Historical memoir of the family of Eglinton and Winton

IGLINTON AND WINTOIT. 5
by his baronial rank and illustrious connections.
Dunbar in bis " Lament for the Death of the
Makkeris," alludes to " Sir Hew of Eglintoun " as
one of those who had preceded himself. Winton
likewise commemorates " Hucheon of the Aule
Royall " — Royal court or hall. Hucheon is an old
synonim for Hugh, and there seems no doubt that
the allusion here is to Sir Hew de Eglinton. Winton
remarks, he " was cunning in literature, curious in
his style, eloquent and subtile ; and who clothed his
compositions in appropriate metre, so as always to
raise delight and pleasure." Various tales and
romances are still ascribed to Sir Hugh Eglinton,
but scarcely any thing would seem now to be known
with certainty as strictly of his production. As
related by Bowmaker, Sir Hew de Eglinton accom-
panied the expedition of David II. into England in
1346, and together with Stuart [of Dreghorn.?],
Craigie, Boyd, and Fullarton, was knighted by the
king on their crossing the Border.
The family of Ardrossan were certainly of the
foremost rank of the barons of Cunningham, and
that they derived their descent from the ancient and
powerful Norman De Berkeleys of England cannot
be doubted. [/See Appendix.~\ The first, and most
probably the original progenitor of Ardrossan, who
has been ascertained from authentic record, was —
1. " Richakdtjs de Barclay, dominus de
Ardrossan," who, as stated by Pont, witnessed a
charter of Sir Richard de Morville's to the monas-