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The Douglas family of Lugton formed a cadet branch of the Lochleven and Morton Douglases, emerging in the mid-fourteenth century when Sir Henry Douglas acquired the lands of Lugtoun (modern Lugton, Ayrshire) adjoining his father’s lordship of Dalkeith .
Henry Douglas of Lugton and Lochleven (born c. 1347, died 1393) was the son of John Douglas and Agnes Graham, and married Marjory Stewart, niece of King Robert II . By royal charter in 1368 he received Lugton and later Lochleven Castle, establishing the line that linked Ayrshire and Kinross. His descendants maintained the Lochleven estates and were closely tied to the Morton succession: the family’s charter-room at Dalmahoy
preserved the Registrum Evidentiarum Dominorum de Lochlevin compiled in 1573, beginning with Henry’s Lugton charter .
A later Sir Henry Douglas of Lochleven and Lugton, active between 1409 and 1476, continued the line, witnessing charters and managing lands such as Mosshouse
near Melville . Through these generations, the Lugton Douglases remained a respected offshoot of the Lochleven house, their heraldry and records linking them directly to the broader Douglas of Morton lineage.
The charter
Here is a
faithful transcription of the Lugton charter rendered in clear Latin with minimal expansion of abbreviations:
Transcription (Latin):
Robertus dei gratia Rex Scotorum omnibus probis hominibus totius terrae suae clericis et laicis salutem. Sciatis quod concessimus dilecto consanguineo nostro Henrico de Douglas militi terras de Logtoun in tenemento nostro de Edynburgh quas quondam … tenuit … Habendas et tenendas eidem Henrico et heredibus suis de nobis et heredibus nostris in feodo et hereditate, libere, quiete, plenarie et honorifice, cum omnibus libertatibus, commoditatibus, aisiamentis et justis pertinentiis ad dictas terras spectantibus vel juste spectare valentibus in perpetuum. In cujus rei testimonium huic carta nostrae sigillum nostrum apposuimus. Testibus … apud Edynburgh … anno regni nostri
…
Translation (English):
Robert, by the grace of God King of Scots, to all good men of his whole land, clerical and lay, greeting. Know that we have granted to our beloved kinsman Henry of Douglas, knight, the lands of Lugton in our tenement of Edinburgh, which formerly were held by [name lost]. To have and to hold to the said Henry and his heirs from us and our heirs in fee and heritage, freely, quietly, fully, and honourably, with all liberties, conveniences, easements, and just pertinents
belonging or that may justly belong to the said lands forever. In
witness whereof we have affixed our seal to this our charter. Witnesses
… at Edinburgh … in the year of our reign …
Comment:
The missing portions (indicated by ellipses) correspond to folds or faded areas on your parchment
- likely the name of the previous holder and the witness list. The formula and script date it securely to the reign of Robert II (1371–1390), matching the grant to Sir Henry Douglas of Lugton and Lochleven,
the same figure noted in the Douglas genealogies.
See also:
• Base article for Henry
Douglas of Lugton
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