| He had sasine of the estates by precept dated 11 April 1523, the lands having been in ward fourteen years and one term, and a charter of the lands of Garvanehead, Turnbery, and half of Traboyag in Carrick, with the Forest of Buchane in Wigtownshire 13 March 1526. He assassinated Gilbert, second Earl of Cassillis, at Prestwick, in September 1527, for which he was outlawed on 5 October 1527, He was seised in the lands and barony of Wester Loudoun, with the tower, fortalice, etc., and half of the barony of Stevenston in Cunningham, 3 November 1530, and of the eight-merk lands of Newmylnes, in the barony of Easter Loudoun, and others, 9 November 1530. As chamberlain of the lands of Trabeauch and Terrinzean he renders his account to Exchequer for the years 1530 to 1534, but failing to account for certain fermes collected by him as Sheriff of Ayr, he was ordered to be distrained in 1534, 1535, and 1536, and in 1537 he paid to James Colville of Easter Wemyss the arrears due by him as former chamberlain of Trabeauch. He had charters of the lands of Wester Loudoun 20 August 1533, which William Cunningham had resigned, of lands in the barony of Loudoun to him and Margaret Stewart his wife, 14 October 1533, and of Loudounhill 20 December 1542. For the true and thankful service done and to be done by him, he had a remission from Parliament on 12 December 1544 for all the crimes of treason done by him previous to that date. He had charters of Trabeauch and Clonestang in Ayrshire 24 May 1545,' of Terrinzean ia King's Kyle 10 August 1546, of the Mains of Loudoun to him and Agnes Drummond his wife 26 July 1550, of the lands of Spangok in Renfrewshire on charter dated 1 July 1552 by George Campbell of Dunnowell, of Auchinroglin and Fern in Ayrshire on charter by Mariota Nisbet, wife of John Lockhart. He rendered to Exchequer the accounts for the feu fermes of Terinzean for the years 1554-60,12 |