Eastwood Table
For explanation of RHP numbers see under Eastwood below the table.
| Name | Value | Date | Grid Ref | Map Sources | Other forms, comments etc |
| Eastwood | £20 (30m) | 1484 | RHP3/156 1789 | £20 AE in GD3/1/10/41/1 1484. See below. | |
| Hillhead
Hilend |
33s 4d |
1530-1 |
c. NS 5660 | Roy(PC)
RHP3/157 1789 Richardson(1795) |
E of Eastwood H. in Roy. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 252 No 1 1824 states Hillhead was part of the £20 AE of Eastwood.
Probably = Hilend in Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1. |
| Henryscroft | 33s 4d | 1530-1 | NS 5559 | Roy(PC)
RHP3/158 1789 Richardson(1795) OS 6” 1858 |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XIII, 1858. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 248 No 1 1824 states Henryscroft was part of the £20 AE of Eastwood. It was c. 26½ acres. |
| Wellwalls | NS 5559 | Roy(PC)
RHP3/159 1789 Richardson(1795) OS 6” 1858 |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XIII, 1858.
Washwalls (Roy, Richardson). Wash-walls (Ainslie 1789). |
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| Giffnock | 4m AE | 1490 | NS 5659 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) RHP3/160 1789 Richardson(1795) |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XIII, 1858.
4m AE Gyfnok in GD3/1/10/75 1490 – in lordship of Eastwood. 4m Gyffnok in Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1. 13s 4d AE of Gifnok in GD3/1/10/73/1 1612.
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| Braidbar | 4m | 1530-1 | NS 5659/5759 | Roy(PC)
RHP3/161 1789 Richardson(1795) |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XIII, 1858.
Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1. |
| Bog of Braidbar | See below. | ||||
| Orchard | 1m | 1530-1 | NS 5658/5659 | Roy(PC)
RHP3/162 1789 Richardson(1795) |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XIII, 1858.
Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1. |
| Birkenshaw
Birkenshaw House |
33s 4d | 1530-1 | NS 5658
NS 5458 |
Roy(PC)
RHP3/163 1789 Richardson(1795) |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XVII, 1856.
Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1. |
| Eastwood Mains
Eastwood |
33s 4d | 1716 | NS 5557 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) RHP3/164 1789 Richardson(1795) |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XVII, 1856.
Estwood + church symbol (Pont & Blaeu). GD3/1/4/9/1 1716 gives half Mains in 1716. I am not certain whether 33s 4d (2½m) AE represented the half or the whole. |
| Cleuch | 2m | 1530-1 | NS 5657 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) RHP3/165 1789 |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XVII, 1856.
Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1. Cleugh (Pont & Blaeu). |
| Bagabout | NS 5557 | RHP3/166 1789 | For relative position see RHP3/156. | ||
| Davieland
High & Low in Ainslie 1789 |
4m | 1530-1 | NS 5558 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) RHP3/167 1789 Richardson(1795) |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XVII, 1856. 33s 4d Ovir Dauidland & 20s Nethir Dauidland (=total of 4m) in Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1. 30s AE Over & Nether Davidlandis in GD3/1/10/74 1543. These are contradictory so I have preferred the earlier evidence. |
| Slates
Sclatis |
20s |
1530-1 |
NS 5260 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) RHP3/168 1789 Richardson(1795) |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XII, 1858.
Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1. Sc(l)aits (Pont), Schaits (Blaeu). |
| Rouken Glen Park
Rokandmyll (i.e. mill) |
6s 8d |
1530-1 |
NS 5458 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) RHP3/169 1789 |
‘The Rokan’ in GD3/1/10/74 1543. Roucan & Roucan B.(urn) in Pont. Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1 – but this ½m possibly not part of the £20 estate of Eastwood.
Rookend in Ainslie 1789. |
| Brocklees | 13s 4d | 1530-1 | NS 5558 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) RHP3/170 1789 Richardson(1795) OS 6” 1858 |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XIII, 1858. Brockhils (Pont & Blaeu). 13s 4d Brokellis in Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1. 13s 4d Brokholes in GD3/1/10/73/1 1612. |
| Wood of Eastwood & Hollows |
(1m) |
1530-1 |
RHP3/171 1789 | Hollows is probably 1m Hoilhouss in Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1. See next entry. | |
| Hollows | NS 5558 | OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XVII, 1856. | |||
| Crosslees | 4m | 1530-1 | NS 5458/5558 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) RHP3/172 1789 |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XIII, 1858.
4m Mains of Corslie + tower & fortalice in Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 121 1530-1.
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| Thornliebank
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NS 5459 | RHP3/173 1789
Richardson(1795) |
Thorny Bank (Ainslie, 1789).
Thornybank (Richardson). |
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| Total in £20 (30m) Eastwood | 33m | Some of the above properties appear to have no value. It is probable that each once did but that their values are now hidden from us in the larger units. The total exceeds £20 but it is possible there is some double-counting. I doubt Henryscroft was 2½m. | |||
| Purves p 161 | £20 | = 30m, Eastwood pertaining to Lord Montgomery | |||
| Stewart f 49v | £20 | = 30m, Eistwod p(er)tening to my lord Montgomrie | |||
| Langsyde, Thankartland, Newlandis & Mureleis | £13 | 1562 | See below. See also under Cathcart parish. | ||
| Arden
Ardenhead |
10m | 1518 | NS 5459
NS 5359/5459 |
Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Richardson(1795) |
Arden & Ardenhead in Pont & Blaeu. Airdins in Roy. For Ardenhead see OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XIII, 1858.
See below. |
| Carnwadric | £5 | 1527 | NS 5459 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Richardson(1795) |
Karnwodd(ri)gg (Pont), Karnwodde (Blaeu), Karnwoodrig (Roy), Carnwatherick (Richardson). Carnwoderik/Carnwederyk in Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok Vol I No 20 1400. £5 in Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok Vol I No 110 1527. See below. |
| Kennishead | 30s | 1504 | NS 5460 | Roy(PC)
Richardson(1795) |
GD220/6/1957/3 1504 reversion gives half lands of Kendisheid.
RSS VI (1663) 1572, No 15, includes a reference to the above 1504 reversion but gives Kendisheid as 30s AE. (It is ambiguous as to whether 30s is only half of Kendisheid). |
| Cowglen (Golf Club)
Little Cowglen Nether Cowglen |
£3
20s £3 |
1518
1518 1556 |
NS 5460 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Richardson(1795) |
See below.
Little Cowglen = Broken Bridge (next entry). |
| Brock Bridge
(The farm lay west of this bridge). |
NS 5361 | Roy(PC)
Ainslie(1796) Robertson(1818) Thomson(1826 |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XII, 1858. Ainslie, Robertson and Thomson all show a small farm called Broken Bridge, part of Eastwood parish, extending just west of the Brock Burn. Apparently this was another name for Little Cowglen. See under Cowglen below. | ||
| Auldhouse
Auldhouse Burn |
5m | 1522 | NS 5560
NS 5560 |
Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Richardson(1795) OS 6” 1858 |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XIII, 1858.
Oldhouse (Pont & Blaeu), Aldhouse (Roy). See below. |
| Bruntfeild called Kirkmailing | 13s 4d | 1562 | Kirklands. Also called Bromesland.
See below. |
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| Mi(d)lens
Maidlandmuir
Maidland Rd |
c. NS 5461
NS 5361 |
Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Thomson(1826) |
Mi(d)lens (Pont), Milidlens (Blaeu). Was this the Magdalenis mentioned in RSS IV (2295) 1553? The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 67 No 6 gives 16s 8d Damshott & muir called Maidland Mure 1645; p 28 No 10 1718 gives Magdalens & Easter Cowglen; p 74 No 12 1777 gives Easter Cowglen and Maidlens. Maidland Rd in Geographia p 49 O11. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 37- 41 No 4 1761 & No 10 1762 give ‘Maidlands, comprehending Maidlandmuir and Muirboggs’. | ||
| Byres | NS 5362 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Richardson(1795) |
Byrs (Pont & Blaeu). Byres (Roy & Richardson).
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| Crookston | Crookston itself was in Paisley parish but some of its lands were in Eastwood. See below. | ||||
| Mains | £5 | 1573 | c. NS 5362 | Roy(PC)
Richardson(1795) Ainslie(1796) |
= Mains of Crookston. This is East of the Levern Water.
£5 AE Mains of Cruikstoun in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 144 No 2 1573. |
| Damshott
Damshot Cottages |
20s | 1608 | c. NS 540620
NS 5361 |
Richardson(1795) | 20s AE in Renfrew Retours (208) 1608. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 67 No 6 gives 16s 8d Damshott & muir called Maidland Mure 1645; p 28 No 10 1718 gives Damshot, and Spittlemeadow; p 153 No 11 gives 20s Damshot 1816.
RSS VI (1663) 1572, No 25 (original 1520), concerns Dampschot. Geographia p 49 O11. |
| Spittlemeadow | 1662 | The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 151 No 4 1662 gives Spittell-Meadow; p 28 No 10 1718 gives Spittlemeadow; likewise p 30 No 1 1732; p 33 No 6 1753. This is the only evidence I have of a property in Eastwood which properly belonged to the Hospitallers – rather than deriving from the Templars. | |||
| Linthauch | 1553 | NS 5362 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Richardson(1795) |
Mentioned in RSS IV (2295) 1553.
Linthaudie (Pont), Linthauck (Blaeu), Linthaugh (Richardson). |
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| Pottartoune and Diconysbank | See below and next two entries. | ||||
| Patterton | 4m | 1527 | NS 5357/5358 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Richardson(1795) |
Blaeu has Hattertou which may just be a mistranscription.
Potartoun is mentioned in The Lennox Vol. II, No 83, 1485.
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| Deaconsbank | 20s | 1527 | NS 5458 | Pont(33) | Pont has ‘Dikkin’ with the word ‘Field’ below and the word ‘Bank’ on the other side of the river. Perhaps it should be read ‘Dikkinbank’. Blaeu has ‘Diking’. |
| Hillfield Quarry | 40s | 1518 | NS 5357/5358 | OS 6” 1856 | OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XVII, 1856. See below. |
| Nether Pollok (estate) | £20 | 1522 | This is different to Upper Pollok in Mearns parish (q.v.). The estate was worth £20 – for details and constituents see below. | ||
| Pollok House
Pollok Country Park Pollock Golf Club Pollok |
NS 5461
NS 5562 NS 5461 NS 5262/5362 |
Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Richardson(1795) |
N of White Cart; N. Pouok (Pont), N. Pouck (Blaeu), (N of river).
N of White Cart. S of White Cart. Pook in Pont & Blaeu (S of river). S of White Cart. See below. |
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| Park of Nethir Pollok | 20s | 1504 | 20s AE in Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 82.
See below. |
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| Pollokshaws | £4 | 1585 | NS 5561/5661 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Richardson(1795) |
Toockshawes (Pont), Poockshawes (Blaeu). £4 AE Pollokschawes in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 59 No 10 1591. £4 Pollokshawes, mill & mill-lands in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 363-4 No 4 1611. See below. |
| Pollokhauch | 20s | 1546 | 20s Powokhauch in RSS III (1754) 1546. 20s Pollok halch in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 361 No 2 1569. | ||
| Darnley
Upper Darnley
Over Darnley
Ovir Dernlie |
5m
£5 |
1523
1546 |
NS 5258
NS 5258 |
Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Richardson(1795) |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XII, 1858.
SE of Darnley. OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XVI, 1856. O. Darnly (to S) & N. Darly (to N) in Pont. 5m AE Uver Dernle in GD220/6/1972/2 1523. Also RSS VI (1663) 1572 No 23 (original 1523), No 33 (original 1522). £5 AE in RSS III (2056-7) 1546. See below. |
| Mains of Darnley &
Greenhills |
10m | 1511-12 | RSS VI (1663) 1572 No 5 (original 1570). See below. | ||
| Murestoun and Aikinrig
(parts of Over Darnley) |
36s 8d | 1612 | Roy(PC) | The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 103 No 3 1612 refers to the 36s 8d lands of Murestoun and Aikinrig as parts of Over Dernelie.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 201 No 5 1816 refers to part of the lands of Darnlie called Aikenrigg. Roy marks Ackinrig east of Lyoncross, north of Pollock. |
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| Leggatston | NS 5359 | Richardson(1795)
Ainslie(1796) |
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XII, 1858. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 37-41 No 4 1761 & No 10 1762 give ‘Kyleslack, now called Leggatstoun’; pp 60-61 1807 give ‘Kylestack or Keilstack, now called Leggatston; p 237 No 5 1808 gives ‘Keilslack or Legatstoun’. | ||
| Clogholes (ruin) | 1553 | NS 5358 | Blaeu(Renfrew)
Richardson(1795) OS 6” 1858 |
Clogholis in RSS IV (2295) 1553. Cloghill in Blaeu.
Cloghills (Richardson). OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XII, 1858. |
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| Blindmanswells | 1553 | Blindmanswell in GD220/1/H/2/5/1 1662. (=Blind man’s well?). The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 37- 41 No 4 1761 & No 10 1762 give ‘Blindsmanswells, otherwise Nielsland and Weill’. Also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 134-5 No 10 1773 and p 140 No’s 9 & 10 1785. See next two entries. | |||
| Neilsland | NS 5361/5362 | See Blindmanswells above. Geographia p 49 N11 & O11 for Neilsland Oval & Neilsland Sq, | |||
| Weel | c. NS 5361 | Roy(PC)
Richardson(1795) |
See Blindmanswells above. In Roy N of Cowglen, E side of junction between Bruck Water & Levern Water. | ||
| Woodneuk | Roy(PC) | E of Kennyshead, W of Eastwood h. | |||
| Wardhill | £5 | 1525 | NS 5259 | Pont(33)
Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Ainslie(1796) Thomson(1826) OS 6” 1858 |
Waird?? (Pont), Wairdhil (Blaeu), Wardhill (Roy).
OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XII, 1858. Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis (Cuthbert Simon), 1499-1513, No 509 1510 – Wardhill and Cowglen in the lordship of Cruykistoun. £5 (7½m) in GD220/6/1975 1525. 46s 8d (3½m) in GD220/6/2034/6 1662. £5 in GD220/1/H/2/5/1 1662. |
| Saturland | NS 5160 | Pont(33) ?
Roy(PC) Ainslie(1796) Thomson(1826) |
Possibly ‘Seterland’ in Pont? (Location is correct).
Saterland (Roy) Saulterland in Ainslie & also in Robertson’s map (1818). Saterland in GD220/1/H/2/5/1 1662. |
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| Laveronshiels
‘Scheillis’ |
40s |
1517
1619 |
NS 5160 | Roy(PC)
Richardson(1795) Ainslie(1796) |
Fraser, Lennox I, p 337, has ‘Leveranescheildis’ in 1517.
Possibly equals 40s AE ‘Scheillis’ in Renfrew Retours (49) 1619. Levronshiels in GD220/1/H/2/5/1 1662. Not marked on OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XII, 1858. |
| Robslee | NS 5559 | OS 6” 1858 | OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet XIII, 1858. | ||
| Total Eastwood parish | 139¼m | £20 (30m) Eastwood estate + £20 (30m) Nether Pollok estate + 79¼m other properties = 139¼m. |
RSS IV (2295) 1553 gives us a useful summary of many of the lands within Eastwood:
Ovir Kowglennis
Nethir Kowglennis
Sclaittis
Linthauch
Blindmanniswell
Manis of Crukistoun
Laveranschelis
Auld Crukistoun
Dormontside
Kendischorne
Myln of Dernly
the Magdalenis
Kendisheid
Arden
Clogholis
Medoflatt
the Newlandis
Drumhauch
Wardhill
Manis of Darnly
Newmanis (Inchinnan?)
Robertson’s Table of Property (1818), p 277, gives Pollok-Nether, Darnley, Auldhouse, Mains, Lavron Shields, Wardhill and Eastwood as parts of the parish. On p 276 he adds Braidbar, Giffnock, Orchard and Wood of Eastwood.
Eastwood
ER IX p 683 1484 gives a sasine to Hugh Mongomery of Estwod.
There are a great many references to the £20 (30m) of Eastwood. They include GD3/1/10/71/1 1516, Memorials of the Montgomeries II No 117 1528, GD3/1/1/20/3 1528, ER XVIII p 390 1545, RSS III (1381) 1545, (1906, 1910) 1546, RMS IV (1444) 1562-3, (1674) 1565 (2338) 1574, RMS VI (174) 1594, (1689) 1606, RMS VII (900) 1613 (1130) 1614 and Renfrew Retours (18) 1604, (159, 161) 1661, GD3/1/10/76/1 1658. (Some of the examples from RMS, the Register of the Great Seal, make a point of excluding the ground of Henryscroft). Unfortunately none of these contain a breakdown of the components of the £20 Eastwood estate. That problem is partly solved by a listing of the Montgomery estate in 1530-1 which includes £20 Eastwood plus a few other properties.
Memorials of the Montgomeries Vol II No 121 of 8 February 1530-1 lists holdings with a total value of 35¼m (£23 10s). This was confirmed a week later by RMS III (993) of 15/2/1530-1. I give these properties in two columns below:
Memorials No 121 RMS III (993)
4m Mains of Corslie, tower & fortalice 4m Mains of Corslie, tower & fortalice
33s 4d Henryiscroft 33s 4d Henryis-croft
33s 4d Hilend 33s 4d Hilend
4m Gyffnok 4m Giffnok
4m Braidbar 4m Braidbar
13s 4d Orchart 13s 4d Orchart
2m Cleuch 2m Cleuch
33s 4d Byrkinschaw 33s 4d Birkinschaw
20s Sclatis 20s Sclatis
33s 4d Ovirdauidland 33s 4d Ovir Davidland
20s Nethirdauidland 20s Nethir Davidland
13s 4d Hoilhouss 13s 4d Hoilhouse
13s 4d Brokellis 13s 4d Brokellis
16s 8d Manys 16s 8d Manis
6s 8d Rokandmyll 6s 8d Rokandmyll
33s 4d Lochcrag 33s 4d Lochcrag
13s 4d half Langlie 13s 4d half Langlie
The last 4 items come to a total of 5¼m so it seems likely that the first 13 items comprised the £20 Eastwood estate. There are some anomalies in the table but I think the explanation is that sometimes properties were given a valuation that included smaller properties which were not differentiated. On other occasions they were.
We are also fortunate in having a set of plans of the Barony of Eastwood, and its component farms, which were measured and drawn by John Ainslie in 1789. These are now in the National Records of Scotland (NRS) under the heading RHP3. There are also a number of other baronies within this category and they are available as digital files from NRS. To distinguish them in the table above I have listed them as, for example, RHP3/156 – which is the digital file for the plan of the whole Barony of Eastwood. RHP3/163 indicates Plan No 7 which is Birkenshaw – and so on. The farms are all post-enclosure but I have no doubt many of the boundaries shown were as they had been for centuries. The barony is all in one bloc – not dispersed over a wide area. Its value as a £20 (30m) unit may indicate that it was first allocated when Walter fitz Alan divided up his fief between his supporters in the latter part of the 12th century. He may not have created this £20 land – just matched a monetary value to a pre-existing estate or land-assessment unit.
Along with the plans Ainslie also drew up a table showing the area of each farm in terms of a) arable, b) pasture, meadow & bog and c) woodland. The measurements are in Acres, Roods and Falls. Only 1 farm (Wood of Eastwood & Hollows) had any significant woodland. Most farms had a little pasture but by far the largest category (1007 out of 1238 acres) was arable. This allows us to do a comparison between eighteenth-century acreages and twelfth-century ploughgates (carucates). There is some evidence that a ploughgate (carucate) might be reckoned as 104 acres and a bovate at 13 acres. In the table below I have put in the second column the number of acres of arable (rounded down in every case by excluding roods and falls). In the third column I have divided by 13 in order to get a rough number of bovates – again rounding down. It is a very crude method but I wanted to see if it might offer useful results.
| Name of farm | Arable acres (rounded down) | Bovates (= arable acres divided by 13) |
| Hill Head | 87 | 6 |
| Henrys Croft | 26 | 2 |
| Washwalls | 22 | 1 |
| Gifnock | 108 | 8 |
| Braidbarr | 106 | 8 |
| Orchard | 53 | 4 |
| Birkenshaw | 85 | 6 |
| Mains | 126 | 9 |
| Cleugh | 77 | 5 |
| Bagabout | 18 | 1 |
| High & Low Daviland | 37 | 2 |
| Slaits | 79 | 6 |
| Rookend | 8 | 0 |
| Brocklees | 49 | 3 |
| Wood of Eastwood & Hollows | 61 | 4 |
| Crosslees | 48 | 3 |
| Thorny Bank | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 68 bovates (= 8½ carucates) |
Eastwood was a £20 (30m) unit which, if located in an area of bovates and carucates, might have been classed as about 8½ carucates. Although we do find bovates and carucates in Renfrew I think they are just occasional imports. Renfrew was reckoned in merklands which probably sat, not on bovates and carucates, but on an earlier system which may have been davachs. Examples of carucates in Renfrewshire may often be no more than the Latin translation of whatever was the local land-assessment unit.
Bog of Braidbar (part of Eastwood)
Renfrew Retours (30) 1610 refers to a piece of land in Bredbar called Boig of Bredbar alias Boigtouneboig, in the barony of Eastwood, with an AE of 12d (1s). This is repeated in Renfrew Retours (107) 1639 and (121) 1645.
Langsyde, Thankartland, Newlandis & Mureleis
In many of the documents which specify £20 Eastwood we also find the above 4 properties grouped together and classed as a £13 land AE. For instance:
RMS IV (1444) 1562-3 on original of 1562, (2338) 1574, RMS VI (174) 1594, Renfrew Retours (18) 1604, RMS VI (1689) 1606, RMS VII (900) 1613, (1130) 1614. For details see under the parish of Cathcart.
Arden
10m AE Ardane in Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 93 1518. Also in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 64 No’s 5 & 6 1518, p 67 No 1 1635, p 23 No 2 1665, p 26 No 3 1671, p 30 No 1 1732, p 70 No 7 1733, p 34 No 10 1760, p 36 No 2 1760 – always 10m (or £6-13s 4d).
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 37- 41 No 4 1761 & No 10 1762 give ‘Nether Airden and Over Airden, comprehending Airdenhead and Cloggholes’.
RS53 ff 9v-10v 1642 gives 10m AE Airden.
Carnwadric
£5 Carnewederik in Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 110 1527.
£5 Carnevodrig in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 58 No 4 c. 1542.
£5 Carwodderik in RSS III (1754) 1546. £5 Carnevedrig in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 58 No 5 1546.
£5 Carnewotherik in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 361 No 2 1569.
£6 Carnevadrick in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 59 No’s 9 & 10 1591 (perhaps including 20s Pollokhalcht?); also p 60 No 11 1613, No 12 1631.
Cowglen
There are many references to Cowglen and its subdivisions took various names so I have laid these out below in an attempt to establish a total extent.
Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis (Cuthbert Simon), 1499-1513, No 509 1510 – Wardhill and Cowglen in the lordship of Cruykistoun.
£3 Kowglen & 20s Litill Kowglen in Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 93 1518. Also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 64 No 2 1518.
RSS III (953) 1544 gives 20s AE Kowglen.
20s AE Cowglennis + 20s AE Cowglennis + 18s AE Cowglennis + 2s New Extent Cowglennis + 18d New Extent Cowglennis in Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 139 1549. The occupants of the various parts are named and the total comes to 58s Auld Extent + 3s 6d New Extent.
20s AE Cowglenis + 20s AE Cowglen + 18s AE Cowglen + 2s New Extent Cowglen + 18d New Extent Cowglen in ER XVIII p 483 1549. This is the same data as immediately above, the same occupants are named, and the totals are the same. If we suppose 3s 6d New Extent was equivalent to 2s AE then the total extent of Cowglen would be £3 – just as in 1518.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 87 No 1 4m 8s 2d Cowglens 1554.
RMS IV (1121) 1556 gives £3 Nethir Cowglen and 20s Litill Cowglen AE; The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 81 No 13 1556; p 88 No 4 1556.
40s Over Cowglen in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 58 No 8 1565.
£3 Neddirkowglen in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 361-2 No 2 1569.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 161, 1586 gives £3 AE of Nethirkowglen. Also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 66 No 14 1586.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 362 No 3, II, 1587 gives 40s Cowglen.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 88-89 No 7 £3 Cowglen, 20s Cowglenbrig, 1594.
£3 Nethir Cowglen & 20s Littill Kowglen in ER XXII pp 509-10 1594-5. Also in Renfrew Retours (17) 1604.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 230 No 7 £3 Nether Cowglenne, 20s Cowglenne called Cowglenne Brigend, 1635.
RS53 ff 9v-10v 1642 gives £3 AE Cowglen, 20s AE Lytill Cowglen.
There are further references in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 66 No 17 1635; p 67 No 1 1635; p 67 No 6 1645; p 69 No 1 1655; p 23 No 2 1665; p 25 No 1 1670; p 26 No 3 1671; p 70 No 5 1680; p 28 No 10 1718; p 30 No 1 1732; p 70 No 7 1733; p 34 No 10 1760; p 36 No 2 1760; p 72 No 2 1765; p 72 No 3 1767; p 73 No 7 1769; p 74 No 12 1777; p 76 No’s 6 & 7 1806; p76 No 8 1808.
Cowglen appears to have been divided into three parts. Cowglen at £3, Nether Cowglen at £3, Little Cowglen at £1 – making a total of £7.
The documents also give us some help identifying which part is which. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 72 No 3 1767 and p 76 No 8 1808 make clear that Meikle Cowglen was the same as Nether Cowglen.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 370 No 14, on an original of 1671, gives Brokenbrige alias Little Cowglen. Further evidence is found in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 88-89 No 7 1594 which refers to 20s Cowglenbrig; while p 230 No 7 includes 20s Cowglenne called Cowglenne Brigend, 1635.
Auldhouse
Auldhouse is the subject of four documents in the Paisley Register:
RMP pp 63-64, W.W. Scott No 55, 1266, is a quitclaim by Roger, son of Reginald of Aldhous, of all right which he or his heirs might have in all of Aldhus; which land he, and his father, rented from Paisley Abbey. Apparently the land was the endowment of the church of St Convall of Pollock. (This is Nether Pollock in Eastwood parish). It is possible that Roger’s ancestors were those who had endowed the church. The document’s strictures, and Paisley’s experience with such gifts elsewhere, suggest the monks were desperately keen that Roger should give up any claim.
RMP pp 64-65, W.W. Scott No 56, 1284, is a quitclaim by John of Aldhus, son of Roger of Aldhus, (see document immediately above). The quitclaim refers to that part of Aldhus which Patrick, son of Nevin, had rented from the Paisley monks. It too, had been part of the endowment of St Convall of Polloc.
RMP pp 65-66, W.W. Scott No 57, 1284, is an agreement between the Abbot and convent of Paisley, on the one part, and John, son of Roger of Aldhus on the other. John gave up any claim to Aldhus and in return the Abbot and convent agreed to rent John that part of Aldhus which Patrick, son of Nevyn, had rented from the monks. The rent was 6s 8d (½m) sterling p.a. at two terms, half at Whitsun, half at Martinmas.
RMP pp 66-67, W.W. Scott No 58, 1361, is a precept concerning Aldhus.
The Rental of Paisley Abbey printed by Cameron Lees gives us some further facts about Auldhouse. In 1472 it appears (p lxxxiii) that part of Eastwood was known as Roben Fleming’s tack and gave 13s 4d. Further down the same page we learn that part of Aldhous was set to Alan Fleming for 13s 4d – that part which his father Robert Fleming had had. The Rental was a ‘rolling’ document which was continually being updated but it looks as if Robin and Robert Fleming were one and that his son, Alan, carried on the tack. (If Robin and Robert were different they were likely members of the same family).
Page cxxxiii tells us Auldhouse was 5 merkland and paid 5m p.a. in 1522. Page cxlviii repeats that valuation.
5m AE Auldhous in RMS IV (2070) 1572 on original of 1567.
5m Auldhouse in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 383 No 3 1585.
5m AE Auldhouse in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 365 No 6 1621. Also p 124 No 1 1611, No 4 1639, p 127 No 18 1640, p 126 No 15 1641, p 127 No 19 1642, p 30 No 1 1732, p 32 No 4 1732, p 33 No 7 1753, p 34 No 10 1760, p 36 No 2 1760, pp 53-4 No 2 1785 + others.
Also in Renfrew Retours (20) 1604, (119) 1643, (155) 1658.
5m Auldhous in RS53 ff 13v-14r 1642.
5m Auldhous in RMS IX (1091, 1108) 1642, (2083) 1649.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 336 No 5 has a reference to lands from Auldhouse making up a glebe in 1738; see also p 254 No 9 1855.
Purves p 162, under the heading ‘The Kirklands of the Shire of Renfrew’ gives ‘The Lordship of Paisley, Glen and Auldhouss’ £109 6s 8d (164m)
Stewart f 50r, under the heading ‘The Kirkland wtin [within] ye She(rif)fd(om) of Renfrew’ gives ‘The lordschip of Paislay Glen and Oldhous’ £109 6s 8d (164m).
There are three separate components in the above listings by Purves and Stewart: The Lordship of Paisley (Paisley parish), The Lordship of Glen (Lochwinnoch parish), and Auldhouse (Eastwood parish).
Bruntfeild called Kirkmailing
The Rental of Paisley Abbey printed by Cameron Lees gives us our first valuation for the kirklands of Eastwood. On p cxxiii it is referred to as the ‘chantor land’ and paid 40s p.a. to the choristers of Paisley in 1520. On p cxxxiii we are told the kirkland of Eastwood was 1 merkland and paid £2 (40s) to the choristers in 1522. On p cxlviii the valuation is repeated and the rent was still 40s between 1525 and 1548. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 335-6 No 4 has a similar undated reference.
After the Reformation these kirklands were often mentioned alongside Auldhouse – which were also churchlands. RMS IV (2070) 1572 on original of 1562, calls them the Mains or churchlands of Eistwod, extending to 13s 4d AE.
RS53 ff 13v-14r 1642 gives 1m churchlands of Eistwood called Brumisland alias Bruntfeild.
RMS IX (1091) 1642 gives 1m Bruntfeild called Kirkmailling.
RMS IX (1108) 1642 has 1m called Bromesland alias Bruntfeild.
RMS IX (2083) 1649 has 1m churchlands of Eistwode called Brounsland alias Bruntfeild.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell has the following references: p 124 No 3 1634, No 4 1639, p 126 No’s 15 & 16 1640, p 127 No 18 1640, No’s 19 & 20 1642, p 128 No 1 1642, p 30 No 1 1732, p 32 No 4 1732, p 33 No 7 1753, p 34 No 10 1760, p 36 No 2 1760. These are all for 1 merkland and the names used are Kirkmailling, Bruntfeild or Brumsland.
Crookston
Crookston was in Paisley parish but some of its possessions lay in Eastwood. This can be confusing. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 37- 41 No 4 1761 & No 10 1762, give some detail [parishes given in square brackets]: ‘the lands of Crookstoun, comprehending the dominical lands of Crookstoun [i.e. Mains, Eastwood], Byres of Crookstoun [Eastwood], Nether town of Crookstoun [Paisley], Killbank [probably Hillbank], Breadcroft or Old Crookstoun [Paisley], and the wood of Crookstoun, with the pendicle thereof, called Bonnyholm [Eastwood] and Linthaugh [Eastwood]’.
Pottartoune and Diconysbank
We have a number of references to what are now Patterton and Deaconsbank.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 63 15 April 1493 refers to Pottartoune and Diconysbank – ex Lennox estate. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 83-84 No 1 1493.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 64 16 April 1493 refers to Pottartoune and Dyconysbank – sold by Lennox estate to Montgomery of Heychhede. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 84 No 2 1493.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 65 16 April 1493 refers to Pottartone and Dicconysbank – obligation on the above. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 84 No 3 1493.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 88 1513 refers to Portartone and Dyconis Bank.
Memorials of the Montgomeries, Vol II, No 95 1515 gives Pottartowne and Dyeonisbank (read Dyconisbank – the printed version of this document often gives ‘e’ for ‘c’) and stated they were now worth 8m 10s 8d p.a. New Extent; and ‘tempore pacis’ were worth 5½m Auld Extent. The phrase ‘tempore pacis’ (time of peace) was often used as a euphemism for the good old days of ‘auld extent’ – even though that was not its original import. It is probably significant that 5½m was the old ‘maile’ or rent due in Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 65 16 April 1493. Also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 85 No 7 1515, Pottartoun & Dyconisbank 5½m AE, 8m 10s 8d New Extent.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 110 1527 gives 4m AE of Pottertovn, 20s and ‘saxtene penny wortht’ (i.e. 16d worth) of the lands called Dikonis Bank, and 40s Hilfield. At face value this looks as if Deaconsbank was 21s 4d (16d = 1s 4d) but I think this unlikely. Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 65 16 April 1493 refers to ‘xvi pennys of penny mail’ and it seems much more probable that this phrase, which likely reflected an exaction, has been muddled into this document. Also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 86 No 17, 1527.
RSS III (953) 1544 gives 8½m AE Pottertoun, Dikconisbank and Hilfeild. (Correct for 4m + 20s + 3m as in the source just above). See also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 86 No 18.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 139 1549 gives 8½m AE Pottartoun, Dickonisbank and Hilfeild. Also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 87 No 21 1549.
ER XVIII p 483 1549 gives 8½m AE Pottartoun, Dikconisbank and Hilfeild.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 87 No 1 has 8½m Pottertoun, Dikkonysbank & Hilfeild, 1554.
RMS IV (1121) 1556 gives 8½m AE Pottertoun, Hilfeild and Dikconisband. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 88 No 4.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 88-89 No 7 has 4m Pottertowne, 40s Hilfeild, 20s Deckones Bank, 1594.
ER XXII pp 509-10 1594-5 gives 8½m Pottertoun, Hilfeild, and Deakinisbank.
Also in Renfrew Retours (17) 1604; The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 89 No 11 1595; p 75 No 4 1806; p 83 No 21 1808.
Hillfield Quarry
Although Hillfield farm now seems lost to the map, its name survives in the quarry. It was part of the lordship of Darnley and early references include:
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, pp 146-8 No 25 1413 mentions Hillfeild.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 76 1495 – Hilfeylde. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 79 No 1 1495.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 78 1499 – Hilfeld. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 79 No 2 1499.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 92 1518 – Hilfeld 40s AE. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 80 No’s 7 & 8 1518.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 97 1520 – Hilfeld 40s AE. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 80 No 9 1520; No’s 10-12 1521.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 110 1527 gives 40s Hilfield.
Also 40s consistently in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 80 No’s 7&8 1518, No 9 1520, p 81 No’s 10-12 1521, p 28 No 10 1718, p 30 No 1 1732, p 75 No 4 1806.
RS53 ff 9v-10v 1642 gives 40s AE Hillfeild.
Pollok
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 7 No 4 Nether Pollok 1454.
ER IX p 662 1454 gives a sasine to Robert, Lord Maxwell, of Nethir Pook.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 55 1486 – superiority.
See The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 7 No 6 1494 for an example of the ‘Cassation’ of a sasine at Nether Pollok.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 82 1504 – 20s AE Park of Nethir Pollok.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 89 1513.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 94 1518 – £5 Nethir Pollok. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 11 No 2 1518.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 104 1522 – £20 Nedirpolloek (read Nedirpollock). The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 11 No 3 1522.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 137 1546 – £20 AE Nether Powk. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 14 No 14 1546.
RS53 ff 54r-54v 1642 gives £20 Nedderpollok. Also RS53 ff 54v-55v 1642.
The contents of Nether Pollock are given in Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 122 1536 as
Mains of Nether Pollok
Pollokschawis + mill
Pollokstoun
Park
Pollokhauch.
(See also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 12 No 8 1536, p 13 No 9 1536).
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 10 No 17 gives 20s land called the Park of Nethir Pollok, 1504.
RSS III (1747) 1546 gives 21m AE of Nethir Pollok, Mains, Polloktoun, Pollokschewis & Park.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 68 1494 refers to 4m AE lying on the south side of Neddirpollok, and also 5m AE called Dikbar, Castailbar, Mathovbar & Commone which were also in the lordship of Neddirpollok. I do not know if this 9m should be added to the 21m in RSS III (1747) 1546 to make 30m. For ‘Dikbar, Castailbar, Mathovbar’ see under Paisley parish. See also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 8 No 8 1494.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 46-7 No 1 1557 gives 5m Mains of Nether Pollok.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 47 No 2 1622 gives £5 AE Mains of Nether Pollok.
RS53 ff 54v-55v 1642 gives £5 AE Mains of Nedderpollok.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 48-49 No 11 1652 gives £4 Mains of Nether Pollok.
Given the inconsistencies of valuation shown here I have not tried to break down the £20 estate of Nether Pollok.
20s Pollokhalcht in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 58 No 5 1546.
RMS VI (705) 1598 refers to 1 acre in Nethir Pollok which belonged to the vicars of the parish church of Eastwood.
There are also references to the woods of Pollokhead and Pyetschaw. See The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 96 No 10 1593 & p 97 No 11 1599.
Pollokshaws
Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis (Cuthbert Simon), 1499-1513, No 507 1510 gives ‘Estre Quarter’ [Easter Quarter] of ‘Pollok Schawis’.
Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis (Cuthbert Simon), 1499-1513, No 558 1511 gives 20s AE of ‘Ester Pollok Schawis’.
Liber protocollorum M. Cuthberti Simonis (Cuthbert Simon), 1499-1513, No 561 1511 gives 20s AE of ‘Ester part’ of ‘Pollok Schawis’.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 96 1519 refers to the Easter Quarter of the Schawis, extending to 20s AE. This would be correct for a quarter of £4. See also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 94 No 1 1519, p 95 No 3 1558, No 4 1585, No 5 1591.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 96 No 9 1812 gives Pollokshaws comprehending Northhill, Shawhill, Cowstoneholm, Pollokshaws Printfield, Auldhousebridge and Catcraigs. (In p 96 No 8 1803 it is Custonholm).
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 45-6 No 13 1816 & No 15 1824 refer to parts of Pollok ‘called Northhill, Shawlands, and Shawmoss, and parts of the lands of Shawmuir’.
Darnley
Fraser, Lennox II, No 98 pp 158-159, 1495 is a sasine of Elizabeth Hamilton, ‘former’ spouse of Mathew, Earl of Lennox. The background to this rather unusual designation is given in Lennox I, pp 326, 332-334, where it is shown that they were awaiting a papal dispensation for their marriage. The lands included ‘le Manys de Dernlie’.
RMS II (3712) 8 March 1511-12 refers to the Mains of Darnley & Greenhills extending to 10m AE. See also GD220/1/F/6/2/5 18 March 1511-12.
5m AE Over Darnly (various spellings) in The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 90 No 1 1518; pp 90-91 No’s 3 & 4 1545; p 91 No’s 6, 7 & 8 1588; p 67 No 1 1635; p 25 No 1 1670; p 26 No 3 1671; p 28 No 10 1718; p 30 No 1 1732; p 34 No 10 1760; p 36 No 2 1760; pp 37-39 No 4 1761; pp 40-41 No 10 1762; p 75 No 4 1806.
5m AE Uver Dernle in GD220/6/1972/2 1523.
5m Uvir Dernlie in ER XVIII p 507 1545.
5m AE Over Dernlie in RMS IV (2098) 1572 on original of 1571.
Memoirs of the Maxwells of Pollok, Vol I, No 155 1574 refers to £5 AE Manis (Mains) in lordship of Darnelie. Also The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 94 No 22 1574. The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell pp 37- 41 No 4 1761 & No 10 1762 give ‘the dominical lands (i.e. Mains) of Darnlie, with the mill and miln lands of Darnlie, and the pendicle called Tappieknows’.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 224 No 9 1594 gives 5m Over Darnlie.
The Cartulary of Pollok-Maxwell p 103 No 3 1612 refers to the 36s 8d lands of Murestoun and Aikinrig as parts of Over Dernelie.
RS53 ff 9v-10v 1642 gives 5m Overdarnelie.
As seen in the table there is evidence for both £5 (7½m) and 5m of Over Darnley. I have opted for the latter figure simply because there is so much documentation for it.
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