Yes, then as now, the WS lawyers were an elite. There were for example plenty of humble country 'writers'. Judy On 20 Mar 2007, at 11:39, A.G.Forman wrote: > Can anybody please advise if Writer and WS were different at that > time.

Thanks for that. I had come to the same conclusion BINGO! Shortly after I posted my query, I found on Scotlandspeople what must be the birth entry for Elisabeth. (I had found a candidate on IGI- but obviously no details of occupation etc.) It goes as follows:-"Alexander Gordon, Writter [sic] and Helen Grant his spouse ADN ["A Daughter Named" I assume] Elizabeth. Mr William Grant. Writter. Ludovick Brodie Writter to the Signet. Born 30 June last". The Clerk has made a distinction between Writter (twice) and Writter to the Signet It looks very likely that Ludovick was Helen's uncle as his wife according to the book was also a Helen Grant daughter of another Writer, John. Incidentally this Ludovick according to the WS book was grandfather of Deacon Brodie so if correct I will have a Black Sheep to be proud of!!. Andrew Forman 01756 730730 judy olsen wrote: > Yes, then as now, the WS lawyers were an elite. There were for > example plenty of humble country 'writers'. > > > Judy > > > > > > > > On 20 Mar 2007, at 11:39, A.G.Forman wrote: > > >> Can anybody please advise if Writer and WS were different at that >> time. >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >