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Medieval Angus Lairds: The Tullochs of Bonnytoun
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Kelsey Jackson Williams
Jan 4, 2017, 11:55:16 AM1/4/17
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Dear all,
Over the holiday season I've been having a brief look at the ownership of the lands of Bonnyton or Bonnytoun in Angus, just off the A934 and southwest of the Montrose Basin. At the beginning of the sixteenth century the lands and associated castle (long since demolished) went two heirs, daughters who married into the Gardynes of Leys and the Woods of Bonnytoun respectively, with the latterly family inheriting the estate itself. Previously, Bonnytoun was owned by a family of Tullochs and as far as I can make out, their pedigree runs something like this:
WALTER DE TULACHE had a royal charter of the lands of Bondyngtona with its pertinents in Angus, previously held by John de Capella, 18 March 1375/76[2]. He had a charter of the town and lands of Ratray within the earldom of Buchan, temp. Robert III[3]. In the same reign he had a charter of the fishing of the half net of the Raik upon Dee[4]. Also in Robert III’s reign he had a charter of the lands of Polnave and of same lands in Balhelvies, given him by John Lyon of Glamis[5].
He seems to have been the same Walter de Tulogh, doncel, who received the lands of Tulogh in the diocese of Brechin from John, Abbot of Arbroath, in return for an annual payment in kind, which gift was subsequently overturned by papal authority, 26 November 1416, “as no one within the kingdom of Scotland was called as witness and the monks there present consented for fear of John”[6]. He married AGNES and their heir and successor was also named Walter[7]. This was his grandson, Walter, of whom below.
DAVID DE TOLAUCH was a member of an inquisition concerning the lands of Kennymekil in the regality of Arbroath, 4 April 1409[8]. He may represent the intermediate generation between the two Walters.
WALTER DE TULLACH OF BONYNTOUN, armiger of the diocese of Brechin, petitioned the Pope on the ides of September 1432 that the grant by Abbot John of the lands commonly called Tullach and Crachy, situate towards the south of the Vueny, with its meadows, pastures, marshes, etc., except only the mill of Crachy, be examined and, if found lawful, approved, as “some hesitate as to the continuation of the said grant”[9]. An inquisition was made concerning the extent of these same lands – described in much the same terms – on 8 October 1438 which specified that Sir Walter de Tullawch was the avus (i.e., grandfather) of this Walter[10]. The earlier papal edict of 1416 was restated in one of VI Kal. July 1443 which narrated that the lands originally obtained from Abbot John by “the late Walter de Tulach, lord of the place of Beniton”, continued to be unjustly held by the present Walter de Tulach, armiger[11]. Walter Tulach of Bondyntoun was commissary of Montrose, 28 June 1445[12]. He was a member of an assize which met in 1452[13]. The controversy between the Tullochs and the abbey of Arbroath was finally resolved, post multas controuersias, by a charter of 1 October 1459 by which Malcolm, Abbot of Arbroath, granted the disputed lands to Walter Tulloch of Bonyntoun and Thomas his son and heir[14].
He was presumably the Walter Tulloch of that Ilk who is said to have married MARJORIE OGILVIE, daughter of David Ogilvie of Balmuto and Christian Glen[15].
i. Thomas, of whom below.
THOMAS TULLOCH OF BONYTOUN was named as his father’s son and heir in the charter of 1 October 1459[16]. He was dead by 2 February 1498/99, leaving two daughters and co-heirs[17].
i. Jonet. On 2 February 1498/99, as “ane of the airis of Bonytoun” she had letters of regression[18]. A gift of her marriage was made to Mr. David Gardin, her future spouse, 2 February 1498/99[19]. On 28 February 1498/99 Mr. David Gardine of Connansith had a charter from his consanguineus David, Abbot of Aberbrothoc, for Jonet’s part of the lands of Tulloch and Craquhy[20]. On 17 February 1501/02 David and John Lyon had a precept of remission for carrying Jonet off sub silentio noctis to the house of Leys where she was raped by David Gardyne[21]. Sometime later John Ramsay, Burgess of Dundee, had a precept of remission for his part in the abduction and rape, 29 March 1508[22]. She married by 6 October 1511 to Mr. David Gardyne of Leys[23].
ii. Dorothy married Walter Wood of Bonytoun by 20 May 1487 when she made a charter in favour of James Oliphant of Ardquhalze of the lands of Ardargy, Estir-Elyok with its mill, and Balnabrahame, Perthshire, and the lands of Westerwemys, Fife[24]. Dorothy Tulloch was infeft in the life rent of part of the lands of Balnamone, Angus, in excambion by her son with David Gardyne of Leys for other lands in Angus, 7 May 1529; Gardyne’s mother Jonet Tullo was her sister[25].
ENDNOTES
2 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1306-1424, no. 570.
3 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1306-1424, appx. ii. no. 1737.
4 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1306-1424, appx. ii. no. 1876
5 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1306-1424, appx. ii. nos. 1909-1910.
6 Calendar of Papal Letters, 1394-1419, 349.
7 Calendar of Papal Registers, viii. 405-406.
8 Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, i. 47.
9 Calendar of Papal Registers, viii. 405-406.
10 Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, ii. 72.
11 Calendar of Papal Registers, ix. 385.
12 Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis, i. 103.
13 Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis, ii. 85-86.
14 Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, ii. 111-113.
15 Scots Peerage, i. 110.
16 Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, ii. 111-113.
17 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1424-1513, no. 3654; Reg. Sec. Sig., 1488-1529, no. 332. The entry in RMS names her father as Walter, but in RSS and also at Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, ii. 320, he is identified as Thomas.
18 Reg. Sec. Sig., 1488-1529, no. 331.
19 Reg. Sec. Sig., 1488-1529, no. 332.
20 Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, ii. 319-321.
21 Reg. Sec. Sig., 1488-1529, no. 773.
22 Reg. Sec. Sig., 1488-1529, no. 1645.
23 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1424-1513, no. 3654.
24 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1424-1513, no. 1689.
25 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1513-1546, nos. 782-783.
This is very much a first draft and the product of only looking at the more obvious sources - any additions or comments would be greatly appreciated!
All the best,
Kelsey
Over the holiday season I've been having a brief look at the ownership of the lands of Bonnyton or Bonnytoun in Angus, just off the A934 and southwest of the Montrose Basin. At the beginning of the sixteenth century the lands and associated castle (long since demolished) went two heirs, daughters who married into the Gardynes of Leys and the Woods of Bonnytoun respectively, with the latterly family inheriting the estate itself. Previously, Bonnytoun was owned by a family of Tullochs and as far as I can make out, their pedigree runs something like this:
WALTER DE TULACHE had a royal charter of the lands of Bondyngtona with its pertinents in Angus, previously held by John de Capella, 18 March 1375/76[2]. He had a charter of the town and lands of Ratray within the earldom of Buchan, temp. Robert III[3]. In the same reign he had a charter of the fishing of the half net of the Raik upon Dee[4]. Also in Robert III’s reign he had a charter of the lands of Polnave and of same lands in Balhelvies, given him by John Lyon of Glamis[5].
He seems to have been the same Walter de Tulogh, doncel, who received the lands of Tulogh in the diocese of Brechin from John, Abbot of Arbroath, in return for an annual payment in kind, which gift was subsequently overturned by papal authority, 26 November 1416, “as no one within the kingdom of Scotland was called as witness and the monks there present consented for fear of John”[6]. He married AGNES and their heir and successor was also named Walter[7]. This was his grandson, Walter, of whom below.
DAVID DE TOLAUCH was a member of an inquisition concerning the lands of Kennymekil in the regality of Arbroath, 4 April 1409[8]. He may represent the intermediate generation between the two Walters.
WALTER DE TULLACH OF BONYNTOUN, armiger of the diocese of Brechin, petitioned the Pope on the ides of September 1432 that the grant by Abbot John of the lands commonly called Tullach and Crachy, situate towards the south of the Vueny, with its meadows, pastures, marshes, etc., except only the mill of Crachy, be examined and, if found lawful, approved, as “some hesitate as to the continuation of the said grant”[9]. An inquisition was made concerning the extent of these same lands – described in much the same terms – on 8 October 1438 which specified that Sir Walter de Tullawch was the avus (i.e., grandfather) of this Walter[10]. The earlier papal edict of 1416 was restated in one of VI Kal. July 1443 which narrated that the lands originally obtained from Abbot John by “the late Walter de Tulach, lord of the place of Beniton”, continued to be unjustly held by the present Walter de Tulach, armiger[11]. Walter Tulach of Bondyntoun was commissary of Montrose, 28 June 1445[12]. He was a member of an assize which met in 1452[13]. The controversy between the Tullochs and the abbey of Arbroath was finally resolved, post multas controuersias, by a charter of 1 October 1459 by which Malcolm, Abbot of Arbroath, granted the disputed lands to Walter Tulloch of Bonyntoun and Thomas his son and heir[14].
He was presumably the Walter Tulloch of that Ilk who is said to have married MARJORIE OGILVIE, daughter of David Ogilvie of Balmuto and Christian Glen[15].
i. Thomas, of whom below.
THOMAS TULLOCH OF BONYTOUN was named as his father’s son and heir in the charter of 1 October 1459[16]. He was dead by 2 February 1498/99, leaving two daughters and co-heirs[17].
i. Jonet. On 2 February 1498/99, as “ane of the airis of Bonytoun” she had letters of regression[18]. A gift of her marriage was made to Mr. David Gardin, her future spouse, 2 February 1498/99[19]. On 28 February 1498/99 Mr. David Gardine of Connansith had a charter from his consanguineus David, Abbot of Aberbrothoc, for Jonet’s part of the lands of Tulloch and Craquhy[20]. On 17 February 1501/02 David and John Lyon had a precept of remission for carrying Jonet off sub silentio noctis to the house of Leys where she was raped by David Gardyne[21]. Sometime later John Ramsay, Burgess of Dundee, had a precept of remission for his part in the abduction and rape, 29 March 1508[22]. She married by 6 October 1511 to Mr. David Gardyne of Leys[23].
ii. Dorothy married Walter Wood of Bonytoun by 20 May 1487 when she made a charter in favour of James Oliphant of Ardquhalze of the lands of Ardargy, Estir-Elyok with its mill, and Balnabrahame, Perthshire, and the lands of Westerwemys, Fife[24]. Dorothy Tulloch was infeft in the life rent of part of the lands of Balnamone, Angus, in excambion by her son with David Gardyne of Leys for other lands in Angus, 7 May 1529; Gardyne’s mother Jonet Tullo was her sister[25].
ENDNOTES
2 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1306-1424, no. 570.
3 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1306-1424, appx. ii. no. 1737.
4 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1306-1424, appx. ii. no. 1876
5 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1306-1424, appx. ii. nos. 1909-1910.
6 Calendar of Papal Letters, 1394-1419, 349.
7 Calendar of Papal Registers, viii. 405-406.
8 Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, i. 47.
9 Calendar of Papal Registers, viii. 405-406.
10 Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, ii. 72.
11 Calendar of Papal Registers, ix. 385.
12 Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis, i. 103.
13 Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis, ii. 85-86.
14 Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, ii. 111-113.
15 Scots Peerage, i. 110.
16 Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, ii. 111-113.
17 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1424-1513, no. 3654; Reg. Sec. Sig., 1488-1529, no. 332. The entry in RMS names her father as Walter, but in RSS and also at Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, ii. 320, he is identified as Thomas.
18 Reg. Sec. Sig., 1488-1529, no. 331.
19 Reg. Sec. Sig., 1488-1529, no. 332.
20 Liber de S. Thome Aberbrothoc, ii. 319-321.
21 Reg. Sec. Sig., 1488-1529, no. 773.
22 Reg. Sec. Sig., 1488-1529, no. 1645.
23 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1424-1513, no. 3654.
24 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1424-1513, no. 1689.
25 Reg. Mag. Sig., 1513-1546, nos. 782-783.
This is very much a first draft and the product of only looking at the more obvious sources - any additions or comments would be greatly appreciated!
All the best,
Kelsey
Kelsey Jackson Williams
Jan 4, 2017, 12:23:40 PM1/4/17
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Predictably, having just posted this I proceeded to find a significant additional piece of evidence. Looking back at the 1487 charter by which Dorothy Tulloch divested herself of Ardargie and other lands in Perthshire and Fife I wondered if her ownership of these - while her sister Jonet was in possession of their father's paternal estates - might provide a clue to her maternal parentage. And indeed they do. Further digging revealed that these were part of the large estates of the Glen co-heiresses (treated extensively elsewhere) and, moreover, that in 1481 Dorothy Tulloch was retoured heiress to her grandmother Christian Glen [1]. This in turn allows for a correction to the _Scots Peerage_ [2]: Marjorie Ogilvie (daughter of Christian Glen), named in my original post, was the wife, not of "Walter Tulloch of that Ilk", but of Thomas, the last Tulloch laird of Bonnytoun.
As a postscript, this also clarifies Dorothy's description in the same 1487 charter of James Oliphant, 1st of Archellie, as her consanguineus. Oliphant's mother was Margaret Ogilvie, daughter of Sir Patrick Ogilvie of Auchterhouse and niece of Dorothy's grandfather David Ogilvie of Balmuto [3].
So, the wife of Thomas Tulloch of Bonnytoun has been identified, but that of his father Walter is now unknown.
All the best,
Kelsey
[1] Fraser, Memorials of the Family of Wemyss of Wemyss, i. 80, citing “original memorandum at Wemyss, undated”.
[2] Scots Peerage, i. 110.
[3] Scots Peerage, vi. 539.
As a postscript, this also clarifies Dorothy's description in the same 1487 charter of James Oliphant, 1st of Archellie, as her consanguineus. Oliphant's mother was Margaret Ogilvie, daughter of Sir Patrick Ogilvie of Auchterhouse and niece of Dorothy's grandfather David Ogilvie of Balmuto [3].
So, the wife of Thomas Tulloch of Bonnytoun has been identified, but that of his father Walter is now unknown.
All the best,
Kelsey
[1] Fraser, Memorials of the Family of Wemyss of Wemyss, i. 80, citing “original memorandum at Wemyss, undated”.
[2] Scots Peerage, i. 110.
[3] Scots Peerage, vi. 539.
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