Alexander Lindsay of Dunrod

ALEXANDER LINDSAY OF DUNROD

Alexander Lindsay of Dunrod is the son of Sir John Lindsay of Dunrod. He was served heir to his deceased father in the lands and barony of Kilbride, on 17 April 1602 Inquisitionum II: 35 and in the ten pound land of Dunrod on 27 April 1602 .Inquisitionum II: 12 On 6 January 1607 he was served heir to his father in the lands of Easter and Wester Nerston and others Inquisitionum II: 69 and on the same date he was served heir to his deceased paternal uncle, Robert Lindsay of Dunrod, in the lands of Thornton called Peill. Inquisitionum II: 68

The Slaughter of Alexander Leckie of that Ilk in September 1601

Alexander Lindsay of Dunrod murdered Alexander Leckie, 10th. of that Ilk

King James Vi., by a letter dated from Greenwich, 1st june 1622, granted a respite for the trial of the accussed persons till 5th of October following; and by a second letter from Windsor, on 7th Aufust 1622, ordered the Justice and the Justice-Clerk not to proceed in the criminal prosecution till they understood from the Council that they had given up all further dealing in the matter. Sir James's death, in September 1622, put an end to the proceedings against him. Maxwell Memoirs I: 472

Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland. VOL. III. Part II. 1615-1624., pp. 393-95

The Lairds of Leckie

Burgess of Glasgow

Alexander Lindsay was enrolled as a burgess and freeman of Glasgow gratis on 6 May 1618. Glasgow Burgesses, 1573-1750

Evidence from the Criminal Trials of Scotland

15 December 1620: Ancient Criminal Trials in Scotland. VOL. III. Part II. 1615-1624., pp. 393-95

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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17 April 1602: ALEXANDER LYNDSAY de Dunrod, haeres Domini Joannis Lyndsay de Dunrod, militis, patris, - in terris et baronia de Kilbryde; - terrras de Lymekillis et Kittoksyde; - terras de Rogertones Eister et Wester; - terras de Phillipishill Over et Nether, cum molendino; - terras de Thornetones alias Braeheid et Croce; - terras de Bogtoun, Brousterland, Hieflat, Crocehill, Auldhouse, Laitfadis, Burnhousses, et Auchinfin, cum advocatione ecclesiarum et capellaniarum; - A.E. 37 l. N.E. 148 l. - terras de Carneduff, Flaikfieldis Eister, Flaikfieldis Wester, et Blaikburne, extendentes et 10 mercatas terrarum antiqui extentus. - A.E. 10 m. N.E. 40 m. ii. 150. Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc., Volume II, Inquisitiones Speciales. Lanark, number 35

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27 April 1602: ALEXANDER LYNDSAY, haeres, Domini Joannis Lyndsay de Dunrod, militis, patris, - in 10 libratis terrarum antiqui extentus de Dunrod, infra baroniam de Renfrew, cum advocatione beneficiorum et capellaniarum earundem. A.E. 10 l. N. E. 50l. ii. 150. Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc., Volume II, Inquisitiones Speciales. Renfrew, number 12

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6 January 1607: ALEXANDER LYNDESAY de Dunrod, haeres Roberti Lyndesay de Dunrod, patrui; - in terris de Thornetoun nuncupatis Peill, infra baroniam de Kilbryde, - A.E. 5m. N.E. 20 m. iii. 258. Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc., Volume II, Inquisitiones Speciales. Lanark, number 68

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6 January 1607: ALEXANDER LYNDESAY de Dunrod, haeres Domini Joannis Lyndesay de Dunrod, militis, patris, - in terris de Nerstoun; - molendino de Nerstoun, terris molendinariis ejusdem, et astrictis multuris terrarum de Nerstoun Eister et Westir, in baronia de Kilbryde; - terris de Mylnehous extendentibus ad 30 solidatas terrarum antiqui extentus, in baronia antedicta; =A.E. 30 s. N.E. 6 l. - 30 solidatis terrarum antiqui extentum de Middilscheillis, in baronia praedicta; - A.E. 30 s. N.E. 6 l. - terris ecclesiasticis prioratus de Blantyre, in baronia de Blantyre - E. 9 m. iii. 258, Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retornatarum, etc., Volume II, Inquisitiones Speciales. Lanark, number 69

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15 February 1609: REX dedit lierras Remissionis ALEXANDRO LYNDSAY de Dunrod pro ejus vita duraturas, - pro fedo crimine adulterii per eum cum Marjoria Hammiltoun filia Patricii Hammiltoun olim de Kincawll commissio. P.R. i. 40. Registrom Magnii Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1609-1620, charter number 22 on p. 10

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22 April 1619: Charter by which Janes VI, King of Scots, confirms that he has granted anew the ten pound lands of old extent of Dunrod to Archibald Stewart of Ardgowan. The lands of Dunrod were previously held by Alexander Lindsay of Dunrod , who resigned them with the consent of his wife Margaret Maxwell and Sir James Maxwell of Calderwood: "quas Alex. Lindesay de Dunrod cum consensu Margarete Maxwell sponse sue et D. Jacobi Maxwell de Calderwod militis resignavit." Registrom Magnii Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1609-1620, charter number 2023 on p. 732

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12 April 1628: Alloa, 12th April 1628. Letter from the Earl of Mar to the Clerk of Council: "Good Jaems, Theis ar ernistly to desyr you hest thir other letters (quilk this berar will delyvir unto you) To my Lord of Hadinton that they may be sentt to my soone att courtt. Thus I rest, Your trew feind. (signed) Mar. I have villed this berar to get sum letters from you to charge Dunrod [Note] for not fulfilling the counsalls ordinanss; the particulars I remitt to him, bott I pray you give him outt the letters [addressed] To my good freind Jaems Prymross, Clerk of the Pevie Counsall." Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, Second Series. VOL. II., A.D. 1625-1628, page 584

[Note] Dunrod is Alexander Lindsay of Dunrod.

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11 February 1634: Supplication for protection by Alexander Lindsay of Dunrod that he may satisfy his creditors. Supplication by Alexander Lindsay as follows: - He entrusted William Wallace of Johnestoun, his sister's son. with his estate and living for the payment of his debts, "hes dealt verie unhonestlie with the supplicant and tane assignatiouns to the debts quhilkis he hes payed, alledging that he is superexpended." This is to the supplicants great prejudice and the frustration of his creditors satisfaction, but he dare not come to Edinburgh for prosecution of the said William without their Lordships warrant, which accordingly he craves. The Lords their protection till Whitsunday next. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, Second Series., VOL. V, A.D. 1633-1635, p. 205

Genealogy

1. Lives of the Lindsays; or, A Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres, etc. by Lord Lindsay. In three volumes. Volume I. (John Murray, London, 1849), 489 pp.
2. Lives of the Lindsays; or, A Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres, etc. by Lord Lindsay. In three volumes. Volume II (John Murray, London, 1849), 516 pp.
3. Lives of the Lindsays; or, A Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres, etc. by Lord Lindsay. In three volumes. Volume III (John Murray, London, 1849), 500 pp. including index
4. Publications of the Clan Lindsay Society, Volume II (1908). The House of Dunrod, pp. 9-63