Tinwald
| Tinwald | |
| Dumfriesshire | |
|---|---|
 Tinwald Kirk | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY002815 |
| Location: | 55°33’6"N, 3°33’51"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | DG1 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Dumfries and Galloway |
Tinwald is a village and parish in Dumfriesshire, lying a little north of Locharbriggs, which is to the north of Dumfries. Near the village, at the former RAF Tinwald Downs, is the Dumfries Aviation Museum.
Tinwald was the birthplace of William Paterson (1658–1719), most famous for helping to found the Bank of England (and infamous for promoting the disastrous Darien venture).
Tinwald Church
The Church, built in 1769 on the foundations of an earlier church. It stands on the side of Tinwald Hill and is visible from the A701 road. The Barony and Rectory of Tinwald, before and after the Reformation, belonged to the Maxwell family who appointed the vicars and later the ministers. In 1504 Willelmus Blak was vicar of Tynwald.[1]
On 13 July 1619 Robert Maxwell was served heir to his father, John Maxwell of "terris de Tynwald" in "baroniam de Tynwald".[2] [3]
Tinwald Mote
In the 15th century the Tinwald Mote was still the caput or legal head of the barony, where sasine (possession) was given by the ceremony of handing the grantee, before witnesses, a handful of earth and stone from the head messuage called the Mote near the church of Tynwald.[4]
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References
- ↑ http://archive.org/stream/liberprotocollor02bain#page/266/mode/2up
- ↑ Inquisitionum Ad Capellam Domini Regis Retoraturm. vol.2
- ↑ R.M.S. page 73, no.228. AD1621 charter. http://wackzut.archive.org/stream/registrummagnisi08scot#page/72/mode/2up
- ↑ Mackenzie, W. Mackay (1927). The Mediaeval Castle in Scotland. Pub. Methuen & Co. Ltd. p. 17.