. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. bout the Castle of Gloom, in the parish of Dollar, or Dolour, andbeside the stream of Griff, or Grief. Colin, first Earl of Argyle, did not like thename, and procured an Act of Parliament in 1489 to change it to CastleCampbell. It may be given as a specimen of a species of document which at thatperiod pretty frequently occurs in the statute-book. Oure sourane Lorde of his Riale autorite at the desire and supplicacioun ofcousing and traist consalor Coline Erie of Ergile Lord Campbele and Lerne hisChancellare has chengeit the name of the
. The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland. bout the Castle of Gloom, in the parish of Dollar, or Dolour, andbeside the stream of Griff, or Grief. Colin, first Earl of Argyle, did not like thename, and procured an Act of Parliament in 1489 to change it to CastleCampbell. It may be given as a specimen of a species of document which at thatperiod pretty frequently occurs in the statute-book. Oure sourane Lorde of his Riale autorite at the desire and supplicacioun ofcousing and traist consalor Coline Erie of Ergile Lord Campbele and Lerne hisChancellare has chengeit the name of the Castell and place quhilk was callit theGloume pertenyng to his said cousing, and in this his present Parliament makesmutacioun and changeing of the said name, and ordaynes the samen Castell to becallit in tyme to come Campbele. It is not likely that the great Macallum Mhor resided so often in a placewhere his power was bounded by an ordinary estate, as in his island fortalice atLoch Awe, or at Inverary, where he was monarch of the surrounding rillC COUKI VAKI) -CASTLK CA.\MM; ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND fl There are traces, however, of the occasional residence of the family here. Theauthor of the statistical account of the parish mentions, among the seignorialobligations of the feudatories of the domain, that in some of the charters thevassals are taken bound to carry the wine used in the Castle from the port of Alloa,and in others to furnish horses to bring their superior and his family fromStirling. He mentions, apparently from acquaintance with the tenures them-selves, that some buildings in the neighbouring village of Dollar are held byowners, who, if they had to fulfil the original obligations in their titles, wouldhave to be the hereditary bakers and butchers of the owners of the Castle, andsupply coal for its fires, beer for its table, and oats for the horses of the men-at-arms. * There is one curious piece of historical evidence of the occupation of theCa
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