494 Maxwellheugh and Springwood Park, by James Tait. 



near the junction of the rivers Tweed and Teviot, which was 

 the centre of the parish, and therefore conveniently situated 

 for the attendance of parishioners on divine service. In the 

 year 1159 the church of Maxwell was gifted by Herbert of 

 Maccuswell, Sheriff of Teviotdale, and son of Maccus, to the 

 monks of Kelso ; and in the same year the grant was con- 

 firmed by King Malcolm IV. " It was again confirmed," 

 says Mr Fraser, "in 1180, by Jocelyn, Bishop of Glasgow, 

 by King William the Lion in 1195 and 1199, and by Walter, 

 Bishop of Glasgow, in 1232." To this church was granted 

 previous to the year 1180, by Herbert, son of Maccus, an 

 oratory which had been founded in the territory of Maccus- 

 well in honour of St. Thomas the Martyr, with a toft which 

 he had given to that oratory. The grant was confirmed to 

 the monks of Kelso at the same time, and by the same 

 parties as the church ; and the grant of the oratory and toft 

 was again confirmed by Pope Innocent IV., both in the 

 years 1243 and 1254, when the monks entered into an 

 agreement with the lepers of Alencromb, that these subjects 

 should be held in connection with the church of Maxwell. 

 The church of Maxwell seems to have been served by a 

 vicar, and in 1489 Sir John Robsoun was " perpetual vicar." 

 Sir John, along with Sirs John Wauch, John Atkynson, and 

 John Waik, perpetual vicars of Edynham, Mertoun, and 

 Bolden, witnessed, in the monastery of Kelso, on the 20th 

 April, 1489, the resignation of John Ker, of Cavertoun, of 

 three husband lands in Hownam, in the hands of Walter 

 Ker, of Cessford, the superior. 



In the rentals of the Abbacy of Kelso, are frequent notices 

 of the church and parish of Maxwell, and we subjoin some 

 notes from that and other sources, which we quote from 

 " The Maxwells of PoUock ":— 



" The towne of Maxveill with the manis, yielding in quheit 6 

 bolls, in beir 1 chalder, in meill 1 chalder 4 bolls : Pendieill Hill, 

 in quheit 1 boll, in beir 4 bolls, in meill 4 bolls ; Ester Voddene, 

 in quheit 3 bolls, in beir 8 bolls, in meill 8 bolls ; Vester Vod- 

 den, in beir 2 bolls, in meill 8 bolls ; Vester Softla, in quheit 3 

 bolls, in beir 6 bolls, in meill 8 bolls."* In 1567, John Pamer, 

 for the "Perrie Cwbill at Maxveill," was rated at ten pounds.f 

 In 1574 and 1576, the stipend of the reader at Maxwell amounted 



* Liber de Calchou, p. 509 



f Ibid, p. 531. ... , 



