2nd s. IX. May 5. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



347 



will be hound in cloth instead of in paper, which 

 will, it is thought, prove more convenient. 



In a long conversation with an experienced 

 publisher on the subject, he was quite of opinion 

 that no series of the kind would pay its expenses 

 unless conducted in the way suggested, — by a 

 portion of the expenditure being met by a num- 

 ber of subscribers already secured. He, however, 

 obought that a difficulty w*ould arise from the 

 various works being also published in the usual 

 manner, being of opinion that, in all probability, 

 some would not sell separately, while others would 

 perhaps soon be out of print ; thus ultimately 

 creating imperfect sets and an unsaleable stock of 

 particular volumes. 



The weight of this objection can only be ascer- 

 tained by experience, but it is certainly one to be 

 considered. At the same time it will hardly be 

 prejudicial to those who subscribe to the whole 

 series. The impression in no instance shall ex- 

 ceed 500 copies ; and, if any particular volumes 

 go out of print, they shall not be reprinted : so 

 that if, at any time, some of the books become 

 common, complete sets must at all events always 

 be rather scarce ; for there cannot be a doubt but 

 that, as each volume will be published separately, 

 and as each subscriber can withdraw at pleasure, 

 the stock will soon become very irregular as to 

 the numbers left of each book. 



Mr. Thomas Richards, No. 37. Great Queen 

 Street, Lincoln's Inn, London, will receive the 

 names of subscribers to the Series, forwarding 

 them the works by post before publication. Any 

 suggestions as to works for reprinting will be 

 thankfully received. J. 0. Halliwell. 



KNOX FAMILY. 



The following memoir of the family of Knox of 

 Ranfurly, referred to at page 108. ante, is from 

 the unpublished MSS. of Walter Macfarlane, Esq. 

 of Macfarlane, in the Advocates' Library, Edin- 

 burgh. These MSS. consist of two folio volumes 

 entitled " Genealogical Collections relating to 

 Families in Scotland. Extracted from Original 

 Writs, Inventories of Writs, MS. Accounts of 

 several Families in that Kingdom." The first 

 volume is dated mdccl. the second mdccli. On 

 the back are the Macfarlane arms, a saltire en- 

 grailed between four roses, and beneath these the 

 initials W. M. 



" An Exact and Well-vouched Genealogie of the Ancient 



Family of Knoc. or Knox, of lianfurlie, in the Barony 



and County of Renfrew, in the Kingdom of Scotland. 



" In an inquiry by some Antiquaries into the Origine 



and progress of Sirnames among us, it is asserted that 



the Original Ancestor of the Family of Ranfurlie in the 



shire of Renfrew was Adam Filius Uchtredi who in the 



Reign of Alexander the Second obtained from Walterus 



Pilius Allani ^enescallus Scotia? the Progenitor of the 



Serene Race of the Stewarts, The Lands of Knock in 



Baronia Sua de Renfrew Tenend' de se et Heredibus 

 Suis * And according to the prevailing custom at that 

 time, he assumed from thence a Sirname for its an 

 agreed maxim amongst Antiquaries, that it is a suf- 

 ficient proof of Antient Descent that the Inhabitant hath 

 his name from the place he inhabits, f The family got 

 also from the Great Steuart the Lands of Ranfurlie, Grief 

 Castle, in Few and Heritage, In feodo et Hereditate 

 which continued in their family while they existed. 



"The son of Adam Alius Uchtredi is Johannis de Knox 

 in the Reign of King Alexander the 3 rd . He is a witnes to 

 the donation which Sir Anthony Lombard made to the 

 Abbot and Convent of the Abbacy of Paisly de tertia 

 parte Terarum de Fulton, the third part of the Lands of 

 Fulton in the Barony of Renfrew in Anno 1274.J Altho 

 they were considered as one of the Chief and principal 

 families where they Resided yet they had not been able 

 to preserve the more ancient writings and charters of 

 their families which might well be lost and destroyed in 

 the feud3 one family had with another as was common in 

 the more antient Times which raised to a high Degree of 

 Rapine, Bloodshed, and Destruction, yet they preserved 

 their Archives for more than 300 years Backward, and 

 being of the same Sirname with the ancient proprietors 

 of the Estate its a very Natural and Rational presump- 

 tion to hrferr they were the Lineall heirs in Blood and 

 Line to their progenitor Adam Alius Uchtredi who Arst 

 received the Feu and Investiture of the Lands they took 

 their sirname from. 



Id . "The Arst writing or Voucher of the family 



of Ranfurlie that is extant, at least that I have 

 seen, is a charter by King James the Second Uchredo Knox 

 de Ranfurlie Terarum de Ranfurlie of the lands of Ranfurlie 

 and the whole Estate of the Family Tenend' de Domino 

 Senescallo Scotia. It proceeds upon his own Resignation, 

 which shews clearly that they were his own before, and 

 in this case implyes they had long before pertained to his 

 predecessors, the Resigner this Gentleman was sometimes 

 designed of Ranfurlie and sometimes of Knock and they 

 were sometimes designed of Craigends. For there is in 

 the publick Registers a Charter Granted by King James 

 the 3 d In the year 1473, Uchtredo Knox Alio et heredi 

 Johannis Knox de Craigends de Terris de Ranfurlie et 

 Griefis Castle on his fathers Resignation, on which he 

 had the Investiture under the Great Seall, to be held of 

 the Prince and Steuart of Scotland as Baron of the 

 Barony of Renfrew. || The same Uchter Knox of Craig- 

 ends is one of the Arbitrators betwixt the Abbot of the 

 Monastery of Paisley and the Burgh of Renfrew Anent 

 their marches Anno 1488.^[ This Gentlemans Lady is 

 Agnes Lyle** the presumption is that she was the Lord 

 Lyles daughter, because there was no other family of 

 that Name, and they resided just in the Neighbourhood, 



* The Charters of Ranfurlie I have seen in the Custody 

 of the liarl of Dundonald. 



f Cambden's Remains, the learned antiquary Mr. Camb- 

 den. 



% The Chartulary of the Abbacy of Paisley which I 

 had the Honour to peruse by the favour of the Earl of 

 Dundonald. 



§ Charters Relating to the Principality of Scotland and 

 MSS. penes me, and also in the Custody of the Barons of 

 Exchequer. 



|| This Charter is in the Records of the Great Seale 

 in the Registers. 



^f The Chartulary of Paisley. The House of Ranfurly 

 had the Lands of Upper or Over Craigends and the House 

 of Glencairn the Estate of Nether Craigends which Alex r 

 Lord Kilmaius gave to Alex r Cunninghame his son in the 

 1474. 



** Roll or List of the Lairds of Ranfurlie. 



