Agnews of Lochnaw

1663.] DESCRIPTION OF THE SHERIFFDOM. 357
that breadth twelve miles up, and from that ferry northward up
the said water of Cree.
" The Baillirie of Carrick within ye Sheriffdom of Air
bounds ye said Sheriffdom of Wigtown on ye north, and bounds
upon the south by ye sea quhilk is betwixt Scotland and the
Isle of Man.
" The length of this Shire is from the Mule of Galloway to
ye water of Cree thirty miles, and fra the Isle of Quhithorn to
the Kounetree thirty miles, being the breadth of the same.
" The principal Eivers within this Shire are, first, ye Eiver
of Cree, quhilk borders or divides ye Shire from ye Stewartry and
hath its source from Carrick, quhilk river abounds with salmons
and spurlings, 1 and falls in the sea at ye sands of Wigtown.
" The next Eiver is Blaidzenoch, flowing from Loch-Maberie
and mountanous parts of Penninghame, abounding with salmon,
and goes ye length of twenty miles ere it fall in ye sea at ye
sands of Wigtown.
" Into which Eiver runs ye Water of Tarff, flowing from
Airtfield in the Moors of Luce, and falls in ye Eiver Cree under
Craichlie.
"The water of Malzie flowing from ye Loch of Mochrome
runs by Creloch, 2 and falls in ye said Eiver at Dalrygle.
" The Water of Luce flowing from ye Carrick March, goes
twelve miles ere it fall in ye sea at ye sands of Luce.
" In this water there runs in ye Croce Water flowing from
Airtfield, and runs six miles ere it fall in Luce at ye Moorkirk. 3
" The water of Solburn, flowing fra Loch Connall, rims four
miles ere it fall in Loch-ryane.
" Poltantoun, flowing from Auchnatroch, runs eight miles ere
it fall in the sea at Luce.
" Abbacies are Glenluce and Salside.
1 Smelt.
2 The lands of Creloch or Crailoch were sold (by way of wadsett) to Sir
Patrick Agnew, eighth Sheriff, by John Hannay of Sorbie, 29th June 1625; and
finally sold and disposed of, and sasine given to the said Sir Patrick, by Andrew
Hannay, younger of Sorbie,' 14th July 1626.
3 Old name for the Church of New Luce.