MENZIES, Gilbert of Findon, Provost of Aberdeen ¹

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  General Notes:

"Gilbert Menzies, burgess of Aberdeen, for value received, grants to Donald de Caldor the lands of Drumnaglas, in the barony of Kerdale, county Inverness, by a charter dated 30th March, 1421, to which (John) Vaus is a witness, and is designed as being then alderman." (page 31)

"His name appears in the rental of 1408 as taxed for 12d., and in the Council list for 1412 he is one of the baillies. The transactions in land in which his name occurs are numerous, and show that he must have been possessed of considerable means.... In the charter room at Slains Castle there is a copy of a charter in his favour and that of his wife Isabella of the lands of Lasgownie in that parish, dated 3rd November, 1435.
Besides occupying the position of alderman, he also represented the burgh in the Parliaments held in 1434, 1449, and 1450,...In 1452 he founded and endowed the chantry or altar of S. Sebastian within the parish church of S. Nicholas." (pages 32 and 33)

from Aldermen and Provosts ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Provost, 1423, of Aberdeen. ¹

2. Provost, 1426-1427, of Aberdeen. ¹

3. Provost, 1439, of Aberdeen. ¹

Gilbert married Isabella LIDDELL.¹ (Isabella LIDDELL was born about 1382.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The Alderman was married to Isabella Liddell, a daughter, in all probability, of the John de Lyddale who is mentioned as possessing property in the Shiprow about 1392, and by her he had at least one son, Andrew, his heir, who was afterwards alderman." (page 33)

from Aldermen and Provosts ¹