Account of the families of Birnie and Hamilton of Broomhill

PREFATORY REMARKS.
The original manuscript of the following Account of the Fami-
lies of Birnie and Hamilton is extant among the archives of the
Chancellors of Shieldhill, in which house the former merged
about the end of last century. For the transcript whence these
pages are printed, I am indebted to the kindness of my friend
Mr Maidment.*
As I was not aware of the existence of this genealogy when
I reprinted (in 1833) the " Blame of Kirk-Buriall," my notice
of its learned author and his family was somewhat scanty. To
remedy this has been in some measure my chief inducement
for sending forth this volume ; and I take the same opportunity
of adding to my previous remarks relative to Church- Interment,
the following curious dispute between Stewart of Allanton and
Somerville of Cambusnethan, in 1648.
• Ofits author, John Birnie, Esq all that is known will be found in the course of the Memoir,
P. 71.