. The parish of Strathblane and its inhabitants from early times : a chapter in Lennox history. palfamily in the parish, it seems natural and proper to take up first the history oftheir lands and trace as far as the records allow their acquisition and consoli-dation, and finally their partition. The Grahams of Montrose, so far as can be traced from charters and otherdeeds, first had lands in Strathblane in the time ofMaldoven, who was Earl of Lennox, circa charter of confirmation to David of Grahame byKing Alexander III., dated 27th December, 1253,shows that he had received one grant
. The parish of Strathblane and its inhabitants from early times : a chapter in Lennox history. palfamily in the parish, it seems natural and proper to take up first the history oftheir lands and trace as far as the records allow their acquisition and consoli-dation, and finally their partition. The Grahams of Montrose, so far as can be traced from charters and otherdeeds, first had lands in Strathblane in the time ofMaldoven, who was Earl of Lennox, circa charter of confirmation to David of Grahame byKing Alexander III., dated 27th December, 1253,shows that he had received one grant of lands in Stratblathane from Maldoven, Earl of Lennox, anda second from Malcolm, this Earls son, who died in1248. A charter by Malcolm, the succeeding Earl ofLennox, son of this Malcolm and grandson ofMaldoven,* and who was in possession of the earl-dom circa 1270-1292, tells us exactly what these landswere—viz., three quarters of a carucate, Scotice anarachor, of the lands of Strathblane, two quarters beingwhere the church of Strathblane is built and the other being one quarter of the. SKAL OK MALCOLM EARL OF LENNOX. 1292. Frpin plwtograph of ijiifiressioH in Chapter House Collection. ^ Otherwise—Mocetauc, Mecgetawc, Maesydawc, Magedawc, Mogadavacros, Mukdavacross,Mugdok, Mukdow, Mukdog, Mukdok, Madog, Mugdige. 2 Every effort has failed to discover who this Michael or Mitchell was. There are no veryold titles of Easter Mugdock or Mugdock Mitchell extant, nor can anything be found in thepublic records. There were no doubt Michaels or Mitchells who were early connected with theLennox. Thus there was in the time of Earl Maldoven, circa 1250, a Michael son of was Michael Mackessan too, who also held lands in the Lennox—Michael, a cleik, andothers, but there is nothing to connect them specially with this part of the Earldom. ?^ Quoted from The Lennox, vol. ii. p. 13. * Cart, de Lezcnax, p. 38, J 2 THE PARISH OF STRATI IB LANE. land of Mogadavacros, now Mug
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