The first mention of lands held by this family were those of Muirhead. In the charter of 1393 it was noted that:

“Archibaldus Comes de Douglas, Dominus Galovidiae & Bothwel, dicto ƒcutiƒero ƒuo Willielmo de Muirhead, of his Lands of Muirhead, in Baronia de Bothwel.”