John Drimmy Sheriff of the County of Aberdeenshire

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1325 - JOHN DRIMMYNG SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OF ABERDEENSHIRE

"Records of the Sheriff court of Aberdeenshire"

Aberdeen University Studies No. 11 Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire

1325 - JOHN DRIMMYNG.

The name of this personage occurs only once, so far as has been ascertained,

in books or documents relating to the County, and but for the importance

of the inquiry at which he presided, and the authoritative character of the record of it,

there might have been hesitation in placing him on the list of Sheriffs.

A dispute had arisen as to the boundaries of Ardlogy, belonging to

the Abbot and Convent of Aberbrothoc and the King's Park of Fyvie,

and as to the right of the burgesses of Fyvie in the Peat Moss of Ard-logy.

A Breive was directed by King Robert I.

to Sir Alexander Fraser, Chamberlain of Scotland,

to hold, by himself or a locum tenens,

an inquiry into the rights of parties.

This inquiry was held on the ground in August, 1325,

by John Drimmyng, Sheriff of Aberdeen,

acting as locum tenens for the Chamberlain.

A large number of persons were present either as jurors, or witnesses, or both,

and the case was decided in favour of the Abbot.

1 Comparatively obscure persons were sometimes appointed Sheriffs

in hac parte or pro hac vice ;

but it would rather appear that in this instance the Chamberlain

selected Drimmyng, not as a Sheriff of that kind,

but chose him as his substitute,

because he was Sheriff of the County.

1 Abd. Charters pp., 14, 15

2 Cal. Doc. Scot., II., No. 730, p. 169. 3 Ibid., No. 742, p. 176.

4 Hist. Doc. Scot., II., p. 51. 5 Cal. Doc. Scot. II., No. 875, p. 230.

6 Ibid., No. 942, p. 242. 7 Hist. Doc. Scot., II., p. 140.

8 Reg. Vet. Aberbr., I., p. 165. 9 Scots. Acts I., p. 15.

10 Robertson's Index Missing Charters, p. 2.

11 Man's Introduction to Scots Affairs, p. xvii.

402 Officials : Sheriffs

Research Notes

It seems to me that John Son of Drimy 1309

and John Drimmy Sheriff of the County of Aberdeenshire 1325

could be the same person. My research on John Drimy 1309

leads me to his domicile having been Forfar at the time he appears

in the charter of Robert Bruce.

No further references to a John Drimmy/Drimy

are found in the time frame.

However the familial connections of the Drimmie peoples

appearing in Kincardineshire Forfarshire and Aberdeen records

from the late 1500's would surely find them there since time immemorial.

Drummie-1 21:37, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

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