History of the Lands and Their Owners in Galloway: With Historical Sketches of the District, Volume 2A. Gardner, 1906 - 646 pages |
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afterwards Alexander Stewart ancient Anwoth appears Archibald Baldoon Barrachan Bishop Bishop of Galloway brother Captain Castle Stewart century chapel charter Church corruption Cree Cruggleton Castle Dalreagle dated daughter of Sir descendants died Douglas Dunbar of Mochrum Dunragit Earl of Galloway Edinburgh eldest Elizabeth farm father favour Fintalloch five merkland Gaelic George given Glasserton Gordon granted Hathorn infeft issue Janet John Stewart John Vaus June Kennedy King Robert Kirkcudbrightshire Kirkinner lands and barony Loch Lochnaw Longcastle Lord Garlies Lord of Galloway M'Culloch M'Dowall M'Guffock M'Kerlie M'Kie Mac Cairill Malcolm March Margaret marriage married Maxwell of Monreith merks Minnigaff Mochrum Loch Monreith Myrton Norse Norsemen November obtained owner parish of Whithorn Penninghame Physgill Pont possession priory Saint Saint Ninian sasine Scotland Scots September served heir Sir Alexander Sir John Sir Patrick Vaus Sorbie spelled spouse succeeded Thomas Tonderghie Torhouse Vans Vaus of Barnbarroch Walter Wigton Wigtonshire William Maxwell
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Page 445 - Picts, who are separated from the southern parts by steep and rugged mountains ; for the southern Picts, who -dwell on this side of those mountains, had long before, as is reported, forsaken the errors of idolatry, and embraced the truth, by the preaching of Ninias, a most reverend bishop and holy man of the British nation...
Page 264 - ... twenty acres of land. Wherefore I will and command that the same Walter and his heirs hold in fee and heritage of me and my heirs in chief all the forenamed subjects, both those which he has by gift of King David and those which he has of my gift, with all their pertinents and rights, and by the right bounds of all the foresaid lands, freely and quietly, honourably and in peace, with sac and soc, with tol and them and infangtheefe, in vils and shealings, in plains, in meadows, in pastures, in...
Page 353 - ... juste spectare valentibus in futurum Adeo libere et quiete plenarie integre et honorifice in omnibus et per omnia / sicut dictus Johannes dictas terras et annuos redditus cum i [From a transcript in the General Register House, collated with the original in the Culte...
Page 314 - Tucus mor n- arcaid is n-oir, Cen co fuaris onoir. Is mor) Et is leis glanta Manand (o gallaib conad re n-Ulltaib Long is my face after dinner In Dun Baedan of the son of Cairill. Even I who have come from Sky, I have come twice and three times To convey gems of varying hue, The Albanach feels neglected. Fifty sixty are on the water, Between Manand and Erin, Here are nine who seek for heaven And sorrowful is their pilgrimage. Even I from the Sliabh Elpa I have seen great dangers I have brought much...
Page 445 - Nynias, a most reverend bishop and holy man of the British nation, who had been regularly instructed at Rome in the faith and mysteries of the truth ; whose episcopal see, named after...
Page 265 - Strathern gave to the monks of Inchaffray, for the safety of his own soul, and the souls of his ancestors and successors...
Page 89 - Register] quarterly; first and fourth, ar. an eagle displ. sa. beaked and membered gu. on the breast an escutcheon of the first, charged with a saltier of the second, for Maxwell; second and third, az.
Page 445 - Martin the bishop, and famous for a stately church (wherein he and many other saints rest in the body), is still in existence among the English nation. The place belongs to the province of the Bernicians, and is generally called the White House...
Page 445 - ... the English nation. The place belongs to the province of the Bernicians, and is generally called the White House, because he there built a church of stone, which was not usual among the Britons.
Page 437 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...