Fintry Table

Fintry

Edgar(1745) is the map in Nimmo’s Stirlingshire (1777) which was based on W. Edgar’s survey of 1745.

Name	Value	Date	Grid Ref	Map Sources	Other forms, comments etc
Walton Bridge/Burn Loch Walton			NS 6586 NS 6686	Blaeu(Lennox)	Weltoun (Blaeu). Part of Craigton estate.
Balhennen			c. NS 654868	Roy(GM26)	Roy marks NW from Waltoun, on NW side of burn. Balliannan (1465), Balhanan (1472), Balhannarie (1669). CR9/25 1930-1. Part of Craigton estate.
Balmenoch (Burn)			NS 6487/6486 NS 6586	Blaeu(Lennox) Roy(GM26)	Balmeanach (Blaeu). Part of Craigton estate.
Spittalhill			NS 6486	Roy(GM26)	CR9/25 1930-1.
Ibert					See below.
Dalgoish					4 acres in GD220/1/H/7/6/4 1712.
Craigton	£20? (30m)	1669	NS 6286/6386	Blaeu(Lennox)	Kraigtoun (Blaeu). See below.
Culcreuch (Castle) Gilcroiche	£10 (15m)	1545	NS 6287	Pont(32	Kilcroich (Pont) See below.
Clachan Burn			NS 6187		Clachan sometimes indicates a church site.
Kilunan Kilewnan Cottage Kilewnan Burn			NS 6187 NS 6087 NS 6086	Blaeu(Lennox) Edgar(1745) Roy(GM26)	Killennan (Blaeu), Killunin (Roy) = Culyownane of RMS II (1901) 1489?
Tomdarroch			c. NS 6186	Blaeu(Lennox) Edgar(1745) Roy(FC)	Tomderrach (Blaeu). Paired with Culcreuch as £10 in 1545. Dumdaroch(Edgar). See below.
Fintry			NS 6186	Pont(32) Blaeu(Stirling)	K. of Fenree + church symbol (Blaeu(Lennox)). Blaeu also marks Emtre (Fintry?) just ENE of Kraigtoun. Mains of Fyntre referred to in RMS IV (13) 1546
Dunmore House			NS 6286
Jaw			NS 6285/6286	Edgar(1745) Roy(GM26)
Gonachan Glen/Burn (Dalgonochan)	£5 (7½m)	1565-6	NS 6284/6285	Blaeu(Lennox) Edgar(1745) Roy(GM26)	Gonnakan, Gannochan b. (Blaeu(Lennox)). The original farm-name was Dal-gonochan. See below under Culcreuch. GD220/1/H/7/6/4 1712 makes it clear there were Easter and Wester Gannochans. See below.
Lurg			NS 6385	Edgar(1745) Roy(GM26)
Gartcarron Estir Cartcarroun	5m	1530	NS 6685	Pont(32) Blaeu(Stirling) Blaeu(Lennox) Edgar(1745)	Car-Carrons (Pont), Car Carrons(Blaeu:Stirling), 3 Cat Karrons(Blaeu: Lennox), W & E Cascaran(Edgar) Garcarron(Roy(GM26)) Part of Craigton estate. See below.
Total	52½m

 

 

Craigton

In RMS II (808) 1464 James III confirmed the lands of Cragtoune & Balmanoch to Robert Graham of Fyntre – specifying that Cragtoune was in future to be called Fintry. In RMS III (2402) 1541 James V granted William Grahame of Fintre the lands of Cragtoun-Estir, then called Fintre, and the mill, Balmannoch, Westir Cragtoun, Carcarrownis Estir & Westir, Weltoun, Crynnokkis Estir & Westir, and Schalloch. Stirling Retours (251) 1669 refers to the lands of Craigtoune Eister & Wester now called Fintrie, Bathainoch (vel Balhannoch), Balhannarie, Carcairneins Eister & Wester, Waltoune, Creynecks Eister & Wester, and Shalluche together worth £30 (45m) old extent. GD220/1/C/2/3/9 1675 lists ‘Craigtons Easter and Wester called Fintry, … Balhennan and Balmenoch, Gartcarron Easter and Wester, Crinzets Easter and Wester, Walton, Shalloch’. GD220/1/H/3/2/5 1706 lists Craigton easter and wester, now called Fintry extending to £30 OE, Balhennan, Ballemanoch, Gartcarrons easter and wester, Waltoun, Crinzets easter and wester and Shalloch. (The Cringates and Shalloch are in St Ninians Parish. The Cringates were probably £10 in 1512 – see Fraser, Chiefs of Colquhoun, I, p 74). After subtracting those lands in St Ninians parish it seems that Cragtoun, Balmanoch, Gartcarron, Waltoun and Balhennan came to £20 OE.

 

(There was plainly an issue about whether to use the name Cragtoun or Fintry. I have assumed Fintry to be the older name since it includes British ‘treb/tref’ (house) whereas Cragtoun contains English ‘toun’ (town). However it may be that Fintry was intended to be the new name for this part of Cragtoun because it was the site of what is now known as Fintry Castle. This is over a mile from the settlement of Fintry).

 

Ibert

GD220/1/H/7/6/4 1712 refers to the lands of Ibert in Fintry. I do not know where these were. Guthrie Smith, Strathendrick, p 2, states they were part of the endowment of the Collegiate Church of Dumbarton and gives their later history. (See also p 179 for a reference c. 1632). See further in Guthrie Smith, Strathblane, p 326.

 

Culcreuch

RMS II (1901) 1489 lists Culcrewchis, Culyownane, Tundarrach & Calyegat … ‘extendentes annuatim ad 20m’ old extent. The word ‘annuatim’ (yearly) does not sit easily with a definition of extent. Extent was an abstract land-valuation which might long since have lost any direct link with the rent. Unfortunately a number of documents from the Lennox area reflect this ambiguity. In general terms I think we should ignore ‘annuatim’ and treat the figure simply as an extent. In this instance the four properties are Culcreuch, Kilewnan, Tomdarrach and Calyegat (Gallangad in Kilmaronock). Together they were worth 20m (£13 6s 8d).

 

Gilcroiche (Culcreuch) was £10 (15m) old extent in RSS III (1356) 1545. In Dumbarton Retours (25) 1625, (53) 1655, (57) 1662, (71) 1680 appear the £15 (22½m) lands of Kilcruche & Dollingonochane. The second place-name has disappeared but the first element appears to be Dal- and the last is for the Gonachan Burn which runs into the Endrick Water from the south. Further light is shed by RMS IV (1373) 1559 in which the King and Queen (Mary) confirmed a charter of the prior of the Friars Preachers of Stirling to John Makneill of the ‘lands of Dalgonogane lying between the lands of Thomdarrach on the west and Gartcharon on the east’. (Thomdarrach was c. NS 6186/6286; Gartcarron in NS 6685). The reddendo included 8m cash as the former customary rent – which might indicate that the lands had an old extent of 8m. The difference between the extents given by the first two documents quoted in this paragraph (i.e. £10 & £15) suggests that Dollingonochane was probably worth £5 or 7½m. Confirmation of this appears in GD220/1/F/6/6/7 1565-6 which refers to £5 Gargonnachin that had previously belonged to the Black Friars of Stirling. The NRS transcription assumes this is Gargunnock but I thnk it is more likely to be Dalgonogane. See further Guthrie Smith, Strathendrick, p 2.

 

In RMS III (3140) 1545 Kilcrewch and Thomdarroch are listed along with Callingait (Gallangad in Kilmaronock), Bannach-rayis (Bannachra in Luss),  Millegis (Milligs in Row) and Kilbrides (also in Row) with a total value of £34. Other evidence shows that Gallangad was £5, as was Bannachra. Milligs was £8 and the Kilbrides were £6 making a sub-total of £24. If we then assume that Kilcrewch and Thomdarroch were worth £10 – as in RSS III (1356) 1545 (although Thomdarroch is not mentioned there) then the grand total in 1545 was indeed £34. (Culcreuch and Tamdarrock were still linked in the late eighteenth century – see L.R. Timperley p 329). Culcreuch was £10 in GD220/1/H/7/6/4 1712.

 

RMS V (76) 1580 gives a total of £24 for all 6 of the same properties which I think is a simple copying error.

 

Tomdarroch

See also above under Culcreuch. The fact that this was linked to Culcreuch makes me think it was different to the Thomdaroch which was part of the Napier-Edinbellie estate from 1494-5. I haven’t managed to locate the latter but assume it was in Balfron or, possibly, Drymen.

 

Gonachan Glen/Burn

RMS IV (1373) 1559 ‘terras de Dalgonogane’ ex Friars Preachers of Stirling. See above under Culcreuch.

 

Gartcarron

Thomas le fiz Mauclom de Garthgeuerton (or ‘-ron’ [POMS record]) from the county of Stirling signed the Ragman Roll in 1296 (Bannatyne Club p 145).

 

RMS II (165, 166) 1430 (on originals of 1423) refer to Estirgarthcaroun and Myddelgarthcaroun. In RMS II (634) 1458 this is just Garthcaroune.

 

Fraser, Lennox II, pp 94-6, 1473, refers to Carcarone. RMS II (2357) 1497 refers to the lands of Gartbaroune with mill. RMS III (1000) 1531 refers to a sale of 5m OE Estir Cartcarroun in 1530. RMS IV (1373) 1559 refers to Gartcharon. Stirling Retours (123) 1627 refers to Karcarrane (or Gartcarron) alias Kercattoun (see also numbers (149) 1634, (187) 1647, (237) 1665). Pont(32) marks Car-Carrons, Roy(GM26) marks Garcarron. The first element was possibly Caer- rather than Gart-.