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Inv'y of the pers'l Estate of John Forrest
At Stirling the Twenty Seventh day of October Eighteen hundred and twenty four years.  In presence ??  ????
 
Compeared Henry Abercromby Writer in Stirling and produced &  & whereof the terms follow ????.  Inventory of the
 
personal Estate of Dr John Forrest Physician in Stirling who died upon the twenty fifth day of October Eighteen
 
hundred and twenty two with Interest due on principal Sums at that date.
 
 
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5th
6th
Bro’t Forward
Principal sum in blank by the late David Blank Hill to the defendant dated 21st June 1822 …………………………………………….
Interest due herein at 5 pc
 
Balance due by the said David Forrest on an account consent between the defund  and him dated 28th November 1821
 
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Interest dye herein
 
Five shares in the Honourable Insurance Company at £15 P……
 
Amount inventory and valuation of the Defuncts  ½  ? share of shop goods specially bequeathed to John Forrest the
 
defuncts second son and blank by him to Dr Dinismore the defuncts partner at ………………………………………………….
 
The Deceaseds ½ value of the blank kept on account of the joint blank
 
Amount of the defuncts share of sundry shop accounts  blank recovered by Dr Dinemore ………………………………………
NB There are still some inconsiderable debts seeking to first concern but it is doubtful whether any part will be
 
recovered
 
Rent of house in Dabbin  Street, Edinburgh due by Mr David Forrest  the Defuncts son at lihilly 1822 ……………………….
 
Amount Inventory and valuation of the deceased’s household furniture and valued by  Messrs Jaquen Liendappsey,
 
Elizabeth Forrest  Andrew Newton
 
At Stirling the twenty fifth day of October Eighteen hundred and twenty four years.  In presence of Andrew Multon
 
Commissary clerk of Stirling Commissioner approved by John Fraser Esquire advocate Commissary Depute of the said
 
Commissioned compeared Mrs Elisabeth Glas or Forrest, widow of the deceased Dr John Forrest physician in stirling
 
who being solemnly sworn and examined deplores that the said Dr John Forrest died upon the twenty fifth day of
 
October Eighteen hundred and twenty two, and the Dessonent has entered upon the possessions and management of his
 
personal estate as executive nominated by him in a disposition and settlement hearing date the twenty seventh day
 
of March Eighteen Hundred and be recorded in the town court books of Stirling the thirty first day of October
 
Eighteen hundred and twenty two for behalf of herself as liferenter and the other persons therein named first, an
 
extract of which Deed of Settlement is now exhibited and signed by the dissonent and the said commissioner as
 
relative hereto that the dissonent does not know of any settlement or writing left by the deceased’s relative to
 
the disposal…
 
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…disposal of his personal estate and effects or any part of them other than that now exhibited and codicil thereto
 
dated the third day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty and recorded in the town Court Books of Stirling the
 
thirty first day of October Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Two an extract whereof is now exhibited and signed by the
 
dissonent and commissioner as relative hereto that the foregoing inventory each page of which is signed by the
 
dissonent and commissioner as relative hereto is a full and complete inventory of the personal estate and effects
 
of the said deceased Dr John Forrest wheresoever situated and belonging or due to him beneficially at the time of
 
his death and that the value of the said estate situated in Scotland is of the value of two thousand pounds slg and
 
under the value of three thousand pounds slg all which is both as the dissonent shall answer to God (Signed)
 
Elisabeth Forrest, Andrew Mutton Comms
 
(Follows the registered Disposition and Deed of Settlement)
 
At Sterling the thirty first day of October eighteen hundred and twenty two years.  In presence of Daniel Hingate
 
Esquire one of the present Barches of the Burgh of stirling commisoner,. Mr Robert Sconee notary  as procurator for
 
Dr John Forrest after designed and produced and gave in the deposition and Deed of settlement underwritten
 
declaring the same might be insert and registered in the  Town  Court Books of said Bargh  for presentation and
 
publication of execution conforms to the clause of registration therein contained which desire the said Bailie
 
granted  and ordained the same to be done accordingly and whereof the lenor follows that I Dr John Forrest
 
Physician in Stirling taking into my most serious considerations that by my present marriage with Elisabeth Glas my
 
wife I have seven children in life named David, Christian, Elisabeth, Marion, Margaret, Isabella, Craigh and John
 
Forrest and that there was no contract of marriage or other settlement executed between her and blank wherefore it
 
becomes prudent and necessary to make a proper settlement of my affairs amongst my….
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…my said spouse and children and for these and other roughtly considerations as well as for the love favour and
 
affection which I have and bear to them, I the said John Forrest with the special advice and consent of my said
 
spouse and I the said Elisabeth Glas for myself and interest and we the said spouses do by these presents of mutual
 
advice and consent deliberately make and enter into the following settlement any agreement these are to say I the
 
said John Forrest do hereby with and under the burdens and conditions aftermentioned, fell, alienate and dispose
 
from me and all others to and in favour of the said Elisabeth Glas my spouse in liferent for her liferent use
 
allenanly during all the days of her lifetime after my decease and that only so long as she continues my widow and
 
to the said David Forrest our eldest son and his heirs or assignees in fee all and blank an single road of land
 
lying blank east.  James Nicolson yard bounded by the road belonging to James Jacksons heirs on the east, James
 
Nicholsons lands on the west, the sea flood on the south and the high street on the north parts.  Item all and
 
build another road of lands bounded by  James Nicholsons lands on the east the lands belonging to James Jackson’s
 
heirs on the west and the high street and sea flood on the other parts.  Item all and build four roads of land
 
bounded betwixt the roads belonging to James Jackson’s heirs on the east and west the sea flood on the south and
 
the highway and common land on the north parts  Item all and hill two long roads and a half road of land lying in
 
that soil called Bold Back near that part called Green Hill betwixt the lands sometime of William Blackburn now of
 
Misslbeten Freguson on the South the lands of Swinton. 
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Swinton then of Cockernie and disposed by him to John Cruich on the south and north the lands of salvage on the
 
west and the common way on the east parts.  Item all and haill these two road of lands lying near the greystone
 
bounded by the loop sometimes belonging to cockarie  and disposed  by him to the said John Brack on the south the
 
road belonging to Thovost Cunningham on the North Salvage on the West and the common road banand high Road on the
 
east parts.  Item all and haill on double road of land about fifteen elns width lying on the east banks betwixt and
 
about the lock yard bounded by cockances Road on the south the road leading above the head of the yards on the east
 
Hillfield on the west and the land of on the north parts item all and haille these five roads and one quarter or
 
fourth part of an road of land lying within the liberties of the Burgh of investreithing part whereof called the
 
leek yard bounded by the lands of Mary Husband  and heir of John Cowen on the North Hillfield on the west the lands
 
of………………………….. on the south and the Kings High Street on the East part Item all and Haille these five roads of land
 
lying betwixt  the soate well bounded by the lands of James Ferguson in the South the lands of salvage on the west
 
the lands sometime of the heirs of Bandies bounded now to the heirs of James Jackson on the North and the Common
 
ean on the east parts Item all and haille four roads or pieces of land lying near that part commonly called the
 
proper dike betwixt the lands sometime of William Blackburn now of the heir James Ferguson on the North the said
 
proper dike on the south the lands of salvage on the West and the Kings high way on the East parts item all and
 
haille…
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…Hiull two roads of land betwixt the lands of Andrew Adamson now to the said John Crouch on the South the lands of
 
John Bandie now also of the said John Crouch on the north, the lands of the Salvage and high way on the other parts
 
Item all and haill four roads or pieces of land lying betwixt the land of the said John Bandie now of the heir of
 
the said James Ferguson on the North the lands of the said John Bandie now of the said John Crouch on the south the
 
said lands of Salvage and high way on the other parts, Item all and haill two roads of land lying in that part
 
called the seaws betwixt the lands of Andrew Adamson now of Adam Turnball on the South the said Cockaince lands on
 
the North the said lands of Salvage and high way on the other parts. Item all if haill two roads of land lying
 
betwixt Cockaince lands on the South, the lands of John Adamson now of James Jackson on the north the said lands of
 
Salvage and high way on the other parts. Item all and Haill on single road of the land bounded betwixt the lands of
 
William Blackburn son of the said James Jackson on the south, the lands of the deceased Mathew Grey now of the
 
heirs of the said James Ferguson on the north the said lands of Salvage and highway on the other parts. Item all
 
and haill one single road of land bounded betwixt the land sometime of William Blackburn now of General Preston on
 
the south the lands of Mathew Grey now of the heir of the said John Crouch on the north the said lands of Salvage
 
and highway on the other parts. Item all and haill two roads and a half of land betwixt the land of Mathew Grey now
 
of the heir of James Ferguson on the south the land of William Blackburn now of heir of the said James Ferguson on
 
the north the said lands of Salvage and high way on the other parts. Item all and haill another…
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…Another road and fourth part of a road lying in the short crafts betwixt the lands of William Brown Noother now of
 
James Jackson on the east, the lands of General Preston on the west the common way on the north and Seafield on the
 
south parts, all which lands above mentioned lye within the liberties of the said Burgh of Inverkeilthing and
 
County of life. Item all and haill these five sixtenth parts of the lands of Paster Casters and bounded as in the
 
original rights and securities thereof also lying within the liberties and Parish of Inverkeilthing and County of
 
life. Item all and whole that piece of ground at the west mef of Inverkeilthing being part of the lands of Caster
 
Brucks marked and hacked off by meuth and Stones unfined consisting of three fourth parts of an aere shots measure
 
likewise lying within the liberties and Parish of Inverkeilthing and County of life and bounded in manner
 
particularly mentioned in a few contract thereof entered into betwixt me the said John Forrest and David Reid. John
 
Henry Cockiance, Richard Alliston Phillips, Shadrach Moyes and Henry Neulch commissioners of her majesty custom in
 
Scotland and their successors in office for behalf of the Resentue of Custom caring date the fourteenth and
 
nineteenth days of January Eighteen hundred and seven with the free use and privilege of a cart road twelve feet
 
wide thereby reserved to me at all times both on the east road north sides of the wall to be built by these for
 
inclosing part of said ground. And it is declared that they shall not delvetion or reed up any part of the said
 
lands more then where caution and rock have gone before and of old and under the other reservations herein
 
expressed to be holden always of and under me my heirs and successors in few farm lie and herelagy days for payment
 
of Seven Pounds….
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…pounds Seventeen shillings and sixpence for each of the first twelve yards after martinmas eighteen hundred and
 
six and fifteen pounds fifteen shillings Stirling yearly thereafter in name of fewduty all at two terms in the year
 
Whitsunday and maritamas by equal portions and doubling the said land mentioned fewduty at the entry of each heir
 
or singular successor all as more fully narrated in the said few contract. And all and haill an annual rent of
 
twenty pounds Stirling or such annual rent life or more as shall legally correspond to the principal sum of four
 
hundred pounds inflatable at Martinomas and Whitsunday by equal portion yearly during the net redemption with a
 
fifth part more of each times annual rent of penalty case failure. Fourth of all and whole these parts and portions
 
of the lands of Easter Sears more lying on the east side of the high road leading from Denny to Denny Loanhead and
 
whole houses and buildings thereon or that may be built thereon and whole pertiments thereof and which parts and
 
portions foresaid are nearly about the just and equal half of all and whole that free shilling land of Caster
 
Seamores lying north from the Greenduke with the heal Cavits in the main and the Carol Cavits in the Bassie heir
 
belonging thereof with the peinds great and small passanages and vicarage of the said lands and haill houses
 
begging yards blank blank meadow blank in field pasturages parts pendicles and parliament thereof whatsoever as the
 
same in blank and blank which lands were purchased and required by John Munhead there in Palkink and Mary Bandie
 
his spouse from Richard and Rleander Quiante merchant in Glasgow and James Oswald of Drybargh and are an part and
 
parts and portion of the few shilling land of Caster Seamores sometime belonging…
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…belonging to Andrew Beward all lying in the barry of South Nonbertshine Parish of Denny and there of Stirling 
 
excepting further thereof the mumfaurd and that piece of ruin  ground lying beneath the vestage of an old dyke and
 
extending to five hres of ground or thereby be also all and whole the south part of that blank of blank lying on
 
the east side of the murfauld which belonging to John Gilles and purchased by the said John Murhead and Mary
 
McCardie from David Buthell Portioner of Caster Borland bounded on the North with a line of mauch Stones betwixt
 
the ruin above disposed and the said David Bulshells remaining part of the said Chester Bavil and on the east south
 
north west parts by the lands above disposed with the haille parts and pertinents thereof lying within the furnish
 
of Denny and Shire  of stirling as also all and haill that piece of marble land lying on the north side of the
 
Bassie mask commonly called airhurs napkin or Gurhel purchased from Alexander Brands mason at Loanhead and bounded
 
as mentioned in his disposition to Robert Paterson Cooper in Camelons uncles lying within the parish of Denoy and
 
shire  of Stirling as also all and whole that part of Bassie mok and spreadfield purchased and acquired from Lady
 
Lean  Stirling of  Glosal and bounded as mentioned in the rights and infiflments thereof  lying also in the said
 
parish of Denny and  Shires of Stirling  together with the lands of the said land parsonage and vicarage in so far
 
as the said Robert Paterson had right thereto, all which lands and others foresaid where purchased by him from the
 
deceased John Paterson his uncle and in which he stood duty infeft conform to his instrument of sarine recorded at
 
Stirling the ninth day of March seventeen hundred and ninety four or forth of any part or portion of the said lands
 
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…and other foresaid rents mails and duties of the same but also all and whole the said lands and other haulages
 
themselves in further security of the payment of the foresaid, principal sum of four hundred pounds  due by him to
 
me with the penalties expenses and others due by and contained in the said honourable Bond but redeemable always
 
and under revision the said annual rent and land or manner therein mentioned further.  I do hereby with and under
 
the burdens and conditions after expressed assign convey and make over to the said Elisabeth Glas my spouse in
 
liferent for her liferent allenarly during all the days of her lifetime after my decease and that only so long as
 
she continues my widow and thereafter to the said David Forrest our eldest son and his foresaids in fee the rents
 
and duties  of the foresaid several haulages yearly fewduty  payable as aforesaid by the commissioners of the
 
customs and the foresaid principal sum of four hundred pounds annualrent thereof femintlies annexed to both and
 
expenses that may be resting at the home of my death and in time coming thereafter with the whole life deeds and
 
evidents as well old  as new belonging to the said several subjects declaring always as it is hereby expressly
 
provided and declared  and the said Elisabeth Glas becomes bound in respect of the liferent provisions foresaid and
 
the further liferent provisions in her favour after  expressed so long as she remain my widow to entertain maintain
 
cloath and educate our children before named creditably in family with himself until they are of age and capable to
 
do for themselves and upon the decease of my said spouse or in the event of her managing again whereby  her and
 
liferent provisions will lermmate and the fee often to the said David Forrest I hereby burden him with the payment
 
to each of the said Christian  Elisabeth Marion Margaret and Elisabeth Craigh his sisters of the sum of five
 
hundred  pounds stg of portion with the legal interest thereof from the term of Whitsunday or maritmas…
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…maitinmas immediately preceding the extentions of the said mothers liferent at and against the neat of these terms
 
subsequent thereto and yearly thereafter during the net payment with a fifth part mose of the said sums of penalty
 
in case of failure which portions are hereby expressly declared to be real burdens upon and affecting the several
 
lands haulages and others before disponed to the said David Forrest by and until the same be fully satisfied and
 
discharged and are hereby appointed to be engrossed  and invest as such in the infelments charters and other
 
investitures to follow hereon moreover and for the causes forsaid I the said John Forrest do hereby with consent of
 
my said spouse and under the burdens and conditions aftermentioned sell alienate and dispose from me and all others
 
to and in favour of the said Elisabeth  Glas my spouse in liferent  for her liferent use allenarly during all the
 
days of her lifetime after my decease  and that only as long as she continues my widow and to the said John Forrest
 
our youngest  son and his heirs or assignees in fee all and haill, that bedement of land high and high back and
 
fore with the yard colofs and pertinent thereof lying within the Burgh of Sterling near to the foot of the Bakers
 
wynd and on the north side of the street bounded betwixt the tenement and yard lately belonging to Colonel Albou
 
Casfeine of Lanoch on the west and north the houses and yard belonging to Alexander Palow and the house belonging
 
to Thomas Einlayson and Lilly Provue spouses the east and the said high street called the Bioters  wynd in the
 
south parts and which were purchased by John Glas Senior Merchant in Sterling from Margaret Jaffrey widow of the
 
deceased Robert Forrester Wright in Sterling together with the lertitude of access through the said John Glas other
 
subjects on the north side of the said whynd disposed to John Glas his eldest son in all necessary occasions to
 
repair the roof and….
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…and back walls of the above tenement and blog but is as not to eyne the said other subjects excepting and
 
necessary always that northmost part of the foresaid yard as divided  from the south part by a hedge with free
 
accept to and from the same as formerly possessed by the said John Glas senior himself and which he had disposed to
 
William Glas his youngest son together with the rents and duties of the said tenement of said yard clof and
 
pertinents above disposed that may be resting or current at the home of my death and in time coming thereafter
 
living their respective rights of liferent and fee as before distinguished with the whole title deeds and evidents
 
as well as old as new belonging thereto declaring always as it is hereby  eassissly provided and declared that upon
 
the decease of my said spouse or in the event of her marrying again whereby her said liferent provision will
 
terminate and the fee open to the said John Forrest I hereby burden him with the payment to each of the said
 
Christian Elisabeth Marion Margaret and Isabella Craigh Forrest his sister of the sum of One Hundred pounds
 
sterling of portion with the legal interest thereof from the term of Whitsunday or Maritimas immediately preceding
 
the extinction of their said mothers liferent  at and against the neat of these terms subsequent thereto and yearly
 
thereafter during the net payment with a fifth part more of the said sums of penalty in case of failures, which
 
portions are hereby expressly declared to be real burdens upon and affecting the said tenement yard clofs
 
pertinents before disposed  to the said John Forrest by and until the same be fully satisfied  and discharged and
 
are hereby appointed to be engaged and invest as such in the infilments (tharley)  Charles and other investities 
 
to follow hereon in the which several lands tenement annualrent and other haulage before disposed Item and oblige
 
me my heirs and successors under the burden and conditions before specified to unfelt and pease the…
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…the said Elisabeth Glas my spouse David and John Forrest our sons and their foresaid for their respective
 
interests of liferent and fee as before distinguished upon my said sons their own changes and expenses by two
 
several fulfilment and manners of holding blank blank blank blank me for payment of the same fewduties and other
 
burdens payable by myself and that either by resignation or confirmation and for decomplishing the said fulfilment
 
by resignation I hereby Make and Constitute                                    and each of them jointly and
 
severally my lawful procurator giving granting and committing to them full power warrant  and commission for me and
 
in my name to compean before my immediate lawful superiors of the subject before disposed or their commissioners
 
having power to receive resignation and grant new infilment  and therewith all due reverence and by staff and
 
custom as use is to resign and surrender as I by these expressed in the dispositive  blank hereof  and again below
 
as repeated blank  blank resign blank  and surrender blank and deliver all and haill the foresaid several
 
tenements  yards annualrents and other haulages with the whole pertinents before disposed lying and described as
 
aforesaid in the hands of my said superiors or their commissioners having power as aforesaid in favour and for new
 
infeflments  to be made and granted by the same to the said Elisabelth Glas David and John Forrest and their
 
forsaids for their respective interests of liferent and fee as before distinguished had declaring that the foresaid
 
several portions in favour of my younger childrenbefore named shall be real burdens upon and afflicting the said
 
several lands and other haulages respectively as before distinguished by and until the same be fully engrossed and
 
insert as such in the infeflement charters and other investitures to follow hereon all in such due and competent
 
form as effects acts instruments and documents one or more as necessary in the pressures to…
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…to ask and receive and generally every other thing thererent to do which to the office of procuratory in such
 
casese is known to belong promising to hold the same firm and stable without revocation moreover I do hereby with
 
and under the burdens and conditions after expressed assign convey and make over to the said Elisabeth Glas my
 
spouse in liferent use allenarly  during all the days of her lifetime after my decease and that only so long as she
 
continues my widow and to the said David John Christian Elisabeth Marion Margaret and Isabella Craigh Forrest our
 
children equally betwixt them shere and share alike but with the burden of their mothers blank and funeral charges
 
all and sundry other haulable debts  blank annualrents or other hulages besides thouse before specially conveyed to
 
my said sons together with all and sundry moveable goods blank sums of money bank notes gold and silver blank  and
 
blank household furniture plenishing and all other moveable of whatever name or denomination which may be
 
pertaining belonging or addebted and resting to me at the time of my decease and more particularly without
 
prejudice of the said generally the sums of money following but One hundred pounds due by Mr John Grieve surgeon in
 
Glasgow’s bill dated the fourth day of October Eighteen hundred and three, fifty pounds due by James Dinsmore Bill
 
dated the twenty ninth day of October eighteen hundred and six  thirty pounds due by his other bill dated the
 
twenty eighth day of April Eighteen hundred and eight, fifty pounds advanced to account of five shares held by me
 
in the Mercules Insurance Company and five hundred and seventy pounds lodge with the Stirling Banking Company
 
conform to their cashiers receipts with the interest that may be due as well as any dividends to be made by the
 
said Aberculeos Insurance Company together with the vouchers of the…
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…the said debts themselves and any others that may be hereafter taken in necessary or changing the securities and
 
failing any of my said daughters by death but leaving lawful years, such years shall succeed to the parents portion
 
and shares and blank  said blank the deceasors portion and shares shall divide equally amongst my said sons and
 
daughters then in life Excepting always from the above general conveyances the whole of my shop utensils and
 
medicines that may be in the shop and cellar belonging to me at my death which I leave exclusively to the said John
 
Forrest and I hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Elisabeth Glas and my said children before named for
 
their respective interests of liferents and fee as aforesaid to be my sole and only executors and inromitters with
 
my moveable glade before disposed to them Resuring advise to myself my liferent right and use of the several
 
subjects both haulable and moveable before disposed during all the days of my lifetime and full power at any time
 
hereafter by one or more blank under my hand to record annul or alter these presents which so far as may not be so
 
altered I declare the same to be as valid and effectual  if found in my custody or in that of any confident person
 
at my death as if a
 
of all portion inturale congeistion and other cloms  competent to them
delivered evident of the date hereof any law or practice to the contrary being hereby dispensed with which liferent
 
provisions before written in favour of the said Elisabeth Glas and burdened as aforesaid are hereby acceptable of
 
by here in full of all lice of land held of movable and of every other claim competent to her blank relict and the
 
provisions before specified in favour of our said sons and daughters are declared to her in full to them  by and
 
through the decease of their parents or other of them or any other manner of way and I recommend to and request
 
Doctor Robert Moor of Loceie whom failing Doctor Charles Graham  his eldest son John Bunn Esquire of Lesddron 
 
whom…
 
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…whom failing William Bunn his eldest son, Mr John Grieve Surgeon in Glasgow the Reverend Mr John McMullon of
 
Newforth the Reverend Mr William  (William) Sheriff Minister of McMannans and Mr John Bonnal the Blank in sterling
 
to aid and assist my said spousewith their best advice in the management of our children and I nominate and appoint
 
her and them any three of them being a guarum to be sales and curators to such of my said children as may be under
 
age at my decease for taking care of them and their affairs declaring that they shall not be liable for omissions
 
nor to do exact diligence but only liable for their actual intromissions pro-rata and not in soladum and  for
 
grater security we the saids John Forrest and Elisabeth Glas spouse consent to the registration hereof in the Books
 
of Council and Session or others competent for preservation and publication and if necessary that all legal
 
diligence and execution upon a charge of six days may pay hereon and thereto constitute our procurators blank  to
 
the effect that the said Elisabeth Glas David and John Forrest and their foresaids may be respectively blank  in
 
the foresaid several subjects for their foresaid several subjects for their respective rights of liferent and fee
 
as before specified of the said John Forrest hereby desire and require you and each of you my baulies in that part
 
hereby specially constituted that on sight hereof blank blank to the ground of the several subjects before disposed
 
and there give and deliver haulable state and blank  with realactual and corporal possession of all and shall  the
 
foresaid several lands tenements yards annualrents and other haulages with the whole pertinents before disposed
 
lying and described as aforesaid to….
 
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…to the said Elisabeth Glas David and John Forrest and their foresaids for their respective interests of liferent
 
and fee as before distinguished but advise with and under the burdens conditions and declarations specified in the
 
disposition clause hereof and now held as again repeated fireicatis blank and declaring that the foresaid several
 
portions in favour of my younger children before named, shall be real burdens upon and affecting the said several
 
lands and other haulages by any  and until the same be fully satisfied and discharged and shall be engrossed and
 
insert as such in the blankcharters and other investitutures to follow hereon and shall by deliverances to the said
 
Elisabeth Glas David and John Forrest and their foresaids or to their certain attorney or attornies in their names
 
blank thereof of Durth and Stone with other symbols necessary of land upon the ground of the several subjects as
 
use is and this in nowise ye leave undone the which to do I connect to you and each of you as said is my full power
 
by this my precept of blankdirected to you for that effect in blank  whereof I and the said Elisabeth Glas my
 
spouse  blank blank these presents conserting  of this and the fourteen preceding pages of paper stamped as
 
directed by law all written by Andre Mullon Writer in Stirling and the foresaid Andrew Mullon witnesses also to our
 
signing the marginal note on page fourth another on page fifth  another on page eleventh and other on page
 
thirteenth of these presents all written by the said Andrew Moulton and two words of the twelfth line from the foot
 
of page fourteenth were deleted before signing Signed John Forrest Elisabelth Glas Mr Bell wilnef Andrew Mutton
 
writer attorney the said Baice Cordains all Legal diligences and execution necessary by pointing arresting or
 
otherwise to half hereon and that next…
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…next after a change of six days hereby warranted to be given to in duty and lawfully given and expired and in the
 
meantime grants warrant to blank in common form extracted upon this and the thirty five preceeding pages of stamped
 
paper by Signed Mr Galhruath Clerk
Stirling 26 October 1824 This is the Extract Registering Disposition and Deed of Settlement referred to in the
 
deposition blank the by me of this date before Andrew Moulton Commissary Clerk of the Commissioner of Stering
 
Commissioner appointed by the Commissary Depute of said Commissionet (Signed)  Elisabeth Forrest Andrew Moulton
 
Blank blank Registered Codicil
 
All Stirling the thirty first day of October Eighteen Hundred and twenty two years in presence of Daniel Frangile
 
Esquire one of the present  Bailles of the Burgh of Stirling Comissioned  Mr Robert Sconce  Notary as procurator
 
for John Forrest and Elisabeth Glas after designed and produced and gave in the Deed underwritten desiring the same
 
might be insert and registered in the Town Court Books of said Burgh for preservation conform to the Clause of
 
Reistration herein contained which desire the said Bauche granted and ordained the same to be done accordingly and
 
whereof the tenor follows that we John Forrest and Elsabeth Glas spouses residing in Stirling considering that upon
 
the 27th day of March 1810 we jointly and with consent of each other executed a Disposition and Deed of settlement
 
of all our means and estate in favour of our children as therein specified and recommended and appointed to them
 
tutors and curators named in the said Deed of Settlement which we now under the alterations restrictions and
 
additions after specified which we reserved liberty to blank  to make approve of and confirm in so far as not
 
hereby altered and declare that the codicil shall form part thereof and be equally binding as the said Deed itself
 
and now seeing that Elisabeth Forrest our second…
 
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…second daughter was sometime ago married to Robert Rede Writer in Chief whose affairs have since gone into
 
disorder and as our said daughter in the event of his predecease may not receive any provision from his funds or
 
property by way of blank blank blank or other ways therefore in virtue of our reserved power to alter or revoke the
 
said Deed of Settlement at pleasure we do hereby declare and appoint that the said Robert Adie our said daughters
 
husband shall have no right or title to uplift demand or interfere with the portion provided to our said daughter
 
from our means and estate by and his our said Deed of Settlement in virtue of his blank blank courtesy of Scotland
 
or of any other title whatever and that the same shall blank be blank to his Deeds nor affectable by the diligence
 
of his creditors for debts or obligations already contracted or to be contracted and come under by him and we
 
further declare that the said Robert Adios Jus Mautie shall be excluded as above expressed even though our said
 
Daughter should receive any provision from his funds and we also appoint and declare that the tutors and curators
 
named in our said Deed of Settlement and those hereafter named or the guorum of them as after specifed shall alone
 
have the power to uplift the provision or the portion provided by us and each of us to our said Daughter and to pay
 
or align or convey it to herself in whole or in such parts or to lend it out in their names for her behalf upon
 
good and sufficient security or to do otherwise with the same as shall seem to them the most for her advantage and
 
we declare that notwithstanding of the debts and deeds of the said Robert Adie or diligence against him it shall be
 
lawful and competent for our said daughter without his consent or the consent of any trustee approved judicially or
 
voluntarily  over the estate effects to uplift and secure her said portion of our means and estate or such part
 
thereof or the interest thereof…
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…thereof as the said tutors and curators may advance or desire to her paid to her and to apply the same as she may
 
think proper her said husbands jus marth and his interference therewith by himself or by trustees appointed over
 
his estates being hereby expressly excluded and we also nominate and appoint the Rev’d Doctor                 
 
Might Peter Grant Esquire Writer and Doctor James Dinsmore blank in stirling to be tutors and aviators for our said
 
children in conjunction with those nominated in our said Deeds of Settlement with all the power therein and above
 
conferred upon them and on those named in our said Deed of Settlement any three of whom to be her guorum and we
 
hereby specially reserve to ourselves full power to alter or revoke this codicil in wholly or in part at any time
 
hereafter and consent to the registration hereof in the Books of Council and Session or others competent therein to
 
remain for preservation and to that effect constitute                                                             
 
    our procurator in liferents wherof we have subsecilied this codicil to our said Dissoution and Deeds of
 
Settlement written by the saidJohn Forrest on this and the preceding pages of stamped paper at Stirling this 3rd
 
day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty years before these witnesses George Donaldson Confectioner and John Muller
 
Apprentice to Forrest and Dinsmore Physicians Stirling witnesses  also to our signing the marginal tone on the
 
first pages hereof written by me the said John Forrest (Signed) John Forrest Elisabeth Glas George Donaldson
 
Witness John Muller Witness, extracted upon this and the five preceding pages by (Signed) Mr Gallinth Clrk.
Stirling 26th October 1826 This is the extract Registered  Codicil referred to in the Deposition emitted by me of
 
this date before Andre McCullon Commissary Clerk of the Commission of Stirling Commissioner Aprroved by the
 
Commissary Depute of Said Commissioned (Signed Elisabeth Forrest Andrew Multon.
 
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......... Inv'y of the pers'l Estate of John Forrest At Stirling the Twenty Seventh day of October Eighteen hundred and twenty four years. In presence ??  ????

Compeared Henry Abercromby Writer in Stirling and produced & & whereof the terms follow ????. Inventory of the

personal Estate of Dr John Forrest Physician in Stirling who died upon the twenty fifth day of October Eighteen

hundred and twenty two with Interest due on principal Sums at that date.


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5th 6th Bro’t Forward Principal sum in blank by the late David Blank Hill to the defendant dated 21st June 1822 ……………………………………………. Interest due herein at 5 pc

Balance due by the said David Forrest on an account consent between the defund and him dated 28th November 1821

…………………. Interest dye herein


Five shares in the Honourable Insurance Company at £15 P……

Amount inventory and valuation of the Defuncts ½  ? share of shop goods specially bequeathed to John Forrest the

defuncts second son and blank by him to Dr Dinismore the defuncts partner at ………………………………………………….

The Deceaseds ½ value of the blank kept on account of the joint blank

Amount of the defuncts share of sundry shop accounts blank recovered by Dr Dinemore ……………………………………… NB There are still some inconsiderable debts seeking to first concern but it is doubtful whether any part will be

recovered

Rent of house in Dabbin Street, Edinburgh due by Mr David Forrest the Defuncts son at lihilly 1822 ……………………….

Amount Inventory and valuation of the deceased’s household furniture and valued by Messrs Jaquen Liendappsey,

Elizabeth Forrest Andrew Newton

At Stirling the twenty fifth day of October Eighteen hundred and twenty four years. In presence of Andrew Multon

Commissary clerk of Stirling Commissioner approved by John Fraser Esquire advocate Commissary Depute of the said

Commissioned compeared Mrs Elisabeth Glas or Forrest, widow of the deceased Dr John Forrest physician in stirling

who being solemnly sworn and examined deplores that the said Dr John Forrest died upon the twenty fifth day of

October Eighteen hundred and twenty two, and the Dessonent has entered upon the possessions and management of his

personal estate as executive nominated by him in a disposition and settlement hearing date the twenty seventh day

of March Eighteen Hundred and be recorded in the town court books of Stirling the thirty first day of October

Eighteen hundred and twenty two for behalf of herself as liferenter and the other persons therein named first, an

extract of which Deed of Settlement is now exhibited and signed by the dissonent and the said commissioner as

relative hereto that the dissonent does not know of any settlement or writing left by the deceased’s relative to

the disposal…

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…disposal of his personal estate and effects or any part of them other than that now exhibited and codicil thereto

dated the third day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty and recorded in the town Court Books of Stirling the

thirty first day of October Eighteen Hundred and Twenty Two an extract whereof is now exhibited and signed by the

dissonent and commissioner as relative hereto that the foregoing inventory each page of which is signed by the

dissonent and commissioner as relative hereto is a full and complete inventory of the personal estate and effects

of the said deceased Dr John Forrest wheresoever situated and belonging or due to him beneficially at the time of

his death and that the value of the said estate situated in Scotland is of the value of two thousand pounds slg and

under the value of three thousand pounds slg all which is both as the dissonent shall answer to God (Signed)

Elisabeth Forrest, Andrew Mutton Comms

(Follows the registered Disposition and Deed of Settlement)

At Sterling the thirty first day of October eighteen hundred and twenty two years. In presence of Daniel Hingate

Esquire one of the present Barches of the Burgh of stirling commisoner,. Mr Robert Sconee notary as procurator for

Dr John Forrest after designed and produced and gave in the deposition and Deed of settlement underwritten

declaring the same might be insert and registered in the Town Court Books of said Bargh for presentation and

publication of execution conforms to the clause of registration therein contained which desire the said Bailie

granted and ordained the same to be done accordingly and whereof the lenor follows that I Dr John Forrest

Physician in Stirling taking into my most serious considerations that by my present marriage with Elisabeth Glas my

wife I have seven children in life named David, Christian, Elisabeth, Marion, Margaret, Isabella, Craigh and John

Forrest and that there was no contract of marriage or other settlement executed between her and blank wherefore it

becomes prudent and necessary to make a proper settlement of my affairs amongst my….

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…my said spouse and children and for these and other roughtly considerations as well as for the love favour and

affection which I have and bear to them, I the said John Forrest with the special advice and consent of my said

spouse and I the said Elisabeth Glas for myself and interest and we the said spouses do by these presents of mutual

advice and consent deliberately make and enter into the following settlement any agreement these are to say I the

said John Forrest do hereby with and under the burdens and conditions aftermentioned, fell, alienate and dispose

from me and all others to and in favour of the said Elisabeth Glas my spouse in liferent for her liferent use

allenanly during all the days of her lifetime after my decease and that only so long as she continues my widow and

to the said David Forrest our eldest son and his heirs or assignees in fee all and blank an single road of land

lying blank east. James Nicolson yard bounded by the road belonging to James Jacksons heirs on the east, James

Nicholsons lands on the west, the sea flood on the south and the high street on the north parts. Item all and

build another road of lands bounded by James Nicholsons lands on the east the lands belonging to James Jackson’s

heirs on the west and the high street and sea flood on the other parts. Item all and build four roads of land

bounded betwixt the roads belonging to James Jackson’s heirs on the east and west the sea flood on the south and

the highway and common land on the north parts Item all and hill two long roads and a half road of land lying in

that soil called Bold Back near that part called Green Hill betwixt the lands sometime of William Blackburn now of

Misslbeten Freguson on the South the lands of Swinton.

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Swinton then of Cockernie and disposed by him to John Cruich on the south and north the lands of salvage on the

west and the common way on the east parts. Item all and haill these two road of lands lying near the greystone

bounded by the loop sometimes belonging to cockarie and disposed by him to the said John Brack on the south the

road belonging to Thovost Cunningham on the North Salvage on the West and the common road banand high Road on the

east parts. Item all and haill on double road of land about fifteen elns width lying on the east banks betwixt and

about the lock yard bounded by cockances Road on the south the road leading above the head of the yards on the east

Hillfield on the west and the land of on the north parts item all and haille these five roads and one quarter or

fourth part of an road of land lying within the liberties of the Burgh of investreithing part whereof called the

leek yard bounded by the lands of Mary Husband and heir of John Cowen on the North Hillfield on the west the lands

of………………………….. on the south and the Kings High Street on the East part Item all and Haille these five roads of land

lying betwixt the soate well bounded by the lands of James Ferguson in the South the lands of salvage on the west

the lands sometime of the heirs of Bandies bounded now to the heirs of James Jackson on the North and the Common

ean on the east parts Item all and haille four roads or pieces of land lying near that part commonly called the

proper dike betwixt the lands sometime of William Blackburn now of the heir James Ferguson on the North the said

proper dike on the south the lands of salvage on the West and the Kings high way on the East parts item all and

haille…

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…Hiull two roads of land betwixt the lands of Andrew Adamson now to the said John Crouch on the South the lands of

John Bandie now also of the said John Crouch on the north, the lands of the Salvage and high way on the other parts

Item all and haill four roads or pieces of land lying betwixt the land of the said John Bandie now of the heir of

the said James Ferguson on the North the lands of the said John Bandie now of the said John Crouch on the south the

said lands of Salvage and high way on the other parts, Item all and haill two roads of land lying in that part

called the seaws betwixt the lands of Andrew Adamson now of Adam Turnball on the South the said Cockaince lands on

the North the said lands of Salvage and high way on the other parts. Item all if haill two roads of land lying

betwixt Cockaince lands on the South, the lands of John Adamson now of James Jackson on the north the said lands of

Salvage and high way on the other parts. Item all and Haill on single road of the land bounded betwixt the lands of

William Blackburn son of the said James Jackson on the south, the lands of the deceased Mathew Grey now of the

heirs of the said James Ferguson on the north the said lands of Salvage and highway on the other parts. Item all

and haill one single road of land bounded betwixt the land sometime of William Blackburn now of General Preston on

the south the lands of Mathew Grey now of the heir of the said John Crouch on the north the said lands of Salvage

and highway on the other parts. Item all and haill two roads and a half of land betwixt the land of Mathew Grey now

of the heir of James Ferguson on the south the land of William Blackburn now of heir of the said James Ferguson on

the north the said lands of Salvage and high way on the other parts. Item all and haill another…

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…Another road and fourth part of a road lying in the short crafts betwixt the lands of William Brown Noother now of

James Jackson on the east, the lands of General Preston on the west the common way on the north and Seafield on the

south parts, all which lands above mentioned lye within the liberties of the said Burgh of Inverkeilthing and

County of life. Item all and haill these five sixtenth parts of the lands of Paster Casters and bounded as in the

original rights and securities thereof also lying within the liberties and Parish of Inverkeilthing and County of

life. Item all and whole that piece of ground at the west mef of Inverkeilthing being part of the lands of Caster

Brucks marked and hacked off by meuth and Stones unfined consisting of three fourth parts of an aere shots measure

likewise lying within the liberties and Parish of Inverkeilthing and County of life and bounded in manner

particularly mentioned in a few contract thereof entered into betwixt me the said John Forrest and David Reid. John

Henry Cockiance, Richard Alliston Phillips, Shadrach Moyes and Henry Neulch commissioners of her majesty custom in

Scotland and their successors in office for behalf of the Resentue of Custom caring date the fourteenth and

nineteenth days of January Eighteen hundred and seven with the free use and privilege of a cart road twelve feet

wide thereby reserved to me at all times both on the east road north sides of the wall to be built by these for

inclosing part of said ground. And it is declared that they shall not delvetion or reed up any part of the said

lands more then where caution and rock have gone before and of old and under the other reservations herein

expressed to be holden always of and under me my heirs and successors in few farm lie and herelagy days for payment

of Seven Pounds….

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…pounds Seventeen shillings and sixpence for each of the first twelve yards after martinmas eighteen hundred and

six and fifteen pounds fifteen shillings Stirling yearly thereafter in name of fewduty all at two terms in the year

Whitsunday and maritamas by equal portions and doubling the said land mentioned fewduty at the entry of each heir

or singular successor all as more fully narrated in the said few contract. And all and haill an annual rent of

twenty pounds Stirling or such annual rent life or more as shall legally correspond to the principal sum of four

hundred pounds inflatable at Martinomas and Whitsunday by equal portion yearly during the net redemption with a

fifth part more of each times annual rent of penalty case failure. Fourth of all and whole these parts and portions

of the lands of Easter Sears more lying on the east side of the high road leading from Denny to Denny Loanhead and

whole houses and buildings thereon or that may be built thereon and whole pertiments thereof and which parts and

portions foresaid are nearly about the just and equal half of all and whole that free shilling land of Caster

Seamores lying north from the Greenduke with the heal Cavits in the main and the Carol Cavits in the Bassie heir

belonging thereof with the peinds great and small passanages and vicarage of the said lands and haill houses

begging yards blank blank meadow blank in field pasturages parts pendicles and parliament thereof whatsoever as the

same in blank and blank which lands were purchased and required by John Munhead there in Palkink and Mary Bandie 

his spouse from Richard and Rleander Quiante merchant in Glasgow and James Oswald of Drybargh and are an part and

parts and portion of the few shilling land of Caster Seamores sometime belonging…

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…belonging to Andrew Beward all lying in the barry of South Nonbertshine Parish of Denny and there of Stirling

excepting further thereof the mumfaurd and that piece of ruin ground lying beneath the vestage of an old dyke and

extending to five hres of ground or thereby be also all and whole the south part of that blank of blank lying on

the east side of the murfauld which belonging to John Gilles and purchased by the said John Murhead and Mary

McCardie from David Buthell Portioner of Caster Borland bounded on the North with a line of mauch Stones betwixt

the ruin above disposed and the said David Bulshells remaining part of the said Chester Bavil and on the east south

north west parts by the lands above disposed with the haille parts and pertinents thereof lying within the furnish

of Denny and Shire of stirling as also all and haill that piece of marble land lying on the north side of the

Bassie mask commonly called airhurs napkin or Gurhel purchased from Alexander Brands mason at Loanhead and bounded

as mentioned in his disposition to Robert Paterson Cooper in Camelons uncles lying within the parish of Denoy and

shire of Stirling as also all and whole that part of Bassie mok and spreadfield purchased and acquired from Lady

Lean Stirling of Glosal and bounded as mentioned in the rights and infiflments thereof lying also in the said

parish of Denny and Shires of Stirling together with the lands of the said land parsonage and vicarage in so far

as the said Robert Paterson had right thereto, all which lands and others foresaid where purchased by him from the

deceased John Paterson his uncle and in which he stood duty infeft conform to his instrument of sarine recorded at

Stirling the ninth day of March seventeen hundred and ninety four or forth of any part or portion of the said lands

and …

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…and other foresaid rents mails and duties of the same but also all and whole the said lands and other haulages

themselves in further security of the payment of the foresaid, principal sum of four hundred pounds due by him to

me with the penalties expenses and others due by and contained in the said honourable Bond but redeemable always

and under revision the said annual rent and land or manner therein mentioned further. I do hereby with and under

the burdens and conditions after expressed assign convey and make over to the said Elisabeth Glas my spouse in

liferent for her liferent allenarly during all the days of her lifetime after my decease and that only so long as

she continues my widow and thereafter to the said David Forrest our eldest son and his foresaids in fee the rents

and duties of the foresaid several haulages yearly fewduty payable as aforesaid by the commissioners of the

customs and the foresaid principal sum of four hundred pounds annualrent thereof femintlies annexed to both and

expenses that may be resting at the home of my death and in time coming thereafter with the whole life deeds and

evidents as well old as new belonging to the said several subjects declaring always as it is hereby expressly

provided and declared and the said Elisabeth Glas becomes bound in respect of the liferent provisions foresaid and

the further liferent provisions in her favour after expressed so long as she remain my widow to entertain maintain

cloath and educate our children before named creditably in family with himself until they are of age and capable to

do for themselves and upon the decease of my said spouse or in the event of her managing again whereby her and

liferent provisions will lermmate and the fee often to the said David Forrest I hereby burden him with the payment

to each of the said Christian Elisabeth Marion Margaret and Elisabeth Craigh his sisters of the sum of five

hundred pounds stg of portion with the legal interest thereof from the term of Whitsunday or maritmas…

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…maitinmas immediately preceding the extentions of the said mothers liferent at and against the neat of these terms

subsequent thereto and yearly thereafter during the net payment with a fifth part mose of the said sums of penalty

in case of failure which portions are hereby expressly declared to be real burdens upon and affecting the several

lands haulages and others before disponed to the said David Forrest by and until the same be fully satisfied and

discharged and are hereby appointed to be engrossed and invest as such in the infelments charters and other

investitures to follow hereon moreover and for the causes forsaid I the said John Forrest do hereby with consent of

my said spouse and under the burdens and conditions aftermentioned sell alienate and dispose from me and all others

to and in favour of the said Elisabeth Glas my spouse in liferent for her liferent use allenarly during all the

days of her lifetime after my decease and that only as long as she continues my widow and to the said John Forrest

our youngest  son and his heirs or assignees in fee all and haill, that bedement of land high and high back and 

fore with the yard colofs and pertinent thereof lying within the Burgh of Sterling near to the foot of the Bakers

wynd and on the north side of the street bounded betwixt the tenement and yard lately belonging to Colonel Albou

Casfeine of Lanoch on the west and north the houses and yard belonging to Alexander Palow and the house belonging

to Thomas Einlayson and Lilly Provue spouses the east and the said high street called the Bioters wynd in the

south parts and which were purchased by John Glas Senior Merchant in Sterling from Margaret Jaffrey widow of the

deceased Robert Forrester Wright in Sterling together with the lertitude of access through the said John Glas other

subjects on the north side of the said whynd disposed to John Glas his eldest son in all necessary occasions to

repair the roof and….

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…and back walls of the above tenement and blog but is as not to eyne the said other subjects excepting and

necessary always that northmost part of the foresaid yard as divided from the south part by a hedge with free

accept to and from the same as formerly possessed by the said John Glas senior himself and which he had disposed to

William Glas his youngest son together with the rents and duties of the said tenement of said yard clof and

pertinents above disposed that may be resting or current at the home of my death and in time coming thereafter

living their respective rights of liferent and fee as before distinguished with the whole title deeds and evidents

as well as old as new belonging thereto declaring always as it is hereby eassissly provided and declared that upon

the decease of my said spouse or in the event of her marrying again whereby her said liferent provision will

terminate and the fee open to the said John Forrest I hereby burden him with the payment to each of the said

Christian Elisabeth Marion Margaret and Isabella Craigh Forrest his sister of the sum of One Hundred pounds

sterling of portion with the legal interest thereof from the term of Whitsunday or Maritimas immediately preceding

the extinction of their said mothers liferent at and against the neat of these terms subsequent thereto and yearly

thereafter during the net payment with a fifth part more of the said sums of penalty in case of failures, which

portions are hereby expressly declared to be real burdens upon and affecting the said tenement yard clofs

pertinents before disposed to the said John Forrest by and until the same be fully satisfied and discharged and

are hereby appointed to be engaged and invest as such in the infilments (tharley) Charles and other investities

to follow hereon in the which several lands tenement annualrent and other haulage before disposed Item and oblige

me my heirs and successors under the burden and conditions before specified to unfelt and pease the…

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…the said Elisabeth Glas my spouse David and John Forrest our sons and their foresaid for their respective

interests of liferent and fee as before distinguished upon my said sons their own changes and expenses by two

several fulfilment and manners of holding blank blank blank blank me for payment of the same fewduties and other

burdens payable by myself and that either by resignation or confirmation and for decomplishing the said fulfilment

by resignation I hereby Make and Constitute and each of them jointly and

severally my lawful procurator giving granting and committing to them full power warrant and commission for me and

in my name to compean before my immediate lawful superiors of the subject before disposed or their commissioners

having power to receive resignation and grant new infilment and therewith all due reverence and by staff and

custom as use is to resign and surrender as I by these expressed in the dispositive blank hereof and again below

as repeated blank blank resign blank and surrender blank and deliver all and haill the foresaid several

tenements yards annualrents and other haulages with the whole pertinents before disposed lying and described as

aforesaid in the hands of my said superiors or their commissioners having power as aforesaid in favour and for new

infeflments to be made and granted by the same to the said Elisabelth Glas David and John Forrest and their

forsaids for their respective interests of liferent and fee as before distinguished had declaring that the foresaid

several portions in favour of my younger childrenbefore named shall be real burdens upon and afflicting the said

several lands and other haulages respectively as before distinguished by and until the same be fully engrossed and

insert as such in the infeflement charters and other investitures to follow hereon all in such due and competent

form as effects acts instruments and documents one or more as necessary in the pressures to…

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…to ask and receive and generally every other thing thererent to do which to the office of procuratory in such

casese is known to belong promising to hold the same firm and stable without revocation moreover I do hereby with

and under the burdens and conditions after expressed assign convey and make over to the said Elisabeth Glas my

spouse in liferent use allenarly during all the days of her lifetime after my decease and that only so long as she

continues my widow and to the said David John Christian Elisabeth Marion Margaret and Isabella Craigh Forrest our

children equally betwixt them shere and share alike but with the burden of their mothers blank and funeral charges

all and sundry other haulable debts blank annualrents or other hulages besides thouse before specially conveyed to

my said sons together with all and sundry moveable goods blank sums of money bank notes gold and silver blank and

blank household furniture plenishing and all other moveable of whatever name or denomination which may be

pertaining belonging or addebted and resting to me at the time of my decease and more particularly without

prejudice of the said generally the sums of money following but One hundred pounds due by Mr John Grieve surgeon in

Glasgow’s bill dated the fourth day of October Eighteen hundred and three, fifty pounds due by James Dinsmore Bill

dated the twenty ninth day of October eighteen hundred and six thirty pounds due by his other bill dated the

twenty eighth day of April Eighteen hundred and eight, fifty pounds advanced to account of five shares held by me

in the Mercules Insurance Company and five hundred and seventy pounds lodge with the Stirling Banking Company

conform to their cashiers receipts with the interest that may be due as well as any dividends to be made by the

said Aberculeos Insurance Company together with the vouchers of the…

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…the said debts themselves and any others that may be hereafter taken in necessary or changing the securities and

failing any of my said daughters by death but leaving lawful years, such years shall succeed to the parents portion

and shares and blank said blank the deceasors portion and shares shall divide equally amongst my said sons and

daughters then in life Excepting always from the above general conveyances the whole of my shop utensils and

medicines that may be in the shop and cellar belonging to me at my death which I leave exclusively to the said John

Forrest and I hereby nominate constitute and appoint the said Elisabeth Glas and my said children before named for

their respective interests of liferents and fee as aforesaid to be my sole and only executors and inromitters with

my moveable glade before disposed to them Resuring advise to myself my liferent right and use of the several

subjects both haulable and moveable before disposed during all the days of my lifetime and full power at any time

hereafter by one or more blank under my hand to record annul or alter these presents which so far as may not be so

altered I declare the same to be as valid and effectual if found in my custody or in that of any confident person

at my death as if a

of all portion inturale congeistion and other cloms competent to them

delivered evident of the date hereof any law or practice to the contrary being hereby dispensed with which liferent

provisions before written in favour of the said Elisabeth Glas and burdened as aforesaid are hereby acceptable of

by here in full of all lice of land held of movable and of every other claim competent to her blank relict and the

provisions before specified in favour of our said sons and daughters are declared to her in full to them  by and

through the decease of their parents or other of them or any other manner of way and I recommend to and request

Doctor Robert Moor of Loceie whom failing Doctor Charles Graham his eldest son John Bunn Esquire of Lesddron

whom…

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…whom failing William Bunn his eldest son, Mr John Grieve Surgeon in Glasgow the Reverend Mr John McMullon of

Newforth the Reverend Mr William (William) Sheriff Minister of McMannans and Mr John Bonnal the Blank in sterling

to aid and assist my said spousewith their best advice in the management of our children and I nominate and appoint

her and them any three of them being a guarum to be sales and curators to such of my said children as may be under

age at my decease for taking care of them and their affairs declaring that they shall not be liable for omissions

nor to do exact diligence but only liable for their actual intromissions pro-rata and not in soladum and for

grater security we the saids John Forrest and Elisabeth Glas spouse consent to the registration hereof in the Books

of Council and Session or others competent for preservation and publication and if necessary that all legal

diligence and execution upon a charge of six days may pay hereon and thereto constitute our procurators blank to

the effect that the said Elisabeth Glas David and John Forrest and their foresaids may be respectively blank in

the foresaid several subjects for their foresaid several subjects for their respective rights of liferent and fee

as before specified of the said John Forrest hereby desire and require you and each of you my baulies in that part

hereby specially constituted that on sight hereof blank blank to the ground of the several subjects before disposed

and there give and deliver haulable state and blank with realactual and corporal possession of all and shall the

foresaid several lands tenements yards annualrents and other haulages with the whole pertinents before disposed

lying and described as aforesaid to….

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…to the said Elisabeth Glas David and John Forrest and their foresaids for their respective interests of liferent

and fee as before distinguished but advise with and under the burdens conditions and declarations specified in the

disposition clause hereof and now held as again repeated fireicatis blank and declaring that the foresaid several

portions in favour of my younger children before named, shall be real burdens upon and affecting the said several

lands and other haulages by any and until the same be fully satisfied and discharged and shall be engrossed and

insert as such in the blankcharters and other investitutures to follow hereon and shall by deliverances to the said

Elisabeth Glas David and John Forrest and their foresaids or to their certain attorney or attornies in their names

blank thereof of Durth and Stone with other symbols necessary of land upon the ground of the several subjects as

use is and this in nowise ye leave undone the which to do I connect to you and each of you as said is my full power

by this my precept of blankdirected to you for that effect in blank whereof I and the said Elisabeth Glas my

spouse blank blank these presents conserting of this and the fourteen preceding pages of paper stamped as

directed by law all written by Andre Mullon Writer in Stirling and the foresaid Andrew Mullon witnesses also to our

signing the marginal note on page fourth another on page fifth another on page eleventh and other on page

thirteenth of these presents all written by the said Andrew Moulton and two words of the twelfth line from the foot

of page fourteenth were deleted before signing Signed John Forrest Elisabelth Glas Mr Bell wilnef Andrew Mutton

writer attorney the said Baice Cordains all Legal diligences and execution necessary by pointing arresting or

otherwise to half hereon and that next…

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…next after a change of six days hereby warranted to be given to in duty and lawfully given and expired and in the

meantime grants warrant to blank in common form extracted upon this and the thirty five preceeding pages of stamped

paper by Signed Mr Galhruath Clerk Stirling 26 October 1824 This is the Extract Registering Disposition and Deed of Settlement referred to in the

deposition blank the by me of this date before Andrew Moulton Commissary Clerk of the Commissioner of Stering

Commissioner appointed by the Commissary Depute of said Commissionet (Signed) Elisabeth Forrest Andrew Moulton

Blank blank Registered Codicil

All Stirling the thirty first day of October Eighteen Hundred and twenty two years in presence of Daniel Frangile

Esquire one of the present Bailles of the Burgh of Stirling Comissioned Mr Robert Sconce Notary as procurator

for John Forrest and Elisabeth Glas after designed and produced and gave in the Deed underwritten desiring the same

might be insert and registered in the Town Court Books of said Burgh for preservation conform to the Clause of

Reistration herein contained which desire the said Bauche granted and ordained the same to be done accordingly and

whereof the tenor follows that we John Forrest and Elsabeth Glas spouses residing in Stirling considering that upon

the 27th day of March 1810 we jointly and with consent of each other executed a Disposition and Deed of settlement

of all our means and estate in favour of our children as therein specified and recommended and appointed to them

tutors and curators named in the said Deed of Settlement which we now under the alterations restrictions and

additions after specified which we reserved liberty to blank to make approve of and confirm in so far as not

hereby altered and declare that the codicil shall form part thereof and be equally binding as the said Deed itself

and now seeing that Elisabeth Forrest our second…

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…second daughter was sometime ago married to Robert Rede Writer in Chief whose affairs have since gone into

disorder and as our said daughter in the event of his predecease may not receive any provision from his funds or

property by way of blank blank blank or other ways therefore in virtue of our reserved power to alter or revoke the

said Deed of Settlement at pleasure we do hereby declare and appoint that the said Robert Adie our said daughters

husband shall have no right or title to uplift demand or interfere with the portion provided to our said daughter

from our means and estate by and his our said Deed of Settlement in virtue of his blank blank courtesy of Scotland

or of any other title whatever and that the same shall blank be blank to his Deeds nor affectable by the diligence

of his creditors for debts or obligations already contracted or to be contracted and come under by him and we

further declare that the said Robert Adios Jus Mautie shall be excluded as above expressed even though our said

Daughter should receive any provision from his funds and we also appoint and declare that the tutors and curators

named in our said Deed of Settlement and those hereafter named or the guorum of them as after specifed shall alone

have the power to uplift the provision or the portion provided by us and each of us to our said Daughter and to pay

or align or convey it to herself in whole or in such parts or to lend it out in their names for her behalf upon

good and sufficient security or to do otherwise with the same as shall seem to them the most for her advantage and

we declare that notwithstanding of the debts and deeds of the said Robert Adie or diligence against him it shall be

lawful and competent for our said daughter without his consent or the consent of any trustee approved judicially or

voluntarily over the estate effects to uplift and secure her said portion of our means and estate or such part

thereof or the interest thereof…

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…thereof as the said tutors and curators may advance or desire to her paid to her and to apply the same as she may

think proper her said husbands jus marth and his interference therewith by himself or by trustees appointed over

his estates being hereby expressly excluded and we also nominate and appoint the Rev’d Doctor

Might Peter Grant Esquire Writer and Doctor James Dinsmore blank in stirling to be tutors and aviators for our said

children in conjunction with those nominated in our said Deeds of Settlement with all the power therein and above

conferred upon them and on those named in our said Deed of Settlement any three of whom to be her guorum and we

hereby specially reserve to ourselves full power to alter or revoke this codicil in wholly or in part at any time

hereafter and consent to the registration hereof in the Books of Council and Session or others competent therein to

remain for preservation and to that effect constitute

    our procurator in liferents wherof we have subsecilied this codicil to our said Dissoution and Deeds of 

Settlement written by the saidJohn Forrest on this and the preceding pages of stamped paper at Stirling this 3rd

day of April Eighteen hundred and twenty years before these witnesses George Donaldson Confectioner and John Muller

Apprentice to Forrest and Dinsmore Physicians Stirling witnesses also to our signing the marginal tone on the

first pages hereof written by me the said John Forrest (Signed) John Forrest Elisabeth Glas George Donaldson

Witness John Muller Witness, extracted upon this and the five preceding pages by (Signed) Mr Gallinth Clrk. Stirling 26th October 1826 This is the extract Registered Codicil referred to in the Deposition emitted by me of

this date before Andre McCullon Commissary Clerk of the Commission of Stirling Commissioner Aprroved by the

Commissary Depute of Said Commissioned (Signed Elisabeth Forrest Andrew Multon.