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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



L2"<» S. IX. May 5. '60. 



at the Castle of Duchall not above two or three miles dis- 

 tance. He left two sons Uchter his successor and George 

 Knox a younger son to whom his father gave in Patri- 

 mony the half of the Lands of Knoc or Knox and to 

 Janet Fleeming his spouse a daughter of 

 joannis Knox t jj e an tient Family of Barrochan in the 

 VidBp. 13M Shyre of Renfrew, Anno 1503. The Char- 

 ter provides * — the Estate disponed to them 

 and their heirs simply. 



"Uchter Knox of Ranfurlie the next in the Line of 

 Descent of this Antient family was allied to a very Noble 

 Family viz. Jannet daughter to the Lord Temple a near 

 neighbour to the Laird of Ranfurlie f by this Ladie he 

 had issue Uchter his son and successor, William the pro- 

 genitor of the Knoxes of Silvreland, and Janet who was 

 married to Alexander Cuninghame son to William Cun- 

 inghame of Craigends and again to Mr. John Porterfield 

 of that Ilk J and another Daughter Hewissa who was 

 married to John Buntine of Ardoch a very antient family 

 in the County of Dumbarton where they still Remain in 

 Lustre.§ 



Uchter Knox the next Laird of Ranfurlie married a 

 Lady of the Cuninghames, but of what family I cannot 

 say, but the tradition is that she was of the house of 

 Craigends by whom he had Uchter his Eldest son an 

 heir, and Mr. Andrew Knox who being a younger bro- 

 ther was bred to the Church. He was first minister at 

 Lochunnoch then at Paisley. After that he was pro- 

 moted to the Bishoprick of the Isles, and from thence he 

 was translated to the Bishoprick of Rapho in Ireland, 

 where he dyed very Aged on the 17 March 1632. || But 

 so far as I know his male posterity are extinct Tho of his 

 daughters many Honourable persons in Scotland are de- 

 scended. He was a wonderfull good sort of man and of 

 great moderation Piety and Temper. But he having no 

 direct connection with the Knoxes of Dungannon and his 

 Male Issue worn out I need say no more of him Here. 



"Uchter Knox the next in succession of the House of 

 Ranfurlie was married to Margaret Maxwell daughter of 

 George Maxwell of New-wark then a great and flourish- 

 ing family in Renfrewshyre.^f 



" Her mother was a daughter of the House of Craig- 

 ends Cuninghame, by her he had issue a son his heir 

 Uchter, This Lady being a widow married a second time 

 a near relation of her first Husband's William Knox of 

 Silvreland, the Direct and Immediate Ancestor of the 

 Knoxes of Dungannan who are his heirs male both of the 

 Knoxes of Kanfurlie and Silvreland ** and wears at least 

 has right to wear by Blood and Descent the principall 

 armorial Bearings of the Family. 



" Uchter Knox the next successor of the Line of the 

 Lairds of Ranfurlie married Elizabeth daughter to John 

 Blair of that Ilk in the County of Air, and had a son 

 Uchter his fathers heir and Isobell a daughter who was 

 married to Robert Muir of Caldwall one of the most 

 antient Barons in the County of Renfrew. Uchter Knox 

 of Ranfurly married Joan daughter of Sir William Mure 

 of Rowallan in Airshyre ; but having no Issue Male only 



* The Charter I have seen in the hands of Collin 

 Campbell of Blythswood proprietor of the Lands of Knoc 

 or Knox. 



t Illuminate Birth brieff I have seen of a Gentleman 

 of the name of Bunting of the House of Ardoch. 



1 Writtes of Duchall I have seen. 



§ Ibidem — Mr. Buntines Birth brief as before. 



{| Sir James Ware's account of the succession of the 

 Bishops in the severall Sees in Ireland. I have composed 

 a life of him myself among the Bishops of the Isles. 



% I have seen and perused Vouchers for this alliance 

 with the house of New-wark. 



** And for this second marriage also, 



a daughter or two he disposed of his Estate to William 

 the first Lord Cochrane afterwards Earl of Dundonald in 

 the year 1665.* 



"His daughter Helen who was married to John Cun- 

 inghame of Ceddell in the shire of Air who may likely 

 have the antient Writes of the House of Ranfurlie in his 

 Custody. 



" The Antient Family of Ranfurlie being Extinct in 

 the Male Lino at Least in the Later descents the heirs 

 male was come to the Knoxes of Selvriland a family also 

 in the Barony and Sherrifdom of Renfrew, a Branch of 

 the Family and House of Ranfurlie, But now are the Re- 

 presentative of the Antient Cheif family Knox of Ran- 

 furlie itself and has Right to wear their arms which for 

 what I know they do accordingly. 



"The Ancestor of Knox of Selvriland was William 

 Knox younger son to Uchter Knox of Ranfurlie by his 

 Lady who was the Lord Semples daughter, some think he 

 married the heir of the ancient Sirname and Lands of 

 Selvriland of which I have seen a charter as antient as 

 the very Beginning of the Reign of King Robert the 

 Bruce Granted by Jacobus Senescallus Scotia? Stephano 

 Filio Nicolai de Ilia Terra qua? data fuit Patricio de Sel- 

 vriland, Ubi Aqua de Grieff Descendit in aquam de Clyde. 

 The Charter wants a date a thing very usual in Antient 

 Deeds But from Fordon our Antient Historian we are 

 told the Granter of the Charter dyed in the 1309. But 

 this William Knox of Selvriland had another wife by 

 whom he had all his children, viz. Margaret Daughter of 

 Patrick Fleeming of Barrochan t by whom he had a son 

 William Knox of Selvriland who built the house of Sel- 

 vriland whereon his name and his Lady's is still to be 

 seen. The Lady was Margaret Daughter of George Max- 

 well of Newark by Marion his wife daughter of William 

 Cunninghame of Craigends widow of Uchter Knox of Ran- 

 furlie by whom he had his Eldest son whose heirs male 

 are quite extinct and a second son whose name was Mark 

 or Markus Knox as he was commonly called. 



" He settled in the City of Glasgow and by trade and 

 by Bussiness in the merkantile way acquired great 

 Wealth and much greater for Reputation for Integrity 

 and Virtue for which his Memory is Remembred down 

 to our own time. He married a Gentlewoman of quality 

 viz. Isobell Lyon daughter of Archibald Lyon a younger 

 son of the Lord Glams's family that are now Earls of 

 Strathmore and Kinghom in Scotland. He fell into 

 Trade at Glasgow, and got an Immense Estate chiefly in 

 the City and was Esteemed the greatest Merchant in 

 his Time. He married a Gentlewoman in the West that 

 brought him a very considerable alliance and Friendship, 

 viz. Margaret Daughter of James Dunlop of that Ilk in 

 Airshire whose Lady was Elizabeth Hamilton daughter 

 of Gavin Hamilton of Orbreston in Lanerkshire descended 

 but lately before that of an Immediate Brother of the Il- 

 lustrious House of Hamilton I mean the Duke of Hamil- 

 ton's Family. Mr. Lyon left a most numerous progeny 

 Flowing from his daughters that the most Wealthy and 

 most considerable People of Glasgow and the Neighbour- 

 ing Gentry are descended of him and have his blood run- 

 ning in their vains. 



" Mr. Knoxes wife was his youngest daughter, they 

 had two sons Thomas the eldest who was his heir to his 

 father's great Estate and William Knox Esq. a younger 



* I have perused the Writings and the Charters of 

 Ranfurlie in the hands of the Earl of Dundonald, but I 

 observe there are few or rather any of the old charters, I 

 suppose the Earl of Dundonald the purchaser satisfied 

 himself with a Legall progress so that the antienter 

 Charters may be in the Custody of Cunninghame of Cad- 

 dell his grandson and Heir. 



f Carta among ye writes of the Knoxes. 



