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26 THE MOUSE OF DUNKOD.
Easter and Wester, she to pay to lilin yearly a red
rose in name of blench ferm.*
The eighth kird was bailie of the Knights of St
John at the time when Sir Walter Lindsay was Pre-
ceptor of Torphichen.t He died in 1547, the year of
the Battle of Pinkie, J By his wife, Jonet Pioss, he
had
(1) Robert, iiiutli laird. §
(2) John, touth laird. \\
(3) Alexander. |1
(4) (?) Margaret, married Gabriel Seinple of Cruigbait. IF
(5) Elizabedi, married John Maxwell of Calderwuod. **
Robert Lindsay, Ninth Laird of Dunrou, came
into possession on the attainment of his majority, four
years after his father's death. ff In 15G0, in the 30th
year of his age, he was made provost of Glasgow. Jj
At that time, the right of nomination to the provost-
ship belonged to the archbishop alone. '' Robert
Lindsay of Dunrod was a baron in the neighbourhood
in Kilbride, who had a great and opulent estate, and
generally «uch were chosen who could best protect the
inhabitants, and the privileges of the city, from the
insults of other great men, who now and then were
* Reg. Maj. Sij., XXX., 231 (Vol. III., No. 138).
For the earlier history of the Crossbasket family, see page 53.
+ Luing Charters, Ni)S. 473, 474.
I Bxcheq. Bulb, Vol. XIX., p. 518.
§ Eeg. Mag. Sig., XXVII., 203.
Charters and Docunienls relating to Glasgow, Pt. II., pp. 128, 129;
II
Glasgow Protocols, Vol. III., No. G83 ; Vol. V., No. 147U ; litg. Mag. Sig.,
XXXI., 510, 512 (Vol. III., Nos. 1493. 1495).
U Glasgow Protocols, Vol. VI., No. 1917; Vol. VII., No. 2228;
Miller's MS. Genealogies, quoted Scottish Journal, Vol. I., p. 274.
** Glasgow Prutucols, Vol. V., No. 1476.
tf Excheq. Rolls, Vol. XIX., p. 618.
1% Charters and Documents relating to Glasgow, Part I., DCXXXIV.