GARDYN, John ¹

  General Notes:

"The same Helen Gardyn is also incidentally mentioned in the next extract, which gives details of another charter granted at Edinburgh in March 1607, and confirmed there in July following, which also refers to a contract dated 1601.

It was granted by Andrew Rollok, son and heir of the deceased Sir Walter Rollok de Gairden and Lady Jean Stewart, with consent of his curators and the said Jean, and by the said John, for himself, and by it - in fulfilment of a contract made between the said Walter and Jean, with consent of Mr David Gardyn, Elizabeth Stewart, his spouse, George Gardyn, his brother, for himself, and as heir of the late John, his brother, and Helen Gardyn, daughter of the said David with consent of William Gordoun, fiar of Knockespick, her husband, on the one part, and the deceased Sir William Rowan of Ballindene, William R., his son, fiar of the same, the deceased Lady Katharine Stewart, spouse of the said Sir William, and Christian Barclay, spouse of William R., younger, on the other part, dated at Dunkeld, 7 October 1601; and by virtue of a decree arbitral, &c, &c, and also of an assignation, &c, &c. - they sold to Sir Robert Creichtoun of Cluny, his heirs and assigns, the lands and barony of Gairdyn [then follows the description of the lands of the barony] in the Sheriffdom of Forfar. Dated [i.e., the charter of sale] at Edinb., 21 March 1607. Confirmed at Edinb., 1 July 1607."

from Gordons of Knockespock