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WAUCHOPE AND BARCLOY. 205
been joined in 1703 to half of Morton and a portion of
Staplegorton to form the modern parish of Lungliolm.
In Eykdale—The barony of Staplegort(;n hiy on
both banks of the Esk below Westerker, extending
into Ewesdale in the east and marching with Wauchope
on the west. When first heard of it was in possession
of the De Kunibnrgs, or Do Coningbnrts, one of whom,
WiUiam, son of Sir William, granted in or before 12G8
to Herbert de Maxwell the lands of Langholm and
Bracken wrae, and he (Maxwell) in 1281 resigned the
same in favour of Sir John de Lindsay, the Chamber-
lain/ Sir John seems to have acquired more of the
barony, if not the whole of it, the De Kuniburgs about
this time becoming extinct. Then between 1316 and
1319 "John de Lyndesay, canon of the Church of
Glasgow and heir of the deceased Sir Philip de Lyndesay
of the barony of Stapilgorton in the county of Dumfries,"
by staff and baton resigned to King Ilobert L
" the whole foresaid barony with all its pertinents and
the services of all the free holders," and it was in 1322
bestowed on Sir James Douglas, f
In 1476 John Lindsay had sasine of " Wauchop
Carlasgill, and Bolbla.^'j Carlesgill was purt of
Staplegorton, while "Bolbla" may have been the
adjacent Bomby. This is the only mention of these
lands as in possession of the Wauchope family, and
how long they retained them we do not know. Except
for them they had no holdings in Eskdale after the
resignation of Staplegorton.
* Reg. Hon. de Morton, Vol. II., pp. 7, 9.
t Ibid., Vol. II,, pp. 18, 21 ; Robertson's Index, p. 10. No. IG.
X Excheq. Rolls, Vol. IX., p. G77.