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signifying a church, to the name of the patron saint (r). Before the end of
the twelfth century, Alwin Earl of Lennox granted in honour of St. Patrick,
to the church of Kilpatrick, all the lands of Cochnach, Edinbernan, Bacean,
Jin-bealaeh, Drumereve, Cragentolach, Monachkeneran, Drumtethglunan,
Cultbuie, Dalmanach, and Carton veanach, with all their pertinents (s). Mal-
dowen. the Earl of Lennox granted to the monks of Paisley the church of
Kilpatrick, with its tithes, and all the lands which belonged to it (t). This
church with all its lands continued to belong to the monastery of Paisley
till the Reformation (u). The monks enjoyed the rectorial tithes and the ex-
tensive lands which had been granted to the church, and a vicarage was
established for serving the cure (v). At the Reformation the church of Kil-
patrick produced to the monastery of Paisley annually, 463 bolls and 2  firlots
of meal; 115 bolls 3 firlots and 2 pecks of bear ; and �78 13s. 4d. for the
tithes of certain lands which were let for money (w). In 1587 the patronage,
(r) In a burying-place within the church, yard there is preserved a stone of great antiquity,
having on it a sculptured figure which is said to be that of St. Patrick. In the river Clyde
opposite to the church there is a rock visible at low water which is called St. Patrick's stone.
(s) Chart. Lennox, i. 4, ii. 7.
(t) Ib., ii. 8. This grant was confirmed by Alexander II. in 1228. Ib., ii. 13. It was also
confirmed by Florence and Walter the bishops of Glasgow. Chart. Paisley, No. 97, 98. It was
afterwards confirmed by Malcolm the Earl of Lennox in 1273, and by his son and successor
Malcolm the Earl of Lennox in 1330. Chart. Lennox, i. 7, 8, ii. 55, 60. Dufgal the brother of
Maldowen Earl of Lennox, was rector of Kilpatrick in 1234. Ib., ii, 21, 22.
(u) In 1227 it was settled between the bishop of Glasgow and the abbot of Paisley that the
bishop should have annually from the church of Kilpatrick one entertainment in name of
procurators. Chart. Glasgow, 181.
(v) In 1227 it was settled that the vicar of Kilpatrick should have annually 12 marks in
altarage, or in the tithe of corn if the altarage was not sufficient. Chart. Lennox, ii. 142; Chart.
Paisley, No. 356. This vicarage became afterwards of considerable value, and the vicar employed
a curate to perform the duty of the church. In Bagimont's Roll the vicarage of Kilpatrick was
taxed  �5 6s. 8d., being a tenth of the estimated value. At the Reformation this vicarage was
held by Mr. Archibald Barry, who reported its revenue as 80 marks yearly, out of which he paid
the curate of the church 24 marks. MS. Rental Book, fo. 37. In 1527 Mr. George Langmure,
the vicar of Kilpatrick, was appointed clerk of the closet to the king during life, with a salary of
�40 yearly. Privy Seal Reg., vi. 64.
(w) MS. Rental Book, fo. 27, 28. At  Drumry in the parish of Kilpatrick, Lawrence Crawford
of  Kilbirnie founded in the reign of James V. a chapel which was dedicated to the Virgin
Mary, and he endowed it with the five-pound lands of Jordanhill for the support of the chaplain.
At the Reformation Sir Bartholomew Montgomery, the chaplain of this chapel, with consent
of Hugh Crawford of Kilbirnie the patron, granted in feu farm to Thomas Crawford, a younger
son of the patron, the lands of  Jordanhill which belonged to this chapel, and this grant was
confirmed by a charter under the great seal on the 8th of March 1565-6. Privy Seal Reg.,
xxxv. 11.