Early records of an old Glasgow family

no THE EARLY RECORDS OF
It narrates that Captain Thomas Craufurd and his wife had
" provyditt the said Hew and his aires to the heretabill rycht of
the fyiff lib land of Jordanhill," and were to "provide " him to a
similar right of the 13s. 4d. land of Cult, and 6s. 8d. land of
Rywray, in the Parish of Renfrew, reserving their own liferents.
" Thairfor they and the said Hew oblige themselves to infeft aither
the saidis Jonett or Elizabeth Striuelingis that sal happen to
compleitt marriage with the said Hew, in conjunct fie with him,
and the aires lawfullie gottin and to be yottin betuix thame " in
the said lands of Cult and Rywray, in security of the payment of
17 bolls victual and of 23 bolls meal and bear, from the £5 land
of Jordanhill ; a house being also to be provided for the spouses,
"ffor the qlks manage and premises to be done in maner foirsaid
the said Williame Striueling and Margrat, spouses, bindis and
obleises thame, thair aires, executores and assignais, to thankfullie
refound, content and paye to the said Thomas, Hew his sone, and
his future spous, in name of tocher, the soume of twenty-five
hundreyt markis money," — whereof ^1100 Scots is acknowledged
to be instantly paid to them "in hand," — "of the quhilkis thai
holde thame weill content and satisfeitt," — interest on the balance
of 850 Merks being to be paid "to the said Hew and his future
spous."
The Contract proceeds : " And becaus the tyme of the
appoyntit Manage is lang, quhairby occasioune may fall out and
stay the samen ; — whairby the said Williame and his spous may
be defraudit of the said syluer ellis disbursit be thame of the said
tocher, Thairfor, for preservatioune thairof," Thomas Craufurd and
his spouse grant the said William and Margaret Stirling, spouses,
security over the lands of Cult and Rywray.
And cautiously it also provides: "And attour in caice it sal
happin, the said Jonett or Elizabeth being cum to the said tyme
appointit for marriage with the said Hew, to refuis to contract