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1st of Tunnygask. She d. in 1601. Her will, dated 19 Sept., was proved 30 Nov. following. He m. 2ndly Marion Law, by whom he had a son Henry, bapt. at Dun- fermline 21 Aug., 1603. He d. 4 Dec., 1618, being designed in the entry as " brother to Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pitreavie," &c. By his will (' Com. of St. Andrews ') he leaves a third of his goods to James, Nicol, Helen, Janet, Bessie, and Christian, sons and daus. of Robert Dalgleish of Tunnygask, and brothers and sisters to the late Catherine Dalgleish, his first spouse ; and another third to Henry Wardlaw his son, and failing him by decease to Nicol, Mr. Thomas, John, and Catherine, his brothers and sister. The said Nicol and Mr. Thomas to be executors, and the said Mr. Thomas to be tutor to his son until he reaches the age of twenty-one. The will is signed 29 Aug. and 1 Oct., 1618, in presence of Mr. Thomas Wardlaw of Logie, Nicol Dewar in North- ward, and David Dewar his son. (4) Mr. Thomas of Logie, Provost of Dunfermline 1621, and a member of the States for that borough. He was b. 4 Sept., 1569, and m. at Dunfermline, 21 July, 1601, Alison dau. of Thomas Alison by his wife Christian, sister to Mr. James Dalgleish, and dau. of Robert Dalgleish (burgess of Dunfermline) and Christian Dalgleish by whom he had four sons and nine daus. His direct line ended with the only dau. of his grandson, Isabella or Elizabeth Wardlaw of Logie, who d.s.p. before 6 Jan., 1696 ('Inq. Sp. Fife'). (5) John, named in his brother Robert's will 1 Oct., 1618. (6) Catherine.

II. Nicol Wardlaw was b. probably before 1561, when the Dunfermline registers commence, as his baptism is not to be found. He is designed son and heir of Cuthbert in the Register of Hornings and Inhibitions 16 June, 1599, from which it appears thai the laird of Balmule (James Wemyss) had some quarrel with Nicol and wished hin to quit Balmule. Nicol was stubborn, and was threatened with warding in the Castle of Inverness. Nicol's first witness was James Dewar, apparent of Foulford, which seems to settle the question of his identifica tion with Nicol Wardlaw of Blairothie and West Luscar hereafter alluded to. Othe witnesses are George Wardlaw, sub-tenan to Cuthbert Wardlaw in Balmule, and Mr Thomas Wardlaw. On 20 Dec., 1600, he became cautioner for his brother Rober for the fulfilment of the latter's obligation in his marriage contract to hand over certain sums to Katherine Dalgleish his wife ; am

)n 20 Feb., 1602, there is a further plea in. onnexion with his dispute with Wemyss, in .vhich the case is stated from Nicol's poinlt of view. This shows him to have been then till " in " Balmule. Now comes a slight difficulty : there is no further mention of a ^"icol Wardlaw in Balmule, but shortly afterwards (9 July, 1605) a Nicol Wardlaw appears in Blairothie, an adjacent property,* and this Nicol later becomes " of West iuscar." Now Play fair omits all mention of Nicol, the son and heir of Cuthbert, anoT makes Nicol Wardlaw of West Luscar the- son of a George Wardlaw. But it can be aroved that Nicol of West Luscar's firstr wife (also omitted by Play fair) was the elder dau. and coh. of John Dewar of Foulford and, as mentioned above, it was her brother^. James Dewar app. of Foulford (who after- wards d.v.p.), who acted for Nicol Wardlaw n Balmule in his dispute with Wemyss. This, taken in conjunction with various other points which space precludes my numerating here, proves conclusively, I think, that Nicol Wardlaw of West Luscar was the Nicol Wardlaw previously in Balmule. Probably Wemyss was success- ful in ousting Nicol from Balmule,. who then moved to Blairothie, afterwards acquiring West Luscar. He was still alive 2 Sept., 1640, but was dead before 1 July,

1645. He m. 1st, elder dau. and coh.

of John Dewar of Dewar's Beath, alias Foulford (by his wife Katherine Angus), by whom he had two children : ( 1 ) Henry and (2) Katherine. There are two sasines ('Fife Sasines,' iii. fol. 4, 5), both dated at Dunfermline 2 Sept., 1605, and witnessed by Henry Wardlaw of Balmule. The first is to " Henry Wardlaw of Foulford, son and' h. app. of Nicholas Wardlaw of Blairothie," on precept by John Dewar of Dewar's Beath, alias Foulford, with consent of his wife Katherine Angus, reserving life-rent to grantees, and with reversion to Katherine Wardlaw his sister german, whom failing,, to the nearest heirs of John Dewar. Henry being under age, his father acts for him. The second is to Katherine Wardlaw to enter heir after her brother. Henry d.s.p. June, 1622, and Katherine m. at Dunferm- line, 28 Nov., 1615, James Dalgleish, 2nd of Tunnygask, by whom she had a^large family. She served herself h. "of Hendrie Wardlaw of Foulford, her brother german,"

in a valuation roll, but it was evidently near Bal- mule, and Mr. J. C. Gibson informs me that in a charter under the Great Seal, 1593/4, "Balmule et Blairothie " are referred to.
 * I cannot find Blairothie on the map of Fife, nor