Gilbert Knox of Selvieland

GILBERT KNOX OF SELVIELAND (aka GILBERT OF KNOK)

Gilbert Knox of Selvieland here treated is the son of Uchtred Knox of that Ilk. Kilbarchan, page 226 The name of his immediate successor has not been identified but he is undoubtedly the predecessor if not the actual ancestor of Thomas Knox of Selvieland

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

1309 X 1327: Charter by Walter, Steward of Scotland, to Gilbert of Knok, son of the deceased Uchtred of Knok, of the granter's whole land which is called Selvingland in his barony of Renfrew, following upon the resignation of Adam, son and heir of the deceased ..... of Selvingland. [Note 1] [Note 2] To be held from the granter for homage and service by the said Gilbert and the heirs lawfully begotten between him and Christian, his spouse, paying half of a knight's fee. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Cuninghame Family of Craigends, Renfrewshire, reference GD148/1

[Note 1] George Crawford refers to a charter for Selvieland In his account of the family: "I have Seen a Charter as Antient as the Very Begining of the Reign of King Robert the Bruce Granted by Jacobus Senescallus Scotiae Stephano Filio Nicolai de Illa Terra quae data Patricio de Selvieland, Ubi aqua de Greiff Descendit in Aquam de Clyde. MacFarlane, ii, p. 280

[Note 2] In 1296 Patrik de Seluenland swore fealty to Edward I, King of England. Instrumenta Publica Sive Processus Super Fidelitatibus et Homagiis Scotorum Domino Rege Angliae Factis A.D. MCCXCI - MCCXCVI., p. 144

Evidence from MacKenzie's History of Kilbarchan

1309 X 1327: Unto all whom it may concern, Walter, Steward of Scotland, greeting: Be it known that we have given, and by this charter confirm, to Gilbert, son of the deceased Uchtred Knox, for his homage and service the whole of our land named Sewingland in the barony of Renfrew : To be had and to be held by the aforesaid Gilbert, and Christian his spouse, and their airs, of us and our heirs in fee freely etc. in hill and plain, in road and path, etc. etc. Begining at the mouth of Kert Loughiniough and descending as far as the water of Gryff through all the boudaries of the aforesaid, with lands, mills, multures, and all perinents, doing therefor to us the service of half a bowman in the army of the King of Scots and of suit at our court of Renfrew, for all service and secular demand; and I Walter and my heirs shall warrant and defend Gilbert and his heirs. In witness whereof we affix the impress of our seal to this charter which is further witnessed by Sir William Fleming of Barrachan, Alan of Cathcart, kt., William of Cathcart, kt., Finlay of Houston, kt., James Cunningham, James Stewart, William Knox, Robert Sempill and may others. Kilbarchan: p. 226

Genealogical Accounts

1. Genealogical Collections Concerning Families in Scotland made by Walter MacFarlane 1750-1751 etc. in two volumes. II (Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1902), 605 pp. including index. See pp. 261-84 for the Knox Family
2. Reverend Charles Rogers, LL.D., Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Knox Family (Grampian Club, London, 1879), 184 pp. including index
3. Reverend Robert D. McKenzie, BD., Kilbarchan: A Parish History (Alexander Gardner, Paisley, 1902), 306 pp. For Knox of Selvieland and Knox of Ranfurly see pp. 223-6