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54 TlIK HOUSE OK DUN ROD.
Pollok the lands of the Murrays and Ileadhouse, and
he, or his son and successor of the same name, made
other additions to the estates. *''
The first laird of Crossbasket appears frequently on
the inquests of the neighbourhood, and as witnessing
the charters and other writs of the local landholders, f
by which it is evident that he was a man of consider-
able standing. He died sometime between 1517 and
1530. His wife was Euphemia Maxwell, and he had
issue
—
(1) Alexander. J
Alexander Lindsay, the son of the first laird of
Crossbasket, presumably succeeded his father, but the
contemporary notices hitherto discovered alford no clue
to enable us to distinguish between the two Alex-
anders. In the absence of exact information, it is also
merely a presumption that he was the father of
(1) Robert, of Crossbasket, and aftci wards of Duurod.
(2) (?) ^[r James, vicar of Cambuslaug.
Robert Lindsay was infeffc in the Crossbasket
estates in 1532. § In 1537 he had become liable to
the Crown for £240, the rent of Crossbasket for eight
years, due to the King by reason of the barony of
Hamilton being in ward. For payment of this his
lands of Over Snar and Glenkip, in the parish of
* Reg. Mag. Si