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The Good Sir James gets his lands
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LAND GRANTS TO SIR JAMES DOUGLAS
| Date |
Lands |
Evidence |
| 13 15/6 |
Linton Rodericks ( Linton Rodericks ( = West Linton) |
Robertson, Index, p. 27 no. 7. |
| 1315/6 |
Sunderland (barony of Hawick) |
Robertson, Index, p. 27 no. 7. |
| 1316 (spring?) |
Lands of Cockburn |
Re g. Hag. Sig. I, 3. |
| 1318 |
Lands of Polmoody (Moffatdale) |
RRSV, 143. |
| 1320 |
Barony of Douglasdale |
Req. Hag. Sig. I, 77 |
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Barony of Carmichael |
Req. Hag. Sig. I, 77. |
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Barony of Staplegordon (Eskdale) |
RRS V, 166. |
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Town of Jedburgh (in barony), Jedburgh Castle, toun of Bonj
edward, Jedburgh Forest (in forest) |
RRS V, 167. |
| by 1321 |
Barony of Westerkirk (Eskdale) |
RRSV, 184. |
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Barony of Romanno (Barony of Romanno (Berwickshire)(1) |
Reg. Mag. Sig. I, app. 2, 671a; ibid., app. 1, 38. |
| by 1324 |
Barony of Bedrule (Teviotdale) |
Reg. Mag. Sig. I, 12; ibid., app. 1, 38. |
| 1324 |
Constabulary of Lauder |
Reg. Mag. Sig. I, 2; app. 1, 38; Robertson, Index p. 10. |
| 1325 |
Barony of Buittle | RRSV, 267.
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| 1325/6 |
Lands in Berwick, Hidegate |
Robertson, Index, p. 10. |
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Forest of Selkirk, Ettrick, Traquair |
Robertson, Index, p. 10. |
| ??? |
Ferme of Ruthergien |
RRS VI, 51; Acts Pan. Scot. I, 557. |
Transfer from James to his nephew, William
David, king of Scots, has given his beloved and faithful William, lord of Douglas, all the lands, renders, and possessions in which the late James, lord of Douglas, his uncle, and Archibald of Douglas, his father, knights, died vested and saised as of feu and heritage within his kingdom of Scotland, namely, the lands of Douglasdale (LAN), the lands of Lauderdale (BWK), and other lands pertaining to the constabulary of the same within the kingdom, of the lands of Eskdale, the forests of Ettrick, Selkirk, Yarrow and Tweed with the ancient bounds, of the vill of Jedburgh with the castle and forest of the same, of the lands of the barony of Bedrule in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, of the lands of the barony of Romanno in the sheriffdom of Peebles, of the lands of the barony of Buittle in Galloway(KCB), of the lands of the Farm of Rutherglen, of the lands of the Eastwood in the sheriffdom of Lanark, of the lands of Hughston of Strathbrock (Houstoun, WLO) in the sheriffdom of Edinburgh, of the lands of 'Famyltoun' and Bonnington in the barony of North Berwick (ELO), of the lands of 'Scotteraw' and 'Aynestoun' in the barony of Glencross (Glencorse, MLO), of the lands of 'Polbothy' (Polmoodie?) in the valley of Moffat (DMF), on the part of the aforesaid uncle of William lord of Douglas, and of the lands of Liddesdale with castle (ROX), of the lands of the barony of Kirkandrews (DMF) in the sheriffdom of Dumfries, of the lands of 'Heryotmore' (in Heriot, MLO), of the lands of Rattray in Buchan, of the lands of the barony of Onele and of Coull in the sheriffdom of Aberdeen, of half the land of 'Logyachry' in the sheriffdom of Perth, of the lands of the barony of Cavers in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, of the lands of the barony of Drumlanrig and of Terregles in the sheriffdom of Dumfries, of the lands of the barony of West Calder in the sheriffdom of Edinburgh, of the lands of Graden in the sheriffdom of Berwick, on the part of the father of William, lord of Douglas, and all the other lands and renders with pertinents named or unnamed in which the aforesaid William and Archibald died vested and saised; holding and having of the king and of the other chief lords of the lands, in feu and heritage, with homages and services of freeholders of all the lands, with advowson of churches, in regality, in free warren, with fees and forfeitures, with multures, mills and their profits, together with the leadership of the men of the sheriffdoms of Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles, and the upper ward of the Clyde; for service owed and wont to the king and the other chief lords.
Gift of Douglasdale (LAN), Lauderdale (BWK), and other named lands
witnessed 12 February 1354 by John of Preston, knight (14C); Patrick (V), earl of Dunbar/March and Moray (d.1369); Patrick of Leuchars, bishop of Brechin (d. 1383); Robert Erskine, chamberlain; Robert [Stewart] II, king of Scots (d. 1390); Robert, clerk of Dumbarton; William Landellis, bishop of St Andrews (d. 1385); William of Livingston, knight; William Rae, bishop of Glasgow (d. 1367)
Notes:
1.
Romanno is in Peebleshire
See also:
Douglas Lands
Sir James Douglas
The Emerald
Charter - lands granted to the Good Sir James
Sir James Douglas timeline |
Source
Sources for this article include:
Sonja Väthjunker, M.A. (Dusseldorf) (Thesis 1992)Royal Museums of
Scotland 1/54/143 (RMS, i, app. 1, no. 123)
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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