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Letter Written by James McCulloch of Camdey on October 24, 1767
This is a letter written by James McCulloch of Camdey on October 24, 1767, on Cullo O’Neil and his descendants. By June 9, 1772 the letter was in the hands of Henry Eustace McCulloch.
“About the beginning of the fourteenth century, the Irish, being desirous to shake off the English yoke, invited Robert de Bruce, King of Scotland, to assist them in their intended enterprise, and in case of success, determined to make Edward de Bruce King of Ireland।
“Edward de Bruce, in consequence thereof, landed in the North of Ireland at the head of 6,000 veteran Scots soldiers, in the year 1315, and drove the English out of Ulster the first campaign; having defeated them in several engagements,--and possessed himself of Carrick-fergus, Connor, and other places of importance. He then marched his army through Ireland several times, and forced the English into their strongholds and fortified places; but always returned to Ulster to take up his winter quarters.
“Edward de Bruce, about the year 1316, preferred Cullo O’Neil to be Captain of horse in his army. Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, came to Ireland with reinforcements to his brother Edward, whose army was then near Dundalk, and King Robert marched his forces near Newry, in order to join him; but the English having received considerable reinforcements from England and France, with several gentlemen volunteers under Bermingham Earl of Lowth, in a manner surprised Edward de Bruce near Dundalk, who could not be prevailed on to quit his post, and to retreat to his brother, King Robert’s army, though his little army was greatly diminished by the fatigues of the preceding campaign, and the English army was treble their number; but would at all events give them battle. The action happened in the month of October, 1317, and the English forced the centre of Edward de Bruce’s army, who, with the assistance of his guards, endeavoring to stop their progress, was killed by one of the gentlemen volunteers named Malpass, under the command of Sir Walter Larpulk; Captain Cullo O’Neil then killed Malpass, and recovered and brought off Edward de Bruce’s sword, and made his retreat to the King of Scotland’s army. King Robert retreated to Connor, where he wintered his army, and quitted all his brother’s posts in Ireland, and carried back his army to Scotland the following spring.
“Captain Cullo O’Neil, and many other Irish officers of Edward de Bruce’s army, went with King Robert de Bruce to Scotland, who knighted Captain Cullo O’Neil, and preferred him to be his standard-bearer and secretary of state; and gave Sir Cullo O’Neil lands in Lorn, as likewise the lands of Myrton and Achawan, which comprehend Killerar and Ardwell in Galloway. Sir Cullo’s charter is dated at Dunstaffnage, holding in fee blank form, the reddendo being a rose to the king to smell at when he comes to Myrton. Sir Cullo O’Neil died in the year 1331, and left his estate of Myrton and other lands in Galloway to his eldest son Sir Godfrey, who assumed the surname of McCullo, and Sir Godfrey McCullo had his charter renewed at Perth in the year 1332, by David de Bruce, then king of Scotland. Sir Godfrey McCullo died in the year 1358, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Alexander McCullo, who died in the year 1399, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Norman McCullo, who had his charter renewed at Rothsay in the year 1400, by Robert the Third, king of Scotland, and was knighted in 1429 by King James, and died in 1445, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Eleseus McCullo, who died about the year 1448, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Alexander McCullo, who died about the year 1524, without issue male; and was succeeded by his son-in-law Henry McCulloch of Killerar and Margaret his daughter (which Henry was descended from Thomas, second son of Sir Norman McCullo), who got their charter renewed by King James the Fifth in the year 1525, and died about the year 1561, and was succeeded by their eldest son Simon McCulloch, who got his charter renewed by Queen Mary, daughter of James the Fifth, and died in the year 1592, and was succeeded by his eldest son William McCulloch, who died about the year----, and was succeeded by his eldest son Alexander McCulloch, who, finding his estate much embarrassed by family debts, borrowed some large sum of money from a Doctor McCulloch in London, the repayment of which he secured by heritable bonds, and put his estate of Myrton &c. into the hands of his brother-in-law, John McCulloch Laird of Ardwell, designing that the rents thereof should clear his debts—and after having fired his affairs in such manner, Laird Alexander came to Ireland with his family to Sir Henry O’Neil, who gave him lands near the main water, where he resided until the time of his death, which happened in the year 1643, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William McCulloch, Esq. of Brandalston, who died in the year---- and left two sons, to wit, James of Grogan and Henry of Brandalston. John Laird of Ardwell turned out a bad trustee to Laird Alexander and his family, having bought up for his own use all the old family debts, and heritable bonds affecting Myrton estate, &c. and under color thereof, Ardwell and his family continued possessors of Laird Alexander’s Scotch estates,-- and had a son named Alexander who was knighted by King Charles the Second. But, how William of Brandalston came to submit to such frauds, I have not been able to trace.
“The Genealogy and Memoirs of the House of Myrton herein contained, I transcribed from an old manuscript, which I found among my father’s papers; but made small alterations in the diction of the Memoirs, but none in respect to facts.
J। McC। October 24, 1767।
“About the beginning of the fourteenth century, the Irish, being desirous to shake off the English yoke, invited Robert de Bruce, King of Scotland, to assist them in their intended enterprise, and in case of success, determined to make Edward de Bruce King of Ireland।
“Edward de Bruce, in consequence thereof, landed in the North of Ireland at the head of 6,000 veteran Scots soldiers, in the year 1315, and drove the English out of Ulster the first campaign; having defeated them in several engagements,--and possessed himself of Carrick-fergus, Connor, and other places of importance. He then marched his army through Ireland several times, and forced the English into their strongholds and fortified places; but always returned to Ulster to take up his winter quarters.
“Edward de Bruce, about the year 1316, preferred Cullo O’Neil to be Captain of horse in his army. Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, came to Ireland with reinforcements to his brother Edward, whose army was then near Dundalk, and King Robert marched his forces near Newry, in order to join him; but the English having received considerable reinforcements from England and France, with several gentlemen volunteers under Bermingham Earl of Lowth, in a manner surprised Edward de Bruce near Dundalk, who could not be prevailed on to quit his post, and to retreat to his brother, King Robert’s army, though his little army was greatly diminished by the fatigues of the preceding campaign, and the English army was treble their number; but would at all events give them battle. The action happened in the month of October, 1317, and the English forced the centre of Edward de Bruce’s army, who, with the assistance of his guards, endeavoring to stop their progress, was killed by one of the gentlemen volunteers named Malpass, under the command of Sir Walter Larpulk; Captain Cullo O’Neil then killed Malpass, and recovered and brought off Edward de Bruce’s sword, and made his retreat to the King of Scotland’s army. King Robert retreated to Connor, where he wintered his army, and quitted all his brother’s posts in Ireland, and carried back his army to Scotland the following spring.
“Captain Cullo O’Neil, and many other Irish officers of Edward de Bruce’s army, went with King Robert de Bruce to Scotland, who knighted Captain Cullo O’Neil, and preferred him to be his standard-bearer and secretary of state; and gave Sir Cullo O’Neil lands in Lorn, as likewise the lands of Myrton and Achawan, which comprehend Killerar and Ardwell in Galloway. Sir Cullo’s charter is dated at Dunstaffnage, holding in fee blank form, the reddendo being a rose to the king to smell at when he comes to Myrton. Sir Cullo O’Neil died in the year 1331, and left his estate of Myrton and other lands in Galloway to his eldest son Sir Godfrey, who assumed the surname of McCullo, and Sir Godfrey McCullo had his charter renewed at Perth in the year 1332, by David de Bruce, then king of Scotland. Sir Godfrey McCullo died in the year 1358, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Alexander McCullo, who died in the year 1399, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Norman McCullo, who had his charter renewed at Rothsay in the year 1400, by Robert the Third, king of Scotland, and was knighted in 1429 by King James, and died in 1445, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Eleseus McCullo, who died about the year 1448, and was succeeded by his eldest son Sir Alexander McCullo, who died about the year 1524, without issue male; and was succeeded by his son-in-law Henry McCulloch of Killerar and Margaret his daughter (which Henry was descended from Thomas, second son of Sir Norman McCullo), who got their charter renewed by King James the Fifth in the year 1525, and died about the year 1561, and was succeeded by their eldest son Simon McCulloch, who got his charter renewed by Queen Mary, daughter of James the Fifth, and died in the year 1592, and was succeeded by his eldest son William McCulloch, who died about the year----, and was succeeded by his eldest son Alexander McCulloch, who, finding his estate much embarrassed by family debts, borrowed some large sum of money from a Doctor McCulloch in London, the repayment of which he secured by heritable bonds, and put his estate of Myrton &c. into the hands of his brother-in-law, John McCulloch Laird of Ardwell, designing that the rents thereof should clear his debts—and after having fired his affairs in such manner, Laird Alexander came to Ireland with his family to Sir Henry O’Neil, who gave him lands near the main water, where he resided until the time of his death, which happened in the year 1643, and was succeeded by his eldest son, William McCulloch, Esq. of Brandalston, who died in the year---- and left two sons, to wit, James of Grogan and Henry of Brandalston. John Laird of Ardwell turned out a bad trustee to Laird Alexander and his family, having bought up for his own use all the old family debts, and heritable bonds affecting Myrton estate, &c. and under color thereof, Ardwell and his family continued possessors of Laird Alexander’s Scotch estates,-- and had a son named Alexander who was knighted by King Charles the Second. But, how William of Brandalston came to submit to such frauds, I have not been able to trace.
“The Genealogy and Memoirs of the House of Myrton herein contained, I transcribed from an old manuscript, which I found among my father’s papers; but made small alterations in the diction of the Memoirs, but none in respect to facts.
J। McC। October 24, 1767।
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