Pringle of Tynnes

The first occupier of Tynnes was David Hoppringill (page 105 of the Records of the Pringles), a cousin of Torwoodlee who was prominent in border affairs.

But ‘Records of the Pringles’ states that James Hoppringill of Tynnes, son of Alexander of that Ilk, was the first of Tynnes.

Alexander Pringle in his book mixes up James of Tynnes with James in Newbattle.

James in Tynnes was brother german to Elizabeth Hoppringill, Lady Polwarth, David of Smailholm and master Robert, rector of Morham, according to the Selkirk Protocol Book (John & Ninian Brydin and others, published by the Walter Mason Trust) 1526-1536 page 70 item 89.

Whereas James in Newbattle  was  the son of Alexander of that ilk - he appears in the Records of the Pringles under Lothians (page 286). His seal is the one  described as that of James in the Tynnes, which is incorrect.

Ref. - The Buckholm Chapter in ‘the Records of the Pringles’.

Page 105, ‘Records of the Pringles’: - David Hoppringill of Tynnes (on the Yarrow) held the lands as the fee of his office as Ranger of the Ward, and in 1498 was made Receiver of the whole Forest. Davi, who appears to have been a natural brother of David Hoppringill of Smailholm, and consequently is often called ‘senior’ for distinction, was a not less prominent figure in the affairs of the Forest than David himself.

Page 34, ‘Records of the Pringles’: - On 19th October 1529 King James V, with consent of his mother, etc., granted to James Hoppringil and Sibilla Carmichael, Lady Calderwood, his spouse, the lands of Tynnes, with the tower, manorplace, and wood, in the lordship of Ettrick Forest, and to their heirs male, whom failing, to the senior of their heirs female without division; paying to the King's mother, and after her decease to the King, £50 yearly, and building a mansion with policies (G. S.).

Map: Old Tinnis (on the Yarrow Water)