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Facts and Events
References
- The Lands & Barony of Foulden - [part of garden of Edrington is in the parish of Foulden] - by J. A. Robertson (jar@ancestor.abel.co.uk) 1998, (with additional notes by Graham Milne and Gregory Lauder-Frost F. S. A. (Scot) June 2000.[1]
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2. Summary: Lands & barony of Foulden
The earliest reference to the barony of Foulden in the Register of the Great Seal is a confirmation of the barony to Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie in 1456. The barony remained in the hands of the Ramsays of Dalhousie until the late 16th century. In 1606, James VI granted the lands, town & barony of Foulden to George [Home] earl of Dunbar, "who, from earliest youth, had dedicated his life to the king's service", specifically, ensuring that James became King of England. On his death, his property would have been divided equally between his 2 daughters, Anna Home & Elizabeth Home. But, by an arrangement, Anna Home obtained his lands in Scotland & Elizabeth Home his English lands, Elizabeth Home's half share in Scotland being resigned in favour of Anna Home.
Anna Home sold the barony in 1614 to Sir John Arnot of Berswick [note the 's'], who was provost of Edinburgh. He went bankrupt and, although there are charters granting the barony to his son, William Arnot of Cockburnspath, in 1615, & to his son, James, in 1620, the property had to be disposed of to John Wilkin or Wilkie, a merchant burgess of Lanark, who was granted the property under the Great Seal in 1634. Wilkie's wife was a Rachel Arnot, who may well have been a close relative of the above Arnots, and this probably accounts for Wilkie's having obtained the property.
Foulden remained in the possession of the Wilkies, though only just, until 1919. The first John Wilkie's grandson, also John, was knighted. He & his spouse Dame Rachel Carmichael only had a daughter, Agnes, with the result that a very complex tailzie or entailment was arranged to determine who would inherit the property. Sir John died in debt, and Agnes refused (while still a minor, with the agreement of her husband, the Master of Ross, but later, on her majority, independently of her husband, to prevent his acquiring an interest) to be served heir to her father, preferring to resign Foulden in favour of the earl of Dundonald in 1680. (See Foulden repertory items 123 & 130). Precisely what happened thereafter is not clear from the minutes, but Dundonald disponed all his rights in Foulden to Agnes's husband, who received a crown charter in August 1680. Later he, as William lord Ross, & his son George, Master of Ross disponed Foulden to James Wilkie in 1716. This James was a son of John Wilkie of Broomhouse.
James Bruce Wilkie acquired title to Foulden in 1889. His paternal grandmother was a daughter of Sir Robert Dalyell of the Binns, 4th baronet, & through this connexion, he acquired the Binns, being required to change his name to Dalyell to do so. He disponed Foulden to the Scottish Temperance Life Assurance Co. Ltd. of Glasgow in 1919, and they immediately transferred ownership to the Board of Agriculture for Scotland, subject to the life assurance company receiving payment of £3360/17s/10d annually for 30 years from the Board, which acquired the property for allotments.
5. Minutes: Lands & barony of Foulden (1456 - 1919)
12.1.1634 (10) [RMS liv.178]
At Halyruidhous. The King [Charles I] granted to John Wilkin, burgess of Lanerk, his heirs & assignees whomsoever, the lands, town & barony of Fouldene, with the tower, manor place, mills, mains, etc., & the patronage of the rectory & vicarage of the church & parish of Fouldene, in the shire of Berwick, which James Arnot, son of William Arnot of Colbrandspeth, John Arnot his brother german, eldest son of the said William, the late Mr William Kellie, W.S., John Seytoun of Sanct-Germanis, Margaret Craig spouse of the said John Arnot, & Agnes Jacksoun spouse of the said William Arnot, with consent of John Arnot of Woodmylne & the said James Arnot yr, merchant burgess of Edinburgh, had resigned on 12.2.1629. Rendering one white rose at the castle of Fouldene in name of blench ferm.
19.12.1636 (627) [RMS lv.272]
At Edinburgh. The King granted to John Wilkin, grandson of John Wilkin of Fouldene & son of John W., eldest son born to the said John W. of F. & the late Rachel Arnott his wife, the lands, town & barony of Fouldene, etc., which the said John W. of F. had resigned, 3.11.1636. Reserving to the said John W. of F. the whole liferent, & to Elspeth Craig his present wife, the part of the said lands as per the provisions of their marriage contract. To be held by the said John W., grandson, & the heirs male of his body, whom failing the said John W. of F. & the heirs male born to him & the said Elspeth, whom failing William W., merchant burgess of Edinburgh, brother to the said John W. of F., & the heirs male of his body, whom failing Marion & Elizabeth Wilkins, daughters of the said John W. of F., & Rachel Wilkin his granddaughter, equally, & the heirs of their bodies, whom failing the said John W. & his heirs & assignees whomsoever.
16.7.1649 (2094) [RMS lviii.313]
At Edinburgh. The King [Charles II] confirmed & of new gave to Sir John Wilkie fiar of Fouldene, knight, & the heirs whomsoever of his body, whom failing the heirs of tailzie & provision in an earlier charter [no. 627 above], & assignees whomsoever, the town, lands & barony of Fouldene, etc., of which lands John Wilkie elder of Fouldene, grandfather of the said Sir John, had resigned by virtue of the contract of marriage between the said Sir John & Dame Rachel Carmichaell, his spouse, of 17.1.1642, & a contract between the said John elder & Sir John of 3.4.1645, & which lands the said Sir John had resigned. Rendering as in charter 10 above.
12.3.1656 (533) [RMS lix.245]
At Edinburgh. The Protector grants to William Wilkie of Haghill & the heirs male lawfully gotten of his body, whom failing to Mr Johne Wilkie of Broomhous, his brother german, & the heirs male of his body, whom failing to Mr Zachorie Wilkie, their brother german, & the heirs male of his body, whom failing to Sir Johne Wilkie of Foulden, knight, his nearest heirs male of the name of Wilkie & their assignees, whom all failing to the said Sir Johne his heirs & assignees whomsoever, the town, lands & barony of Foulden, etc., which lands pertained to the said Sir Johne Wilkie, & were on 18.9.1655 resigned by him in favour of the said Mr William Wilkie, reserving to the said Sir Johne his liferent in the said lands, & also reserving to Dame Rachel Carmichaell, his spouse, her liferent of the portion of the said lands provided to her by contract of marriage between the said Sir Johne & her, etc. To be held blench of the protector. Giving therefor a white rose upon the feast day of St John Baptist if asked only.
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