Genealogical and heraldic account of the Coultharts of Coulthart and Collyn, etc.

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CARMICHAEL OF CARSPHERNE.
GLENDONYN OF GLENDONYN.
The territorial possessions of this family were situated in
the shire of Ayr, near the sea coast ; but though I have not
been able to discover in the muniment-room any document
showing the extent of the property, or its exact locality, yet
the high alliances formed by many of the Glendonyns of
GUndonyn sufficiently attest their rank and importance.
The first inheritor on record, that I can find, or that appears
to have been found by Mr. Cheyne, or any other annalist of
the family, is
Robert de Glendonyn, who obtained a confirmation-
grant of the lands of Glendonyn, in the shire of Ayr, from
Alexander III., partly as a reward for his military services
at the battle of Largs, in the shire of Cunningham, when
Haco, king of Norway, was overthrown, 15 Aug. 1263. At
bis death he left a son,
Radulphus de Glendonyn, who appears to have had
a son engaged in the military service of bis country, and
who s. him at his death. His name was
Alexander de Glendonyn, whose satisfactory adjustment
of a difficult diplomatic negotiation between Robert the
Bruce, of Scotland, and Edward II. of England, subsequent
to the battle of Bannockburn, procured for him a grant of
the lands of Strathmore, in the district of Kyle, with a corn-
mill thereon, which, with the occasion of the grant, is fully
recited iu the charter of conveyance, dated 14 Sept. 1315.
He had by bis wife Janet, dau. of Hugh de Berkeley, of
Mathers, several children, the eldest of whom,
Alexander de Glendonyn, was bis heir, and to. Cathe-
rine, dau. of Sir Alexander Ramsay, of Dalhousie, ancestor
of the earls of that name, by whom he had a son and
successor,
Sm Robert de Glendonyn, who was knighted by Rq-
bert II., on the 20th day of March, in the 2nd year of his
feign. He" m, Margaret, dau. of Robert de Meignes, by
whom he left an only dau.,
Anne de Glendonyn, who to. (settlement dated 14 April,
1386) Donald de Macknyghte, as previously recorded in the
pedigree of Macknyghte of Macknyghte.
Arms — Quarterly, arg. and sa., a cross parted per cross
ingrailed, and counterchanged.
Crest — Two arms, dexter and sinister, erect and embowed
in armour, ppr., grasping a cross crosslet fitchee, or.
Motto — In cruce glorior.
CARMICHAEL OF CARSPHERNE.
After a careful examination of all documents affecting
this family, in the possession of the existing representative
of the Coultharts of Coulthart and Collyn, and after an
attentive collation of the original instruments with the
memoranda left by the late Alexander Cheyne, Esq., B.A.,
I am satisfied that the Carmichaels of Carspherne were
never very prominently distinguished during the period of
which I treat in either the battle-field or senate, but, with
very little exception, were quietly engaged in the honour-
able profession of agriculture. The first proprietor on record
that can be traced is
Hector de Carmichael, of Carspherne, in the Stewartry
of Kirkcudbright, whose name occurs in a grant of certain
lands to Jorvorth de Boyce, called " Craighead, " which
grant is dated 15 May, 7 David I., but the identity of the
property cannot now be determined. This Hector, by hiB
wife Eve, dau. of the laird of Baldroon, had issue a son,
named after himself,
Hector de Carmiohael, who confirmed the grant of lands
to Jorvorth de Boyce, and was s. at his death by his son,
David de Carmichael, who seems to have been largely
engaged in fisheries on the coast of Ayr, and to have given
to one Duffus sixteen marks for repairing sundry boats
employed in the enterprise, 35th William the Lion. His
successor was his son,
Hector de Carmichael, who was father of Walter,
Robert, David, and William. The eldest son a. him as
Walter de Carmichael, and left at his death, by the
laird of Houstun's daughter, David, James, Hector, Mar-
garet, and Helen ; his successor in the family possessions
being his son,
David de Carmichael, the 6tb recorded proprietor, whose