38 SOURCES OF THE GALLOWAY DEE. 
the Ordnance Survey map, where the Pulskaig Burn is shown 
as if flowing out of the north-east corner of Loch Enoch. This 
burn rises in the steep glen between Loch Enoch and the Gala 
Lane, and does not come out of the loch. Loch Enoch has only 
oue effluent, the Eglin Lane. 
10th March, 1916. 
Notes on the Early History of the Parish Church of 
Dunscore, the Incumbents. and the Parishioners. 
By Sir Puitie J. HamiLtron-GRIERSON. 
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The old churchyard of Dunscore is familiar to most of 
the inhabitants of the district; but, so far as I know, no 
attempt has been made to piece together the early history 
of the parish church, its incumbents, and its parishioners; 
and the present paper is an endeavour to supply as far as 
possible the deficiency by collecting the notices contained in 
printed and manuscript records and family papers. 
In the earlier part of the sixteenth century the lands 
within the parish of Dunscore seem to have been to a very 
large extent, at all events, in the possession of the religious 
houses of Melrose and Holywood. The church and kirklands 
of Dunscore belonged to the latter. The church was 
situated at the east end of the parish. With regard to the 
fabric itself I have no information earlier than the seven- 
teenth century. But there are one or two notices of events 
which took place within it which may be not altogether 
without interest. 
Of these, the first! belongs to the year 1412, and is con- 
tained in an instrument dated 14th November of that year, 
taken upon the marriage of Gilbert Grerson, son and heir of 
Gilbert Grerson, lord of Lag-—the first of the Lag family 
with regard to whom we have any authentic evidence—and 
Isabella, one of the three heiresses of Sir Duncan of 
Kyrkpatrik, knight, lord of Torthorwald, The marriage 
