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MILNGAVIE
HISTORY
EARLDOM
OF LENNOX
In the late 11th Century there was an increasing number
of Saxons & Normans arriving from England. They
brought with them many English customs, and soon organised
manors, baronies or larger districts of country which
were awarded to them, similar to those in England.
One
such district was the Earldom of Lennox, which included
the Parishes of: Fintry, Kilsyth, Campsie, Strathblane,
Baldernock, Balfron, Drymen and Inchcalleoch, now Buchanan.
The Earls of Lennox were the first known rulers of the
district in which Milngavie is situated. Mugdock Castle
was one of the Earl's many fortified castles. In 1425
he was executed for treason against King James I.
Subsequently,
the Earl of Montrose was granted most of the land that
had belonged to the Earl of Lennox. The Earl of Montrose
lived mostly at his houses Mugdock, Garscube and Kincardine.
A decendent of the family, Sir John Graham, became the
new ownerof Mugdock Castle, a large part of Dumbartonshire
and a smaller part of Stirlingshire. In the 18th Century
the family moved out of the Castle of Mugdock. It eventually
fell into ruin.
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