- Robert Croc
Sir Robert Croc (often incorrectly referred to as Sir Robert de Croccite book|title=The Kingdom of the Scots: Government, Church and Society from the Eleventh to the Fourteenth Century|last=Barrow|first=G.W.S.|date=2003|publisher=
Edinburgh University Press |isbn= 978-0748618033 ] ) was anAnglo-Norman Knight and landowner ofScotland in the High Middle Ages . He was gifted the Levern valley inScotland by KingDavid I of Scotland in 1170.Crookston, Glasgow takes its name from Robert Croc.Crookston Castle is surrounded by a defensive ring-ditch that dates back to the 12th century when Croc, built a timber and earth castle. Remains of a chapel founded by de Croc in 1180 have been uncovered. [NMRS Site Reference NS56SW 4]Croc is known to have assigned the patronage of
Neilston to the monks of St Mirren's in 1163, on condition that masses should be regularly said for the benefit of his soul.cite book|date=1910|publisher=John Smith & Son|first=Hugh|last=McDonald|title=Rambles Round Glasgow|asin=B0000EEFKR|pages=197]ee also
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Paisley Abbey
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