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Country code |
GB |
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Repository code |
234 |
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Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
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Reference |
GD10 |
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Title |
Papers of the Murray Family of Broughton, Wigtownshire, and Cally, Kirkcudbrightshire |
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Dates |
1410-1978 |
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Access status |
Open |
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Access conditions |
Readers wishing to consult items which are less than 50 years old must have written permission from the owner. Please contact National Records of Scotland staff for details. |
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Location |
Off site |
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Description |
The collection comprises title deeds and other papers relating to the estates of Broughton, Wigtownshire, and Cally, Kirkcudbrightshire, from the 15th century onwards, some documents concerning the estate of Killybegs, county Donegal, Ireland, and Murray family correspondence.
List of contents:
Titles to lands and heritable securities: Sheriffdom of Ayr.
GD10/1-3: Culzean etc., 1537-1766
Titles to lands and heritable securities: Sheriffdom and burgh of Dumfries
GD10/4-10: Conheath etc., 1471-1595
Titles to lands and heritable securities: Stewartry and burgh of Kirkcudbright
GD10/11-123: Chronological arrangement, 1410-1614
Titles to lands and heritable securities: Stewartry and burgh of Kirkcudbright
GD10/124-262: Territorial arrangement, 1619-1805
GD10/124: Balmaghie etc. (Balmaghie), 1736
GD10/125-130. Barclay (Rerrick), 1651-1773
GD10/131-133. Barley (Girthon), 1621-1708
GD10/134-136. Beoch (Tongland), 1681-1749
GD10/137. Bombie (Kirkcudbright), 1726-1729
GD10/138. Borland of Laick (Girthon), 1674-1718
GD10/139-152. Cally etc. (Girthon), 1645-1788
GD10/153. Cardoness (Anwoth), 1766-1767
GD10/154. Collin etc. (Kirkcudbright), 1728
GD10/155. Crawhill (Girthon), 1634-1637
GD10/156-159. Cullendoch (Kirkmabreck), 1721-1752
GD10/160-162. Dalmallin etc. (Girthon), 1648-1707
GD10/163. Disdow (Girthon), 1633-1667
GD10/164-166. Drumruck (Girthon), 1659-1718
GD10/167-171. Drumwall etc. (Girthon), 1619-1786
GD10/172-180. Enrig and Clachan (Girthon), 1645-1747
GD10/181-185. Fleughlarg (Girthon), 1648-1719
GD10/186-187. Gatehouse etc. (Girthon), 1619-1640
GD10/188. Glengap etc. (Tynholm), 1727-1739
GD10/189. Grange (Galtway), 1632
GD10/190-195. Grobdale etc. (Girthon), 1675-1782
GD10/196-202. Hazlefield etc. (Rerrick), 1629-1782
GD10/203-206. Kirkcarsewell (Rerrick), 1638-1693
GD10/207-215. Kirkconnel etc. (Tongland), 1682-1772
GD10/216-224. Kirkcudbright (burgh), 1622-1750
GD10/225. Kirkennan (Buittle), 1773-1788
GD10/226. Lairdmannoch (Tongland), 1784
GD10/227-229. Largmore etc. (Kells), 1727-1741
GD10/230-233. Lochans (Girthon), 1626-1635
GD10/234. Machrimore (Minigaff), 1749
GD10/235. Orchardton (Rerrick), 1713-1737
GD10/236-239. Plunton (Borgue), 1647-1739
GD10/250-257 Roberton etc. (Borgue), 1631-1741
GD10/258. Tanniefad (Girthon), 1676-1677
GD10/259-261 Tongland (Tongland), 1743-1790
GD10/262. Torres (Galtway), 1648
GD10/263-280. Inventories of titles, 1453-1799
Titles to lands and heritable securities: Sheriffdom of Wigtown
GD10/281-316. Chronological arrangement, 1574-1615
Titles to lands and heritable securities: Sheriffdom of Wigtown
GD10/317-347 Territorial arrangement, 1624-1776
GD10/317-318. Arrow (Glasserton), 1710, 1746
GD10/319. Balsier (Sorbie), 1768
GD10/320-326. Broughton (Whithorn), 1630-1776
GD10/327-335. Kilfillan (Sorbie), 1624-1739
GD10/336-340. Owton (Whithorn), 1630-1741
GD10/341-343. Tacher Croft (Whithorn), 1641-1725
GD10/344. Whithorn (burgh), 1757
GD10/345-347. Wigg (Whithorn), 1635-1708
GD10/348-442 Documents relating to marriage and succession. 1412-1796
Papers relating to Public Affairs (local and general), 1591-1954
GD10/443-445 America, 1775
GD10/446-454. Baron Court of Cally, 1591-1733
GD10/455-457. Burgess tickets, 1707-1809
GD10/458-464. Covenanters, 1677-1682
GD10/465-472. Customs, 1663-1828
GD10/473. Dumfriesshire, 1762
GD10/474-479. Excise, 1660-1682
GD10/480-494. Freeholders' papers, 1760-1784
GD10/495-498. Ireland, 1672-1712
GD10/499-503. Kirkcudbright, 1670-1731
GD10/504-517. Military papers, 1639-1826
GD10/518-529. Miscellaneous, 1688-1740
GD10/530-539. Passports and passes, 1659-1771
GD10/540-541. Quarter-Sessions papers, 1656
GD10/542-552. Roads and Railways, 1661-1880
Ecclesiastical Papers
GD10/553-614. Churches and teinds, 1482-1825
General series
GD10/615-909. Legal and financial papers, 1486-1924
GD10/910-927. Miscellaneous papers, 17th-19th centuries
Estate Papers
GD10/928-941. Estates in Ayrshire, 1728-1759
GD10/942-968. Estate in County Donegal, 1720-1854
GD10/969-1365 Estates in Galloway, 1485-1937
GD10/969-1124. Tacks and related papers, 1485-1862
GD10/1125-1187. Estate correspondence, 1877-1912
GD10/1188-1191. Cally House, 1760-1884
GD10/1192-1212. Fishings, 1741-1879
GD10/1213-1245. Mills and multures, 1677-1867
GD10/1246-1252. Mines and Minerals, 1845-1858
GD10/1253-1292. Burgh of Gatehouse of Fleet, 1763-1850
GD10/1293-1365. Rentals and Estate accounts, 1600-1905
GD10/1366-1420. Supplementary Papers 1572-1887
GD10/1421/1-12 Correspondence, 1607-1828.
GD10/1422-1526. Additional documents (deposited 1969-70) 1767-1954
GD10/1527-1668 Additional documents (deposited 1976) 1727-1973
GD10/1527-1551. General Estate Management, 1754-1972
GD10/1552-1607. Farms, 1912-1972
GD10/1608-1611. Forestry, 1926-1972
GD10/1612-1615. Shooting, 1925-1972
GD10/1616-1620. Fishing, 1870-1972
GD10/1621-1630. Holiday Sites, 1940-1973
GD10/1631-1635. Properties, 1727-1973
GD10/1635-1646. Feus, 1925-1974
GD10/1647-1663. Murray Arms Hotel, 1955-1973
GD10/1664-1665. Gift Shop, 1958-1969
GD10/1666. Household, 1908-1972
GD10/1667-1668. Miscellaneous, 1927-1973
GD10/1669-1697. Additional documents, 1650-1896 (deposited 1966)
GD10/1698-1705. Additional documents, 1794-1978 (deposited 1979)
GD10/1706-1707. Additional documents, 1730-1809 (deposited 1986). |
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history |
At the beginning of the 15th century Cally and other lands in the parish of Girthon, Kirkcudbrightshire, belonged to Sir John Stewart of Girthon. His daughter and heiress, Elizabeth, married firstly (1412) Alexander Stewart of Torbane and secondly (c.1430) Donald Lennox, who is said to have been a natural son of Duncan, earl of Lennox. She died after 1471, having made over her lands to her younger son, William Lennox, MA, who appears to have been a graduate of St Andrews University. William Lennox purchased Kirkennan and other lands in the parish of Buittle from Lord Monypenny in 1485 and thereby became involved in litigation in Scotland and France. He died in 1516 and was succeeded by his son, also called William, who married Margaret Chalmer. Their son William, who died in 1576, married Margaret Gordon, and had a son, John, and a daughter, Jonet, who married (1575) Andrew Lennox of Plunton. John's two younger sons by his marriage with Agnes Maclellan, married (1607) Andrew Lennox's two younger daughters and co-heiresses. The eldest son, John Lennox, married (1612) Marion Lidderdale, daughter of James Lidderdale of Isle. John's son, Alexander, married firstly (1639) Marion Gordon, eldest daughter of William Gordon of Penninghame, and secondly (1643) Margaret Lamb, relict of William Gordon of Kirkconnell. Alexander Lennox of Cally died in November 1657, leaving an only daughter, Anna Lennox, married to Richard Murray, younger, of Broughton. In 1661 Richard Murray obtained a crown charter of the Cally estates on the resignation of John Lennox of Plunton, heir male of tailzie and provision of Alexander Lennox.
Broughton and other lands in the parish of Whithorn, Wigtownshire, belonged (c.1508-13) to Mungo Murray of Broughton, who is believed to have been a younger son of Cuthbert Murray of Cockpool. Both he and his son, Patrick, were dead by 1515. The earliest Murray document in the collection relates to Mungo's grandson, John Murray of Broughton (d.1556), elsewhere said to be 'homo voluptati deditus', who dilapidated his estates. The collection contains nothing referring to John's son, David, and his grandson, Alexander. George Murray of Broughton who succeeded to the estate before 1595 obtained a crown charter in 1602 erecting it into the barony of Broughton. His son, John, married (1630) Marion, daughter of Sir Richard Murray of Cockpool. The eldest son of this marriage, Richard Murray, acquired the Cally estates, following his marriage to Anna Lennox, and also estates in county Donegal, by conveyance from James Murray, second earl of Annandale, though his right was only made good after protracted litigation.
Richard Murray of Broughton died in 1690 and on the death of his eldest son, John, in 1705, the estates were inherited by the second son, Alexander, who acquired further lands in Kirkcudbrightshire. He married (1726) Lady Euphemia Stewart, daughter of the 5th earl of Galloway, and his son, James Murray, who succeeded in 1750, married (1752) his cousin, Lady Catherine Stewart, daughter of the 6th earl. James Murray, founder of the burgh of Gatehouse of Fleet and sometime MP and Receiver-General for Scotland, died in 1799, leaving no legitimate issue. In 1797 he entailed his estates to his natural children, with reversion to his wife's nephew, later Lieut. General Sir William Stewart of Cumloden. On the death of James, Murray's only surviving child, Alexander Murray, MP, in 1845, the estates passed under the entail to Sir William Stewart's grandson, Horatio Granville Stewart, who in the following year assumed by royal licence the additional surname and arms of Murray of Broughton, Cally and Killybegs. He died without issue in 1904 and his cousin, Col. William Baillie of Ilston Grange, Leics., son of Sir William Stewart's daughter,succeeded in terms of the entail, assuming the additional surname of Murray. His son, Major Frederick David Murray-Baillie, inherited the Broughton and Cally estates in 1906 but later sold the former, retaining the superiority. He died on 21 December 1924 and was succeeded by his daughter, the present owner. |
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Arrangement |
In cataloguing the collection the old arrangement, corresponding to a 19th century inventory (no. 1453), was disregarded and the documents were rearranged according to general subjects. The additional documents deposited after the completion of the main part of the present inventory constitute sections VII, IX, X and XI). The correspondence (apart from estate letters) has been bound into twelve volumes (section VIII). For convenience of reference and storage all plans have been incorporated in the Register House Plans series and are listed in an appendix to this inventory. The material deposited in 1969-70, 1976 and 1979 includes 20th century estate records and 19th and 20th century titles to lands. |
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Finding aids |
Inventory |
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Text |
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Language |
English |
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Related material |
The Broughton of Cally Plans have been incorporated in the Register House series and given the reference RHP. In addition to plans deposited in December 1966, this list includes some items which appear in the earlier sections of the catalogue, the old references being given in brackets. |
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Archival history |
The Broughton and Cally muniments were presented to the Scottish Record Office in 1955 by Mrs Elizabeth Murray Usher of Broughton and Cally, Castramon, Gatehouse of Fleet, who deposited additional material in 1959, 1966 and 1969-70. |
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