| Clan Agnew (676 words) |
 | Certainly many Agnews are to found in Ireland but in the 12th century it is recorded that Sir John de Courcy the conqueror of the province of Ulster was accompanied by Agneau, an Anglo-Norman knight who acquired extensive lands in Antrim. |
| In 1363 the Agnews of Lochnaw were appointed hereditary sheriffs of Galloway by David II and became to be great land owners in the province under the Douglases. |
| AGNEW: This name is said to derive from the Baronie d'Agneaux in Normandie, and to have arrived in Scotland via England and Ireland to become established in Galloway. |
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