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- Below is a message from Shirley Walsh forwarded to me by Jim Houston,Fort Worth, Texas
If you are looking for early records in Wigtownshire there may be some inthe volumes of :
The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland
(Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum)
H.M. General Register House, Edinburgh, 1880
Published by the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty'sTreasury, under the direction of the Deputy Clerk-Register of Scotland.
However, it is perhaps best to try and work backwards, perhaps startingwith information kindly supplied by Diana, Crawford, Carrie, Wayne andthe research helpers listed on Leigh-Ann's web page.
Examples in the Index of Vol.XI AD1497-1501 of the Exchequer Roll are :
p.556
McCULLOUCH (M'Coulach, Makcullough),
Sir Alexander (McCULLOUCH), of Myretone, knight, fermes of Calanes,Qwiltis, the Large, and Balgregane granted to him and Marjory Sinclairhis wife, 192, 331; first falconer of the King, going to Orkney forfalcons; his arrears as Sheriff of Wigtoun, 338*, xxxix.
Archibald (McCULLOUCH), Knokincur let to, 455
Ninian (McCULLOUCH) sasine to, of Torhous and Esderach, 465; of Cardernesand Kirkmakbrek, 383*, 466.
Norman (McCULLOUCH) sasine to, of Torhous and Esdarrach, 339*.
Simon (McCULLOUCH), fermes of Keriwalcok allowed to, 331, 336
p.557
M'KE (M'KEE, MAKKE, MAKKEE), Duncan,
half Tulylargauch let to, with consent of Adam Mure, 455; sasine to, ofLongastill and Crachlaw, 463; of Camlodane, 383*, 466; of Barneraware,Clonchert and Drumgargane, 330*, 446
M'KE (M'KEE, MAKKE, MAKKEE), Finlay,
half of Edir-dalelaik-hauch let to, 417
M'KE (etc), John, of Myretoun,
acting as Sheriff of Wigtoun, 340*
McKENNAN, Gilmory,
tenant of Ardemacmonnane, 417
(these were of all Scotland, so do not know where this is)
Below from Jim Houston
M'kerlie's "History of the Lands and Their Owners in Galloway, Volume 1puts "Killaster" in the parish of Stoneykirk and attaches its ownershipto the M'Cullochs, which seems consistent with the transaction involvingWilliam Houston. Here is what he says on page 358:
"The exact position of the families holding Ardwall and Killaster, inrelationship to one another, we fear we cannot trace; and therefore, asthe properties are now one, we will treat them as such. Killaster doesnot now appear on the Valuation Roll; but it lies immediately in the rearof the house of Ardwall; and a small portion of the ruins remains, andmay still remain, of the residence. A burn called Killaster runs throughthe grounds of Ardwall House. Killaster is said to have been thehunting-seat of the M'Cullochs -----"
Here is something else that may interest you on a McCulloch-Houston landtransaction for a property in Stoneykirk Parish, Wigtownshire namedKillaster (Ed Thompson has taken a shot at translating this. If you areinterested in this, I'll forward you that message)
Jim Houston
Here is something else that may interest you on a McCulloch-Houston landtransaction for a property in Stoneykirk Parish, Wigtownshire namedKillaster (Ed Thompson has taken a shot at translating this...
Jim Houston
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Shirley,
M'kerlie's "History of the Lands and Their Owners in Galloway, Volume 1puts "Killaster" in the parish of Stoneykirk and attaches its ownershipto the M'Cullochs, which seems consistent with the transaction involvingWilliam Houston. Here is what he says on page 358:
"The exact position of the families holding Ardwall and Killaster, inrelationship to one another, we fear we cannot trace; and therefore, asthe properties are now one, we will treat them as such. Killaster doesnot now appear on the Valuation Roll; but it lies immediately in the rearof the house of Ardwall; and a small portion of the ruins remains, andmay still remain, of the residence. A burn called Killaster runs throughthe grounds of Ardwall House. Killaster is said to have been thehunting-seat of the M'Cullochs -----"
Jim Houston
Included below is an OCR transcription (proofread but probably notperfect) from pages 744 and 745 of, "THE REGISTER OF THE GREAT SEAL OFSCOTLAND, A.D. 1609-1620",and shows(I think) the link between WilliamHouston and Katherine Vaus, his spouse. As you can see, it is in Latin. Ibelieve that William Houston and Katherine Vaus are my 11thgreat-grandparents.
"2054. Apud Edinburgh, 8 Jul.
REX,-cum consensu &c. (20.7. 175.),-
ratificavit cartam per Wil. M'Culloche de Mertoun, cum consensu A1exandriM. ejus fili senioris et heredis apparentis, et donatoris ad ejus vitalemredditum, factam WILLELMO HOUSTOUN de Coltreoche, et KATHERINE VAUS ejussponse,-de 6 mercatis terrarum de Killasser, cum
molendino, terris molendinariis &c., et 5 mercatis de Meikill et LittillDumbrod- dannis, partibus dicti Wil. M. baronie de Achowane, cum castroet maneriebus, in parochia de Achowane, vic. ,de Wigtoun ;-~TENEND.dictis Wil. H. et Kath. in con-juncta infeodatione, et heredibus intersos legitime procreatis, quibus deficientibus, heredibus et assignatisdicti Wil. quibus-cunque, irredimabiliter, do rege ;-de data apudEdinburgum, 7 Jul. 1618: -PRETEREA:
suprascripta dictis Willelmo Houstoun et Katherine de novo dedit, et inliberam baroniam de Killasser incorporavit, ut unica sasina apud castrumde K. capienda pro omnibus staret :-TEST. ut in allis eartis
&c. xlix. 175."
Jim Houston
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