SCRIMGEOUR, James of Dudhope, Constable of Dundee ¹

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  General Notes:

" JAMES SCRIMGEOUR had service of Benvy and others as his father's heir, 19 April 1504 and a charter as son and heir of the late Sir James Scrimgeour, Constable of Dundee, of the lands of Soneharde 9 March 1507-8.9 On 2 July 1527 he had a charter on his own resignation, of the lands of Dudhope and others to himself and the heirs-male of his body, whom failing, to John Scrimgeour of Glastre or Glassary, Mr. James, his brother, Walter, his brother, David Scrimgeour of Fardill, John Scrimgeour, macer, and the heirs-male of their bodies, whom failing, to the nearest heirs-male of himself and then to heirs-female."

"On 2 March 1541-42 he had a charter of the lands and barony of Dudhope and others, and the office of
Constable of Dundee, which lands were incorporated into the barony of Dudhope, to be held by himself in liferent, and ' the King's familiar and daily servitor ' John Scrimgeour of Glastre, and the heirs-male of his body in fee ...."

"By his first wife he had two
daughters,
i Elizabeth
ii Agnes ....
...... The succession then opened to the descendants of MR. JOHN SCRIMGEOUR of Glassary (his uncle), the second son of James Scrimgeour."

from Scots Peerage ¹

James married Mariota WARDLAW Lady Dudhope, daughter of John WARDLAW 5th of Torry and Elizabeth BETON (BETHUNE), before 23 August 1534. (Mariota WARDLAW Lady Dudhope was born about 1515.)

  Marriage Notes:

"7. Mariota (Wardlaw), married first before 23 August 1534, to James Scrymgeour of Dudhope, Constable of Dundee. She survived her husband, who died in February 1543-4, and was afterwards married to Sir Alexander Hepburn of Whitsome, son of Sir Alexander Hepburn and Isabel Wardlaw. She is referred to by John Wardlaw of Torrie and Elizabeth Beaton, her father and mother, as 'our well beloved daughter' in October I 556, when she is designed Dame Marion Wardlaw, Lady Dudhope.' "

from The Wardlaws in Scotland