Agnews of Lochnaw

1664.] DESCRIPTION OF THE SHERIFFDOM. 359
" Fresh water Lochs in that Presbytery are Applebee, one
mile of breadth and half a mile of length ; Eavenstoun of ye
like quantity ; the Quhite Loch of Mairtoun quhilk never freeses,
whereon the Laird of Mairtonn's House stands.
" In the Loch of Mochrome there are bred a number of
Herons and wild geese with other Fowls, quhereon stands ye
Laird of Mochrome's House.
" The Lochs of Ochiltrie, Lochmaberie and Loch Connall.
" The Castles of Iyll, 1 Glassertoun, Fisgill, Wig, Eavenstoun,
Crugiltoun, Barnbaro, Brughton, Baldoon, Torhouse, Grange,
Craiglaw, Mochrome, Castle-Stewart and Cleray.
" Burghs-Eoyal in this Shire are Wigtoune being ye Head-
Burgh of the Shire, having a good harbour, beside quhilk stands
ye ancient Monument of King Galdus, 2 from whence ye Shire
has its name called Gallovidia. The other Burgh is Quhithorn
quherein the Priorie stands.
" Burghs of Barony, Stranraar and Innermessan.
" Harbours, Loch- Ey an, Port-Montgomerie, the Isle of Quhit-
horn and Wigtown."
A lease of this date gives an idea of the comparative value
of land then and now.
" 19th May 1664. — It is finally agreeit betwixt Sir Andrew
Agnew of Lochnaw Knight Baronet etc. and Finlay Blair, that
is to say, Sir A. A. sets to Finlay Blair the lands Auchneel for
five years, for the sum of fourscore pounds Scots money yearly ;
together with the number of ten bolls of meal yearly between
Yule and Candlemass ; together with ane wedder and ane lamb,
half a dozen of capons and two dozen of chickens yearly."
The silver rent was equivalent to £6 : 13 : 4 sterling, and the
rent in kind may be valued at a little above £20, making roughly
£27 ; the present rent of the same lands is £268.
In 1665 a summons went forth to the various shires, desiring
1 Iyll is the Isle of Whithorn Castle.
2 The Monument of King Galdus (according to the Sheriff) is on the Farm of
Torhouskie, three miles from Wigtown, now generally called " The Standing
Stones of Torhouse." It is generally thought to be a Druidical circle.