C O N T E N % & I N T RODUCT I ON Gummcus OF A L EXAN DER CA D E N NE A D J AN E S lug gers T m; F AM I L Y OF CA D D N N D A D V u X . Cent ry XVI . Century XVII . XVIII . and XI X. Centnt ies A rbuthnott Banchory D evenick D mmonk L ondon Miscellaneous A N NA BON NE R J A N ]; SH I RRE FS A M E L I A Man son MARY Baum J AN E L U NAN BARBARA GORDON J “ N F onnzs vi. Contents . — A rn N D xx L D eecents from I ssue of Al ex ander Cadenhead and J ane Shirrefs — A rn N D xx I L L ey: Bnm ry — lazier A pn N D xx III . T ude of G — A rn N D xx I V. Bumetts of Sancben — A rn N D xx V. Gordons of M erdmm ‘ ' A rm nxx VL —l hains of t khall — A rn N D xx VI L L m n Genealogies - F L eonard A rn N D xx VIII. K. S. — A Pn N D tx I X. A liee Grey N I T RO D U C T I O N . A D E N H E A D ke r at man t , li a g e y o her an c tt s surnam s s ms to a lowl d S o i h e , ee h ve had a t rr t r a r n and it is in t e i o i l o igi , Et rick F r s t in Se k rks r t at the cal t is f un o e , l i hi e, h lo i y o d fr m c it had n a t . r s t o whi h bee dop ed The Fo e , as it was commonly cal led. was a Royal domain as far back as di stinct history reaches. I ts s ns r ca F r st-t a s and divi io we e lled o e s e d , were ccu su ct to the a r ts t nants o pied, bje Roy l igh , by e , for a r cutur and s tura at r nts a a g i l e pa ge, e p y ble partly in money and partly in cattle. These occupiers were ca lled kindly tenants. and they seem to have enjoyed fI x ity of tenure. The r s t tse f and s m t m s s n st a s or Fo e i l , o e i e i gle e d r u Of st a s r ft n rant t g o ps e d , we e o e g ed by he r n to n ua s but t s not stur C ow i divid l , hi did di b the kindly tenan ts in their holdings . The dona tories of the Crown only enjoyed the right to I nt r t n viii. oduc io . collect the rents . I n the I 2th century King David h I . conferred t e Forest on the Abbot of Kelso. E arly in the 1 4th century it was granted to Sir am ou as n of the Sir Willi D gl , ephew good j ames. I n 1 403 King Henry I V. conIErred it on E arl Percy. I n the middle of the 1 sth ntur n am s 11. rant it to am ce y Ki g j e g ed Willi , arl of u as and ars aft r ar s on E Do gl , five ye e w d , the f rf tur of the D oulases it was ann x d o ei e g , e e to the Crown by A ct of Parliament. I n 1 488 it was again conferred on the Angus branch of the u as fam the n r ma n n ar. fter Do gl ily, Ki g e i i g Fi A this the Forest was harried and desolated by the r r t s t am s V. r us bo de hieve ill j e , by vigo o m asur s r uc t m to r r n it is e e , ed ed he o de , whe ’ r c r t at the n s s in num e o ded h Ki g heep, ber had a to astur in u tn ss . , le ve p e q ie e I n I 8 the r st wa f ua s and the 5 7 Fo e s e d li ed, families which had possessed as kindly tenan ts - had feucharters given to them. A t this t ime the family of Pringle got large fen-grants in the Forest. The Pringles seem to have been of the st ck of anc nt Br t ns. r name was in o ie i o Thei , anc nt t m s - r n c is su s d ie i e , Hop P i gle, whi h ppo e ’ to have been still more anciently O Pringill or P n ll A p ri gi . I nt roduction . ix . r r two anc nt fam s of r n e The e we e ie ilie P i gl , w s c nn ct n t u unc rta n was tak n ho e o e io , ho gh e i , e f r rant . One was of T orsonce and t r o g ed , hei la nds lay chiefly on the upper parts of Galla Water and the adjoin ing portions of Berwickshire a n d as t L t a E o hi n, The other divis ion of the family was called of W tsun and at r of mai m and s m t m s hi , l e S lhol , o e i e of Galashiels . Of this branch were the families of T nnis or Buckholm T rinl know C rai latch y , y , g , r Bl ndlee and us or Wh t To woodlee, y , Woodho e y ank and a s s m on the t r r b ; l o o e Chevio bo de , ft n nam Shar itlaw &c. an s Cli o , How , p , The l d of this branch lay chiefly on the lower parts of t he Gala and on the Cadon Water. rt H O Prin ill of tsun to m Robe p g Whi , who the Earl of Douglas gave a charter addressed ” ect suo scutifero was aft r ar s arm ur dil o , e w d o ea r r and s ur of the to am s ar of b e q i e body j e , E l u as at the att of tt r urn and Do gl , b le O e b , held the sam st to rc a the f urt ar e po A hib ld, o h E l, aft r ar s uk of T ur nn m aec m e w d D e e e, who he o ’ pan iad when sent to France with aux ili ar s to the ass stanc of ar s VI I . and s ie i e Ch le , lo t his f a n t his mast r at the att of li e, lo g wi h e , b le V rn u on 1 th uust 1 2 . e e il, 7 A g , 4 4 T he grandson of this Robert H ap Pringill was am s r n of ma m marr ed J e P i gle S ilhol , who i sa a M urra of the fam of alahill an d I bell y, ily F , fr m his son am scen the fami Of o , Willi , de ded ly r n of r are st ssess rs P i gle To woodlee, who ill po o of t at r rt and of all or m st of the c st h p ope y, o F re st a s u n the a u at r and amon s e d po C do W e , g t thes e the property now cal led Cadonhead. Several H ap Pringills of Whitsun are found f r the t m of rt the s ur to the be o e i e Robe , E q i e ar of u as viz. rt in the t m of E l Do gl , , Robe , i e x an r . r his son in the t m of Ale de I I I Roge , , i e ’ n o rt Bruc mas r s son in Ki g R be e ; Tho , Roge , the time of King David I I an d Thomas and am s ns of the as t m nti n mas Ad , o l e o ed Tho , in 1 363 . I n I 367 Adam Pringill of Whitsun ha d a Chart r of the an s of K noc and Gillis ton in e l d , the barony of Strathauchin in Kincardineshire. was a m m r of the a n ra unc He e be Roy l Ge e l Co il, and of the Committee of Dooms .