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540 BIGGAR AND THE HOUSE OF FLEMING.
had been forfeited, they compelled the tenants in the Barony
of Biggar, as well as in Thankerton and Glenholm, to pay large
contributions under the name of the mails and rents of their
lands. From Biggar they went to Cumbernauld, and perpe-
trated similar outrages, besides destroying the deer in the
Forest of that barony, " and the quhit ky and bullis of the said
forrest, to the gryt distructione of polecie and hinder of the
commanweill."

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Biggar and the House of Fleming
Description'An account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical'. By William Hunter. 2nd edition. Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867.
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Histories of Scottish families
DescriptionA selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916.