Greenock Table

Greenock Table

Both Fynnart and Greenock seem to have been divided in two: Fynnart-Stewart and Fynnart Schaw, Easter and Wester Greenock.

Finnart, in early times, may have been 60m, divided into 2 sections; of which 40m stayed in Inverkip, and 20m migrated to Greenock parish.

Whereas Greenock may have been 40m, then divided into two halves of 20m each.

 

Fynnart-Stewart was held by the Stewarts (of Castlemilk). It is stated at 26m 8s 4d and also as 40m. It remained in Inverkip parish (q.v.).

Fynnart-Schaw was held by the Schaws. It was 20m and part of the new parish of Greenock.

Easter Greenock was held by the Craufurds of Kilbirny. It was 20m and became part of the new parish of Greenock from 1617.

Wester Greenock was held by the Schaws. It was 20m and part of the new parish of Greenock.

 

Name	Value	Date	Grid Ref	Map Sources	Other forms, comments etc
Greenoch and Fynnart	£26-13-4				= 40m, Purves p 161. (Likely the same lands as in Stewart MS – next entry)
Grenok and Fuinnart Schrew	£26-13-4				= 40m, Stewart f 50r. This is presumably Wester Greenock (20m, held by the Shaws) plus Finnart-Shaw (20m).
Finnart (Schaws) (estate)	20m	1594	NS 2676	Roy(PC & FC) Ainslie(1796)	I have no breakdown of the properties within this 20 merkland. See below.
Greenock			NS 2776	Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC & FC)	Grinok Castel, Grinok Toune, in Blaeu
Easter Greenock (estate)	20m AE	1506-7		Pont(33) Blaeu(Renfrew)	See below.
The Mains	40s (3m)	1550	NS 2975		GD20/1/421 1550. Also in RSS IV (1469) 1551-2.
Lurgill	16s	1550	c. NS 2973/3074	OS 6”(1857)	GD20/1/421 1550. Also, as Lurghill, in RSS IV (1469) 1551-2. Lurg Moor is at NS 2973. Lurg at c. NS 3074 in OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet II, 1857.
Wodend (Woodend)	23s	1551-2	c. NS 2975	Roy(PC)	Between Cappielow and Cartsdyke.
Stot & Eysot	10s (¾m)	1551-2			RSS IV (1469) 1551-2.
Chapeltoun	40s (3m)	1551-2	NS 3174	Roy(PC & FC) OS 6”(1857)	RSS IV (1469) 1551-2. OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet II, 1857.
Cartisburne	40s (3m)	1547	NS 2875	Pont(33) Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC & FC)	RSS III (2315) 1547. Also in RSS III (2636) 1547-8, RSS IV (1469) 1551-2. According to OSA p 574 this is Crawfurdsdykes. See below.
Auchinmugden Auchmountain Glen	30s	1547	NS 2874	Roy(PC & FC) Ainslie(1796)	RSS III (2315) 1547. 36s in RSS III (2636) 1547-8 and RSS IV (1469) 1551-2.
Mawkinhill Maukinhill Moor	20s (1½m)	1551-2	NS 2974 NS 2973	OS 6”(1857)	OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet II, 1857.
Drumbane	1m	1551-2			RSS IV (1469) 1551-2.
Darumdaff Darndaff	2m	1547	NS 2772	Pont(33) Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Ainslie(1796)	RSS III (2315) 1547. Also (Darundaf) in RSS III (2636) 1547-8, and (Darindaff ) in RSS IV (1469) 1551-2.   High and Low Darndaff in Ainslie.
Thomsontoun	10s (¾m)	1551-2			RSS IV (1469) 1551-2.
Knokinhair Knocknairshill	2m	1547	NS 3074	Roy(PC & FC) Ainslie(1796)	RSS III (2315) 1547. Also in RSS III (2636) 1547-8 and (Knokinhare) in RSS IV (1469) 1551-2. Knocknair in Ainslie.
Auchendarroch			NS 2975	Roy(PC & FC) OS 6”(1857)	OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet II, 1857.
Wester Grenokschaw or Greenok-Schaw (estate)	20m	1594			Renfrew Retours(202) 1594. See below.
High Murdieston Upper Murdieston Murdieston Low Murdieston			NS 2774 NS 2675 NS 2675 NS 2675	Pont(33) Blaeu(Renfrew) Gordon(55) Roy(PC & FC) Ainslie(1796)	OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet II, 1857. OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet II, 1857. OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet II, 1857. Probably the Murdokstoun in Laing Charters (2082) 1631.
Whitelees Cottage Whitelees Moor			NS 2773 NS 2773	Ainslie(1796)	Quhytleyis in Laing Charters (2082) 1631.
Strone Farm	2m	1631	NS 2874	Pont(33) Blaeu(Renfrew) Ainslie(1796)	Stron in Laing Charters (2082) 1631.
Goldinhaddok	1m	1631			Laing Charters (2082) 1631. This place is now lost although the 1627 report was partly compiled by a James Watsone in Goldenhaddock (p 190).
Low Cornhaddock Cornhaddock			NS 2675/2775 NS 2675	Roy(PC & FC)	OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet II, 1857. OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet II, 1857. Cornhaddock in Roy(PC), Cornhaddoch in Roy(FC). Corn Haddocks in Robertson’s map of 1818.
Hole Farm			NS 2675	Roy(PC) Ainslie(1796)
Hoill and Corloch	4m	1631			Hoill = Hole? Laing Charters (2082) 1631.
Corlick			NS 290726	Roy(PC) Ainslie(1796)	Corlick Hill is just inside Kilmacolm parish. Was this Corloch of preceding entry? Greenock Place Names p 14 gives Corlic as a farm near Greenock.
Garvock					See below. For merkland valuation see under Innerkip.
Durnems		c. 1590	NS 275716	Pont(33) Blaeu(Renfrew) Roy(PC) Ainslie(1796)	Probably now = Garvock Lodge. Darneme (Pont & Blaeu). Roy marks Darnems twice but the southmost is probably a mistake for Dowries. Darnemes in 1650 (NSA p 454). Darnames of Garvock appears in the Houstoun Poll Tax Roll (Discharge) 1695.
Lees		1650	c. NS 282704	Roy(PC) Ainslie(1796)	Lees in 1650 (NSA p 454). There is a Sheepfold marked on OS 6” 1st edition Renfrewshire Sheet VI, 1857 which matches with Ainslie’s location.
Dowries			NS 2770	Roy(PC)? Ainslie(1796)	Roy marks Darnems twice but the southmost is probably a mistake for Dowries. Duras in 1650 (NSA p 454).
Total + part of Spango	60m +3m = 63m				Easter Greenock estate, as listed, comes to 22m 8s 4d, a little more than the expected 20m. Accordingly I have just reckoned on 3 x 20m units + 3m of Spango = 63m.

 

OSA Vol 5 No 40, I, p 568, in the account of the Old Parish of Greenock, states:

“Half way between the towns of Greenock and Port-Glasgow, is Capellow, where, (according to tradition, favoured by the name of the place, and several ruinous yares, as they are termed,) some Dutch fishers, long ago resided”. (Capellow = Cappielow today; ‘yares/yairs’ are fish-traps).

 

OSA Vol 5 No 40, II, p 574, in the account of the New Parish of Greenock, equates Cartsdike with Crawfurdsdike.

Similarly, Cartsburn equates with Crawfurdsburn.

 

Greenock Place Names p 14 includes Bawhirley, Brachelston, Cornhaddock and Pennyfern amongst the farms round Greenock.

Greenock Place Names p 32 suggests Ingleston Street comes from English workers coming around 1700. It may actually date from the twelfth century.

 

Fynnart

In early times Finnart was a very large property of 60m. 40m Finnart-Stewart remained in Inverkip (q.v.). 20m Finnart-Shaw (or Schaw) went to Greenock.

ER IX p 664 1455 gives a sasine to James, formerly earl of Douglas, of the lands of Fynnert.

ER IX p 669 1463 gives a sasine to Archibald Steuart of Fynnard.

ER IX p 676 1474 gives a sasine to John Steuart of Wester Fynnert.

ER X p 771 1495 gives a sasine to James, Lord Hamilton, of Fynnart.

ER X p 771 1495 gives a sasine to Alexander Steuart of Westir Fynnart Stewart.

RSS II (3366) 1539-40 no valuation (Schaw). RMS III (2252) 1540 no valuation (Schaw). RSS II (3885) 1540-1 no valuation (Schaw). These documents show how the property passed from the Hamiltons to the Schaws.

RMS IV (1155) 1556-7 no valuation (Schaw superiority of Fynnart).

Laing Charters (1272) 1594 refers to 20m Finnart (Schaw). See also Laing Charters No’s (1294) 1595 (Schaw), (1333-4) 1597 (Shaw), (2031) 1629 (Schaw), (2161) 1635 (Schaw).

ER XXII pp 503-4 1594 gives 20m AE of Fynnert (Schaw).

Renfrew Retours (202) 1594 gives 20m AE Fynert (Schaw).

Renfrew Retours (56) 1620 gives 20m AE Fynnart (Schaw).

Laing Charters (1914) 1622 (Shaw), (2271) 1639 give 20m Fynnart (Shaw).

RMS VIII (743) 1623 is a confirmation to John Schaw of Greinok of, among others, the lands of Fynnart extending to 20m AE.

 

Easter Greenock

RMS II (3062) 1506-7 refers to the two halves of the 20m AE of Estir Grenok held by Robert Craufurd in Kylbyrny (half was held with his wife). See also Laing Charters (263) 1507 which is a precept of sasine dated the same day.

GD20/1/420 1545 is a charter by Hugh Craufurde of Kilbrny to Elizabeth Berclay, his wife, of a liferent of 20m of Grenok. GD20/1/424 11 February 1562 is another of the same. RSS V Part I (1237) 12 February 1562-3 is a precept for a charter of confirmation of the preceding. (Berclay is here spelled Berthay).

20m Grenok in Laing Charters (742) 1562 and (870) 1572

ER XXI pp 503-4 1584 refers to these 20m AE as does ER XXII p 485 1593.

GD20/1/434 1585 is a resignation by Malcolm Craufurde of Kilburny of 20m Eistgrenok in favour of John Craufurd his elder son.

Renfrew Retours (207) 1592 gives 20m AE of Eister Greenock.

GD20/1/441 1599 is a charter by John Craufurde of Kilbirny to Margaret Blair, his wife of, among others, 20m Eister Grenok.

20m Greinok in Laing Charters (1701) 1614, (1955 & 1956) 1624

Renfrew Retours (59) 1622 gives lands of Eister Grenok £13 6s 8d AE (=20m).

RMS VIII (761) 1624 gives lands of Eister Grenok.

Laing Charters (2769) 1677 gives 17m Easter Greenock.

 

RSS IV (1469) 1551-2 gives us a detailed breakdown of Hugh Craufurd of Kilbirnye’s lands of Grenok. They comprise:

40s (3m) called The Manys (i.e. The Mains)

16s of Lurghill

23s of Wodend

10s (¾m) of Stot & Eysot

40s (3m) of Chapeltoun

40s (3m) of Cartisburne

36s of Auchinmugden

20s (1½m) of Mawkinhill

1m of Drumbane

2m of Darindaff

10s (¾m) of Thomsontoun

2m of Knokinhare

all AE.

This total amounts to 22m 8s 4d which is more than the expected 20m.

 

Cartisburne

40s Cartsburn in Laing Charters (742) 1562 and (870) 1572.

40s Cardisburn in RSS VI (1028) 1570.

40s Cartsburn in Laing Charters (1668) 1612, (1701) 1614, (1955 & 1956) 1624, (2101) 1632.

40s Cartisburne in GD20/1/459 1628.

40s AE Cartisburne in RS53 f 49v 1642.

40s Cartsburne in RMS XI (439) 1663.

40s Carsburn in Renfrew Retours (194) 1690.

3m Cartsburn in CS228/K/3/2 1792.

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Wester Greenock-Schaw

ER X p 766 1492 gives a sasine to James Schaw of Grenokschaw.

RMS III (2071) 1539-40 – the king confirmed to Alexander Schaw de Sauchy, and Elizabeth Cunynghame, his wife, the lands of Wester Grenokschaw with the Auld Castellsteid. See also Laing Charters (439-440, 443-444) 1540.

ER XIX p 494 1562 refers to Wester Grenok Schaw with the old ‘castelsted’. Elizabeth Cunynghame, (mother of John Schaw) had died some six years previously. These lands are again referred to in ER XXII pp 503-4 1594.

Renfrew Retours (202) 1594 gives £13 6s 8d (20m) AE of Wester Grenok-Schaw with Auldcastelheid (Auld Castelsteid?).

Laing Charters (1294) 1595 gives Grenok (Schaw).

Renfrew Retours (55 & 56) 1620 refer to £13 6s 8d (20m) AE of Wester Greinok-Schaw with the old Castelsted.

Laing Charters (1848) 1620 refers to Wester-grenok-schaw.

Laing Charters (2082) 1631 gives us our first break-down of some of the properties within this 20m estate of Wester Greenock-Schaw. Although the lands of Drummuling and Spango-Cunningham are mentioned (see under Inverkip parish) I am confident these did not form part of the 20m Wester Greenock-Schaw since they are mentioned separately in Retours (202) 1594 and (55 & 56) 1620. However the document goes on to mention Murdokstoun and Quhytleyis (Whitelees) but gives no value for either. It then lists 2m Stron, 1m Goldinhaddok within the 20m Grinokschaw. (It is reasonable to infer that all four of these properties lay within the estate). It then mentions 4m Hoill and Corloch – also in the barony of Renfrew but not necessarily part of the 20m Wester Greenock-Schaw. Laing Charters (2082) is the charter; (2083) of the same date is the sasine.

RMS VIII (743) 1623 refers to Wester Greenok-Schaw with the ‘auld-castell-sted’.

Laing Charters (2163) 1635, (2241) 1638 refer to Wester Greinockschaw with the old castle-stead.

 

Wester Greenock and Fynnart are sometimes paired together as a 40m land. See RSS VI (989) 1570.

 

Garvock

Garvock is complicated. OSA Vol 5 No 40, I, p 568, in the account of the Old Parish of Greenock, states Garvock was ‘partly in the parish of Innerkip’. The OSA gives its monetary value in 1793 as a tiny fraction of that of the whole parish of Greenock.

 

Fortunately the NSA (1840, pp 454-455) provides an explanation:

In 1650, the Court of Teinds and Plantation of Kirks disjoined the estate of Garvock from the parish of Houston, and annexed the lands of Lees, Duras, Darnemes, and Fallow-hills, being one-half of said estate, to Greenock, and the other half, namely, Rodgertown and Wester Garvock, to Inverkip. This decree was confirmed by another in 1669.

 

(A small caveat to the above should be entered here: Darnames of Garvock appears in the Houstoun Poll Tax Roll (Discharge) 1695).

 

Why was Garvock in Houston parish, which lies east of Kilmacolm parish? It would have been completely detached. The answer is probably to be found in ownership. Parishes and estates often share boundaries and in some parishes one particular family might own almost the whole parish (e.g. the Montgomeries in Eaglesham). The Houston family was established in Houston in the twelfth century and gave their name to the parish. But they also owned lands elsewhere (e.g. see under Glenboig in Killearn parish, Lennox). There are a number of Houston family documents and charters which show they owned Garvock (Easter and Wester) – see RMS III (817) 1529; RSS II (4627) 1542; ER XVIII p 412, 1547; RMS IV (537) 1550; RSS IV (2698) 1554; RMS VIII (1126) 1627; RMS XI (538) 1663. Absence of early documentation means we cannot be sure of much before 1529 but it may be that the Houston family had held it from the twelfth century. Or, it may have had another owner, been located in Inverkip parish, and only transferred to Houston when that family gained possession.

 

Further details about Garvock are found in ‘Reports on the State of Certain Parishes in Scotland, 1627’, Parish of Houstone pp 193-194. The report states:

Garvock landis lyand within the parish perteaning heritablie to the Laird of Houstoune being ane murish rowme and never having bein in use of paying of teith because that which they labour is with spaid and raiked with raikes rather for the benefeit of the fodder nor of the crop paid of old twelfe stirkis twelfe wedderis, twelfe stanes of butter bot now payes presentlie be multitude of houses and industrie of the laboureris commoditie of mosse maill and peitis selling, it lying near to the sea townes, twelfe scoir stanes cheis twelfe staine butter twelfe stirkis twelfe wedderis fyve hair tedderis.

 

(Garvock lands lying within the parish, pertaining heritably to the Laird of Houston, being a moorish room [i.e. a property consisting of moorland], and never having been in use of paying of tithe because that which they labour is with spade and raked with rakes, rather for the benefit of the fodder nor [than] of the crop, paid of old twelve stirks, twelve wethers [castrated male sheep], twelve stones of butter but now pays presently by [i.e. because of] multitude of houses and industry of the labourers, commodity of moss maill and peats [this is a little ambiguous, probably meaning ‘plentiful supply of turves and peat’; ‘mail’ is rent but the sense may be ‘moss-mail’ or a rent on turves and peats cut], selling, it lying near to the sea towns, twelve score [240] stones cheese, twelve stones butter, twelve stirks, twelve wethers, five hair tethers [ropes made of hair]).

(This document uses the word ‘tithe’ rather than ‘teind’ to represent the one-tenth of produce owed to the church).

 

We have to take ‘murish rowme’ with a pinch of salt. Five merklands (our earliest valuation) is a perfectly respectable valuation for a farm. It is extraordinary that it was not in the habit of paying teind. It may be that, in the long centuries of Houston ownership, it was used primarily for stock-grazing but there must have been a good reason it escaped the claims of the church. The seventeenth century saw significant economic growth along the shores of the Clyde and it sounds as if the increase in demand meant that producing food on Garvock became very profitable.

 

The final complication with Garvock is its internal division. The 1650 document quoted by NSA claims ‘Fallow-hills’ went to Greenock parish. Yet Ainslie’s map of 1796 marks it inside Inverkip. Moreover ‘Rodgertown’ which went to Inverkip, is now lost to the map. Since Greenock all belonged to Inverkip before the late sixteenth century I have left the valuation of Garvock wholly within Inverkip parish table (q.v.).