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On his father’s death in 1731, Archibald Inglis succeeded to Auchindinny,
and in 1747 he acquired Langbyres and Monkshead by adjudication for
debts amounting to £750, which had been borrowed from him by his brother
Patrick on security of the lands.
Monkshead was all along held under a right of reversion to the superior,
James Douglas of Hisleside(1), and no doubt it was soon
afterwards redeemed, for nothing more is heard of it. It was a one merk
land at Douglas in Lanarkshire, bringing it a rental of ‘fourscore
pounds Scots and three stone good sufficient cheese.’ - Inglis of
Auchindinny family history
An Archibald Douglas was listed at Hileside and a John Douglas at
Muntshead (sic) in the Land Tax Rolls of 1803
In 1845, Polmunckshead belonged to to Samuel J. Douglas, Esq
In about 1860, High Monkshead was described as a : thatched cothouse on
the farm of Monkshead, name derived from the stream Monks Water.
In 1864, it seems that the Douglas owner was not a resident.
In 1867, James Crawford Douglas won a court case in which he defended
the rights of his son, Edmund Ralston Dopuglas, or him dieing, his two
sisters, all 'pupils', as owner of a nine-year lease for coal mining
rights at Polmunckshead.
James Crawford Douglas, of Polmunckshead, (1824-1889) had two daughters,
Catherine Anne (1855-1925) and Elizabeth Georgiana de Wend (1862-1910)
Notes:
1. Hileside had been given by Sir James Douglas to
Thomas Dickson as encouragement for him to join with him at the time of
The Douglas Larder incident
in 1307.
2. James Douglas of Hileside contested a settlement with a
Grissel Stuart in 1713. [???Hamilton, Grizell, relict of
Archibald Stuart, of Hisleside: Commissioner of Supply for Edinburgh 27
Jan 1721]
3. There is definite evidence that Hazelside (presumably Hileside)
was held by Symingtons at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and
there is authentic record of one William Symontoun being in 1529
appointed custodian of the castle and holding Hazelside, Kennox, part of
Glentaggart and some land about Monkshead. In 1605 a Symington was still
in possession of these holdings, but before the close of the century
this family seem to have severed their cohabitation with Hazelside,
though there were Symingtons in Monkshead at a considerably later date.
- Symington family history
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