Sir Lawrence Crawfurd of Kilbirnie, Knight

LAURENCE CRAWFORD OF KILBIRNIE

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

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7 November 1514: LIBRI RESPONSIONUM. 1514. Lanark. Vicecomes respondebit pro 100 li. de firmis dimedietatis baronie et terrarum de Craufurdjohne acetiam dimedietatis patronatus donationis et advocationis ecclesie parrochialis de Craufurdjohne, existentium in manibus regis per spatium unius anni ult. elapsi sasina non recuperata, et pro 100 li. de relevio earundem, regi debitis per sasinam datam Laurentio Craufurd de eisdem t Nov. a. r. predicto. RSRS: 567

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25 June 1522: Instrument of sasine in favour of David Barclay, son and heir of John Barclay then deceased of the lands of Ladylandis (therein described as extending to 20 merks of land of old extent) proceeding on a precept by Laurence Crawfurd of Kilbirnie with the consent of his superior. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Montgomerie Family, Earls of Eglinton, reference GD3/1/3/21/3

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29 October 1526: Notarial instrument narrating judicial revocation by Laurence Craufurd of Kilbirny before Mr John Spreule, vicar of Dundonald, commissary of Mr Adam Colquhane, canon and official general of Glasgow, of all acts done to his prejudice by the said Laurence or his curators during his minority. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Earls of Glasgow (Crawford Priory), reference GD20/1/417

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10 September 1534: Precept of sasine by Laurence Craufurd of Kilbyrnie in favour of Hugh Craufurd, his son, and Margaret Culquhone, spouse of said Hugh, in respect of the lands of Wester Drumchapell and Hoill. [Signature and seal of granter]. (With instrument of sasine of same date). National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Earls of Glasgow (Crawford Priory), reference GD20/1/639

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1 February 1570: Letter of gift by James Steuard of Cardonald to Dorothy Stewart, his daughter, of the ward, relief and non-entry of the twenty pound lands of Drumry since the death of Lawrence Crawfurd of Kilbirny. [Fragment of papered seal]. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Earls of Glasgow (Crawford Priory), reference GD20/1/645

Printed Evidence

Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Vol. XIV. 1513-1522. Edited by A. J. G. Mackay, MA. Oxon., LL.D. Edin., Honorary Fellow of King's College, London; Sheriff of Perth and Kinross. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1893), 836 pp. including index and corrigenda

Biographical Summary by Darryl Lundy's Peerage

Laurence Crawford was born circa 1506. He was the son of Robert Crawford and Margaret Semple. He married Helen Campbell, daughter of Hugh Campbell and Isabel Wallace. He died on 4 June 1547. He was also known as Laurence Crawfurd.. 6 sons, 2 daughters, including (1) Thomas Crawfurd d. 1603 (2) Hugh Crawfurd b. c 1526, d. 1576.

Crawford of Kilbirnie

X. Robert Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and Crawfurd-John. He married Margaret, daughter of Semple of Eliotstoun, and died in 1513, and was succeeded by the only son of the marriage,

XI. Laurence Crawfurd of Kilbirnie. He exchanged the land of Crawfurd-John, with Sir James Hamilton of Fynart, for the lands of Drumry, in 1528. He married Helen, daughter, of Sir Hugh Campbell of Loudoun, by whom he had six sons and two daughters; of the sons, Thomas, the sixth, was ancestor of the Crawfurds of Jordan-hill. He died in 1547, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

XII. Hugh Crawfurd of Kilbirnie, who fought in the battle of Langside, May 13th 1568, on the side of Queen Mary. He married 1st Margaret, daughter of Colquhoun of Luss, by whom he had a son who succeeded him; 2dly, Elisabeth, daughter of Barclay of Ladyland,by whom he had a son and three daughters He died in 1576, and was succeeded by his son of the first marriage.

notes

Sir Lawrence of the "Illustrious" family of Crawford, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, married Helen, daughter of Sir Hugh Campbell of Loundon, Ancestor of the earls of Loudon. On April 5, 1529, he exchanged Crawford-John Lands with Sir James Hamilton for lands in Drumry, Dumbarton. This progenitor of the viscounts of Garnock (merged in the earldom of Crawford in 1749) and immediate ancestor of the Crawfords of Jordanville, Renfrewshire.

Sources 

1. The Crawfurd Peerage: With Other Original Genealogical, Historical, and Biographical Particulars Relating to the Illustrious Houses of Crawfurd and Kilbirnie (Google eBook) Andrew Jack & Company, 1829 - 484 pages.  Page 39
2. The Crawfords of the county Donegal updated 2000 edition
3. The early ancestors of the Crawfords in America : an introduction to genealogies of American families of the name. Fred E. Crawford.  1940.
4. Crawford Genealogy - Page 3