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Cardoness Surname Definition:

CARDONESS: Nicholas de Kardes (or Karden, Kardeses, or Culenes) had a long dispute with the abbot of Dundrennan regarding certain lands in the diocese of Whithorn between 1240 and 1250 (ES., II, p. 565 II.). Johan de Kerdemesse and Michael de Cardelnes both of Dumfriesshire, who rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p.

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CARDONESS: Nicholas de Kardes (or Karden, Kardeses, or Culenes) had a long dispute with the abbot of Dundrennan regarding certain lands in the diocese of Whithorn between 1240 and 1250 (ES., II, p. 565 II.). Johan de Kerdemesse and Michael de Cardelnes both of Dumfriesshire, who rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 185,211), derived their name from Cardoness in the parish of Anwoth, Kirkcudbrightshire. Bertram de Kerdones witnessed confirmation of the foundation charter of Sweetheart Abbey, 1359 (Genealogist, new series XVI, p. 218).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

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