Glendinning

The family of Glendinning of that Ilk takes its name from the ancient territory of that name, which comprised a considerable part of Teviotdale and Dumfries. Black states that a charter was granted to Adam de Glendonwyn of part of the lands and baronies of Clifton and Merbottle in Roxburghshire in the reign of Alexander III. Sir Adam de Glendonwyn was a supporter of Robert the Bruce and a companion of Sir James Douglas on his pilgrimage to take the heart of Bruce to the Holy Land. The connection with the house of Douglas remained strong, and Sir Simon Glendinning was killed in the battle between the Douglases and the Percys at Otterburn in 1388. The power of the family grew, and another Sir Simon Glendinning was a favourite of James II who extended his Borders landholdings. The family also became hereditary baillies of Eskdale. In 1458 they obtained the barony of Parton in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbrightshire, and this was to become the territorial designation of the main family. The fortunes of the family were reversed when John Glendinning, eleventh Baron of Parton, joined Montrose in his campaign against the opponents of Charles I in the civil war. He was denounced as a traitor and all his goods were forfeited. He fled to the Continent and remained there until the Restoration. Ander-son states that the male line of this family ended in 1720 when Agnes Glendinning married James Murray of Conheat. Black, however, points out that the death of William Glendinning of that Ilk is recorded in the commissary papers for Kirkcudbright in 1798.