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despatched one Cultoii, a notorious robber who infested (llen- 

 eslin, which was then surrounded by forest, and that, as 

 reward for their action, the reii^niny nion.irch i^ranted to 

 each of the brothers respectively the properties of Sunday- 

 well, Boj^rie, and Chapel. The spot where Culton was slain 

 is still pointed out, and called ' Culton 's nook.' It is in the 

 \ icinity of the farm of Chapel, but within the borders of 

 (ilencairn parish. . . . There arc two old square towers 

 still standing" in the upper part of (ilencslin, and on oppo- 

 site sides of the g"Ien, at a part where it contracts to a narrow 

 pass. The names of the two towers are Bogrie and Sunday- 

 well." 



The earliest notice of a Kirko with which I am 

 acquainted is that of William Kirkalch of Gleneskil, who was 

 one of the witnesses to a charter, dated joth December, 

 1444.5 James Kyrkhauch of (ileneslyn served on an inquest 

 on 5th March, 1471-2,^ and again on 24th October, 1472;^ 

 and Sthephanus Kirkhauch de Gleneslane was a witness to 

 an instrument dated 25th May, 1479.^ We ha\"e a notice of 

 Adam Kirkaug'ht of Gleneslane in 1546,^'^ and Cuthbett Kirk- 

 haug'h, young'er of Glenesland, and Katharine, his sister, are 

 mentioned in 1575.^ Cuthbert Kirkhaug"h is designed as "of 

 Glenesland" in 1581.^ On 21st November, 1587, sasine of 

 " the bit twa merkland wod of the lands of Sunday well " 

 and one merkland of the lands of Castramon was given by 

 William Kirkhaugh of Glenesland in favour of Margaret, 

 daughter of Gilbert Greirson of Daltoun, " in her pure and 

 simple virginity;"^ and on 3rd October, 1615, a ser\ ice 



•5 L(uj Charter Chest. 



4 XV. liei). of the Hist. MSS. Coinmi.'ision. App. Pt. viii.. 

 p. 35. 



5 Lay Charter Chest. 



6 Fnl. Acts, ii., p. 127. 



6* Herbert Anderson's Prot. Bonk, No. 37, Tnnis. nf Dumfries- 

 shire and (lalloway N. H . and A. Society, 1913-14. 



7 Burgh Court Books of Dumfries, under date 23r(l May. 1575. 



8 Sheriff Court Book af A ndreu- Cununijliamr, Dumfries, under 

 date 10th April, 1581. 



9 Dulton Charter Chest. 



