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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
The Muees of Caldwell are immediately descended from Sir Reginald More or Mure , of Abercorn and Cowdams , who appears to have been chamberlain of Scotland as early as 1329, the first year of the reign of David II. The name occurs, written at various periods, More, Mure, Muir, Moor, &c.; and from the correspondence of the armorial bearings, seems to be the same originally as that of the Moores of Moore Place, in Kent, now represented by the Irish Moores, Marquises of Drogheda. The arms of "Muir of Caldwell," and "Muir of Rouallan," being then the two chief houses of the name in Scotland, are exhibited on page 46 of the Scottish Heraldry, emblazoned by Sir David Lindsay, Lord Lyon, about the year 1540. Those of Caldwell present the plain shield of the Mores , "three mullets on a bend;" while on the shield of Rewallan are quartered the wheat-sheaves of the Comyns.
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Líneage.
The most ancient of the name on record are the Mores of Polkelly, near Kilmarnock, in Ayrshire; one of whom, David de More, appears as witness to a charter of Alexander II. The direct male line of Polkelly becoming extinct, the estate passed, by marriage of the heir female, to the Mores of Rowallan, cadets of the family, who had acquired the neighboring estate of Rowallan, from the Comyns, its ancient lords. Crawford, the Scottish genealogist, supposes Sir Reginald the chamberlain to have been a brother of Sir Adam More, of Rowallan, whose daughter, Elizabeth, was Queen Consort of Robert II. The first of the Stuart Kings; but of this there is no evidence and it appears as likely that he sprang directly from the original stock of Polkelly , and may be the same Reginald who, together with a Gilchrist More, signs the Ragman Roll in 1296, and whom Nisbet takes to be the old Polkelly Mores, "the root of the Mores, an antienter family than the Rowallans."
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
The paternal inheritance of Sir Reginald seems to have been Cowdams, in Ayrshire, not far from the original seat of the family. These lands belonged to him previously to 1328, as shown by an agreement concerning them between him and the monks of Paisley, dated in that year. They have ever since continued in the family, Mr. Mure, of Caldwell, being still their feudal superior. They are next noticed in a charter of the Earl of Strathern, afterwards Robert II. , Dated 1367, confirming the previous deed of 1328. Johannes Mure, jun. de Cowdams, appears in 1446 as one of the commissioners for fixing the boundaries of the Burgh of Prestwick, and the papers relative thereto, now preserved at Caldwell, extend as far back as 1475.
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
Sir Reginald acquired his extensive estates of Abercorn, &c. in the Lothians and Stirlingshire, by marriage with one of the co-heiresses of Sir John Graham, of Eskdale and Abercorn; another of whom wedded Walter Steward, of Scotland; and a third, Sir William Douglas, "the Knight of Liddesdale." He obtained also, by grant from the crown, on the forfeiture of Andrew Murray in 1332, the lands of Tillybardine. These were afterwards restored for a pecuniary consideration, by his son, Sir William More, to Sir William Murray, ancestor of the present Duke of Athol, as appears from an indenture dated 1341. Sir Reginald adhered steadily to the patriotic cause during the English wars in David the Second 's reign, and was one of the commissioners appointed, in 1340, to treat with the Lords Percy, Moubray, and Nevil, on a truce between the two nations. He died soon after, leaving two sons and a daughter, viz.
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
I. William, who succeeded to Abercorn. He was one of the twelve nobles, who, in the parliament of 1357, in the name of the whole estates of Scotland, appointed commissioners to treat with England for the release of King David II. On his death without male issue, his lands of Abercorn, Erth, Torwood, the Dene near Edinburgh, &c. passed with his daughter, Christian, to Sir John Lindsay, of Byres, ancestor of the Earl of Craufurd.

Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
II. Gilchrist, who continued the line of the family.
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Mure, of Caldwell.

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III. Alicia, m. first, to Sir William de Herch (or Herries); and secondly, to her cousin, Sir John Steward, of Ralston, son of Walter Steward of Scotland, by Isabel Graham. For this marriage there exists two dispensations from Benedict XII. Dated Avignon, the one, 13 Jul 1340; the other, 10 May 1341.
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Líneage.
Sir Reginald 's elder son dying without male issue, the younger,
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
Gilchrist More became the male representative of the house of Abercorn. To him descended the property of Cowdams. -The estates of Caldwell, in the shires of Ayr and Renfrew, he is supposed to have acquired by marriage with the heiress of Caldwell of that ilk, then a family of some note, having given a chancellor to Scotland in 1349. Crawford is of opinion that at this time the estates of Rowallan and Polkelly also came to the Abercorn line by a second marriage of Gilchrist with the heir-female of Rowallan , these, he adds, were afterwards settled on the younger children, issue of this marriage, whence the subsequent Mures , of Rowallan and Polkelly , two distinct families. Rowallan passed, about a century ago, by an heir-female, to the Campbell’s of Loudoun, now represented by the Marchioness Dowager of Hastings, Countess of Loudoun, in her own right. The male line of Polkelly is also extinct. To Caldwell and Cowdams succeeded
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
John More, the first who is designated of "Caldwell," as appears from a letter of remission, granted 29 Oct 1409, by the Regent Duke of Albany, to him, Archibald More, of Polkelly, (supposed his younger brother) and Robert Boyd, of Kilmarnock, for the slaughter of Mark Neilson, of Dalrymple. He was s. by
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
John More, Lord of Caldwell, who is witness along with George Campbell, Lord of Loudoun, Robert More, of Rowallan, and others, to a charter, dated 19 Jan 1430. The circumstance of his name taking precedence in the subscription, he being also styled Lord of Caldwell, while the other is simply, Robert More, of Rowallan, is adduced by Crawford and others as evidence that the Mores, of Caldwell were now considered chief of the name. The next possessor of Caldwell was
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Líneage.
John More, whose charter under the great seal, bears date, 1476. By Elizabeth, his wife, he left a son and a daughter, namely,
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
Adam (Sir), his heir.
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
Marjory, m. to John, Lord Ross, of Hawkhead , ancestor of the present Earl of Glasgow. Her effigy appears recumbent by the side of that of her husband, under an arched niche, in the choir of the church of Renfrew; the three mullets of Caldwell, still visible on the tomb with this inscription: "Hic jacet Johns Ros miles quondam dominus de Hawkhede et Marjorie uxor sua, orate pro." ...
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More, of Caldwell.

Lineage.
He d. before 1492, and was s. by his son,

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Mure, of Caldwell.

Lineage.
Sir Adam More, of Caldwell, knighted by James IV. And designated in the crown writs, Nobilis vir Adamus More de Caldwell, miles. "He was," says Crawford, " a gallant stout man, having diverse feuds with his neighbors, which were managed with great fierceness, and much bloodshed."-He wedded Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Sempill, of Eliestoun, and sister to John, first Lord Sempill, by whom he had four sons and two daughters, viz.
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Lineage.
Constantine, who predeceased his father, s. p.
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
John, heir.
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
Hector, who was slain in a feud at Renfrew, in 1499, by John Maxwell, eldest son of Sir John Maxwell, of Pollock, and Hugh, brother of Sir John.
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
Robert, who had a remission granted him under the privy seal, on the 24 Jan 1500, for the slaughter of Patrick Bourse, and Ralstoun, of that Ilk?
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
Elizabeth, m. to George Lindsay, of Dunrod.
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
Janet, m. to John Stewart, of Ardgowan and Blackhall.
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
From a deed, by Matthew, Earl of Lennox and Darnly, dated 02 Jan 1500, in favor of Constantine, Mure , as from other documents, it is evident that the estate of Glanderstoun, in Renfrewshire, was acquired about this time from the Lennoxes . Sir Adam d. about 1513, from which date it is presumed, that he fell at the battle of Flodden, fought in that year. He was s. by his second, but eldest surviving son,
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Mure, of Caldwell.

Líneage.
John Mure , of Caldwell, who, on the 20 Feb 1515, at the head of his followers, took, by assault, "the castle and palace" of the Archbishop of Glasgow, situated near the city, battering the walls in breach "with artillery," and carrying off a rich booty. He m. Lady Janet Stewart, daughter of Matthew, Earl of Lennox, (and grand-aunt to Lord Darnly, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots), by whom he had issue,