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238 THE LAlltDS OF DoWllll.l..
barony of Cleish.* That was in 1507 ; and this is the
barony of Cleisli that is best known, but it is not the
ancient barony of that name.
The Cranibeth that gave his seigneurial title to a
certain WilUam Lindsay in 1412 was not tlie whole
of ancient Crambeth, and was not even its principal
messuage. There were contemporaries of William
Lindsay who were also styled "of Crambeth," but,
like him, they were portioners only. Part of William
Lindsay's portion was " Crambeth-Dowhill " ; and
when his descendant, Adam Lindsay, in 1541, resigned
into the hands of the king " his barony of Crambeth,
called Dowhill," and other lands, including part of
Cleish, these were incorporated in a free barony under
the name of Dowhill, in favour of him and his heirs.
Unlike ancient Cleish the name of Crambeth was not
perpetuated in any of the later erections.
From Crambeth the family of its early owners
derived their name. Li the middle of the fourteenth
century lived Duncan and Alexander de Crambeth.
To Alexander belonged a portion of the barony.
Duncan also owned a portion, but whether his was the
whole of what remained over and above Alexander's
part we do not know. Duncan's portion pas.sed to his
heirs, one of whom, his daughter Agnes, settled in
1S54 her share of the lands of (crambeth, Cleisli, and
Lochgelly on James de Valoniis and the heirs to be
born of tlieir marriage with remainder to her heirs. |
* Reg. Muij iivj., XIV 343 (Vol. I., No. 3022).
+ Reg. Maj. % , l.SO(i-l J2l, No. 211 (anno 13liG).
X luveuLory of Writs in Cliaiter Chest of Dowhill, ijuoted /iJe Dr
Miitlaad Thoiudon. iu Ciibaoa, The B^ir Ui>oi in Scdiind, [> 317.
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