Robert Mure of Caldwell

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Robert Mure or Muir (died 1620) was a Scottish landowner.

He was a son of John Mure of Caldwell and Jonet Kennedy of Bargany.

Caldwell is in East Renfrewshire.

Im 1581 Robert Mure became a guardian of the legal affairs of his stepson Robert, Lord Sempill, known as a "curator", after marrying his mother Barbara Preston. The other curators were Archibald Preston of Valleyfield near Dunfermline and his son James Preston, a servant to the king and master of the royal mint. The curators also made an agreement with the Earl of Glencairn. Previously, Regent Morton (died 1581) had been Lord Sempill's legal "tutor".[1]

On 1 October 1590, James VI of Scotland wrote to Robert Mure, reminding him, as previously requested, to send a hackney horse for the use of the ladies in waiting to his wife Anne of Denmark.[2]

Mure had some difficulties with a tenant, John Reid of Kittochside. The lands include the site of the National Museum of Rural Life. Reid complained to the Privy Council in April 1600 that he held lands at Kittochside by an inherited lease, but Robert Mure had harassed him over the past 18 years, and in June 1597 had sent his sons to seize him at Kittochside in 1597. He evaded capture but they had burnt his house down, risking harm to his wife and children. Robert Mure and his armed followers came to the house and farm again in March 1600 and broke open their coffers and chests, and took clothes and textiles, and livestock. Mure alleged he was justly claiming these goods for a debt, but the Privy Council did not accept this. He was ordered to recompense John Reid and imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle.[3]

Marriages[]

He married Elizabeth Kincaid. Their children included:

  • John Mure, who married Helen Hamilton
  • James Mure, who married Margaret Mure, a daughter of William Mure of Rowallan, theit son was Robert Mure of Caldwell
  • Hugh Mure

He married secondly, by 1581, Barbara Preston, daughter of George Preston of Valleyfield, and widow of Robert, Master of Sempill. Their children included:

  • Barbara Mure who married James Hamilton of Preston (died 1644)

References[]

  1. ^ William Mure, Selections from the Family Papers Preserved at Caldwell, vol. 1 (Paisley, 1883), pp. 79-83.
  2. ^ William Mure, Selections from the Family Papers Preserved at Caldwell, vol. 1 (Paisley, 1883), pp. 83-4.
  3. ^ David Masson, Register of the Privy Council, vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1884), pp. 100, 118-9.
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