Craighlaw Castle (4)
There is a heraldic panel bearing the Gordon and royal arms and another in the courtyard, dated 1644, with the initials W.G. and J.C. Craighlaw belonged to a branch of the Gordons of Kenmure, in Kirkcudbrightshire, of which line came Young Lochinvar, in 1513.
Under the list of lairds from Wigtownshire that were forfeited for their part in the Presbyterian rising of 1679, we find 'James Gordon, younger of Craiglaw, Kirkcowan parish.' He was forfeited in late February, 1680. Young James Gordon and his father, James Gordon of Craighlaw, were held for a time at Craighlaw Tower (which the records of those time also spells Craiglaw, Craishley and Craichlaw Tower. His father, the laird, was later appointed a commissioner of supply for Wigtownshire under James VII, however Young Craiglaw’s lands were gifted to three English officers, including Colonel Ogilthorpe, against whom he petitioned in 1690 to recover them. In a letter of 15 March, 1682, John Graham of Claverhouse noted that ‘Old Craickley came yesterday (to Wigtown) and got a safe conduct for his son, [young Craiglaw,] and another heritor called Magie, that has not yet been heard of.’
By 1684, Young Craighlaw had clearly made his peace with the authorities, as his name does not appear on the published Fugitive Roll of that date. Three of the Gordon's tenants however do appear: ‘James Macyacky, in Kenmuir [now Kenmure]’, ‘John Mackilhaffy, in Craichley’s Land’ and ‘James Macyacky, there also. Margaret Chalmers, the wife of young Craiglaw’s brother, David in Barnearnie, and David’s servant, Agnes Bryan, were both listed as constant withdrawers from the church in the parish list of October, 1684.
Young Craiglaw’s forfeiture was reversed in 1690, when he went about trying to legally recover his property. He was still alive in 1704.
Craighlaw Castle (4)
There is a heraldic panel bearing the Gordon and royal arms and another in the courtyard, dated 1644, with the initials W.G. and J.C. Craighlaw belonged to a branch of the Gordons of Kenmure, in Kirkcudbrightshire, of which line came Young Lochinvar, in 1513.
Under the list of lairds from Wigtownshire that were forfeited for their part in the Presbyterian rising of 1679, we find 'James Gordon, younger of Craiglaw, Kirkcowan parish.' He was forfeited in late February, 1680. Young James Gordon and his father, James Gordon of Craighlaw, were held for a time at Craighlaw Tower (which the records of those time also spells Craiglaw, Craishley and Craichlaw Tower. His father, the laird, was later appointed a commissioner of supply for Wigtownshire under James VII, however Young Craiglaw’s lands were gifted to three English officers, including Colonel Ogilthorpe, against whom he petitioned in 1690 to recover them. In a letter of 15 March, 1682, John Graham of Claverhouse noted that ‘Old Craickley came yesterday (to Wigtown) and got a safe conduct for his son, [young Craiglaw,] and another heritor called Magie, that has not yet been heard of.’
By 1684, Young Craighlaw had clearly made his peace with the authorities, as his name does not appear on the published Fugitive Roll of that date. Three of the Gordon's tenants however do appear: ‘James Macyacky, in Kenmuir [now Kenmure]’, ‘John Mackilhaffy, in Craichley’s Land’ and ‘James Macyacky, there also. Margaret Chalmers, the wife of young Craiglaw’s brother, David in Barnearnie, and David’s servant, Agnes Bryan, were both listed as constant withdrawers from the church in the parish list of October, 1684.
Young Craiglaw’s forfeiture was reversed in 1690, when he went about trying to legally recover his property. He was still alive in 1704.