DUFF, John 4th of Muldavit, Burgess of Cullen ¹

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  General Notes:

"John Duff (3rd) wadset (that is, mortgaged), Muldavit to one James Innes.

John, fourth of Muldavit, his son, had this wadset confirmed in the following terms :

'Apud Edinburghi, 13 April 1482. Rex confirmavit cartam Johannis Duff, burgensis di Culane qua, pro carta summa pecuniae vendidit et alienavit Jacobo lnnes de eodem heredibus ejus et assignatis terras di Maudavat vie Banff.'

The house of Muldavit, of which no trace now remains, is said to have stood 'upon a cliff just above the burn of Cullen, opposite to the magnificent mansion of Cullen House.' Exactly the same description is given by Gordon of Straloch of the site of Craighead. Possibly the house on the estate of Muldavit was called Craighead. The latter name does not occur until a century later, and may have been applied only to the mansion built on that site by Margaret Gordon of Cairnburrow, wife of the great grandson of the John Duff who died in 1482. In the Balbithan MS. it is stated that ' she built the house of Craighead which is now reazed.' "

from Book of the Duffs ¹

John married.