Early records of an old Glasgow family

5<S THE EARLY RECORDS OF
Notices respecting parts of the lands of Garioch — which
extended in whole to a £^ 6s. 8d. land of old extent 1 — appear as
follows, viz. :
In 1529, October 10th — which is the earliest entry I have come
upon — in the Rental Book of the Barony of Glasgow, 2 " Jhon
Drew is rentalit in 13/4 land in the Garroch, be consent of Margret
Cunynghame " ; his son Patrick Drew being rentalled, with his
consent, in a 3s. 4^d. portion of this on the 30th of the same
month, but which portion is apparently reunited, as on 25th
January, 1534, in the same Register, 3 " Rychart Drew, son of Isbell
Wynnyng, is rentalit in xiijs. iiijd. land in Garroch, quhilk was his
fadyris, and he enterit tharto de gratia quia suspensus " respecting
which Mr. Joseph Bain, the learned Editor of that most inter-
esting record, notes inquiringly, " Does this mean that the father
was hanged?" Whether or no, this 13s. 4d. portion ultimately
descended to "Agnes Drew," who, designed as " sister german
and heiress of Isobell and Katherine Drew, daughters of the
deceased Patrick Drew in Garioch," with "Thomas Drew her
spouse," grants a charter 4 dated 6th October, 1618, to " Bryce
Blair de Eod " — most probably " Blair de eodem," i.e. Blair of the
same name or place, otherwise Blair of Blair, or "of that Ilk."
This is supported by the reference in Hamilton of Wishaw's
Description of Lanark and Renfrewshires, where in the List of
Arrears stated as " restand unpayit " in the "Testament Testa-
mentar and Inventar of the guidis, geir, debtis, and sowmes of
money quhilkis perteint to vmquhile James [Law], Archbischope of
Glasgow, the tyme of his deceis, Quha deceist in the moneth
of October, the yeir of God Im.vjc. threttie twa yeiris," there
'See the titles thereof and inter alia Contract of Marriage dated 31st July, 1685, between Ninian
Hill of Lambhill and Mary Craufurd, Genealogical MSS. of Hills, etc., No. 9.
2 Diocesan Registers of Glasgow, vol. I., p. 95.
3 Ibid., vol. I., p. J 05.
4 For the original see Hill, Munimenta, vol. I., Part II., No. 16.