| He is said to be the ancestor of the family of Cunninghamhead. The only proof adduced is by Crawfurd, who quotes Sir John Cunningham as noting a charter by Sir William Cunningham of Kilmaurs to his son William of the lands of Woodhall. No date is given. If this be so, however, it seems strange that in the charter of 1413 cited below his name is not given after that of his brother Robert. There was certainly a William Cunningham, Lord of Woodhall, who appears in various charters in 1415 and 1417. He is said to have been father of Robert Cunningham of Cunninghamhead. On 13 May 1448 William de Fergushill of that Ilk leased his lands of Cunninghamhead, co. Ayr, to Robert Cunningham of ' Benalla' or Bonaly, and Marion Lockhart his wife, for five years. On 18 February 1461-62 Robert was infeft in the lands on the resignation of William Fergushill, and thereafter is styled of Conynghamhead. But the proof that William Cunningham of Woodhall was a son of Sir William is wanting, and it is possible he may be identical with the William, son of Sir Archibald, named last in the entail of 1413.2 |