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162 ORIGINES [ckawford john.
Robert, the son of Walileve, the sen of Baldwin of Bygar, patron of the church of Strathavon, dateJ
at Lesmahago, in the year 1228.' About the same time, Reginald, another son of Sir Reginald
of Crauford, was parson of Strathavon.^ John of Crauford, who died before the year 1259, gave
lands in Glengonar to the Cistercians of Newbottle, and left heirs, who disputed the possession of
certain lands with Yfilliani of Douglas.^ In the year 1271, Sir Hugh of Crawford knight (who
was the son of Reginald,*) and Alice bis wife, held the lands of Draffane in Lesmahago of the
abbey of Kelso. Mention is made at the same time of Reginald, the son and heir of Sir Hugh ;^
and in the year 1296, he swore fealty to King Edward I. for his lands in Ayrshire,^ the Crawfords,
apparently, having ceased by this time to be numbered among the landowners of Lanarkshire.^
The descent of the territory of Crawford John is not to be traced with certainty or precision
through all these generations. Before the middle of the fourteenth century it had been divided,
apparently between two heirs parceners. In the year 1359, the sheriff of the county, in reckon-
ing with the exchequer for the castle wards of Lanark, acknowledged to have received 20s. from
that half of the barony which, from its possessor doubtless, was called Craufordjohn Berclay;
but from the other half he had nothing, because it was in the hands of Thomas of Jlurray, by
grant of the crown, so long as he should be hostage for the King.* King James II., in the year
1451, granted to William earl of Douglas and Avendale, the lands of Culter and the lands of
Crawford John which belonged to him aforetime, and which he had resigned into the King's
hands.8 In the year 1 458-9, the same Prince gave to Sir Walter Scot of Kirkurde knight, for his
good service in the defeat of the Douglases at Arkinholme, the lands of Albintoune, Pharebolme,
and Glengonaryg, in the barony of Crawfurde John.i" It was found in the year 1492, that the
lands of Mekle Blakburn, in the barony of Crawfurde Jobne, were part of the lordship of Cal-
derwood, and as such should be possessed in right of her terce by Margaret Rutherfurde, the
widow of Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood knight.'^ In the year 1530-1, Sir James Hamilton
of Fynnart, commonly called the Bastard of Arran, obtained from the crown a charter of the half
of the barony of Crawfurdjohn ; and before the year 1 537, he obtained the other half in exchange
for lands in Ayrshire. The barony reverted to the crown on his forfeiture ;i- but it was restored
to his descendants, and was confirmed to his grandson, Sir James Hamilton of Libberton, in the
year 1589.''' According to Wishaw, it belonged of old to the Jlonypennies of that Ilk.''' It
was of the old extent of £GG, 13s. 4d ; '^ and yielded to the crown, in the reign of King James VI.
a yearly rent of ^251, 6s. Sd.'^ There were sub-vassals on the lands, who held Gilkerscleugh,
Glespen, Bockoleugh, and others, of the lord of the manor.
' Lib. de Calchou, p. 153. ' Chamberlain Rolls, vol. i., p. 335.
2 Lib. de Calchou, p. 230. ' Acts Pari. Scot., vol. ii., p. 169.
3 Regist. de Neub., fol. .\sxii. (See below, in Crawford '" Charter printed in Hay's Vindic. of Eliz. More, p. 79.
parish.) Indenture cited by Godseroft in Hist, of Doug. " Acta Dom. Concil., pp. 238, 239.
* Lib. de Melros, p. 174. Dalrymple"s Collect. Scot. '- Acts Pari. Scot., vol. ii., pp. 360, 405.
Hist., p. LXV. '= Reg. Mag. Sig., x.\iv. 21; xxv. 317,232; x.\xvii. 268,
= Lib. de Calchou, p. 364. quoted in Anderson's Hist, of the Hamiltons, pp. 284, 285 ,
6 Ragman Rolls, pp. 129, 148, 161. P.-ilg. Illust. Hist. 287. Hamilton's Descript. of Lanark., p. 62.
Scot., vol. i., p. 153. '■* Hamilt. Descript. Lanark., p. 62.
'Ragman Rolls, pp. 137, 142, 146, 148. I-'obertson's '= E.xtent of the sheriifdom of Lanark.
Index. ^® Rentall of Crown Property.