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7) John Muirhead ~ ----- Oliphant

{Nisbet p 267} John Muirhead of Shawfutte, ƒecond Son of John Muirhead of Lachop by Jane his Wife,...His Son, alƒo, of the Name of John,...he acquired from Archbiƒhop Spitiƒwood, the Lands of Brediƒholm, which is confirmed by a Charter under the Great Seal the firƒt of March 1607 (d).

(Nisbet’s note #d) Carta penes Brediƒholm.

{Note: John M. Morehead claimed that this son of John Muirhead of Shawfutte, who acquired the estate of Bredisholm, was named James. He does not support it with any reference to a source, though. Perhaps he misidentified this individual with his son, James, who was known as ‘James of Bredisholm.’ Or he obtained it from Burke’s The Landed Gentry, where it is given as James. According to Diane Baptie, member ASGRA, “Burke can be inaccurate. The Copies in the NAS have all sorts of pencilled corrections in the margins written by frustrated researchers!.”}