Some Notes on Its Early Lords—The Barons of Drumsargard, and Other Landowners

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VI. CAMBUSLANQ: SOME NOTES ON ITS EARLY LORDS—THE BARONS OF DRUMSARGARD, AND OTHER LANDOWNERS. BY JOSEPH BAIN, F.S.A. SOOT.

The history of this parish, like that of many others, is yet to be written, and now that the public records are being made fully accessible by Government e materialth , e graduallar s y gatheree futurth r efo d historian. Hitherto any one writing on such subjects, especially when treating of the succession to land—always an interesting chapter of parochial history—has been generally obliged to resort for his authorities to old peerage and other books, often full of gross errors. These reflections occurred to me in lately reading an excellent essay, " Cambuslang . BrownT . T People e Sketc a ,. Plac, th e J d th y b f ,ehan o Glasgow, 1884." The account of the early landowners,1 drawn from Crawfurd's Peerage (voee Bothwell), is however so incorrect, that it is worth while placin e trugth e account from actual recor connectea n di d form. I do not know what ground Crawfurd had for saying that Walter Olifard, justiciar of Lothian in the reign of Alexander II., owned the barony of Drumsargard. He no doubt owned the barony of Bothwell, closely adjoining, being only separate e e a Clydparth th f d o ty dan eb baron Blantyref yo . Bothwell, with many other land Scotlandn si d an , som n Englandi e s carrien heiressa wa , y b d , probabl s daughteyhi r o r grand-daughter, about the middle of the thirteenth century, into the e familMoravid f o y r Morayo a . Fo n 1293i r , Willia f mMorao y 1 Pp. 13, 69. CAMBUSLANG: SOME S EARLNOTEIT N YO S 1 LORDS38 .

panetarius Scocie, lord of Bothwell, appears in some transactions regarding the churches of Smalham and Walston (Reg. Glasg.). He was the heir, and probably the son of Walter of Moray, previous owner of Bothwell, documena wh y ob t enrolle Publie th n di c Records gived ha 1 n Derever- gulla, widow of David Olifard, the liferent of a manor in Lincolnshire. It may have been a transaction connected with her dower in Bothwell. Hence Crawfurd's further statement that Drumsargard passed from Walter Olifard, with Bothwell, to the Morays, by marriage with Mary, daughter of Malis Earl of Stratherne, early in the fourteenth century, is quite erroneous. So too is his genealogy of the Lords of Bothwell. He makes Sir William Moray of Bothwell owner of Drumsargard also, and sons—(1o tw give m r Andrehi sSi ) w says e Morays kille(h )wa o dwh , t Stirlina n 129gi 7 (leavin n Andrewso a ge colleaguth , f Wallaceo e , and future regent); and (2) Sir John Moray of Drumsargard. His authorit r thifo ys bein . e historhanda g"th MS f Abero n si y - cairny." Whereas the real facts about Sir William Moray of Bothwell are— homagd di tha e h to Edwar et 129n i d 1296. I d1s forfeitean wa , r fo d having been in arms against him, and died a prisoner on parole in England before November 1300, without heirs body.s ohi f d Thaha e h t a younger brother, Sir Andrew, who died shortly before him, and a nephew Andrew, the son of this last, who was killed at Stirling in 1297. The son of this younger Andrew, a posthumous child also named Andrew t Whitsundaya s wa , 130 heie 0 th onl ryearo s ytw wa s e oldH . of Bothwell, the future regent, and brother-in-law of Kobert Bruce, and with his descendants, Bothwell remained till appropriated, there is not much doubt somn ,i e illegal way Archibaly b , d Douglas, lor Gallowayf do , about 1361, or soon after.2 Reverting to Drumsargard, there was no Sir " John " Moray, as stated by Crawfurdr " WilliaSi t Bu m. " Mora f Drumsargaryo contems dwa - porary with d distincan , t fro r WilliamSi f mBothwello e appearH . s

1 Calendar of Documents (Scotland), vol. ii. No. 725. e Papath f I l record e correctar s , this baron s carrieywa d off fro s righmit t heirs, 2 by marriage of the widow, not the daughter of Thomas Moray, last of the direct line. (Theiner's Vetera Monumenta.) 2 38 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S , JUNE 8, 1885.

on the Ragman Eoll in 1296, and can be identified by his seal, still existing—three mullets, 2 and 1, on a shield, with a rose at either side, perhaps for difference d afteAn r . making peace with. Edwar . (foI d r takenhad wria too arms)t had frohe Englismthe he , h Chanceryon 20th March 1303-4, to get back some lands in Northumberland. He thus survive r WilliaSi d f Bothwelmo t leasa y tb l three years—how much longer I do not know. The next lord of Drumsargard appears to be John Moray, who is said, by Nisbet,1 to have granted a charter of the barony of Ballencrieff in favour of his future wife Mary, daughter of Malise, Ear f Strathernelo . This deed appears a havo st t dato en bu e; Ballencrieff belonge r HenrSi o dt y Pinkeny (brothe claimana f e o r th o t t Crown), probably till Bannockburn, it may have been confiscated by Brace about that time and given to this John Moray. Maurice Moray, perhaps f John o ownes n wa ,so f par o rf e Ballencrief o tth f about 1335,2 probably e samth e perso s Mauricna e Mora f Drumsargardyo becamo wh , e Earl of Stratherne e battlth felf d t Neville'o ea an l , s Cros r Durhao s mn i 1346. In the reign of Eobert II. (1371-1390) two lords of Drumsargard are recorded,—-Walter Moray o whot , m that king grant a scharte f o r Ardromy, in the barony of Banff, Perthshire (Bobertson, Index, p. 117, Alexanded an ; ) No74 . r Morayn 137i o 5 wh entere, d int indenturn oa e with Euphem n Davide so Eoss thei r r e queenfo ,he th , r d assistancan , e t oo recovet enabl s inheritancm hi hi re e (hereditas). This dees i d quote n i dCrawfurds ' Peerage . 42) (p s a amon, e Abercairneth g y charters. Mr Eiddell, who notices it in his Stewartiana (p. 89), ridicule notioe sth n that this " inheritancs wa Bothwells e eh "t wa Bu . then advocatin e claigth anothef mo r brancMoraye th e chief f th ho o s-t ship of Bothwell, and besides was not aware that Drumsargard was a distinct house before 1296, and must therefore have come off the main stock several generations earlier than was known, till the late republi- cation of the Eagman Eoll in connection with the yet existing seals. At this point—the last quarter of the fourteenth century—I can trace the possessors of Drumsargard with no certainty for a generation. It

1 Heraldry, vol. i. p. 253., . 3 Original Kol f Exchequeo l r (Public Record Office). CAMBUSLANG: SOME S EARLNOTEIT N YO S 3 LORDS38 .

could not have come into the possession of the Douglases in 1370, by marriage of Archibald the Grim, and Johanna, daughter (or widow) of Thomas Moray of Both-well.1 The Douglases probably got possession of it in some irregular fashion, somewhat later, during the weak reign of Rober tfirse IIIf theiTh to .e notic rse ownership I e a charte s i , r y Archibaldb , fourth Ear f Douglaso l o Joht , f Paro nd Jane an k t Chisholme his wife, of the lands of Gilbertfield, in the barony of Drum- sargard. It has no date, but is granted at his Castle of Bothwell. Andrew chartee Stuartth founo n i r s wh t ,relativedi ches hi f o e t th s Stuart f Castlemilo s k (History . 324)p , considere o havt t i ed been granted about 1411e Ears madTh wa le . prisone t Homildoa r n i n Septembe s kep r n Englandwa i 1402t d an , , with short intervalsr fo , havy ma e t beei n years te nind nr an o e,grante d durinf theso e egon intervals. e DouglaseTh 2 s hele baronth d y till they were forfeiten i d 1455, when James, first Lord Hamilton, obtained d witit,e an 3th h Hamilton family it still remains. Before advertin e landth e o st b g e outsidbaronyy th ma f o t ei , remarked, tha o earls t s 1296a ye smal on , l freeholder existe Camn i d - hitherts buslangha o owh , escaped notice. Thi"s Hugswa h Crokef o t Kameslank,"4 who appears on the Ragman Eoll with others of Lanark- shire. His seal, with the punning device of a squirrel eating, is still preserved. Hug certainls hi earliese yth t known freeholde baronye th f o r , vers i an t yi d likely thae tenementh t f "o tCrookedshiel d " withit i n took its name from him. A William Croket, of the adjoining parish of Kilbride, also appears sea roll e alss Hi i lth .o n so stil l preserved. Besides these feus of Gilbertfield and Crookedshields, the next in point of antiquity is Lethrig or Lettrick. Sir John of St Clair, lord of Lethrig, is a witness to a charter by Archibald, Earl of Douglas, grante t Edinburgda n 12ti h h March 1420-21 favoun i , Archibalf o r d of Hepburn, brother germa f Adao n f mHepburno , lor f Haleso d f o , states A Essayn di Cambuslang,n o . 69 . p 1 This deed may probably have got into the Castlemilk papers for this reason. 2 Archibald Douglas e previouth , s Earl e s ownebaronth wa ,f f o Carmunuoekro y , which adjoins Drumsargard on the south-west, in 1388 (Exchequer Rolls). 8 Reg. Mag. Sig., . 601 No vol. . ii . spellin4A g closely resemblin locae gth l pronunciatio worde th f no . 4 38 PROCEEDING SOCIETYE TH F O S, JUN , 18858 E .

e landth f Flemingtono s e baronth f n o Drumsargardi y, n I late. r times several f theso e feus, with othe e rbarony th part f o s, e.g., Newton, Westburn, Greenlees, Spital, &c., were granted to cadets of the Hamilton family; but I believe all have reverted to the Duke by purchas . otherwiseor e , except Newto d Spital an e nformeth , r belonging to Mr Hamilton Montgomery, the latter to the family of Jackson feuare adjoinind th ol , n i s g baron f Blantyreyo . othee Th r estate formin remaindee gth e moderth f o r n t parishno t bu , within the barony, cannot be traced quite so far back. This is Coats alias Nobles-farm, a £5 land of old extent, in one place called the East Ferm f Ruthergleneo e Registe. th Thin i Paislef s si o r . 107)y(p , where it is said that Master John of Merton, rector of Cambuslang in 1394, had ineffectually claimed the tithes as a pertinent of the chapel e B.Voth f . Mar f Cambuslangyo . This evidently e foundareferth o t s - tion (or augmentation) of a previous rector, William of Monypeny, who mortified an annualrent of 6 marks which he had acquired from Sir Willia f Dalyellemo , knight, charge above th n edo estate chaplaia r fo , n celebrating e saith d n i chapel . Crawfurd (Remarks Ragmann o Roll) says that in 1467 a family called Noble had a charter of these lands. Jame . confirmeV s n 14to d h July 153 7chartea y Jameb r s Nobilf o l Nobillis-ferme n favoui , f Walteo r r Crawfur f Fermeo d Mariotd an , a Maxwel s lans hi wifef Nobillis-ferme hi o df l o , , vie,. Lanarke th , reddendo bein 6 markg s yearl f blenco y he chaplai th fare o th mt f no B.V. Mary of Nobillis-ferme. (Reg. Mag. Sig., vol. ii. new edition. No. 1688.) They subsequently passed wit n heiressa h , Christian Craufurd, shortly after 1600, to her husband Sir Walter Stewart of Mynto, and remained with that family for fifty or sixty years, when they were sold to the Hamilton family, who still possess them. It seems more than probable that they were originall ye paris th par f f o o ht Eutherglen havd an , e bee t somna e datunknoww no e n disjoined from d addean o Cambuslangt t di e boundar. th a par f Eveo w t f no nyo thes parisheo t etw properl no s si y define a considerabl r fo d e distance. glancA t Forrest'ea e scount th excellen f f Lanaro o y p ma tk shows that the barony of Drumsargard has a well-defined water boundary at nearly all the points of the compass; while Coats, without a single natural CAMBUSLANG: SOME S EARLNOTEIT N YO S 5 LORDS38 .

boundary except where it touches Drumsargard, has quite the look of a parise th f f Euthergleno ho t ou piec t ecu I fee. l much incline thino dt k that originally, the barony of Drumsargard and the parish of Canibus- lang were co-extensive, notwithstanding some opinion e contraryth o st . closey namorigie e ma th th . f eI n nWito o Thougo hwora tw r do h no Gaelic scholar derivatioe th , Statisticad ol n e giveth n ni l Accouns a t the "ridge of the parched height," is far inferior, in a common-sense poin f viewo t Druim-sagart—o t , e priest'"th s e hill,th s "i whice se hI one favoured by the Rev. Mr Blair, the parish minister of Cambuslang. No one who knows the place can fail to see its appropriateness. On the gentle slopes surroundin e moun th gd Castl n whicol o d e e th honc e stood, the people of the district could with ease witness the rites of a worship doubtless older than Christianity; and St Cadoc, said to have beee firsth n t Christian missionary very ma y, likely hav s usuaa e l adopted the spot where the pagans worshipped, till the lord of the land s successorprovidehi r o m sdhi wit site hth e wher a churce s stooha h d for centuries, the Kirk-hill of Cambuslang.