John Mure of Caldwell (c1515-c1554)

Name variations

 * More
 * Muir

Biography

 * Sex : Male
 * Born: c 1515 in Scotland
 * Died: c 1554

Married "first, the Lady Isabel Montgomerie, daughter of Hugh, first Earl of Eglinton, and secondly, Christian, daughter of Ninian, Lord Ross, of Hawkhead, a papal dispensation for which match, as within the prohibited degree, was obtained from the see of Glasgow, in 1538. The Laird of Caldwell had (with younger children) two sons,

"I. John (Sir), his heir.

"II. William, who received the lands, and founded the house of Glanderstoun, long a distinct Renfrewshire family, of the first respectability."

Burke's Commoners, I, p 455. [So we don't know who their mother was until we find birth dates: but gencircles has ideas]

Pedigree
John is the son of John Mure of Caldwell (c 1500-1539) and Lady Janet Stewart (c 1500-after 1515).

Spouse(s)

 * Isabel Montgomery (c 1515-after 1545)

Offspring

 * William Mure of Glanderstoun (c 1545-after 1570)

Descendants
Descendant table on WorldConnect.

Contributors

 * Robin Patterson