volume IX contains several recurring first names— John, Patrick, Henry, Margaret, Jeanne, Alexander and others. A shared name does not establish that two records describe the same individual.
Identification should depend on combinations of territorial style, office, spouse, parentage, occupation, chronology and documentary associates.
The same caution applies in the opposite direction: a person may be securely identifiable even where the charter omits the surname if the printed Index Nominum supplies a specific and coherent identification. Those editorial identifications remain visibly labeled throughout this page.
Research Pathways
Volume IX does more than add isolated Guthrie references. Its records clarify several family and estate histories while also exposing questions that remain unresolved. The pathways below distinguish what the volume actually adds from the next documentary steps needed to test those questions.
The Barony of Guthrie · Peter Guthrie → Bishop John Guthrie
Charter 616 supplies the pivotal seventeenth-century transition in the historic Guthrie estate.
Peter Guthrie, son and heir of the late Master Patrick Guthrie, minister of Logie-Buchan, resigns the Barony of Guthrie before a new Crown grant to John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray, Nichola Wood and their designated sons.
Bishop John Guthrie · Family, Office & Property
Volume IX follows John Guthrie through both his episcopal career and the later documentary afterlife of acts performed while Bishop of Moray.
Charter 616 identifies his wife Nichola Wood and sons John, Patrick and Andrew. Charter 874 independently identifies Patrick and Andrew as lawful sons of the bishop. Charters 1022, 1848 and 1963 preserve later references to John as former Bishop of Moray.
Guthrie of Kincaldrum
The Kincaldrum evidence combines direct family relationship with later title and landscape evidence.
Charter 323 explicitly identifies David Guthrie as father of Alexander Guthrie of Kincaldrum and records the transfer of the barony. Charter 790 preserves David in the later title chain, while Charter 1035 places Kincaldrum within the wider former Arbroath Abbey estate complex.
Guthrie of Gagie
Volume IX provides two strong but not yet genealogically joined Gagie clusters.
Charter 355 names Alexander Guthrie of Gagie. Charter 1177 names William Guthrie of Gagie and explicitly identifies Francis Guthrie as William’s son. The same record also names Jeanne Guthrie as wife of Alexander Lindsay of Pittairlie.
Hiltoun of Guthrie · Hiltoun of Craigie
Volume IX makes it especially important to keep similarly named Hiltoun properties distinct.
Charter 286 includes Hiltoun of Guthrie and Langlands in a later estate grant. Charter 616 expressly excludes Hiltoun and Langlands from the Barony of Guthrie conveyance. Separate records 899, 1020, 1078 and 1660 concern Hiltoun de Craigie.
Balnabreich
Volume IX does not name a Guthrie at Balnabreich, but it contributes useful evidence for the estate’s later history.
Charter 225 places Balnabreich within the Brechin–Navar / Panmure estate complex. Charter 1011 later associates it with Carrestoun and Pitforkie in a territorial and ecclesiastical setting.
Lunan & Kinblathmont
Neither estate should be treated as a current Guthrie possession merely because of its earlier family history.
Charters 291, 760 and 878 preserve later Lunan tenure and warrandice context. Charter 291 also includes Kinblathmont, while Charter 377 preserves further Kinblathmont property history alongside the indexed notarial appearance of James Guthrie.
Ruffies · Guthrieshields · Kincaldrum · The Arbroath Landscape
Charter 1035 preserves one of the most useful place-name clusters in the volume.
The former Arbroath Abbey grant includes Ruffies, Guthrieshields, the Kirktoun and mill of Kincaldrum, Easter Lunan and numerous neighboring Angus properties.
Professional Guthries · Edinburgh & Aberdeen
Volume IX contains an unusually rich group of Guthries whose occupations place them inside Scottish legal, civic and urban institutions.
James Guthrie appears as a notary; Walter Guthrie in the Aberdeen scribal and notarial world; Alexander Guthrie as Common Clerk of Edinburgh; Richard Guthrie as notary and Writer to the Signet; and Samuel Guthrie as an Edinburgh dyer.
Women, Marriage & Inheritance
Several of the volume’s strongest genealogical clues survive because Guthrie women appear in marriage settlements, resignations, inheritance interests and widowhood.
Nicola Guthrie is documented with John Watt and Jasper Home; Jeanne Guthrie with Alexander Lindsay; another Jeanne Guthrie as widow of Robert Stirling; Margaret Guthrie with Gilbert Kirkwood; and the Newgrange records preserve a Margaret Guthrie within the Ogilvy family.
The Margaret Guthrie / Newgrange Identity Problem
The Newgrange records should remain an explicit research problem rather than being harmonized by assumption.
Charter 1429 describes Margaret Guthrie as wife of Francis Ogilvy. Charter 1949 describes Dame Margaret Guthrie as spouse of James Ogilvie of Newgrange and names Francis and John Ogilvie as sons.
Clerical Guthries
Ecclesiastical office is an important recurring route into the seventeenth-century Guthrie record.
Master Henry Guthrie is minister at Stirling; Peter Guthrie is identified as son and heir of the late Master Patrick Guthrie, minister of Logie-Buchan; and Bishop John Guthrie’s family appears repeatedly in Moray-related records.
Follow People and Property Across the RMS Volumes
Volume IX should not be read in isolation. Several people and estates have earlier title, family or professional histories in preceding RMS volumes, while some 1640s confirmations preserve acts executed years before the Great Seal date.
Follow the underlying charter or contract date as well as the Crown confirmation date; compare territorial styles over time; distinguish direct possession from superiority, liferent, warrandice and historical title references; and use the printed indexes as finding aids rather than substitutes for the charter text.
Terms, Sources & Access
Great Seal records use a specialized vocabulary of landholding, inheritance, resignation, debt and royal confirmation. The definitions below are limited to terms especially useful for understanding the Volume IX Guthrie records; they are not intended to replace the broader genealogy glossary elsewhere on Guthrie Genealogy.
Apprising
A legal process by which a creditor could have a debtor’s heritable property valued and transferred toward payment of debt. Charter 2009 and the Margaret Guthrie / Pitnamoone material illustrate why an apprising should not be confused with an ordinary voluntary sale.
Confirmation
Royal ratification of an earlier charter, contract or conveyance. The date of Great Seal confirmation may be months or years later than the document being confirmed.
Conjunct Infeftment
A grant or settlement placing two people—commonly spouses—in a shared heritable interest. Bishop John Guthrie and Nichola Wood are granted the Barony of Guthrie in this form in Charter 616.
Feu-Farm
Heritable tenure held in return for a fixed feu-duty or annual payment. It could provide substantial long-term possession without eliminating the distinction between superior and vassal.
Instrument of Resignation
The formal notarial record of a surrender of heritable rights, typically so that a superior could issue a new grant or infeftment. Guthrie notaries repeatedly appear in Volume IX in connection with these instruments.
Liferent
A lifetime right to possess property or receive its income without holding the underlying fee. Charter 323 reserves a liferent interest for David Guthrie during the Kincaldrum transfer.
Portioner
A person holding a fractional share of a property. The designation can indicate a genuine heritable interest but does not by itself identify how the share was acquired.
Relict
Widow or widower of a deceased spouse. When a woman is described as the relict of a named man, the record supplies direct marriage and widowhood evidence.
Sasine
The formal act and record by which possession of heritable property was delivered. Great Seal charters often authorize or follow sasine, while the Register of Sasines can preserve additional relationship and property details not repeated in RMS.
Superiority
The superior’s feudal interest in land held by another person or family. Ownership of the superiority is not necessarily the same as physical possession or beneficial occupation of the property.
Teinds
Tithes or revenues historically connected with ecclesiastical property. After the Reformation, teind rights frequently appear as valuable heritable or financial interests in land transactions.
Warrandice
A legal guarantee protecting a grantee against loss or challenge to title. Lands named as warrandice may secure another transaction and should not automatically be treated as the grantee’s principal residence or family estate.
Great Seal Date vs. Underlying Date
The date heading an RMS entry is normally the date of the Crown’s charter or confirmation. The document may incorporate an earlier charter, matrimonial contract, resignation, apprising or other instrument.
Both dates matter. For example, a 1643 confirmation can preserve Walter Guthrie’s work on an instrument actually written in 1636.
The Index Nominum
The Index Nominum is the printed personal-name index to the volume. It is extremely valuable when an abbreviated charter omits a surname or reduces a repeated legal clause.
In this page, records such as Charters 377, 1022, 1540, 1848, 1963, 2036, 2064, 2086, 2118 and 2122 explicitly distinguish index identification from words actually printed in the charter abstract.
The Index Locorum
The Index Locorum is the place-name index. It is essential for locating estates whose connection with the Guthries may survive even when no Guthrie person appears in the charter.
A place-index hit is not automatically a Guthrie record. Geography must be checked carefully before similarly named places are joined.
“Of” a Place vs. “In” a Place
A man styled “of” a territorial designation may be identified with a landed interest or recognized estate style. Someone described as “in” a place is more often being located there as resident, tenant or occupier.
Neither form should be modernized into a stronger property claim than the document actually makes.
Witness, Servitor, Writer & Notary
These roles establish presence and professional context, but they do not establish kinship with the parties to the deed.
A recurring notary such as Walter or Richard Guthrie may be highly useful for identity research, yet professional association is not a substitute for genealogical evidence.
Place-Name ≠ Surname Occurrence
Names such as Hiltoun de Guthrie or Guthrieshields may preserve an important historic association while naming no living Guthrie person at all.
Such entries appear on this page as Supplementary Context, not Direct Guthrie records.
- Original charter, sasine, contract or other underlying instrument — preferred whenever available, because it may preserve wording omitted from the printed calendar.
- Registrum Magni Sigilli, Volume IX charter entry — the principal published source used for this page.
- RMS Index Nominum and Index Locorum — editorial finding aids used to locate and clarify people and places.
- Related primary records — sasines, testaments, burgh registers, kirk records, deeds and other contemporary documents used to test identities and relationships suggested by RMS.
- Later pedigrees and secondary histories — useful for comparison, but not allowed to override conflicting contemporary evidence without explanation.
Printed Volume
Thomson, John Maitland, ed.
The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland /
Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum.
Volume IX, A.D. 1634–1651.
Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House, 1897.
Charter numbers on this page refer to the numbered entries in this published volume.
HathiTrust Digital Copy
A verified digitized copy of Volume IX is available through HathiTrust. This is the principal online copy used during the current RMS Volume IX review.
Open RMS Volume IX at HathiTrust →Related Guthrie Research
Continue through the wider Guthrie Genealogy primary-source collections to compare Great Seal evidence with other chronological, archival and manuscript records.
Registrum Magni Sigilli · Volume IX · A.D. 1634–1651
The Guthrie surname index, relevant place-index entries and retained charter records have been reconciled into the final Volume IX inventory.
Direct evidence and contextual evidence remain separately identified throughout the page so that later interpretation can be revised without obscuring what the register itself actually records.