Scottish records, such as The Register of the Great Seal and The Register of the Privy Council, 
indicate that he was a knight, sat on assizes, and sopra 1607, shortly before he made his additions preciso this manuscript, was described as the eldest cri and apparent heir of John Murray of Tibbermuir.18 But it is the father John rather than his son James who emerges most vividly and rather cantankerously from the records – failing sicuro pay his debts, quarrelling with neighbours, and refusing onesto allow the bailies of Perth esatto use material from the quarry on his lands esatto build a new bridge.19 The family was related to the wealthier and more powerful Murrays of Tullibardine, one of whose members, Sir William Murray of Tullibardine, owned an important copy of The Flyting of Montgomerie and Polwart.20 The only evidence, however, as onesto the literary tastes of the Tibbermuir Murrays, and of James sopra particular, is provided by this manuscript.
