Baldernock
Sources
RMS II (1686) 1487 on original of 1486, (2816) 1504-5
RMS III (394) 1526, (1212) 1532, (3176) 1545
RMS IX (1529) 1644, No 4 on original of 1632
AS I (77) 1619
AS II (35) 1618, (763) 1648, (776) 1650, (972) 1658
Laing Charters (489) 1544
GD1/426/1/23/111 Protocol Books in the possession of the Duke of Argyll, Vol 1 No 471 1566
GD3/1/10/92/1 1502
RHP 1491 1848
RHP 1495 1847
RHP 1551 1847
RHP 4001 1819-20
RHP 4001/1 1819
RHP 4001/2 1820
RHP 5302 Dougalston Estate 1805
Stirling Retours (25-26) 1601, (120, 122) 1627, (139) 1630, (148) 1634, (210) 1654, (273) 1675, (276) 1676, (362) 1594
Dumbarton Retours (27) 1627, (30) 1634, (46) 1647, (61) 1665, (69) 1676, (78) 1685
OSA Vol 15 No XVI pp 271-281, 1795 Rev James Cooper
Drummond, P.J., An analysis of toponyms and toponymic patterns in eight parishes of the upper Kelvin basin, PhD thesis, Glasgow University, 2014
I think the original Baldernock was 2 carucates and that an extra 1¾ carucates came from Campsie in 1649. If we reckon £20 (30m) per carucate the total value of the enlarged parish should be 112½ merks. The table shows only 38½m although there are plenty of farms for which I have no valuation.
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