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History of Dumbartonshire, The: from the earliest period to the present time

Book Index
Abernethy, George, 157.
Abernethy, William, Provost of the Collegiate Church of Dumbarton, 279.
Aetius, Consul, appealed to by the Britons,17
Agriculture, state of, among the ancient Britons, 51; state of, in the fourteenth century, 117; modern statistics of Dumbartonshire, 518.
Akynross, John, and others, complaint of Walter Watson against, 525.
Albany, Duke of, arrives at Dumbarton, 155; Regency of, 156, 157.
Alcluith, site of the city, 6; made the capital of Valentia, 14; antiquity of, 15; the capital of Strathclyde, 26-29; the Penryn-Ryoneth of the Welsh Triads, 29.
Alexander II. erects Dumbarton into a royal burgh, 59.
Alexander III defeats Haco of Norway at Largs, 67, 68; condition of the country during his reign, 113; effects of his death, 113.
Alexandria, village of, 462.
Alison, Sheriff, final award in the Dumbarton Moor Case, 415-417.
Alterages in Dumbarton Church, 132; property of the Rood Altar, 532.
Alwyn, the first Earl of Lennox, 57 ; gifts to the Monastery of Paisley, 134; Alwyn, second Earl, 449.
Anderson, Rev. James, minister of Rosneath, 486.
Anderson, Rev. John, minister of Dumbarton, 315.
Angus, Thomas, Earl of, imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle, 106.
Anstruther, Captain, Governor of Dumbarton Castle, 176.
Antoninus, Emperor, extends the right of Roman citizenship, 10.
Antoninus,- Wall of. (See "Wall, Roman.")
Ardarden, Nobles of, 130, 185, 494.
Ardenconnel, lands of, 488.
Ardincaple, lands of, 488; McAulays of. (See "McAulay.")
Ardochbeg burned, 160.
" Argus," Dumbarton, 428, note.
Argyll, Archibald, Marquis of, executed, 294; anecdote of, 485, note.
Argyll, Archibald, ninth Earl of, raises an expedition to dethrone James II, 301, 302; scattered in Dumbartonshire, 303-305; capture and execution of the Earl, 304, 305.
Argyll, Colin, first Earl, acquires the lands of Rosneath, 484.
Arran, James, Earl of, arrives at Dumbarton, in the train of James V., 161; made Regent, 163 ; besieges the Castle of Dumbarton, 171, 172; resigns the regency, 176; retains, but is afterwards forced to relinquish the governorship of Dumbarton Castle, 176.
Arrochar Parish, account of, 478~81; "treasonabill fyre-raising" m the lands of, 158. (See also " McFarlane."
Arthur, Prince, a sovereign of Strathclyde, 29; fixes one of his seats of authority at Alcluith, 29; fabulous account of his siege of the Picts and Scots in Lochlomond, 31; his death, 32.
Ascohome, lands of, 131.
Attacotti tribe, the ancient inhabitants of Dumbartonshire, 6; reference to, by Jerome and Gibbon, 13, 14.
Auchendonarie, lands of, 475.
Auchentorlie, lands of, 501.
Auchentoshen, lands of, 505.
Auchindenan, lands of, 135.
Avallenau. (See "Merlin.")
Avondale, Lord, Governor of Dumbarton Castle, 148.
Avondale, Andrew, 160.
Bagimont's valuation of church property in Dumbartonshire, 132-136.
Balclutha of Ossian supposed to be Dumbarton Castle, 11.
Baliol competes with Bruce for the crown of Scotland, 70.
Ballagan, lands of, 467.
Balloch, a residence of the Earls of Lennox, 58, 460.
Banheath, lands of, 511.
Barbour the minstrel; his account of the manner in which Bruce crossed Lochlomond, 84-86.
Barnhill, lands of, 503; Humphrey Colquhoun of, 322, 341.
Barony, burghs of, in Dumbartonshire; Helensburgh, 490; West Kilpatrick, 503; Kirkintilloch, 510.
Barr, Robert, of Ergile, 156.
Beadmen, hospital for, attached to the Collegiate Church of Dumbarton, 133.
Beaton, Cardinal, arrives at Dumbarton, 161; made Regent, 163.
Bell, Henry, and the Comet Steam-boat, 397-400.
Birrel's Diary, extracts from, 208, 224.
Bishop, Thomas, his epistle to Secretary Cecil regarding services performed at Dumbarton, 170
Blackmail levied on the borderline of Dumbartonshire, 309.
Blair, James, obtains a charter of the lands of Kilkennet, 131.
Blairwhosh (Westerton) lands of, 469.
Bonhill parish, account of; 457-465;dispute with Andrew Sempill, minister of, 277-280; career of John Corbett, minister of, 291.
Bontine of Ardoch, 324, 325,344,495.
Boturich castle and lands, 468, 469.
Bowling, village of, 504.
Boyd, William, obtains a charter of the lands of Auchmar, &c., 131.
Braid, letter to the laird of, concerning stores found in Dumbarton Castle, 194.
Brehon law, 50.
Britons 'of Strathclyde, 25-54.
Bridge at Dumbarton built, 344; expense of application to the Privy Council regarding the structure, 344, note.
Bridgend of Dumbarton, 497.
Brosse, De la, a French ambassador, arrives at Dumbarton, 166.
Bruce, Robert, early career of, 81-83; crosses Loch lomond into Dumbartonshire, 85; beguiles the time by reading romantic tales, 85, 86; meeting with Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, 87 ; takes refuge in Rachrine, 88; returns to Scotland, 90; his successes, 91; attempt to betray him in Dumbarton Castle, 91-93; secures that fortress, 93; builds a residence in Cardross parish, 94 ; his household there, 94, 95, 522, 523; his last letter, 97, 524; last injunctions, 97 -99; dies' at Cardross, 96; charters granted by Bruce relating to Dumbartonshire, 130; confers the Church of Kilmaronock upon the monks of Cambnskenneth, 135, 466.
Brunnings, Adae, obtains a charter of the lands of Gillanderstoun; 130.
Buchanan of Drummakiln, 469.
Buchanan of Drumhead, 298, 324, 469.
Buchanan of that llk "respitted," 158.
Buchanan George, educated in Dumbarton, 152.
Buchanan John, of Buchlyvie, 223.
Buchanan H. M., of Ross Priory, 469.
Buchanan Maurice, obtains a charter of a pleugh of land, 131:
Buchanan Dr. Robert, of Knoxland, 383.
Buchanan Walter, of Auchentoshan, 325.
Buchanan parish, 135, 472.
Buchanans of Tillichewan, Drumfad, and Stuckrodger, 469.
Burgess Privileges. (See" Clyde Privileges.")
Burgesses of Dumbarton litigate with the Town Council, 363-365.
Burgh affairs, Dumbarton, in 1833, 407-413.
Burghers and anti-burghers, 395, 425.
Burghs, influence of, 61, 114.
Calder of Shirva, 324.
Cambuskenneth, monks of, receive gift of the Church of Kilmaronock, 135,466; also, of Kirkintilloch, 134, 510.
Cameron, lands of, 135.
Camiseskan, lands of, 488.
Campbell, Alexander, of Barnhill, 369,383.
Campbell, Colin, of Stonefield, 392.
Campbell, family,129; cautioners for Macfarlane of that ilk, in 1539, 160.
Campbell, of Carrick, 298, 324, 485,486.
Campbell, H. W of Croslet, 340, 383, 403.
Campbell, Isabella, of Rosneath, 486.
Campbell, Islay, Sir, of Garscnbe, 507.
Campbell, John, of Ardkinlass, attacked in Dumbarton, 200, 201; attempts to seize Allaster McGregor, 220, 222; assizer of herring, 243.
Campbell, John, of Petoune, 325.
Campbell, Lorn, of Rosneath, 486.
Campbell, Mamore,324, 325.
Campbell, minister of Luss, charged with assisting the Clangregor at Glenfruin, 214.
Campbell, Neil, minister of Rosneath,323.
Campbell, Neil, Sheriff-substitute of Dumbartonshire, 386, 387, note.
Camstradden, 472, 473.
Camstraden, Colquhoun of, 126, 223-324, 476.
Canal, Forth and Clyde, 345, 346, 504, 515.
Cardross Parish, account of, 491-497; one of the residences of Robert Bruce. (See" Bruce.") (
Cardross, Ancient church of, conferred upon the Bishop of Glasgow, 135; crown lands of, 644.
Carnegie, Sir John, 385, note.
Carstalrs, Principal, 494, note.
Castlecary, barony of, 512, .
Catconen, lands of, 499.
Catter, a residence of the Earls of Lennox, 58, 468.
Caunus, a sovereign of Strathclyde,27.
Chaldee MS., imitation of, 421.
Chamberlain, Grand, extract from his accounts, 95,119, 121, 161, 162, 460, 522, 523.
Chapleton, lands of, 514.
Charles II, restoration of, 289; death, 301; retour to the Darnley portion of the Lennox 527, 528.
Charles, Prince, levies a fine upon Kirkintilloch in 1745, 512,
Christianity, progress of, among the ancient Britons, 22, 23; spreads among the Britons of Strathclyde, 41:.50.
Church, Dumbarton parish, 369, 370, 371.
Churchyard of Dumbarton parish closed, 444, 445.
Cirencester, Richard of, his account of the ancient inhabitants of Dumbartonshire, 5; 6.
Cissorie, Malcolm, obtains a charter of "ane annual furth of Ledy lovane," 131.
Clancameron, 221.
Clangregor and Colquhoun of Luss, feud between, 206-224; proceedings of the Privy Council against the Clangregor,226-234. (See also, "Glenfruin" and " McGregor..")
Clyde Privileges, disputes regarding, 60, 202; convention, 155-157; the contract of 1700, 346-350; further disputes, 350, 351; 418-422; documents relating to, 525-528.
Cochno, Hamilton of, i82, 183, 502, 503.
Cochno, lands of, 134.. 474, note; 499, 500,501.
Cochrane, Roger, obtains a charter of the lands of Kilmahew, 131, 492.
Colgrain, lands of, 488.
Collegiate Church founded in Dumbarton, 111; lands with which it was endowed, 132; distinctive features of such foundations, 133.
Colquhoun of Bamhill, 322, 341, 503,
Colquhoun of Camstradden, 126, 223, 324, 476.
Colquhoun of Dalmure, 223.
Colquhoun of Garscadden, 507.
Colquhoun of Glirins, 127.
Colquhoun of Kilmardinny, 136.
Colquhoun, Lands of, 47f>, 502, 550.
Colquhoun of Luss family, 125-128, 475, 476.
Colquhoun of Luss, Adam, called upon to "underly the law," for being concerned in the murder of Stirling of Glorat, 159.
Colquhoun of Luss, David, 159
Colquhoun of Alexander, Sir, feud with the Clan gregor, 210 ; obtains license to wear hagbuttes, &c., "abune the water of Levin," 211 ; advised by Falasdaill, a burgess of Dumbarton, 212, 258; takes proceedings against the minister of Luss or having supported the Clangregor at Glenfruin, 214; his appearance before the King at Stirling, 217; indictment against Allaster McGregor, for "hafing concludet the destructione of his kyn, freindis and alya," 223; writes to the King regarding the "heavye oppressioune committed be the Clangregour," 226; desired to attend the "accomptmaking" of the Earl of Argyll, 230, 231.
Colquhoun of Luss, Sir Humphrey, assassinated, 207, 208, note.
Colquhoun of Luss, Sir James (the late Bart.), 480, 489.
Colquhoun of Luss, Sir James (the present Bart.), 136, 479.
Colquhoun, Jean; her conduct investigated by the Presbytery of Dumbarton, 272.
Colquhoun, Sir John, a distinguished diplomatist and soldier, 127.
Colquhoun, Sir John, a warm adherent of the royalist party, 287; fined by Cromwell, 287, note.
Colquhoun, Sir John, proceedings against him on a charge of necromancy; 267-273.
Colquhoun, John, 151.
Colquhoun, Lady, waylaid, 159.
Colquhoun, Lady Dowager, 478.
Colquhoun, Lilias, 298.
Colquhoun, Patrick, LL.D., 399.
Columba, the Apostle of theWestern Isles, 32, 43.
Comyn of KirkintiIloch, 510.
Corbett, Rev. John, minister of Bonhill, 291, 292.
Cordale printfield, 464, 495.
Covenanters, proceedings against, 293-296; grounds of their suffering, 299, 300.
Cragentulach, lands of, 499.
Crawford, Thomas, of Jordanhill, takes Dumbarton Castle by stratagem, 191, 192.
Crawfurd, Finlay, 156,
Croftingea printfield, 463. .
Cultbuie, lands of, 134, 499. .
Cumbernauld Castle garrisoned, 286, 514.
Cumbernauld, Fleming of. (See "Fleming.")
Cumbernauld Parish, account of, 513-516. (See also " Fleming.")
Cunningham of Drumquhassil, Andrew, concerned in the slaughter of Stirling of Glorat, 159.
Cunningham, Cuthbert," provost of Dumbarton Collegiate Church, 185, 279, 280.
Cunningham, John, 185; concerned in the capture of Dumbarton Castle by stratagem, 191, 506.
Cunningham, William, of Fenyk,. 159.
Cunningham, Andrew, obtains a charter of the lands of Ascohome, &c., 131.
Cunningham, William, 157.
Cussak, Edward, incumbent of Dumbarton parish, 185.
Dalmonach, 49; printfield there, 463.
Dalmuir paper and chemical works, 504.
Dalquhurn printfield, 462.
Dalradia, the country of the Scoto-Irish, 40.
Danish Vikings ravage Strathclyde, 36; besiege the Castle of Dumbarton, 36.
Danyelstone, Walter de, "the fighting bishop," 107, 108.
Danyelstone, John, obtains a charter of the island of Inchcalliach, &c., 130.
Darleith, lands of, 297,323, note, 461.
Darleith, Yuille of, 297-299, 325, 461.
Darnley,John, Lord, a competitor for the Earldom of Lennox 146; obtains an instrument in his favour from King James III, 146; which was afterwards revoked, 147;
takes part with the king's enemies, 147; assumes the title of Earl of Lennox. (See" Lennox. ")
Darnley, Henry, Lord, Queen Mary's husband, murdered, 181.
David II, charters granted by him of lands in Dumbartonshire, 130, 131.
Dennistoun of Dennistoun family, 130, 494.
Dennistoun MS., 292, 293, note.
Dennistoun, James, 273, 292, 298, 315, 321, 369.
Denny, Alexander, 444, 453.
Denny, Archibald, 454,
Denny Brothers, 433.
Denny, James, 534.
Denny, Peter, 434Denny, William, 433-435.
Denny, William, Brothers, 451, 452.
Denny and Rankin, 433, 434, 449-451.
Dennystown, erection of, 435, 436.
Denon, Alexander, a king's debtor, 484.
Dillichip printfield, 464.
Dissenting denominations, rise and progress of, 395, 424, 425.
Dixon, Jacob, Provost of Dumbarton, 421.
Dixon, John, Provost of Dumbarton, 414.
Dixons', Messrs., glass-works, 367 ,389.
Douglas, the good Sir James, assists Bruce to cross Lochlomond, 85; selected by the king to carry his heart to the Holy Land, 98; slain while fighting against the infidels in Spain, 100.
Douglas of Mains, 506, 507.
Douglas, Thomas, 156.
Dress in the fifteenth century, 141, 142
Dress about the close of the eighteenth century, 390, 391.
Drinking customs sixty years since, 381, 382.
Druidism, religion of the ancient inhabitants of Dumbartonshire, 22.
Drumhead, Buchanan of, 298, 469.
Drumry, Livingstone of, 507; church supposed to have been there, 508.
Drummond, John de, obtains a charter of the lands of Rosneath, 131.
Drumquhassil. (See" Cunningham.")
Dugald, rector of the church of Kilpatrick, 57, 492, 500.
Dugalstone, Glassford of, 508.:
Dumbartonshire, 1-21, 26, 36, 37, 56, 64, 65, 72, 73, 84, 112-143. 205, 294, 301, 305, 308, 309, 311, 312, 324-326, 334-336, 343-346, 402-405
Dumbartonshire, account of the different parishes 457-516.
Dumbartonshire, county statistics, 517, 518.
Dumbarton, Burgh, Town and Parish, 14 15, 25, 26, 29, 36, 37, 55, 59, 60, 61, 64, 71, 72, 110, 111, 120, 124, 151, 152, 155, 156, 166, 182, 183, 197, 200, 201, 236, 237-252, 276 281, 301, 326-328, 340-343, 346, 350, 351, 359-396, 403, 407-413, 418-422, 423, 424-427, 432-434, 437-454, 542, 543
Dumbarton, Castle of, 7-10, 11, 32, 36, 55, 75-71, 78, 104, 106, 107-145, 131, 145-150, 154, 155, 158, 162, 167, 169, 171, 172, 174, 183, 184, 188, 189-194, 196, 253-259, 284-288, 313, 386, 387, 429-431, 543.
Dumbarton, Port of, 15, 36, 52, 105, 120, 150-152, 155, 161, 169, 170, 175, 194, 204, 205, 317, 349,389, 400, 401, 411, 432, 437-439, 447-454.
Dumbarton, Presbytery of, 272, 273, 290, 292, 296, 424.
Dumbarton Town Council, 198, 199, 276, 277-280, 326-328, 340-343, 359-365, 376-379, 407-413, 418-423, 438-443.
Dumbarton, Sheriffdom of, 152, 181, 294.
Dumbarton, Frith of, 166.
Dumbarton, George Douglas, Earl of, 300.
"Dumbarton's Drums " air of 300
Dumbuck, lands of, 191, 475, 498.
Duncanson of Garshake, 324,341, 342.
Duncryne, Hill of. 469. :
Dunfres, De, parson of Dumbarton, and Chancellor of Scotland, 71, 72.
Dunglass, 7, 9, 476, 502.
Dunlop of Keppoch, 494.
Dunn, William, Duntocher, 503.
Dunnerbuck, lands of, 475.
Dunteglennan, lands of, 134, 499. ,
Duntocher, 501, 502; manufactories, 503.
Dunwallon, the last king of Strathclyde, 39.
Edinbarnet, lands of, 134, 499.
Edmonstone of Duntreath, 199,506.
Education in Scotland before the Reformation, 176, 177; schools established in every parish, 178; sums paid to schoolmasters in Dumbarton, 276; schools in the burgh of Dumbarton, 426, 427 ; schools in other parishes in the county. (See also "Parishes.")
Edward I. endeavours to destroy the independence of Scotland, 70, 71,74, 75.
Edward III, issues orders to intercept a French vessel which had landed supplies at Dumbarton, 105-120.
Eglinton, Earl of, claims the patronage of the parish church of Dumbarton, 358, 359.
Elphinstone, Laird of, confined in Dumbarton Castle, 196.
Elphinstone, Rev. David, minister of Dumbarton, 534, 535.
Episcopacy re-established, 295; prowess in Dumbarton, 426.
Erskine, Sir Robert, governor of Dumbarton Castle, 107, 145, 154.
Ewing, James, of Strathleven, 425,
Fairs authorized to be held in Dumbarton, 59; in Luss, 477.
Falasdaill, Thomas, burgess of Dumbarton, 212, 224, 258;
Falasdaill, David, Thomas, and James, 156, 223.
Faslane, a residence of the Earls of Lennox, 58; Wallace arrives there, 73; lands of, 488.
Fawsyd, Laird of, confined in Dumbarton Castle, 196.
Fencibles, Dumbarton, 392.
Ferdan Bede, 52, 499, 500.
Ferryfield Printworks,462.
Fleming of Cumbernauld, 128, 514 ; charters obtained by the house of, 128, 130, 131, 511.
Fleming, David, Sir, 129, 511.
Fleming, John, keeps Dumbarton Castle in the interest of Queen Mary, 188; escapes to France, 193; and returns to Dumbarton with supplies, 194.
Fleming , Malcolm, Sir, governor of Dumbarton Castle, 104, 468; protects Prince David and the Princess Joanna, 104, 128; created Earl of Wigton, 128, 514; murdered, 145.
Fleming, Robert, swears fealty to Edward I., 128; but afterwards associates with Bruce, 128.
Francis, king of France, aids the cause of Queen Mary in Scotland, 165; forwards supplies, which arrive in Dumbarton, 170-173.
Freebairn, Rev. John, minister of Dumbarton, 372.
Free Church, rise and progress of, 424.
Free farmers, 114.
Galbraith of Garscadden called upon to II underlie the law for celebrating mass, 179.
Galbraith, Gartconnell; 130, 507, 508.
Galbraith, Patrick, takes possession of Dumbarton Castle, 145.
Galbraith, Robert, of Culcreuch, obtains a commission to pursue the Clangregor, 209, 210.
Galbraith, Walter, obtains a charter of the lands of Portnellan, 131.
Gareloch crossed by Wallace, 78.
Garscadden, anecdote of the Laird of, 382.
Garscube, Campbell of, 507.
Gartocharn, village of, 470.
Gartshore of Gartshore, 512.
Gildas, a monkish historian, supposed to be the son of Caunus of Strathclyde, 27.
Glasgow and Dumbarton dispute with each other as to the trade of the Clyde, 60, 61, 197, 198. (See also "Clyde Privileges.")
Glasgow, Walter, bishop of, obtains a grant of the parish church of Cardross, 135.
Glass-works in Dumbarton, 389.
Glenarbuck, lan~s of, 501.
Glencairn, Earl of, captain 'of Dumbarton Castle, 169.
Gleneagles, Haldane of, 146, 468,469, note.
Glenfruin, History of the conflict at, 206-224.
Glenfruin, lands of, 488.
Gleumollochan, lands of, 472.
Gordon, Robert, sentenced to be executed in Dumbarton, 860.
Groome's Dyke, 20.
Graham, John, factor to the Duke Montrose, 320, 321.
Graham, Lord William, attacked in Dumbarton, 403.
Graham, Kilmardinny, 324.
Grimani, a Papal legate, arrives at Dumbarton, 166.
Haco of Norway, 62-68.
Hadrian, Emperor, 7.
Haldane of Gleneagles, Sir John, induces Jame III to revoke a precept in favour of Lord Darnley,137; barony of Haldane, 461, 468.
Halidon Hill, battle of, 102; Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, slain, 102.
Hamilton of Finnart, governor of Dumbarton Castle, 158, 160.
Hamilton of Barns, 324.
Hamilton of Hutchesone, 325.
Hamilton of Orbiston, sheriff of Dumbartonshire, 296.
Hammermen Incorporation, document relating to, 534-541.
Harbour Act adopted in Dumbarton, 438, 439.
Hardinge, his description of Dumbarton Rock, 16.
Harry, the minstrel, records the arrival of Wallace at Faslane, 73; his account of the capture of Wallace, 77, 78.
Havock, Cave of, a resort of the Lennox witches, 495.
Haw, Adam of, bailie of Renfrew, 156,
Helensburgh, burgh of, 490.
Henry VIII., his proceedings regarding Scotland, 164.
"Herald," Dumbarton newspaper, 436,437.
Hoel, a sovereign of Strathclyde, 28,29.
Hoel Ryderich, a sovereign of Strathclyde, 28, 29.
Honorious, Emperor, 17.
Houston, John, 157.
Houstones, list of assize on the, 183. .
Hunter, Robert, sheriff of Dumbartonshire, 444.
Huntly, Earl of, arrives at Dumbarton, 161.
Inchconachan, Inchfreichlan, Inchgalbraith, Inchmoan, Inchtavannoch, 472
Inchmnrren, 111, 322, 465
Inchcallioch, 130.
Inhabitants, ancient, of Dumbartonshire, 18-21.
Inveruglass, a stronghold of the Clanfarlane, 480.
Isabella, Duchess of .Albany, and Countess of Lennox, retires to Inchmurren, 111; founds the Collegiate Church of Dumbarton, 111; dies in 1459, 146; conveys Shanacles to the Preaching ) Friars of Glasgow, 467-468.
Jackson, Ninian, of Renfrew, 156
Jacobites, proceedings of the, in 1715, 314.
James I adopts severe measures against the house of Lennox, 109, 110; murdered, 144.
James II, accession of, 144.
James III grants an instrument in favour of Darnley or Earl of Lennox, 146; revokes the same,147; kept a prisoner in Edinburgh Castle, 147.
James IV besieges the Castle of Dumbarton, 150; makes Dumbarton one of the west coast stations for his navy, 150; sails from Dumbarton on an expedition to the Western Isles, 150; makes Dumbarton a free burgh, 151; slain at Flodden field, 154.
James V arrives in the port of Dumbarton, 161; expenses of the fleet upon this occasion, 161, ;162,death, 162.
James VI, association formed for the protection of, 185; epistle to the provost, bailies, and council of Dumbarton, 199; his expedition to the Isles, 203, 204; makes a grant in favour of Sir .Alexander Colquhoun of Luss, 211; grants a sum of money to repair the town of Dumbarton, 238; bestows a charter of confirmation upon the burgh, 240-252 ; favours Episcopacy, 283.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, visits Dumbarton Castle, 386, 387.
Kentigern, the apostle of Strathclyde, 32; takes refuge in Wales,45 ; returns to Strathclyde, and labours among the Britons, 46; the patron saint of Glasgow, 46.
Keppoch, lands of 488.
Keppoch, Whitehill of, 496, note.
Kessog, Saint, 472,473.
Key, Jean, carried off by the Macregors, 332-334.
Kilcrouicht, Laird of, slain, 150, note.
Kildrummie, lands of, 515.
Kilmahew, Napier of, 130, 135, 332, 334.
Kilmahew, Chapel of, 135, 492.
Kilmaronock Parish, account of, 465-470; movements of Argyll's expedition in, 303; church of, gifted by Bruce to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, 135, 466.
Kilmuir, lands of, 514.
Kilpatrick, East, account of, 505-509.
Kilpatrick, West, account of, 498-505; supposed to be the birth-place of St. Patrick, 22, 498; church of, in the hands of the monks of Paisley, 134, 500, 501; meeting in the church of, regarding Clyde privileges, 155, 157, 526.
Kilwinning, Monks of, obtain the patronage of Dumbarton parish church, 133.
Kincaid, Henry, of Auchenreoche, complains that he can nocht resort to the Kirk of Dumbartane, 198, 199.
Kirk Session Records of Dumbarton, extracts from, 260-268.
Kirkintilloch Parish, account of, 509-513.
Kirkton lands, 135, 344, 495.
Knocderry, ruins at, 485.
Knock, John of, 156.
Laangomre, Robert, of Renfrew, 156.
Langside, battle of, 187; the Clanfarlane at, 187
Langtoft's account of the capture of Wallace, 76,77.,
Largs, battle of, 65, 69.
Law, Rev. Robert, minister of East Kilpatrick, 505.
Lennox, the ancient name of Dumbartonshire, 96.
Lennox, Ancient Earls of , 56-59; royal grants to, 56,57,519, 520; grants by, 58, 59, 520-522, (see also Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Territorial Account of Dumbartonshire Parishes); succession of from the earliest peri9d to 1270, 56-59; succession from 1270 to 1424, 124,125; made hereditary sheriffs of Dumbartonshire, 123; disputed succession to the earldom, 146, 147.
Lennox, Darnley, Earl of, takes his seat in the first Parliament of James IV, 148; made governor of Dumbarton Castle, 148; holds it against the King,149; defeated near Stirling, 149; obtains a free pardon, 150.
Lennox, Duncan, Earl of, executed at Stirling, 110; severities exercised towards different members of his family by James I, 109-111.
Lennox, Esme, Earl of, made governor of Dumbarton Castle by James VI, 196; forced to leave Scotland,and dies in exile, 197.
Lennox -John, Earl of, takes possession of Dumbarton Castle, 154; opposes the Earl of Angus, 15.7; slain near Linlithgow, 158.
Lennox, Malcolm, Earl of, supports Wallace, 73; the friend of Bruce, 87; slain at Halidon Hill, 102.
Lennox - Matthew, Earl of, leads the right wing of the Scottish army at
Flodden, 153.
Lennox -Matthew, Earl of, arrives in Scotland from France, 164; attaches himself to the party of Henry VIII.,165; withdraws from, and again joins the same party,
167;: undertakes to surrender Dumbarton Castle and the Island of Bute to the English King, 167; defeated by the Regent Arran's party, 168; lays waste the lands of the Hamiltons in Clydesdale, 168; sails from Dumbarton to England, 169; returns to Scotland and seizes Bute and Arran in the name of Henry VIII , arrives at Dumbarton, 169; turned out of the Castle by Stirling of Glorat, 169; excites the resentment of the King of France, 170; restored to his honours by Queen Mary, 180; made Regent, 190; assassinated at Stirling, 195.
Lennox, Isabella, Countess of. (See " Isabella. ")
Lennox, Deanery of, 509.
Lennox, Earldom of, disputes regarding the succession to, 146.
Lennox, Judge of ;23.
Lennox, men at Flodden, 153.
Lennox, petition to King James VI by the gentlemen of, regarding the Macregors, 219, 220.
Lennox, Retour of Charles II. to the Darnley portion of, 527, 528.
Lennox, Tosheagar of, 458, 488.
Lenzie, barony of, annexed to Dumbartonshire, 128, 509.
Leven river, fishings of, 58, 59; 363-365, 459, 519, 520; celebrated by Smollett, 355; modern improvements,437-439.
Leven, Vale of, manufacturing establishments, 462-464; Mechanics' Institution, 464.
Levenbank printfield, 462-463.
Lindsay, John, of Dumbarton, 156.
Lindsay, Patrick, of Bonhill, 458, 488.
Little Mill, 504.
Livingstone of Drumry, 507.
Lochlomond, 6, 30, 64, 85, 472, 475.
Lochlomond expedition against the Macgregors, 314-328.
Loch Sloy, 480.
Logan, John, Robert, and Walter, of Balvey, respited, 158, note.
Love, John, schoolmaster of Dumbarton, 352, note; 426.
Luss, Colquhoun of: (See" Colquhoun.")
Luss of Luss, 126, 475.
Luss, ancient churches in, 135, 472, 473.
Luss parish, account of, 471-478. (See also "Colquhoun of Luss."
Lyle, Lord, son of Darnley, Earl of Lennox, 148.
Mains, Douglas of, 506, 507.
Malcolm, Earl of Lennox. (See Earls of Lennox.)
Maldowen, Dean of Lennox, 473, 474.
Manifesto, Aberbrothwick, 136.
Marken, a sovereign of Strathclyde, 32.
Marnock, Saint, 465.
Marr, Regent, 195.
Marr's Rebellion, 314. ]
Martin the Frenchman, payment to, for wine lauded at Dumbarton, 152.
Mary, Queen, accession of, 163; conveyed to Dumbarton Castle for safety, 174; embarks for France, 175; returns to Scotland, 178; condition in which she found the country, 178; attempts to have mass celebrated publicly, 179; visits Dumbarton Castle, 179; taken prisoner at Carberry Hill, 181; escapes from Lochleven, 186; flight from Langside, 187; writes to Queen Elizabeth regarding the governor of Dumbarton Castle, 188.
Maurice, Dean of Lennox, 467.
Mentieth, Agnes, a competitor for the honours of the house of Lennox, 146
Mentieth or Monteith, governor of Dumbarton Castle, 75, 76; betrays Wallace into the Castle, 77,78; attempts to betray Bruce, 91-93.
Merchet, custom of, 116, 117.
Merlin, the Wild, roams about Strathclyde, 33; his prophecies, 53; Avallaneu, 53.
Methven, defeat of Bruce at, 83.
Methven, Henry, Lord, 160.
Millburn, Free Church at, 497.
Millburn pyrolignous works, 464.
Milligs, barony of, 489, 490.
Milndovan, lands of, 132.
Milngavie, village of, 508.
Milton, print works, 504.
Modan, Saint, 483.
Monachkeneran, lands of, ]34, 499, 500.
Montrose, Duke of, 330, 331, 479.
Montrose, Marquis of, 515.
Moor, Dumbarton, 322, 358, 412, 413-417.
Moore Charity, tlccount of, 496, 497,note.
Moray, Regent, endeavours to restore tranquillity to the country, 181, 182; besieges Dumbarton Castle, 189; grants an obligation to the town "for the men
of weir and suddartes debts," 189, note; assassinated by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, 189.
Morton, Regent, imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle, 195; executed,
196.
Morvaich or Murroch, lands of, 59, 246, 248, 519, 520.
Municipal government in the fourteenth century, 124; in the eighteenth century, 376-379; in the nineteenth century, 422, 423.
Murthac, lands of, 131.
Muschett, Gilbert, minister of 'Cumbernauld, 513.
McArthur, Gilbert, 157.
McAular or Macaulay, a branch of the house of Lennox, 57; grants the lands of Rosneath to the monks of Paisley, 134.
McAulay, of Ardencaple, family of, 130, 489; Aulay's counection with Allester Macgregor, 210, 217, 218, 222; grants Robert Buchanan a charter of the lands of Boturich, 469.
McAulay, Alexander, town clerk of Dumbarton, 324, 325, 388.
McAulay, Archibald, of Ardencaple, 324, 325.
McAulay, Aulay, 325.
McAulay, John, minister of Cardross, 372.
McAulay, T. B., historian, 572 ; remarks on the restoration of Charles II, 289-299; an ancestor, minister of Cardross parish, 372.
McAusland, legend of the Baroness, 471.
McAusland, of Tulloch, Denny,and McAusland, 454.
McDowall, D. Hort, family of, 504.
McFarlane of Arrochar, family of, 130, 210, 479, 480; called upon to "underlie-the law," 160; distinguished for bravery at the battle of Langside, 187.
McGregor, Allaster, of Glenstrae, 208, 212, 214; captured by the Earl of Argyll, 221; his confession regarding the conflict at Glenfruin, 221, 222; 'tried and
executed along with others of the name, 223-225 ; list of assize, 224.
McGregor, Rob Roy,exploits of; 310-312,329-331. (See also " Lochlomond Expedition.")
McGregors, expedition against, ~15323; carry off Jean Key, heiress of Edinbelly, 332; proceedings against them, 333.
Mackenzie, Peter, 428.
McLaurin, Rev. John, minister of Luss, 477.
McMillan & Son, ship-builders, 434, 447, 448.
Napier, Mark, author of "The Life and Times of Montrose," 266, 273, 292,
Napier, George, of Kilmahew, 324, 325.
Napier of Kilmahew, family of, 130, 492-494 ; slain at Glenfruin, 215-223.
Napier of Merchiston, 125.
Napier, Robert, of Shandon, 389, 490.
Napierston, lands of, 277.
Necromancy, proceedings in a case of, 266-273.
Neuth, Neyt, and Nemdeh. (See " Rosneath.")
Newspapers, Dumbarton, '" Argus," 428; "Herald," 436, 437.
Ninian, Saint, labours of, 43. 4
Noble, of Ardarden, family of, 130, 185, 494. 4
Noble, Humphrey, of Kipperminshoch, 322, 323.
Noble of Fearm, endows the Lady Altar in Dumbarton, 132.
Nobleston, lands of, 277.
Norwegian invasion, 61-68.
Ogilvie the Jesuit, proceedings against, 259.
Oliphant, Rev. James, minister of Dumbarton, 371-874.
Orange, William, Prince of, 307.
Ossian, Dumbarton supposed to be the Balclutha of, 12; reference to the era of, by Gibbon, 12, 13.
Paisley, gifts to the monastery of, 59, 134. (See also Ecclesiastical history of Dumbartonshire Parishes.)
Palmer, John, bailie of Dumbarton, 155,156.
Parliament, Members of, for Dumbarton county and burgh, from 608 to 1857, 545-547.
Patrick, Saint, birth and labours of, 22-24, 498, 499; Collegiate Church of Dumbarton, dedicated to, 132, 133; charter to a chapel in Dumbarton Castle dedicated to, 131.
Penryn-Rhyoneth, or Alcluith, one of the seats of Arthur's authority, 29.
Perth, Chancellor, writes to the laird of Luss for aid, 306.
Picts, Scots and Strathclyde Britons, wars between, 29-31.
Pinkerton, John, opinion of, regarding Druidism, 21; and Collegiate Churches, 133.
Porterfield, Colin, of Dumbarton, 156.
Presbyterians, proceedings against the, 293, 294.
Provisions, price of, in the fourteenth century, 119.
Queen Mary. (See "Mary.")
Queen Victoria. (See" Victoria.")
Queen's Lords convene in Dumbarton Castle, and sign a bond there, 183, -184.
Rachrine, the retreat of Robert Bruce, 88.
Ragged school, Dumbarton, 426. 1
Randolph, Regency of, 101.
Rebellion of1715, 314; of 1745, 340-343.
Reformation, rise and progress of, 176-178.
Reform Bill agitation, 402-404.
Reform Act, its effect on the burgh and county of Dumbarton, 404-406.
Reid, John, obtains a charter of the lands of Pelinflat, &c., 131.
Renfrew, burgh of, 156, 342.
Renton, erection of, 495, 496.
Restoration of Charles II., 289.
Revivals, religious, at Kirkintilloch and Kilsyth, 512.
Risk, J. B., provost of Dumbarton, 439.
Roads in Dumbartonshire, 10, 52, 343, 344.
Rob Roy. (See" McGregor.")
Robert I (See" Bruce.")
Robert II, charter granted by, referring to Dumbartonshire, 131.
Robert III, charter granted by, referring to Dumbartonshire, 131.
Robison, Andrew, minister in Dumbarton, 185, 279, 280.
Robison, John, bailie of Renfrew, 156.
Robison, Walter,157,
Romans, the, in Dumbartonshire, 4-9, 14-17.
Ronan, Saint, 465.
Rosneath Parish, account of, 481, 486; " Wallace's Leap," 73; lands gifted to the monks of Paisley, 134,483.
Ross, John, minister of Dumbarton, 279.
Ross priory, 69.
Row Parish, account of, 487-49).
Sacramental season in Dumbartonshire sixty years since, 374, 375.
Salmon fishing in the Clyde and Leven, 58,59,359,363-365,459, 519, 520.
Schoolmen, ancient, 139.
Schools established in every parish, 274,275. (See also Dumbartonshire Parishes.)
Scots or Scoto-lrish of Dalradia, their origin and history, 34, 35, 39; occupy Dumbarton, 55,
Scott, Sir Walter, extract from "Roderigh Vich Alpine Dhu," 215; diary of, 304; his edition of Fountainhall's Notes, 305, 494 ; Introduction to Rob Roy, 332;
334; Waverley, 301; his remark on the attack upon Lord William Graham in Dumbarton, 403.
Sempill, Provost of Dumbarton, concerned in the capture of Dumbarton Castle, 284
Sempill, Sir Robert, deputy-governor of Dumbarton Castle, 145; slain by Patrick Galbraith, 145.
Serjeant, office of, 123-124.
Servants' wages, curious enactment regarding, 331.340.
Severus, Emperor, 10, 11.
Seyton, George, confined in Dumbarton Castle, 196.
Shanacles, or "Old Kirk," 467.
Sheriff; office of, 122.
Sheriffs of Dumbartonshire from 1345 to 1479, 123.
Ship-building trade in Dumbarton, 433-435.
Ship-building Statistics, 447-454.
Sixty Years Since, 360-396.
Smollett, bailie of Dumbarton, slain at Glenfruin, 215-223.
Smollett, George, a burgess of Dumbarton, outlawed, 201, 202. .
Smollett, James, one of the Commissioners, empowered to treat regarding the Union, 313.
Smollett, John, bailie of Dumbarton, 155-157.
Smollett, Tobias, novelist, poet, and historian, 352-357.
Smuggling, 393.
Spreul of Milton, 324.
Statistics, ship-building, 447-454; population, 517; births, marriages, and deaths, 517; valuation, 518; agricultural, 518.
Steam navigation, rise and progress of, 397-401.
Stewart of Scotland, Robert, deprived of his lands, 104; escapes from Bute to Dumbarton, 104; destroys Dunoon, 105.
Stewart, Matthew, son of Darnley, Earl of Lennox, 148.
Stewart, Dr. Matthew, minister of Rosneath, 486.
Stewart, Rev. Thomas, minister of Cumbernauld, 513.
Stewart, William, captain of Dumbarton Castle, 224.
Stewart of Glorat, depute-governor of Dumbarton Castle, 158; builds a mill on the lands of Murroch, 158; slain, 158; proceedings against certain members of the family of Colquhoun, and others, regarding his death, 159; turns Matthew, Earl of Lennox, out of Dumbarton Castle, 169; surrenders to the party headed by the Regent Arran, 171.
Stewart or Strevling, John, of Craigbernard, depute-keeper of Dumbarton Castle, 154.
Stirling of Law, 342.
Stonefield, Lord, Levenside, 370,470.
Strang, Dr., on the dress of the people sixty years since, 391.
Strathclyde,. 25-27, 33-39, 50, 51.
Strikes in the ship-building trade in Dumbarton, 442.
Stuart, Rev. Dr., minister of Luss, 477.
Stuart, Prince Charles. (See "Prince Charles.")
Stuckrogart, lands of, 135.
Succoth, Campbells ofm 324, 325, 506.
Tailors, enactment regulating the wages of, 359, 360.
Tarbet, West, the route by which Bruce arrived in Scotland from Rachrine, 89; repairs upon the castle of; 119, 120.
Taxation, and manner of levying the same in 1424,121.
Theodosia, the Dumbarton of the Britons, 6, 9, 14, 15.
Theology, scholastic, 138.
Tillichewan, lands of, 135, 461.
Tolbooth of Dumbarton, 368, 369.
Tosheagor, office of, 458, 488.
Travelling about the end of the eighteenth century, 385-388.
Tulloch, Denny, and McAusland, firm of, 434, 454.
Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England, 206.
Union of the Parliaments of Scotland and England, 313.
United Presbyterian Church in Dumbarton, 424.
Urbicius Lollius, advances the Roman boundary into Dumbartohshire, 7.
Valentia, Roman province of, 9.
Valuation of Dumbartonshire in the fourteenth century, 118; in the seventeenth century, 294; and in the nineteenth century, 518.
Victoria, Queen, visits Dumbarton Castle, 429-431.
Villeyns and Villeynage, 115.
Volunteers, Dumbarton, 392,393.
Wall, Roman, description of, 7; opinions of Gordon, Horsley, and Roy regarding its route, 7, 8, 9, 10; traverses Old Kilpatrick, 502; New Kilpatrick, 508; Kirkintilloch, 511; and Cumbernauld, 516.
Wallace, Sir William, takes refuge with his father in Dumbartonshire, 72; traces of his presence in the county, 73; betrayed by Monteith and lodged in Dumbarton Castle, 75-78; conveyed to London, and executed, 78-79.
Walton, lands of, 475.
Watson, Andrew, chaplain in Dumbarton, 279.
Watson, Jane, founder of the Moore Charity, 496, 497, note.
Watson, Sir Robert, in possession of the Rood Altar in Dumbarton parish church, 132.
Watson, Walter, complaint of, to the King and Council, 528-530.
Watson, Walter, prebendary of the College Kirk In Dumbarton, 280.
Whitfield, Rev. George, at Kirkintilloch, 512.
Wigton, Sir Malcolm Fleming, of Cumbernauld, created Earl of, 128; title afterwards transferred to Archibald, Earl of Galloway, 129; again borne by the house of Fleming, 514.
Williamson of Chapleton, 528
Wood, Sir Andrew, of Leith, defends the Castle of Dumbarton, 147; payment to, for wine landed at Dumbarton, 152
York, Duke of, afterwards James VII, visits Dumbarton, 301
Yuill of Darleith, 297-299, 325, 461
Zuil of Darleith, - See Yuille.

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