East Kilbride

THE PARISH OF EAST KILBRIDE

The Lordship of Kilbride

The Valognes Family

The Lordship of Kilbride was Valoines property in the time of William I, King of Scots, 1165-1214 About the year 1180, in a question between Bishop Jocelin and Roger de Valognes, Lord of Kilbride , it was found and proved, in presence of the King and of his full Court at Lanark, by sufficient witnesses, good and old men of the country, that the advowson of the church of Kellebride, with a plow of land and common pasture, belonged of old to the church and bishop of Glasgow, and that Bishop John and his successors gave the same freely and quietly without contradiction, upon which decision, de Valoins renounced his claim, and the bishop granted him a right of private chapel in his castle of Kellebride, where the chaplain might receive the offerings of his own family and guests (suis curialibus et hospitibus) without prejudice to the parish church in tithes or other church dues. Origines Parochiales Scotiae I: pp. 99-100

The Comyn Family

The Lordship of Kilbride passed to the Comyn family with the marriage of Isabella de Valognes, Lady of Kilbride to David Comyn, Lord of Kilbride . When Isabella died it passed to her son William. CDS I: 71 From William Comyn of Kilbride it passed to his son John Comyn. John appears to have died without heirs and the Lordship of Kilbride passed to his brother Sir Edmund Comyn of Kilbride

Sir Edmund Comyn of Kilbride was killed in action on 24 June 1314, fighting against the Scots at the Battle of Bannockburn. CDS III: 627

The Stewart Family

Following the death and forfeiture of Sir Edmund Comyn of Kilbride Robert I, King of Scots, gave the Lordship of Kilbride to his son-in-law Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland RMS, 1306-1424, Appendix II, charter number 220

On 21 October 1400 James Stewart, Lord of Kilbride, confirmed that Sir John Maxwell, Lord of Nether Pollock, had given the lands of Calderwood in the barony of Kilbride to his son Robert Maxwell. Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock I: 138-9

LANDS IN EAST KILBRIDE

Calderwood

On 21 October 1400 James Stewart, Lord of Kilbride, confirmed that Sir John Maxwell, Lord of Nether Pollock, had given the lands of Calderwood in the barony of Kilbride to his son Robert Maxwell. Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock I: 138-9

Crossbasket

Thomas Peter purchased the lands of Crossbasket from the heirs of John Baillie of Park, one half from Matthew Cumming, junior, and the other half from Cumming's cousin, Margaret Scott, the wife of James Muir, merchant in Glasgow. Matthew Cumming's disposition in favour of Thomas Peter was signed at Glasgow on 25 June 1708 and 28 June 1708. Thomas Peter, younger, merchant in Glasgow, acting as procurator for his elder namesake, took sasine on 12 November 1708 and the deed was registered on 28 November 1709. The lands of Crossbasket are described as follows: "All and Haill the said Matthew Cumming his just and equall halfe of all and haill the mill and lands of Corsebasket, mill lands, multures and sequells throf, Manor place, houses, biggings, yeards, orcheards, woods, meadows, muirs, marishes and haill pertinents throf qtsomever lying within the barony of Hamilton by annexation Dukedome & Regality throf and sheriffdome of Lanerke" [National Archives of Scotland, Particular Register of Sasines for the Sheriffdom of Lanark, reference RS42/12/25r-26r]. Margaret Scott's disposition of her half share of Crossbasket was signed on 2 November 1709. [Ibidem, RS42/12/6r-26v]

Dripps

In 1371-1372 Robert of Maxwell lord of Mernes granted to his kinsman Sir John Maxwell, 4th of Pollok and the lady Isabel his wife, the whole lands of Dryppis in the barony of Kilbrydeshire in the sheriffdom of Lanark, reserving to himself and his heirs the moothill (mons) nearest to the town of Dryppis, on the top of which a stone was erected, for holding his courts there so often as he should happen to hold pleas on the people of the said lands for wrong done to himself or his heirs only. Origines Parochiales Scotiae I: p. 508

Easter Kittochside

On 2 November 1383-84 Robert II, King of Scots, issued a charter under the Great Seal of Scotland which confirmed possession of various lands in the barony of Kilbride, including Easter Kittochside to Johanni de Lyndesay de Dunrod. Registrum Magnii Sigilli Regum Scotorum, The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A.D. 1306-1424, charter number 749 on p. 277

On 18 April 1502 James IV, King of Scots, issued a charter under the Great Seal of Scotland which confirmed possession of various lands in the barony of Kilbride, including "the half land of Kittokside" to David Lindsay, nephew and heir of Alexander Lindsay of Dunrod. The half lands of Kittokside are said to have extended to a six merk land. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, 1424-1513, charter number 2640

Wester Kittochside

Wester Kittochside was a ten merk land of old extent. In 1537 it was held directly of the crown by Alexander Mure, second son of John Mure of Caldwell. Caldwell. Part First, p. 11

Further Reading

1. Origines Parochiales Scotiae. The Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Territorial of the Parishes of Scotland. Volume First. (J. Smith and Sons, Glasgow, MDCCCLI), 533 pp. including indexes
2. Random Scottish History: History of Rutherglen and East Kilbride by David Ure. (David Niven, Glasgow, 1793), 334 pp.

Printed Sources

1. Calendar of the Laing charters, A.D.854-1837, belonging to the University of Edinburgh. Edited by The Rev. John Anderson (James Thin, Edinburgh, 1899), 1053 pp. including indexes
2. Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office : Edward II. A.D. 1307-1313 (HMSO., Lodon, 1894), 866 pp. including index
3. Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London. Edited by Joseph Bain. Vol. III. A.D. 1307-1357. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1887), 608 pp. including index
4. Registrum Episcopatus Glasguensis. Munimenta Ecclesie Metropolitane Glasguensis a sede restaurata seculo ineunte XII ad reformatam religionem. I (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, M.DCCC.XLIII.), 302 pp.
5. Registrum Episcopatus Glasguensis. Munimenta Ecclesie Metropolitane Glasguensis a Sede Restaurata Seculo Incunte Xii Ad Reformatam Religionem. II. (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, M.DCCC.XLIII.), 621 pp. plus indexes
6. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum. The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, A. D. 1306-1424. Edited by James Maitland Thomson, LL.D. (H. M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1912), 780 pp. including indexes
7. Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock. By William Fraser. Vol. I. Memoirs & Charters (Edinburgh 1863), 497 pp.
8. Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollock. By William Fraser. Vol. II. Correspondence (Edinburgh 1863), 453 pp.
9. Selections from the family papers preserved at Caldwell. Part First. MCCCCXCVI - MDCCCLIII. (Printed for the Maitland Club by Alexander Gardner, Paisley, M.DCCC.LXXIII), 317 pp.