Notes on the surnames of Francus, Franceis, French, etc. in Scotland

80 ROBERT FRENCH,
Hue French died in the month of October of the
year 1574; and his will appears to have been given
up on the 25th of the preceding month, in the house
of John Gillespy, within the burgh of Stirling, in the
presence of John Gillespy, John Wilson, Patrick
Bauchap, and John French, his brother's son. It
confirms the royal patronage, refers to some nephews,
nieces, and a half brother and sister. By this will he
appoints Christopher Murray, Constable of Stirling
Castle, and Adam French, Laird of Thornydykes, as
his executors.
Sixth, Alexander French, who appears as a witness,
on July 2, 1567, to several tacks by John Lermonth,
vicar of the parish church of Gogar, of the diocese of
St. Andrews.
He is mentioned in the year 1569 as one of the ex-
ecutors of his brother Henry French, and is found
again as a witness as late as the year 1573.
Seventh, Robert French, who is called in the year
1569 brother german of Henry French, and is sup-
posed to have been the minister who lived at this time
in Berwickshire. There is a record of him at Eccles
in 1567, at Lammas in 1571 ; and after the death of
Sir Andrew Turnbull (of the Bedrule family) the vicar
of Greenlaw, King James conferred upon him on
April 23, 1573, that vicarage. In the Acts and De-
creets of the 6th of July of this same year were "Let-
ters purchased at the instance of Robert Frenche
against Alexander Brounfield in Eastfield and Ninian