History and traditions of the land of the Lindsays in Angus and Mearns

ARBROATH — THE BARONY OF PANBR1DE. 303
Darngate, or the postern gate, at the south-east corner of the
monastery ; the Grinter, or granary croft, situate at the north
corner of the burial ground, where the corn and meal belonging
to the Abbey was kept ; and, St. Ninian's Heuch, among the
famous cliffs and caves, east of the harbour.* Though small,
these properties gave the family an influence in the town of Ar-
broath, and, as before noticed, were the last portions of the family
inheritance that David, the last laird of Edzell, parted with, it not
being until the year 1725, f (ten years after the sale of Edzell),
that these were disposed of. Since then, as above noticed, Lady-
Bank and its chapel have been swept away ; and the other pro-
perties have passed through various hands.
Nor, from the small portion which the Lindsays owned in
Kinnell, will our space admit of detailing the historical peculi-
arities of that interesting parish, — suffice it to say that the farm of
Blacklaw near Braikie, of which the seventh Earl of Crawford
was possessed in 1535-64 was their only property.§ But the
more extensive lordship, or barony of Panbride, which Sir
Walter Lindsay of Edzell held for forty years from 1463, has
greater claims to our attention.
The church was in the diocese of Brechin, dedicated to St.
Bride or Bridget, and gifted to the Abbey of Arbroath by
William the Lion. The first recorded proprietors of this barony
were a Norman family, named Morham, who had a gift of it also
from King William. || They had, perhaps, survived as pro-
prietors of the district until the year 1309, when Robert the
Bruce gave a grant of it to his brother-in-law, Sir Alexander
Frazer.U He fell at Dupplin in 1332, from which period, until
1341, when David II. returned from France, and, it is said,
gave the barony to the ancestors of Boethius, the historian, we
know nothing of the proprietors.
The origin of Boethius' family, as given by himself, is suffi-
ciently romantic, and not much credited ; but it is certain,
* For au interesting account of the Abbey, and of the fine scenery of the Cliffs and Caves,
see Bremner's Popular Guide-Books. \ Crawford Case, p. 203. $ Doug, Peerage.
§ Kinnell Kirk was in the diocese of St. Andrews, and, with its chapel, which stood at
Balishan, is i-atcd at 20 merks. The kirk had perhaps been dedicated to St Madoc, as a
fountain near the church bears the familiar name of Maidie's Well. Ut sup., pp. ll-J-5.
|| [Chalmers' Caledonia, vol. i., p. 591.] The surname of Morham survived long in the dis-
trict. A tombstone, belonging to a "David Moram," dated 165!?, is in the adjoining kirkyard of
Monikie. . IT Robertson's Index.