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estates in Teviotdale (w); and the descendants from this marriage assumed,
in the thirteenth century, the surname of Randolph. Thomas Randolph of
Stranith, who was sheriff of Roxburgh in 1266, and chamberlain of Scotland
from 1269 to 1278, married Isabel, the eldest daughter of Robert Bruce, the
daughter of the Earl of Carrick, the sister of Robert Bruce, the restorer of the
monarchy (x); and the son of this marriage was the celebrated Sir Thomas
Randolph of Stranith, who obtained from his uncle the earldom of Moray,
the lordship of Annandale, and other estates for his eminent services. He
died when his abilities were the most wanted during the king's minority.
Duvenald, the youngest son of Dunegal of Stranith, appears to have obtained
a considerable share of his father's extensive lands in Nithsdale, which he
transmitted to his son Edgar, who lived under William the Lion and
Alexander IT (y). The two leaders of the Galloway men, at the battle of the
Standard in 1138, were Ulgric and Duvenald, who both fell in the conflict.
This was probably Duvenald, the son of Dunegal above mentioned. The
progeny of Edgar, the son of Duvenald, assumed the surname of Edgar in the
thirteenth century, and their descendants continued to possess various lands in
Dumfriesshire in the fourteenth century (z).
(w) Bethoc inherited the lands of Betliocrule and Bughechester, which is now called Buecastle, in
Teviotdale. Randolph, the son of Dunegal, and his wife Bethoc, granted to the monks of Jedburgh
a carucate of land with common of pasture, in the vill of Rughechester ; and this grant was
confirmed by William the Lion. The original charter was engraved by the munificence of
the Duke of Buccleuch. Radulph, the son of Dunegal, granted to the monks of Kelso some
lands near Dumfries-town ; and this grant was confirmed by William the Lion. Chart. Kelso,
No. 11.
(x) Stranith has been converted into Strathdon, by the inadvertence of the peerage writers. Fordun
characterises the above Thomas Randolph as a man of great gentleness and wisdom. L. x. c. 26.
Randolph's seal has has been engraved by Astle, PL iii. No. 20; whereof the legend was—" Sigillum
Thomæ Randolph."
(y) Edgar, the son of Duvenald of Stranith, granted to the monks of Kelso the church of Morton in
Stranith, with a caracute of land; and this grant was confirmed by William the Lion. Chart.
Kelso, No. 344 and 401. Edgar also granted to the monks of Holyrood-house, the church of Dalgar-
nock in the same district, and this grant was also confirmed by William the Lion. Dalrymp. Col., p.
lxiii. Affrica, the daughter of Edgar, possessed the lands of Dunscore in Nithsdale, during the reign
of Alexander II. Affrica granted to the monks of Melrose a fourth part of the territory of Dunscore ;
and this grant was confirmed by a charter of Alexander II. in 1229. Chart. Melrose, Nos.
103, 104, 105.
(z) During the reign of Robert Brus, Richard Edgar possessed the castle and the half of the barony
of Sanquhar in Upper Nithsdale. Regist. Mag. Sig. Rot., i. 27. Edgar also held the lands of Eliock
in the same district, and the lands of Bartenonade and of Lubri, of Slochan, of Glenabeukan, and
part of the lands of Kilpatric in the same shire, of all which he obtained charters from Robert
Brus. Robertson's Index, 12, 13, 21. He also obtained of the same king the barony of Kirkandrews.
Ib., 27. Donald Edgar acquired from David II. the captainship of the clan MacGowan in Nithsdale.
Ib. 39.