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CRUIKSHANK, of Aswanley, Toshstirgh or Toshachdera
(About 1325-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Unknown

CRUIKSHANK, of Aswanley, Toshstirgh or Toshachdera 1

  • Born: About 1325
  • Marriage (1): Unknown

   Another name for CRUIKSHANK was CRUICKSHANKS, Laird of Aswanley.2

   User ID: X44.

  Research Notes:

TOSHSTIRGH translated as Mair of Fee

A 'Mair of Fee' was a judiciary court official whose duties were to admit and discharge deputies and to carry out the justiciary's orders. As late as 1589, it was considered to be a position of much importance, as is shown by a decree. 1


CRUIKSHANK married.


Sources

1 Internet Site, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~phelps/biographies/gordoun.htm based on History of House of Gordon by John M. Bulloch, XVIII Vols. by Edward Gordon of Cairnfield.

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

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