The Duries had the estate of Craigluscar which is near Dunfermline, Fife and the lands called Durie in the parish of Scoonie near Leven, Fife. A house that was built in Craigluscar possibly around 1520 has a stone bearing the initials of George Durie and his wife Margaret Bruce. The family's prominence in Fife is found in charters throughout the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. In about 1258 Duncan de Dury was a witness for Malise, Earl of Strathern. Others bearing the name who appear in documentary evidence include Francis de Douery (c.1250), Malisius de Douery (c.1350), Michael de Douery (c.1373), John de Douery (c.1406) and Richard de Douer (c.1405). It is from Richard de Douer that the main chiefly line is descended from.