Volume 1 - Electric Scotland

GIVKS ITI.^ ^•A^rlO TO Tlil'-. I.AMiS ni^ ,T;iir.\STOXK. iii
ttaU-'mcut is- now coiifiiuieil by cliarlor locoids wliuli wi-ie imkuowii to Jli'.
C'luilinei?. 'J'liese. describe the eailiost kuown projiiielor of Jpliustoiio. as
" Jolin," v.'li'i 110 tloul't j^ave his name to tlie huids, ami ho iiiiibfc liave been
a ]H'rsoii of considerable iiiipovtauce lo have 'acquired tiie Iciril.ory of
iTohnstonc in the cent re of Jlraee's lurdsln'p of AmiaiidLde. It is jjrobalile.
tliat "John" was a Xornian or Saxon under the lii>t or second llrucc, lord
of j\nnaiidale, thoiiyli lie nia}- liave been one of llie r,ali\'e inhaluiants.
Aiiotlier family of the ]5ruce va>jsals in Annaiuhile lieyiiis likev.ise with
the Chrislian name " Ivo/' wilhoul a surnaniG. Eobeit llruce, tj'/vft 1190,
!;iu:ited to " Ivo " and his heirs a plaee bctwecu JJhiw ad and the Water of
Ifescli (l''sk) for fishing. Among the witnesses to that charter are I'eter
of ll'iiinoz, Ilngh of Corrio, Hugh, son of Ingebald, Humphrey of Gardine
(dardine), liichard riannnanc (Fleming), lloiiry, son of Gerard, and others.
The same '-Ivo" ])a\ing aci|uired the lands of Kirl.j'atricl;, was designated
Ivo de Kirhpatrich in a siibseq.uent charter.^ just in tlie same way as
Gilbert, the son of the iitst John, is styled in cliarteis Gilbert, the son of
John, and also of Johii?toiic, tlic name of his lands.
n.— Sill GlLCKUT J01IN.^T0XF,, KmOIT, OF JOllXSTuXK, SON OV JOUN,
THE riKST KxowN A\ci:sToi;, f. 110 J-c. li'40.
Tills is tlie iirst member of the family of Johnstone v.'lio look tliat sur-
iKuno, derived from the lands called after Ids father, .John. As Gilberi,
son of John, he witnessed a charter liy William Ihuco in ndiicli he makes
knovrn to al! liis men and friends, rreiieh and lyjglish, that Jie had given to
A>]:au uf Carlisle (Karleolo), the son of llobert, the lands of Jvynemund in
exchange for the lands of Loeardebi (Lockerbie), which Uobert Eruce, the
grantei's father, gave to Itohert, fV.lher of the grantee, for his liomage and
.service. T"he witnesses aie ^^'illiam ef TTni/, Adam, son C'f Adam, Vdard of
Ilodclin, Hugh de Er'as, Adam of Hiinv.iihie, Jiicdiard J'Tamanc, and others."
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