Sir Adam Fitz Hough of Glendenning

Does not belong to FitzHenry/FitzHugh of Ravensworth.

First Earl of Glendonwyn

Bailie of Westerker or Eskdale proper, with jurisdiction over all the lands of the lordship of Eskdale, for Sir John d.e Graham of Abercorn & Westterker, was the true founder of the “HOUSE OF GLENDONWYN”, hereditary Bailies of Eskdale.

Adam first appeared on record in 1307. He arrived in Scotland at a time when the fortunes of her king were steadily ascending. Adam was a good friend of Sir John de Graham & King Robert Bruce of Scotland.

The king, April 1320, bestowed upon him now styled of Glendonwyn, a grant of 20 shillings sterling from the ward duties of Roxburgh Castle. In 1363 Adam owned 13,000 acres, of which 4,160 acres was arable land. The tower or castle of’ Glendonwin at the confluence of Upper Meggot Water & Glendening Burn was built before 1391, remains seen in 1841, now gone.

When the King of Scots died Adam & Douglas set forth on a mission to place the kings heart in the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. On the way they engaged in the Holy War then being waged by Alfonso, King of Castile against the Moorish prince, Osinyn of Granada. Douglas was killed, Adam escaped & returned with the heart to Scotland.

Adam died July 20, 1363, probable at his residence in Roxburgh. His wife was Agnes & she died Feb 3, 1326-27. Her father was Sir John de Towers of Adwick-le-Street in Yorkshire.

I. ADAM of Glendonwyn de eodem, a man of rank and figure in the reign of king Alexander III. This appears by an original document ftill preferved, viz. a charter to him from John Macgill of that ilk, of all his part of the lands and baronies of Clifton and Merbotil in the fhire of Roxburgh, to be held of the king; to which fir Alexander and fir William Lindfay, Alexander de Menteith, knights, etc. are witneffes.This charter, which we have feen, has no date, but, by the witneffes, muft have been granted in the reign of king Alexander III, or before the 1286, in which year the king died. By a daughter of fir John of Towers, he left a fon.

Sources

• Shannon White - Ancestry World Tree GEDCOM file imported on 1 Aug 2002.
• Sir Robert Douglas. 1798. "Baronage of Scotland."
  • Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 2 2021, 19:27:22 UTC

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