Further Reading

Pringles of Cragleith (Craglatch & Newhall) and Stichill

• Heraldry, by Alexander Nisbet, 1742 (reprinted in 1984)
• Annals of Teviotdale, by Rev James Morton, 1832
• Criminal Trials in Scotland 1488-1624, by Robert Pitcairn, 1833
• Annals and Antiquities of Dryburgh, by Sir David Erskine, 1836
• The History and Antiquities Roxburghshire
• Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents, compiled by Peter Gouldesbrough
• Queen Victoria’s Highland Journals, edited by David Duff
• The Memoirs of Walter Pringle of Greenknow, edited by the Rev Walter Wood, 1867
• The Red Book of Grantully, by William Fraser (2 vols), 1868
• Border Memories, by W Riddell-Carre, 1876
• The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, edited by George Burnett (many vols), 1882
• The Douglas Book, by William Fraser (4 vols), 1885
• The History of Selkirkshire or Chronicles of Ettrick Forest, T Craig-Brown (2 vols), 1886
• The History of Galashiels, by Robert Hall, 1898
• The Early History of Stichill, by George Gunn, MA, 1901
• The Annals of a Border Club, by George Tancred (2^nd edition), 1903
• Records of the Baron Court of Stitchill 1655-1807, by Rev George Gunn, MA 1905
• Scottish Family History, by Margaret Stuart, 1930
• The Records of the Pringles or Hoppringills of the Scottish Border, by Alex Pringle, 1933
• The Pringles of the Valleys, by Eric, Mark and John Pringle, 1957
• Excavations at Smailholm Tower, by George L Good and Christopher J Tabraham, 1988
• Selkirk Protocol Books 1511-1547, edited by Teresa Maley and Walter Elliot, 1993
• Smailholm Tower, edited by Chris Tabraham, reprinted 1994
• Memories of Stitchell 1860-1938, by James Smith, 1994
• Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage
• Burkes Peerage
• Genealogical Notes of the Family of Pringle of Newhall and Stichill, manuscript written by Alexander Pringle of Whytbank and Yair, 1840
• Various family documents e.g. inventories, wills, trust dispositions and settlements, entails, letters, diaries, etc. relating to Sir John Pringle, 5^th baronet, his brother Sir Norman Pringle, 6^th baronet, his son Sir Norman William Drummond Pringle, 7^th baronet and his son Sir Norman Robert Pringle 8^th baronet, 1870-1919

Note:

• Some of the above publications only mention Pringles of Newhall and their descendants once or twice
• Most of the above records contain errors, omissions or gaps

With thanks to James Bruce Pringle for compiling this list. (He is the second son of the second son of the eighth baronet of Stichill, and first cousin to the tenth baronet of Stichill. He can be contacted via E-mail: jpaltd (at) gotadsl (dot) co (dot) uk.)

1. The Records of the Pringles or Hoppringills of the Scottish Border, by Alex. Pringle, MA, BSc.
2. Records of the Baron Court of Stitchill, 1655-1807; (1905)
3. The Prindle genealogy: embracing the descendants of William Pringle the first settler, in part for six, seven and eight generations, and also the ancestors and descendants of Zalmon Prindle for ten generations, covering a period of two hundred and fifty-two years, 1654-1906 (1906)
4. The genealogy of Jacob Farrand Pringle and his wife Isabella Fraser Pringle (1892)
5. The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family
6. Peebles and Selkirk (1914), by George C. Pringle, MA.
7. Letters by Major Norman Pringle, late of the 21st Royal Scots Fusileers [microform] : vindicating the character of the British army, employed in North America in the years 1814-15, from aspersions cast upon it in Stuart's "Three Years in North America" (1834)
8. The poetical works of Thomas Pringle (1839) - 1st version
9. The Poetical Works of Thomas Pringle: With a Sketch of His Life (1838) - Oxford Uni version.
10. Select Remains of John Alexander Pringle [of Whytbank], Esq (1841) - Google version.
11. Select remains of John Alexander Pringle [of Whytbank], Esq (1841) - 2nd version.
12. Memoir of Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison
13. Border memories; or, Sketches of prominent men and women of the border (1876)

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