Early records of an old Glasgow family

72 THE EARLY RECORDS OF
Family of Caldwell of that Ilk.
From Crawfurd's History of Renfrewshire it would appear that
at this time the lands of East Caldwell belonged to the Mures of
Caldwell, while " the house and lands of Wester Caldwell were the
possession of an ancient family of the same surname, and representa-
tive of the old Caldwells of that Ilk, most of whose estate went to a
son of Abercorn, who was ancestor of the Mures of Caldwell above
mentioned." 1
In his History Crawfurd adds that the family " failzied in the
person of John Caldwell of that Ilk, who was one of the Com-
missioners for the Shire of Renfrew to the Parliament, since the
Revolution." This obviously refers to a brother, not the father of
Jean Caldwell; her father, John Caldwell, appearing in 1643 as a
Commissioner " for the loan and tax in Renfrewshire, 2 and being
again mentioned in an Act of Charles I. " anent the Committee of
Warr," 1646, cap. 183, 3 as "the Guidman of Caldwell." Either he
or his son again appears, designed as " Caldwell of that Ilk," in
the Act of Charles II., "containing some exceptions from the Act of
Indemnitie " 4 to persons " whose guiltines hath rendered them
obnoxious to the law, and their lives and fortunes at His Majestie's
disposall " by reason of their actings in the troubles leading to
the death of Charles I. For this Caldwell's fine was .£600 Scots,
which required to be paid before he obtained " pardon and indem-
nity." Apparently the fine was not paid, for in an Act of King
Charles II. in 1669, "concerning the forfeiture of persons in the late
Rebellion," 5 there appears, in conjunction with his neighbour,
" William Muir of Caldwell, Caldwell, eldest son of
the Goodman of Caldwell," from which forfeiture, however, they
were both subsequently, in 1690, relieved. 6 Afterwards we find "Jo.
Cauldwell,"— who in the record or Minute of the Scots Parliament
is designed as "of that Ilk," — taking the oath in favour of King
William as " Rightfull and Lawfull King of this Realm" on 10th
September, 1696. 7
The concluding mention of this family, in the records of the
Parliament of Scotland, is an entry in the minutes of date 31st
1 Edition of 1818, pp. 43 and 44. 2 Scots Acts, vol. vr., p. 27, 1643, Charles I.
3 Scots Ads, vol. VI., p. 562. 4 Scots Acts, vol. vn., p. 425, 1662, cap. 80.
5 Scots Acts, vol. vn., p. 562, 1669, cap. 17. 6 Scots Acts, vol. ix., p. 165, 1690, cap. 26.
7 Scots Acts, vol. x., p. 10.