Historical account of the noble family of Kennedy, Marquess of Ailsa and Earl of Cassilis

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father's life, he acquired from Thomas Fleming, grandson of
Malcolm, Earl of Wigtown, the town of Kirkintilloch. In 1384
he got a charter from Malcolm Fleming of Biggar, confirming a
charter by his father, John Kennedy, of the forty shilling land of
Kirkintilloch in favour of Sir Gilbert Kennedy, his eldest son, and
of Agnes Maxwell, wife of the said Sir Gilbert, and the longest
liver of them, and the heirs-male of his (Sir Gilbert's) body to be
lawfully procreated ; whom failing, to Gilbert Kennedy, eldest
son of the said Sir Gilbert Kennedy, and the heirs-male of his
body to be lawfully procreated ; whom failing, to John Ken-
nedy, brother-german of the said Gilbert, and the heirs-male of
his body to be lawfully procreated ; whom failing, Roland Ken-
nedy, brother-german of the said Gilbert and John, and the heirs-
male of his body to be lawfully procreated ; whom all failing,
the heirs whomsoever of the said John Kennedy of Dunure. In
1386 Sir Gilbert Kennedy granted a bond or obligation to the
nunnery of North Berwick as to the church of Maybole, and
gave as his pledge James Douglas, lord of Dalkeith. It has
the remains of his seal attached to it, displaying a chevron be-
tween three cross crosslets, with a label of three points on the
shield, and a lion for supporter on the left — the rest away.* In
1392 Sir Gilbert Kennedy grants an obligation, dated 16th Sep-
tember 1392, to James Kennedy, his son, by which he obliges
himself not to revoke the grant made by him to the said James
Kennedy, and the heirs-male of his body ; whom failing, the
heirs whatsoever procreate between the said Sir Gilbert Ken-
nedy and Agnes Maxwell, his wife, (mother of the said James
Kennedy,) of the Dominical lands of Kirkintilloch, and lands
of Sherreve, Bar, Gartchewar, and Badcoll, lying in the barony
of Lenzie and county of Dumbarton. On 2d November 1400
he got a charter from David, Earl of Carrick, eldest son of
Robert III., of the lands of Dunure, Girvan, and Glenap, in
* The original is in Lord Panmure's charter-chest.— Chartulary of North
Berwick, p. 33.