STARK, Robert ¹

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  General Notes:

"339. Instrument narrating that Robert Stark, dwelling at Wester Balloch and a parishioner of Lenye, appeared before Malcolm Lord Flemyng, and on being examined and questioned, admitted that he had confessed to one priest and taken the sacrament at the hands of another within the Laigh Church of Glasgow, notwithstanding that he was under excommunication in his own parish church of Lenye. Done at Cummernald, in the chamber of Lord Flemyng, the 14 of January 1544/5. Witnesses, Matthew Ker, William Gray, George Andersoun, Dominus John Craufurd, chaplain, and Gilbert Myln, notary public."

from Protocol Books of Dominus Thomas Johnstoun ¹

  Research Notes:

DAUGHTER

The placing of Barbara Stark as Robert's daughter is speculative, so should be treated with caution. Is is based on: proximity of location - his residence in Wester Balloch in Lenzie parish; proximity of time; and the choice of her son's name 'Robert', after the naming of two older sons for the paternal Gartshores. But it may be wrong. Research is ongoing.

Robert married.