HUME, Alexander ¹

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  General Notes:

"Alexander (Hume), who obtained from Isabella Hume, prioress of the nunnery of North Berwick, and Dame Margaret Hume, postulate or prioress-elect, and the convent thereof, for the great sums of money spent in repair of the nunnery, confirmation of a charter of the two milns of North Berwick on 21 January 1546- 47, and on 28 September 1549 a confirmation from Margaret Hume, then prioress, of a charter of the dominical lands of Heuch for the sum of £2000 spent in the repair of the abbey and for payment of the taxation due by her.

He died on 22 August 1563, leaving a natural son Robert, to whom he gave Heuch, and on whose behalf the Privy Council interfered to protect him from the molestation of Patrick Hume, younger of Polwarth, who had occupied his lands. This Robert Hume's will, dated 26 May 1568, preserved among the Marchmont Mss., contains mention of his wife Marion Hepburn and his son Robert, who succeeded him, and died before 27 June 1642."

from Scots Peerage (vol 6) ¹