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CAMPBELL, BART.; THE EARL OP STRATHMORE; AND THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF SE AFIELD. Prerfeutetf ttf fmti) ?Umt£e£ Iff parliament Bg Cnmmantf at Her JHajeatg. LONDON: PRINTED FOR HEIR MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE, BY EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. And to be purchased, either directly or through any Bookseller, from EYRE and SPOTTISWOODE, East Harding Street, Eleet Street, E.C., and 32, Abingdon Street, Westminster, S.W. ; or JOHN MENZIES & Co., 12, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, and 90, West Nile Street, Glasgow ; or HODGES, EIGGIS, & Co., Limited, 104, Grafton Street, Dublin. 1894. [O.— 7570.] Price Is. 2d. * 2 « CONTENTS. Page The Duke of Roxburghe - *■ - 1 Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, Bart., of Marchmont - 56 The Earl of Strathmore - - - -174 The Countess Dowager of Seafield - - J 91 Index ------- 239 1 REPORT ON THE MUNIMENTS OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF ROXBURGHE AT FLOORS CASTLE IN THE COUNTY OF ROXBURGH, BY SIR WILLIAM FRASER, K.C.B., EDINBURGH. The noble and distinguished family of Roxburghe has held a pro- minent position in the borders of Scotland for upwards of five centuries. Like other ancient Scottish families they have had many vicissitudes and changes. Beginning as Border lairds holding the lands of Altonburn and afterwards of Cessford, the Kers gradually attained to the peerages of Lord Roxburghe, Earl of Roxburghe, and Duke of Roxburghe. But these high honours were not all acquired in the direct male line of the Kers of Cessford. They continued to be commoners from the middle of the fourteenth to the end of the sixteenth century when Robert Ker of Cessford was created Lord Roxburghe in 1599. He was advanced in the peerage in 1616 with the title of Earl of Roxburghe. Up to that date the Kers of Cessford and the Lord and Earl of Roxburghe continued in the direct male line. But the first Earl of Roxburghe, having no surviving male issue and four daughters, made arrangements that the eldest daughter, Lady Jean Ker, should marry her cousin, William Drummond, of the family of the Earls of Perth, and inherit the title of Earl of Roxburghe. The Drummond Earls of Roxburghe continued in the direct male line till John, fifth Earl, was created Duke of Roxburghe. He was a prominent statesman, and held the important office of Secretary for Scotland at the time of the union between Scot- land and England. The Drummond Dukes of Roxburghe continued till John the third Duke who died in the year 1804 unmarried. He was well known in the literary world and his name is commemorated in the Roxburghe Club. The titles and estates of Roxburghe then devolved on William, seventh Lord Bellenden, who was the direct heir male of William, second Earl of Roxburghe, whose fourth son John succeeded cinder a Crown resignation to the title and estates of his kinsman, ■William, first Lord Bellenden of Broughton, whose mother was Margaret Ker, sister of the first Earl of Roxburghe. William Lord Bellenden thus became the fourth Duke of Roxburghe. He did not live long after his succession, having died in the following year, 1805, leaving no surviving issue. After his death a competition arose for the titles of Duke and Earl of Roxburghe and the old family estates between Lady Essex Ker, daughter of the second Duke of Roxburghe, as heir of line, Sir James NorclifFe Innes, as heir male of the body of Margaret Ker, daughter of Harry Lord Ker, Major-General Walter Ker of Littledean, claiming as heir male of Robert Ker, first Earl of Roxburghe, and the Right Honour- able William Drummond of Logiealmond, as heir male of the second or Drummond Earl of Roxburghe. This remarkable case occupied the attention of the Court of Session and the House of Lords for several years, and on 11th May 1812, the House of Lords, affirming the judg- ment of the Court of Session, decided in favour of Sir James NorclifFe Innes Ker, who became fifth Duke of Roxburghe, and was the grand- father of the present Duke. The Roxburghe estates and peerages have thus been inherited successively by the families of Ker of Cessford, Drummond of Perth, y 78289. A * MSS. or Duke of Roxbueg-he, 2 2 MSS. of Duke of Roxbukghe. Bellenden of Broughton, and Innes of Innes. The costly litigation is said to have ruined General Ker of Littledean, although he was gene- rally admitted to have been the heir male of the Kers of Cessford. His estate of Littledean was sold and now forms part of the beautiful estate of Lord Polwarth on the banks of the Tweed, opposite his principal residence of Merton House. The ruined Tower of Littledean is still a prominent feature in the landscape there. The tradition in the neigh- bourhood of Littledean is that General Ker died deep in poverty, and his funeral was meanly attended, mainly through his unsuccessful claim to the coveted Dukedom of Roxburghe. Such is a general description of the long line of possessors of the muniments which are here reported. As they relate almost entirely to the family of Ker of Cessford, a few notices of the early members of that family may here be given. The origin of the family of Ker of Cessford now represented in the female line by the Duke of Roxburghe, as already stated, has, like that of the Kers of Ferniehirst represented by the Marquis of Lothian, K.T., been the subject of discussion. It has been stated by peerage writers that the two families respectively descend from two brothers of Anglo-Norman lineage who settled in Scotland in the thirteenth century. But no positive proof of that assertion is known to exist. The descendants of the two families of the name of Ker had long continued contentions about the precedency of the one family over the other. These contentions led to bloodshed. In 1590, Robert Ker of Cessford, afterwards first Earl of Roxburghe, killed William Ker of Ancrum, the head of the rival house of Ferniehirst. The proceedings for repairing that murder are fully detailed in the report. As might be expected, these proceedings are not the only instances of the Sovereigns of Scotland having great trouble in staunching the feuds between other families, notably the Turnbulls of Minto, Kirkpatricks of Kirkmichael, and the Charteris of Amisfield. The earliest of the name of Ker in record is Robert Ker, who appears in 1231 in connection with lands in the north of England. In 1296 several of the name of Ker in the counties of Peebles, Edinburgh, Ayr, and Stirling, did homage to King Edward the First at Berwick, and others are mentioned in connection with the shire of Aberdeen, but none of these can be claimed with certainty as the ancestor either of the family of Lothian or that of Roxburghe. The next who appears on record is John Ker, in the county of Roxburgh, who acted as a juror on various occasions during the English occu- pation of that county in the year 1357. He was no doubt the same who is designed in the second charter now reported on [No. 2 infra ] as John Ker of the Forest of Selkirk or Ettrick, who received in 1358 from John of Coupland a grant of the lands of Altonburn, in the county of Roxburgh. These lands belonged previously to Adam of Roule who bestowed them upon John of Coupland and Joanna his wife [No. 1 infra'] from whom they passed to John Ker. John Ker of Altonburn married a lady whose Christian name was Mariota, but of what family she was there is no evidence, though she may have been a relation of the William and Christian Blackden who are named in writ No. 3 infra. The next member of the family who is noted in the writs now reported on is Richard Ker of Altonburn who was succeeded in his lands by his brother Andrew Ker [No. 4 infra]. This Andrew Ker, although retoured heir to his brother in 1438, appears as the Laird of Altonburn some time previous to that year. In or about 1430, he had a lease of the lands of Primside; in 1434, he received a charter of the lands of Borthwiekshiels, 3 and in 1443 a grant of the mains of Hownam [Nos. 10, 31 and 39 MSS. op Duke infra]. His son Andrew Ker succeeded in 1445 [No. 43 infra], and 0F °^ TEGHE * it was he who, in 1453, entered into the mutual bond of maintenance [No. 5 infra] with a neighbouring laird, Sir Robert Colville of Oxnam, while in 1454 he received in exchange for his lands of Hownam-mains a bond of manrent [No. 6 infra]. These documents are among the earliest of their class in the south of Scotland. This Andrew Ker was more than once accused of traitorous corre- > spondence with the English. He was twice solemnly tried for this crime and each time was acquitted. The first time in 1456 [No. 7 infra] he was accused of bringing Englishmen into his own neighbour- hood to Eckford, Grading, Grimslow, and Jedburgh, and burning the district, but at a later date the accusation took a wider range. He was a vassal of the great Earls of Douglas, and adhered to their fortunes to the last, and when they were expelled from the country, he appears, after the death of King James the Second, in 1460, to have joined the party of Robert Lord Boyd, who seized the reins of power during the minority of King James the Third. Ker -was one of those who actively took part in carrying off the young King from Linlithgow to Edinburgh on 9th July 1466, the audacious step which secured the supreme power to the Boyds. For these and other offences Ker was at a date not very long after the downfall of that faction brought to trial, and, witli better fortune than the Boyds, was acquitted [No. 54 infra]. The reference in the accusation to the battle between the English and Scots, where the Laird of Rutherford was slain, may refer to the battle of Arkinholm in 1454, but more probably to some obscure conflict between the two nations. The accusation of complicity in the treasonable killing of the Chancellor Lord Avandale, must refer only to a meditated attack upon that nobleman, as he survived for many years afterwards. Andrew Ker, who was the first to hold the lands of Cessford, of which he had a Crown charter in 1467 [No. 27 infra], was succeeded by his son Walter, who, however, was not his eldest son as is usually stated. The eldest son, as appears from writs here reported on, was also named Andrew, but appears to have died without other surviving issue than one daughter, Margaret Ker, who, in 1479, renounced all claim and right which she had to the barony of Cessford in favour of her uncle, Walter Ker [No. 28 infra]. Margaret Ker’s mother may have been of the Hepburn family, and appears to have married, secondly, one of the Lords Haliburton. It is unnecessary to trace the descent of the family of Ker of Cessford, generation by generation, but notice may be taken of the later lairds of Cessford immediately preceding the creation of the title of Lord Roxburghe in the year 1599. They successively held the office of Warden of the Middle Marches, and it is in this capacity that they appear in the present report. The document [No. 61 infra] dealing with the provisions for fortifying the castle of Langholm and others, is without date, but appears to refer to the early part of the reign of Queen Mary, during the regency of her mother, when French troops were for a time employed in Scotland. As Warden, the Laird of Cessford received from Queen Mary the three letters [Nos. 70, 71, and 72 infra] y the second of which is of special interest, as it announced the Queen’s intention of visiting Teviotdale, a visit made memorable by her ride from Jedburgh to Hermitage Castle, for the purpose of visiting James, Earl of Bothwell, who had shortly before been wounded in a border raid. The clerical adventurer who figured as a Roman Catholic priest, A 2 I 4 MSS. of Duke and also as a Protestant clergyman at the same time, whose exploits are ? F Bo xb tkghe. reC orded in No. 74 infra , and upon whom Lord Roxburghe, as warden, was to do justice, is apparently not known to the ecclesiastical annalists of the period, and his identity has not been ascertained. In No. 63 infra, a remarkable series of papers is referred to in connection with the long continued feud between the Kers of Cessford and the Kers of Ferniehirst. Lord Roxburghe, while still the young Laird of Cessford, had in 1590 killed William Ker of Ancrurn, the head of the rival house, and now in 1605 and 1606, by the influence of King James the Sixth and the Privy Council of Scotland, a formal process of legal recon- ciliation between the families was gone through. Lord Roxburghe signed a document, in which he acknowledged his regret for the murder ; compensation amounting to 10,000 marks was paid to the aggrieved party, and letters of forgiveness were given by them, which put an end to the open feud. Attention may here be specially directed to No. 107 infra, the Book of Family and Household expenses of the same first Lord Roxburghe, who was advanced to the Earldom of Roxburghe in 1616. The entries in the book, which are authenticated by Lady Jane Drummond, his Countess, range from 30th June 1619 to 9th March 1630, and are of much interest. A fuller detail is given on a later page. Nos. 65 — 69 infra contain the last wills of certain members of the family, including Robert, second Earl of Lothian, and the first and second Earls of Roxburghe. The last historical document in which any of the family are personally interested will be found at No. 108 infra, where the fifth, or Innes, Duke of Roxburghe, gives his boyish recollections of the rebellion of 1745, and his later experiences of the campaign of 1760 and 1761 in the Seven Years war. The first portion of the writs now reported on are old charters of lands which have been or are now in possession of the Kers of Cessford. Of these lands Altonburn is the first territory with which the name is connected by genealogists. The earlier writs of Altonburn [Nos. 1 and 2], and also those of Primside [No. 39 — 41 infra], give some infor- mation about an old family of the name of Roule or Rule, the male heirs of which appear to have failed before 1440 when there were four co- heiresses, who disposed of their lands to Andrew Ker of Altonburn. They held also the lands of Plenderleith and Hyndhopc [No. 38 infra ], which they disposed of in like manner. The lands of Borthwickshiels in Roxburghshire are dealt with in Nos. 9 — 14 infra]. In the first writ, dated c. 1425, they are in the possession of Sir William Douglas of Strathbrock, who acquired them by marriage or descent from an heiress of Sir Laurence Aoernethy. He granted the lands to George Crichton of Cairns, who sold them to the Kers. This George Crichton w r as afterwards created Earl of Caithness. He is said to have had two wives, but the name of the second only has hitherto been known. The relationship, however, stated by Sir William Douglas, implies that Crichton was his son-in daw. The lands of Cessford, as already indicated, were held by the Kers only from the year 1467. Their history before 1325 is uncertain, though they seem to have belonged to Roger Moubray, one of those barons who had joined the English faction. In that year King Robert Bruce bestowed them on Sir William St. Clair of Herdinanston [No. 22 infra], from whom they descended to Sir John St. Clair who in 1376 resigned them [No. 23 infra] to Walter St. Clair. The latter left an heiress, Christian St. Clair, who married Sir William Cockburn, and she and her husband had a dispute about the estate with Sir William 5 Douglas of Auld Roxburgh, which, in 1416, was brought before the Regent, Robert Duke of Albany, and his council. The Act giving a temporary decision [No. 24 infra] is stated at length, as it is a hitherto unknown Act of a general council or parliament, and thus supplies an addition to the scanty records of Scottish Parliaments. In 1447, the lands of Cessf'ord were in possession of James first Lord Hamilton, who granted them to a kinsman of his own, Robert Grahame son of Marion Oliphant. She was the daughter of Sir John Oliphant of Aberdalgie, and is said to have married Sir William Grahame of Kin- cardine, but really married his younger brother Robert. Lord Strathallan, in his history of the House of Drummond, states that her marriage was arranged in 1399, when it was agreed that Robin de Graham should marry Marion Oliphant, with 44 many remarkable and singular con- ditions, very well worthie of the observing.” Of this marriage there were, as appears from No. 26 infra , issue four sons. The writs of Caverton, Nos. 16 — 21 infra , are chiefly interesting in so far as they show the existence of a family of Fotheringham in the county of Roxburgh having similar arms, but apparently distinct from the branch which settled in the shire of Forfar. Writ 16 infra appears to be a curious form of lease or mortgage. The lands were acquired by the Kers in 1473. The writs of Sprouston referred to in Nos. 45 — 50 relate to the possession of part of the lands by the family of Cranston, and of another portion by the monks of the Charterhouse, a monastery near Perth, founded by King James the First. The writs of Sprouston, taken in connection with the following writ, No. 51, enable us to state that the castle of Newark on the Yarrow, commemorated in the 44 Lay of the last Minstrel,” was used as the residence of the Earls of Douglas between 1432 and 1446. It is referred to in the Register of the Great Seal so early as 1423, but the Earls seem to have occupied an older residence known as Etybredshiels, which stood not very far from the new building, though its exact whereabouts cannot now be stated. Among the miscellaneous writs, the first [No. 53 infra] is of special interest, as it details the fees payable to the usher of the Exchequer at an early date in Scottish history. The office at that period, the reign of King David the Second, was occupied by a family called 44 de Capella ” or Chapel. King Robert the Second granted it to William de Camera or Chambers from whom it descended by marriage to the family of Waus or Wans of Meiny. John Waus of Many resigned the office in 1565, and it was conferred on Sir John Bellenden, of Auchnoul, justice clerk, ancestor of Lords Bellenden, the last of whom was for a short time fourth Duke of Roxburghe as above explained. Nos. 56 and 53 are papers illustrative of the unsettled condition of Scotland, the first writ being a remission by King James the Fifth to the Border clan of Turnbull, chiefly residing in the valley of Rule water ; while the other is a 44 letter of slains,” or assurance of safety of life and limb given to a murderer by the kin and relatives of the person or persons slain, a pecuniary compensation, however, being made to the aggrieved parties. No. 59 is of the same character, being a decree pronounced by Mary of Guise, Queen Dowager, and Regent of Scotland, widow of King James the Fifth, wffio herself had become arbiter in a feud between the Kirkpatricks of Kirkmichael (cadets of the family of Closeburn) and the Charterises of Amisfield, in which blood had been shed on both sides. The decree ordained money compensation and restoration of goods. MSS, op Duke op Roxburghe. 2 6 MSSi-os Duke Of the Papal bulls, fourteen in number [Nos. 76 — 86, and 88, 89], or Roxburghe. relating to the Abbacy of Kelso, only the first has been previously printed in the Bannatyne Club edition of the Register 1846. The other thirteen are now printed for the first time. They chiefly relate to the affairs of the Abbey itself. Attention, however, may be drawn to No. 78, a bull by Pope Honorius III., taking under his protection the “rector” of the wilderness (“heremi”) of Merkingly, with his goods. It is not clear where this Merkingly was, but from the references to it in the register of the Abbey of Kelso, where W alter of Bolbech grants to the monks the hermitage which is called Merchingleye near Marchingburn, it appears to have been in Liddesdale, on the English side of the border. It is probably from this “ hermitage,” which is described as founded in a waste district, that the famous Castle of Hermitage in the same neighbourhood took its name. The bull [No. 81 infra ] may also be noticed which forbids the monks to show hospitality to women, or to allow travellers of that sex to pass the night within the gates of the monastery, or even in its granges, giving as one reason, that women attracted by the hospitality of the abbey made while travelling long and useless stay there. The form of oath, No. 87, is given at length, as although comparatively modern, no similar document appears to exist showing the vows of allegiance taken to the Papal See by Scottish Abbots. The other papers relating to Kelso are not of special importance, the principal ones, including the great charter by King Malcolm the Fourth, and the rentals having been already printed in the “ Liber S. Marie de Calchou,” published by the Bannatyne Club in 1846. The charter of Malcolm is considered to be, as a writing, one of the most remarkable of Scotch charters. It is well written, but its chief interest is derived from the initial letter “M ” which is beautifully illuminated, and is believed to perpetuate two of the earliest Scotch portraits, — those of the founder of the Abbey, King David I., and of his youthful grandson Malcolm, the granter of the writ. This illuminated letter gives a favourable idea of the art of miniature as practised in the monastery in the twelfth century. The list of pensions detailed in No. 94 as paid out of the abbey revenues, and the statutes, No. 95 infra , for the regulation of the burgh of Kelso, are of some interest. The documents, reported on under the head of “ Bellenden Papers,” are, as explained, only a few selected from a considerable number. They are papers which came into the family of Roxburghe with William, the seventh and last Lord Bellenden, who became, in 1804, fourth duke of Roxburghe. He was descended from John Ker, fourth son of William second Earl of Roxburghe, who, in 1671, was served heir of entail to his cousin, William Bellenden, first Lord Bellenden. The mother of the latter was Margaret Ker, sister of the first Earl of Roxburghe, and his father was Sir James Bellenden of Broughton, near Edinburgh, descended from a family of lawyers and statesmen. One of these, Thomas Bellenden, Director of Chancery and Justice Clerk, is mentioned in No. 96 infra in letters of maintenance in his favour by George Crichton, Bishop of Dunkeld, of date 1530. He was succeeded by his son Sir John Bellenden, also Justice Clerk, who married Barbara, daughter of Sir Hugh Kennedy, of Girvanmains, Queen Mary of Guise herself signing the marriage contract, No. 98. Of the same family also was probably Christian Bellenden, Prioress of the Convent of Saint Catherine of Sienna, near Edinhurgh. No. 101 infra is chiefly interesting on account of the persons to whom it refers, being a simple draft contract about lands between 7 Matthew, Earl of Lennox, and his son Henry, Lord IJarnley. No. 103 MSS. op Duke is a letter from the last Roman Catholic prior of Holyrood, “ Dene °* Ro ^Y RGHEa Stevin Litstar.” No. 105, a letter from King James the Sixth to Sir Lewis Bellenden, the Ambassador to the English Court, relates partly to the Earls of Angus, Mar, and other banished nobles who had found a refuge in England. Besides the charters and papers now reported on, most of which have been noted above, a large quantity of the family correspondence has been inspected. It relates chiefly to private family affairs of no general interest. The letters which have been thought worthy of notice here will be found in Nos. 109 — 118 infra. As a specimen of the forms observed in the creation of a Scottish peer by a Commissioner after King James the Sixth went to England, the following “ Instructions ” preserved in the Roxburghe Charter Chest may be quoted at length. Instructions for my Lord of Roxburghe to be rememberit againes the tyme of his preferment. That in the place thocht meit for performing the ceremonie, a throne be erectit of fyve degries, vpone the vpper place quhairof a schair of honour be placit quhairon sallee layit the rob royall for his Majestie’s Commissioner. That the house be hung with tapestrie. That the haill throne be lyikwayis coverit and sum pairt of the pavement directlie befoir the schair of honour, vpon the left syid quhairof may be placet a table coverit, quhairon may be layit the honouris, septour, suord, and crown e. And becaus the nobilman to be preferrit man ascend toward my lord comissioner, and the degries appoyntit for sitting wilbe vneasie for his ascending, it salbe necessar the passage toward the chair of honour be maid more easie be placing vpone ewerie degrie directlie from the pavement to the schair sum stapis of timber, quhilk I think the Master of Wark will tak ordour with. That vpone the thrid degrie, richt vnder schair of honour thair be layit a cuschone of velvit quhairon the nobillman may humbill himself the tyme of his creation. That sick nobilmen as ar to be present at the ceremonie be in thair robes of estait ; at lest two lordis and als monie erlis. That his lordship hawe present his barrones robe, the rob of ane erle, ane erlis crowne, the patent of his creation, ane sword within ane belt of velvit of cullour narrest that of the robe. The belt to be of that lenth that it may goe ower my lordis head, and beir the suord in way of ane bend and fasnit with ane buckill. That directioun be givin to the pentir to hawe radie his lordshipis pinsell conteining his creist and woord, and ane standert beiring the haill armes of my lordis awin cullouris, quhilk I take to be geulis and asure. Alwayis his lordship will cleir that him self. That his lordship hawe present sum worthie gentillman that hath not attennit to the dignitie of knichthood, at lest four, and quho may be employit to be beareris of thingis belanging to the ceremonie, and quho man be doublit knichtis for that thair service. I dout not his lordship wilbe cairfull to hawe present at the actioun trumpittis. The maisseris wilbe radie to attend my lord comissioner and to keip back the prease. I 8 ' Old Charters of various Lands. Altonburn, MSS. op Duke 1 . Charter by Adam of Boule to John of Conpland and his wife of op oxbukghe. ^ j an( j s 0 f Altonburn [c. 1354]. Omnibus hanc cartam visnris vel audituris Adam de Boule salutem in Domino sempiternam. Kouerife vniuersitas vestra me dedisse, concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Johanni de Coupland et Johanne vxori sue et heredibus ipsius Johannis omnia terras et tenementa que habui in territorio de Haletonburne, cum seruiciis liberorum et bondorum et cum omnibus suis libertatibus et aysiamentis predictis terris et tenementis qualitercumque spectantibus : Habenaa et tenenda omnia terras ct tenementa predicta cum omnibus suis pertinenciis vt predictum est predictis Johanni de Coupland et Johanne vxori sue et heredibus ipsius Johannis de capl- talibus dominis feodi illius, ita libere et quiete sicut ego terras et tenementa predicta aliquo tempore liber ius et quiecius tenui ; faciendo' inde capitalibus dominis feodi illius seruicia inde debita et de iure consueta : Et ego predictus Adam et heredes mei omnia predicta terras et tenementa cum omnibus suis pertinenciis, vt predictum est, predictis- Johanni de Coupland et Johanne vxori sue et heredibus ipsius Johannis- eontra omnes homines et feminas warantizabimus et inperpetuum defendemus. In cuius rei testimonium huic carte sigillum meum apposui. Et quia sigillum meum pluribus est incognitum sigillum Abbatis de Kalkhow et sigillum Abbatis de Melrose in testimonium premissorum presentibus apponi procuraui. Hiis testibus, Bernardo de Hawden, Johanne Burnard, Johanne de Hessewell, Michaele de By dale, Eustacio Loreyn, Waltero Tornebole, Bogero de Halton, Wil- lelmo de Botherford et aliis. [Only one seal has been attached to the writ, which is still appended. It is apparently that of the granter, but the legend and armorial bearings are not readily decipherable.] 2. Charter by John of Coupland, granting and confirming to John Kerre of the Forest of Selkirk all his lands and tenements with their pertinents in Aldtonburne which the granter held by the gift and feoffment of Adam of Boule ; to be held to the said J ohn Kerre in fee and heritage, &c., as in the preceding writ. Dated at Altonburne, the Monday next after the feast of the purification of the Virgin Mary 1357. [5th February 1357-8.] Witnesses, Bobert of Coleuile, William of Botherford, John of Aynesley, Boger of Aldtoun, Bobert of Wodeford, James of Loreyne, William of Gledstanes, William of Boule, Bichard of Bydale, Alexander of Flex, John of Chattow, and others. Seal attached. Shield couche bearing what appears to be a cross. Above a helmet is a crest, a goat’s head. Legend “ S’. Johis de Coupland.” 3. Charter by William of Blakdene, son and heir of Christian of Blakedene, granting and confirming to John Kerre of the forest of Eteryk and to Mariola his wife, all lands and tenements which have descended to the granter after the decease of his late mother the said Christian, of her heritage in the towns of Molle and Altonburne within the regality of Sproustoun ; to be held to the said John and Mariota and the heirs and assignees of the said John, in fee and heritage, &c. Dated at Altonburne, the Thursday next after the feast of St. Michael the Archangel [4th October] 1358. Witnesses, Bobert of Coleuile, John of Aynesley, James of Loreyn, Boger of Aldtoun, Bobert of 9 Wodeford, William of Koule, Bichard of Bydale, Eustace of Chattow, William Corbet and others. Seal attached. Device, a falcon striking a bird. Legend illegible. 4. Betour of Inquest made in presence of John Turnbull, bailie of the regality of Sproustoun, by Sir Walter Scott, Bobert of Molle, Patrick of Bidale, Adam Scott, John Gurlay, William Schewyll, William of Langthoun, John Wanles, Archibald Turnbull, Laurence Turnbull, William Eaulaw of Kyrktoun, Thomas Bufy and Thomas Mydylmest, who being sworn, declare that the late Bichard Ker, brother of Andrew Ker died vested and seased of fee at the faith and peace of the king, of the lands of Aldtownburne, Wawtyswelys, and of Quitebankedene with pertinents, lying within the regality of Sprouston, and that the said Andrew Ker is the lawful and nearest heir of the late Bichard, his brother, in the lands and that he is of lawful age ; that the lands were in time of peace valued at £20 yearly, but are become waste and of no value ; that they are held in capite , of the chief lords of the regality of Sprouston for one penny blench at midsummer yearly if asked, and that they have been in the hands of the superiors for three months by the death of Bichard Ker. Dated at Langthoun, 29th April 1438. 5. Indenture (written in the vernacular) between Sir Bobert Coluele, lord of Oxnam on one part and Andrew Ker of the Altoneburn on the other part, by which they agree “ that athir part of thaim sal be lele and treu til vthir for al the dayese of thair lyffis in pese and in were at al thare gudely powar and athir of thaim sal be tyl vtheris ful help and supple in all actiounys and querellis mouyt or to be mouyt be ony maner of persounys that leff may or de may, thare legeans to the kyng and to the erle of Douglas alanerly outane ; alsua it is acordyt betuix the said partis that gyf ony of thare men happins to debat or discord outlier in thare presens or absens that nouther of thaim sal tak part with thaire aw T yn men bot be euynly reddaris and stanchearis of cuill and debatis quyll efter it may be brouchbefor thaim and thare thai sal refourme ony debatis gyf sic happyns efter as it is sene spedfull to thaim ; alsua it is acordyt betuix the saide partis that gyf ony of thaim happins to be off the cuntre or to hafe sic materes ado that he mone nedways pass of the cuntre and the tothir part haf myster of his suple and help in his absens he sal at his passage charge and deliuer the keparis of bis house and men to furthir help and supple the part than beand present in the contre like as thai suld do in presens of thare master beand than absent bath with supple of housis and men, but fraude and gyle, vnto the tyme of the cumyng hame of thair said master beand absent : Alsua it is acordyt that gyf ony of thaim happyns to inryn fedis or maugreis athir for vthir of ony partvse that nouthir of thaim sal mak frendschip na Concorde without avice and assent of the tothir party. To the quhilkis thingis lely and treuly without fraude or gyle to be done and fullfyllyt bath the forsaide partis the holy euangellis tuichyt hav geifyn a bodely atht. In wittnes of the quliilk thing the forsaide . party se to the partis of thir indenturis enterchangeably has sett thair selys,’ 5 at Jedburgh 10th June 1453. [To the present copy of writ, Sir Bobert ColvilFs seal has been affixed, but it now exists in a fragmentary condition.] 6. Indenture between “ a rych honorabill squyar,” Andrew Ker of the Altonburne on the one part and “ Thom Bobson ” on the other part, which “ proportis and beris wyttnes that it is acordit betuix the saide partyse in maner and forme as eftir folowys that is to say that the sayde MSS. or Duke or Roxburghe, I 10 MSS. of Duke qf Roxburghe. Thom Robson is becumyn snorne man to the sayde Androw Ker to do hym synglar seruyce at his powar agayn all that lefe maye and dee may for all the dayes of his lyfe, his alegiance til onr liege lord the kyng alanerly outtane and falande of hym as God forbeide it do he sal be man in lik maner for al his lyfe dayes tyl Androw Ker the sone and ayer of the sayde Andro Ker or til his rychlwyse ayeris ; for the quhylk manrenschip and seruice the sayde Androw Ker sal gyff and deliuer frely tyl the sayde Thom Robson for al the dayes of lyf all and syndry his mayn landis of Hownum with thair pertinens to be haldyn and hade to the sayde Thom Robson for al his lyf dayes as is befor said with all and syndry profitis esmentis and rychwys pertinentis als wele vnnemmyt as nemmyt, als wele vndir erde as abouyn, als wele fer as ner to the sayde mayne landys pertenand or may pertene be ony maner of rych in tyme to cum, als frely quietly wele and in pese as ony landis ar gyffyn and grauntyt til ony man within the kynryk of Seotlande indurand the lyfdayes of the saide Thom Robson : and gyf it happynis that the said Thom Robson may nouch joyse and brouke the saide mayn landis for opyn wer of Inglischmen the sayde Androw or his sayde ayer sal gyff yherly in tyme of wer to the saide Thom Robson a hundereth schillingis of the vsuale mone of Scotland for his fee, and in tyme of pese he broukand the sayd landis as is befor sayde, and the sayde Androw Ker and his ayerys to the sayde Thom Robson for al the dayes of his lyf as befor sayde the sayde mayne landis with the pertinentis agayn al men and women sal warande and defend : To the quhilk condiciones andappoynt- ment lely and treuly to be kepyt done and fulfyllyt batht the saide partyse the haly euangellis tuichyt ar bodely suorne. In wittnes of the quhilk thyng to the partyse of thir indenturis remaynand with the sayde Thom the sayde Androw has set his seele, and forthy that the sayde Thom Robson had na propir sele of his awyn, to the partys of thir indenturis remaynand with the said Andro Ker has procuryt the sele of Thomas of Rykylton to be to set hafand the fors of his awyn sele, befor thir wittnes Johne of Aynysle lord of Dolphington, Uchtir of Aynisle, Wyll of Kyrktoun, Wat Robson and mony vthiris,” at Jedburgh, 2nd December 1454. Seal attached, partly broken. Shield bearing a cross. 7. Letters of Acquittal by George Earl of Angus &c. in favour of Andrew Ker of Altonburn. 14 April 1456. “ George Erie off Angus lorde Douglas off Lyddalysdale and Gedwortht forest, wardene of the est and the myddyll merchis off Scotland affornent Ingland, to all and syn- dry that it. efferis we notify and makis knawyn, that comperit befor vs in oure curte of wardenry haldyn at Selkyrk on the xiiij day of the monetht of Apryle in the yere of oure lorde m mo cccc fyfti and sex yere Andro Kere of Altonburne, endytyt and with our roll chalangit of arte and part of the tresonabill in bryngyng of the Inglismen to Hecfurde, to Cralyng, to Grymyslaw and to Jedworth, and brynt and heryit the kyngis legis ; alsa endytyd for comun entermettyng and comun spekyng with Inglismen in tresonabill maner in illyng of the kyngis legis ; also endytyd for a comun resettour and for a comun suppliar of comun traturis in thare tresonabyll dedis and the haffand art and part of thaim ; alsua endytyd for a comun tratur; the qwhilk actioun the forsayd Andro allvtrelly denyit and of tha he was putt to a lele and a worthy assyse of the cuntre, that is to say Wylyam of Douglas of Cauerys, Schir Walter Scot, the lorde of Cranston, Nechole of Rutlierfurde, Archibald of Newtoun, the lorde of Rutherfurde, Wylyam of Hepburne, Andro of Crechton, George off Hoppringill, Johne Turnbule, Mayster 11 Philip Pyle, Andro of Rutherfurde and Sandy o£ Hoppringill with diuerse vthiris, and thru the verdyt of the forsaide assyse deligently avysyt and decernitt the forsaide Andro of all the forsaide actionis all- vtrelly was made qwhit and vn-wemyt. In the wittnes of the qwhylk thynge we hafe gert set to the sele of our office day yer and place forsayde.” Blackpool . 8. Charter by William of Douglas, lord of Cavers, granting to his nephew (or grandson) Walter Ker, son of Andrew Ker, his whole lands of Blackpule with pertinents, lying in the barony of Cavers in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, and that for a sum of money paid by the said Walter Ker; the lands to be held to Walter Ker and his heirs of the granter and his heirs for one penny payable at Christmas if asked, in name of blench farm. Dated at Cavers, 4th August 1450; witnesses, Thomas of Cranstoun lord of that Ilk, James of Douglas, Master Philip Pyle, James Graye, Duncan Graye and others. Seal attached. Shield bearing, quarterly, 1st and 4th on a chief three stars, with heart in base for Douglas ; 2nd and 3rd a bend between six cross* crosslets, for Mar. Legend broken, but apparently u S. Wilelmi de Douglas. 5 ’ Borthwickshiels. 9. Charter by William of Douglas of Strabrok [Strathbrock] knight granting and selling to his son [“filio”] George of Cryghtoun of Carnys, his whole lands of Borthwykeschelys, in the barony of Chaw- merlayn-newtoun within the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, for 400 merks Scots paid to the granter ; to be held to George Crichton, his heirs and assignees, of Sir William and his heirs, for rendering yearly to him and his heirs the services due and wont, which Sir William and his heirs were bound to render to the lord superior. Witnesses, the Abbots of Calkow [Kelso], Melrose, Holyroodhouse and of Newbattle, James of Douglas lord of Abircorne, Sir James of Douglas lord of Dalketh, Sir Walter of Ogilvy and Sir Patrick of Ogilvy, knights ; John of Fawside, James of Dundas and others. Not dated, but c 1425. Seal attached. Shield bearing ermine, on a chief two stars. Legend illegible. 10. Charter by George of Crechtoun of Blaknes, granting and con- firming to his dearest cousin Andrew Ker laird of Altonburn, for advice and assistance given to the granter, the whole half of the lands of Borthwikeschelis, namely the northern portion of the same, with pertinents, lying in the barony of Chawmerlayne-newtown within the sheriffdom of Roxburgh ; To be held to Andrew Ker and his heirs of the granter and his heirs in fee and heritage, for rendering to them annually three suits of court at three head pleas of the granter’s court of Borthwikeschelis only for all other service. At Edinburgh, 2 Jan- uary 1433 [1433-4]. Witnesses, Sir William of Crechtoun lord of that Ilk, knight, Master of the King’s household, John of Newtown of Carloury and James of Parkle of that ilk. Seal wanting. 11. Letters of Obligation, written in the vernacular, by which “ Stephine of Crechtoune of the Carnis and Jamis of Parkle of Lithgw ” oblige themselves jointly and severally to “ Andro Ker of Altoneburne ” that “ gefe it happinis the saide Andro or his airis to be inqueet distroublit or letit be the airis of quhilum Scliir Willeame of Douglas of Hauthornedene or thaire assignez that the saide Andro na his airis may nocht wyse peseabli [brouk] the landis of Borthwic- MSS. or Duke or Roxbtjrohe. 2 12 MSS. of Duke of Roxburghe, schelis . . . the quhilkis ar analiit to the saide Andro and his £ * airis be George of Crechtone of the Blaknes, we sal than be haldin and thareto stratli we oblice vs togeder and sindrily and our airis to mac to the saide Andro and his airis and ger thaim haue in pesable possessionne within the shereffdome of Louthiane tene pondis worth of land yerely til him and his airis alwais and quhilis that the saide George and his airis pay to the saide Andro or his airis ane hundreth marc of vsuel mone of Scotland in the Abbay of Jed wort, efter the tenour of ane euident made thareapone betuex the saide George and Andro.” Dated at Edinburgh, 4th January 1433 [1433-4]. Witnesses, John of Neutone of Dalcove, John Clerc and Andro Inglis. [Stephen Crichton’s seal, and the seal of Alan of Fairnile burgess of Edinburgh, on behalf of James Parkle are said to be appended, but both are now wanting.] 12. Charter by George of Creichtovne of Blaknes and of Borthwik- schelis, knight, granting to Andrew Ker of Altonburn the half lands of Borthwickshiels as in No. 10 supra; to be held of Sir John Lindesay of JSyris and of Chaumerlan-newtovne as superior, for rendering service due and wont. Dated at Edinburgh, 8th October 1444 ; witnesses, Sir William lord of Crichton, Chancellor of Scotland, and Sir Walter Scott, knights, Mr. George Schoriswod, Stephen Scott and Alexander of Hepburn. Seal attached. Shield bearing a lion rampant, apparently surmounted with a crescent for difference. [Two other writs relate to this. (1) Letters of resignation of the lands by Sir George Crichton into the hands of the superior, and (2) Another charter by Sir George, granting the whole lands of Borthwickshiels to Andrew Ker. This charter has the same witnesses as the preceding, and both writs are dated at Edinburgh on the same day, 15th October 1444. Seal appended to each.] 13. Lease by “ Henry of Wod chaplane ” setting and letting all and whole his “ tenandry of lande of Hardenwod with the pertinentis lyande within the soyleze of Borthwicsheillis and in the barony of Chawmerlayne-newtone til my luffit frende Andro Kere lord of Aw- tounburne, for al the dayis and termez of nynetene yerris fullily to be compleit, pessabilli joyssande alhale and togeddir, entrande and begyn- nande at the fest off Witsonday next efter the date of thir lettrez for the male of twenty schillingis in the yere and for ilk yere of the saide nyntene yerris of the vsuale mone of Scotlande to be pait to me be the saide Androu Kere or his facturis or subtenandis at twa termez of the yere, that is to say Witsonday and Marty nmes in wyntir, be twa ewynly porcionis, off the quhilk forsuth nynetene yerris male I graunt me wele content and payit beforhande be the handis of the saide Androu throu the deliverance and ressate of nyntene pundis,” which sum the granter discharges ; the lands to be held of him for the nineteen years. Dated at Edinburgh, 17th June 1445. Witnesses, Archibald of Douglas lord of Cavers, William of Douglas his son, Sir Walter Scott lord of the Buccleuch, David Scott his son, Alexander of Cheseholme of that ilk, Master Philip Pyle, burgess of Edinburgh and Jedworde. [On the same date, Henry Wood granted a formal charter of the lands, to be held of John Lord Lindsay of the Byres as superior.] 14. Letters by Archibald Newtone of Dalcove bailie in that part of John Lord Lindsay of Byres, narrating that — in terms of a precept of sasine, dated at Edinburgh 14th May 1471, directed by John Lord Lindsay to Archibald Newtone of Dalcove and John Turnbull of Newhalburne as his bailies, to infeft Walter Ker, son and apparent 13 heir of Andrew Ker of Cesfurd, in the lands of Borthwikschelis and Harden wode with pertinents, &c., as before described — the said Archibald, the precept being read gave sasine accordingly to the grantee in person. Done at the town [villa] of Borthwikschelis, 25 May 1471; witnesses, David Scott of Buccleuch, Andrew Ker of Cesfurd, Walter Scott, David Pringile, William Ker of Yhare, John Grimyslaw of Newton, James Riddale and William Grimyslaw. Fragment of seal attached. Broxfield 1 5. Instrument of Sasine, following on a precept under the quarter seal of King James the Fourth (dated at Falkland, 26 June 1490) in terms of a charter, for infefting Alexander Home of that Ilk, great chamberlain of Scotland in the whole lands and barony of Broxfield, with mill, &c., lying in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, which barony was resigned by Andrew Lord Gray. Sasine given to David Ranton, sou and apparent heir of David Ranton of Billie acting for Sir Alexander Home. Done on 20th July 1490 at a manor lying in “ le Fluris 55 within the barony of Broxfield in presence of William Ker of Mersynton, Ralph Ker of Primsy deloch, George Gledstanes and others. Caverton . 16. Indenture between “ Howioun ” of Fotheringham and Walter Scott as to the lands of Caverton. 23 June 1391. “ This endentoure mayd at Borthwyke the xxiij day off the moneth off June, the .yere off gras a m° ccc lxxxxj witnes that it is accordit betwyn Wauter f* *t, on the ta part and Howioun [Hugh] off’ ffodrygame on the tothir part, that the fforsaid Wauter has tan the fforsaid Howiounys part off the landis off Cauerton ffor foure yere pessabel ffor xxxij mark off syluer cff the quhilk he has payit hym xv mark in his hand and the iaff off payment sal pay at the termys eftir foluand ; and gyff it hapyn as God forbede it do that the fforsaid Wauter or his ayris be distrowblit in ony tym off the fforsaid foure yere be ony cause, than he or thai sal begyn agayn tyl thai or he haff joyssit the landis befforsaid ffoure yere pessabili ; and I the fforsaid Howioun and my ayris obblych vs to the fforsaid Wauter and his ayris to hald this couana lelyly. In the witnes off the qwylk thyng we the fforsaid Wauter and Howioun has put oure seallis to this endentoure day yere and plas befforsaid.” [Seal wanting.] 17. Retour of Inquest made in presence of Archibald of Douglas, sheriff of Roxburgh, by James of Ruderfurde, Thomas of Craniston, Walter Scot, Alexander of Newtone, Symon of Daigles, George of Hoppryngile, Andrew Kere, J ames of Ormystoun A lexander of Scheys- holme, William Turnbule, William of Ruderfurde, John Hage, William of Ayrisle, James Kere, John Turnbule, John of Aynisle, Thomas Jonsoun, Richard Dauysoun and Thomas Crake, who being sworn declare that the late Hugh of Fothrynghame father of Thomas of Fothryngbame died last vest and seased as of fee, at the peace of the king, of the third part of the whole lands of Cavertoun as well mains lands as husband lands with the third part of the mills with pertinents except the tenandry called “ Langis lande,” within the sheriffdom of Roxburgh ; and that the said Thomas is lawful and nearest heir of the said late Hugh his father, in the lands and that he is of lawful age ; that the lands presently and in time of peace are valued at twenty marks MSS. of Duke of Roxbtjrghe. I 14 MSS. op Duke gp Roxburghe. yearly and that they are held in chief of the Stewart of Scotland blench for one pair of gloves on the feast of St. James at Roxburgh, if asked ; and that the lands are in the hands of the Stewart by the death of the late Hugh for the space of 26 years. Dated at Jedburgh, 17 January 1429-30. [Three seals still remain attached to the writ. The first bears the arms of Douglas of Cavers, the second the orle of Rutherfurd, while the third is illegible.] 18. Notarial Instrument narrating that John of Fothringame of Cavertoun, by his procurator, resigned into the hands of King James the Third, the whole lands of Cavertoun belonging to him, in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, in favour of his son and apparent heir John of Fothringame. Done in the King’s chamber of the Castle of Edinburgh, 11 July 1471. 19. Notarial Instrument narrating that John Fothringame lord of the third part of the lands of Caverton resigned the said lands of Caverton in favour of Walter Ker and his heirs. Done in the royal chamber of the monastery of Holyrood of Edinburgh 28 May 1473. [Three writs relative to this are (1) a formal Resignation in usual form by John Fothringhame of Caverton, Archibald Dundas of that Ilk, knight, James Shaw of Sauchy and William Roger of “Tracware” being his pro- curators; dated at Edinburgh 7th October 1472, with the granter’s seal attached, three bars per pale ; legend, “ S. Johis Fothringha.” (2) A precept by King James the Third for giving sasine to Walter Ker of Cesfurd of the 20 merk land of Caverton, forfeited by Robert Lord Boyd ; dated at Edinburgh 5th October 1484 ; and (3) Instrument of Sasine following upon said precept, dated 20th October 1484.] 20. Charter by Walter Ker of Cavertoun and lord of Honome [Hownam], whereby for the honour of God, the Virgin Mary, St. Katherine, and the Saints, for the soul of the late King James the Second, the granter’s own soul, &c., he with consent of Robert Abbot of Kelso and convent, founds, constitutes and ordains a perpetual chaplainry at the altar of the foresaid St. Katherine the Virgin within the church of the monastery of Kelso on the north side of the same for a perpetual secular chaplain, for whose yearly sustenance the granter gives an annual rent of twelve merks Scots from his lordship of Caverton, and another annual rent of three merks from his lands of Hownam, within the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, the money to be uplifted by the chaplain at two terms in the year. The chaplain shall be bound to continual residence under pain of loss of the said chaplainry, and he shall not substitute anyone but he shall minister personally ; and if he be promoted to a better benefice he shall vacate the chaplainry. The granter also wills that in the event of a vacancy, he and his heirs shall grant the vacant chaplainry to a fit secular within forty days, but if they neglect to present within that time, the said Abbot and convent shall present it to a fit chaplain, though in the meantime the convent shall have no right to retain or convert to their own use the sustentation. With clause of warrandice. Edinburgh, 5 December 1475. Witnesses, Robert Abbot of Kelso, Robert Abbot of Jedburgh, David Scott of Buccleuch, George Douglas of Bongedward, John Anysle of Dolphingston, Master Gawin Vaich vicar of Calder-clere and others. [Another charter in similar terms was granted by “Walter Ker of Cesfurd and lord of the barony of Aldrox burgh ” on kO October 1488, by which he gives for the chaplain’s support 20 merks yearly from his lands of Aid Roxburgh, with necessary fuel from Caverton.] 15 21. Charter by Alexander Layynge of Cavirtoune granting and alienating to Andrew Ker of Altonburne his husbandland lying in the town and territory of Cesfurd, which is commonly called “ Langis land,” within the sheriffdom of Roxburgh; To be held to Andrew Ker and his heirs from the grantor &c. of the King, for one penny blench payable on land of Cesfurd if asked. Dated at Stirling, 28 March 1446 ; Witnesses, Sir William lord of Crechtone, Walter Scott of Buccleuch, knights, William of Crechtone, David of Crechtone, squires, Gawin Brady vicar of Kippen and John Hudson, chaplain. Seal attached. Shield showing a bend charged with three crescents, a mollet in the sinister chief. Legend, “ S. Alexandri Layng.” Cess ford, 22. Charter by King Robert the Bruce, granting to William of St. Clair of Hirdmanstoun, knight, for his homage and service the whole barony of Cesseworth with the mill of the same, and with all pertinents except the land which Edmund Marescall has, by the King’s gift, within the said barony ; to be held to the said William and his heirs of the King and his heirs in fee and heritage (excepting only to the King the tenandry held by Edmund Marescall) for the service of four archers in the King’s army and a suit of court at the court of the sheriffdom of Roxburgh. At Arbroath 10th June A.R. 20 [1325]. Witnesses, Bernard Abbot of Arbroath, chancellor, Duncan Earl of Fife, Walter Stewart of Scotland, James lord of Douglas and Alexander Fraser, chamberlain, knights. Fragment of Great Seal appended. [This charter does not appear to be recorded in the extant register of the Great Seal.] 23. Charter by King Robert the Second, granting to Walter of St. Clair, the whole barony of Cesseworth with mill, except the land held by the late Edmund Marescall from the late King Robert Bruce, which barony was resigned by John of St. Clair of Hirdmanston ; to be held to the said Walter in fee and heritage, for the services due before the resignation. Dated at Perth 8th March A. R. 6 [1376]. Witnesses, William, Bishop of St. Andrews, John Earl of Carrick, the King’s eldest son, Steward of Scotland, Robert earl of Fife and Menteith the King’s son, William Earl of Douglas, John of Carrick, chancellor, James of Lyndesay the king’s nephew, Alexander of Lyndesay and Robert of Erskyne, knights. Portion of great seal appended. [This charter is on record, but the names of the witnesses are not given in the register.] 24. Act of General Council held by Robert Duke of Albany at Perth 20 March 1415-6, as to the lands of Cessford. Actus consilii generalis domini Roberti Ducis Albanie comitis de Fyfe et de Menteth ac regni Scocie Gubernatoris, tenti apud Perth in mense Marcii, anno Domini millesimo quadringentesimo decimo quinto et gubernacionis sue decimo, penes querelam domini Willelmi de Cokburne militis, clamantis se tenentem domini nostri regis racione sponse sue filie et heredis quondam Walteri de Sancto Claro militis, de terris haronie de Sesworth infra vicecomitatum de Roxburgh, in quibus terris baronie predicte asseruit dictam sponsam suam per breuia cancellarie domini regis debita intrasse et in possessione legitima perstitisse, licet alias Willelmus de Douglas de Aldroxburgh miles asserens dictam baroniam de Sesworth de ipso teneri in capite ipsos Willelmum de Cokburne et sponsam suam in possessione sua perturbauerit minus iuste : Quemquidem Willelmum de Douglas militem fore dominum superiorem dicte baronie de Sesworth idem MSS. or Duke or Roxbukghe. I 16 MSS. of Duke of Roxburghe. Willelmus de Cokburne pro se et sponsa sua predicta sepius ut assCruit disclamabat^ pro at tunc coram dominis de consilio publice disclamauit ; Requirens cum instancia debita prefatum dominum gubernatorem et suum consilium sibi super premissis de oportuno remedio prouideri. Cuius quidem Willelmi de Cokburne militis audita querela lectisque cartis infeodacionis dictarum terrarum recolende memorie dominorum Roberti primi et Roberti secundi regum Scottorum illustrium sigillis suis roboratis, domini de consilio decreuerunt quod idem dominus gubernator superioritatem baronie predicte de Sesworth per vicecomitem de Roxburgh in rnanus suas recognosci faciat indilate, dictumque Willelmum de Cokburne tanquam tenentem regis racione dicte spouse sue in possessione dictarum terrarum suarum manuteneat et defendat ; quodque dictum Willelmum de Douglas militem qui est in transmarinis partibus ut refertur si et quando ad partes venerit per suas literas patentes summoneri faciat quod compareat ad certos diem et locum calumpnie domini nostri regis et sue super purprestura predicta debite responsurus. Datum sub testimonio magni sigilli dicti domini gubernatoris apud Perth vicesimo die mensis Marcii anno quo supra. 25. Notarial Instrument narrating that in presence of the notary and witnesses an honourable man, Alexander of Cokburne, presented to Master Philip Pyle depute of Sir Archibald of Douglas, knight, sheriff of Teviotdale, an attorney from the royal chancery in which Alexander was named among others, which being received, read and admitted, he pre- sented a precept of sasine from the royal chancery directed to the depute himself for giving to the attorney or attorneys of Christian Sinclair, spouse of the late Sir William of Cokburne, knight, heritable sasine of her lands whatsoever of Cesfurde with pertinents, according to the tenor of a charter of entail confirmed to her by the King. The said Master Philip having read the royal letters, viz., the attorney, letter of sasine and charter of entail, commanded the King’s sergeant, William of Gfrymyslaw to assign heritable sasine of the said lands to the said Alexander Cokburne in name and on behalf of the said Christian, his mother, which the sergeant did in due form. Done in the town [villa] of Cesfurd in a building of the same, on the 10th November 1441 ; witnesses, Andrew Ker younger, Adam Scot, Ralph Tayte, Thomas Tayt, Gilbert Mossy, William Scot, John Scot his son, Robert Gibson and James Chawmyre. 26. Charter by James Lord “ le Hamyltoune,” knight, granting to his kinsman Robert of Grahame, son and heir of Marion of Olyfawnt, for service done and to be done, his whole lands of Cesfurd with pertinents, lying within the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, which lands had belonged to the said Marion and were resigned by her in the hands of the King who had regranted them to Lord Hamilton ; To be held, the said lands to Robert Grahame and the heirs of his body, whom failing to Walter Grahame, his brother-german, whom failing to Patrick Grahame and Urnfrid Grahame also brothers german, and the heirs of their bodies respectively, of the gran ter and his heirs in fee and heritage, for rendering a white or red rose at Midsummer on the ground of the lands, if asked ; reserving to the said Marion her liferent. Dated at Bothwell, 24th February 1446-7. Witnesses, John Hamyltoune, brother -german of the granter, Arthur, James and Alexander of Hamyltoune, his kinsmen, William of Cleland of that Ilk, Sir George Vicaris the granter’s chaplain and Sir John of Mousfald, vicar of Glasgow choir. Seal attached, shewing three cinque-foils. Legend “ S. Iacobi Domini Hamilton.” 17 27. Charter by King James the Third, granting to his faithful Andrew Kerr of Altonburne, the whole lands of Cesfurd, with all pertinents and annexations formerly annexed and united to the said lands or barony of Cesfurd ; also twenty marks of lands in Cesfurd, which Andrew Kerr had acquired from James Lord Hamilton ; lying in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh — which twenty merk lands the king annexes and incorporates with the pertinents of the said barony ; which barony belonged to Andrew Kerr and was resigned by him in the King’s hands ; to be held to the said Andrew for his life and after his decease to Walter Ker, his son, and the lawful heirs-male of his body, whom failing to Thomas Ker and Mr. Robert Ker brothers of Walter, and the lawful heirs-male of their bodies, &c., as freely and for all services as before the resignation. At Edinburgh, 27 April 1467. Witnesses, Andrew Bishop of Glasgow, Thomas Bishop of Aberdeen, Andrew Lord Avandale, chancellor, Colin Earl of Argyll, master of household, Robert Lord Boyd, Robert Lord Lile, Messrs. James Lindsay, provost of Lin cluden, keeper of privy seal, David Guthrie of that Ilk, comptroller, and Archibald Whitelaw, dean of Dunbar, secretary. [This Charter does not appear in the extant register of the Great Seal. It was followed in due course by a precept of sasine, on which infeftment was given on 29th October 1467, at the gate of the castle of Cesfurd, William Pryngil constable of said castle, and others being witnesses.] 28. Renunciation by Margaret Ker of her rights to the barony of Cessford, beginning “Be it kend till all men be thir present lettres me Mergret Ker, the dochter of vmquhile Androu Ker, sone and apperand are to Andro Ker of Cesfurde, now being in my pure virginite and at lauchfull aige of myn awin fre will with the counsale and avise of my maist tender and nerrest frendis, that is to say, a reuerend fadir in God, Thomas bischop of Aberdene, Patric lord Halis, maister Archibald of Quhitlaw, secretare to oure souerane lord, Schir Patric Hepburn of Dunsyare, Schir William of Knollis, preceptour of Torfichin, knychtis, Archibald Froster of Corstorfyne and Mergret Lady Dirltoun, my moder, for the fauour and hertly lufe that I haue to my derrest erne Walter Ker of Cauertoune and for ane obligatioun deliuerit be the said Walter and ressauit be me of the soume of audit hundreth merkis of the vsuale inone of Scotland vnder his sele and vnder the selis of Dauid Scot of Branxhaim, Andre Ker of Cesfurde, Dauid Pringill of Smalehaim and Patric of Murraye of Faulohill, to be pait to my marraige, to haue quit- clemyt and renuncit,” as she in due form renounces all right or claim she may have to succeed to her father, or to her grandfather Andrew Ker, and specially all claim to the barony of Cesfurde, with its pendicles, Borthikscbelis, Hownum mains, Hyndhope, the Feu of Roule, Donypace, Glenquhim and all other lands that might belong to her by reason of heirship or succession; so that Walter Ker or his heirs either of line or tailzie may possess and enjoy the said barony. The granter binds herself not to infringe this contract in any way, under penalty of 1000 merks payable to Walter Ker, 1000 merks to the King and 500 merks to the work on the church and bridge of Glasgow. At Edinburgh, 6th November 1479; witnesses, James of Reddale of that Ilk, Adam Hoppringle of Burnhouse, Sir David Lutherdale, archdean of Dunkeld, and others. Seal wanting. 29. Charter by William Cokburne of Skirlyne, granting and alienating to Walter Ker of Cesfurde his whole lands of the barony of Cesfurde in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh ; to be held from the granter y 78289. B MSS. op Duke of Roxburghe. I 18 MSS. of Duke of Roxbukghe. of the King in fee and heritage, for the services due and wont. Dated at the hurgli of Jedburgh, 22 November 1493 ; witnesses, Robert Abbot of Kelso, John Edmonston, son and apparent heir of John Edmonston of that Ilk, Walter Scott of Buccleuch, James Cokburn and John Anislie. The writ is said to be signed, but only the granter’s seal is attached. Legend, “S’ Dni Wilelmi Kokbvrn,” bearings undecipherable. Lands of Graden. 30. Retour of Inquest (with the royal brieve attached, of date 14th May 1600) made before Robert Turnbull, sheriff depute of Roxburgh, by Andrew Ker of Greneheid, Andrew Ker of Lyntoun, Thomas McDowell of Stodryg, Ralph Ker of Schaw, Lancelot Ker of Gaitschaw, Andrew Ryddell of that Ilk, Gawin Eliot of Stobbis, Andrew Douglas of Tempindene, Robert Ker of Melrois, Thomas Ker of Cavers, George Rutherfurd of Phairnyngtoun, John Halyburtoun of Muirhouselaw, James Anislie, John Alensone and William Browne, bailies of the burgh of Jedburgh, who being sworn, declare that the late William Ker of Cesfurd, father of Sir Robert Ker now of Cesfura, knight, died last vest and seased as of fee at the peace of the king in the lands of Graden, within the barony of Lyntoun and sheriffdom of Roxburgh, and that Sir Robert Ker is the lawful and nearest heir of his father and is of lawful age ; that the said lands now and in time of peace are valued at ten pounds yearly and that they are held in chief of Lord Somervell in blenchfarm for rendering a white rose on Midsummer day ; that the lands are now in his hands and have been since the death of the late William Ker in February last, or about five months. Done in the tolbooth of Jedburgh 3rd June 1600. Five seals are attached, but the impressions are very faint. Lands of Hownam , fyc. 31. Charter by Mariota of Lawedre, spouse of Sir Alexander Home of that Ilk, knight, granting, with special consent of her husband, to Andrew Ker of Altovnburne, her mains lands of Hownowm, lying in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh ; which mainslands belonged to Marjorie, Isabella, Janot and Ellen of Roule, sisters, in heritage, and were formally resigned by them in presence of the under-named witnesses ; to be held the said lands to Andrew Ker, his heirs and assignees, of the granter and her heirs in fee and heritage, for rendering one silver penny yearly at Pentecost, if asked. Dated at Dunglas, 20th June 1443 ; witnesses, Adam of Hepburn lord of Halys, Sir Patrick of Hepburn lord of Valuchtoun [Wauchton], Sir David of Home lord of Wetherburn, knights, William of Setoun, son of the late Sir Alexander of Setoun lord of Gordoun, Robert of Lawadre of Eddringtoun, William of Hepburn, David of Home, son and heir of the said Sir David of Home, George of Home, and Thomas of Home. 32. Notarial Instrument narrating that in presence of the notary and witnesses, a noble man, Henry Wardlaw of Torry freely admitted and openly and publicly acknowledged that he had received by the hands of George Twede in name of Walter Ker, son and heir apparent of Andrew Ker of Cesfurde, the sum of two hundred and forty rnerks Scots, in ancient payment and money for the lands of Hounname, upon which George Twede asked instruments. Done in the dwelling- house of Thomas Folkert in the burgh of Edinburgh in presence of Thomas Folkert, Mr. Henry Martin, William Pringil, Walter Wardlaw, 19 Thomas Ker, Alexander Pringill, Henry Levingston of Manerston and others, on 20th May 1468. 33- Notarial Instrument narrating that in presence of the notary and witnesses, a prudent man John Ker in Caverton showed and declared that he held heritably three husband lands with their pertinents, lying in the town and territory of Hownum, within the sheriffdom of Roxburgh ; which done, he duly resigned the lands into the hands of Walter Ker of Cesfurd, his overlord, to dispose of the three husband lands at his will. Done in the monastery of Kelso at 10 a.m. on 20th April 1489 ; witnesses, John W T auch; John Atkyn son, John Robsoun and John Waik, perpetual vicars respectively of Ednam, Morton, Maxwell and Bolden, with others. Bailiary of Jedburgh Forest . 34. Indenture made between George Earl of Angus, lord Douglas, and warden of the East and Middle marches of Scotland, and his right well beloved cousin Andrew Ker of Cesfurd, to the effect that the said lord shall make Andrew Ker his bailie of his lordship of Jedworth Forest during 44 al the dayis of the said lord and Androis lyfis,” with full powers, and shall cause his men of the lordship do service to him next himself and obey him as they ought to do to their bailie. The said Andrew shall have the manor of 44 Lintole ” [Lintalee] for his residence, but shall lease no lands save with the Earl’s advice, nor receive any of the Earl’s rents, but shall suffer the officers to deal therewith at the Earl’s order, and he shall truly minister in the said office 44 for al the said tyme for the said lordis worschip and his avale, and the profyt of the cuntre ” : For which things the said Andrew is become man to the said lord, 44 before al that lyf or de may,” the king and queen excepted, like as he had made bond of service before, truly to serve the said lord during their joint lives; and the said lord shall give him his bond of maintenance. The parties give their 44 gret athis, bodily sworn ” to keep the contract. In witness of which the Earl sets his seal to one part of this indenture while to the other part is set the seal of David Hoppringill of Pilmuir because Andrew Ker had no seal of his own present. Dated at Jedburgh, 7th December 1457 ; witnesses, Schir Walter Scot, David Scot and others. Signed 44 Georg erl of Angws, etc.” Seal affixed, somewhat broken. Bailiary of Barony of Kelso. 35. Letters granted by Robert Abbot of Kelso, with consent of the convent, conferring upon Walter Ker of Caverton, son and heir of Andrew Ker of Cesfurd, — for his services and specially in recompense for his gift to the Abbey of fuel from the moor of Caverton, namely 44 le turf, pete, hathir, cole and brume ” necessary for the Abbey, — the offices of Justiciary and Bailiary of the whole lands of the barony of Kelso and of the lands and lordships of Sprouston and Reddane and of the barony of Boldane [Bowden] and all other lands of the Abbey within the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, also of all their lands of Ugstoun, Home, Gordoun, Bothel, Harnhede and all others in the sheriffdom of Berwick, and of their barony of Dodynston and lands of Hundby lying in the sheriffdom of Edinburgh and constabulary of Haddington ; with a fee of £10 Scots yearly, to be uplifted from the lands of Bowden ; To be held the said offices, with fee, to the said Walter Ker, whom failing to b 2 MSS. op Duke of Roxburghe. 2 20 MSS. op Duke op Roxbukghe. his brothers, Thomas, William and Ralph, and to the heirs male of the' body of each in succession. With the usual powers of justiciary and bailiary. Dated at Kelso, 1st October 1478. Signed by the Abbot and by seventeen members of the convent. Magdalens near Linlithgow. 36. Notarial Instrument narrating that in presence of the notary and witnesses, an honourable man, John Shot, and Elizabeth Gudsuane, his wife, appeared and produced a precept of sasine (dated at St. Andrews, 10 January 1503-4) by John, Prior and convent of St. Andrews, narrating that Andrew Skot, burgess of Linlithgow died last vest in one acre of land “ terre ruralis,” lying in Magdaleneside 1 between the land of Patrick Ka on the west and the land of Thomas Eorest on the east, that the said John Skot, his son, is his lawful and nearest heir, who had petitioned that Elizabeth Gudsuane Jn her virginity should be placed along with him in fee and possession of the said acre of land, in terms of which petition the prior directed sasine to be given. Sasine given accordingly on the ground on 25 January 1503-4. [Two other Instruments both dated 17th October 1505 show that John Skot, heir of the late Andrew Skot, with consent of Elizabeth Gudsuane, his wife, sold to Robert Danzelstoun, burgess of Linlithgow, two perticates of arable land lying in said burgh on the north side of the High Street between the land of Patrick Ka on the east and the land of John Cowper on the west; other two perticates lying at the end of the land of the Madyr yards, which the late Thomas Leston held on the west the King’s highway on the north and the King’s lands on the east ; and other two perticates of land lying between the lands of Thomas Bertilmew on the west and east, and the common way which leads to the Blackness on the south. Another writ discharges a sum of money paid by Danzelstoun for five acres of land, of which t( ane akyr lyis in the Magdalenne side and haldyne intill chieff of the priour and conuent of Sanctandrois, ane pese of errabiil land that lyis-beneth the Magdalenne Corse onne the nedder pairt, the third pese lyis ane estald the maddyr yard, twa riggis that lyis ane estald Gillans bernne, with the half of the Bernishill with the pertinents that is haldyne intill chieff of the Abbot and Convent of Hallirudhous ... in the berrony of Brochtoun and withy ne the constabillry of Edinburgh and Lithgow.” Dated 24th December 1505. Signed “Jhone Scot mauu ppa.” Seal attached. Legend, S. Iohannis Scot. Device on shield, partly obliterated.] Plenderleith and Hindhope. 37. Precept by Laurence Lord Abirnethy in Rothimay, baron of the barony of Prenderlath, directed to George of Ormystoun of that Ilk and John Robsone as his bailies for giving sasine to Andrew Ker of Altonburne of the lands of Prendyrlath and Hyndhope lying in said barony in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, which lands belonged in heritage to Marjorie, Isabella, Jonet and Ellen Roule, sisters, daughters and heiresses of the late Andrew Roule, and were duly resigned by them. Dated at Jedburgh, 12 February 1451-5 ; witnesses, Sir Walter Scot of Buccleuch and Sir Simon GJendynwyn of that Ilk, knights, William of Douglas, Stephen Scot, Robert of Gledstanys, Archibald of Rutherford, John Anysle and Thomas Brown, clerk. [The granter states that in the absence of his own seal he had procured that of Sir Archibald of Douglas, knight, sheriff of Roxburgh, but it is now wanting.] 21 38. Charter by William Lord Abernethy in Rothimay, granting and confirming to Walter Ker, son and apparent heir to Andrew Ker of Cesfurd, the lands of Hindhope lying in the granter’s barony of Prendei- lath in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, which was resigned by the said Andrew Ker ; the lands to be held to Walter Ker, whom failing to each of his brothers Thomas, William and Ralph Ker and the heirs male of •their bodies respectively, of the granter and his heirs, in fee and heritage for services used and wont ; reserving to the said Andrew Ker his life rent and a reasonable terce to his wife. Dated at Edinburgh, 15 May 1471; witnesses, Mr. George Abernethy, provost of the collegiate church of Dumbarton, James Abernethy, brother german of the granter, John Newton of that ilk, Robert Rutherford of Chatto, John Anisle of Dolfins- ton, William Cokburne of Newhall and Thomas Unthank, notary public. ;Seal wanting. MSS. or Duke of Eoxbueghe, Primside. 39. Charter by Archibald Earl of Douglas and of Longavile and lord of the regality of Sproustoun, confirming letters (dated at Primside on Sunday 4th June 1430) by which Andrew Roule lord of Promside in consideration of one hundred pounds Scots borrowed by him from Andrew Ker lord of Aldtonburne, leases to Ker, his heirs, executors and assignees the lands of Promside “ lyand in the south side of the toune of the Promside as the hee wai liis fra Lyntoun loch to Promsid yhettis and so furth to the watter cf Bowbentis [Bowmont] be richtwis and aid marchis and methis, and twa husband landis lyand on the north side of the town of Promside, the quhilk is callit James Keristak,” the lease to endure for nine years for 12 pennies Scots of yearly maill with engagement to repay the £100 at the end of the nine years on the il igii altar of St. Mary’s Kirk at Hawick ; but if the sum be not then paid the lessee shall re-enter to the lands for other nine years, and so on till the money be paid; under a penalty of £20 Scots to be paid to the 44 kirkwerk” of Glasgow, and of other £20 to be paid to Andrew Ker •or his heirs, in case of any impediment to the lease being made by the said Andrew Roule. Which lease the Earl of Douglas ratifies in all points at Bothwell 26th. January 1429 [1430]. Seal attached, in good condition. [The dates of the Charter and the lease are confusing, and one or other must be erroneous. Sunday fell on 4tli June in the year 1430, which is the date of the lease, but this does not agree with the date of the Charter. Which is wrong cannot be ascertained, though as the 4th June of the year 1413 was also a Sunday, that may be the correct date of the lease.] 40. Notarial instrument narrating that John Turnbulle of le Fultoun, bailie of the regality of Sprouston, at the command of Archibald Duke of Touraine, Earl of Douglas, Ac., passed to the lands that formerly belonged to Andrew Roule of Primside in the town of Primside and regality of Sprouston, in the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, and after resigna- tion by the said Andrew, gave sasine of the lands to George of Roule his son and heir and Margaret Ker, daughter of a prudent squire Andrew Kere of Awtonburne, pretended wife of George and to the longer liver of them. Done at the chief place of the lands 28 April 1432 ; witnesses, Adam Spendluffe chaplain, John Twedy, Richard Kere, Andrew Kere, James Turnbull, Henry Anysley, squires, William of Hawdene, Thomas Col tart, John Madur, James Portuse, John Portuse, Thomas Strang, Gilbert Yole, Willi am of Bellendene, William Chatto, James Yong, William Broun, James Knychson, John Broun, William Androson, I 22 MSS. op Duke op Roxbubghe. John Folcart, William Lawson, Robert Gibson, John Chatto and Robert Broun. 41. Confirmation by Archibald Duke of Touraine, Earl of Douglas, &c., by which after inspecting the writ in his hands in presence of his council, he ratifies a charter (dated at Edinburgh, 20th November 1430) by Andrew Roule lord of Prymside, with consent of George his son and heir, granting and selling to Andrew Ker lord of Awtounburn, his ten husbandlands of the Maynis lying on the south half of the town of Primside (the same lands as those named in No. 40 supra) and if they did not extend to ten husbandlands, the deficiency was to be supplied from the granter’s lands on the north side of the town; to be held to Andrew Ker his heirs and assignees in fee and heritage for ever, for rendering to the overlord service due and wont. Confirmation dated atEthebredscheillis, 6th August 1432. [Witnesses to Roule’s charter Archibald of Douglas, lord of Cavers, James Ruthirfurde of that Ilk, Thomas of Crenniston of that Ilk, William of Liberton, provost of Edinburgh, Alexander Naper, John Barcare and Henry Dempstar, bailies there, and others. Wit- nesses to the Earl’s charter, William Abbot of Kalko [Kelso], James of Douglas lord of Balwany, Walter Scott of the Bukcluch, and James Ormeston of that Ilk. Earl’s seal attached.] Other writs relating to the foregoing are (1) A letter of procuratory by Elena Roule of Prymside appointing her husband Thomas Yonge, Stephen Scot, Thomas Gleddistanis and others, as procurators to resign her part of Prymside, as one of the heirs of her father the late Andrew Roule into the hands of Archibald Duke of Touraine, &c., superior. Dated at Kelso, 14 April 1439. (2) Charter by Archibald Duke of Touraine granting to Andrew Ker of Altonburn, the lands of Primside, resigned by Marjorie, Jonet and Elena Roule, daughters of the late Andrew Roule. Newark “ Le Newerk ” 4th May 1439 ; witnesses, Sir William Crichton of that ilk, chancellor of Scotland, Master John of Railston rector of Douglas, the Earl’s secretary, Thomas Cranston of that ilk, Alexander of Name, Robert of Gledstanes and John Turnbull of Langtoun, constable of “ le Newerk.” The Earl’s seal attached. (3) Precept of sasine thereupon. Same place and date. (4) Charter by William Duke of Touraine, &c., granting to Andrew Ker of Altonburn the four parts of Prymside resigned by Marjorie, Isabella, Jonet and Elen Roule, the four daughters of the late Andrew Roule. Dated at Edinburgh, 18 February 1439-40; witnesses, Sir Laurence Abernethy of Rothimay, Sir John Maxwell of Calderwood, Sir George Campbell of Loudoun, Sir James Auchinleck of that ilk, knights, Master John of Railston, Master Thomas Spens, the Duke’s secretary, Alexander Narn, James Rutherford of that ilk, Thomas Cranstown of that ilk, William Murray of Cranston and John Murray of Cranston. 42. Charter by Andrew Ker lord of Altonburn, with consent of Andrew Ker his son and heir, granting to James Ker his son, certain his lands of Prymside “ jacentes by rendale cum terris Thome Ker filii mei et infra regalitatem de Sprouston infra vicecomitatum de Roxburgh, valentes quinque libras vsualis monete regni Scocie per has diuisas, videlicet, Incipiendo ad lacum de Lyntoun versus orientem, transeundo rectam viam vsque ad januam orientalem de Prymside et sic descendendo per morrasium vsque ad fossatum siue siketum et vsque ad viam que tendit vltra fossatum et sic per viam rectam vsque ad marchias de Yhethame vsque ad cumulum lapidum apud Prymside yhettis, et sic eundo vsque ad ly Bolbent et deinde ad marchias de Clyftoun et a dictis 28 marchiis de Clyftoun vsque ad quatuor lapides iacentes in lv Swyre, qui MSS. op Dukb lapides stant m marcbns terrarum quatuor dominorum, et sic ad marchias que transeunt inter Grubbat et Prymside vsque ad album lapidem, et sic eundo vsque ad tres lapides jacentes in cono cuiusdam vadi seu transitus aque et sic eundo vsque ad lacum de Lyntoun 55 with the mill of Prymside and a halfmerklnnd adjacent to the mill, except what the granter reserves to himself as overlord ; To be held to James Ker and his heirs in fee and heritage, rendering to the granter and his heirs services due and wont. Dated at Caverton, 27th August 1444. Witnesses, William Abbot of Kelso, Master Robert Penven, rector of Sowdon [Southdean] and Sir Thomas Wichtman, vicar of Malkarston. 43. Eetour of Inquest made in presence of William Earl of Douglas and Avandale, lord of Galloway and of the regality of Sprouston, by Sir Walter Scot, knight, James Rutherfurd of that Ilk, James Ruther- ford, James Ormyston, Archibald Newton, George Ormyston, John Turnbull, William Murray, John Murray, James Hog, Adam Turnbull, Norman Fawside, John Makmoryn, Bernard Hawden and James Cranston, who being sworn, declare that Andrew Ker, late father of Andrew Ker bearer hereof, died last vest and seased as of fee at the peace of the King of four parts of the whole lands of Primside, and l3/4:d. of annual rent to be uplifted yearly from the fifth part of the said lands, lying in the regality of Sprouston, &c. ; that Andrew Ker is the lawful and nearest heir of his father in said lands, and is of lawful age ; that the said four parts were valued yearly at 24 merks and are, with the annual rent, held in chief of the earl as baron of the said regality ; and that they have been in his hands since the decease of the late Andrew Ker about two years from Christmas last past. Done at Newark, 1st March 1446 [1447]. Seven seals are appended. The first is that of the Earl of Douglas, much broken. Two seals bear the cognizance of Rutherford — an orle and in chief three martlets, while two bear the bull’s head of Turnbull. The sixth seal bears a saltire en- grailed and on a chief three mollets. Legend, “ S. Vilelmi de Moray,” and the seventh bears the arms of Murray of Falahill — a hunting horn stringed, and on a chief three mollets. Legend, u Sigillum Iohannis de Murray.” 44. Charter by Walter Ker of Cesfurd, in favour of James Ker, son and heir apparent of George Ker of Lyntoun, granting to him the same lands with the same boundaries, Lancelot Ker being the adjoining proprietor. Dated at “Halidane” 30th November 1537 ; witness, inter alios, Robert Ker, brother german of Walter Ker of Graden. Signed “ W alter Ker of Cesfurd wy 1 my hand at ze pen.” Seal wanting. [The usual precept of sasine, same place and date is also in the charter chest.] Sprouston. 45. Precept by Archibald (fourth) Earl of Douglas, directed to James of Gledstanis, his bailie in that part of the regality of Sprouston, com- manding him to give sasine to the earl’s squire John of Cranistons, son of the late Sir William of Craniston lord of that ilk, in £20 worth of land granted heritably to him by charter in the town and territory of Sprowistoun in the regality of the same, on the west side of said town, extending lineally from north to south. At Edinburgh, 4 November 1403. i 24 MSS. of Duke op Roxbukghe. 46. Charter by Archibald Duke of Touraine (fifth) Earl of Douglas &c. granting the same lands (tenandries if any be in that part, excepted) to Thomas of Cranstoun of that ilk ; to be held to him and the heirs male of his body of the Earl and his heirs in fee and heritage, for services due and wont. Edibredschellis, 2 August 1432 ; witnesses, James Douglas of Balvany, the earl’s uncle, William Crichton of that ilk, knight, Patrick Livingston of that ilk, James Livingston, son and heir of the lord of Calandar, Alexander Hamilton of Edalwood, David Murray of Neuton, George' Murray of Blackbarony and Alexander Murray of Cranstoun. Seal attached. [A precept follows same place and date.] 47. Letters by Archibald Duke of Touraine &c. by which for the honour and praise of God, the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, for the weal of his own soul and that of Eupheme his spouse, &c. he gives and confirms to the prior and convent of the Charterhouse “ domus vallis virtutis” of the Carthusian order near the burgh of Perth, the lands comprehended in the following marches, viz., “ Incipientes ex parte orientali a Scurrikrag et ascendentes per ffogle- burne vsque ad Cocardene et sic extendentes versus oriens per marchias terrarum monasterii de Kelson vsque ad terras de Peddane et sic vltra versus austrum vsque ad marchias terrarum de Hawdane ; et ex parte occidental! incipientes ad le Hall yardis et exinde extendentes versus boriam ad aquam de Tweide, vna cum omni liber tate et vsu dicte aque et sic sursum Pakouburne si cut Yenisdene se extendit versus austrum vsque ad Murikluch, et a le hede de Murykluch extendentes versus austrum vsque ad marchias de Lempatlaw et postremo extendentes vsque ad Hawdane stanke, jacentes in baronia de Sproustone infra vicecomitatum de Teuidale;” to be held to the prior and convent and their successors in pure and perpetual alms, with bonds, bondages, natives and their sequels, peat bogs &c. fees & forfeitures &c. justiciary high & low &c., without any tolls, subsidies, taxes or contributions, for offering continually the voice of supplication to God for the granter and the souls above named. Dated at Edibredschelis, 2 February 1433-4 ; witnesses, Henry Wardlaw, bishop of St. Andrews, Bobert of Cardeny bishop of Dunkeld and John Crannok bishop of Brechin, Mr. John Fogo abbot of Melrose, William Douglas Earl of Angus and Alexander Stewart Earl of Mar, James Douglas of Balvany, Archibald Douglas sheriff of Teviotdale, Nicolas of Butherfurd, George Pringill and Alexander Pringill, squires. Seal attached* [Precept of Sasine, same place & date, directed to Sheriff of Teviotdale.] 48. Letters of Sasine (in the vernacular) by Archibald Douglas sheriff of Boxburgb, certifying that in terms of the precept by the Earl of Douglas, he caused his brother Duncan Gray, sheriff depute give sasine to Friar John of Bute of the order of the Charterhouse, procurator for the prior and convent of the same called the “ wale of wertew ” beside Perth, of the lands named in the Earl’s charter. Edinburgh, 18 March 1433-4. Seal attached. 49. Charter by William (eighth) Earl of Douglas granting to Thomas Cranston of that Ilk the Earl’s lands on the west side of the town of Sproustoun, between the lands of the said Thomas on the west and the lands held from the Earl by the Carthusian monastery on the east, according to the old marches, from the water of Tweed ascending by the burn called Pakokburn to a cairn above the town and thence by known and old marches to the common pasture of the town, with the 25 mill of said town ; reserving to the Earl his capital messuage of the regality of Sproustoun situated within the lands granted : To be held for ward and relief. Dated at Stirling, 10 May 1446 ;witnesses, Mr. James Lindissay of Covington, the earl’s secretary, Alexander Home of that ilk, James Achinlek of that ilk, David Home of Wedderburn, knights, John Murray of Falahill, Archibald Haliburton, James Douglas and Adam Turnbull. Seal attached. [Letters of Sasine also were given by John Murray of Falahill certifying that he had delivered sasine of the lands. 16 May 1446. Seal attached.] 50. Letters by King James the [Fourth ?] directed to the Sheriff of Roxburgh, narrating that his “ deuote oratouris,” the prior and convent of the Charterhouse, had shown that they were infeft by his progenitor and “ forgrandschir ” King James the First in a part of the lands and barony of Sproustoun lying beside the Abbey of Kelso, which lands “ the Abbote of Kelso has, of tollerance and without ony assi- dacioun or tak of the saidis prior and convent, be the space of xxx yeris bipast with the mare and tendis nocht to tak the samyn of thaim bot pais yerlie therfor bot at his plesour, and swa throu the persut and ingetting of the proffitt thai liaue of the saidis landis thai man mak yerlie als mekle expens as thai get of proffitt; and attour throu the vse that the said Abbot has had of the saidis landis without assidacioun of the saidis prior and convent, thai haue na perfifc knaulege of thare bovndis of thare saidis landis to thare grete dammage and skaith and contrare iustice for which the king directs the sheriff to warn the Abbot and Convent of Kelso to desist from labouring the lands unless they can show a sufficient lease. Given under the signet at Stirling the 23rd September, year of reign 16. [1503 ?] Teindside. 51. Notarial instrument certifying that Oswald Abernethy per- sonally appeared in an open court ( 2 8 MSS. of Duke of Roxeukohe. 52 MSS. of Duke of Boxburg e. Here the Duke’s historical narrative in both versions practically ends, the remainder in each case relating to personal and private matters, which need not he detailed. Letters of the Roxburghe Family. Most of such letters as come under the description of historical have already been noted in the above report, and while there are a large num- ber of letters and indeed a very considerable amount of correspondence between different members of the family all which has been carefully sifted, such correspondence is for the most part purely domestic and only of private interest. The following however are given as referring to historical events or persons. 109. Letter from Thomas Hamilton, Earl of Melrose, afterwards first Earl of Haddington, to Robert first Earl of Roxburghe, dealing with the preceedings of the Commission of Teinds then sitting in Scotland. Lord Melrose sends papers narrating the progress of the Commission. He states that the bishops are suspected of opposition to the purpose of the Commission, and comments specially on the doings and sayings of Patrick Lindsay, Bishop of Ross, who as the mouth-piece of the opposition had protested against a clause of the royal summons directed by the Commission warning heritors to appear and deal for their own teinds. Lord Melrose comments severely on the bishop’s u ignorance and impertinences ” and his impudent persistence. The other bishops had been silent but they are suspected of aiming to destroy the erections made by the late King James and to secure to themselves all the teinds. On this and the effect of the protest Lord Melrose writes at considerable length desiring the affair should be made known at Court, where the Earl of Roxburghe then was. Edinburgh, 6 March c 1627. [This and the two following letters from the Earl of Melrose are printed in full in “Memorials of the Earls of Haddington 1889,” Vol. II., pp. 148-153.] 1 10. Letter from the Earl of Melrose to the Earl of Roxburghe, begging the latter to inform his Majesty (King Charles the First) that if he continues to desire his rent to be “ competentlie encreased and his affaires and necessare charges supplied ” and the oppression of the teind masters mitigated, it Avill not be difficult for his faithful servants to perform these duties. But if teinds are to be given up without full compensation or the clergy are to have their own way, then the Commission must be dissolved without result. Edinburgh, 29 March c. 1627. 111. Letter the Earl of Melrose to the Earl of Roxburghe, earnestly desiring the latter to lay the truth of matters before the king and pre- vent the misrepresentations made by the Bishop of Caithness and other agents for the Church. Edinburgh, 7 April c. 1627. The greater mass of the correspondence new reported on is dated between the years 1694 and 1750, and is chiefly addressed to Mary Hay Countess of Roxburghe, widow of the third Earl and mother of the first Duke of Roxburghe. 112. From the letters of her third son, the Hon. William Ker, who served under Marlborough, the following are selected. “ Madam, I received your Ladyship’s of the 31st of May, yesterday, wherein you tell me that some people are of the mind that I should not 53 go to the field except my reigement go. I can assure your ladyship its what I think my self and I believe if I should ask to go I should not get leave from the Duke of Marleburghe, however desirouse I am to be there, for the camp is much more agreeable than a garison ; for a garison in this country is a sorte of a prison, for wee cant go without the gates for partys. But the ramparts in this town are very fine, so that I ride some times round them and to do that it takes 2 or 3 hours which is long anuff on horseback for ane airing; and for our other diversions 1 can’t brague of them much but with my foot boys I have contrived to have a dancing once or twice, for wee governours of garisons can bring about those things very easily. I have no more to trouble your ladyship with but that I wrote last post to your ladyship and shall be as punctuall in that as possible I can. I am, Madam, your ladyship’s most obedient son, Will Ker.” Ghent, July dtli, 1711. 113. The same to the same. Ghent, July 18th, 1711. “ Madam, I have receiv’d your ladyship’s of the 2nd, 7th, 15th and 21st of June, but the plague on’t is they come all together so that some- times I shall have none for a greate while but that is owing to cross winds and there is no help for that. Your ladyship tels me that Sir Will. Baird is to be married which makes me laugh. ...» Tour ladyship seems to think that if wee go to the field this year which wee are to do in o days that it will be hard upon us, but I do assure your ladyship to the contrary, and that it would be scandalous for us not to take the field this year and a litle heavy upon us too, for at present wee pay for our forrage, and wee shall not be able to recruite well at that rate next year. Your ladyship w r ants to know how you should direct to me now since my brother is in the countrey (which I am very glade of for his sake and Lord Beaumonts for to have stayed in town after having had the small -pox was anuff to have killed him), and really I don’t know hoAv to advise your ladyship except you direct streight out for me at the Grand Army, but you must tell Mr. Home to put Colonel to my name else it may chance to go to some parson if there are any of my name in the army. I have no news to tell your ladyship but that some small affair happened in the army tother day and some squadrons of ours suffered, and that poor Prince of Orange passed here three nights ago from the army to go to the Hague about that affair of his with the King of Prussia, and so soon as he arrived in this place which was about 9 at night I went to see him to receive his commands and to know if he wanted ane escorte next morning, for which he thanked me very kindly and told me he had a French pass and only desired that the Antwerp port should be opened for him at 4 in the morning ; which accordingly was done to my regrate now for I wish he had been here yet for he was drowned next day at Moordick, and the circumstancess on’t are so long and raalincholly that I’le refer your ladyship to the newspapers that will be full on’t, and shall only add that he was the prettiest young prince in the world.” 114. One or two letters to the Countess from Sir Willian Bennet of Grubet also contain interesting references to political incidents. Thus, on 2 March 1721, he writes from Edinburgh “ Madam . . . The Jacks (Jacobites) are horn mad one some accounts they have gotten from the other side of the water; they promise themselvs wonders from Mr. Law and fancy that the Spanish army is recal’d from Africa in order to serve the pretender. They have long subsisted one a thin dyet.” “The mortality encreases at London ; the Duke of Buckingham MSS. op Dukb op Roxburgh]!. § 54 JiISS. of Duke of Roxburghe. is dead, as is Mr. Craig who was my Lord Duke’s tutor ; the small-pox rages like a plauge.” 115. On 13 June 1721, Sir William writes ‘‘Madam . . We have had nothing extraordinary but what you would see in last prints wher the report of the secret committy is laid open, and two peers, Rothes and Hadington of our country, with five commoners are pointed amongst many others as having had South Sea stock without any valuable con- sideration ; but this cannot affect them as being but a sort of hearsay, and that ther names were seen in a book of Mr. Knights, so that people think this grand committy wil like the mountain bring forth a mouse. Satur- day last being the 10 of June, Harison’s regiment which lyes in the Canongate had orders from their commandant to pluck of all the white roses they should see worn ether by men ore women which they very rudely executed, and getting drunk abused al that came in ther way, and at lenth sent up a sergeant with a party to extinguish some straw that ly tele boys had kinled in Leeth Wind. These soljers fyr’d in at the if ether Bow 3 musquets wher ther was noe mob ore disorder and Idl’d a barber dead, shot a woman thorow the leg who being with child is since dead, and wounded another. This made such a stir as was like to produce much mischeefe and I am affraid is not yet over. Munday morning the party was delivered up to the magistrates who lies pretty clear proof e against one of the soljers who is to be try’d by the Lords of Justiciary. I send your ladyship Allan Ramsay’s essay one the cutting of my Lord Bowmonts hair ” &c. 116. On 18th April 1725 he writes in regard to a disputed church settlement. “Madam .... Never Avas ther such a spirite of rebellion against all order and government as rages universally in this country, and I really beleeve your Ladyship’s first thought of the military must be the measure at last. They threaten from all quarters to visite the Synod one Tuesday in such numbers and so prepar’d as if they have not what they demand they will oblige them to remove ther quarters, and are so insolent to menace the ensuing circuit should they offer to proceed against the Morbatle rioters. The magistrates of Jedburgh are so allarmjd heerat that doubting to keep the peace they intend to pitition for troups.” A petition “ cunningly enough drawn but villanously desyng’d” is being signed throughout the parishes. It is proposed to prosecute only 30 of the “ most seemingly guilty ” rioters, the whole number being 88. 117. On 10th August 1725, Sir William Bennet Avrites . . . “ The squadrone have ten friends noAV for one that they ever had befor and the Justice Clerk is spoke well of by these Avho would have crucifyed him some time agoe. I beleeve the new set are not very easy and apprehend no certain stability in ther present advancements, as your ladyship tearms it very Avell. I am perswaded this cloud will blow over who lives to see it. Mr. Dundass plays the divell Avith his successor, cuts him doAvn one all occasions and is at present the idol of the populace ; the petition he dreAV for the maltsters and which was burn’t is the strongest and most bold paper that I have seen. I haA^e weekly from Edinburgh the most minute things that are passing ther, and if you have not heard it must tejl your ladyship a story. I had yesterday that some would be Avites had a large cock exposed in the streets Avith his feathers all pul’d of, and in capital letters one his naked back, D.R.” [For Duke of Roxburgh?, Avho had recently been deposed 55 from the office of Scottish Secretary of State.] “ The novelty gather’d .MSS. op Duke a mob but when the meaning was known they wish’d alloud.‘God 0F Roxburghe. return him soon his plumes for it had never been well with the country since he wanted them.’ At the same tyme one chanted the ballad “ To Glasgow and doun with the Cambels was the word, John with the gold sleeves witnes to all.’ ” 118. In another letter, he again refers to the subject of Morebattle. il Madam, Your ladyship will be pleas’d to know that one the 10 instant ther was a very throng toun at Jedburgh, the judges my lords Pencaitland and Dun. Mr. Rutherfourd, the Advocat’s brother-in-law, represented him and ther were five other lawiers ther. One Mr. Andrew McDugal was cal’d out to appear for the Morbatle rioteres, and they had one Halliburton for ther agent . . . The Morbatle gentry to the number of 70 were cal’d and all present, and from the first to the last denyed the libele. Ther lawier, for whom and ther sollicitor they had made a stock purse of ten pounds sterling, made a very insolent rebellious speech wherein he asserted the right of the people in opposition to the call of the patron, insisting that they had done' nothing illegal and that the ministers were the first agressors ; besydes, that the proclamation had not been read to them, after which, he said, they had ane hour to dissperse in provided by law. I would fain have interrupted him but the judges overrul’d it. I saw the people uppish upon this mutinous harrange and prevented the Advocate by taking notice to the Lords that I was amazed to hear that gentleman trumpet up rebellion and justifye tumult and disorder; that if he had propaled that doctrine befor ns as justices of the peace, we would have laid his heels fast as fomenting this growing spirite of mobs and tumult eversive of all order and goverment. The lords reprimanded him severly, and at our desyre the tryal was delayed till next day, in which tyme we took a precognition of what the witnesses could evidence against the principal actors, Walter Scot amongst the first, but to our amazement could not find two concurring witnesses to fix any fact besydes a great deal of informality and mistakes by die ministers one the one hand and the sherife depute one the other ; indeed the shortnes of tyme we had to doe bussines made some excuse. Under these difficultys we consulted the judges who real'y seem’d hearty in the matter, and not being able to make more of it that tyme it was con- cluded that the whole process should be continowed till the next circuit. When the court met next day, the advocate-depute made the proposal which in the name of the justices of peace I did second, with some very familiar language to Mr. McDugall and a great deal of freedome with such as had promoted that villanous insult. The lords express’d their outmost abhorrence at the illegal rebellious behaviour of all those that were concerned in the late tumult at Morbatle, that as the crime deserv’d it they should [have] been glad to [have] had it in ther power to make examples even into death, and if ther was any further complaint from that quarter they must exspect to meet with the outmost severity. Some of us enforced what had been said as strongly as we could, and I beleeve all will be henceforth quiet unless they are again blown up to madnes by something from the General Asembly, which I hope will not happen, &c. William Fraser. Edinburgh, 32 Castle Street, loth May 1891. i 56 Marchmont MSS. FIRST REPORT ON THE MARCHMONT MUNIMENTS OF THE FAMILY OF POLWARTH, LORDS POLWARTH, AND EARLS OF MARCHMONT, IN THE POSSESSION OF SIR HUGH HUME CAMPBELL, BARONET, OF MARCHMONT, AT MARCHMONT HOUSE, BERWICK- SHIRE. Hugh, the third and last Earl of Marclimont, who was also Lord Polwarth of Polwarth, under an earlier creation, was a very accom- plished statesman. During the six years in which he was a member of the House of Commons under the title of Lord Polwarth from 1734 to 1740, in the lifetime of his father, the second Earl of Marchmont,, he greatly distinguished himself by his able opposition to Sir Robert Walpole. After his succession to his peerage of Marclimont, he was,, in the year 1750, elected one of the representative peers of Scotland. He was re-elected at each subsequent general election till the year 1784. During these thirty-four years of representative service in the House of Lords, he was punctual in attendance and very active in reference to all the business which came before the House. In the year 1764, he was appointed Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland, which office he held till his death, which took place at Hemel Hempstead in Hertford- shire, his usual English residence, on 10th January 1794, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. The Earl of Marchmont was on intimate terms with many of the eminent men of his time, including Alexander Pope, the poet, who pronounced his famous and oft-quoted panegyric on his genius. The poet died in the year 1744 and appointed the Earl one of his executors- under his will. Another distinguished friend of the Earl was Sarah,. Duchess of Marlborough, who died in the same year as Pope. Pier Grace also appointed Marchmont one of her executors, leaving him a substantial legacy of two thousand five hundred pounds. The Earl of Marchmont, Lord Bolingbroke, and Mr. Pope were all on such intimate terms that they were called the triumvirate of friends. Lord Marchmont was a zealous collector of rare books and valuable manuscripts. In some biographical notices it is stated that his collection formed one of the most curious and valuable in Britain. On the death of the third Earl of Marchmont in 1794, predeceased by his two sons without issue, several claimants appeared for his title of Earl, and also for his title of Lord Polwarth, as well as for his Marchmont estates, which included Home Castte, so prominent in the Merse as the ancient stronghold of the Earls of Home, chiefs of the Marchmont branch of that distinguished Border race. The title of Earl of Marchmont, being limited to heirs male, was claimed by Captain Alexander Home, a member of the family of Wedderburn, as the nearest heir male of the Homes of Polwarth and Marchmont. The claim was referred to the House of Lords on 10th February 1804. But it does not appear to have been actively prosecuted, as the first printed case was lodged for the claimant in 1820. Another printed case was presented in 1822. Captain Alexander Home, the claimant, died in 57 the month of February 1823. He was succeeded by his eldest son Francis Home or Francis Douglas Home, on whose behalf an additional case was printed in the year 1842. On referring to the large volume of evidence printed on behalf of both the claimants and also for Sir Hugh Hume Campbell of March- mont in opposition to the claims, we are reminded of several incidents connected with the original claim. Both the printed cases bear the signature of “ H. Brougham ” (afterwards Lord Chancellor) as one of the Counsel, who also appeared at the hearing of the case as Counsel for the original claimant and chiefly led the evidence. Sir Charles Wetherell was also another eminent Counsel for the claimant in 1822. ^ On the claim of Captain Alexander Home and his son to the Marchmont peerage no decision has been pronounced after the lapse of nearly a century from the death of the Earl in 1794. Another claimant after the death of Earl Hugh was his grandson, the late Hugh Scott of Harden, who claimed the peerage of Lord Polwarth of Polwarth, and his claim was found by the House of Lords to have been made out in the year 1835. The Laird of Harden thus became the Lord of Polwarth. After his death, in 1841, his eldest son, Henry Francis Hepburne Scott, succeeded as the second Lord Polwarth of the House of Harden. On his death in 1867, his son, Walter Hugh Hepburne Scott, the present Lord Polwarth, is now the third Scott Lord Polwarth. The late Hugh Scott of Harden, the successful inheritor of the title of Lord Polwarth, also claimed the Marchmont estates as the heir general or heir of line- of the third Earl of Marchmont through his daughter Lady Diana Hume, who was the mother of Hugh Scott of Harden, afterwards Lord Polwarth, as above mentioned. But the House of Lords decided that the settlement of the Marchmont estates made by the third Earl of Marchmont on 5th November 1790 vested them in Sir William Purves of Purves, Baronet, as descended from Lady Anne Hume, sister of the third Earl of Marchmont, in preference to Hugh Scott, Lord Polwarth, who was descended from Lady Diana Hume, the daughter of the Earl. Sir William Purves Hume Campbell of Marchmont, Baronet, was succeeded in the Marchmont estates by his only son the present Sir Hugh Hume Campbell of Marchmont, Baronet, who is the possessor of the Marchmont muniments now reported on by his special permission. The inheritors of the Marchmont estates and the peerage of Lord Polwarth, as above explained, were not the only persons who benefited by the death of the third Earl of Marchmont. His Lordship had for many years of his long life been on very intimate terms with the Bight Honourable Sir George Bose, who was very prominent in many public affairs. Lord Marchmont made Sir George Bose his only executor, and specially bequeathed to him hi3 rare and valuable library of books above mentioned. Sir George Henry Bose, son of Sir George Bose, ■inherited the Marchmont library from his father on his death, and after the lapse of twelve years he personally edited and published a selection from the Marchmont papers in three volumes, octavo, London, 1831. In his carefully written preface he explains that the late Earl of * At a meeting of the Committee for Privileges on 8th May 1843, almost half a century ago. the minutes bear that Mr. William Fraser was called in and sworn and produced evidence on behalf of Sir Hugh Plume Campbell [Minutes of Evidence, 1843, p. 380]. Pie had previously become acquainted with the Marchmont muniments on behalf of their owner. Sir Hugh Hume Campbell. The collection has thus been known to the Reporter for upwards of fifty years. MAfcCHMONT MSS. 2 58 MARCKMCNT MSS. Marchmont at his death deposited with his father, the late Sir George Rose, his sole executor, as a sacred trust, all the manuscripts of his family, with an injunction to make use of them if he should ever find it necessary. In a note to that statement it is added: “It has been “stated since my father’s death, on unquestionable authority, that “ ‘ many other manuscripts of great value and interest are yet preserved “ in the archives of Marchmont House in Scotland.’ This he had no “ means of knowing. The late Earl, long before his death, removed “ his library and a great mass of family papers to Hemel Hemsted in “ Hertfordshire, where he spent the last years of his life, and where “ my father found them when he inherited them on his Lordship’s “ decease” [Preface, p. xi., and appended note]. The three volumes of Marchmont Papers published by Sir George Henry Rose form a very interesting work on the family of the Earls of Marchmont, and specially on the three distinguished Earls of that name, each of whom became a very prominent figure in his day. Sir George Henry Rose explains that the entire mass of Marchmont papers in- herited by him was very large, and that the selections published in his three volumes only form a small portion of the entire collection. The present Report amply shows that the third Earl of Marchmont had not removed all the Marchmont muniments from Marchmont to Hemel Hempstead, his English residence, as Sir George supposed. The present Report only deals with the Marchmont Papers still preserved at Marchmont, and not in any way with those which were bequeathed to Sir George Rose. After the publication of the selections from the Marchmont papers in England, Sir George Henry Rose entered into negotiations with Hugh Scott Lord Polwarth. Under these negotiations, Lord Polwartli acquired by purchase the valuable library left by the third Earl of Marchmont to Sir George Rose, and it now forms of itself a large library in Lord Polwarth’s residence at Mertoun House, Berwickshire. Although I have seen the books on several occasions there, I did not make such a minute inspection as to ascertain whether the library so acquired by Lord Polwarth included all the Marchmont papers be- queathed to Sir George Rose, and specially that portion of them which was published by his son in 1831. At a recent meeting with His Lordship on the subject he was unable to inform me of the nature and extent of the Marchmont papers which were received from Sir George II. Rose along with the library. But he promised to make inquiry on the subject. In the course of my inspection and examination of the muniments at Marchmont, and which commenced in the year 1842, in reference to the Marchmont Peerage, I discovered a large collection of State and Official documents. These were prepared when Patrick the first Earl of Marchmont held the office of Lord Chancellor, between the years 1696 and 1702 inclusive. At that period it seems to have been the practice of certain officials of high rank to retain Royal Warrants and. other Crown writs in their private houses. In these earlier days the official accorrimodation, even for officers in important positions, appears to have been very limited, and that led to much of the public business being transacted in the private apartments of public officials. The public and official documents discovered by me at Marchmont con- sisted of: — (1.) Original Warrants under the sign manual of King William the Third for Patents of Peerages, Baronetcies, and other instruments. (2.) Signatures under the sign manual and cachet and the hands of the Lords of Exchequer for Crown Charters, &c. 59 (3.) Precepts from the Privy Seal for Crown Charters passing the great seal. Under the first of these classes there are Warrants for Patents of the Dukedoms of Hamilton and Argyll, the Marquisafce of Lothian, the Earldoms of Tullibardin, Ruglen, March, Marchmont, Hyndford, the Viscounts of Seafield, Teviot, Dupplin, and Rosebery, and the Lords Boyle of Kelburne and Portmore ; also Warrants for Commissions to High Commissioners to the Parliaments of Scotland and the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland, and also for Com- missions to Presidents of the Privy Council, Keeper^ of the Privy Seal and other offices, and Warrants for Patents to several Baronetcies, The Signatures and Precepts for Crown Charters relate to numerous lands and baronies, and to public offices. • All these official documents amounted to upwards of 700 in number. A detailed inventory of each of these writs was made in the year 1848. Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, as the owner and custodier of these muniments, with great public spirit handed over the entire collection to the Lord Clerk Register to be preserved in Her Majesty’s General Register House as part of the National Records of Scotland.* In the preface to the first volume of the folio edition of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, 1844, pp. 54 and 210 (red ink), the editors refer to “ The Marchmont Manuscript.” It is described by one of them who examined it as a “ folio volume of paper in Scotch written 61 in the year 1548, and, as appears from frequent markings, by a scribe u named Robert Ewyn. It was formerly the property of Alexander Home, of Manderstown, and is now preserved in the library at “ Marchmont.” The contents are then stated under 13 heads of laws of the “ gude ” King David in Regiam Majestatem. At the end of the heads or chapters there is an attestation that it was written by Robert Ewyn, 1548. In the same first volume of the Acts there are notices of several other copies of the Scotch laws similar to the one at Marchmont. With these preliminary explanations which are considered necessary for understanding the rather complicated inheritance of the Marchmont estates, and also of the muniments now preserved at Marchmont House, it may be further explained that the present Report includes a selection of the most interesting and historical documents contained in the charter muniments at Marchmont House. The Report is arranged under the following six heads Head 1. Ancient Charters and other Writs chiefly relating to the lands and families of Polwarth and Home, 1343 — 1568. Head 2. Papers relating to the Nunnery of North Berwick, 1523 — 1547. Head 3. Miscellaneous Writs of the Homes of Polwarth, &c., 1427—1700. * In the seventeenth Report to the Lord Clerk Register by the Deputy Clerk Register, 13th December 1864, under the heading, “ Discoveries of Ancient Records , 1 ” it is stated, page 11, that the Marchmont Public Documents were, on 25th March 1848, transmitted to the Register House, through the kindness of Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, accompanied by an exact inventory. The same Report by the Deputy Keeper of the Records shows that the good example of Sir Hugh Hume Campbell was soon followed by her Grace, Anne Duchess of Sutherland and Countess ofCromartie, who, on 4th April 1864, transmitted to Her Majesty’s General Register House a large collection of public documents found at Tarbat House, of precisely the same nature as those found at Marchmont, and relating to the period from 1703 to 17)0. The late Duchess of Sutherland and her husband the late Duke were pleased to give me a commission to form the Cromartie muniments into a family history, which was completed in the year 1876 in two volumes, quarto. Marchmont MSS. 2 60 Marchmout MSS. Head 4. Papers relating to the Berwickshire families of Spens, Wolff, and Trotter, 1514 — 1700. Head 5. Discharges and other Writs by Abbots and Commendators, and other ecclesiastics shortly before and after the Reformation, 1524— 1643. Head 6. Miscellaneous Records, Journals, Heraldic Manuscript, and other Writs relating to the Homes of Polwarth. Of the lands of Polwarth, in the parish of that name, which became the principal estate of the Homes of Polwarth and Earls of Marchmont, we have the first notice in [No. 2 infra ]. They belonged to a family of the name of Polwarth, which was either given or taken from the lands at a very early period, as the surname is found in charters to the Abbey of Coldingham. The last of the lairds of Polwarth of that name. Sir Patrick Polwarth of that ilk, resigned his lands into the hands of his feudal superior, George Earl of March, who, in 1377, bestowed them upon John Sinclair, of Herdmanstown. From the latter they descended along with the lands of Kimmerghame [cf Nos. 5, 6, 8, 9] to two heiresses, Marion and Margaret Sinclair. The first married George Home, of Wedderburn, while the second married his younger brother, Patrick, afterwards Sir Patrick Home, who became the ancestor of the Homes of Polwarth. Sir Patrick died in December 1503, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Alexander, the son of Margaret Sinclair [No. 12]. Sir Patrick’s second wife was Ellen Shaw, widow of Archibald Haliburton of Dirleton. In 1536 and 1541 she granted presentations as patroness of a prebend of Dunglass [No. 19]. Their son, George Home of Lundies, is referred to in a writ [No. 20] which is interesting as giving the real name of the mother of Adam Bothwell,. afterwards Bishop of Orkney, and who officiated at the marriage of Queen Mary with Bothwell. She was named Catherine Bellenden, not as usually stated, Janet Richardson, and appears from her seal to have been of the Auchnoull family. Alexander Home, second of Polwarth, was also twice married. His second wife was Margaret Lauder, named in the Dispensation [No. 14], who was the widow of Mungo Hepburn, of Waughton [No. 39]. His first wife was Margaret Crichton, and it appears from the sentence of divorce in No. 60 that he entered, though unsuccessfully, into other matrimonial relations. He is named in other writs [Nos. 13,59, and 62] as dealing with members of the old Berwickshire families of Spens of Harden, and Wolf of Waldelie or Wedderlie. and [Nos. 57 — 69] may be indicated as giving information about these families, and also that of Trotter, the list of furnishings, &c., in No. 58, the reference to the battle of Solway Moss in No. 61, and the marriage contract No. 64 being most noteworthy. We have a slight reference to the sons of Alexander Home in No. 18, but there is nothing special recorded of any member of the family until 1592, when we find Patrick Home, then younger of Polwarth, commended by the Duke of Lennox for his services, and appointed keeper of the Castle of Tautallon. Attention may also be drawn to some of the miscellaneous writs not directly relating to the Homes of Polwarth. The oldest of these [No. 1], dated in 1343, gives the names of several members of the old family of Ross of llaining. The Hali burtons of Gogar and Dirleton, the Homes of W T edderburn, and the Edgars of Wedderlie, are referred to in Nos. 4, 9, and 10. The Homes of Law and of Heuch, and the Cranstouns of Corsbie in Nos. 21 — 23. Nos. 24 — 29 relate to the priory or convent of nuns of the Cistercian Order at North Berwick, 61 an ancient foundation with which, about the year 1520, the Homes of Polwarth became connected, a member of the family being Prioress. The instrument, No. 28, about the lost seal of the priory, is of special interest. Margaret Hume, prioress [No. 29], who grants a lease of the Heugh to Alexander Hume, was a sister of Patrick Hume of Polwarth. The chief collection of miscellaneous writs consists of Nos. 30 — 56. Few of these are specially noteworthy, but the following may be referred to. No. 37, the testament of Alexander Home of Redbraes. No. 42, 43, and 46, which illustrate the mode of payment of salaries to retainers of the royal households of King James the Sixth and his Queen. Sir John Skene of CurriehilPs receipt [No. 48] lor Sir Patrick Home’s proportion of the tax for printing the old laws of Scotland is of interest, as also the certificate [No. 49] as to George Home’s performance of the duties required of him as a landnwner in Ireland. No. 56 relates to the Scottish descent of the Princess Czar- torisky in 1700. The papers now reported on also contain a number of minor eccle- siastical documents of dates before and after the Reformation, a few of which may be noticed, such as the tack of the teinds of Moordean, by Thomas Ker, Abbot of Melrose, at so early a date as 1524 [No. 70] ; the monition [No. 71], directed by George Crichton, bishop of Dunkeld, to the parishioners of Dull in Athole, to pay their teinds and dues to John Wynram, subprior of the priory of St. Andrews. John Wynram afterwards joined the Reformers, and become superintendent of the district of Fife. No. 73 contains a mandate by “ Dene” Adam Chatto, subprior of Kelso, for absolving Alexander Hume, younger, and James Hasty, from the sentence of excommunication, under which they had fallen for not paying their teinds of Woodhead. There are also a series of discharges by William Schaw, provost of Abernethy [No. 77] ; Alexander Colville, commendator of Culross [No. 79] ; Robert Douglas, provost of the College of Lincluden [No. 81]. The precept of sasine, No. 83, is interesting, because granted by Andrew Ker of Fawdounsyde, second husband of Margaret Stewart of Ochiltree, widow of John Knox, the Reformer, while two of the Reformer’s grand-nephews are witnesses. The remaining writs are so fully described and explained in the Report itself, that it is superfluous to recapitulate them here. Atten- tion may, however, be called to the papers relating to Alexander Hume, the minister of Logie, and a poet of note in his day [Nos. 84, 85]. A Pass by Oliver Cromwell to Lady Polwarth, to go from Edinburgh to Redbraes, may also be noted, and the warrant and patent for creating Patrick, Lord Polwarth, Earl of Marchmont. Two historical documents of considerable importance are here printed in full for the first time. These are the Additional Instructions to Patrick, Earl of Marchmont, as Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland in the year 1698 ; and his Instructions to represent the King in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in the year 1701-2. King William died a few days after signing the Warrant and Instructions. These are the last public acts of the King with reference to the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Owing to his death before his warrant was acted upon, a new warrant was granted by Queen Anne on the day of King William’s death. Ma.b,chmoxt MSS. ft 62 Mabchmoxt MSS. Head First. — Ancient Charters and other Writs chiefly relating to the lands and families of Polwarth and Hume, 1343 — - 1568. 1. Charier by Robert, Steward of Scotland (afterwards King Rober t II.), confirming to Elizabeth Poll ok a charter of the lands of Galston. 1343. Omnibus hanc cartam visuris vcl audituris, Robertas Senescallus Scocie, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noueritis nos inspexisse ac veraciter intellexisse cartam Willelmi de Ross, filii et heredis quondam Walteri de Ross, dominus del Haynnyng in tenemento de Gallistown in Kyle Senescalli, non abolitam, non cancellatam nec in aliqua sui parte viciatam in hec verba .Omnibus hanc cartam visuris vel aud\- turis, Willelmus de Ross, filius et heres quondam Walteri de Ross, dominus del Haynyng in tenemento de Gallestown in Kyle Senescalli, salutein in Domino sempiternam. Noueritis me dedisse, concessisse et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse Elizabet, fdie Petri de Pollok. et heredibus suis inter me et ipsam legittime procreatis [illas] duas pecias terre mee cum pertinenciis jacentes in dicto tenemento que vocatur le Haynyng et Achencros ; tenendas et habendas eidem Elizabet et liere- dibus suis inter me et ipsam legittirne procreatis de me et lieredibus meis quibuscunque,infeoao et hereditate, per rectas metas et diuisas suas, cum omnibus [pertinenciis, liberta]tibus, commoditatibus et aysiamentis ad illas duas pecias terre iuste pertinentibus seu pertinere valentibus, adco libere et quiete sicut ego et predecessores mei easdem duas pecias terre tenuimus vel potuimus tenere, sine prestatione alicuius multure : et ipsa Elizabet et heredes sui inter me et ipsam legittirne procreati pro- pin quiores erunt ad' 4 ' molendum in molendlno de Achincross post proprium bladum meum et herednm meorum inuentum in trimodio ; faciendo inde ipsa Elizabet et heredes sui inter me et ipsam legittirne procreati fovinsecum seruicium domini regis quantum pertinet ad seruicium vnius architenentis, et reddendo inde annuatim michi et heredibus mei3 quibuscunaue vnum par albarum calcarium ad festum apostolorum Petri et Pauli, pro omni alio seruicio, secfa curie mee et heredum meorum, consuetudine et deinar.da seculari ; et si contingat, quod absit, dictam Elizabet in fata decedere sine herede inter me et ipsam legittirne procreato dicte due pecie terre cum pertinenciis ad me et heredes meos libere reuertentur. Et ego Willelmus predictus et heredes mei quicunque dictas duas pecias terre cum pertinenciis adeo libere sicut preseriptum est dicte Elizabet et heredibus suis inter me et ipsam legittirne procreatis contra omnes homines et feminas in forma presciipta imperpetuum warantizabimus, acquietabimus et defendemus, pro annuo redditu supradicto. In cuius rei testimonium presenti carte sigillum meum apposui, hiis testibus, Dominis Roberto de Cunyngham, Jacobo de Cunyngham et Adam More, militibus ; Jacobo Senescalli tunc vicecomite de Are, Willelmo de Twyname, Jacobo de Crauforde Willelmo de Gobensketh et aliis inultis. Quamquidem cartam in omnibus punctis, conaitionibus, articulis et circumstanciis suis vniuersis, forma pariter et effectu, rat-ificanius, approbamus et tenore presentis carte nostre pro nobis et heredibus nostris in perpetuum confirinamus : In cuius rei testimonium presenti carte nostre sigillum nostrum fecimus apponi ; testibus, nobilibus viris Dominis Johanne Senescalli de Pretwyk, consanguineo nostro, Johanne de Crauforde de Grenok, Johanne de Lyndesay de Thoriston, militibus, Willelmo de Keth, Jacobo de Crauforde, Adam More, Roberto Logan et multis aliis t G3 Apud Prestwvk, septimo die mensis [Octo]bris, anno Domini millesimo cec quadragesimo tercio. 2. Charter by King James I. confirming grant (dated 1377) by George Earl of Dunbar, of the lands of Polwarth. 1429. Jacobus Dei gracia rex Scotorum, omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre sue clericis et laicis, salutem. Sciatis nos quamdam car tarn uilecti consanguine! nostri quondam Georgei de Dunbar, comitis Marchie, domini yallis Anandie et Mannie, factam et concessam dilecto et fideli nostro Johanni de Sancto Claro de Hirdmanstown, do omnibus et singulis terris ville de Polworth vnacum omnibus tenandiis in eadem cum pertinenciis, de mandato nostro visam, lectam, inspectam et dili- genter examinatam, non rasam non abolitarn, non cancellatam, nee in aliqua sui parte uiciatam, sed omni prorsus vicio et suspicione carentem intellexisse ad plenum ; cuiusquidem carte tenor sequitur et est talis : — Omnibus hanc cartam uisuris vel audituris, Georgius de Dunbar, comes Marchie, dominus vallis Anandie et Mannie, salutem in Domino sempi- ternam. Sciatis nos dedisse, concessisse et hac presenti carta nostra confirmasse dilecto et fideli nostro Johanni de Sancto Claro, domino de Hirdmanstoun, pro homagio suo et seruicio, omnes terras nostras ville de Polwrth cum suis pertinenciis, vna cum tenandriis omnibus in eadem villa iaccntibus, per suas rectas metas et antiquas ; quequidem omnia et singula cum pertinenciis suis omnibus dominus Patricius de Polwrth miles, quondam dominus eorundem, nobis sursum reddidit et per fustem et baculum pro se et heredibus suis pure et sirnplrciter in presencia proborum plurium imperpetuum resignauit : Tenendas et habendas predicto Johanni et heredibus suis de nobis et heredibus nostris, in boscis, .... in feodo et hereditate imperpetuum : Peddendo inde nobis et heredibus nostris forincecum seruicium de- bitum et consuctum tantum pro omnibus aliis seruiciis . . . Et nos dictus Georgius et heredes nostri omnes predictas terras de Polwrth . . . predicto Johanni et heredibus suis contra omnes mortales warantizabimus, &c. In cuius rei testimonium presenti carte nostre sigillum nostrum fecimus apponi, hiis testibus, Job ann e de Dunbar, comite Morauie, Dominis Waltero de Haliburtoun domino eiusdem, Patricio de Hepburne domino de Halis. Johanne de Edmonds- toun domino eiusdem, Alexandro de Haliburtoun, Johanne de Turribus et Johanne de Haliburtoun, militibus, Nigello de Conynghame, domino de Beltoun, Alexandro de Cokburne, domino de Langtoun, Alexandro de Riclyntoun, Phiiippo de Nesbit domino eiusdem, Roberto Letk et aliis. Datum apud Dunbar, duodecimo die mensis Junii, anno Domini millesimo ccc mo lxx rao septimo. Quarnquidem cartam, donacionem et concessionem in eadem contentas, in omnibus punctis' suis et articulis condicionibus et modis ac circumstanciis suis quibuscunque, forma pari ter et effectu, in omnibus et per omnia, approbamus, ratificamus et imperpetuum confirmamus, saluo seruicio nostro. In cuius rei testi* monium presenti carte nostre magnum sigillum nostrum apponi pre- cepimus, testibus, reuerendo in Christo patre Johanne episcopo Glasguensis, cancellario nostro, Johanne Forestarii, camerario nostro, Waltero de Ogilbi, thesaurario nostro, militibus, Magistro Willelmo Foulis, custoae priuati sigilli nostri, preposito de Bothuile, et magistro Thoma de Myretoun, decano Glasguensi, apud Edinburgh, nono die mensis Maii, anno rcgni nostri vicesimo quarto. [1429.] (This charter is not recorded in the books of the Great Seal Register now extant.) 3. Notarial Instrument narrating that John of Catpayir of Polworth resigned by staff and baton into the hands of John Sinclair of Herd- Marchmont MSS. 1 64 Mjlrchmont MSS. manstoun and Polwortli, his over-lord, liis whole land with pertinents lying in the town and territory of Polworth within the sheriffdom of Berwick, namely, the half of a husband land, with all his claims. Done at the Castle of Herdmanstown at 10 a.m., 31 January 1437-8, in presence of John Yhule, William Coxson, Thomas Dicson, Patrick Thomson and Edward Stenson. William Harpar, notary. 4. Letter of Reversion by George Haliburton of Upper Gogar to his brother Sir Walter Haliburton, as to the lands of Betshiel. 1439. “Be it knawyne til al men be thir present letres, me, George of Haliburtoun of Vuergogar, to be oblyst lely and trewly be the fayth of my body for me, myne ayris and myne assignes, til a nobil man, Schir Waltere of Haliburtoun of that Ilk, knyclit, my brother, that albeyd the said lorde haf gylfyne to me al the landis of Betschele with the pertinence lyand within the scherefdome of Berwic, and gyffyne to me tharof charter and sesyng, nevirtlieles I wyl and grauntis for me, myne ayris and myne assignes, that qwhat tyme efter the fest of yule next folowand efter the date of thir letres the said Schir Waltere, his ayris or his assignes, pays to me, myne ayris or myne assignes, ane hundreth markis of vsuale mone of Scotland on a day betuix the rysyng of the sone and the dovngangyn of the samyne, in the paryse kyrk of Bolton e, on the he altare, but fraude or gyile, than I, myne ayris or myne assignes, sal deliuer and vpgyfto the said lorde, his ayris or his assignes, alhalethe said landis of Betschele with the pertinence, togydder with the forsayd charter and sesyng tharof to me gyffyne, sa that the said charter na sesyng haf nowther force na effec fra that tyme furth in tyme to cwm. In witnes of the quhilk thyng to thir letres I haf set my seil, at Dryltoun the xxi j day of the moneth of J une the yere of oure lord a thowsand four hundreth thretty and nyne.” [This writ was transumed or copied by a notary on 13th May 1449 at the instance of Thomas Congyltoun, son of John Congyltoun of that Ilk, by Alexander Clerkson, notary in the burgh of Haddington at 8 a.m. Witnesses, Giles Ker, squire, William Harpar, notary public, and William Clerkson, burgess of Haddington.] 5. Transumpt of Charter by King James Second to John Sinclair, of the lands of Polwarth, 17th July 1443. Jacobus Dei gracia Rex Scotorum, omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre sue, clericis et laicis, salutem. Sciatis nos dedisse, concessisse et hac presenti carta nostra confirmasse dilecto et fideli nostro Johanni de Sanctoclaro, filio et heredi Johannis de Sancloelaro de Hyrdmans- toun, omnes et singulas terras de Polworde cum pertineneiis, iacentes infra vicecomitatum de Berwico. Quequidem terre cum pertineneiis fuerunt dicti Johannis de Sanctoclaro hereditarie ; et quas idem Johannes non vi aut metu ductus nee errore lapsus, sed mcra et spontanea voluntate sua, in inanus nostras per fustem et baculum coram testibus per suas literas patentes et procuratorem suum ad hoc legittime constitutum, sursum reddidit pureque simpliciter resignauit, ac totum jus et clameum que in dictis terris cum pertineneiis habuit seu habere potuit pro se et heredibus suis omnino quitum clamauit imperpeiuum. Tencndas et >habendas prenominatas terras cum pertineneiis dicto Johanni et Katrine sponse sue et eorum alteri diucius viuenti, ac here- dibus inter ipsos legittime procreandis, quibus forte deficientibus veris et legittimis heredibus dicti Johannis quibuscunque, de nobis et here- dibus nostris, in feodo et hereditate imperpetuum, per omnes rectas metas suas antiquas et diuisas, in boscis, . . . adeo libere et quiete, plenarie, integre et honorifice, bene et in pace, in omnibus et per omnia, 65 sicut dictus Johannes aut aliquis predecessorum snorum prenominatas terras cum pertinenciis de nobis aut predecessoribus nostris ante dictam resignacionem nobis iude factam liberius tenuit seu possedit : Faciendo inae nobis et heredibus nostris dicti Johannes et Katrina et eorum alter diucius viuens ac heredes inter ipsos legittime procreandi, quibus forte deficientibus veri legittimi et propinquiores heredes dicti Johannis quicunque, seruicia debita et consueta. In cuius rei testimonium presenti carte nostre magnum sigillum nostrum apponi precepimus ; Testibus, Reverendis in Christo patribus, Jacobo, Johanne, Jacobo et Michaele ecclesiarum Sanctiandree, Glasguensis, Dunkeldensis et Dumblanensis episcopis, dilecto consanguineo nostro Willelmo Domino de Crychtoun cancellario nostro, Alexander de Lewingstoun de Calentare, Johanne Sibbalde de Balgowny, militibus, Jacobo de Lewingstoun scutifero, Magistro Willelmo Turnbule, nostri privati sigilli custode, et Magistro Georgio Schoryswode, clerico nostro, apud Striuelvn, decimo septimo die mensis Julii, anno Domini millesimo quadringentessimo quadra- gesimo tertio et regni nostri septimo. [This charter was transumed on 2nd May 1472, at the order of John of Ottirburn, Licenciate in Decrees, Provost of the Collegiate church of Methven, canon of Glasgow and official of St. Andrews in the archdeaconry of Lothian, sitting in the usual Consistory Court in St. Giles Church, Edinburgh, as requested by Katrine Home, relict of the late John Sinclair, son and apparent heir of John Sinclair of Herdmansloun, and now spouse of Archibald Douglas, and Mr. Thomas Pyt, rector of Abbotroul, her procurator. Witnesses, Gilbert Otterburn, rector of Slain s, Andrew Wardlaw, Patrick Louthian, Thomas Halyday, James Fulford, and John Lany, presbyters. The seal of the official is appended, in a defaced condition. It repre- sents a mitred head and shoulders, with a coat of arms beneath. The royal charter is not contained in the extant portions of the Register of the Great Seal.] 6. Retour of service of Margaret Sinclair as one of the heirs of her grandfather in the lands of Kimmergham. 1467. Hec Inquisitio facta fuit apud Berwic super Twedam, in curia vice- comitis de Berwic tenta in pretorio eiusdem coram Adam de Hepburne de Dunsyar, vicecomite de Berwic, septimo die mensis Aprilis, anno Domini millesimo quadringentesimo sexagesimo septimo, per istos sub- scripts magno Sacramento interueniente iur&tos, videlicet, Robert um de Laweder de Edringtoun, Adam de Nesbit de eodem, Robertum Inglis de Lochend, Adam de Blacader, David Lumysden de Blenhern, Johannem Atkynsoun de Lathame, Thomam de Lummysdene de eodem, Nicholaum de Paxtoun, Johannem Ellame de Butterdene, Patricium Sleicli de Cumliche, Nicholaum Forman de Hutoun, Thomam Edyntoun de eodem, Johannem de Lummysdene, Alexandrum de Manderstoun, Jacobum de Kellow, Robertum Dicson, et Patricium . . .* Gammyl- schelis armigeros : Qui iurati dicunt quod quondam Johannes Synclar, [auus] Margarete Synclar, latricis presencium, obiit . . . de feodo ad pacem et fidem domini nostri regis de [terris de Kimjbyrgiame cum pertinenciis vbicunque infra villa .... tibus vnacum superdominio omnium liberetenencium . . . jacentibus in regalitate de Bonkil infra . . . dicta Margareta est [vna] de legittimis . . . heredibus dicti quondam Johannis aui sui de . . . superdominio liberetenencium dicte ville . . . legittima et pro- pinquior heres dicti quondam Johannis . . . dictarum terrarum et * The blanks throughout are caused by defaced portions of the writ, y 78289. e Marchmont MSS. I 66 Mauchmont MSS. superdominii predicti cum per[tienciis] . . . legittime etatis, et quod dimidietas dictarum terrarum et super domiuii predicti cum pertinenciis valet nunc per annum viginti . . . Scotie et tantum valuit tempore pacis : et quod tenetur in capite de domino comite Angusie tanquam domino regalitatis . . . albe firme Reddendo inde sibi annuatim vnum denarium argenti in festo Penthecostis nomine albeferme si petatur tantum. Et [quod] nunc existit in manibus dicti domini comitis legittime per seipsum per mortem dicti quondam Jobannis Synclar ob defectum prosecutionis . . . jus suum hucusque inde non prosequentis, a tempore obitus dicti quondam Jobannis, qui obiit vicesimo die mensis Decembris vltimo elapsi, anno Domini millesimo quadr ingen tesimo sexagesimo sexto. In cuius rei testimonium quidam eorum qui dicte inquisitioni intererant sigilla sua j sub inclusione sigilli prefati vicecomitis cum breui incluso presentibus ; appenderunt anno die loco et mense supradictis. [Four seals and a fragment still appended — all defaced.] 7. Charter by Alexander Duke of Albany, Earl of March, &c. j granting to Thomas Schoriswod for his faithful service two husband lands with the half of a husband land, tying in the town and territory of Grenlaw, in the earldom of March, belonging to the late William Edwardson and resigned by him ; to be held to the said Thomas, his heirs, &c. of the Duke and his heirs, in fee and heritage as the late Thomas Dauison held the lands, and for the same service. Dated at j Dunbar, 1 1th April 1470. Signed “ Alexader Dwk of Albany.” j Witnesses, Sir James Liddell knight, the Duke’s master of household, ] Mr. Alexander Inglis his secretary, subdean of Dunkeld, Mr. George Liddell rector of Forest, David Rantoun of Billy and George Roule. A fragment of seal attached. 8. Instrument of Sasine in terms of letters by Alexander Duke of ] Albany, &c. directed to Patrick of Smetoun as bailie to give sasine ] to Marion Sinclair, wife of George Hume of Wedderburn, of the lands j of Polwarth, in the earldom of March and sheriffdom of Berwick as j senior heir ; Qui uero Patricius tanquam filius obediencie volens I mandaium sui domini ad promptum in omnibus adimplere, prefato i Georgio actornato dicte Mariote statum saisinam et possessionem | dictarum terrarum de Polwart cum pertinenciis, per lapidem et terrain j in manu dicti Georgii per prefatum Patricium balliuum impositos, per capsulam ostii et introitum euisdem principalis domus loci de Polwart, auetoritate dictarum literarum, contulit et assignauit; ac ipsum Georgium actornatum in realem actualem et corporalem possessionem dictarum terrarum omnibus modis quibus melius et efficacius potuit corporaliter nomine quo supra introduxit et inuestiuit.” Sasine given 10th No- vember 1475. Witnesses, Archibald Douglas, Alexander Cliirnside of East Nisbet, Sir James of Tranent, vicar of Fogo, Sir Thomas Gamyll, curate of Polwarth, and others. 9. Letters of Obligation by John Murray and Elizabeth Sinclair, by 1 which they oblige themselves in favour of David Home of Polwarth, , son and apparent heir of George Home of Wedderburn, that on payment of eleven score of merks Scots they will resign to him all their lands in the lordship of Polwarth, and they bind themselves not to molest him in possession, under a penalty of 400 merks. Dated | at Edinburgh, 24th January 1479-80. Witnesses, Thomas Lowis of Manor, George Cant, Henry Cant, and others. Two seals appended. The first shows a shield charged with a hunting horn, three mollets in 67 chief and a fourth as a mark of cadency. Legend, “ S. Johann is Morra.” The second seal is broken, but shows the engrailed cross of Sinclair. Legend imperfect. 10. Notarial Instrument narrating that in presence of the notary and witnesses there compeared Adam Edgar, Laird of Wedderlee, and acknowledged that with consent of Robert Edgar, his son and apparent heir, he had sold his land of Polwarth, commonly called Leland, to David Hume of Polwarth his over-lord for twenty merks Scots, which lands he resigned in the parish church of Polwarth, with all his rights. Done in the parish church of St. Kentigern of Polwarth on 6th March 1486-7. Witnesses, George Sinclair, Oliver Edgar, Thomas Hasty, Patrick Grefe, Andrew Gilly, Robert Johnstone, John Mody, Richard Thomsone and Hugh Spens. 11. Charter by King James the Fourth, confirming a charter (dated at Ayr, 7th September 1496) by George Ross, Laird of Haining, granting to his son George Ross and a series of heirs named, the lands of Haining in the sheriffdom of Ayr. Confirmed at Stirling, 6th June 1498. [This writ is recorded in the present Register of the Great Seal, and its existence only is noted here.] 12. Retour of Inquest made in presence of George Master of Angus over-lord of the lands, by Patrick Sleych of Cumlych, Alexander Ellame of Buttyrdane, James Spens of Hardens, Patrick Lummysden de Blanerne, John Yettame, John Auldyncrau, John Atkynson, William Edyngton, David .... Sleych, James Sheldyn, John Lum- mysden of Law, George Sleych, Richard Bene and William Ranton, who upon oath declared that Margaret Sinclair, mother of Alexander Hume, died last vest and seized of fee at the faith and peace of the king in the half lands of Kymbyrgeame &c. in the regality of Bonkill and sheriffdom of Berwick ; that the said Alexander is the lawful and nearest heir and that he is of lawful age ; that the lands are worth £20 Scots yearly and are held in chief of the Earl of Angus for one penny at Whitsunday of blenchfarm ; that they are now in his hands as over-lord by the death of the said Margaret, and of Sir Patrick Hume, knight, from the time of the death of Sir Patrick, six months before the date of the Inquest. Done at Preston, 7th May 1504. 13. Notarial Instrument narrating a contract, dated at Redbraes, 5th November 1518, by which Alexander Hume of Polwarth agrees to * pay to Peter Spens of Hardens the sum of 300 merks for the lands of Hardens -above-the-burn, in wadset, while Peter Spens shall infeft the Laird of Polwarth in the less half of his lands in Chirnside, as warrandice of Hardens; and if Spens agrees with John Wolf of “ Waudaile” he shall infeft Hume within twenty days. Of the 300 merks 120 are paid, 120 are to be given to Thomas Trotter of Fogo-Rig, to redeem Hardens from John Wolf, and 40 pounds are to be given to Spens immediately. Instrument dated at Redbraes, 15 December 1518. [Various charters and the usual sasines, including one to Alexander Hume and Margaret Crichton his wife followed on this contract. The seal of Peter Spens attached to one writ shows a shield bearing, fretty, with three mollets in chief.] 14. Dispensation for the marriage of Alexander Hume and Margaret Lauder, 23 January 1520-21. Andreas, Dei et apostolice sedis gratia Archiepiscopus Sanctiandree, B 2 Marchmont MSS. 2 68 Marchmont MSS. totius regni Scotie primas, legatus natus, ac per vniuersum regnum predictum eiusdem sedis, cum potestate et facultate legati de latere, Legatus, discreto viro Magistro Georgeo Ker, preposito collegiate ecclesie de Dunglas nostre diocesis, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Ex parte dilectorum nobis in Christo nobiliuin, Alexandri Home, laici, etMargarete Lauder, mulieris nostre Sanctiandree diocesis, nobis oblata petitio contine- bat, quod ipsi olim scientes se simplici tertio consanguinitatis gradu inuicem esse coniunctos sese pluries actufornicario carnalitercognouerunt, excommunicationis sententiam et incestus reatum propterea incurrendo : cum autem sicut eadem subiungebat petitio dicti exponentes certis de causis rationibilibus et maxime propter huiusmodi carnalem copulam desiderant inuicem matrimonium contrahere illudque in facie ecclesie solemnizare supplicari fecerunt propterea humiliter dicti exponentes eiis super hiis per nos de debite absolutionis beneficio et oportune dis- pensations gratia misericorditer prouideri. Nos igitur adhec sufficient apostolica facultate potiti, auctoritate apostolica nobis commissa et qua fungimur in hac parte, discretioni tue committimus, quatenus si est ita eosdem exponentes si id humiliter petierunt ab excommunicationis sententia quam propter premissa incurrerunt absoluas hac vice duntaxat in forma ecclesie consueta, iniunctis inde sibi et eorum cuilibet pro modo culpe penitentia salutari et aliis que de jure iniungenda fuerint : et demum cum eisdem quod non obstante impedimento predicto matri- nionium inter se libere contrahere ac in facie ecclesie solemnizare et postmodum in eo remanere libere et licite possint et valeant dispenses, dummodo propter hoc dicta mulier ab aliquo rapta non fuerit, prolem susceptam si qua sit et suscipiendam exinde legittimam decernen. In quorum omnium et singulorum fidem et testimonium premissorum presentes literas exinde fieri fecimus et sigilli nostre legationis jussimus appensione comuniri. Datum Edinburgi, nostre Sanctiandree diocesis, anno incarnationis Dominice millesimo quingentesimo vigesimo, die vero vigesima tertia mensis Januarii, pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris et domini nostri domini Leonis diuina prouidentia Pape decimi anno octauo. Visa. Jo. Lauder, secret U3 . 15. Precept of Sasine by Patrick Diksoun, son and heir of the late Archibald Diksoun, for infefting Alexander Hume of Polwarth and his heirs in two husband lands lying in the town and territory of Graden, sheriffdom of Berwick, to be held of the king. Edinburgh, 3rd April 1523. Signed “ Patrik Diksoun w t my hand at ye pen.” Seal attached. Two birds passant. A mollet in base. Legend, S. Pattrici Dicson. 16. Lease by Andrew [Durie], Abbot of Melrose, with consent of his* convent, granting to “ Patrik Haitlye and to his airis and assignais quhatsumeuer, quhilkis beand of na greter degre na hymeselff, all and I hail our landis callit the clerkland exceppand ane croft lyand in to the I towne of Assintone ijs. of mail, the quhilk Patrik Brown efeild hes in tak,” all lying in the Merse within the sheriffdom of Berwick ; to be held in lease for nineteen years for a yearly rent of 18/ Scots. Dated J at Melrose, 8th April 1529. Signed, “ Andreas Mellisros Abbas,” and 1 also by the sub-prior and twenty-four other monks. [A later writ is a 1 Precept of Clare Constat by James (Douglas) Abbot of Melrose for infefting Patrick Haitly as heir of his father the late Patrick Haitly in the 18/ lands of Clerkleys, bounded as described. Dated at Dalkeith, 22 July 1589. Witnesses, John Douglas of Kennestoun, William j Douglas his son, and others. Signed, “ Jacobus commendatarius de Melros.”] 69 17. Letters of Bailiary by William Hepburn of Rowanston, appointing Robert Hume, brother-german of the late David Hume of Wedderburn, to be bailie of his lands of Rowanston in the sheriffdom of Berwick, for the term of nineteen years, with full powers. Edinburgh, 15 May 1532. Signed, “ Willeam Hepbrun of Rolastun” 18. Notarial Instrument narrating a contract between Patrick Hume of Polwarth and Gavin Hume at the burgh of Jedburgh, by which the former agrees to give the life-rent of the £20 lands of Shiells to the latter who in turn renounces all right or claim he had to his father’s lands. Gavin shall also give his bond of manrent to Patrick, excepting no man but the king, and shall also deliver to him his place with his heirship, except a chamber and a stable until Whitsunday when he shall remove, answering to “ the lady ” for her terce of the lands ; while Patrick shall give Gavin his bond of maintenance. Regarding Kimmerghame Mains and Redbraes, Gavin obliges himself for his brother, Alexander Hume, u that he sail deliuer all his part to the said Patrick baitli seid and oxin with the teling and harroing therof, he f'yndand cautioun to hym as efferis thairfor or than gifand hym the Beldscheaiill for the samyn for the maill paying, and failzeand therof to gyff to the said Alexander his bruther als mekyll in ane vthir place at the sycht of Andro Ker of Farnhirst and Alexander Schaw of Sauchye for his barnis part of geir forsaid.” The penalty for infringement of the contract is 300 merks. Done in the chamber of Andrew Ker of Farnhirst, at the burgh of Jedburgh at 2 p.m., 15tli March 1532-3. John Ker and Robert Ker, brothers-german, witnesses with others. 19. Presentation by Elena Schaw, lady of Dirleton, in favour of Bartholomew Bauld of the prebend of Vigorushauch, 1536. Venerabili et egregio viro Magistro Johanni Chesolme, preposito ecclesie collegiate de Dunglas, Elena Schaw, domina de Dyrltoun, coniuncte infeodationis terrarum de Wygurushauch, Bradyardis cum columbario eiusdem, horse mercat et piscationem aquarum de Tweyd et Tewyoth et vnius annui redditus quadraginta solidorum de terris de Mordenstoun, reuerentias debitas et honores : ad prebendam de Wygur- ushauch cum suis pertinentiis antedictis, ad meam presentationem vestram- que admissionem pleno jure spectantes, dilectum meum Dominum Bartho- lomeum Bauld presbiterum animo non variandi seu accumulandi vobis tenore presentium presento; Exortans rogans quatenus dictum dominum Bartholomeum presentatum meum in et [ad] huiusmodi prebendam sic vt premittitur recipiatis et admittatis, eandemque sibi conferatis, ac ipsum vel procuratorem suum eius nomine in realem actualem et corporalem possessionem eiusdem inducatis et instituatis, inductumque institutum in eadem canonice defendatis sibique stallum in choro et locum in capitulo assignari faciatis; ac sibi Domino Bartholomeo presentato meo vel suis procuratoribus de vniuersis et singulis terris predictis ac proficuis eiusdem quibuscunque integre responderi faciatis ; contradictores vero et rebelles si qui forsan fuerint vestra actoritate artius compescendo, ceteraque facien do que vobis in premissis incumbunt peragenda. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum vnacum mea subscriptione manuali per tactum calami presentibus est affixum, apud Striuiling, penultimo die mensis Maii, anno Domini millesimo quingen- tesimo trigesimo sexto ; coram hiis testibus, Magistro Patricio Hume meo filio, Patricio Cokburn, Georgio Schaw, et Roberto Lermonth, notario publico, cum diuersis aliis. Signed, “ Darn Elen Schaw lady off Dyrltoun with my hand on ye pen.” [The same lady, as widow of Sir Patrick '2 Mabchmont MSS. 70 Marchmont MSS. Hume of Polwarth, knight, patron of the prebend called Vigorushauch, issued another presentation in 1541, in favour of the same person, directed to Mr. Abraham Crichton, provost of Dunglas.] 20. Letters of Reversion beginning “ Till all and sindry quham it efferis quais knawlege thir present lettres sal cum, Adam Boithwell, sown of vmquhile Maister Francis Boithwell, and Katherine Bellendene, my moder and tutrice testamentar, greting in God evirlesting,” &c., by which they declare that although George Hume of Lundies has sold to the said Adam an annual rent of twenty merks from the lands of Trottanschaw and Byrecleuch and Handaxwood, lying in the barony of Bothwell by annexation, in the lordship of I)y and sheriffdom of Berwick, yet as soon as Hume shall pay upon the altar of St. James the Apostle, within the collegiate church of St. Giles, Edinburgh, the sum of 400 merks, the said Adam binds himself to resign and upgive the annual rent in Hume’s favour. Dated at Edinburgh, 4th May 1542 ; witnesses, James Halden of Glennagas, James Lausoun of Highriggs, Archibald Halden, Patrick Halden and others. Signed “ Kathryn e Bellendene vyht my hand,” “ Adam Boithuille wyht my hand.” Seals appended, in fair condition. The first, a hart’s head, couped, between three cross-crosslets. Legend, “ S. Katrine Baleen* tine spose M. Fra. B.” The second, a chevron between three trefoils slipped. Legend, “ S. Ade Boithvil.” 21. Procuratory of Resignation by Mr. Patrick Hume (of Law) and Margaret Wemyss his spouse, nominating Mr. William Schaw, provost of Abernethy, and John Focart, to resign in the hands of John [Stewart], commendator of Coldingham as superior, the four husband lands of Law and four husband lands with three quarters of another husband land, of Hillend, in the barony of Coldingham and sheriffdom of Berwick ; also fourteen husband lands extending to 14 merks of land, three “gerslandis” lying contiguous with the said lands of Law, extending to 30/ ; 40/ of land called the Halcroft ; 20/ of land called “ Armestrangis Park one cotland with two acres of land adjoining the lands of Law, extending to 10/ of land ; three husband lands and a half in the town of Coldingham extending to 46/8 of land; one cotland in the said town of Coldingham, called “ Clinkskaillis,” extending to 10/ of land ; and the half of a cotland in said town with tofts, etc., all in the said barony and sheriffdom, for new infeftment to the resigners in liferent and their son and heir apparent David Hume and his heirs. Dated at Coldingham, 2 September 1556. Signed, “Mas? Patryk Howm of ye law wy fc my hand.” “ Margaret Wemys w* my hand.” Seals appended, the first bearing quarterly 1st and 4th a lion rampant, 2 and 3 three birds with a crescent for difference, “ S. Patrick Hume ;” the second bearing the four lions of Wemyss, legend indistinct. 22. Charter by John Cranstoun of Corsbie granting to his wife Elizabeth Swinton in liferent his lands and barony of Bowne with tower and manorplace of Corsbie, and mill of the same, with the lands of Doddis and mill thereof in said barony, lying in the sheriffdom of Berwick ; also all and sundry the sixteen merks of lands of 66 Leytliheid, Leidom, Byarno and Harlaw,” in the sheriffdom of Edinburgh: To be held blench of the grantor. Dated at Corsbie, 4th September 1556. Witnesses, George Haliburton residing in Dryburgh, Archibald Hali- burton there, and others. Signed “ Jhon Cranston.” Seal appended, quarterly 1st and 4th three birds (cranes?), 2 and 3 a device resembling four fleur-de-lys arranged crosswise. Legend imperfect. 71 23. Latter Will of Robert Hume of the Heuch, beginning 44 Be it kend tyll all men be thir present lettres, me, Robert Howme of the Hewch, haiffing guid experiens daylye of the guid handilling of my haill lei fling and moweabill guidis be my derrest spous, Marione Hepburne, now preventive and at all tymeis bypast, and als vnder- standing the guid newrissing intretting and vpbryngin of my derrest lauchfull sone, Robert Howme, my apperand ayr of the Hewch, and gofctin vpone hyr, quhome God increse, and the rest of my barnis infantis and pupillis, and siclyk the gret luff that schow beiris and dayly hes borne sen the contracting of our mariage towart the rest of my brethering, sisteris and vtheris speciall my grett fryndis: And in consideratione of thir respectis and to gyf hyr the bettir occasione and grettar persuasione to continew in luff and fauoreis towards me and myn in tyme cuming in the samyn ; and weyeand the gret troubulis and apperand daylye cummeris to appeyr and ryse mayr and mayr, and in caise I deceise (as God sail pleis) in this present yeir of gret troubill and scharpnes ; in that caise alanerlye, now as than and than as now hes maid, constitut and ordanit, lykas be the tennour heyrof solempnatlye makis constitutis and ordanis my said derrest spous, Marione Hepburne foirsaid, and my said lauchfull sone, Robert Howme my apperand ayr of the Hewch, my only executouris,” giving them full power over all his effects, advising the son to take advice from his mother as to choosing curators, and giving all guidance of his children to his wife only. Hated at the Hewch, 26 May 1568. William Hepburne, son to John Hepburne in the Nungate (North Berwick), and others, witnesses. Signed, 44 Robert Hwme of the Hewche with my hande.” 2. Papers relating to the Nunnery of Northberwick, 1523—1547. 24. Lease granted by 44 Alison Home, be the permission of God priorase of the Abbay of the Nunre of Northberwik,” in favour of Alexander Hume of Pohvarth, and Patrick Hume his son and apparent heir, of the parsonage of the church of Logie in the diocese of Dunblane ; to be held with the teindsheaves, for the space of nineteen years from Candlemas, at a yearly rent of ninety merks Scots, payable at Candlemas and Lammas. Dated at Northberwick, 26 September 1523. 25. Papal Confirmation of grant of teinds of Logie to Alexander and Patrick Hume. 1525. Laurentius miseratione diuina Episcopus Prenestini, discretis viris Abbati Monasterii de Calco et preposito ecclesie collegiate de Dunglas Sanctiandree, salutem in Domino. Ex parte Alexandri Hwmde Polwart et Patricii Hwm, eius filii et heredis, laicorum Sancti Andree diocesis, nobis oblata petitio continebat, quod priorissa et moniales monasterii monialium de Nortberwyk, Cisterciensis ordinis dicte diocesis, vtilitate dicti earum monasterii consulere cupientes, et ad infrascripta peragenda, in earum capitulo vt moris est capitulariter congregate omnes et singulos fructus, decimas garbales, redditus et alia emolumenta rectorie parrochialis ecclesie de Logy, Dumblanensis diocesis, ad eas et dictum monasterium suum legitime spectantia et pertinentia, que dudum vt ex illarum rentali sen libris introituum dicti monasterii apparere dicitur, pro quinquaginta marcis monete vsuaJis regni Scotie locari seu arrendari consueuerant prefatis Alexandro et Patricio eorumque assignatis, vni vel pluribus, ad decern et nouem annos post festum purificationis beate Marie virginis Makchmont MSS. 2 72 Makchmont MSS. ex tunc proxime futurura immediate sequentem et venientem, pro annua firma seu responsione aut censu nonaginta marcarum similium sexdecim libras sterlingorum vel circa constituentium eis et pro tempore existen- tibus Priorisse et monialibus dicti monasterii in dicta purificationis pro vna et in Sancti Petri ad vincula pro alia medietatibus festiuitatibus, equalibus portionibus ; necnon semel in anno viginti quatuor parium cirothecarum bonarum et sufficientium persoluendo ; cum omnibus juribus, libertatibus, asiamentis, proficuis et justis pertinentiis loeauerunt et concesserunt, prout in quodam publico instrumento desuper confecto plenius continetur. Et licet, sicut eadem subiungebat petitio locatio et concessio seu arrendatio huiusmodi in euidentem dicti monasterii vtili- tatem cesserint et cedant, nicbilominus exponentes prefate pro illarum firmitate maiori cuperent illis apostolice confirmationis robur impendi. Quare supplicari fecerunt bumiliter eis super hiis per sedem apostolicam de oportuno remedio misericorditer provideri : Nos igitur auctoritate domini pape, cuius penitentiarie curam gerimus, et de eius speciali mandato super hoc vive vocis oraculo nobis facto, discretioni vestre coniunctim committimus, quatenus si vocatis vocandis et inquisita per vos super premissis diligentius veritate locationem et concessionem seu arrendationem huiusmodi in evidentem dicti monasterii vtilitatem cedere et cessisse reppereritur, super quibus vestram conscientiam oneramus, illas ac prout [torn] omnia et singula in dicto instrumento locationis contenta apostolica auctoritate confirmetis et approbetis, omnesque et singulas tarn juris quam facti defectus si qui in premissis interuenerint suppleatis, non obstantibus felicis recordationis domini Pauli pape ij ac aliis constitutionibus et ordinationibus apostolicis necnon monasterii et ordinis predictorum statutis et consuetudinibus etiam juramento confirmatione apostolica vel quavis firmitate alia roboratis ceterisque contrariis quibuscunque. Datum Pome, apud Sanctum Petrum, sub sigillo officii penitentiarie, iij Idus Septembris pontificatus domini dementis pape vij anno secundo. [11 September 1525.] 26. Lease, as before, of the parsonage and teinds of Logie by Isobel Hume, prioress of Northberwick, in favour of Patrick Hume of Polwarth and Patrick Hume his son. 11th January 1541-2. 27. Another lease by the same prioress granting to her kinsman, Alexander Hume, his heirs and assignees, the teindsheaves of Gylston, in the parish of Largo and sheriffdom of Fife, for nineteen years. Dated at Northberwick, 27th July 1542. [The sum of the rent is illegible.] 28. Notarial Instrument relative to the abstraction of the common seal of the convent of Northberwick. 1548. In Dei nomine Amen. Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis pateat euidenter quod anno incarnationis Dominice milesimo quingentesimo quadragesimo octauo, die vero mensis Januarij nono, indictione septima, pontificatusque sanctissimi in Christo patris ac domini nostri domini Pauli diuina prouidencia pape tercii anno dccimo quinto ; In mei notarii publici et testium subscriptorum presenciis personaliter et capitulariter congregate religiose mulieres, Domina Isobella Howme et Elezabeth Puntone, Mariota Balye, Mariota Howme sub-priorissa, Elena Derlyng, Elena Schaw, Margreta Synclair, Agnes Ramsay, Alisona Puntone, Joneta Creychtone, Katrina Leuenton, Agnes Gledstans, Margreta Crawfurd, Joneta Towris, Mariota Howme, Margreta Donaldsone, Isobella Rantone, Margreta Vod, conuentus 73 monasterii de N orthtberwyk lamentabiliter allegantes quod nonnulle persone clam furtive et fraudulenter abstulerunt vuam cistam conti- nentem infra se eorum sigilldm commune dicti monasterii et capituli, cum nonnullis scriptis et acquitanciis, in magnum dampnum et preiudicium dicto monasterio et conuentui ; protestantes igitur omnes vnanimiter quod si casu alique litere, assedationes aut queuis scripte cum predicto sigillo sigillate fuerint aut roborate affixione aut appen- sione cum datis aut anfcedatis tempore ablationis sigilli, absque certa verificatione et justa ratificatione dictarum monialium ; dicte assedationes, litere si que fuerint, aut alique altre litere forme alicuius dicte moniales determinant quod nullius vigoris et effectus efficiant tenore cause suprascripte, cum ceteris et singulis punctis et articulis de jure neces- sario petentes. Supra quibus omnibus et singulis dicte moniales a me notario publico coniunctim et diuisim petierunt vuum seu plura publicum seu publicai nstrumentum seu instrumenta. Acta erant hec in capitulo monasterii de North tberwyk, hora vndecima ante meridiem, sub anno, die, mense, pontificatu, indictione quibus supra, presentibus ibidem honestis et circumspectis viris, Patricio Howme de Poluart, Patricio Howme, eius filio et apparente lierede, Magistro Patricio Howme de Quhitburne, Thoma Newtone, Dominis Cudberto Hynd, Alexandro Patersone, Yillelmo Fowler, cappellanis, Thoma Yowng, Thoma, Planamouris, cum diuersis aliis rogatis et requisitis. [Notary’s docquet in usual form. Robert Lauder, notary.] 29. Tack or Lease by Margaret Hume, Prioress of Northberwick, in favour of Alexander Hume and his assignees, of the mains of North- berwick and the Heuch extending to thirty-six husband lands, and also the teindsheaves of the mains of Tantallon, Glegirno, Reidside, East Craig and Belgone, in the sheriffdom of Edinburgh and constabulary of Haddington ; also the teind fishing of the haven of Northberwick, with the links and greens of the lands abovenamed, for the space of five years from this date, the mains of Northberwick, &c. at a yearly rent of 80/. Scots, and the teindsheaves, &c. at a yearly rent of 240 merks. Further the granter sells and dispones to Alexander Hume “ thir gudis vndir specifiit, being vpoun the landis abouewrittin pertenyng to ws as oure avne propir gudis, that is to say, thre skoir foure oxin, twenty-six ky, tuelf skoir of yowis, ten skoir yeild scheip, foure horse, tuenty yeild nolt, sevin chalderis of quheit, sex chalderis beir, fourtene chalderis of aitis, foure skoir bollis peis and twa chalderis of benys, and that for certane sovmes of money payit and debursit be the said Alexander to oure behuif and profit for the taxationis of oure said abbay and sustenyng of the conuent therof and vphalding of the place of the samin, extending to the soume of ane thousand poundis,” the goods named being valued at that sum. Dated at Northberwick, 22 May 1547. [There are several other writs and papers relating to Northberwick Abbey and the lands of the Heuch, but none of them are of special historical interest.] 3. Miscellaneous Writs of the Homes of Polwarth, &c., 1427—1700. 30. Obligation, the Abbot of Holyrood and James Douglas of Balvany as to rent of Ogilface payable to Torphichen. 1427. Thir endenturis made in the Abbay of the Halycorse of Edinburgh, the sextend day of the moneth of September in the yere of God 1 thousand four hundreth twenty and sewyn yeris, betwix a reuerend Marchmont MSS. 2 74 Maechmo^t MSS. fadir, Patrik throw the grace of God Abbot of Halyrud house and the conuent of that ilk, on the ta part, and a nobill man James of Douglas lord of Balwany on the tother part contenys and berris witnes, that the sayd partis ar acordit in forme and maner as folowis, that is to say, that the sayd Abbot and conuent and James sal pay the mark of annuale .auch to the house of Torpheichin out of the baronry of Ogilface ewynly betwix thaim ; and qwhat at may be recouerit of the tenandis of the sayd baronry to tbe payment of the sayd mark sal be do partit ewynli betwix thaim, al fraud and gile away put. In witnes of the qwylk thing the commoun sele of the chapeter of the said Abbay to the part of thir endenturis remaynand wyth the said James is hungyn, and to the part remaynand wyth the sayd abbot and conuent the sayd James has gert hynge the sele of hys armys, day, yere and place befor wrytin. [Seals gone.] 31. Precept by Robert, Abbot of the monastery of Kelso, for infefting William Redpath of Grenlau, in terms of a charter, in the possession of another half of the lands of Derington, that half which Alexander Hume resigned. Dated at Kelso, 6th Ho member 1478. Witnesses, George Giedstanes, William Gledstanes and John of Lermonth. Abbot’s seal attached in good preservation. 32. Certificate of sasine by one of the bailies of Northberwick of lands there. 1490. Be it kend till all men be thir present letres, me, J hon Richartson, ane of the balyheis of the burght of Korthberwic, gretyng in God evir- lestand. Forthi it is medfull and meritabill to bere witnes to the sutht- fastnes and namli in caus or caussis, quharthrow hiding preiudice gref or stratht may gener hurt to the innocent, fra thin we mak it knawn to yhowr vniuersite be thir present wryt, fathtfulli berris witnes the xx li day of the monetht of Octobris, that is for to say, at the makyn of this present wryt yhed personali at the instans of Isabell of Wederle wyth consent and assent of Annes of Wederle, my sister and apperand ayr to be, to thar tenement of land Hand wythin the said burght on the north syd, betwix a tenement of land of Robert of Lawder, on the est syd on the ta part, and a land of Jhon of Well, on the west syd one the tother part, and resignit the said tenement of land in the said Jhon Richartson hand wyth erd and stane, has vse is in burght, fra the said Isabell and Annes, fra ther ayris, executuris, and thar assignies, and gaf heritabill stat and possession to Jamis Kynge till his ayrris executuris for ewyr mar, alseweyll in lencht has in bred, alseweyll in the four frownt excep all mennis all frawd and gyll away, to all quham it atferis or may after fathtfulli we mak this knawn be this present wryt. In wytnes of the qwhilk thyng, I, the said Jhon Richartson haf hung to my sell the xx 4i day of the said monetht, the yher of God mcecclxxx and x yheris, befor thir wytnes, Dauid Fressell, Thomas Fowrros, Symon Carik, Thomas Collen, Robert Norre, Jhon Richartson, Robert Richartson, Jhon of Benston, wrytar to tbe curt, and Willyhem Mor and Jhon Jhonson, seriandis that tym, wyth other money askyt and present. 33. Commission by the Commissary General of St. Andrews to certain notaries. 1506. Commissarius Generalis jurisdictions Archidiaconatus Sanctiandrese, discretis viris Magistris Roberto Wode et Roberto Myll, notariis publicis, nostris in hac parte commissariis, ad infrascripta coniunctim et diuisim specialiter constitutis, salutem. De vestris discretione legalitate et scientia plenum in Domino fiduciam habentes, vobis ex speciali intuitu 75 et fauore honorabilis viri Magistri Richardi Schoriswode, firmarii prefati archidiaconatus, omnes et singulas'personas vtriusque sexus nostre seu alterius jurisdiction^, modo sese nostre jurisdiction! in hoc casu submittan t, que fatentur sese in aliquibus pecuniar um victualium summis dicto magistro Ricbardo astrictas et obligatas teneri, earum seu alterius earundem consensu vel confessione precedente, in terminis competentibus prout inter partes ipsas conuentum et appunctuatum fuerit authoritate nostra monendi et actitandi, actaque et monitiones desuper sub pena excommunieationis conscribendi ; notatis tamen premitus die anno et mense coram fidedignis testibus, dehinc registrum competens in debita actorum forma conficiendi et nobis ad perpetuam rei memoriam conseruandam transmittendi, nostram vigore presentium plenariam committimus potestatem et facultatem impertimur specialem ; presentibus tamen post annum vnum a die date presentium computandum minime valituris. Datum sub sigillo officii nostri apud Sanctum Andream, die tertio mensis Septembris, anno Domini i m v c et sexto. [Seal impressed — a small oval, bearing the legend, “ Georgeus Archi- diaconvs Sancti Andr . .” In the upper part of the seal is a saltire between the letters, G. D., the initials of Gavin Dunbar who was then Archdeacon. 34. Charter by George Quareour, son of the late John Quareour, granting and alienating to Alexander Gordon a whole land belonging to the late John Quareour in the burgh of the Canons of the monastery of Holyrood near Edinburgh, the King’s highway, or the “ strand ” on the north and the royal place on the south, and otherwise bounded as described ; To be held in fee and heritage from the granter, of the Abbot and Convent of Holyrood, for the burghal rent, diets in autumn and service of courts due and wont. Dated at the said burgh of Canongate, 23rd July 1520. 35. Discharge by Patrick Hepburn of Waughton, knight, acknow- ledging him to have received from his' mother, “ Mergret Lauder lady of Wauchtone, and Alexander Howme of Polwert, hyr husband,” the sum of 100 merks in part payment of a sum of 400 inerks for which they are bound in the books of the official of Lothian. Dated at Wauchton, 6th July 1524. 36. Notarial Instrument narrating that in presence of the notary subscribing and witnesses, William Armstrong constituted Ralph Ker his assignee and subtenant in and to his carucate of lands of Clarilau, according to his letter of lease under the seal of Thomas [Ker], Abbot of the monastery of Kelso, the Abbot being present and consenting. Done in the Monastery of Kelso, Sir Andrew Turnbull, Patrick Scott, Alexander Greyrson, Robert Gledstanes, and William Henderson, witnesses. Thomas Waiche, notary. 37. Confirmed Testament and Inventory of the the goods of Alexander Hume of Redbraes, beginning “ Inuentarium omnium bonorum quondam Alexandri Hume de Redebrays sibi pertinentium duin vixerat, infra dioceses Sanctiandree et Dunkeldensem, vigesimo octauo die mensis Nouembris anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo trigesimo secundo, factum apud burgum de Edinburgh, coram hiis testibus, Adam Hepburn, Roberto Yemow, Alexandro Liber toun, Alexandra ILepburne, Roberto Anthone, Johanne Carmure et fratre Johanne Towris ordinis Pre- dicatorum cum diuersis aliis. [The amount of goods belonging to the Marchmont MSS. 2 76 Mabchmont MSS. deceased within the diocese of St. Andrews was valued at £878 17/ Scots. The property consisted of grain, including wheat, barley and oats, and pease, with ploughing oxen, cows, bullocks, and sheep (no horses) on the lands of Redbraes, Kimmerghame, Trottanshaw, North- berwick, Byrecleuch and Channaybank. The price of a boll of wheat was 13/4, a boll of barley 10/ and of oats 6/. The boll of pease was 12/. A ploughing ox was valued at 40/. Each cow and bull 26/8. Younger cows 20/ or 10/. A bullock was 10/, a ram 5/, a sheep 5/ or 3/ according to age. The property in the diocese of Dunkeld, on the ground of Luffness (which was in the barony of Aberlady, belonging to the bishops of Dunkeld), was valued much at the same rate, but the total is not given, nor is the amount of free gear after deducting the debts stated, so that the actual amount of property cannot be exactly com- puted.] The debts due to the deceased are stated to be the teinds of the parish church of Logie, leased by him to his brother George Hume, but their yearly value is not given. The debts due by the deceased were “ In primis Ade Hepburne pro dote filie dicti Alexandri videlicet Isobelle Hume, iiij° merkis ; item Roberto Hoppr ingill de resta dotis Katherine Hume filie sue, ij° merkis ad bonum compitum ; item episcopo Dunkeldensi pro decimis terrarum de Luffnes, quadraginta bollas ordei, quadraginta bollas auenarum, decern bollas frumenti ; item Roberto Yemow, xiiij/?. ; item Alexandro Hepburne in Haddingtoun, xiij li. ; item Johanni Wilson ibidem, x/?’. ; Item Johanni Lauder, xx/ ; item Thome Craig, xijs. ; item Johanni Sydserf, xijs. ; item Alexandro Liber toun, sexdecim bollas auenarum; item Johanni Cuthbertson, quatuor decern bollas auenarum ; item Jacobo Brand, quatuor decern bollas auenarum ; item Johanni Mare, quatuor decern bollas auenarum ; item Dauid Alexander, sexdecim bollas auenarum; item Cristine Libertoun, xjs. viije/. ; item Georgeo Johneson carnifici, xls. ; item relicte quondam Johannis Lethame, xli. ; item pro firmo domus sui habitations infra burgum de Edinburgh, xli. ; item Willelmo Pacok, eciam pro firmo domus, xj li . ; item Johanni Machane, viij li. ; item Alexandro Machane, xijs. ; item Johanni Matheson in Brochtoun, viij/?.; item Margarete Hume, sorori sue, iiij li. ijs. ; item pro mensa et cotagio Georgii Hume, filii sui, xli. ; item vxori Willelmi Lauder, xvs. vi d . ; item Alano Mosrnan, et vxori sue, xiiij li. ; item feodis seruitorum suorum, xx/?. ; item Roberto Dennome vj li. vs. ; item Thome Hume cultellario, xs. ; item pro feodis laborantium in lucratione granorum suorum anni instantis, xxxli. ; item Georgii Wyn Chester ciui ciuitatis Sanctiandree, vli. xvjs.” The testament is as follows. Cum nichil sit certius morte nec incertius bora mortis, hinc, est quod ego dictus Alexander Hume de Reidbrays, eger corpore, sanus iamen mente condo testamentum meum in hunc modum. In primis do et lego animam meam Deo omnipotenti, gloriose Yirgine Marie ac omnibus sanctis, corpusque meum sepeliendum in ecclesia collegiata de Dunglas ; item fabrice ecclesie metropolitane Sancti Andree, iiijt/. ; item pro cera, sudario ac aliis necessariis ac feodis presbiturorum in die mee sepulture et translatione corporis mei de opido Edinburgh versus dictam ecclesiam collegiatam de Dunglas, xxiiij/?. ; item vni capellano ad celebrandum missam quotidianam pro anima mea ad spacium vnius anni, xli. ; item pauperibus secundum discretionem meorum executorum distribuendas, xli.: item fratribus minoribus xB. ; item fratribus ordinis Predicantium, xB. ; item curato de Edinburgh, xs. ; item facio et constituo meos executores, videlicet, Mergaretam Lawder sponsam meam et Alexandrum Hume filium meum, neenon circumspectum virum Alexandrum Hume tutorem de Wedderburne eis superiorem, vt ipsi disponent pro salute 77 anime mee prout coram summo judice desuper respondere voluerunt in die judicii. ( Signed ) Ita est Dauid Young, curatus de Edinburght. Indorsed is the confirmation given in name of James (Beaton), Archbishop of St. Andrews, in usual form. Dated at Edinburgh, 15th March 1532-3. Only fragments remain of the seal of office which has been impressed. 38. Deliverance by Sir Walter Ker of Cessfurd, knight, bailie principal of the regality of Kelso, as oversman, and other arbiters, in a question between Mr. George Ker of Nether Howden and Robert Ker in Newhall, as to the mereheis betwix the landis of Cawers pertenyng to Mr. George Ker and the Newhall pertening to Robert Ker at the partes betwixt the Ernlaw hauch and Mid hawcli of the Cawers and the Ernlaw know and the part of Mwry rig pertening Newhall.” The arbiters decided that an exchange should be made of two pieces of land, h that is to say, the Ernlaw hawch of the Cawers pertening to Mr. George Ker, lyand on the eist side of the place of Newhall, as it is mercheit be the arbitouris and owrman, sail be browkit wsit and possedit fra thinefwrth be Robyn Ker and appropriat to his steid of Newhall as ane part therof ; for the quhilk the sex riggis lyand on the west side of the Mwry rig of the landis of Newhall pertening to Robert Ker, that is to say, the sex riggis lyand betuix the carne of Mwry rig on the west side and the small bawik on tbe eist side, merchit be the arbitouris and owrman, sail be browikkit wssit and possedit fra thinefwrth be Mr. George Ker and appropriat to his steid and lands of Cawers as ane part and pertinance therof.” Dated at Halydean, 2nd March 1557-8, and signed “ Walter off Cesfurd.” Witnesses, Mark Ker in Kippitlaw, Thomas Ker his son, and others. 39. Confirmed Testament and Inventory of goods of the late John Cranstoun of Corsbie, made at Corsbie, 3rd March 1507 (sic, but read 1557-8). The goods consist of ploughing oxen, valued at 4 merks each, cows at 40/ each, bullocks at 20/ each, sheep at 7/ each, oats at 10/ and barley at 14/ the boll, the whole amount, with the debts due to the deceased, being valued at £334 185. 8c?. The terms of the testament are very similar to that quoted in No. 37 supra. The testator leaves his soul to God and the Virgin, and his body to be buried in his aisle of the parish church of Legerwood (Berwickshire). He gives 20 merks to a priest to pray for his soul in the said aisle, to the poor two bolls of meal, and the rest of his goods he bequeaths to his two daughters equally between them, appointing as executors Elizabeth Swinton his wife and Stephen Cranstoun his son. Confirmation given by John (Hamilton), Archbishop of St. Andrews, at Edinburgh, 18th November 1558. Seal affixed. 40. Lease by Mary, Queen Dowager and Regent of Scotland, with consent of Mr. Robert Richartson, “ yconimus ” of the Abbey of Melrose, granting and letting to Sir Hugh Campbell of Loudon, knight, sheriff of Ayr, his heirs &c., the fruits of the kirk of Mauchline, parsonage and vicarage, and the teind sheaves of the eight score merk land of Kylesmure and Barmure with the small offerings; also the annual rents in the burghs of Ayr and Glasgow, with the rents of the Walsched and Monkhill, the place of Mauchline, the mills of Kylesmure, namely, Katherine mill, Dalsangane mill, Mylnburn mill, and the corn mill and Walk mill of Hauch, also the steadings of Over and Nether Walwood, Blairkip and Blairmalloch, and the use of the rents &c. within the eight score merk land named belonging to the Marchmont MSS. ■2 78 Marchmont MSS. Abbey of Melrose, at present in tbe Queen’s hand, and to endure while the Abbey is in the hands of the Crown or the “ yconimus,” and until an abbot or commendator is appointed, with power to grant leases for five years, and other privileges, to be held for a yearly rental of one thousand merks payable quarterly. The Regent binds herself to procure for Sir Hew a nineteen years’ lease from the new Abbot, at the same rental. Edinburgh, 1559. Signed, “Marie R.” 41. Discharge by Dame Jean Hay, daughter and heir of the deceased William (sixth) Earl of Erroll, who had received a grant from the late King James the Fifth of the ward of the lands and annual rents of the late Patrick Hay of Urye, with the marriage of his son and heir the deceased Alexander Hay, and of any other heir of Patrick ; wherefore the granter having right, as heir to her father, to the marriage of William Hay (of Urie), also son and heir of Patrick, with consent of her husband Andrew, Master of Erroll, discharges the said William Hay of Urye of all her claims against him or his heirs. Dated at Gask, 28 March 1564. Signed, “ Andro, Maister off Erroll,” “Jene, Maistras of Erroll.” 42. Receipt and Discharge by John Cockburn, one of the sheriff deputes of the sheriffdom of Berwick, in favour of Patrick Hume of Polwarth for the sum of 5/., in payment of castle wards, in name of the king and queen. Dated at Langton, 2 October 1565. 43. Precept directed by King James the Sixth to Patrick Home, younger, of Polwart, his servitor and bailie of the regality of Bonkill, requiring him to pay to John Achesoun, the King’s ordinary huntsman, the sum of 100/., or so much of it as he can presently get from the tenants of the barony of Bonkill out of their Whitsunday rents, and the sums owing by the tenants of the Mains of Bonkill and the Laird of Slechis houses. Holyroodhouse, 15 June 1593. Signed, “ James R.” 44. Precept by Andrew Ker of Faudonside, lord of the third part of the lordship of Dirleton, Haliburton and Hassington, and undoubted superior of the lands underwritten, directed to Alexander Brounfield, elder, in Hardaikers for infefting Nicolas Bruntfield now of Hardaikers as nearest and lawful heir of his father the late Adam Bruntfield of Hardaikers, in the lands called the East Mains of Hassington alias Hardaikers, with tower 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 9f 99 I., 110 letters, 1592— 1682. II., 116 99 1683— 1693. III., 112 99 1694—1696/ IV., 188 99 1697. V., 142 99 1698. VI., 163 99 1699. * It may be noted that there are in this volume a large number of news letters written from London with the home and foreign news. There are also a few such in Volume II. These news letters have not been detailed in the Report. 105 Public Letters, Yol. VII., 112 letters, 1700. ff „viii., 101 ff 1701. ff ff „ IX., 102 ff 1702—1703. if ff „ X., 87 ff 1704—1714. ff ff ,, XI., 8o ff 1715—1717. Private Letters, Yol. I., 99 letters, 1603—1671. ff ff „ II., 97 ff 1672—1680. ff ff „ III., 113 ff 1681—1687. ff ff „ IV., 110 ff 1688—1696. ff ff „ V., 94 ff 1697—1698. tf ff „ VI, 99 ff 1699—1700. ff „ VII., Ill ff 1700—1704. ff ff „VIII., 118 ff 1705—1717. y> ,, ,, v xxx., no ,, x / \jo — x < w . Family Letters, Yol. I., 122 letters, 1625 — 1693. „ „ „ II., 89 „ 1694—1717. Besides these there are a large number of letters not collected into volumes, some of which have been selected and embodied with the others in this Report. The Public Correspondence. 1568—1717. 102. Letter (address wanting), by Mary, Queen of Scots, intimating her choice of Commissioners to go to London, 1568. “Traist cousigne, we greit yow veill : The present heirof salbe to schaw yow that at this conference hes bene in York betuix our Commissioneris and thais of the Quene of Ingland, quhair our rebellis hes bene hard and found nathing to thair advantage bot rather to thair dishonour and gud advancement of our desyres. In the meane tyme, our said sister hes desyrit ws to send sum of our lordis towartis hir as in lyk maner wilbe thair of the saidis rebellis. Quhairfoir we liaif send vp our traist counsalouris, the Bischop of Ross, my lord Hereis, and the Abbot of Kilwynning, at quhais returning we luik to liaif ane gud resolutioune ; and as we ar aduertisit of the furtherance thairof sail male yow participant of the samyn, noeht doubting that ye will continew in your gud mynd towart ws. Referring the rest to our nixt aduer- tisment, committis yow to the protec tioun of God Almychtie. Off Bowstoune, the xxiiii of October 1568. Your gud frind. Marie R.” 103. Letter (address wanting) by Ludovick, second Duke of Lennox, 1592. “ Traist freind, eftir our harttie commendationis. In respect of the gude and honest behauiour of the young Laird of Poluart in his Maiesteis seruice, as alswa his gude deserving not onlie vnto ws bot alswa to our vmquhile darrest father, we have tane occasioun maist earnestlie to requeist yow to assist and forder him in his present adois quhilk ye sail vnderstand vther be himself or this berar, as ye will do ws maist speciall and agrieabill plesour and as ye sail find ws reddie to the forderance of all and quhatsumeuir your vther ressonabill effairis. Swa committis yow to the protectioun of the Eternal!, From Halyrudhouse, the day of December 1592. Your louing and assurit freind, Lenox.” [The last five words with signature in the Duke’s own hand.] 104. Order by King James the Sixth about Tantallon Castle. “Apud Edinburgh, xvj° die mensis Februarij 1592. The Kingis Majestie with auise of his counsell nominatis and ^appoyntis his loving Marchmont MSS, 106 Marchmont MSS. seruitor Patrik Hwme of Polwart, youngair, Capitane and Kepair of the Castell of Thomptalloun, and to that effect that he sail haue a portair, twa watchemen, and a garitour, and euery ane of thame to haif in the moneth a boll of meill, with four suddartis, and euery ane of thame to haue in the moneth twa bollis meill, to be pait be the thesaurair depute of the reddiest of the eschait cornis, fermis and teyndis of Williame Erll of Angus, begynnand the first pament of the said monethlie allowance vpoun the first day of Februare instant, and sa furtli monethlie in tyme cuming quliill his Maiestie tak further ordonr anent the keping of the said hous, quha will alsua see the said Patrik satisfiit and rewardit for his awin panis according to his deserving. James 183 regality and retoured to his chancery directing the bailies of his regality of Kerymure to infeft Patrick Lord Glamis, as nearest and lawful heir of his father, the late John Lord Glamis, Chancellor of Scotland, in the lands of Balraocattie, with mill, lying in that regality and sheriffdom of Forfar. Dated at the burgh of Canongate, 6th August 1599 ; witnesses, Sir Walter Scott of Branxholm, knight, Mr. William Scott of Grangemure, Mr. William Olyphant, of Newton, Advocate, and Mr. Oliver Colt, Advocate. Subscribed, “ Gulielmus Angusie Comes.” II. — Chapters and other Writs relating to the Abbey of Jedburgh and Priory of Bostinoth, 1 188 — 1561. 17. Charter by King William the Lion to the church of Restennet of the lands of “ Ardnequerc,” afterwards called Cossans. [1188 — 1198.] W. Dei gracia Rex Scottorum, omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre sue, clericis et laicis, salutem. Sciant presentes et futuri me dedisse et concessisse et hac carta mea confirmasse Deo et eoclesie Sancti Petri de Rostinot, et canonicis ibidem Deo seruientibus, Ardnequerc in excambium de Fofferin per easdem diuisas per quas Joheri predictam Ardnequerc tenuit. Tenendum in liberam et perpetuam elemosinam, in boscoet piano, in terris et aquis, in pratiset pascuis, in moriset maresiis, ita libere, quiete,et honorifice, sicut alias elemosinas suas liberius, quietius et honorificentius tenent ; Testibus, Hugone Cancellario meo, A. Abbate de Dunfermlin, Jocelino Archidiacono Dunkeldensis, Ricardo de Prebenda, Malcolmo filio comitis Dunecani, Roberto de Mortimer, Willelmo de Haia, Briccio judice. Apud Forfar. 18. Sentence pronounced by the Sub-dean of York in a question between the Abbey of Jedburgh and the Bishop elect of St. Andrews as to the church of Aberlemno, 16th December 1239. Omnibus Christi fideiibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit, Johannes Romanus sub-decanus Eboracensis, salutem in Domino. Literas domine pape in hec verba recepi : — Gregorius episcopus, seruus seruorum Dei, dilecto filio magistro Johanni Romano sub-decano Eboracensi, salutem et apostolicam benedictionem. In ill ins prouisione qui ecclesie potest fructuosus existere mandatum debet prelatus apostolicum preuenire, quia id maxime in ecclesie lucrum conuertitur quod ei tribuit per quern suis patenter necessitatibus subuenitur, quin pocius quod vni digno concedimus multorum vtilitatem absque dubio procuramus ; Hinc est quod cum dilectus Alius, Magister Johannes de ciuitate Antina, scriptor noster, sue probitatis intuitu nobis acceptus existat et ecclesie de Jeddewrde ordinis Sancti Augustini Gla[s]guensis diocesis fructuosa exhibere possit obsequia, utpote qui propter accepta seruicia que ecclesie Romane temporibus longis exhibuit sibi merito fauorem sedis apostolice comparauit ; nos attendentes quod digne illi a quo seruicia grata recepimus manum prouisionis munificam exhibemus ; dilectos filios, Abbatem et conuentum eiusdem ecclesie de Jeddewrde rogandos, duximus attentius et hortandos nostris sibi dantes litteris in mandatis, ut eidem scriptori ob reuerenciam apostolice sedis et nostram in aliquo ecclesiastico beneficio competenti quod consueuerit clericis secularibus assignari, si uacat ad presens uel quam cito uacare contigerit, non obstante si eis super alterius prouisione direximus scripta nostra prouidere procurent, exhibentes sibi interim centum solidorum sterling- orum annuam pensionem ; ita quod exinde deuocionem ipsorum merito commendemus. Quo circa discretioni tue per apostolica mandamus MSS. of Eael of Steathmoee AND KlNGHOEN. 2 184 MSS. op Earl op Strathmore and Kinghorn. quatinus si dicti Abbas et conuentus mandatum nostrum neglexerint adimplere, tu eos ad solueioneru pensionis ipsius sublato appellacionis impedimento compellens mandatum apostolicum quoad prouisionem beneficii nichilominus exequaris, contradictores per censuram occle- siasticam, appellacione postposita, compescendo, non obstantibus constitutione de duabus dietis edita in concilio generali et indulgencia qua prelatus regni Scocie a sede apostolica est indultum ne per litteras apostolicas extra regnum ipsum ualeant conueniri ; nos enim ex nunc decernimus irritum et inane siquid contra mandatum nostrum contigerit attemptare. Datum Interamnae [Terni] xiii kal. Februarii, pontificatus nostri anno decimo. [20 January 1237]. Harum auctoritate in mea presencia in ecclesia Sancti Petri Eboraci uocato canonice domino electo Sancti Andree qui se donacioni Magistri Johannis de ciuitate Antina facte super ecclesia de Aberlemenach opponebat, idem electus per pro- curators Magistros L. Trauers et W. de Mortuomari in crastino Sancte- Lucie in ecclesia Eboraci comparuit, procurator ibi comparente priore monasterii iam dicti ; procurators eiusdem liiis racionibus nitebantur collacioni prefati magistri Johannis super dicta ecclesia de Aberlemenach contraire, scilicet, cum dicta ecclesia de Aberlemenach spectat ad eius donacionem, ut dicebant, turn de iure communi quia sita est in territoria suo, cum de iure speciali propter priuilegia felicis memorie Lucii pape, et domini pape Innocencii episcopis Sancti Andree indulta quorum nullum ostendebant uel sunt vsi, ut pars altera allegabat, nec obstant instrumenta canonicorum ut aiebaut. In primis instrumentum domini regis Wilelmi turn quia sede uacante contulit ecclesiam memoratam quam conferre non potuit, nec confirmacio episcopi cum nulla fuerit collacio, nulla debuit esse confirmacio ; preterea alienare non potuit absque subscripcione et confirmac-ione capituli, que si postea fuerit secuta defuncto episcopo nullius esse momenti. Dicebant etiam quod nulle sunt partes inesse circa collacionem istius ecclesie cum plures ecclesie eis uacauerint ad quarum primam mea iurisdictio se extendebat quod falsum esse penitus est probatum. Quibus omnibus de consilio uirorum prudentum de iure cassatis et reprobatis, eandem ecclesiam de Aberle- menach ad dictorum abbatis et conuentus presentacionem, magistro Johann i de ciuitate Antina auctoritate prescrip ta mihi commissa senten- cialiter adiudicaui hiis potissimum rationibus, quia credibile non fuit quod tantus et tarn discretus bone memorie Wilelmus Episcopus utriusque juris peritus in preiudicium suum et sue ecclesie admisisset ultimam personam ad presentacionem dictorum canonicorum sicut ex eius instru- ment© apparet ; nec etiam credibile uidetur quod indite recordationis Bex Wilelmus, uir iustus et pius, in detrimentum ecclesie in manu sua existentis aliquid contulisset cum bona eiusdem augere quam minuere pocius sit conatus ; vnde instruments legittimis et documents quam eorum sophisticis allegacionibus pocius sit credendum, et cum in pos- sessione uiuenti fuerint uera et pacifica ad eandem ecclesiam presentandi eo etiam fortius quia iidem canonici litteras dicti electi in iudicio protulerunt signo suo signatas, quibus rogabat eosdem dictam ecclesiam clerico suo conferri, quod quidem minime fecisset si ad suam spectare crederet donacionem. Decreui etiam per censuram ecclesiasticam cohercendos tarn prefatum electum quam alios qui huic sentencie se duxerint opponendos. Datum Eboraci, xviii kal. Januarii, anno gracie m°cc°xxx° nono. 19. Letters by Pope Gregory Ninth directed to the Bishop of Glasgow and the Archdeacons of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Teviotdale, in reference to a petition by the Abbot and monastery of Jedburgh, as to the question between them and the bishop elect of St. Andrews 185 about the church of “ Aberleuenach ” or Aberlemno, on which a definitive sentence had been pronounced by the sub-dean of York, praying that the sentence may be confirmed by Apostolic authority, which the Pope directs to be done. [This writ is much defaced and worn, but it appears to be dated from the Lateran in April, probably of the year 1240.] 20. Notarial transumpt of charter by David [Bernham], Bishop of St. Andrews, granting and confirming ,with consent of his chapter, to the Abbot and canons of Jedburgh (Jedworcht), the church of Restinot with chapel of Forfar adjacent thereto, and with all teinds, oblations, lands, and liberties pertaining to the church and chapel, “ ita quod Abbas de Jedworth qui pro tempore fuerit. priorem et fratres ibidem ponat et amoueat cum uiderit expedire prout hactenus fieri consuetum est et prior qui ibidem pro tempore administrauerit curam habeat tocius parochie de Restinot et de Forfar dicto Abbati de temporalibus nobis uero et successonbus nostris de spiritualibus responsurus et faciat tarn in matrice ecclesia quam in capella per canonieos uel capellanos ydoneos congrue deseruire.” The Bishop therefore declares the said church and chapel to be free from all synodal and other burdens as it has hitherto been understood that they were, “ et ut ipsa capella nulla dedicatione ipsius uel cimiterii matrici ecclesie de Restinoth preiudicante, ad ipsam iure parochiali spectet et eidem tanquam membrum imperpetuum vnita permaneat.” Dated at Restinoth on the vigil of St. Bartholomew the Apostle when the chapel of Forfar was dedicated [*.e., on the 23rd August] of the year of grace 1242. [This transumpt was made on 24th August (St. Bartholomew’s day) 1474, at the instance of Robert, Abbot of Jedburgh, in the Abbot’s lodging in Edinburgh, Sir William Forfar, prior of Restinot, William Turnbull, and Alexander Pryngyll, witnesses. John Lockhart, notary.] 21. Notarial transcript (without date) of the above grant of 1242 by David, Bishop of St. Andrews, and also of the following confirmation : — “ Confirmatio de ecclesia de Restinoth. Omnibus sancte matris ecclesise filius, etc. Prior et conuentus Sancti Andree eternam in Domino, salutem. Nouerit vniuersitas vestra nos ratam et gratam habere concessionem et confirmationem venerabilis patris nostri, Dauid, Dei gracia episcopi Sancti Andree, quam fecit Abbati et canonicis de Jedwod super ecclesia de Restinoth et capella de Forfair, cum perti- nenciis suis et libertatibus, secundum quod in carta eiusdem episcopi planius continetur. In cuius rei testimonium, etc.’’ He sunt vere copie principalium scriptorum supra-scriptorum [the two writs now referred to, Nos. 20 and 21], extracte de regestro monasterii Sancti Andree et collationate per venerabilem virum dominum Dauidem Guthre, tertium priorem eiusdem monasterii, et no3 connotarios subscriptos cum suis originalibus concordantes, coram discretis viris Hercule Guthre de Owir Dysart, domino Joanne Scot, canonico dicti monasterii, magistro Roberto Punt et Joharme Wilsoun, notariis publicis, testibus, et nostris subscriptionibus manualibus. Ita est Dauid Herwy, notarius publicus, manu sua scripsit. Ita est M. T. Hervy, notarius in premissis, manu sua. Ita est Dominus Dauid Guthre, tertius prior ac custos huius registri, etc.” 22. Charter by the Prior of St. Andrews confirming a letter by Bishop Lamberton to the Priory of Restennet. u Vniuersis Christi fidelibus ad quos presens scriptum peruenerit, Johannes, Dei gracia Prior Sancti Andree et eiusdem loci conuentus, salutem in Domino sempiternam . . . vniuersitati vestre per presentes innotescimus MSS. of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn. I 186 MSS. of Earl of Strathmore AND KlNGHORN. nos quandam literam domini Wilelmi de Lambirtonn, episcopi nostri prioribus et domui de Rostinot concessam . . . inspexisse, in hec verba : Willelmus, Dei gracia episcopus Sancti Andree, vniuersis ad quos presentes litere peruenerint, salutem in Domino. Quoniam quod gratis tribuitur sine debito gratis habet admitti a tribuente nec sibi in posterum in dampnum cedere debet quod prestatur ; cum igitur priores de Restinot tempore visitacionis nostro singulis annis in prioratu suo predicto facte nobis pro beneficiis nostris consilio et auxilio nostro dicte domui sue inpen sis quatnor marcas gratis contulerunt : nos vero nolentes post dies nostros quod hec prestacio gratuita nobis facta per priores supradictos prefate domui aliquid preiudicium generet in futurum uel successoribus nostris aliquid ius attribuat dictas quatuor marcas de prioribus dicti loci racione procuration^ aut sub alio nomine petendi ; vniuersitati vestre tenore presencium significamus nos dictas quatuor marcas a prioribus supradictis ex mero dono suo suscepisse et ob causam supradictam nec ibidem nisi vnicam procuracioni per annum vendicamus, et hoc omnibus quorum interest per presentes significamus. In cuius rei testimonium presentibus literis sigillum nostrum apposuimus. Datum apud Wedalle, septimo decimo die mensis Aprilis, anno gracie m°ccc° vicesimo tercio.” The charter of confirmation is dated at St. Andrews, 12th May 1323. 23. Agreement between James, Bishop of St. Andrews, for himself, his church, and his successors, bishops, on the one part, and Friar John of Eskdale, Prior of Rustinot, for himself and his priory and as procurator for the Abbot and Convent of Jedburgh, on the other part, to the effect that the bishop, with consent of his chapter, has granted in fee farm and demised to the Prior of Rustinot and his successors, his whole land of Rostcolby, with its pertinents, &c., with mill and kiln, reserving to the bishop and his successors, the place which is called 44 Mons 55 or place of pleas for holding his court, 44 et superior! dominio terre predicte et domo seriandi cum crofto eidem adiacente e.t ouili quod dicitur 4 puudfald 5 et vsu in communi pastura pro propriis aniraalibus dicti seriandi iuxta numerum consuetum,” and that for a yearly rent to the bishop and his successors of fourteen merks sterling, seven shillings of rent of a part of the lake of Restynot inclusive being computed an equal moiety ; the entry of the Prior to be at Pentecost 1331, the first term’s payment beginning at Martinmas of same year, for all burdens, it being understood that the Prior shall be free from all carriages, &c., in the land, and he shall not be bound to make suit at the bishop’s court. The prior for himself and his successors pledges the goods of the priory present and future to pay the rent. Clause of warrandice by the bishop. Dated at Lundy in Angus, 6th September 1330. Seals wanting. 24. Another Tack or Grant by William of Lawndelys, Bishop of St. Andrews, referring to an agreement between his predecessor the late James Benedict (or Bennet), Bishop of St. Andrews, and the late John of Eskdale, Prior of Rostynoth, 44 super terris . . de Roscolby et Rosfoly eidem priori et suis successoribus prioribus de Rostynoth in perpetuum assedatis,” by which the prior agreed to pay the bishop twenty merks sterling for the lands, 44 quequidem pecunie summa quamuis eidem episcopo aliquibus annis retroactis paucissimis tamen persoluta fuerit. Nos tamen consideratis modernis temporibus que duriora et deteriora sunt solito ac hostilitatibus et persequcionibus que feruencius vigent hiis diebus, nec non et dampnis ac grauaminibus que ex huiusmodi compositione dictus prioratus de Rostynoth euidenter 187 sustinuit ; ad bonum consciencie recurrentes ac equitatem in hac parte volentes preferre rigori, habito super hoc consilio et assensu capituli nostri ac diligenti tractatu et deliberacione de peritorum et fidelium consilio, dictam composicionem cum moderamine sic duximus re- laxandam. Et volumus ac per presentes concedimus quod dominus Alexander del Faukyrc, nunc prior de Rostynoth, nobis et successoribus nostris, episcopis Sancti Andree, soluat pro dictis terris pro tempore ipsius decern marcas sterlingorum annuatim proportionaliter ad duos anni terminos consuetos ; et si dicte terre pro maiori summa assedari poterunt per ipsum priorem vel camerarium nostrum aut successorum nostrorum presentem cum ipso in assedacione tantum, nobis et dictis successoribus nostris soluet ad quantum aseedacio dictarum terrarum altius se extendit, predicto vero domino Alexandro cedente veldecedente vel alias qualitercunque translate vel promoto, volumus et ordinamus quod composicio inter dictum, predecessorem nostrum et prefatum dominum Johannem, priorem tunc de Rostynoth, prius facta in suo robore permaneat et ad statum prist inum libere reuertatur ; quod autem ad huiusmodi composicionem relaxandam et moderandam rerum experientia docente ac disposicione suadente temporum consensimus equitas et bonum consciencie nos induxerunt, et hoc nostris suc- cessoribus efficaciter et expressius indicamus. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum nostrum vnacum sigillo communi capituli nostri presentibus est appensum. Datum apud Sanctum Andream, die Mercurii in festo Sancti G-eorgii Martiris, anno Domini millesimo tricentesimo quinqua- [gesimo] . . . [the last words being torn away, but the year was probably 1354, and the day 23rd April]. Bishop’s seal still appended, but much defaced. 25. Letters by Andrew Dempster, uncle, Finlay son of William, and John of Cullas, lords of the lands of Menmuir, narrating that they were bound to the prior and canons of Rostynot for the time in four pounds of good and lawful sterlings by reason of the teind penny due yearly to the prior, &c., from the lands of Menmuir, payable in each year for ever within the Priory of Rostynoth, beginning at Whitsunday next ; and if the granters fail to pay the sum in whole or in part within fourteen days of any term, they oblige themselves, their heirs, lands, men, and goods, that the latter shall be distrained wherever found, for payment of eight merks of sterlings at the terms pro- portionally to the prior, &c., in name of the value (“ extente ”) of the teind penny made to them of the lands. Because their seals are little known, they procure the affixing of the seals of William, Bishop of St. Andrews, Patrick, Bishop of Brechin, chancellor of Scotland, David Grahame, lord of Aid Monros, and Robert Ramsay, then sheriff of Forfar. At Kynell, 8th October 1360. [This obligation will be found printed in the Registrum Magni Sigilli, Yol. I., p. 43, narrated in a charter of confirmation by King David the Second at Scone, 3rd August 1365.] 26. Letters by Patrick, Bishop of Brechin, Chancellor of Scotland, testifying and declaring that he had seen a charter by the late David, King of Scots, son of the late Malcolm, King of Scotland, and of St. Margaret, Queen, from which he plainly and fully perceived that the prior and canons of the priory of Rostynot were infeft of old in twenty shillings yearly from the rents (firmis burgi) of the burgh of Monros for light to the church of Rostynot, as well as in the teind pennies (decimis denariis) of these rents, and that the prior, &c., held these rents by a foundation and infef'tment earlier than that by which MSS. or .Earl op Strathmore axd Kiughorx. i 188 MSS. of Earl of Strathmore AKT> KlRGHORR. the Bishop of Brechin and his predecessors held the annual rent due to them from the said burgh ; wherefore the bishop makes known that it is not his will that the prior and canons or their successors should at any time be hindered in their receipt of the twenty shillings or the teind pennies because of the annual rent due to the bishop. Dated at Fernuall, 1st May 1361. 27. Notarial Instrument narrating that in the Apostolic Chancellary before Simon Archbishop of Patras for Roderick Bishop of Albania, Cardinal Valentin, Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, and in presence of the notary and others, an honourable man, Sir William Lyndesay, lately prior of the Priory of Restanet, of the Order of St. Augustine, St. Andrew’s diocese, appeared by Sir William Turnbull, his procurator, and made faith that he consented to resignation and the expeding of letters of said priory, which has been by apostolic authority perpetually united to the Abbot’s table (“ mense Abbatiali ”) of the monastery of Jeddworth ; moreover the procurator swore upon the soul of the principal resigner and upon the gospels that no fraud, guile, simony, or bribery intervened in this resignation. Done on 12th June 1476. Witnesses, James 44 de Rizonibus ” and Celsus il de Molliniis,” two abbreviators of the apostolic letters. 28. Notarial Instrument narrating that, in presence of the notary and witnesses, there appeared William, Prior of Restinoth, in the church of St. James the Apostle, in the burgh of Forfar, and delivered to be read a procuratory (dated at Edinburgh, 21st October 1486) by Mr. David Steuart, pensioner of Rostinoth, appointing his chaplains, John Lowtholt and Gregory Lauder, to appear in his name before William Rutherfurd, Prior of Rostinoth, and to receive and take full count and reckoning from him of the surplus of Mr. David’s benefice of Aberlempno, and to uplift and receive the surplus of the sum of two hundred merks remaining unpaid to him, besides the amount to which his church of Aberlempno extends ; also to account for the receipts, give acquittances, and all other things to do belonging to the office of procurator. Which procuratory being read, Prior William desired a notarial instrument, protesting that if any frivolous or fraudulent excep- tions were contained in the procuratory regarding the business, they should not prejudice him or his place of Rostinoth, nor hurt his right. He moreover alleged that the sheriffs deputed by royal letters to divide the teind sheaves of the parish church of Aberlempno had not duly executed their office because they were not sworn to that effect, neither also did they fulfill the engagement in the royal letters that they should choose the nearest neighbouring gentlemen and other trustworthy men to value the teind sheaves of Aberlempno to their highest value, but they selected no others to this effect, but the parishioners of the parish, who estimated the teind sheaves favourably and not at their highest value, which of right they (the sheriffs) ought not to have done. Done in the said church 24th October 1486. Witnesses, James Rynde of Broxmouth, Alexander Ramsay of Wodwray, James Ramsay, Sir Alexander Guthre, chaplain, Andrew Lindesay, William Piot, and Thomas Strang. William Thornton, notary. 29. Notarial Instrument narrating that, in presence of the notary and witnesses, there appeared David Lyon, tutor, and in name of John Lord Glammys, brother and heir of the late George Lord Glammys, as he asserted ; who with due reverence presented to Henry, Abbot of Jedworth, a precept (dated at Edinburgh, 6th February 1510) from 189 the chancery of King James the Fourth, directing Henry, Abbot of Jedburgh and the convent there, as superiors of the lands, to infeft John Lord Glammys as lawful and nearest heir of his late brother, George Lord Glammys, retoured before the sheriff of Forfar in the lands of “ Ardfork,” in the sheriffdom of Forfar ; which precept being read the tutor made humble petition that the Abbot would give sasine in terms of the brief. The Abbot responded that he was willing by himself or his bailies to fulfil all things contained in the brief without delay and according to law. Done in the public street (publica platea) of the town of Edinburgh at 9 a.m. on 25th February 1510-11. Witnesses, Robert Cotis, vicar of Cassilton, Charles Levington, George Gude, Thomas Vernour, and Walter Gledstanes, John Inglis, notary. 30. Letters by John [Hume], Abbot of Jedburgh, granting to Mr. Alexander Lyon, chantor of Moray, his heirs and assignees, the non-entry duties of tire lands of Ardquhork alias Cossynnis, in the sheriffdom of Forfar, for all the years during which the lands have been in the Abbot’s hand by reason of non-entry, and for the years and terms until the entry of the rightful heir. Dated at Edinburgh, 21st May 1532. Signed “ Ihone, Ab* of Jed.” Oval seal appended. Under a canopy, in centre compartment, the Virgin and Child on an ass led by St. Joseph. A tree in the background bending down its branches, from one of which the Virgin is plucking the fruit. Beneath an ecclesiastic praying. Legend partly illegible. S. Ioannis, Abbatis Mon. de Xedword. 31. Precept by John, Abbot of Jedburgh, for infefting John Lord Glammis as nearest and lawful heir of his predecessor the late John Lyon, of Glammis, Knight, Chamberlain of Scotland, last vest and seised in the lands of Ardquhork alias Cossynnis, in the sheriffdom of Forfar, held of the Abbot in chief. Dated at Edinburgh, 21st May 1532. 32. Charter by John, Abbot of Jedburgh, with consent of the chapter, granting and confirming to John Lyon, Lord Glammys, his heirs and assignees, the lands of Ardecorke alias Little Cossynnis, in the sheriffdom of Forfar, also granting all right or claim which the Abbot or his predecessors had to the non-entries of the lands ; to be held to the grantee in fee and heritage for paying to the Prior of Rostinoth for the time the sum of forty shillings Scots yearly in name of feufarm. Dated at Jedburgh, 25tli October 1534. Signed, continued. I Cali only say that in my opinion there never Was any time when some stteh 201 method appeals to bee more necessary. I am with all respect, my Lord, your lordships most humble and obedient servant, Godolphin.” .1*8. “ 25th May 1704. My Lord, Having now a little more time I am willing to add to my letter of yesterday that I am sorry to find so much diffidence of the Queen [’s] intentions, as Mr. Black represents to me, does still remain in 18 and his friends, when they have all the power and employments at their mercy. Can it bee expected besides that 20 should mortifie and discourage all those from whom Mr. Bruce might reasonably expect a concurrence in the measure laid down as the founda- tion of the whole ? And can any reasonable impartiall man think that a .proper method to make that measure succeed ? And will not this temper give Mr. Bruce but too reasonable a ground for jealousy that ttiis measure is only laid hold of to amuse and gain time, for being ridd of 13 aud getting power into their own hands ? Indeed, my Lord, I doubt these are reflexious so very naturall to bee made in our present circumstances that nothing can prevent them but the prudence and moderation of those who are now at the head of the Queen’s affairs in Scotland, and by such a temper may certainly preserve to themselves the pontinuance of their power, but if they have no thoughts but to look backward and to gratifie their private resentments and animositys 20 will find herself much disappointed of the Expectations and hopes she had that they would in the first place look forward and provide for the safety pf the whole. “ And upon this head would it not bee thought reasonable to begin the session with making some further provision for the forces, since their fqnds expires in August, and it will be July before the Parliament sitts down ? i <“ I expect it should be answered, a They must begin with the plott ,” and if they doe, August will come and the troops be unpaid.. “ I doubt I am too troublesome to your lordship with my notions, but X can’t help beseeching you a little to reflect. What does the Queen ipake all these changes for ? Is it not to settle the Protestant succession in Scotland? And before anyone step is made toward it can it bee thought advisable, not only to displace, but to worry and oppress all ihose who have hitherto appeared the most forward and zealous in that ypry measure.” MSS. or COTJXIESS Dowagek Op Se afield. 19. Full accounts of proceedings having been sent to Lord Seafield by Lord Cromarty and Mr. J[ohnsto]n, he writes, “ Just to wish and humbly to advise that your lordship would use all your endeavors to keef) the Parliament in temper and moderation, and to bring on the matter of the Succession as soon as is possible, that so it may receive itE ; fate before they have opportunity of examining minutely the evidences of the plott, which cannot fail of making a great ferment among the paVtys of which the Parliament is composed, and of whetting and sW-pning animositys, she that it will be very difficult afterwards to reconcile them in any one point whatsoever.” Windsor, June '3rd, 1704; • m.-t a r e. on jj ;■> .' 20; “-St. James’s, June 5, 1704. My Lord, I have the honour of 2 of iy our. lordship ? s letters of the 30th of May, one of them upon a particular matter with which I shall acquaint the Queen when I!goe to Windsor. ru “ The other letter, upon the gen erall state of affairs in Scotland, is in a great measure answered by mine of the 2nd from Windsor, with those from my -Lord Cromertie. and Mr. Johnstone and the other papers sent down by the . same flying, packett, which will lett you see that everything 2 202 MSS. of Countess Dowager of Seafield. desired has been done, unless it bee the putting some out of the Councill, who wee yett hope will bee willing to concurr in the Queen’s measures, and the putting oun of others who will not so much as give any hopes of their concurring in that matter. Now, tho’ they doe show a readyness to give a cess, and to support, as they call it, the Queen’s Government, yett if honours or other advantages are conferred upon them while they continue against setling the Protestant succession, it will be looked upon as a sort of compounding, and as a tacite allowance of deferring the finall determination of that matter till another session. “ As to the allowances to my Lord Atholl and others on account of their expence, I agree they have not been well bestowed at least upon his Grace, who was so farr from being satisfied with having £1,000, that he was very much unsatisfyed it was no more. But as to that matter and all others of that kind, your lordship will please to reflect the business is to establish Her Majesty’s affairs and restore her authority in Scotland. Those who have the meritt of that work will be sure of having the favour and all the advantages which are necessary consequents of it. “ Lord Cromertie was perhaps a little uneasy at first for not being thorowly trusted, but seems now to bee in very good humour, and to promise his best assistance. I am, with respect and truth, my Lord, your lordship’s most humble and obedient servant, Godolphin.” 21. “ Windsor, June 20th, 1704. My Lord, I have the honour of your lordship’s letter concerning your allowance and my Lord Eglintown’s for your jorneys to London, for both which the Queen will sign letters to-morrow, as also the instructions for my Lord Commissioner and other ■ blank powers desired. “ I have written very plainly to my Lord Commissioner what Her Majesty’s mind is in relation to her own servants, and that she will not suffer amy whatsoever, great or little, to continue in their stations, but such as will joyn in her measures. Your lordship is pleased to say you have still some hopes of Duke Atholl ; but I confess to you I have very little hopes but what this declaration of the Queen’s may produce. And if right use of it bee made, I have little doubt on the other side but it will produce the desired effeet. . . . Lord Cromertie went last Saturday from London, and Mr. Johnstown parts to-morrow from hence and promises to use all possible expedition.” 22. Has just received a letter from the Earl of Leven complaining that very violent prosecutions are intended against him, encouraged by the refusal of the Queen’s remission before he left England. “Now, my lord, I believe it is unnecessary I should acquaint your lordship that the Queen did show great distinctions for my Lord Leven here ; and if she refused him the remission he desired it was because she thought it both reasonable in itself, and also entirely for her service, that all things should come free before the consideration of the Parliament of Scotland ; and not that Her Majesty will not always bee disposed to interpose as far as it is in her power against any violent prosecution of my Lord Leven from the malice of his enemys, especially at this conjuncture when neither his enemys nor his friends can bee ignorant that no man in Scotland is more forward to support the Queen’s measure than himself, and when there may bee but too much cause to suspect that some of his enemies are not more his enemies in particular than they are enemys to the Queen’s Government. “ As an instance, my lord, that the emissarys from France and St. Germains are as busy as ever in Scotland, and probably therefore 203 as much encouraged from thence, I am commanded by the Queen to transmitt to your lordship the information enclosed, which Her Majesty desires you will communicate to my Lord Commissioner, from whose care and diligence, as well as from your lordship, the Queen persuades herself that some, if not all the persons mentioned in the said infor- mation may bee forthwith seized and examined.’’ Windsor, June 28, 1704. 23. “ July 13th, 1704. My Lord, I am to acknowledg the honour of your lordship’s letters of the 5th and 6th, with the account of the Parliament’s first sitting down, and of Sir G. Maxwell’s and Livingstown’s examination, by which I find they have not as yett answer’d clearly. “ As to the affairs of the Parliament your lordship seems to mee to apply your endeavours the right way by keeping up the Revolution party to concurr in the Queen’s measures, which I am willing to hope will make them succeed. And to speak the plain truth if men are really desirous of concessions from England in point of trade, first, it is obvious they are not to bee had but in Parliament ; and 2ndly, it is as obvious that nothing will oblige our Parliament to grant them, so soon as the settling the same succession with us. But I am sensible I tire your lordship with an argument already worn threadbare, and therfore I shall only add that if Scotland will positively not settle the same succession with us, I don’t see, I must own, what there is left to expect from England unless it bee to conquer us. “ My humble service to Mr. Johnstone. I take it for no good omen that I have not yett had the honour to hear from him. But pray lett him know that how formidable soever the opposition of Scotland is, the Duke of Marlborough’s victory at Donawerdt has pretty well tamed the opposition of England. I am, with great truth, my Lord, your lordships most humble and obedient servant, Godolphin.” In another letter dated two days later, Lord Godolphin, after referring to “ the excessive hott weather,” says, “ Wee have 3 posts this morning from the Danube which confirm all the advantages wee expected in consequence of the victory at Donawerdt. Our army was in possession of Nieuburgh and marching towards Ausburgh.” 24. After acknowledging certain letters he refers to Lord Seafield’s u endeavours of reconciling the old and new party, the only method by which it seems possible to mee for the Queen’s measures to succeed. I am very glad to hear you find the D[uke] of Argyle assisting to you in these endeavours, and beg your favour in giving his Grace the assurances of my humble service ; and as matters seem likely to turn in the present conjuncture I see nobody of whose service the Queen may have more occasion. As for the D[uke] of Atholl I give him for gone, and am very sure Her Majesty thinks her service suffers by his being continued so long in it under such obligations, and joyned with such a behaviour. If the post he is in would please my Lord Commissioner I believe the Queen would bee glad to give him that mark of her satisfaction in his endeavours for her service. “ All the letters that I have seen from Scotland seem to fear the resolve given in by D[uke] Hamilton will carry, and if soe, it is certainly very right to adjourn, as you propose to doe, to give Her Majesty time to consider what is next to be don. Bat it will not need much time. For is it reasonable or advisable after such an affront to continue the Parliament sitting in hopes of a small supply only, that out of it the opposers may lay claim to a great meritt ? I doe assure you, my Lord, I see very little disposition in the Queen to continue the MSS. of COUNTES3 Dowageb OF Seafield. 2 204 MSS. OP Countess Dowager oe Sbafield. Parliament after this, which she thinks is no less than a downright submission to D[uke] H[amilton] and D[uke] Atholl.” . . . .r Windsor, July 18, 1704. 25. By Lord Seafield’s letters the Queen has learned about the rejection of her measures by the Parliament, and while satisfied with the zeal and the efforts of the commissioner and his friends, she reserves any further directions till she learns the result of the vote on supply. “ In the meantime, my Lord, would it not bee proper that you should bee considering with the rest of Her Majesty’s servants who can bee trusted, of some scheme for carrying onn Her Majesty’s affairs in the intervall of a Parliament, that is to say, what troops can bee continued and what should bee disbanded ; whom to bee displaced from their civill offices, and whom to succeed in these offices ; whom to bee putt off from the councill, etc., and by whom the vacancys so made to bee filled ? All these particulars, and many others which will better occur to your lordship than I can suggest, seem necessary to bee laid before the' Queen as soon as is possible. Your lordship can best judg who are most proper to assist you in preparing such a scheme ; but according to my notion, the foundation of this and of all the rest must bee the reconcilement of the new and the old party, if I may so call them, and the forming out of both a party which shall own and declare themselves to- bee for a complyance with the Queen’s measures.” . . . . St. James’s, July 25, 1704. fl , '■ i , •••■'• 1 ‘ • • • I 26. 'Refers to letters from Lord Seafield and others, and proceeds: — “ At present I have only to observe that wee have every day more and ihore reason to be apprehensive of the correspondence carrying onn and the measures Concerted for disturbing the Queen’s government in Scotland by the latter end of September next. This, my Lord, will makfe it necessary tg put a speedy end to the sessions of Parliament that there may bee time for modelling the government and the few troops there, that they may be willing at least, if not able to oppose an invasion which is certainly hoped for by a great many in Scotland, as well as designed by the French if they find themselves at liberty for such an attempt, which they cannot possibly bee till their armys are in their winter quarters. But then I doubt they may spare some thousands without any great inconvenience. . . . Just now we have an express with the news that the Duke of Marlborough has had a compleat victory and taken prisoner Mr. de Tallard.” London, August 10th, 1704. oai 27. “ Windsor, August 26, 1704. My Lord, I have your lordship’s of the 17th and 21st, with one from my Lord Commissioner, to which I send an answer here enclosed containing an approbation from the Queen of his and syour coming up hither as soon as yee please, and bringing such with you as you and hee shall think proper. He nametf my Lord Montrose as well as Lord Roxborough, and Jerviswood. There can’t be the least difficulty as [to] the 2 latter ; but as to the former it will deserve to bee considered whether he will yett bee inclinable to come into the measure of the succession at another time* without which it will not be easy to show him any countenance _or favour here. “ Mr. Wedderburn has insinuated as if it would bee acceptable that Lord Rothes should have the castle of Edinburgh given him now.” But the writer finds the Queen will do nothing in respect of any employment until they come up and propose a complete scheme. f nc 205 28, Acknowledges* receipt of report of the Council’s proceedings. <£ Her Majesty had before receipt of these letters order’d the depositions taken here before a magistrat to bee sent down to the Councill of Scotland, and leaving it to them to determine upon the whole matter as they should think just and equitable, so that upon the letters come this morning Her Majesty can add nothing to her former directions which were full in the poynt.” . . . “ The Duke of Argyll says he has sent away his coach upon the northern road, and will certainly bee at Edinburgh himself before the 20th. I wish you may find him inclinable to hearken to the advice of his friends there, for much will depend upon that.” 7th April 1705. 29. c< 10th of May 1705. My Lord, I have the honour of your lordship’s of the 3rd, and have presented the enclosed to the Queen, who is very well satisfy’d in the reason given by your lordship for not delivering her last letter to the Councill. “ I am sorry there is so little appearance of agreement among the Queen’s servants in Scotland. ’Tis impossible to hope for success in the publick affairs, if those employed to make them succeed, cannot prevail with themselves to lay aside private animossitys. I think the Com- missioner and the old party would doe themselves a great deal of right if they would desire the concurrence of the new party to the Queen’s measures, and bee contented to allow them some share of the meritt in any success that might follow, and I think the new party would bee as much in the right in contemning any reports they may have heard of the Commissioner’s intentions to their prejudice, and in resolving to offer their hearty concurrence in Her Majesty’s measures to the Commissioner who is clothed with her authority. Now by all I hear from Scotland neither party seems inclined to this sort of temper. What then will the end of this bee ? Either the Queen’s servants and those who are well inclined to peace and quiett, must bring themselves to joyn their endeavors with the Commissioner and assist in the Queen’s measures, or else say fairly they think themselves so ill used, by him as not to consult with him. And in that case the Commissioner must endeavour to find those that can and will assist him effectually, or the Queen must find another Commissioner. For it is impossible for the service to go onn with this great disunion among those in the principall posts of dignity and trust in the government. “ A fair and probable scheme therfore ought to bee sent to the Queen without more loss of time, as also the letters and instructions requisit for the Parliament.” 30. Has received Lord Seafield’s letter of the 12th, and has sent him a copy of the Queen’s letter to the Lord High Commissioner (Duke of Argyll), in which she “ goes a great length towards complying with all he has proposed. Yett knowing his warmth and temper as I doe, I am very apt to suspect he may bee so unadvised as to persist in demitting, in which case, my Lord, it is absolutely necessary you should think, as well as the 1 shortness of the time will admitt, into what method and into what hands the Queen' should putt the conduct of her affairs, that is to say, whether yourself, or my Lord Annandale, or Lord Leven should be Commissioner, for it must bee one of those three. But I own I think it will be much better in your hands than in any of ; the others, for the fonds of the Civill Government being exhausted they will bee fearfull, they shall not be payd, and you may depend that rather than not be paid at all that expence will bee made good to you from England. Besides ther ’s good ground to hope both the old and new party will bee in great MSS. or €otritlESS Dowager os SeapielU. 2 206 MSS. of Countess Dowager of Seafield. measure influenced by you. I have a letter this day from my Lord Glasgow which gives mee all the assurances imaginable of his duty to the Queen and desires to promote her measures with whomsoever she pleases to employ.” He again urges him to dissuade the Commissioner from resigning. 19th May 1705. 31. Acknowledges receipt of two letters. “D[uke] H[amilton] was told plainly that if the Queen were sure her measures would succeed in his hands, yett she was not in circumstances to make use of his service just now, nor indeed ever hereafter, till he would bee pleased to make one step towards Her Majesty, which the present occasion of a treaty makes very naturall, since it was always his own principle, and there does not seem to bee much reason from departing from it now, but for the pleasure of opposing Her Majesty.” He wishes the Commissioner could have been prevailed with not to make “ so tot all a change,” and that Lord Roxburgh had continued as he seemed both able and willing to serve the Queen. He had not since spoken to the Duke of Queensberry, but thinks his friendship to the Commissioner should engage him to go and assist him, yet cannot say if his presence would be of real assistance. 31st May 1705. 32. Begins the method Lord Seafield has prescribed of writing two letters at once. Wishes particularly to know' how the Duke of Queens- berry, who is now travelling to Scotland, “ turns himself and his friends there towards the Queen’s service in the present conjuncture of affairs according to his earnest professions here at parting. “ I must also acquaint your Lordship that I find misunderstandings betwixt my Lord Commissioner and my Lord Annandale are come to a great height, which I am very sorry for, because I doubt it must needs have an ill effect at this time for the Queen’s service. Your Lordship will best judg how farr the D[uke] of Queensberry may bee usefull in reconciling them. “ I should think, my Lord, you might find some opportunity of letting D[uke] H[amilton] or my Lord Roxburghe see, as the occasion offers, that either of them have it much in their power to doe themselves a great deal of right to the Queen and to their country, the former, in case the Parliament incline to a treaty, by making it practicable and not clogging it with insuperable difficultys, the latter, in case they proceed in limitations, by not insisting upon such as are unreasonable in them- selves, and inconsistent with the monarchy. These are the men in whose power this seems most to rest, and consequently the men most worth the managing att this time.” Windsor, 14th July 1705. 33. “July 23rd, 1705. My Lord, finding by the honour of your lordship’s of the 18th that the settlement of the succession is postpon’d to a previous treaty, the next thing desirable is that such an Act for a treaty may bee prepared as the Queen may pass. For certainly no body can be surprized when the Parliament will not settle the succession if the Queen refuses her royall assent to any Act for a treaty that shall be clogged with restrictions and diminutions of that little power which is yett left to the Crown. “ The sincerity of those who pretend to be friends to a treaty will easily appear in this point ; for unless they are content such an Act should goe single and upon its own foot, it will be very plain that at the bottom their design is only to obstruct what they pretend to bee for. « Such an Act as this, with some maintenance for the forces, and a speedy end of the sessions, is what the Queen is still willing to flatter 207 herself may be obtained. But if it can not, the sooner she know it I think the better for her service. “ As to what you write of the 2 lords who are Secretarys of State, their pretension of being upon the Treasury, as you term it, being upon an equall foot, they ought certainly to bee equally treated in that matter ” MSS. or iCOUNTESS Dowageb. or i .Seaeield. 34. Acknowledges receipt of Lord Seafield’s letter of the 1st. “I was much surpris’d you should lose that vote for the treaty, and since you have don so I am much afraid you won’t recover it, or indeed carry anything. For nothing can be, with submission, more against reason and common sencethan the barefaced arguments of your opposers, viz., when the matter of succession is in question. No. There must first be a previous treaty. When the treaty is brought oun. No; there must first be limitations on the successor. “ What can bee more preposterous ? In short, it looks to mee as if that nation desired to bring things to extremity, in vrhich I am not sure they are very well advised. England is not now in the condition it was when Scotland used to make inroads upon us. Wee have the power, and you may give us the will to return those visitts, and supposing the French more able to assist the Scotts than I hope they are, or like to bee, the French have the character of being very good servants, but the worst masters upon earth. I am sorry, my Lord, that this is the case. I hope the misfortune of it will light where it ought to doe, and then I am sure it will not touch your lordship, nor, my Lord, your lordship’s most obedient humble servant, Godolphin.” 9th August 1705. In a paper apart, dated 11th August, Lord Godolphin adds that he is informed “ the new party will consent to an Act for a treaty leaving the nomination to the Queen, provided the Queen’s servants will allow reasonable limitations on the successor to be voted in the Parliament without passing them into an Act during this sessions, or extending them so farr as to influence the reign of the present Queen.” Lord Seafield would be better able than he to judge as to the truth of this, and what advantage should be taken of it. 35. Has received Lord Seafield’s letter of the 11th, and is sorry at the unfavourable reports from the Parliament. “ The not leaving of the nomination of the Counsell of Trade to the Queen, though the Parliament of England had done the same thing so lately in an instance of much greater consequence, seems to bee no great invitation to Her Majesty to give the royall assent to an Act which gives otherways very extraordinary powers out of the Crown. “ As to the argument of English influence, how can the Queen but bee influenced by her English servants when she has no Scots servants near her person, at least during a sessions of Parliament, which is the time when the greatest affairs of that kingdom are transacted. And if the Scotts have a mind to obviate that objection, why don’t they make an address to Her Majesty that she would appoint a certain number of her Counsell of Scotland to bee always attending upon her person. I am apt to think this would bee an ease to the Queen ; I am sure it would bee a very particular one to, my Lord, your lordship’s most humble and obedient servant, Godolphin. “ I forgott to take notice of the argument, viz., That this Counsell of Trade is to continue hut till next session of Parliament. But in case this sessions should end without an Act for a treaty pass’d by the royall assent, is there anybody that can assign a time when ther’s like to bee another sessions of Parliament in Scotland?” 18th August 1705. I 208 CouiiE" 36. Has received his letter of 26th August, arid /refers him to his Dowa^eb >S oe letter to the Commissioner and to Sir I)[avid] Nairne’s letter for Seaeield. answer. He now desires him to acquaint Lord Roxburghe “ That the Queen depends upon his assistance in anything extremely essential for her service, and therefore hopes hee will endeavour so to moderat the Act for a treaty that she may be capable of giving her royall assent to it, which, in Her Majesty’s opinion, is the only way possible to avoyd confusion in her kingdoms.” Has a letter also from Lord Belhaven, which “ is not written in his usuall plainness which he sometimes braggs of, but in a way that looks as if he sought rather an occasion of future quarrelling than to make up anything that is past, of which he was not pleased to take the least notice, no more than if it were a dream.” Winchester, 1st September 1705. 37. “ 13th January 170f. My Lord, I am to acknowledge the honour of 2 letters from your lordship of the 4th and 7th instant, and am glad to find you are so far advanced towards a speedy conclusion of that great affaire, which is a very great satisfaction to the Queen, and Her Majesty is now in hope the treaty will be sent up hither by the end of this month. I have made your lordship’s complements to his Grace, who desires mee to return them very sincerely, and to lett you know he is very well disposed lo gratifie Brigadier Hamilton in his pretensions. (i It is thought here that there will bee a necessity of keeping oun the Parliament of Scotland by short adjournments till it bee seen whether the Parliament of England bee disposed to make any alteration in the treaty as ratifyed in Scotland. Having nothing further worth your lordship’s trouble, I remain always, my Lord, your lordship’s most humble and most obedient servant, Godolphin.” f - i .*• , ' -• -r 38. “ St. James’s, 30th August 1707. My Lord, I am commanded by the Queen to acquaint your lordship that Her Majesty has very certain intelligence of John Murray, who was mentioned in Fraser’s plot, being now in Scotland, probably in the north, because the D[uke"| of Gordon’s following are buying up horses and making preparations to goe to a hunting in Atholl. The speedy discovery and apprehending of John Murray is of the greatest importance at this time, he being the soul of this whole affair. Her Majesty, therefore, hopes no diligence will bee wanting in the government of Scotland to defeat and disappoint those mischievous designs. I am always, my Lord, your lordship’s most humble and most obedient servant, Godolphin.” 39. Is glad to hear that Lord Seafield got safe to Edinburgh. “ The noyse is very great here as well as there of new elections very soon. But the madness of that measure seems so evident to mee that I must always hope till it bee actually done that God’s providence will prevent it .... I have gotten the Queen’s hand to the warrant for Mr. John Montgomerie to bee master of the mint, and I have putt the Queen in mind of the Bastard estate which you desired for Mr. Abercromy . . . Sir D[avid] D[alrymple] went down from hence not very well satisfied with what passed at the hearing about the signatures, and some words have been dropped here. as if he would* bee not unwilling to demitt. Your Lordship will please to observe that a little carefully, and in that case turn your thoughts also to the con- sideration of a proper successor. I have mentioned Mr. Stirling to the 209 Queen to succeed Mr. Blair.” He promises a further account in three or four days about “ the affair of Lord Linlithgow.” 22nd June 1710. 40. . . . “ The Torys continue with very great confidence to give out they will have a new parliament, and tho’ that advice seems to bee extreamly desperate, I think everybody ought to take all possible measurs to prevent the ill consequences of it.” . . . 27th June 1710. MSS. of Countess Dowager of Seafield. 41. “ Whitehall, 25tli July 1710. My Lord, — This is an answer to the following particulars contained in your lordship’s letter of the 18th instant. “ 1. Whether the present Master of the Mint at Edinburgh may not be excused from attending here at the tryall of the Pix in August next, in regard none of the money in the said Pix was coyned since he was appointed to that office. To this I see no manner of objection, especially if the deputy of the late master and worker be directed to attend the same, and I have written to the Earl of Lauderdale accordingly to avoid any scruple in this matter by reason of the order sent him for the attendance of the master (amongst the other officers) of the said mint. “ 2. As to the Master’s executing his part of the indenture of the Mint before the Aarons of the Exchequer in Scotland, there can be as little, and in order to it, I have directed the officers of the Mint here to prepare such a draft of the said indenture as may be agreeable to that of the Mint in the Tower, and not interfere with the articles of Union ; amj when it is ready it shall be transmitted to Scotland in order to pass the great seal there, and to be executed by the master and worker as aforesaid. “ 3. The draft of the signature for granting an augmentation of £ 10 a year to the first minister of Hadington out of the rents of the late bishoprick of Edinburgh, which I received inclosed in your lordship’s said letter, I have referred to the barons of the Exchequer in Scotland, that being the method (your lordship knows) which is intended to be observed in passing signatures relating to that part of the kingdome. When their report comes back, I intend to present it to the Queen and to have it dispatcht as soon as may be. I am, my Lord, your lordship’s most humble servant, Grodolphin. “ If the barons of the Exchequer had been acquainted with this signature before it had been sent up to mee, it would have saved the time of sending it down to them.” 42. “ August 10th, 1710. My Lord, — Since I received the honour of your lordship’s last letter, I have also received my own dismission from the Queen’s service. The Commission of the Treasury appointed to supply my place is to me a very plain indication of a new parliament ; but how soon the proclamation will come out I can’t tell. Upon a good or an ill election of that parliament will depend, in my opinion, not only the fate of Brittain but of all Europe. 1 have sent your letter to 39 that he may the better judg of the reasonableness of all you say in it, and doe his part accordingly, of which I have not the least doubt. The stocks fall so much and our people suffer to that degree that they begin to bee enraged at what is doing here. I hope the influence of it will reach to your parts so as to bring us a good election of commoners at least. I have more doubt as to the peers, 222 being gon in entirely and for ought I know as farr as to give jealousy to 220, which I must own does not give mee any very great truble. 1 have great hopes wee shall y 78289. O 2 210 MSS. of Countess Dowager of Seafield. have a good parliament here and that when he comes they will be more influenced by 37 than any body else. “ I send this to you under cover to my Lord Marchmont, who I hope will be assisting to you, and I have no doubt but my Lord Cromertie who is going will be so too. 224 is certainly not in the list with 222, so I hope you will have his help. I am sure it concerns him for I am told 222 aims at his post. That and everything else depends upon the new election. I don’t question but 37 will give leave to his commoners to return upon the proclamation. I shall take your advice to bee quiet about the Earl of Lauderdail, which is surely the best. I have not yett heard the least mention of him. I am ever, with very great truth and esteem, my Lord, your lordship’s most humble and obedient servant, Godolphin.” 43. Acknowledges a letter from Lord Seafield, and after referring to his intended going to the country, wishes he had “ continued a little longer here which might have been of much use to 38 ; but that is over.” He daily expects an answer from 32, who will take care of Lord Seafield’s commands, and he does not doubt “of 42 being just to 226 in case 222 should have success in his pretensions of the same nature.” 42 had desired Lord Cromartie to delay his departure “ which looks as if there were an intention of dissolving the parliament before that time.” Has a letter from Mr. Pringle “in which he seems to think my letter to 124 might bee of use to him in his election.” He will be very glad to serve him in this or any other way, but doubts “ when he shall have known the fate of 38, he will no longer desire that letter.” 15th August 1710. * 44. “September 13, 1710. My Lord, — Having the opportunity of writing to your lordship by so safe a hand as honest Mr. Abercromy, I may venture to take more freedome than I could doe by the post, tho’ it bee the less necessary, since hee will bee able to inform your lordship not only of what passes here, but also of the mind and intentions of the Duke of Marlborough. It seems to mee as if the new ministry had the same intentions of displacing him as they have don mee, but that while the peace seems still so uncertain, they have not dared to venture upon that stepp ; so that I hope your lordship may still reckon that you have one firm friend in the Queen’s counsell and government. Mr. Abercromy will be able to give you [notice] how intent my Lord Duke is upon procuring all the proxys of those in the army to assist you, and I am very sure all your friends here are not less zealous. “ I am not yett able to tell you anything certain of the D[uke] of H[amilton], The ministry were very desirous to satisfie him so as that he might give his assistance to their measures. But his pretensions have been hitherto so unreasonable that they can not adjust it with him. I beleive the chief difficulty turns upon the peerage, and how hard that is nobody can tell better than yourself ; and the account of that matter which you have had lately from Mr. Secretary Boyle will, I hope, convince you that will never bee done for him but in company with 126. “We are expecting the dissolution every week for a good while, but I think it can not now be deferr’d beyond the next. I have not seen Lord Cromertie lately. He is very often with Lord Marr. But the last time I saw him he told me [he] had not gott anything done for him since I was out; nor did he ever expect to gett any more don for him while he lived. He hates the D[uke] of Qu[eensberry] and will never joyn in anything with him. 1 told him 1 thought my friends 211 would take him into their list. Hee seem’d diffident of that, but I told him I thought I could answer for it. I have sayd the same thing to my Lord Deloraine, who is well inclined, but his mother having sent for him to come down, has directed him likewise not to enter into any engagements till she has seen him. I have heard much talk of a list handed about here, but I could never see it, nor see any body who could say they had seen it. But the generall rumour is that it is composed chiefly of lords that were thought fitt to bee secured at the time of the late invasion, which is a circumstance that does not give it much credit here. “ Upon the best consideration that can bee had here of the state of the elections of the commoners, there seems little cause to doubt of our having a very good Parliament. I am with the greatest truth, my Lord, your lordship’s most humble and obedient servant, Godolphin. P.S. Since I had written this letter I have seen Lord Cromertie. He talks of going next week. He says the Queen would have him stand, but that he will neither seek nor decline election. He seems to be for Mar against Qufeensberry]. He says they have different friends that they seek to bring in, and he thinks to which soever party the D[uke] of H[amilton] inclines, he will goe near to turn the ballance. But he says the peerage is refus’d him, and that he is just now swearing he will not be satisfyd without it. If you can gett the Duchess of Buccleugh, she has all power with her son.” 45. Has sent Lord Seafield’s letter to the Duke of Mfarlborough’], “ who, I am sure, will be ready to doe everything yon propose to him. By the accounts you give and by what we find, all the most arbitrary proceedings in the elections are to be expected, but how anybody can think that is long to bee maintained in our country and in this con- stitution is to mee, I confess, a very great riddle. I have already written so fully to you of Lord Stairs at his going down that I need not add anything now, and before this comes to you I believe you will have seen 222 and have learn ’t his intentions better than anybody can tell you from hence, where to the last they seemed mysterious. “ The objection of Grant’s being a prisoner is ridiculous ; but besides that, orders are already given for his speedy exchange ; so I hope that matter will not in the least affect him. I hope 226 cannot be in any danger of losing the effect of 42’s assurances to himself, because he has not a blind obedience to 214 and 220. “And as for 199 there is no violence which he does not threaten, nor no truth in anything which he does promise.” Newmarket, 12th October 1710. 46. Acknowledges receipt of a letter from Lord Seafield the previous night, and promises to observe his commands in what relates to himself. “ To say the truth, if I were more inclined to be a blab than I am, there does not seem to be much encouragement to it.” He congratulates him upon success in his own affairs, and promises to see him before he leaves for Scotland. St. Albans, 9th July 1711. 47. “February 10th, I7|-f- My Lord, — I can not lett this honest gentlmen, Sir G[ilbert] Elliot, goe home to Scotland without putting you in mind you have an humble servant here very desirous not to bee forgotten by you. There have been some opportunitys since I have seen you where *tis probable your presence here might have been of use to some of your friends ; but I am fully satisfied, ’tis better for your self in all respects to bee at home. This reflexion comforts mee very much in the want of your company and assistance here. o 2 MSS. or Countess Dowager of Seafield. I 212 MSS. 01? “ There are now five posts wanting from Holland, which keeps every Dowager S of body in all the suspense imaginable about the great affair of the peace, Seafield. upon which all others of lesser consequence must necessarily turn. If your lordship bee at Edinburgh, this good bearer will bee able to give you more particular accounts than I can doe by letter; if in the country, I shall desire him to send it to yo,u. And bee yon where you please, I shall never fail to bee, with great truth and friendship, my Lord, your lordship’s most obedient humble servant, Godolphin.” • III. Letters from the Earl of Seafield to King William, and from Statesmen and other Writers of note to James, fourth Earl of Findlater and first Earl of Seafield ; also a few letters to his grandson James, sixth Earl of Findlater and third Earl of Seafield. 1700—1785. 48. “ May it pleas your Majestie. Having obtained your Majesties alouence to accquant you with what occurrs in your affairs hier, I thought it my diutie to Jeat [your] Majestie know that with great difficultie wee have obtained ane resolve to continou the number of the forces upon the prsesent establishment. The povertie of the country is verrie great. The pricees of al kind of grain greater then ever, and wee have the prospect of a verie bad crop. This was improved by my Lord Tullibardin and Earl of Ruglen and Whitelau, and it was confiden[t]lie said by them and then friends that they would carie the reduceing of ane regiment of dragoons and two regiments of foot by three to two. I sent to the Earl of Portland ane memorial of al that is past which will give your Majestie full information. The opposers are nou endeavouring to carie our friends from [us] by presing things in favours of the East India Companie, and by demanding ane Habeas Corpus lau, bot I am hopful they shal not praevail. Al the lords who wer at London and the borons are unanimus in what concerns your Majesties service, and wee have many friends that concurr with us that are sensible of the miserable condition of this countrey. The Earl of Tullibardine is not in any of the committies. Al your Majesties servants except those I have named in the memorial to the Earl of Portland concurr heartilie, and you carie what your Majestie has demanded by the influence of your oun servants. I have writne fulie to the Earle of Portland of the difficulties wee had and yet have, and therefor I shall not prsesume to give your Majestie further trouble. Bot wishing your Majesties royal person and goverment al prosperitie and happiness, 1 am with al diutie, may it pleas your Majestie, your Majesties most faithful and most humble and obedient subject and servant, Seafield.” [Holograph of the Earl of Seafield, and indorsed : “ Double of the first letter sent to his Majestie.” Probably about 1700.] 49. “ I shall not trouble your Majesty with a long letter at present, seing the bearer hereof, Mr. Carstairs will give you full informatione of all that has occurred since your Majesty pairted from hence. The inclosed letter is from my Lord Commissioner, and he writes to me that he has also sent with it to your Majesty the opinion of all your servants there concerning the sitting of Parliament before your Majesties return to Brittain, and by the accounts I have of it they doe all aggree in this that the Parliament should not meett dureing your Majesties absence, and they also think that the only sure way of settling your Majesties affairs in that kingdoine to your satisfactione, will be to hold the next session in person ; and albeit this may occasion a further adjournment, yet there will be no dissatisfaction upon that accompt if they be assured 213 that your Majesty is to be there. I doe heartely wish that your Majesty’s other affairs could allow you to doe this, for it will be of great consequence to your Majesty’s affairs here that all be ordered and composed in Scotland before the meetting of Parliament in this kingdome, and it is well knowen that at St. Germains, there hopes and expectationes are that there will be disorders and commotion in Scotland; and I am confident your Majesty’s servants in Scotland would not adventure upon this advyce if they did not think that your Majesty could doe it with honour, safety and satisfaction. Att that meetting of your Majesty’s servants it was proposed by some that they might offer your Majesty there opinion in caise’ that you could not come to Scotland, but as to this nothing was said ; hut I find some of them, particularly my Lord Advocat and my Lord Thesaurer depute doe think that at your Majesty’s return to Ingland and before the sitting of the Parliament in Scotland, you should call up for my Lord Commissioner, my Lord Carmichael, and some others of your servants ; [c]all also for my Lord Duke Hamilton and the Marques of Tweddale as being the two principall men of the opposing party, and endeavour to adjust matters. And as my duty oblidges me to lay this and ever thing els before your Majesty that is proposed for your service in this criticall juncture, so I am also oblidged to acquaint your Majesty with the objectiones some make to this propositione. It is thought that it will make the opposing party higher in there demands then ever, for they will think your Majesty finds yourself necessitat in this matter, and there is no doubt but my Lord Duke and the Marques of Tweddale will enter into a concert with there party and take instructions from them. “ In the next place, in caice your Majesty doe not yeild to make these alterationes they will propose or goe intirely into their measures, there comeing here will have this inconveniency, that they will enter into a full concert with your opposing party in this kingdome, and will goe home more dissatisfied then ever. However, your Majesty may consider of this, and doe in it what you think most for your service. “ Your Majesty will perceave by the advyce that your servants gives you that there is ane other nationall address designed, and that allready a great many of the Parliament men have signed it, and they are now to goe to the countrey and to endeavour to procure hands to it. It was designed to be much bolder and higher, but the honest men amongst them who are mislead would not join with them, but in the termes as it now stands. They still insist to have the right of Calledonia declared, and to have no trade witii France unless they be allowed a free trade and to have a Habeas Corpus law, and to have the aceompts of all the bygone funds laid before them, and that there grievances may be redressed conforme to the Claim of Light, and that there may be laws made for preventing the adjournments of Parliament, and they pretend that the adjournments which have been made are by evil council. However, whatever council your Majesty has had in this matter was the unanimous opinion of all your servants, and apears yet to be tlier joint advice to your Majestie, and the caling, adjorning and dissolving parlaments is your Majesties prerogative. I have inla[r]ged this much beyond what I designed, bot ther [is] too great occasion for long letters, and I know your Majestie desirs full information. The Earl of Annandale went for Scotland yesterday, and is weal satisfied.” C. 1700. Indorsed: “ Coppy of Kings letter with Mr. Carstairs.” MSS. of Countess Dowager of Seafield. 2 214 MSS. of Countess Dowager of Seafield. 50. “ Since I wrott last I have receaved a flying pacquet from Scotland and with it there is a letter to your Majesty from my Lord Commissioner which I beleeve does give a full account of the state of your Majesties affairs there, and your Majesty has also the advyce of your servants, and the coppy of the address which is now signed by a great many, and also the thoughts of some of your Majesty’s servants concerning the army, and the draught of a letter to your Council as a declaration satisfying the minds of your people to be issued furth at the time of the next adjournment, and after reading and considering of all these, I have spoke fully with the Earle of Rochester. “ Your Majesty sees that all your servants doe aggree in this tbatthe Paidiament doe not meett dureing your absence from Brittain. This incapacitates us who are here to offer your Majesty any other advyce, for your servants there would take it ill if they were counteracted, and they would not think themselves' accomptable for the success, and they doe send no advyce concerning either letter or instructiones, and both must be adjusted before the Parliament can meett to any good purpose. “ It is the opinion of all your Majesty’s servants that if your affairs would otherwayes allow of it, that you goe to Scotland and hold the next session in person; by this your Majesty will have o port unity of speaking with such of both sides as you shall think fitt, and there are a great many of that party who now opposes that would yield to anything that your Majesty would desire of them ; and the Earle of Rochester does aggree with us in thinking that your Majesty’s goeing to Scotland is the most probable way to bring your Majesty’s affairs there to such a setlement as may give joint satisfaction to your Majesty and your subjects, and if this can be done it will be of great use to your Majesty in the managing of your affairs elswhere. “ The second thing that your servants advyses is in caice your Majesty cannot come, and then they think that all is to be yeilded that is contained in the Address. I know your Majesty will read it over and consider it, and you will soon perceave what these concessions will amount to, and therefor it is unnecessary for me to trouble your Majesty any further on this point. “ Whatever your Majesty resolves upon yet one thing seems to be indispensibly needfull, that is, that the Parliament be further adjourned. In order to this there is a draught of a letter sent by your Majesty’s servants to be the ground of a declaratione to be issued out at the same time with the proclamation for adjournment. This letter needs also to be well considered. The Earle of Rochester does think that what is mentioned in it concerning the Affrican Company may give them ground to expect that your Majesty will yeild all that they desire in this point in the ensueing Parliament ; but on the other hand, if there shall be any declaratione at all and no notice taken of the Company, it will signify nothing towards the end it is designed, which is the satisfying your Majesty’s good subjects, and the letter seems to be positive enough that your Majesty cannot declare the right of Caledonia, for that you would have done it at first. It is true the letters contains no reasons why you could not doe it, but there seems not to be so great a necessity to give reasons now that the colony has capitulate and deserted their possitione, and your Majesty was still willing to doe something for the interest and support of the Company and for makeing up of there losses. But I doe presume to think that with any small alteratione your Majesty may be pleased to think of, the letter will doe very well, and whatever I might doe were I with your Majesty, yet at 215 this distance both from you and from the servants that gave you this advyce I dare not presume to offer any alteratione. So I leave this matter intirely to your Majesty’s determinatione. “ There is not so great necessity for this letter at the makeing of the nixt adjournement if your Majesty doe positively declare your resolu- tiones of goeing into Scotland how soon you can return. But even in that case there must be a letter signifying your good intentiones towards your people, and that for that end you are fully resolved to come amongst them and hold the next session of Parliament in person, and give your assent to such laws as shall be necessary for there wellfare. And in this letter lykewise there may be something signified that your Majesty had your comeing under consideration and therefor did make the former adjournments, and that now you are resolved the Parliament shall meett so soon as you can be there. I doe heartely wish your Majesty may come into the resolution of goeing there, and all that I speak with of your Majesty’s servants here, though I speak with them but in the generall, doe think it impossible that there can be any setlement made to your satisfaction without your Majesty’s presence. But in this case I presume it will be necessary that your Majesty call me over to Loo that there may be directions concerning your palace, and other things may seem needfull. “As for the reducing any part of your army and concerning the breaking of some officers, your Majesty has the opinion of the Com- missioner and such as he advysed with, and if you doe not think the advyse for your service, the whole army may be subsisted with the current funds to the end of November. Your Majesty has also the opinion of your servants concerning what troops you can mantain by your hereditary funds after the first of November, which your Majesty may consider and keep by you, though I hope there will be no occasion for it, for I doubt not but things will be adjusted if your Majesty goe into Scotland. “ As for Captain Pinkartowne and his crew it is unnecessary that I should say anything on that subject, having writt so fully formerly ; and I hope your Majesty has allready done all that I could desire of yon in there favours. But if not, I wish no time may be lossed in the doeing of it now. I find that your Majesty’s consul at Sevilla has appeared in there behalf ; but they are sentenced, and nothing will be of consequence to them if your Majesty doe not interpose ; and I would that this were done so publictly and so plainly that it may appear to all that they ow there safety and liberatione to your Majesty’s interpositione, and all your servants here that I speak with are most desireous that they may be saved, for it is now in the publict news prints that they are condemned. “ The Earle of Argyle is now in Scotland and I must doe him the justice to acknowledge that he does begin to act very boldly and forwardly in your service, but l find the Commissioner and he and severalls of them are dissatisfied that the Earle of Annandale should have gotten ane additional pension ; and I confess I am of there mind that he ought not to have demanded it. But your Majesty did see his letter to me, and God knows how much he did wex and importune me, and I am sure had it not been done for him he had been lost as to your service. “ I must, in the last place, interceed for my Lord Chancellor. He has a pension of 400 lib. from the bishops’ revenues, and it seems there is ane year owing him of it, and he cannot subsist without it, and he desires a warrant that it be paid out of the Civil List for this year. I MSS. or Countess Dowager of Seafield. 1 216 MSS. of Countess Dowager of Seafield. have inclosed his letter that yonr Majesty may read it, and give orders to Mr. Pringle about it. I hope your Majesty will pardon this long letter, but I should think myself very unfaithfull if I should omitt to represent anything that might be for your interest, for none wishes your Majesty and your government more prosperity then I who am with all sincerety and submission, may it please your Majesty, your Majesty’s.” Undated, but c. 1700. Indorsed, “ Double of a letter written to the King except whats about Lord Rochester, and that sent in a memoriall by itself.” 51. James, second Duke of Queensberry, Secretary of State for Scotland, to James, first Earl of Seafield, Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of Scotland, acknowledging the Council’s letter with the account of the tumult at Glasgow and of the Council’s pro- cedure therein. The Queen approves what they had done and gives orders for punishing the actors and accessories. She also looks to the Council to continue their zeal for maintaining her authority and preserving peace, so as to hinder any provocation being given by the dissenting clergy to whom she promised protection only in their actings as allowed by law. He desires Lord Seafield to signify this to the Council. No date, but evidently in March 1703. 52. The same to the same, in reply to several letters from his Grace who wishes him to come speedily to Scotland. This he cannot do, first on account of his wife’s confinement, and secondly “ the Queen was so late in declareing her pleasure as to my being commissioner that sooner than the second week of Aprile I can not get ready what things are absolutly necessary upon that occasion, and ... I shall not be with you many dayes befor the 6th of May to which the Queen has adjurned the Parliament.” The proclamation to this effect he sends herewith, along with the indemnity which his Grace desired, and a letter to the Conncil. “ As to the ratifyeing all the sessions of the last Parliament I beleive ther may be some difficultys, yet I cannot but think that it is absolutely necessary. It may be considered if in some general terms the ac- knowledgeing the authority of the last Parliament without confirming the particular acts in it may not be sufficient, but if some equivalent is not found I think it leaves a back door open to be made use off when the Queen and government’s enemies thinke fitt. And since ther are some and I’m afraid too many that dissoun’d the government in the late reign, yet for many reasons wer oblidged to submitt to the laws that wer made, ther not quarrelling at this time the authority that established these laws does not prevent ther doeing it when they shall see cause ; and till something of this kinde be done, I doe think (and so will the world too) the Queen’s title upon a verry weak foundation since she has succeeded and governs by the laws that were made in the last Parliament. I know that the Queen and her servants here do expect that this will be done ; and ifi it is not, it will certanely be thought want of power in those she imploys ther. Therfor your Grace wold consider seriously of it, but with this consideration also, that to attempt it and not be able to cary it will be yet worse. “I have the draught of the letter to the Parliament which I like verry well, and am of your oppinion not to mention the union but in a letter apairt, and I desire your Grace will send a coppy of one with ane instruction relateing to it. My Lord Tarbats oppinion is that ther should be an act continueing the power of the commissioners with a greater liberty of treating upon church government, judicatures, and 217 representations in Parliaments, and also with power to her Majesty to add or change names in the commission.” Seeing the lords of the Treasury are dissatisfied as to the management of the customs, considering the method an innovation, he hopes his Grace will do him the justice to let them know that he was not alone responsible, “ yourselfe and my Lord Tarbat haveing fully agreed in it ; and as for the list of the collectors, it was done by my Lord Tarbat and Lord Boyll when I was very ill, so that I did not so much as see it till it was signed by the Queen.” Lord Eglinton had written twice about the appoiutment of Mr. Hay at Irvine, in which he had no hand and did not know the man. “ Sir William Hope’s allowance is intended out of the same funde that Luetenant-Colonell Murrays was payed, who I belive dyed since the last establishment.” . . . Captain Lockhart’s Commission shall be sent down . . . because your Grace and Mr. Lockhart desires it.” He sends for blank letters for adding members to the Privy Council, but notes the necessity of caution in filling them up. “ They ought to ingadge fairly and give their words of honour, and if they break that, we are safe. Pray don’t forgett Prestongrange ; and if you want more letters they shall be sent or brought with me as you shall think fitt. Luetenant-Colonell Reid told me his designe ; but the D[uke] of Marlborough stay’d so long out of town upon the death of his son, and was in such a hurry at his going away that I did not see him.” He would be very glad to serve Lord Dunmore, “ being a person I have a great esteem for, and that I consider a man of honour,” but at present there is no opening for him. “Lord Northesk must come in to the Treasory with the first.” He intreats his Grace to avoid engagements till meeting, and to give him his thoughts about his instructions both public and private. Tarbat proposes “ an indulgence. Both the Treasorer and I think it not fitt at this time. ... If you are for it pray write such reasons as I may shoe to the Queen, and I will submitt ; and if you think it not proper at present, write so, fully and in such a manner as to be shoen also.” “In discoursing with the Treasorer, amongst other things wee talk’d of the succession and abjuration. He is of oppinion that ther are verry good causes and reasons against setling the one and passing the other with relation to the union, because by not doeing them it may be thought wee have tyes upon England. Yet he is of oppinion that many who give that tye for the reason has other designs ; and soe long as noetliing is done that it incouradges the pretended p[rince] of Wales and his party both at home and abroad to think that he has more friends ther then the Q[ueen]. And it is certan that they doe believe this to be the true reason, arid therfor he wishes that if possible some expedient might be fallen upon, tho’ not to setle the succession yet to declaire against that prince singly. And he thinks that the succession not being settled the tye continues still upon England. This my Lord Treasorer desired me to write as what is the Queen’s, his own and the D[uke] of Marlboroughs thoughts and desire. So pray advise about it and let me have a full and clear answer to it one way or other as soon as possible. “ I have already wrot to you about the D[uke] of Lennox bussinesse, and yesterday the Q[ueen] ask’d me if I had got a return. You cannot imagine how much she seems to resent it both against the byers and seller, and sayes she will shoe it as much as the law will allow. So pray take care that she get faire play, and that all that’s possible be done, and let me have an account of it as soon as your Grace can. MSS. or Countess Dowager of Seafield. 2 218 MSS. op Countess Dowager of Seafield. “ Mr. Pringle is gone for Scotland, and Pm told, verry angry. He has given some old addresses to Mr. Nairne, but noe other papers. He has all that passed in the affaire of the Union, which pray cause tell him must be given up befor the sitting of the parliament. I hear that in several companyes he has been very free in his talk of the Queen’s affairs and sensuring of her servants and none more then your selfe, and braggs much of his power to doe mischeefe. If he has I belive he wants not inclination, so pray take care of him.” He refers also to the tumult and the letter he had already written on that subject, and adds, “Before I went to the Q[ueen] about this affaire my Lord Tarbat and I Aver with my Lord Treasorer and Lord Nottinghame, and Tarbat told us, and afterwards befor the Q[ueen], that he had a full account of the affaire from a Privy Councellor, and who he did not name, but that it was one who wes not in Councell Avhen that matter was considered. This person seemed to accuse all of neglect in theire duty, both councell, magistrats and forces. For the magistrates, he sayes ther is no doubt but they might have prevented it if they had inclin’d, because all the town knew of it a day or two befor, and that they seem’d rather to incouradge then suppresse the mobb. As to the forces, he said that they wer not worth keeping if they wer not able, if well inclin’d; for he said on single man with a drawn sword drove the Avhol mobb befor him the length of a street till he mett with the magistrats. And as to the Councell, that they ought not to have sent directions or orders to magistrats to examine and punish the offenders (they being rather partners) but to have sent some of theire own number to have examined the wholl affaire. I only give this account for your information and not to be taken notice off, but to the register and president if you think fitt. However, the Q[ueen] and the lords did intirely approve of the method the Councell has taken, and as I told her before them I thought it the most moderate and prudent way. “ Ther is one thing I must take notice off to your Grace, and which Tarbat seems mightely concern’d at. In the letter from the Councell you seem to inferr that the Episcopall clergy takeing the benifite of the Q[ueen]’s letter was the occasion of the stirr. He sayes that ther is noething by that letter given them which they had not befor. I am sure ther was noething more intended them by the Q[ueen] • and if ther had been anything which wold have admitted of a worse construction then Avas design’d, you should have vindicated it, since it was concerted befor you went away, and you had it to correct; and my Lord President saw it also without makeing any objections that I heard off. And now since you see how hard it is to please and how many criticks ther are, I doe intreat that when anything is to be made publick by letters or other- Avayes, you will send coppys from thence, for knoweing the occasion and the parties design’dfto be pleased, and what will please them best, it will be much easier to form letters or orders to satisfaction ther then it can be done here by any body.” By his Grace’s letter of the 11th just received, he learns with gratification of the good beginning of the Assembly, and has no doubt his good temper and prudent management will overcome all difficulties. He Avill faithfully lay anything he desires about it before the Queen. “ I hope this letter will in some measure atton for my seldom writeing. You know my infirmetys, therfor must excuse them.” Having letters on the same subjects from the Lord Register, he begs this may be communicated to him. London, March 17 [1703]. In another letter of the 6th of the same month the Duke of Queensberry congratulates Lord Seafield upon his reception as Com- missioner, only he misses him greatly since his departure, as he has no 219 friend to whom he can open his breast. He refers to Tarbat’s intended departure for Scotland, “ for its verry fitt he wer there .... he has so many people about him, and dayly puting him upon projects which he immediatly takes fire upon, and running continually to the Queen, that it vexes me beyond what I can tell you.” He thinks it would be well to provide him otherwise after the parliament. “I am sure, for interest of fiis own familly, his old place wer better for him, especially considering how he lives here, and his humor of buying everything he sees.” Perhaps Lord Seafield would consult the president “ or Philip himselfe. I am afraid he will not much care for the change, but its a thing must be done if 1 continue here, and wee could manadge it well enough for Philip.” He regrets the letter respecting the sheriff- ship of Lothian came so late. Tarbat and he were for delaying the appointment till after the parliament, £ ‘but Livtenant- General Ramsay went to the Queen and ask’d it soe earnestly that she granted [it] to my Lord Halhousie.” He will write to Prestongrange next post that his not being upon the Council was merely forgetfulness, and that a letter is now signed for adding him. 53. The same to the same, sending the Commission for the Marquis of Tweeddale as her Majesty’s Commissioner to the parliament. May 13 th, 1704. 54. John, first Duke of Athole, to James, first Earl of Seafield, acknowledging a letter with news of the appointment of the Marquis of Tweeddale as Commissioner. “ I am sure I am far from envying him that post, and am very glad D[uke] of Queensberry is out of itt. But if he be not out of the Sec retars also, nether the Commissioner, your Grace, or I will be ether safe or easie ; and besides, the Queen’s affairs will not go so well on, but many more heates will arise that cannot be forseen. I did not doubt but that was the preliminary to be granted before the Mar[quis] of T[weeddale’s] acceptance, which I shall be glad to be cleared in, or els he will lose ground instead of gaining .... I kno not what divisions D[uke] Q[ueensberry] can have any advantage by that yett appeares, for I have done my part to keep people as much unitte as possible till the parliament meet, and then I hope we shall concur in the most material affaires. I am, my Lord, your Grace’s affectionatt cousin and most faithful humble servant, Atholl.” Dunkeld, May 21, 1704. 55. James, fifth Earl of Galloway, to James, first Earl of Seafield. Having been informed that Heron, elder of that Ilk, had on 30th May last, in a clandestine maimer, made application to the Privy Council against the writer’s uncle, Castlestewart, having his weekly markets and fairs in his burgh of JNewton-Stewart on the same day of the week, Thursday, on which Heron held his in his burgh of Minigaff, he writes to acquaint Lord Seafield that his uncle’s right was granted in 1677, had been ratified by parliament, and exercised ever since, whereas Heron’s markets used always to be held on Saturdays until ten years ago, when they were altered by Heron’s author ; that moreover the two burghs were in separate jurisdictions ; and to beg his lordship to use his endeavours that his uucle’s markets may not be interfered with. Clarie, 7th June 1704. 56. James, second Duke of Queensberry, Secretary of State for Scotland, to James, first Earl of Seafield. Thanking him for obviating the objections made by some people against the passing of his MSS. ov Countess Dowager oe Seaeield. & 220 MSS. of Countess Dowager of Seafield. exoneration, and desiring his favour for the “ passing a locallety her Majesty has given me of 1,500 pound a year out of the customes of Glasgow till I am paid of what is oweing me.” London, 22nd June 1704. 57. M. Van Vrijberge, Dutch Ambassador at the English Court to Queen Anne. That he had received instructions to request from her Majesty the release of the vessel named the Catherine, belonging to James Meyers, merchant at Rotterdam. It had been returning from the Canaries laden with wine, and though furnished with a passport of “ LL. HH. PP.,” was seized towards the end of August last by Captain Gordon and taken to Scotland. He will not repeat all the reasons urged on behalf of the owner, but he cannot refrain from pointing out that the procedure of her Majesty’s subjects in Scotland seemed very rude, to pretend to maintain free trade with both the enemies and the allies of her Majesty, and yet to seize this ship under safe conduct. He therefore begs her Majesty to order the release of the Catharine forthwith. London, January 170J. 58. James, fourth Duke of Hamilton, to James, first Earl of Seafield, in answer to a letter dated the 20th. Had been all last week in “ Weirsdall” and “am soe much taken upp with my privat countrie affaires that I heardly know how to talke of polletickes, being both at a distance and ignorant of the interiour causes which mouves them to proceed with relation to our affares as they doe. I am sure your lordship knowes with how much zeall I off red my service to her Majesty when she came to the Croun, and eaven to joyne my small indeavours with thos who had ussed me worst. But if thos in goverment would not, sure I am not to be blamed for that. “ I wish it ware in my pour to cure the devisions that are amongest us. I may say noe bodie ever wisht it more than I doe, since the evill consequence of them can’t but be obvious to the meanest understanding. And I am sure it’s noe body’s interest more than min that a good understanding be preserved betuin the two nations, which makes me regrait the warmeth with which thinges are push’t in both houses in relation to our affares. Our soveraignes ussed to moderatte thinges betuixt uss, and I am sure this can’t but be uneassy to her Majesty, who is equally queen of both. Your lordship say’s our parleament is to meet soon in the spring. It does not belonge to me to offer measures, but I should think it highly requesit that all possible care be taken to prepare and soften matters. For you can’t but think the noice of thos billes have reassed a considerable ferment in Scotland, and tho I make noe dout ther may be undertakers at this tyme, who to gett the goverment in ther hands again will promisse anything; yett her Majesty has too much at stake to venture a miscariadge at this tyme which may proove fattall. I am affrayed I have sade more than comes to my share, but it proceedes from my dieuty to her Majesty and the affection I carie for the good of Brittan. I have nothing to proposse for myself. I grow fond of a qwiett country life, and envies non of your great men ; but I hope I shall have the continuance of your friendship and kindness, which is higly estimed by your lordship’s most affectionatt cussen and humble servant, Hamilton.” Preston, 28th January 170|. 59. William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, to [address wanting], “ 12, 3 m (Ma) 1705. Lesmehagoe stays still here a pledge for your kingdom, and unless redeemed by a letter to the Sub-secretary to 221 prepare him a letter for the Queen to recommend him for a subsistance till a command offer, he is like to stay here, which after two years waiting seems to be a hardship on his side, and but reasonable on the Governments side to graunt. It is the occasion of this trouble, and which I would ask pardon for, if he were not a Scotish gentleman and that I did not write to a more than ordinary noble man of the same nalion. Pray therfore, command Weatherborn to prepare a letter for that purpose for the Queen to signe, and he returns with a resolution to disturbe his friends no more. The Queen has given her bounty to the Lady Frechevill, but without her other grace ’twill be but a mean conclusion ; which ends this interruption of thy greater affairs by thy respectfull friend, Wm. Penn.” MSS. of Countess Do wage r OF Seafield. 60. James, fourth Marquis, afterwards first Duke of Montrose, to [address wanting]. Has formerly told his lordship how often he has been solicited both by some of the prisoners lately taken by Captain Campbell, and by some of the merchants of Glasgow, to have so many of these prisoners exchanged for a like number of Scottish seamen presently in France, and again presses him to consider favourably their appeal. The prisoners are, he understands, to be taken to Edinburgh, but two of them, named La Grandieur and Le Pein, being Protestants, earnestly beg leave to stay in this country, as they are afraid to return. They are both tradesmen. Glasgow, 9th August 1705. 61. Robert Harley, Secretary of State for England, to James, second Duke of Queensberry. [Copy.] “ August 27th 1706, past nine at night. My Lord, — It is too late to wait on your Grace this night in person, therefore I take the liberty to acquaint you that I have it from verry good information that Colonell Hooke is sent from France just now a secor/d tyme to Scotland to negotiate affaires with the discontented there and to hinder the Union. He is a bold dextrous man, and if he could be taken knows verry much. Captain Caron sett him a shoare the tyme before, and I believe dos so now. It will not be difficult to catch him if proper means be used with great secrecy, and it will verry well recompence your pains. I thought it for the Queen’s service to give this information to your Grace to whom I am with the greatest respect, my Lord, your Grace’s most humble and most obedient servant, Ro. Harley.” 62. Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State for England, to James, Duke of Queensberry. [Copy.] “ Cockpitt, 28th August 1706. My Lord, — A gentleman lately come to St. Germains, and now in custody, having upon his examination mentioned one, Caron, as a person employed betwixt that Court and some disaffected persons in Scotland, and he having described the said Caron to be a middle siz’d man, of a flushy complexion, with freckles in his face and some on his hands, wears a light perwig and is near 40 years of ago, I send your Grace this description of him, and am, my Lord, your Grace’s most humble obedient servant, C. Hedges.” 63. Hugh, Earl of Loudoun, Secretary of State to [address wanting]. He had communicated his lordship’s letter of the 8th when at Windsor “ this morning ” to the Lord Treasurer, the Duke of Queensberry, and the Earl of Mar, so far as related to the sending of troops to Glasgow to establish the officers of customs and excise there. They thought it would be better to delay doing so till after the arrival of the Equivalent, as it would “ probablie put folks in better humor.” Some of the wine a 222 MSS. of Countess Dowager of Seafield. ships had arrived, and their masters had been told that the French wines would be seized whenever put on shore ; but the Treasurer had instructed the commissioners of excise to show “ our merchants all the favor allouable by law.” Whitehall, July loth [1707]. 64. John, sixth Earl of Mar, Secretary of State for Scotland, to James, Earl of Seafield, Lord Chancellor. Has expectations of the speedy termination of the “ marchant’s affair.” As to the return of the Scottish members to Parliament, the Chancellor of Britain’s opinion is, “ that thers no more necessare but such a return of the wryt to the Councill of Scotland as is incloased, which is the copie of what was sent from this, and this return to be sent by the Councill of Scotland to the Crown Office from whence the two houses will take extracts of their members return’d by it. In it the certificat by my Lord Regester may be mentioned tho’ he thinks not this absolutely necessare.” Whitehall, August 5th 1707. In a postscript he adds: “I’m sorie to see by the minuts of the Comission of Equivalent of the 28th of Julie so ill agree- ment amongst them and such protests and counter protests. I’m sure the English who are now with them will think it very odd.” 65. Hugh, Earl of Loudoun, Secretary of State, to [James, first Earl of Seafield]. Before leaving London with the Duke of Queensberry and the Earl of Mar for Bath, he had reminded the Lord Treasurer of the necessity of getting his lordship and others of the Queen’s servants from Scotland in order to adjust things before the meeting of Parliament. To this he agreed, “ but that it would be necessar that your lordship and the Queen’s other servants should continue in Scotland sume longer then was at first desinged, because that the remitting of the Equivalent had by unforseen accidents been longer retarded then was intended, and that your lordship’s attendance there would contribut verri much to the quieting of the ferments there, and the disapointing the desings that sume have of embroyling that countrie.” The Duke of Montrose and Earl of Glasgow would be required to come up. He sends by this post 66 Sir James Campbell of Auchinbreck’s commission to be second major of Major-General Maitland’s regiment.” Whitehall, 21st August [1707]. In a postscript he adds that he has just received a letter from his lordship of the 17th which will take him to Windsor to-morrow. He omitted to say that Sir David Dalrymple’s attendance would also be required. 66. William Penn, to James, first Earl of Seafield. “L d 20, 7 br 1707. My Honourable friend, — The bearer I take the freedom to recommend as an honest and sober person, and capable of dischargeing any inferior place in the custom or excise ; and haveing a good character where he has served, and pressing me hard for a letter into Scotland, I knew no person of quality whose good temper and breeding I could be more free with than the Earl of Seafield’s. Forgive me this freedom and allow me to assure thee that I am sincerely one of thy admirers and therfore thy respectfull friend, Wm. Penn. His name is Edward Davies.” 67. Rev. William Carstares to [James, first Earl of Seafield]. Is pleased that his lordship should still retain “ a kind remembrance of your old servant. . . . The Commission of our Church haveing mett this week the appointing of a fast was suggested by some whicli did not a little at first perplex me and some others. But after some reasoning about it we brought it to such an issue as I humblie judge 223 is as much for the interest of her Majesties Government in this junctur as anything that belonged to our Church could well be, for there are but a few general causes of the fast mentioned ; but the particular one is the danger that we may be in of being invaded by cruel enemies ; and such expressions are made use of as shew entire dutie and loyaltie to her Majestie, and an utter detestation of French power, and a Popish pretender. This cannot but be a blow to the exspectation of Jacobits who did with all industrie as your Lordship knows improve the dis- satisfaction that some Presbyterians had with the Union to the advantage of their designs, and I cannot but be so just as to tell your lordship that some of our ministers that were most warm against the Union were most earnest in urging this fast and testilieing their loyaltie upon this occasion. So that I hope, my Lord, that considering of what use to her Majesties Government this fast is, nice principles of some as to fasts and thanksgiving will be prudentlie overlookt, and that it will be judged that in present circumstances it is better that this fast was suggested by the Church, then if it had at first been appointed by authoritie, for it is a more plain and free declaration of their sentiments as to the present junctur then otherwise could have been given.” He then reminds him that 44 a fitt person ” be chosen to represent her Majesty in the approaching Assembly. Edinburgh, 6th March 1708. 68. John, first Duke of Athole, to James, first Earl of Seafield. That he had nominated him in his proxy given to the Earl of Orkney as one of the sixteen representative peers of Scotland. He has now been three months confined, two of them a very close prisoner, and he hopes the Queen will now liberate him on bail, especially as he has now qualified himself as sheriff -principal of Perthshire. Blair-Athole, 12th June 1708. In another letter of the 26th of the same month, the Duke regrets that no effect has been given to his appeal, especially when others are being set at liberty. 69. Sir Isaac Newton, Master of the Mint, to James, first Earl of Seafield. [Holograph.] 44 London, August 12th 1707. May it please your lordship, — Upon the first notice of the death of Mr. Stewart I laid a memorial before my Lord Treasurer about the money in the hands of his executors that it might be paid into the Mint ; but this memorial not coming from the proper officer I desired Dr. Gregory to signify to one of the officers of the Mint at Edinburgh that it would be proper for the officers of that Mint to lay a memorial about that matter before my Lord Treasurer. And accordingly the General of that Mint laid a Memorial before my Lord Treasurer about it in the name Of the officers, and we made a report upon it, and two warrants were sent down to Edinburgh from her Majesty, the one to the executors of Mr. Steward to pay the money to the general and master, the other to the general, master and wardens to lock up the same under their several keys for paying of salaries and other charges as they shall become due, whereof the master is to give an account annually. If the executors do scruple to pay the whole at onee, the officers may receive it by parcells. And when they begin to want the money in the hands of the collectors of the customes, it will be proper for them to desire the general to put in another memorial to my Lord Treasurer about that money. The executors should also make up their accounts in the Exchequer, but the method of bringing them to account I do not know. I hope they will do it voluntarily upon paying in the money into the Mint. If there be MSS, of Countess Dowager of Seafield. I 224 MSS. of COTTXTESS Dowager of Seafield. anything in which I can serve your lordship or Mr. Allardes you may command, my Lord, your lordship’s most humble and most obedient servant, Is. Newton.” 70. The same to the same. “London, June 22nd 1710. May it please your lordship, — I received your lordship’s letter yesterday about the tryall of the Fix, and this day waited upon my Lord Ohancellour to know his sense upon that matter, and his lordship desired me to signify it to your lordship with relation to the two difficulties which your lordship proposed in your letter to him. His lordship thinks the Order in Council for the triall a sufficient warrant for conveying the pixis to London, and something more than a warrant because it commands the doing it, but the manner of doing it most safely is left to the prudence of your lordship and the other officers of the Mint, as it was lately left to the prudence of the officers of the five country mints in England to convey their pixes to London. If it be conveyed safely to the Mint in the Tower we will take care that it be safely carried thence with our pixes to the place of trial). And as to the other officers which are to come up hither to the tryall, his lordship thinks three sufficient, your lordship, the Master and the Warden of the Mint. For in the triall of the pix of the Mint in the Tower three officers only attend, the Warden, the Master and the Comptroller, the rest of the officers being of no use in the triall. If your lordship and the Master and Warden think it convenient that the Counter- Warden come to London with you, it will not be found fault with here ; but if you excuse him he will be excused here, his power of acting in the triall being included in your lordship’s. I am, my Lord, your lordship’s most humble and most obedient servant, Is. Newton.” 71. John, Duke of Marlborough, to James, first Earl of Seafield. “ Bruxelles, February 13th 1709. My Lord, — I have the favour of your lordship’s letter by Mr. Abercromby, who was so obliging as to bring me the vote the House of Commons are pleas’d to honour mee with. You may be sure the sence I have of itt, with the caracter you give me of the gentleman will always oblige me to do my vtmust, that he may meet with a sutable return to his zeal to the Queen’s service. I hope to wait on your lordship the begining of the next month, and then shall be very glad to concert with you what may be most sutable to his inclinations. The Prince of Savoye has promis’d me to sett out from Vienna the first of March, in order to come directly hither. When I have notice that he continues his resolutions I designe to embark for England, for I long for the happy hour of entertaining your lordship that I may be truily inform’d how our affaires go att home, for tho I have many on that subject, yett I find them generally according to the complexion of the writter. I shall always think myself happy in the continuance of your friendship, being truly, my lord, your lordship’s most faithful humble servant, Marlborough.” 72. The same to the same. “September the 13th 1710. My Lord, — I have forborn giving myself the honour of writting, in hopes every post from England to have heard the certainty of a new parliament ; but that being not declar’d, and the season being so farr advanced, I thought it prudent not to keep Lord Staires any longer. Fie will acquaint you with the inclinations of the Lords that are gone from hence. He has also my proxy, and with your advice he will fille it. I beg you will take measures with him with freedome, for you may depend upon his prudence and good temper, and that you will do me 225 the justice of beleiuing that I am with much truth, my Lord, your lordshipes most obedient humble servant, Marlborough. “ For the Earle of Seafield.” 73. James, fourth Earl of Findlater and Seafield, to Queen Anne, [draft]. That not being a member of Parliament he had spent last winter at home, but has still every desire to serve her Majesty; and as there is now a vacancy in the representation of Scotland by the death of the Earl of Marischall, he will be glad to serve her therein, if she think it fit, or to vote for “ any other you please to name.” [May 1712.] 74. John, sixth Earl of Mar, to James, Earl of Findlater and Seafield. That the death of the Lord Treasurer’s daughter has retarded business. He had received a letter some time ago from the Duke of Athole “ to be laid before the Queen complaining of an Episcopall minister at Dunkel for not praying for the Queen in express words, and desireing that he may be prosecuted by the solicitors,” but Lord Mar wishes the matter could be otherwise dealt with than in public, as it might “ occation some bustle ” between the “ Church and Kirk parties ” injurious to peace. “ We have still stories wrote us up here concerning people of the West buying up armes, and a good dale more of that stuff, but since your lordship saves nothing upon that matter I fancie there is nothing in it I am sure your lordship will be pleased to know that the Queen never lookt better than she now does since she came to the Crown. She walks without help, even of a stick.” The Parliament is not expected to sit till some time in February, so it will be long ere they see him. “ I never saw old Lomlon so dull. Your lordship, I doubt not, is better diverted where you are. The session in the forenoon, and what you can find for yourself in the eavening, beside your makeing good chear to your friends, and mirth which your own happie temper never lets you be without.” He refers to a dispute between his lordship and the Lord President about the signing of the interloquitors. The story had come from Edinburgh. “ They say now that when the precident was ill, and by that absent, your lordship sign’d them, but as soon as he came back to the bench, your lordship yealded it, and that he continues to do it ever since. They think your lordship wou’d not have contested it unless you had been well grounded, and that the giveing of it up is a dis- puragment to your office, and makes you but vice-precident in place of him.” He wishes to know what he is to say in the matter if it come to the Queen’s ears, and she asks him. Whitehall, 18tb. December 1713. 75. The same to the same. “ Whithall, Teusday night, December 29th 1713. My dear Lord — Tho the Queen was much better than she had been when I wrote to your lordship on Saturday last, I’m in much better heart now than I was then. She rested pritty well the begining of the night on Saturday, but her aguish fitt return’d about one on Sunday morning, and lasted till four, and tho’ it was much easier than the first fitt was on Thursday, yet by her takeing no sustinace nor cordialls, she was a good dale out of order, Sunday, all day. ... I find here in toun they had her dead on Sunday, and some people thought fitt to show (as I am told) but very undecent countenances upon such an occation. But 1 hope in G-od she will be preserved to us long and dissapoint those wretches who are not sensible of our blissings. I write to nobody else at Edinburgh y 78189. p MSS. oj? Countess Dowager of Seafield. I 226 MSS. op Countess Dowager oe Seafield. to-night, so your lordship will be pleased to let this be knowen to people there. 1 wish I may never have news to write to you less agreeable of our good mistress, and that there were not one of her subjects who wishes her otherwise than your lordship and I doe. I’ll trouble you no further now, and I am, with all respect, my dear lord, your lordship’s most obedient and most humble servant, Mar.” 76. The same to the same. That he has now the Queen’s commands to write to their lordships of the Parliament to lose no time in coming up for its meeting, and he hopes none will be absent even on its first day. The Queen “ continues in her recovery more and more every day, but I believe she will not come to toun till after the birthday, that the gout may be quite off before she venter the shaking in a coach.” Whitehall, 22nd January 17 If. 77. The same to the same. “ My Lord, — I had the honour of yours of the 21st last night. I am glade that contest betwixt your lordship and Lord President is at last over. I could not have thought that Lord Precident wou’d have protested, and much less that he should have askt it to be recorded, or that the bench wou’d have alow’d of its being done. This may one day or other be of very ill consequence to that Court, and occation people here who have no good will to it to propose such alterations as no Scots man should desire, and what is not thought of at this time. 1 heartily wish still that nothing of this disput should stand on record, and I think the Precident (espetially since he has yealded the point) should be as desireous of it as anybody else. As I remember the Precident’s comission, it impowers him only to proceed in the Chancelor’s absence, which to me, who am no lawer, seems to leave not the least shadow of disput in the whole affair. Since your lordship was ablidg’d to make a counter protest, I doubt not but you founded much upon this, which is stronger than anything can be said on the other side. Since the thing has been once moved, in my humble opinion it is of very great qonsequence to have the thing entirly now determined and put out of doors, and that nothing should appear on record of it. But this your lordship, the Precident, and all the bench are so much concerned in that you are best judges of it, tho’ indeed it is the concern of every Scotsman ; and I think the bench should not make light of it, for it concerns them very near, and it may be found that there may be handle enough made here of the protests. . . Blist be God, the Queen recovers extreamlie well. Her gout is now easie to her and going off. She had a Cabinet Councill on Sunday night and was present her self at it. I was with her on Munday morning and I have seldome seen her look better nor more lively every way. Lord continue it long so ” Whitehall, January 19th, 17 If. 78. Letter of Protection. “ John, Duke of Argyll, Generali and Commander in Chief of his Majesties forces in North Britain, &c. You are to take care that no person takes away or abuses any thing in or about the house or upon the estate of the Right Honorable the Earl of Finlater, on pain of the severest punishment. Given at Aberdeen, the 14th February 1716. Argyll. To all officers and soldiers.” 79. Two letters, unsigned and unaddressed, dated 15th February 1717. The “ Sweddish plott ” was still a surprise. Sir Jacob Banks, Caesar and others who were arrested on suspicion have been liberated. 2 it Earl Landsdown is at liberty, and Mr. Hay, whom the Council resolved should be put to death, has made his escape from Carlisle, and the King refused to sign the death warrant. There is not yet any reconciliation among the Ministry, notwithstanding the efforts made for that effect ; the breach is so wide that the overthrow of one of the parties seems imminent. “ They say Baron Bothmar has had frequent interviews with Argyle and Isla, there interest still continuing with the Prince as great as ever. The Parliament men are called up by there friends. Grant has required Glassaugh to goe up and he is half resolved to march on Monday” next for London. 80. Charles, Baron Spencer, afterwards second Duke of Marlborough, to [James, Earl of Findlater and Seafield]. “ February 7th, 1723. My Lord, — My Mama Dutchess, having the headach, makes use of me for a secretary to give your lordship a great many thanks for the honour of your letter which she received to day, and to tell you that she is extreamly pleased that you like her manner of explaining the merits of the cause, which, tho it is not in the forms of a Chancery Bill, are all facts, prov’d and as true as anything in the Bible. Upon the encouragement which your lordship has given her she will give you more papers before the hearing, and she does not doubt but you will assist her in everything that is just, and farther than that she knows herself uncapable of desiring. And she depends upon your justice the more because she is a wittness that the Duke of Marlborough and the late Earl of Godolphin esteemed and loved you ; and she believes their friendships were allways well grounded. She gives you many thanks for your promise of dining with her when you are at leisure. She won’t fix a time for that honour because you will be allways Wellcome, whenever it is easy for you to come ; and she knows when ’tis without invitation you will not dislike a family dinner, which will be allways ready at half an hour after 3. I am, your lordship’s most obedient humble servant, D. Spencer.” [He was grandson of the famous Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, on whose behalf he was writing.] 81. Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, to [James, Earl of Findlater and Seafield]. 44 March 26th, 1724. My Lord,— After I had seen your lordship yesterday I had an agreeable account given me of the inclinations in the House of Lords to doe justice in this compassionate case, but there was an allay in it, for I was assured that my Lord Isla | will exert himself very much for my Lady Mohun to-day. ’Tis so I scandalous a case that I should doubt of it if I had not had it from a very sure hand. This makes me trouble your lordship to beg of you that you will speak for these poor people, and in so just a cause as this there is no doubt but that you will sufficiently answer his lordship. And for the other law lord (I mean Trevor) by what I have heard, my Lord Harcourt and my Lord Chancellor have shewn warmth enough to silence him. I hope your lordship will be aware of any proposal to compound this matter, for they certainly have a right to the arrears as i much as to the land, and there is so many of them that if they have not j both, some of them will still be starving. I am oblig’d to dine abroad I to-day or I should beg your lordship to do me the same favour as you did yesterday, who am, your lordship’s most faithful and most obliged humble servant, S. Marlborough.” . j 82. Charles, second Viscount Townshend, to James, Earl of Findlater and Seafield. That His Majesty is pleased 4< that the j Assembly ended so quietly and with such universal satisfaction,” that MSS. op Countess Dowager of Seafield. I 228 MSS. 05 COTTXTESS Dowager or Seafield. he approves his lordship’s conduct entirely, and attributes the result to his prudence and wise management. Whitehall, 2nd June 1724. 83. General George Wade to the Earl of Findlater and Seafield. “ My Lord, I am extreamly oblidged to your lordship for the honour of your letter, which I this minute receiv’d from your servant. My success in our expedition on the Seaforth was even beyond expectation, the McKensies and other clans having paid a dutifull and obedient submission to His Majesty’s commands, and surrendered their arms to the number of between 700 and 800 in great solemnity, decency, and quiet, and have promised for the time to come to pay in their rents for the use of the publick. “ I had yesterday an express from the Duke of Newcastle, with an account that His Majesty had been pleased to remove his Grace the Duke of Roxburgh from his office of Secretary of State without any intention of putting any in his place, so that the affairs of Scotland are to be transacted by the English secretarys. “Another great peice of news I had from Duncan Forbes, viz., that the brewers of Edinburgh began to capitulate on this day sennight, that they demanded high and unreasonable conditions, but at last consented to continue their brewing so that there is now plenty of ale at Edinburgh. “ I have sent summons’s to all the clans in the neighbourhood of Fort William and Killyhuimen, and shall on Monday set out for those places hopeing they will not scruple to follow the example of the bravest and most formidable clan in the Highlands. I thank your Lordship for your kind invitation, but believe my buisness will not allow me to wait on you. I should be too happy with such a relief from so much hurry and buisness but must strike the iron whilst hot. I am, my Lord, your lordship’s most humble and obedient servant, George Wade. Camp at Inverness, September the 3rd, 1725.” 84. Andrew Sutherland to [the Earl of Findlater and Seafield]. “London, June the 15th, 1727. My Lord, — I thought it my duty to acquant your lordshipe with this sade and sudden surpriss off the King’s death, Sunday last, being 11th instant, at his brother hous at Aussonburgh within 20 mills off Harrenhousen. This day about 12 a cloak the prince was proclamed at Leister hous, Chearing Cross, Temple Barr and Royall Exchange. His late Majesty was taken ill upon the Thursday and continued all Fry day, and was violently taken upon Saturday in fitts of ane apoplexy, and dyed Sunday morning betwixt twelue and on. My Lord, I can give your lordshipe no accompt of the coronation not being prefixt, is all at present from your lordshipe most humble and most obeident servant, Andrew Sutherland.” 85. Henry Home, Lord Karnes, to James, sixth Earl of Findlater and Seafield. “ Edinburgh, 1 3th November 1766. My dear Lord, — I have been longing for a little confabulation with you, and I am glad to have got a subject for satisfying my longing. It concerns the duty upon coall, which runs always in my head. It appears from the books of the Customs that the duty of our coall carried coastways, including what is carried to England, exceeds not, communibus annis, 190/. sterling yearly. This tax is unluckily appropriated, and therefore to get free of it something equivalent must be put in its place. My proposal is to raise by subscription a sum that may yield 190/. yearly, to be paid in to the Treasury in place of this coal tax, but we shall not have occasion to 229 raise so much. Let the duty remain upon the coal carried to England, and therefore I presume the duty we are to buy off may not exceed 150 /. Suppose this the case till^we get more pointed information, a sum of 4 , 000 /, would be more than sufficient ; and can we* doubt but that sum may be easily raised for executing a purpose so laudable. We may expect very considerable contributions from the towns of Aberbrothock, Montrose, Aberdeen, etc. Whenever you come to town we must set this matter a going. A committee must be chosen interested in different counties to draw in subscriptions, &c. Many other projects wait your coming and therefore, nil mihi rescribar attamen ipse veni. H. Home.” In another letter, undated, to Lord Deskford, Lord Karnes writes “ My Lord, writing is an image of conversation and therefor I love to write to you. The subject shall be the duty on coal.” And then he proceeds at length to discuss the English coal duties. 86. James, sixth Earl of Findlater and Seafield to Sir Alexander Grilmour, Baronet, of Craigmillar, M.P. for Midlothian. He desires him to interest himself in getting a grant for the widow of Lord Edgefield. “ There is another thing I have at heart, because I think it of publick consequence. You know I have scarce any acquaintance with my Lord Halliousie. When a second brother he was bred to the law and universally esteemed. His becoming a peer by the death of his elder brother drove him from the Bar, and the narrowness of his fortune confines him to the country where he will be absolutely lost. Everybody must be sensible that as people do not rise from the Scotch law to the peerage as they do in England, the only chance we have for having anybody among the peers who knows anything of our law is by second brothers, bred lawyers, succeeding to peerages. When that happens and they are otherwise of good character, I think it is the business of the Crown to cherish them, to supply this material defect in the House of Lords. And in this view it is my opinion that a pension, not too great an one, of £300 or £400 a year, should be granted to Lord Halliousie, upon condition that he attend the Session house constantly, and read all the papers that are given in to the Court, which I know all the judges ivould concur in procuring him with distinction. The condition might be communicated to him by a private intimation, and I think there can be no doubt of his exerting himself, upon understanding that this is only a preparatory step to make him of use and importance in Parliament. My Lord Panmure is his uncle, and would, I suppose, naturally concur in an application of this kind and take it as a favour done himself.” 11th January 1767. 87. Memorandum from Lord Findlater to Sir Alexander Gilmour about filling up the vacancies in the Trustees office, and in the Commission for the Annexed Estates. In both these offices people of figures are wanted. In the Trustees office merchants are necessary, and it is requisite that the people named should be people that will attend. In this respect Sir Alexander Hick would be proper in both boards, because he has nothing else to do. Henry Hundas, the solicitor, should be added to both boards. Besides these, Lord Findlater thinks Patrick Miller, merchant, and John Fordyce, very proper for the Trustees office; and if there is any doubt about Sir Alexander Hick, he thinks George Chalmers a proper person. In the Commission of Annexed Estates he thinks John Fordyce and George Chalmers extremely proper, and John Havidson, but he believes there are but four vacancies in each board. If my Lord Hales will undertake to attend, he is the fittest man of any to be one of the trustees for the MSS. op Countess Dowagek op Sbafield. I 230 MSS. os Countess Dowager oe Seafield. manufactures.” Inclosed in a letter to Sir Alexander Gilmour, dated Edinburgh, 11th January 1767. 88. James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, to [the Rev. John Grant, Boharm]. “ Monboddo, 24th August 1780. Sir, — I had the favour of your letter, and am very glad to continue the correspondence with a man that I think both sensible and curious.” He refers to some statistics of some northern parishes supplied to him to show the proportions of male and female births, and contrary to his expectation the males are the more numerous. “ If, therefore, it be true what Mr. -Bruce of Abyssinia reports that the number of females born in the ' eastern countries is so much supernumerary to the males, in the ratio, as he says, of 4 to 1, it must be owing to causes which do not exist in this country As to climate, tho’ I know a great deal is ascribed to it by our modern philosophers, and no doubt it has a great effect upon animals and vegetables, I do not think it can affect men in that way, for I am perswaded that in all parts of the earth the males in the human species in a state of nature were supernumerary, and the | effect of the better climate would only be to make them, as well as ; other animals and vegetables, better of the kind. “ As to the numbers they are decreased, and much decreased in almost every one of the parishes except where there are towns or villages, and upon the whole the decrease is very considerable both in the 17 and the 1 3 parishes ; particularly in the parish of Fordun where I live the decrease is near to 7,000 in eighty -four .years. The reasons you give for this decrease are quite satisfactory. It is by the ingrossing of land into few hands, and driving the people either out of the country altogether, or into towns where they are consumed by vices and diseases. ' In this way the great gentlemen swallow up the lesser, the great tenants the small, and the crofters or cottagers, who were by far the most numerous of these three orders of men are, in many parts of Scotland, j almost totally extirpated. But the loss of all others, the most irretrievable in my opinion, and which you very properly lament, is the extinction of our antient families of nobility and gentry which is going on at a wonderfull rate. These were a very numerous race in antient times in Scotland, and were the glory and strength of the country, as they must be in every country. Now I am convinced there is not in Scotland the 10th landholder that was one hundred years ago. In England the depopulation of this kind is, I believe, still greater, for there is hardly a gentleman of 300/. a year to be found in England, and the whole race of yeomanry and gentlemen farmers, answering to our wadsetters and great tenants in the Highlands, is totally extinguished. These are melancholy truths, but I can only wish, and you can only pray for the remedy of such evils which threaten the utter annihilation of the country. But I doubt you cannot pray as Anchises does in Virgil— Dii ! prohibete minas ; Hi, talem avertite casum, Et, placidi, servate pios. For the want of religion, I think, is one of the worst symptoms of our present state, not being at all convinced of the truth of what Mr. David Hume has advanced in his posthumous works, that the less religion there is in a country the better. “ In this melancholy state of our affairs the greatest comfort I have is living as much as I can in the antient world, and I shall peruse with a great deal of pleasure what you are to publish on antient monuments relating to this country. You mention two or three places where the 231 remains of the llomans are to be found. There is one mentioned, as I remember, by Richard the Monk, which he calls the Area finis Imperii Romani. They are yet to be seen near Chanry in Eoss-shire as Colonel Roy the Engineer told me. They are three tumuli of earth and stone. I think it will be worth your while to inquire about them. I am, Sir, with much regard, your most obedient humble servant, Jas. Burnett.” [Several other letters passed between Lord Monboddo and Mr. Grant, and also Mr. Isaac Grant, W. S. Edinburgh, in reference to the proposed publication. While offering all friendly assistance, Mr. Isaac Grant writes in a letter dated 27th December 1780, — “ In the name of wonder why don’t you apply your time and attention to something that everybody will understand, and not deal in abstract things that only will be relished by the literati ?” Lord Monboddo, after reading the MS. writes on the 3rd December 1782, that he “ thought it very well worth printing,” but he had failed in his endeavours to have it taken up in Edinburgh, and was now to apply to Caddel in London. He adds : — “ If it were no more than a compilement from so many antient authors, it would be very usefull to a scholar who desires to be informed about the antiquities of his country, by saving him the trouble of going thro’ the indexes of so many antient books. And besides your preface, which every man studious of those subjects will read with pleasure, you make part of your collection a very rare author, Richard the Monk of Cirencester, of whom [I] believe I have the only copy in Scotland. This alone should make your work sell in such a country as this ; at least I am perswaded it will do so in England, where that book is equally rare.” Caddell, however, refused to undertake the responsibility, and in a letter from Lord Monboddo, dated 13th March 1785, mention is made of the “ valuable MS.” being returned to Mr. Grant. IV, — Miscellaneous Writs in the Charter Room at Cullen House. 89. Notarial Instrument narrating that in presence of the notary and witnesses underwritten, in full Court in the Court-house, compeared James Ogilvy, of Drumnakeith, and Thomas Duff, bailies of the burgh of Cullen, with the councillors and fellow burgesses thereof, and in a high and intelligible yet sufficiently lamentable voice deplored the abuses and confusions into which misgovernment had brought the affairs of the burgh ; and they agreed to elect certain understanding and discreet burgesses to whom they give the power of setting in tack all lands, mills, and others belonging to the said burgh, and that all persons holding such should resign the same for a regrant thereof, in the hands of the said bailies, which they hereby did. Done on 16th March 1480-1. Witnesses, James Ogilvy, of Drumnaketh, John Duff, senior, and Thomas Duff, senior, brother-german of the said John. Robert Doloquhy, Notary. 90. Precept of Sasine by Mr. Patrick Lumysdene, rector of the Bridge of Spey (Pontis de Spey) and superior of the lands of Robertis- feld, Hugestoun, and Ynchkandy, directing Alexander Ogilvy in Glashalch, his bailie, to infeft James Dunbar, of Cumnok, and Elizabeth Ogilvy, his spouse, in conjoint fee in these lands, lying in the sheriffdom of Forres, and which were resigned by the said James for that purpose. Dated at llothes, 16th April 1508. Witnesses, Mr. Edward Cunninghame, rector of Cussyny, Andrew of Sinclair, vicar of Lagan, notary public, Sir James Greir, chaplain, and others. MSS. or Countess Dowager of Seafield I 232 MSS. op COTJHTESS Dowageb OP Sbafield. 91. Dispensation by Edward, bishop of Orkney, as commissary and executor of Lawrence, Cardinal of the four crowned saints, Papal penitentiary, narrating that on 12th February 1524 there personally compeared before him in the aisle or chapel of St. John the Baptist in the Metropolitan Church of St. Andrews, Walter Ogilvie, laird of Cragboyne, of the diocese of Aberdeen, and John Keith, son and heir apparent of Gilbert Keith of Balmuir, as procurator for Christian Keith, daughter of Sir William Keith, Earl Marischal, whose appoint- ment, dated at the Castle of Dunnottar on 9th March 1524, under the seal of the said Earl, and attested by Gilbert Keith of Troup, Alexander Keith of Pettindrum, Sir John Leicht, vicar of Dunnottar, and others, is inscribed at length, and desired a dispensation for the marriage of the said Walter Ogilvy with the said Christian Keith. They were related in the fourth and fourth degrees of consanguinity, because Elizabeth Maitland, by her first husband, begat a son, James Edmonstoun, and by her second husband, a daughter, Elizabeth Creychtoun. This James Edmonstoun begat a daughter, Margaret Edmonstoun, who begat George Ogilvie, and George Ogilvie, begat the said Walter Ogilvie. Elizabeth Creychtoun was the mother of George Gordon, who begat Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of Marischal, who was the mother of Christian Keith. The dispensation is granted with consent of Malcolm Halcrow, priest of the diocese of Orkney, who presented the letters, and is dated 12th February 1524, according to the Scottish computation. Witnesses, Andrew, bishop of Caithness, John, adjutor to the bishop of Orkney, Sir Thomas Myrtoun, archdeacon of Aberdeen, Mr. Kobert Reid, sub-dean of Moray, Mr. Andrew Patrickson, Sir John Mathieson, Mr, Andrew Yrland, Andrew Strang of Petcorthie, and others. 92. Notarial Instrument under the hand of Richard Daloquhy, priest of Moray, before whom personally compeared John Gordon, lord of the third part of the lands of Innerchero, and acknowledged that it was his own seal engraved with three boars’ heads, and a star in the middle, with which he had sealed a charter of alienation and a precept of sasine of the third part of his lands of Innerchero to Alexander Ogilvy of that ilk and which he now ratifies and confirms. Done at Auchindown before William Forbes, in Keithmore, and others. 31st July 1531. 93. Charter of Erection by William, bishop of Aberdeen, of the parish and parish church of Deskford, whereby at the request of Alexander Ogilvy of that ilk, whose petition bore that to many of the parishioners the parish church of Fordyce w 7 as too remote for their attendance on Lord’s days and festival days especially in inclement w T eather, and that the inhabitants of that parish were too numerous for one pastor, while the residenters on the barony of Deskford had to travel to the said church by desert ways, the said bishop, with consent of his chapter, specially congregated, and sixty days’ notice of the petition having been given to all parties having interest by public edict, erects the chapel in the barony of Deskford into a parish church ; with all the privileges and immunities belonging of right or custom thereto, with bell-tower and bells, baptismal font, cemetery and right of sepulture, and of ministering and bestowing all other sacraments of the Church on the parishioners within the bounds of the barony of Deskford; to be called in all time coming the parish church of St. John of Deskford, the said Alexander Ogilvy having rebuilt the chapel in honour of Almighty God, his mother, the Virgin Mary, and in memory of the most blessed John the Baptist, and having adorned it within and without with ornaments and priestly vestments, and procured its dedication and consecration into a church 233 by the hands of the priest (pontificis). In the said church a fit man is to be ordained as priest, presented by the dean and chapter, who provide for his sustenance out of the teinds of the church of Deskford a yearly stipend of 8/. Scots, Alexander Ogilvy of that ilk having granted a garden and manse suitable thereto in perpetual alms. To all which also, by notarial instrument, Sir John Robertson, perpetual vicar of the Church of Fordyce, for himself and his successors, gave his consent. Dated at the Chapter-house (Canon iam) of Aberdeen, 14th October 1543. Witnesses, James Mowtray, vicar of Turrekkillis, Walter Stewart, Thomas Scheres, vicar of Keltoun, clerk of our Chapter, Laurence Young, chaplain ofWesthall, Peter Huchesoun, vicar of Tullinessill, and James Skene, notary public. Subscribed by W 9 Eps. Abdonen, R. Erskin, decani Abdonen., Dauid Dischintone, cator, G. Marcel, cancellarius, Joannes Steuard, thesaurarius, Jacobus Gordoun de Lernay, Jobes Cumyng de Der, Patricius Morton, archil, Ducan? BiJet de Methlak, Ro. Lokhart a Drumayok, Arthurus Taillefere de Crechmond, Wiltms Cabell de Tullynessill, mau ppa, Alex r . Kyd, succetor s 1 , Thomas Suthirland, pbefi2 de Ellone, manu ppia, Johanes Ogiluy de Crudane, Alexander Gallouay a Kynkeli, Henricus Forsy* de Monymosk. MSS. or Countess Dowager or Seafiei/d. 94. “ The Intitulatioun and Inuentour of all the moveabill guddis and gier pertenying and beying in the possessioun of me, James Ogilvy of Fyndlatter, gitfin vp be my awin mowth at Fyndlatter the xvj day of Septembere, in the yere of God mv c sextie and fyiff yerris, to stand as my testament and last vill quhill I renew and reforme the samin, maid befoir vitnes, Michaell Ogilvy of Cultis, James Ogilvy, sone to vmquhill Jolme Ogilvy of Glassacht, and Maister Yilliame Lawty, notar.’ 5 He gives an inventory of his farm stock and other goods, but all the values are not filled in. At the end he says All rest of teynd siluer of the foirsaidis kyrkis (Inverboyndie and Deskford) onpait to me, I leef the samyn to Mr. Williame Lawtie, becaus he lies beyn to me ane gude seruand in all tym past.” He appoints James, Lord Ogilvy, tutor to his grandson, Walter Ogilvy, with the administration of the whole lands pertaining to the barony of Ogilvy of Findlater which are held in feu, viz., the lands of Findlater, with pertinents, Blareschenocht, Bruntown, Sefeild, Yodfeild, and Smythtown ; and also assigns to him what remains of his tack of the teind sheaves of Inverboyndie and Banff, held of the Abbot and Convent of Arbroath, and of his tack, of those of Cullane, Deskfurd, Fyndlatter, Ivnokdurnis, Drechadleis, Tullynath, Longmure, Half Baddinspink, Half Paddokburn, and Half Newmyll, held of the canons and chapter of Aberdeen, which tacks belonged to him as donator to the escheat of the deceased Sir John Gordon. He appoints his natural son, Alexander Ogilvy, his assignee to the reversion of the lands of Fyndauchtie from “ Mareyone Ogilvy, my sister,” and bequeaths 300 merks to him to help to redeem them, but places him under the tutorage of Mr. William Lawtie, during his minority, and he is to be overseen by George Ogilvy of Dunlugus and George Ogilvy of Auchquhenany, his “ tender freyndis ” and executors. To his natural daughter, Barbara Ogilvy, he bequeaths 100/., and directs that she be under the guiding of his said sister. He also gives legacies of 20 merks to each of the following : James Ogilvy, son to John Ogilvy of Glassaucht, and his brother, John Ogilvy, George Ogilvy, son to George Ogilvy of Myltoun, and his brother James; Alexander Ogilvy, son to George Ogilvy, elder, and his brother, George Ogilvy. In concluding he says, “ My wif, Marjory Levynston, to hef all thinge pleissandly without ony cumber quhilk scho aucht and suldhef of the law or compocission ressonabilly thairfor be advisse of freyndis.” 2 234 MSS. or COUJTTESS Dowager op Seafield. 95. Charge by King James the Sixth to James, Lord of Torphichen, to receive and enter Alexander Hay, director of Chancery in “ the tempilland contenand ane yard and croft adiaceient thairto on the south syde of the kirkyard of Cullane, betuix the landis pertening to the prebendarie of Sanct An on the south, the kirk croft at the eist, the Greshauch and Castelyard at the west, the landis of Johnne Ogiluy on the north ; quhilk yard was occupiit be vmquhile Sir George Duff, provest of Cullane, and the said croft, occupiit be Johnne Gillane in the toun and territorie of the burgh of Cullane within the sherefdome of Banff ; and ane vther croft of tempilland lyand in the Drummeris within the territory and sherefdome forsaides occupiit siclike be the said Johnne Gillane betuix the Priestisfauld at the south, the landis of Sanct Annis prebendarie at the west, the landis of the Magdalene prebendarie at the eist, and the heding of the landis of the Halie Croce prebendarie, occupiit be Duncane Bobertsoun at the north,” which had been apprised by James Lord Torphichen for unpaid duties since the death of Christie Pratt last lawful possessor thereof who died in June 1514, and to the nonentry duties of which the said Alexander Hay was donator. Dated at Edinburgh, 9th January 1576-7. [In another document dated 31st March 1612, John Duff of Muldavit, Mr. Patrick Duff of Darbruiche, his brother, Walter Duff, son of John, and present prebendary of St. Ann, and Adam Duff, his brother-german, confirm the right of James Law tie, burgess of Cullen, to certain of these prebendary lands either acquired from his deceased father, William Lawtie, or from the said Alexander Hay.] 96. Mutual Bond of Manrent and Maintenance whereby Alexander Ogilvy of Boyne agrees to “ honour and acknawledge ” Sir Walter Ogilvy of Eindlater, as his u clieif and principall off quhais hous and name he is discendit,” and concur with and assist him accordingly, “as ane kinnis- man aucht to do to his cheiff” ; and Sir Walter promises the reciprocal defence and protection, “ as becumis ane cheiff to his kinnisman.” To this they pledge themselves for their lifetimes. Dated at Fordyce, 30th January 1589. Witnesses, Sir George Ogilvy of Dunlugus, James Dunbar of Tarbet, Walter Ogilvy, apparent of Dunlugus, and Thomas Innes of Pethuyk. • 97. Bond of Manrent by George Currour, fiar of Inschdrour, that “ Forsameikill as Walter Currour my father, and haill predicessouris before him, liawe being bund in serwice and dependence to the lairdis off Findlater, as the bowse maist kyndlie to thame to depend vpon for mony respectis ; and in respect I am to succeid to the said Walter, my father, his lowing, heretage and possessiounis, and hawing considderit my greatest weil sail consist in keiping my honest dewtie to the said hous,” he gives his pledge to be faithfull and true to Sir Walter Ogilvy, now of Findlater, knight, and his heirs ; the said Sir Walter, in return, promising his protection. Dated at Cullen, 7th May 1598. One of the witnesses is James Ogilvy of Blerak. 98. Mutual bond of friendship between Sir Walter Ogilvy of . Findlater and John Leslie of Balquhain, whereby they agree to “ frequent and hant ilk ane otheris house and companie as occasioun sail offer and mister permit, aluayis at sum spetiall tyme, ilk ane of us to spend aucht, tenc or tuell dayis in otheris houses as salle pleis ather off vs to apoint the other wpone lauchtfull varning off ane moneth befor ve sail meit, no excuise except ane verray lauchfull and veill knawne caus to be admittit. The contravenar salbe bund to pay the 235 penaltie off ane puntione of wyne, and to be ane brekar of trew freind- ship.” Dated at Cullen, 12th January 1605, MSS. op Countess Dowager op Seafield. 99. Inventories of the jewels and clothes of Lady Anna Hamilton, wife of Hugh, Lord Montgomery, afterwards seventh Earl of Eglinton, and mother of Lady Anna Montgomerie, who married James, third Earl of Eindlater, and was mother of Chancellor Seafleld. The inventory of jewels has already been given from the Eglinton Charter Chest [Report X., Part I., page 35], but on this copy there are notes signed by Lady Anna Montgomerie, aunt of the young lady, dated at Eglinton 24th February, 19th June, and 18th November 1646, stating that 44 the bairin hes gotin out ” and 44 my berm hes gotin out,” certain rings, etc,, there described. In the 44 Inventar of the clothis and apparrell belonging to my Lady Montgomerie the tyme of hir ladyshipis deceis, sett doun the 24 of October 1632, are contained,— 44 Ane gryt nycht goun of freisit cloth of gold. 44 Ane waistcot of rid sattein imbroderit with gold, and imbroderit slippes. “ Ane goun of cloth of gold, laid over with teveli of gold, and sum gold buttonis, wdth kertill aud stammager conforme. 44 Ane blak dames goun, laid over with sylver teveli, with sleives, stamager and kertill of quhyt satin, imbroderit with sylver, lynit with incarnet taffitie. 44 Ane blak vroght velvet goun, laid over with gold lugit lace, with kirtill, sleives of cloth of tuschie, and stammager of ane stuff lyke vnto tusche, laid over with gold lace. 44 Ane pink colourit tabbie goun, laid over with sylver lace, with kirtill, sleives, and stammager of the same conforme. 44 Ane blak sattin goun, flowrit with sylver and laid over with sylk and sylver lace cutt vpoun tua taffiteis, with sleives, stammager, and kirtill of the samyn conforme. 44 Ane blak tabbie goun, flourit with divers collouris of flowris, laid over with blak lugit silk lace, with sleives, stammager, and kirtill of cloth of sylver. 44 Ane quhyt flourit taffitie nicht goun. 44 Ane petti cot of cloth of sylver, laid over about the taill with ane dipe fringzie of sylver. 44 Ane petticott of cramissie velvot, laid about the taill with aucht gold lace. 44 Ane waistcott of grein taffitie, wroght with pettie-point. 44 Ane naipkine of quhyt holland cloth, w r roght in cutt work with gold and silk. 44 Ane bairnes face cloth and collercloth, wdth ane brod gold perling, and sum gold wroght vpoun the collercloth. 44 Ane nicht pok of blew, imbroderit with gold. 44 Ane rid skarlet ryding cott and hude, laid over with sylver lace and sylver buttonis; and ane pair of mittonis conforme. 44 Ane imbroderit Bybill. 44 Ane blew velvit saddill, laid over with sylver lace, and ane sylver fringzie with all furnitour conforme. 44 Ane approne of tifine, with sylver ribbin and sylver perline schowit with sylver. 44 Ane cuscheon cloth of cut work, with ribbin and perline. 44 Fourtene ellis of flourit taffitie, blak cullourit.” i 236 MSS. 07 Countess Dowager op Seafield. 100. Protest by the undersigned peers and others against an act of the Privy Council, taxing equally all the teinds within the kingdom of Scotland, as well those held by just and undoubted right, as those aimed at by the Commission of Erections, which are more questionable. They are not unwilling to enlarge the King’s patrimony by the taxation of their teinds, but they are desirous that their good teinds should not be prejudiced by being placed on a level with the others. No date, but circa 1633. Signed by “ Huntlye, Eglintoun, Wintoun, Seafort, Blantyre, Burghly, Cranstoune, Ramsay, Deskfoord, Petsligo, A. Gray, S. J. Grant, A. Falconer, fiar of Halcartoun, J. Neutoun, Sir W. Sinclair of Cadboll, Patrik Bruce of Nevtovne, D. Pitcairne of that Ilk, J. McKenzie of Tarbat, W. Seton of Meldrum, Johne Gordoune, Sinclair of Murkill, Robert Innes of Balvenj, William Bruice, Jo. Cranstoune of Thorndykis, Johne Cranstoune of Skeddisbus, T. Cromby of Kemnay,” and another. 101. Discharge by George, second Marquis of Huntly, to James, Earl of Findlater, from whom he has received “full satisfactione . . for certane parcells of his Maiesteis arrnes and ammunitione delyvered by me to Thomas Abercrombie of Skeith ” in 1639. Dated 1st April 1644. 102. Licence ** by the Commissioners of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England for orderinge and managinge affaires in Scotland,” to the burgh of Cullen, to choose magistrates and officers for the government thereof, “ according to their former rites and customes,” their deputy having declared their “ acceptance of the tender ” of the said Parliament, “ to be incorporated into the Common- wealth of England, and to be one therewith,” and engaged to live peaceably and in obedience thereto. In the exercise of their authority the magistrates are to use “ in all cases where formerly the name or stile of kings hath bin used,” that of “ the Keepers of the Libertie of England by authority of Parliament.” Forms of the oaths to be taken by every person elected to the magistracy, and by burgesses and freemen are subjoined, and also a form of declaration to be subscribed by all electors before exercising the franchise. The first election is to take place within fifty days of the granting of this licence, which is dated at Dalkeith, 13th March 1651, and signed by 01. St. John, Ri. Deane, Robert Tichborne, and R. Salwey. 103. Notarial Instrument narrating that certain of the magistrates and burgesses of Cullen had gone to the mosses and muirs of the said burgh, where James Hay of Rantis, Peter Gordon, natural sou to Sir John Gordon of Park, and James Cock, elder and younger of Carnoch, “ accompanied with ane great many people of his Hyenes frie leidges with great tries and corne forkis, quhom they had convocated in ane hostile way,” had cast down the just marches of the said burgh, “ quhilk wer erected by the old ancestors of the saidis magistrats of Cullen sine ever it had ane bieing to be ane toune, and incroatching extreamlie vpon the just liberties of the said burgh ” by setting up new marches. These the magistrates of Cullen now cast down, thus making civil interruption, but being threatened by their opponents with hostilities, James Cock, younger, being girt with “ane vnlawfull veapon vpon his syde (called ane durk),” they took instruments. Dated 9th Angust 1656. In a summons raised by the magistrates of Cullen against Hay of Rannes, and his associates, dated 29th October 1661, in connection 237 with this dispute, both the incident itself and a subsequent feud between Hay and the town is more fully narrated. 104. Obligation by John, Earl of Tullibardine, and Sir James Ogilvie, principal Secretaries of State for Scotland, that seeing they had granted a commission to Mr. Alexander Belshes, writer, in Edinburgh, to be sheriff clerk of Midlothian for his lifetime, in consideration whereof he had paid to them, equally between them, 500/. sterling, they for their respective halves thereof would refund the same in the event of James Scott, the late sheriff- clerk, reducing their said gift in the Court of Session, Belshes being accountable to them meanwhile for the profits and perquisites of the office received by him. Dated at Holyrood House, 15th September 1696. 105. French letter. General Ogilvy to James, Earl of Seafield, Chancellor of Scotland. That he had long desired to know about his family in Scotland, and had now learned from Mr. de Macky, lately come from that country to the Imperial residence, how his lordship held the office of Lord Chancellor there. His Majesty King Charles had been pleased to honour his father, now deceased, “ par une diplome de nostre famille. Mais come dans la derniere guere des Barbars l’original fit perdu dans les flames, que les Tourques ont estandu dans la plus grande partie de ce pais, vous me pauriez obliger infiniment, en me procurant un autre de la meme sorte et signature, pour l’honneur de nostre famille estranger danc ce pais ici ; quoyque pour l’a present il y ne soient que moy, mon fils unique, qui est capitain dans le regiment de Baden, et 4 de mes seurs dont il y a 2 dans les convants religieuse.” He hopes for an early reply. For the present he is in the service of his Imperial Majesty. Dated at Vienna, 7th November 1703, and signed “ B. Fr. Ogilvy, M r General.” 106. Several pages of ciphers used in the State correspondence of this period, including two of “ My Lord Thesaurers Cypher ” (Earl of Godolphin), the old one and “the new one” ; also “ Mr. Johnstone’s Cypher,” at the end of which is written, “ Direct for Mr. J. thus — For Alexand r Fraser, Haberdasher of Hatts at the Elephant at Charing Cross, London.” There is also “Mr. Weatherburnes Cypher,” and another called “ Cipher C.,” this last being altogether of a mixed numerical and hieroglyphic nature. 107. “A State of the Actings and Sufferings of the deceast John Seton of Pitmedden, James and Sir Alexander Setons, his sons, for the royal family, commencing from the beginning of the intestine warrs of the kingdom of Scotland in the year 1638. Written by the said Sir Alexander, and humbly offered to the right honourable the Earle of Finlater, lord High Chancellour of North Britain, to be communicated to the Queen’s Majesty, as his lordship, after discoursing the Earl of Mar, shall think convenient, who will concurr with his lordship and shall have a copy of the same memoriall.” He narrates the particulars of his father’s and elder brother’s lives and deaths, also of his own life (being now in his 79th year, and having been born in 1635), and also about his mother, a daughter of Johnstone of Elphinstone and second wife of James, first Earl of Hartfell. The object of the narrative was to interest the Queen and procure payment of certain arrears af salary due to him as a lord of Session before he was deprived of that office in 1686, Circa 1714. MSS. oi COUKTESS Dowagbr OI Seafield. Bi 238"; MSS. 05 Countess Dowaoee oe Seafield. 108. List of the Faculty of Advocates in 1746, in duplicate, giving the year of each members entry from 1692 down to 1746, with notes against many of the names, e.g ., Sir William Cockburn, T., old. 1699. Mr. George Douglas, W., fail’d. 1704. Mr. Charles Areskine, W., old and fail’d. 1707. Mr. Thomas Menzies, Cuteraws, dead. 17 10. Mr. David Walker, W., no lawyer. 1711. Sir Philip Anstruther, Clerk to the Bills, W., unfitt. 1716. Mr. David Rutherford, no lawyer, probably whig. 1719. Mr. John Erskine, senr., W. D. Carnock, said to be a gentleman of great honour. 1726. Mr. George Sinclair, W., fit, brother to Steinson. These are but few out of the list, which contains in all about 180 names ; W. evidently denotes Whig, and T. Tory. William Eraser. 239 I N 1) E X, A. Abbotroul, co. Roxburgh, 65. Abbots, their oath of allegiance to the Pope, 6, 38. Aberbrothock. See Arbroath. Abercorn, Abircorne, lord of, 11. Abercrombie of Skeith, Thomas, 236. Abercromby, Abercromy, Mr., 208, 210, 224. Aberdalgie, co. Perth, 5. Aberdeen, 149, 182, 229. archdeacon of, 232, 233. — — - letter to, 184. Thomas, bishop of, 17. William, bishop of, 232. canons of, 26, 27, 38, 83. — and chapter of, 233. chancellor of, 233. chapter clerk, 233. chapter house, deed dated at, 233. dean of, 233. diocese of, 232. duke of Cumberland’s army at, 48. King’s College, letter dated at, 14 8. letter dated at, 226. precentor of, 27. succentor of, 233. treasurer of, 27, 233. the shire, 2. sheriff of, 27. Aberdeen, earl of, 116. Abergeldie, laird of, 164. Aberlady, barony of, 76. Aberlemno, church of, 176, 183-185, 188. Abernethy, deed dated at, 182. provost of. See Schaw. Abernethy, Abirneihy : George, provost of Dumbarton, 21, James, 20. Laurence, lord, baron of Plenderleith, 20 . sir Laurence, 4. Oswald, 25. William, lord, deed of, 21. Abernethy of Rothimay, sir Laurence, 22. Abington. See Scott. Abirbrothoc. See Arbroath. Abirnethy. See Abernethy. Aboyn, Aboyne: Charles, first earl of, letter of. 111. earl of, 169. Abyssinia, 230. Achesoun, John, huntsman of James VI., 78. Achincross, mill of, 62. Achinlek. See Auchinlek. Achintoul. See Gordon. Adair : Mr., 99. William, minister of Ayr, 93. Adams, captain, 114. Advocate, the. See Lord Advocate. Advocates, faculty of, 238. iEdie, David, 149. Africa, 53. African Company. See Darien. Aikenhead, — -, the business of, 103, 130, 131, 132. Ailleme of Reston, Gilbert, 83. Aird, the, 138. Aith, 125. Aiton, Hector, 135. Aitton, — , his man Cluny, 167. Akine, William, 138. Alanson, William, 38. Alatri, bull dated at, 37. Albania, Roderick, bishop of, 188. Albany: Alexander, duke of, earl of March, charters of, 66 (2). John, duke of, the regent, 28. Robert, duke of, the regent, 5. — — earl of Fife and Menteith, 15, 27, 179-182. - — — letters of, 179. Albemarle, earl of, 116. Aid Monros, lord of, 187: Aid Roxburgh. See Auld Roxburgh. Aldtonburne. See Altonburn. Aldtoun, Roger of, 8. Aldtownburne. See Altonburn. Alensone, John, bailie of Jedburgh, 18. Alexander, King of Scotland, 177. Alexander IV., Pope, bulls of, 37. Alexander VI. (Borgia), Pope, bull of, 39. Alexander, David, 76. Alexander of Menstry : James, 91. William, afterwards earl of Stirling, 91, 92. Allan Water, 168. Allardes, Mr., 224. Alnwick, letter dated at, 150. Altermony, land of, 178. Altonburn, Aldtownburne, Haletonburne, Awtounburne, co. Roxburgh, lands of 3 1, 2, 4, 8-12. See also Ker. Alves, co. Elgin, 49. 1 240 Alway, warrant dated at, 40. Alwethe, 91. A. M., letter signed, 113. Ambassadors : from France 180. from Germany to England, 104, 172. from Holland to England, 192, 220. from Scotland to England, 34. See also Bellenden. America, 113. Amisfield, the family of 2, 5, 29, 30. Anagni, bull dated at, 38. Anande, Robert de, 177. Anchises, 230. Ancrum. See Ker. documents dated at, 33. Anderson : Al., letter of, 139. James, author of Diplomata Scotie, 170. Margaret his daughter, 169. Mistress, King’s printer, 135. in Kello, Robert 85. Androson, William, 21. Angus, 67. shire of, 117, 182. sheriff of, 182. Angus and Mearns, memorials of, 177, 190. Angus : Archibald, earl of, 27, 28. Margaret his wife, 28. earl of, 7, 42, 66, 67, 119. George, earl of, and lord Douglas of Liddisdale and Jedburgh, warden of the East and Middle Marches, deeds of, 10, 19, 182. Thomas Stewart, earl of, 181. Margaret his daughter, 181. William, earl of, 90, 105, 182. William, Douglas, earl of, 24. William, tenth earl of, in ward for Roman Catholicism, 102. letter of, 106. Anhalt, prince of, 123. Anislie. See Aynesley. Ankrem, Ankrum : Agnes, 109. Robert, 89. Anna of Denmark, queen of James VI., 61, 79, 93. Annandale, Vallis Anandie, lord of, See Bruce, Dunbar, Ranulphi. Annandale, earl of, 116, 119, 151, 213, 215. letter of, 118. marquis of, 200, 205, 206. William, earl of, letter of, 134. Anne, the queen, 61, 104, 155, 156, 158, 159, 162, 172, 191-194, 198-226, 237. letters, & c., of, 100, 194-196. letters to, 220, 225. Annexed Estates, commission' for the, 229. Anstruther, Philip, 238. Anthone, Robert, 75. Antin, John of, the Pope’s wr ter, 176, 183, 184. ! Antwerp, 53. j Anysle. See A} r nesley. I Apostolic Chancellery, the. See Rome. ; Appin men, 122, 166. 1 Arbroath, Aberbrothock, Abirbrothoc, 229. I abbott and convent of, 233. Bernard, abbot of, the chancellor, 15, 178, 179. charters dated at, 15, 178, 179. Arbuthnot, — , 136. Ardgour : the current of, 166. young, 166. Ardnequerc. See Cossans. Ardquhork. See Cossins, Little. Are. See Ayr. Areskine, Charles, 238. Argyll, Argyle : Archibald, marquis of, 33. Charles, son of the earl of, 129. Colin, earl of, master of the household, 17. creation of dukedom, 59. earl of, 116. fourth earl of, 42. liinth earl of, 103, 115. tenth earl of, 122, 13,4, 139, 140, 141. John, duke of, 163, 166, 168, 169, 192, 203, 205, 212-215. commander in chief of King George’s forces in North Britain, 227. letter of, 226. letter to, 196. lord high commissioner, 204-208. marquis of, 82. Aristotle, proverbs of, 95. Arkinholm, battle of, 3. Armestrangis Park, co. Berwick, 70. Armorial bearings, 95. Armstrong : captain, aide-de-camp to the duke of Argyll, 169. William, 75. I Army, the, 201, 206, 215. commissary of, 133. I Arniston. See Dundas. letter dated at, 110. j Arnold, justice, 141. j Arnot, Arnott : captain, 169. John, treasurer depute, 79. | William, 79. j of Cartindoray, James, 80. Arran, earl of, 116, j Asdaill, William, 29. Ashley river, Carolina, 114. Assintone, co. Berwick, 68. Assize of Justice Eyres, office of the, 42. A thole, 138, 208. Athole : earl of, 122. arms of, 95. John, first duke of, 164, 192, 199, 202, 203, 225. letters of, 219, 223. marquis of, 138. Morays, dukes of, 98. 241 Athole Papers, the, 103, 137, 147. Atkynson, Atkynsoun : John, 67. John, vicar of Morton, 19. of Lathame, John, 65. Auchinbrane, co. Ayr, 89. Auchinbreck, laird of, 166. See also Campbell. Auchinbrume, 29. Auchindown, deed dated at, 232. Auchinleck, Achinlek : James, 25, 27. sir James, 22, 25. Auchinmonoche, co. Ayr, Craftheid in, 89. Auchinskowane. See Charteris. Auchmilling, Over, co. Ayr, 89. Auchnoul. See Bellenden. Auchterhouse. See Lyon. Auchtertyre. See Murray. Audenare [? Oudenarde], letter dated from the camp near, 124. Auenel, William. See Avenell. Auger, lieutenant-general, 123. Augustinian Order, the, 183, 188. Auld, John, 29. Auldbar. See Lyon. Auldincraw. See Paxtoun. Auld Montrose, 182. Auld Roxburgh, 5, 14, 15. Auldyncrau, John, 67. Ausburgh, 203. Aussonburgh, death of George 1. at, 228. Avandale : Andrew, lord, the chancellor, 3, 17, 27. earl of. See Douglas and Avandale. Avenar, John, 28.. Avenell, Auenel, William, 174, 179. Avignon, bull dated at, 38. Awtounburne. See Altonburn. Aynesley, Ay nysle, Aynisle, Anysle,Anislie : Henry, 21. James, bailie of Jedburgh, 18. John, 20. John of, 8, 13, 18. lord of Dolphington, 10, 14, 21, 28. * Uchtir of, 10. William of, 13. Ayr, Are, 77, 96. charter dated at, 67. kirk session of, 93. letter dated at, 134. the county, 2. commissioners of supply in, 134. sheriff of, 62, 77. sherifFdom of, 67, 89. Ayton, Aytoun, 85. letter dated at, 109. Ayton, laird of, his brother, 40. y 78289. B. Baden, regiment of, 237. Badenoch, 163. Alexander, lord of, 179-181. Bagot, colonel, 49. Bailie, Baillie : master Bernard, parson of Lamington, 89. _ captain, 135. John, 89. of Jerviswood, George, 103, 121, 129, 195, 204. letter of, 172. his wife, Grisel Home, 104, 173. letters of, 125, 126 (2), 172. Baird, sir William, 53. Balfour, Balfowr: Gilbert, 44. Robert, 40. Walter, 40. of Powhous, David, 92. Balgowny. See Sibbald. Balinehois, co. Forfar, 182. Balintore, Bally nch ore, co. Forfar, Upper and Nether, 181. Ballad, a seditious, 55. Ballantrae, co. Galloway, 134. Ballumby, lord of. See Lowell. Ballynchore. See Balintore. Balmerenoch, lord of, 108. Balmouttie. See Bosewell. Balmuir. See Keith. I Balmukedy, Balmekedy, Balmocattie/ co. Forfar, 181-183. Balnaves of Halhill, Henry, 40. Balquhair. See Leslie. Balvany, Balwany, lord of. See Douglas. Balveni. See Innes. Balye, Mariota, 72. Baize, John, 29. Banff : sheriffdom of, 234. teinds of, 233. Banks, sir Jacob, 226. Bannatyne Club, publications of the, 6, 39. Bannockburn, 174, 175. Barbados, 114. Barbary, captives in, 103, 130, 131. Barboith, co. Aju*, 89. Barbour, — , 1 74. Barcare, John, bailie of Edinburgh, 22. Bard : Richard of, and his brother Fergus, 178. sir Robert of, knt., 178. Bardarroche. See Cathcart. Barefoot, Magnus, king of Norway, 174. Barelay : sir George, 149, 150. Thomas, 79. Q 2 242 Bargany, laird of, 40. Barklay of Pearstoun, sir Robert, bis son taken in a Swedish ship, 136. Barmure, teinds of, 77. Barnbougal. See Primrose. Barningtoun, lands of, 40. Barningtoun Leyis, 40. Barnwell, kirk session of, 93. Bairo. See Hay. Bartonpand. See Charteris. Barrow, the tynt of, 44. Barrowfeild, — , 169. Bath, 222. Bauld, Bartholomew, prebendary of Dun- glas, 69. Bearcrofts. See Munro. Beaton: 50 James, archbishop of Glasgow, 28. archbishop of St. Andrews, 77. Beaufort. See Fraser. Beaumont, lord, 53. Beckwith, brigadier, 50. Begartis. See Johnstone. Belgone, co. Haddington, teinds of, 73. Belhaven, Beilkaven, lord, 99, 104, 159, 200, 208. Bell: Adam, 44. John, 42. Bellenden, Bellentyne : Christian, prioress of St. Catherine’s of Sienna, 6, 42, 43, 46. sir James, and Margaret his wife, 6. John, lord, 1. Katherine, wife of Francis Bothwell, 70. sir Lewis, ambassador to England, 7. letter to, 45. Thomas, director of chancery and justice clerk, 6, 42. master Thomas, the bishop of Dun- keld’s man, 42. William, first lord, 1, 6. William, seventh lord, fourth duke of Roxburgh, 1, 5, 6. William of, 21. Bellenden of Auchnoul : Catherine, 60. sir John, justice clerk, 5, 6, 40, 42, 43. Barbara his wife, 6. Bellenden of Stenhouse, Patrick, 44. Bellenden Papers, the, 6, 42, 45, 46. Belsches, John, 33. Belses. See Haket. Belshes, Alexander, sheriff clerk of Mid- lothian, 237. Beltoun, lord of, 63. Bene, Richard, 67. Benedict, or Benuet, James, bishop of St. Andrews, 176, 186. Benedict XI 11., Pope, bulls of, 38. Benedictine Order, monks of the, 149. Bonnet, Bennett : James, 32. William, 47. William, parson of Ancrum, 33. I Bennet — cont. of Grubet, sir William, letters of, 53-55. Benston, John of, 74. Benthem, count of, 123. Berkeley, sir David of, knt., 179. Bernet of Meihlak, Duncan, 233. Bernham, David, elect of St. Andrews, 176. , charter of, 185. Bernishill, co. Roxburgh, 20. Bertilmew, Thomas, 20. Berttilmo, Vilzam, 44. Berwick, the county, 102, 108, 109, 112, 114, 131. commissioners to Parliament from, 107. families of, 60, 82. lord lieutenant of, 104, 163. petition from gentlemen heritors of, 81. sheriff of, 65, 85, 163. sheriff court of, 84. sheriff depute of, 78, 83, 84, 85, 90. Berwick, duke of, 149. Berwick-on-Tweed, 2, 34, 45, 65, 111, 131, 166, 167, 173, 178. council or parliament at, 174. letter dated at, 107. mutiny designed at, 136. postmaster of, 200. Bethroule, 28. Betshiel, Betschele, co. Berwick, 64. Bible, the, 227. Billie, Bill} r . See Ranton. Bing, sir George, 160, 161. Binning. See Hamilton. Bishops, the English, 158. Blacader, Blacater : Adam de, 65. sister Beatrix, 43. the tutor of, 115. Black, Mr., 200, 201. Blackbarony. See Murray. Blackbarronie, — , 111. Blackden, Blakedene, Blakdpne : Christian, 2, 8. William, 2. charter of, 8. Blackpool, Blackpule, co. Roxburgh, 11. Blackwood. See Lawrie. Blair, the muir of, 163. Blair, Mr., 209. Blair Athole, co. Perth, letter dated at, 223. Blair-Drummond, — , 129. Blairkip, 77. Blairmallok, 77. Blakdene, Blakedene. See Blackden. Blakhall, — , 44, 167. Blaknes, 11, 12, 20. Blanerne, Blenhern, co. Roxburgh, 65, 67. Blareschenocht, 233. Blasonberry, viscount of, 97. Blerak. See Ogilvie. Boharm, 230. Boithw r ell. See Bothwell. Bclbeche, Walter of, 6. 243 Bolbent, the, co. Roxburgh, 22. Boldane, Bolden. See Bowden. Bolinghroke, lord, 56. Bolton, co. Haddington, 64. Bondington, William of, bishop of Glasgow, 37. Bongedward. See Douglas. Bonimoone, — , 111. Bonkill, co. Berwick : barony of, 78. mains of, 78. regality of, 65, 67. bailie of, 78. Bordeaux, Burdeaux, 115, 136. Borgia. See Alexander YT. Bortliwick Castle, 165. Borthwickshiels, Borthwykeschelys, co. Roxburgh : lands of, 2, 4, 11-13, 17. deed dated at, 13. Bosewell of Balmouttie, 164. Bothmar, baron, 227. Bothwell, Bothel, Bothvile, co. Berwick, 19. barony of, 70. deeds dated at, 16, 21. provost of, 63. Bothwell, Boithwell : Adam, 70. Adam, bishop of Orkney, 60. Francis, dean of Edinburgh, 42. master Francis, and Katherine his wife, 70. James [Hepburn], earl of, 3. his marriage with Mary queen of Scots, 60. Bowden, Bolden, Boldane, co. Roxburgh, 19. barony of, 19. Bowehill, — , 167. Bowmont, lord, 54. Bowmont Water, Bowbentis, co. Roxburgh, 21 . Bowne, co. Berwick, barony of, 70. Bowshell, land of, 90. Bowstoune, Bowtoun, letters dated at, 102, 105. Boyd, Boyde : Robert, lord, 3, 14, 17, 27. sir Robert, knt., 177, 178. of Kelburne, lord, warrant for his patent, 59. Boyl, Boyle, Boyll, Boylle : Harry, 146. James, provost of Irvine, 115. lord, 217. Mr., 172. secretary, 210. Boyne. See Ogilvie. Brady, Gawin, vicar of Kippen, 15. Bradyardis, lands of, 69. Braehead, 49. Brae-Lochaber, Brey Lochaber, 142, 144. Braemar, 163, 164. Braid. See Dick. Brancar, Monsieur, 123. Brand, James, 76. Branxhaim, Branxholm. See Scott. Breadalbane, Broadalbin, earl of, 116, 123, 128, 143, 146. Brechin, bishop of. See Crannok, Schoris- wood. Patrick, bishop of, chancellor of Scotland, 26, 175, 187. letter of, 187. Brice, Briccius, judge, 183. Bridge of Spey, 231. Britannic Legion, the, 51. Broadalbin. See Breadalbane. Brochtoun. See Broughton. Brodie, laird of, 134, 144. Broglio, marshal, 50, 51. Brougham, Henry (afterwards lord chan- cellor), 57. Broughton, Brochtoun, near Edinburgh, 1, 6, 20, 76. Broughton, lady, 46. Brounfield. See Brownfield. Brown, Broun, Browne : baillie, 133. Finlay, 29. James, 29. John, 21, 29. Patrick, 29. Robert (1432), 22. Robert (1516), 28. Robert (1715), 165. Thomas, 20. William, 21. William, bailie of Jedburgh, 18. Brownfield, Brounfield, Bruntfield : Elizabeth, wife of Jasper Graden, 85. Patrick, 68. of Hardaikers : Adam, 78, 85, 90. Alexander, 78,90. Andrew, 90. Nicholas, 78, 90. in Tenandrie, John, 85. in Whiteside, Stephen, 85. Brownhills. See Haitlie. Broxfield, co. Roxburgh : barony of, 13. manor in “ le Fluris ” within, document dated at, 13. Broxmouth, 47, 188. documents dated at, 33, 34. Bruce, Bruice : Mr., 200, 201. Mr., of Abyssinia, 230. Robert. See Nairne. William, 236. See also David ; Robert, of Neutoune, Patrick, 236. Bruges, 122. Brunswick : grenadiers, 50. hereditary prince of, 49-51. his brothers, 51. house of, 48. Bruntfield. See Brownfield. Bruntown, 233. Brussels, Bruxelles, 122. letters dated at, 126, 224. Q 2 2 244 Brws, a man called, 44. Brydyng : John, 29. Patrick, 29. Buccleuch. See Scott, duchess of, 211. lord of the, 1 2. Buchan, earl of, 97. Buckingham, duke of, 53. Bugen, 50. Burdeaux. See Bordeaux. Burdgeyeards. See Urquhart. Burgo, Bichard de, earl of Ulster, Eliza- beth his daughter, wife of Bobert I., 176. Burlington, lord, 145. Burnard, John, 8. Burne, Patrick, 42. Burnett, James, lord Monboddo, 193. letter of, 230. Burnhouse. See Hoppringle. Burntisland, co. Fife, 46. Burt, Mrs., 170. Burton’s History of Scotland, 153. Bute, John of, 24. Butterdean, Butterdene, Buttyrdane, co. Berwick, 65, 67. Byarno, co, Edinburgh, 70. Byrecleuch, co. Berwick, 70, 76. Byres, Byris. See Lindsay. c. Cabinet Council, 226. Cadboll. See Sinclair. Caddel, — , a publisher, 231. Cfesar, — , 226. Cairns, Carnis, Carnys. See Crichton. Caithness : Andrew, bishop of, 232. bishop of, 52. earl of. See Crichton of Cairns. Calandar. See Callendar. Calco. See Kelso. Calder. See Campbell. C alder- cle re, 14. Calderwood. See Maxwell. David, his history of the church of Scotland, 104, 170. sheriff, 133. Caledonia Colony, the. See Darien. Calehou. See Kelso. Calentare. See Livingston. Calkow. See Kelso. Callart : current of, 166. t vassal of the marquis of Huntley, 166. Callendar, Calandar : earl of, 33. James, earl of, 33. lord of, 24. Cambell. See Campbell. Cambuskenneth, Patrick abbot of, 82. Camera, [Chambers], William de, 5. usher of the chancery, 26. See also Capella. Cameron Clan, the, 122, 166. Cameron of Locheal, 166. Cameronian Begiment, the, 119. Camfeir, the, 43. Campbell, Cambell : lady Anna, wife of George, marquis of Huntley, 82. dame Annabella, wife of the second earl of Lothian, 33. captain, 119, 221. George, 89. lieutenant-colonel, 49. Mr., ] 99. of Auchinbrek, sir James, 222. of Calder, sir Hugh, 134. of Cessnok : — — sir George, 89, 103. letters to, 113, 114. sir Hugh, 81, 96. of Clachick, James, 81. of Glaisnok, William, 93. of Lawers, sir James, 81. of Loudoun : sir George, 22. sir Hugh, sheriff of Ayr, 77. of Marchmont : sir Hugh Hume, bart., 57, 59. sir William Purves Hume, bart., 57. of Middle Welwod, Hugh, 93. of Tullynessill, William, 233. Campbrun, the plains of, 125. Campen, 50. Canaries, the, 220. Canongate, deed dated at, 183. Cant : George, 66. Henry, 66. Isabel, 43. Canterbury, archbishop of (1706), 158, 159. Capella : Alexander, de, 26. William his son, usher of the chancery, 26. See also Camera. John, de, 27. Caprara, — , a commander in the allied Army, 122. Capringtoun. See Cunningham. laird of, his servitor George Campbell, 89. Cardeny, Bobert of, bishop of Dunkeld, 24. Cardonald. See Stewart. Cardross : Henry, lord, 1 1 3 letters of, 112, 170. lady, 97, 112. lord, 98, 172. Cardrosse, 119. Cargill, Bernard, 181. Carik. See Owen. 245 Carik ; . Simon, 74. Carleton. See Cathcart. Carlile of Torthorwald, sir John, 27. Carlisle, Carlile, 45, 227. Carloury. See Newtown. Carlstadt, Carlstat, 49. Carmichael : sir John, 105. lord, 116, 129, 152, 213. Carmichaels, the, their evil influence at Carlisle, 45. Carmure, John, 75. Carnegie : James, lord, 33. lord, 33. Carnis, Carnys. See Cairns. Carnoch. See Cock. Carnock, W. D., 238. Carolina, 113, 114. governor of. See Mortoune. Caron, captain, 221. Carpenter, — , his regiment of dragoons, 168. Carre, W., 165. Carrich : document dated at, 81. John, earl of, steward of Scotland, 15, 27, 180, 181, 182. letter of, 179. John of, chancellor of Scotland, 15, 27. Carstairs, Carstares, Cairstairs, Carstaires, Mr., 103. Rev. William, 126, 128, 139, 140, 146, 212 . letters of, 116, 122-124, 130, 146, 154, 222. Cartindoray. See Arnott. Cartsburn. See Crawfurd. Case, Alexander, minister of Polwarth, letter of, 107. his wife, and his man, Archie Ilill, 107. Cashel, archbishop of. See Hamilton, Cass, Richard, 33. Cassel, 49. Cassells, Cassillis : earl of. 111. Gilbert, earl of, 42. John, earl of, 33. his wife, 33, 42. Cassilton, vicar of, 189. Cassiltoun, Ireland, deed dated at, 79. Castelyard, in Cullen, 234. Castle Downy, lady Lovatt’s house of, 138. Castlestewart, — , 219. Castle Tirholm, 166. Cathcart of Bardarroche, William, 80. of Carleton, Hew, 103. letter of, 134. Catpair of Polwarth, John of, 63. Cauertone. See Caverton. Cavers, Cauerys, Cawers, co. Roxburgh : barony of, 11. charter dated at, 11. Ernlaw hauch and Mid hauch of, 77. Cavers — cont. lands of, 77. lord of. See Douglas ; Ker. Caverton, Cauertone : charter datad at, 23. lands of, 13-15. Langis land in, 13. lord of. See Ker. moor of, 19. writs of, 5, 13. Cawers. See Cavers. Celestine III., Pope, bull of, 36. Cess, proposal for a, 125, 126, 200, 202. Cessford, Cesfurd, Cesseworth, Seswortn, co. Roxburgh: barony of, 17. castle of, 17. constable of, 17. deeds dated at, 16. lairds of. See Ker. lands of, 5. Cessnok. See Campbell. Chalmer, George, 43. Chalmers : George, 229. of Gadgirth, John, 96. Chamberlain, the. See Forestarii; Fraser; Home ; Alexander ; Lyon of Glamis. Chambers. See Camera. Chancellor, the, 82, 116. See also Arbroath; Avandale; Brechin ; Carrick; Crichton ; Glamis, John, lord ; Glasgow, John, bishop of; Dunfermline; Dun- keld, John, bishop of ; Home of Polwarth; Loudoun; Bothes ; Tweed- dale. Chancery, the, 16, 90, 227. director of, 6, 234. usher of, 26. Channonbank, Channaybank, 76, 87, 88. Chanry, Chanarie, 147, 231. Channory, letter dated at, 144. Chapel, or de Capella, the family of, 5. Chapman, — , 133. Charing Cross, 228. the Elephant at, 237. Charles I, the King, 52, 108, 194, 200, 236. Charles II., the King, 95, 111, 112, 113, 141, 143, 152, 155, 237. Charterhouse, the. See Perth. Charteris of Amisfield, 2, 5, 30. Alexander, of the kirk, 30. Alexander, alias Sandye boye, 30. Andrew, 30. Charles, letter of, 114. George, 30. James, of the Darn, 30. James, alias Gwmy, 30. James, in the Hole, 30. John, 29. John, of Bartonpar.d, 30. John, called Willieis Jok, 30. John, of Ivowschaw, 30. Roger, of Auchinskowane, 30. Chatto. See Ker ; Kurherford. | 246 Chatto, Chattow : Adam, sub-prior of Kelso, 61, 87. Eustace, 9. JohD, 22. John of, 8. William, 21. Chawmerlayne Newtown : barony of, 11. lord of, 12. Chawmyre, James, 16. Cheisly, captain, 169. Cheseholme, Alexander of, 12. Chesolme, master John, provost of Dun- glas, 69. Chesters, 165. the good wife of, 92. Chirnside, 67. mains of, 84. Chirnside of East Nisbet, Alexander, 66. Chisms of Strathglass, the, 1C6. Choiswood, Marion, wife of Thomas Trotter, 85. Chouslie, 85. Church and kirk, strife hetween, 225. Church, regiment of the, 107. Church of England, 158, 162. Cicero, his book De Officiis , 95. Ciphers, 116, 130, 199, 200, 209-211, 237. Cirencester, 231. Cistercian Order, the, 60. Civil Just, the, 215. Clachick. See Campbell. Clan lion aid. See MacDonald. Clarie, letter dated at, 219. Clarilau, 75. Claverliouse, lord, 117. Cleland : — , 47. William of, 16. Clement VII., Pope, 72. Clement XI., Pope, 104. Clerc, John, 12. Clerk of Wrighthouses, — , 148. Clerkingtoun, teinds of, 87. Clerkleys, co. Berwick, 68. Clerkson : Alexander, 64. William, burgess of Haddmgton, 64. Clevan, duke of. See Czartouriskie. Clifford, lord, 145. Clifton, Clyftoun, co. Roxburgh, 22, 31. Clifton, — , 1 67. Closeburn, the family, 5, 29. Coal Tax, the, 193, 228, 229. Cocardene, in Sprouston, 24. Cochran, Adam, 29. Cochrane of Ochiltrie, Sir John, 103, 113. letter of, 114. letter to, 1 1 4. Cock of Carnock, James, the elder and the younger, 236. Cockburn, Cokburne : Adam, sheriff depute of Berwick, 90. •Alexander, 84. Alexander of, 16. James, 18, 85. Cockburn — cont. John, 185. John, sheriff depute of Berwick, 78, 84. Patrick, 69. William, 81. sir William, 4, 15. his wife, Christian Sinclair, 4, 15, 16. sir William, 238. of Henriland, William, 28. of Langton : Alexander, 63, 165. sir James, knt., sheriff depute of Berwick, 85. of Newhall, William, 21. of Ormiston : Adam, justice clerk, 131, 163. Charles, his son, 169. Alexander, 27. of Skirlyne, William, 17. Cockelsberg. letter dated from the camp of, 135. Cockpen, Cokpen, kirk of, 33, 90. Cockpit, the, letter dated at, 221. Col, island of, 166. Colchester, lord, 117. Coldane, Herbert, 30. Coldingham, 85. barony of, 70. Clinkskaillis in, 70. deed dated at, 70. Abbey, 60. commendator of. See Stewart. prior of, 41. Coldstream, 167. nunnery, cartulary of, 170. Coleuile, Coluele. See Colville. Collen, Thomas, 74. Colling, Gespard, 87. Colquhoun : Walter, 29. William, 29. Colt, Oliver, 183. Coltart, Thomas, 21. Colville, Coleuile, Coluele : Alexander, commendator of Culross, 61. steward of the abbot of Melrose, 89. of Oxmam, sir Robert, 3, , 9. Colvin, William, 87. Commander-in-Chief, the, 121. See also Monck. Commissar}’, the, 163. Commission for administration of justice, petition to, 81. of erections, 236. of fire and sword, petition for a, 144, 145. of teinds, 52. Committee of Estates, the, 109, 117. for settling Public Affairs, 117. Comrie, lady, 92. Cond, J4r. Cornelius, 103, 147. letter of, 147. Condie, Condy. See Spens. 247 Congyltoun, Thomas, son of John, 64. Coni, Piedmont, 122. Coningham. See Cunningham. Conway, cornet, 125. Conyngham. See Cunningham. Corbet, William, 9. Corbre, action at, 49. Corsbie. See Cranstoun. deed dated at, 70. Corscleuch, 28. Corstorphine, Corstorfyne, co. Edin- burgh, 17. Gossans, Cossins, Ardnequerc, 176, 183. Little, Ardfork, Ardquhork, 189. Cotis, Robert, vicar of Cassilton, 189. Cotrig, in Greenlaw, co. Berwick, 85. Council : the. See Privy Council, for Scotland near the queen, sug- gestion for a, 200, 207. of Trade, 207. Coupar. See Cupar. Coupar-Angus, 163. Coupland, John of, and Joanna his wife, 2 , 8 . charter of, 8. Court, the, 34, 131, 152. Court and State, a churchman should not j meddle in, 146. Court, near Philipvill, letter from the headquarters at, 122. Court of Session, the, 1. 146, 237. lords of, 30, 118, 129,237. Coventry : John, letter of, 147. master Patrick, dean of Restalrig, 82. Covington. See Lindsay. Cowdenknows, laird of, 40. Cowper. See Cupar. Cowper : colonel, letter to, 96. John, 20. Cox, — , a commander of Grenadiers, 49. Coxson, William, 64. Crag, 28. Cragboyne. See Ogilvie. Craig : Mr., 54. Thomas, 76. Craigmillar. See Gilmour. Craik : Adam, in Winshiels, 84. Phelop, 43. Crail : constabulary of, 82. teinds of, 93. Crailing, Cralyng, 3, 10. Crais, the, 85. Crake, Thomas, 13. Craks Croft, 84. Cramont, 108. Crannok, John, bishop of Brechin, 24. Cranston. See Crichton ; Murray. Cranston, Cranstoun, Crenniston : the family of, 5. James, 23. John of, 23. Cranston— con t. lord of, 10. his will, 77. Stephen, 77. Thomas, 83. lord of, 11, 13, 22, 24, 25. sir William of, 23. of Corsbie : — — the family of, 60. John, charter of, 70. Elizabeth his wife, 70. of Skettischebus, John, 83, 236. of Thirlstanemains, Cuthbert, 83. of Thorndykis, John, 236. Cranston Macgiil, letter dated at, 139. Cranston Riddell. See Crichton. Crauforde. See Crawford. Craufurd : David, earl of, 27. sister Marion, a nun, 43. Craw : in Swinton, James, 85. in Swynwood, William, 85. Crawford, Crauforde : George, author of the Peerage of Scotland, &c., 97. letters of, 169. *— — his wife, Margaret Anderson, 169. James of, 62. John, 131. lord of. See Lindsa} 7 . Mr., 1 14. sir Reginald of, knt., 177. of Cartsburn, 169. of Greenock, sir John of, knt., 62. Crawfurd, Margaret, a nun, 72. Crechmond. See Taillefere. Creiff, 143. Crenniston. See Cranston. Cresemoor, 110. Crichton, provost of. See Halkerston. Crichton, Crechton, Creychtoun, Crygh toun, &c. : Abraham, provost of Dunglas, 70. Andrew of, 10. David of, 15. Elizabeth, 232. George, bishop of Dunkeld, 6, 61. letters of, 42, 86. Joneta, a nun, 72. Margaret, wife of Alexander Home, 60, 67. Robert, provost of St. Giles’s, Edin- burgh, 42. William of, 15, 24. sir William of, master of the house- hold, 11. the chancellor, 12, 22, 65. sir William, lord of, 15, 27. of Blaknes, George of, 11, 12. of Cairns : George, earl of Caithness, 4, 1 1 . sir James, knt., 27. Stephen of, 11. of Cranston, David, 27. 2 248 Crichton — cont. of Cranston Riddell, sir Patrick, knt., 82. of Eliok, Robert, 84. of Gilmerton, David, 83. Criminal Trials in Scotland, reference to, 182. Croats, defeat of, by the French, 118. Cromartie, CrOmertie : Anne, countess of. See Sutherland, lord, 199, 201, 202, 210, 211. Cromby of Kemnay, T., 236. Cromwell : Oliver, lord general, 61, 96, 109, 142, 143, 236. Richard, lord protector, 110. Crossrig. See Home. Crown Office, the, 222. Crudane. See Ogilvie. Cryghtoun. See Crichton. Cullas, John of, lord of Menmuir, letter of, 187. Cullen, Cullane, co. Banff, 193, 233. bailies of, 231. court house of, 231. deeds dated at, 234, 235. Drummeres in, 234. election of officers for, 236. kirkyard of, 234. lands of prebend of St. Anne in, 234. provost of. See Duff. Cullen House, 191. writs at, 231. Culloden : battle of, 48. laird of, 134, 144. letters dated at, 142, 143. See also Forbes. Culloden House, 48. Culmullen, — , 140. Culross. See Colville, abbot of, 42. commendator of, 61. Cultis. See Ogilvie. Cumberland, William, duke of, 48, 49, 191, 193, 194. letters of, 197. Cumliche, Cumlyche. See Sleich. Cummyng of Der, John, 233. Cumnok. See Dunbar. Cunningham, co. Ayr, 37. Cunningham, Cunyngham, Cwnyngham, Conynghame, &c. : Gabriel, 80. Edward, rector of Cussyny, 231. James, son of the earl of Glencairn, 40. sir James of, knt., 62. John, 28. Mr., 99. Nigel of, lord of Beltoun, 63. sir Robert of, knt., 62, 178. William, 89. Cupar, Couper, Cowper, co. Fife, 131, 133. abbot of, 42. deed dated at, 93. Curates, the, complaints against, 171. Curriehill. See Skene. Currinachter. See Drummond. Currour : George, fiar of Inschdrour, 234. Walter, 234. Cussyny, co. Elgin, 231. Customs, the, 217, 220, 223, 228. Cuteraws, 238. Cuthbertson, John, 76. Cwnynghame. See Cunningham. Czartorisky, Czartouriskie : Casimir, prince erf, duke of Clevan, 82. princess, 61. D. Dalcove. See Neutone. Daigles, Simon of, 13. Dalgleish in Ramrig, Simon, 85. Dalhousie : first earl of, letter of, 109. lord, 219, 229. Dalhousie House, 165. Dalkeith, Dalketh : documents dated at, 35, 68, 236. Daloquhy, Richard, priest of Moray, 232. Dalruskan, 30. Dalrymple, sir David, 208, 222. sir Hew, president of the court of Session, 146. sir James, 151. Dalsangane, in Kylesmure, mill of, 77. Dalton, 30. Dalwissy, teinds of, 33. Daly ell, Jo., letter of, 147. Danube, the river, 203. Danzelstoun, Robert, burgess of Linlith- gow, 20. Darien Company, Scotch African Com- pany, the, 104, 135, 140, 146, 150-152, 192, 213, 214. Darn, 30. Darnley, Henry, lord, 7, 43. King of Scotland, letter of, 43. Daue, Dene, 44. Dauidson, Robert, 47. Dauison, Thomas, 66. | Dauyson, Richard, 13. David, the gude King of Scotland, laws of, 59. David I., the King, 6, 88, 97, 175, 177. charters of, 35, 187. David II. [Bruce], the King, 5, 176, 179, 187. charter of, 26. Davidson, John, 229. Davies, Edward, 222. ( Deane, Ri., 236. 249 De Capella. See Chapel. Deeside, 149. Delorain, lord, 211. Demil. See Diemel. Demosthenes, Demostines, the great orator, 106. Dempster : Andrew, lord of Menmuir, letter of, 187. Henry, bailie of Edinburgh, ^22. ofPitlever, 119. Denbigh, Denby, earl of, 118. Denmark, 93. Dennome, Robert, 76. Deputy Clerk Register, the, 173. Der. See Cummyng. Deriugton, lands of, 74. Derlyng, Elena, a nun, 72. Deskford, co. Banff, 193. barony of, 232. church of St. John, 232. teinds of, 233. Deskford, lord, letter to, 229. See also Ogilvie of Findlater, Walter. Dessenberg, near Ghent, letter dated at, 125. Devillmen, the, 118. Devonshire : lord, 121, 141. William, first duke of, letter of, 156. Dewar, Michael, 29. Dick : sir Alexander, 229. William, 46. of Braid, sir William, knt., 80. Dicson : Robert, 65. Thomas, 64. Dickson, Patrick, secretary to the earl of Marchmont, 167. letter to, 1 68. Diemel, Demel, the river, French defeat at, 49. Diense, camp of, 125. Dieren, letter dated at, 146. Diksoun : Archibald, 68. Patrick, precept of, 68. Dingwall, Ross, 138. Dinkeroun. See Filinghausen. Dirleton, Dryltoun. See Haliburfon. deed dated at, 64. lady of. See Schaw. lordship of, 78, 90. Dirlton, Margaret lady, 17. Dischinton, David, 233. Dishington, Peter, chamberlain of Kelso abbey, 40. Dissenters, 112, 216. Divorce, 83. Doddis, co. Berwick, 70. Dodynston, barony of .19. Doloquhy, Robert, 231. Dolphington, Dolphyngston, lord of, 10, 14 21, 28, 31. Don : Alexander, 33. of Newton, sir Alexander, letter of, 110 . Donaldsone, Margaret, a nun, 72. Donawerdt, 203. Donypace, 17. Douglas, 22. deed dated at, 79. Douglas : - — 175. Archibald, 66. Archibald, fourth earl of, 23. Archibald, fifth earl of, duke of Touraine, charters of, 24. Eupheme, his wife, 24. captain, of the Fusiliers, 1 65. earls of, 9. George, 238. James, 29. James, an English traitor, 27. James, abbot of Melrose, 87, 89. precept of, 68. his steward, 89. sir James, lord of, 15, 178, 179. James of, 11, 25. sister Jane, 43, 46. Janet, lady Glamis, 182. John, and William his son, 68. John, chamberlain of Melrose, 89. Katherine wife of Archibald, 65. lady Margaret, wife of Matthew, earl of Lennox, 43. Marion, keeper of James V., 28. marquis of, his chamberlain, 119. R., letter of, 167. Robert, provost of Lincluden, 61, 89. William of, 20. of Abercorn, James, 11. of Auld Roxburgh, sir William, 5, 15. of Balwany, James, 22, 24, 73. of Bongedward, George, 14. of Cavers, 14. Archibald, 12, 22. — - sheriff of Roxburgh, 13, 20, 24. sheriff of Teviotdale, 16, 24. William of, 10-12. of Dalkeith, sir James, 11. of Hawthornden, sir William of, 11. of Jedburgh, James lord of, 174. of Liddesdale, sir James, 181. See also Angus. of Strathbrock, sir William of, 4, 11. of Tempindene, Andrew, 18. Douglas, the family of, 97. Douglas and Avandale, William, earl of, lord of Galloway and Sprouston, 23, 25. duke of Touraine, 22. his secretary, 22. Douglas and Longavile, Archibald, earl of, lord of Sprouston, 25. duke of Touraine, 21, 22. See also Angus. | 250 Douglas and Mar : William, first earl of, 15, 27, 175,- 182. charter of, 181. William, eighth earl of, charter of, 24. Douglas Book, the, 29, 174. Douglasse, lieutenant-general, 122. Doull, W., letter of, 111. Dover, 111. Dow. See Dull. Drajden House, 165. Drechadleis, 233. Dress, articles of, 47, 235. Drink, deaths caused by, 156. Drogheda, lord, 50. Drumkose. See Home. Drumfrise, — , 111. Drummayok, 233. Drummelzier. See Twedy. Drummond : history of the house of, 5. captain, 196. George, provost of Edinburgh, letter of, 164. ladv Jane, countess of Roxburghe, 4, 46. lieutenant-general, 111. Ninian, preacher at Dunblane, 91. of Currinachter, Patrick, 91. of Logiealmond, 1. of Perth : John, earl of Perth, 133. John, fifth earl, afterwards first duke of Roxburghe, secretary for Scot- land, 1, 52-54. his book of household expenses, 4. John, third duke of Roxburghe, 1. William, first earl of Roxburghe, 1. William, second earl of Roxburghe, 1 . his son John, 1. sir William, son of John, earl of Perth, 1, 33. Drummond of Riccarton, 119. Druinnakeith. See Ogilvie. Dryburgh, co. Berwick, 70, 91. Drjdtoun. See Dirleton. Dublin, 115. castle, letter dated at, 148. Dudhope, 46. Dudope, lady, 46. Duel, a fatal, 125. Duff: George, provost of Cullen, 234. John, senior, 231. Thomas, bailie of Cullen, 231. Thomas, senior, 231. of Darbruiche: Adam, 234. Patrick, 234. Walter, sou of John, prebendary of St. Anne, Cullen, 234. of Muldavit, John, 234. Duffus, lands of, 97. Dugalsoun, Gregory, 86. Dull, Dow, in Athole, 61, 86, 87. Dumbar. See Dunbar. Dumbarton, provost of collegiate church of, 21. Dumfermling. See Dunfermline. Dumfries, disorders by soldiers in, 135. Dun, lord justice, 55. Dunbar: curates of, letters to, 83. dean of, 1 7. deeds dated at, 63, 66. in Ireland, deed dated at, 80. Dunbar, Dumbar, Dunber: Dr., 149. Gavin, archdeacon of St. An- drew’s, register clerk, 75, 82. • George of, earl of March and lord of Annandale and Man, 63. John of, earl of Moray, 63. sir John, knt., 79, 80. sister Margaret, 43. of Cumnok, James, and Elizabeth his wife, 231. of Kilconquhar, Patrick, 83 < of Tarbat, James, 234. Dunblane, 91. archdeacon of, 26. George, bishop of, 92. Michael, bishop of, 65. diocese of, 71. Duncan, earl, his son Malcolm, 183. Duncan of Garpoll, Charles, 93. Duncansone, Marion, wife of Alexander Home of Logie, 91. Dundas, Dundass : sir Archibald, knt., 14. Henry, 229. James of, 11. Mr., 54. Sandy, 125. of Arniston: James, 115. letter of, 110. his wife, 110. sir James, 32. Dundee, 165, 182. constable of, 46. customs of, 177. ferry at, 46. letter dated at, 117. Dundonald, letters patent dated at, 180. Dunfermline, Dumfermling, 46, 79. A., abbot of, 183. Alexander, earl of, the chancellor, letter of, 107. Dunglas, Dunglass : charters dated at, 18, 90. collegiate church of, 60, 69, 70, 76, 87. provost of, 68-71, 90. Dunkeld, 1 1 9, 225. arehdean of, 17. Jocelin, archdeacon of, 183. bishop of, 76 See also Cardeny, Crichton, Hamilton. James, bishop of, 65. John, bishop of, the chancellor, 181, 182. r 251 Dunkeld — cont. diocese of, 75, 76. letter dated at, 219. subdean of, 66. Dunkinty, — , 49. Dunkirk, 145. English fleet at, 125. Dunlop, Mr., 126. Dunlugus. See Ogilvie. Dunottar, 232. castle of, 232. Dunrobin, 48, 49. Duns, Dunse, 85, 110, 167. letters dated at, 110, 163, 165. presbytery of, 106. Dunsiar, Dunsvare. See Hepburn. Dunsmore, lord, 217. Duntreth. See Edmonstone. Dupplin, viscount, 199. warrant for patent for title of, 59. Durie, Andrew, abbot of Melrose, 68. Durye, Henry, 47. Dy, co. Berwick, lordship of, 70. E. East Border, the, 165. East Craig, teinds of, 73. Easter Kennet. See Hay. East India, 147. East India Company, the, 212. East Lotlfan, 175. East March, warden of the, 10, 19, 97. East Nisbet. See Chirnside. Eccles, Mortonhall and Harcarse interest in, 165. Ecclin, — , his regiment of dragoons, 168. Echlin of Pittadro, William, 32. Eckford, Hecfurde. co. Roxburgh, 3. Edalwood. See Hamilton. Eddrington, Edringtou. See Lauder. Edgar : Oliver, 67. Robert, 67. of Wedderlie : the family of, 60. Adam, 67. Robert, 83. Edgefield, lord, his widow, 229. Edibredschellis. See Etybredschiels. Edinburgh, 3, 6, 12, 18, 27, 30, 31, 32, 43, 46,47, 54, 61, 76, 78, SI, 84, 90, 92, 93, 96, 100, 101, 102, 110, 117, 135, 136, 139, 145, 147, 148, 164, 167, 173, 205, 208, 212, 221, 223, 225, 231, 237. bishopric of, 209. brewers of, 228. Canongate in, 42, 46, 54, 75. charter dated at, 75. castle of, 103, 112, 163, 164,204. document dated at the King’s chamber in, 14. Edinburgh — cont. « — - governor of, 195. letters dated at, 112, 147, 170. church of St. Giles, 32, 83. altar of St. James in, 70. consistory court in, 65. provost of, 22, 42, 135, 164. constabulary of, 24, 42. convent of the Senis beside. See St. Catherine, curate of, 76, 77. dean of. See Bothwell. documents dated at, 11, 12 (41, 14 (2), 17 (2), 21, 22 (2), 23, 24, 26, 27 (2), 28, 29, 32 (3), 33, 34 (3), 40, 42 (3), 43, 44, 52 (3), 53, 55, 63, 66, 68 (2), 69, 70, 75, 77 (2), 78 (2), 81-86, 89-93, 98, 105, 107, 109-111, 113-115, 117-119, 129, 131, 133, 135-137, 147, 148, 150 (2), 156, 163, 164, 168, 169, 170, 172, 179, 180, 185, 188, 189, 223, 228, 230, 234. Holyrood, Halyoorse, Halieruidhouse, Abbey, 20, 42, 75. abbot o.f, 11, 38, 39. George, abbot of, 82. Patrick, abbot of, 73. deeds dated in, 14, 45, 78. letter dated at, 105. pensions from, 46. — — last prior of, 7, 44. prior and convent of, letter to, 43. Holyrood House, 196, 237. Livingstoun’s yards in, 164. Lyon office, 95. magistrates and town council of, 117. mint, 209, 224. general of, 223. Nether Bow in, 54. popish families in, 135. tolbooth of, 27, 81. town guard, 148. University, 90. Watergate in, 46. the county of, 2. sheriffdom of, 19, 42, 70, 73. Edingtoun, 84. Edmonston, Edmundstoune : James, 232. sir John of, 63. knt., 25. John, son of John, 18. Margaret, 232. of Duntreth, William, justice south of the Forth, 2*7. Ednam, co. Roxburgh, 19, 38. Edward I., the King, 2. Edwardson, William, 66. Edyngton, William, 67. Edyngtoun of Hutton, Thomas, 65. Efflen, Westphalia, 50, 51. Eglinton, Eglintown : charter chest of, 235. earl of, muniments of, 193. Hugh, seventh earl of, his wife i\nna Hamilton, 193, 235. Hugh of, knt., 27. 2 252 Eistroxburgh [East Roxburgh], 46, 47. Electoress, the, 126. Elgin, 49. duke of Gordon’s house near the cathedral of, 48. Elgin of Morray : English lords at, 47. letter dated at, 144. Eliok. See Crichton. Elizabeth, the Queen, 45, 102, 105. Ellame of Butterdean : Alexander, 67. John, 65. Elliot, Sir Gilbert, clerk of the Council, 134, 148, 211. Ellone, prebendary of, 233. Eliot : — , letter of, 150. of Stobbis, Gawin, 18. Elphinstonc. See Johnstone. Emigration, a scheme for, 103, 113, 114. Emperor, the, 122, 153, 237. his ambassador. See Gallas. Enfield, academy at, 49. Englishmen, treasonable inbringing of, 3, 10, 27. Enzie, the, 148. Enzie, George Gordon, earl of, 33. Episcopal church, the, 52, 98, 117. Equivalent, the, 221, 222. Ercheit, — , 140. Eroly, co. Forfar, 27. Erroll : Andrew, master of, 78. Gilbert, earl of, 33. mistress of. See Hay, dame Jean. William, sixth earl of, 78. Erskine, Erskyne : Charles, 172. John, 238. Mrs. John, 172. R., dean of Aberdeen, 233. sir Robert, knt., 15, 27. of Erskyne. Thomas, charter of, 182, Esk, the river, 165. Eskdale, John of, prior of Restennet, 186. Essex [earl of], 141. Estates, the, 116, 117. Ester Merdeyne. See Moordean. Ettrick, Eteryk, forest of, 2, 8. Etybredshiels, Edibredschellis, Ethebred- schellis, 5, 22. charters dated at, 24 ( 2 ). Eugenius IV., Pope, bull of, 38. Europe, 158, 162, 197, 199, 209. alliance for the good of, 151, 153. Evans, general, 168. Ewyn, Robert, 59. Exchequer, the, 5, 133, 209, 223. chief baron of, 191. warrants of, 58. Excise, the, 98, 99, 222. Excommunications, 61, 87. F. Fabries, captain, 123. Faculty of Advocates, the, 193, 238. Fairniehirst. See Ferniehirst. Fairnile, Alan of, burgess of Edinburgh, Fairnington. See Rutherford. Falahill. See Murray. Falconer, A., fiar of Halcartoun, 236. Falkirk, William of, prior of Restennet, 176, 187. Falkland, 13. Fargy, Alexander, minister of Logie, 89. Farmourar, Fermorer, David, 92, 93. Farquersons, the, 164. Farquhar of Lishaw, Mungo, 93. Fast, proposal for a, 150, 222. Faulaw of Kyrktoun, William, 9. Faulkirc, William del, prior of Restennet. See Falkirk. Faulohill. See Murray. Fawdounsyde, Faudonside. See Ker. Fawside : John of, 11 . Norman, 23. Fearne, D., letter of, 118. Fentoun. See Ker. Fenwick, sir John, 130. Ferdinand, Prince, his army, 49-51. Fergushill, T., minister of Ayr, 93. Fergusson, Hugh, 134. Fermanagh, Ireland, 79. Fermorer. See Farmourar. Ferniehirst, Fairniehirst. See Ker. laird of, 32, 40. Fernuall, deed dated at, 188. Fetternear, 148. Fez, Fes, Morocco, 131. Fife, 109. sheriffdom of, 13, 72, 82, 180. superintendent of, 61, 86. Fife : Duncan, earl of, 15. Robert, earl of. See Albany. Filinghausen, or Dinkeron, battle of, 51. Findhorn, the river, 49. Findlastoun, document dated at, 81. Findlater, Fyndlatter, 193, 233. Findlater, earl of. See Ogilvie. Findochtie, Fyndauchtie, co. Banff, lands of, 233. Finnarts in Ballantrae, co. Galloway, 134. Fitz James, — , his troop, 49. Fyndoun. See Waus. Flanders, 43, 103, 128, 140, 143. money of, 43, 46. Fleming, Flemyng : lord, 27. Malcolm, 27. sir Malcolm, knt., 178. Flemming, general, 122. I 253 Fletcher of Saltoun : Andrew, letter of, 119, Mr., 175. Fleur, plains of, 125. Flex, Alexander of, 8. Flisk, co. Fife, 82. Floors Castle, co. Roxburgh, 1. Florence, hull dated at, 38. Flourishwalls, co. Berwick, 84, 85. Fluzen, near Ghent, letter dated at, 127. Focart, John, 70. Fodrygame, Howioun of. See Fother- ingham. Foffarty, 176. Fofferin, 176, 183. Fogleburne, in Sprouston, 24. Fogo, co. Berwick, 66, 84, 85, 112. letter dated at, 112. Moor, Fowgon Mure, 111, 167. Rig, 67. Fogo, John, abbot of Melrose, 24. Folkert, Folcart : John, 22. Thomas, 18. Football, 109. on the Sabbath, scandal of, 94. Forbes : lord, his dragoons, 137, 139, 146. letters of, 137, 138. of Culloden : Duncan, 103, 144, 228. letters of, 118, 142. in Keithmore, William, 232. Forbes’s, the, 166. Fordun, 230. Fordyce, 193, 232, 233. deed dated at, 234. Fordyce, John, 229. Forest, 66. Thomas, 20. Forestarii, sir John, knt., the chamber- lain, 63. Forfar : chapel of, 176, 185. charter dated at, 183. church of St. James, 188. regiment of, 168. shire of, 5, 27. sheriff of, 181, 187, 189. Forfar, earl of, 169. William, prior of Restennet, 185. Forgund, co. Fife, kirk of, 87. Forman : Robert, dean of Glasgow, 82. of Hutton, Nicholas, 65. Forres, sheriffdom of, 231. Forster : Adam, 181. John, canon of Aberdeen, 38. Forsyth of Monymosk, Henry, 233. Forth, the river, justices south of, 27. Fort William, 103, 104, 121, 140, 143, 144, 146, 148, 228. letters dated at, 122, 123 (2), 128, 134, 142, 166. Foster, Forster, sir John, English warden of the Maro-hes, 34 (2). Fotheringame of Powry, Thomas, 182. Fotheringham, Fodrygame, Fothryng- hame : the family of, 5. Hugh (Howioun) of, 13. Thomas, of, 13. of Caverton John of, charters of, 14(2). Foulis, master William, keeper of the privy seal, provost of Bothwell, 63, Foullertoun, — , fiar of Kynnabir, 93. Foultoun. See Fulton. Fourhouse, George, chaplain, 83. Fowgow. See Fogo. Fowler, William, 73. Fowllis, in Gowrie, kirk of, 87. Fowrros, Thomas, 74. Frauaquer, 125. France and the French, 3, 31, 45, 49-51 53, 102, 104, 118, 122-125, 132, 136! 149, 159, 197, 198, 202, 204, 207, 213, 221, 223. ambassador from, 1 50. ili-treatment of Protestants in, 111 . invasion of Scotland by, 160 161 192. King of. See Henry, Louis, outrage by privateer’s men of, 103, 135. privileges of the Scotch nation in 130. Scotch Academy in, 111. wines of, 222. Frankland, sir Thomas, 200. Fraser, Frazer : Alexander, haberdasher of hats, 237. sir Alexander, the chamberlain, 15. * captain, 138-140. of Beaufort, Simon, afterwards lord Lovat, 103, 136, 139, 140. the elder and the younger, Fraser’s plot, 208. Frazers, the clan, 140. Frechevill, lad} r , 221. Freir, George, 40. “ Freiris, the,” lord Roxburghe’s dwellinff- place, 35. document dated at, 32. Freskin, William son of, charter of William the Lion to, 97. Frassell, David, 74. Friars : Minors, 76. Preachers, 42, 75, 76. Friesland, Freseland, 51. Frost, John, prebendary of Three Foun- tains, 88. Froster of Corstorphine, Archibald of, 17. Fulford, James, 65. Fullarton, W., minister of St. Quivox, 93. Fultoun, le. See Turnbull. Fyndauchtie. See Findochtie. Fyndlatter. See Findlater. Fyndoun. See Findon. Fynlay, Riche, 87. 2 254 G. Gadgirth, Gaitgirth. See Chalmers. Gaeysyd [? Gateside], deed dated at, 96. Gaitschaw. See Ker. Gallas, count, ambassador from Germany, 104, 172. Gallouay, Alexander, 233. Galloway, lord of. See Douglas. James, fifth earl of, letter of, 219. Galston, Gallistown, co. Ayr, Haynyng and Achencros in, 62. Galway, Henry, earl of, lord iustice of Ireland, letter of, 148. Gammylschelis, — , 65. Gamyll, Thomas, curate of Polwarth, 66. Gant. See Ghent. Gardyn, George, 26. Garner, Sandie, and his son Sandie, 107. Garpol. See Duncan. Gartwle. See Grandtully. Garvanemains. See Girvanmains. Garven, Arche, David aud John, 29. , Gatehousecote. See Turnbull. Gathgirth, laird of, 81. Gedwortht. See Jedburgh. Genap, 125. General Assembly, the, 54, 55, 94, 106, 129, 150, 218, 223, 227. High Commissioner to, 59, 61, 99-101, 129, 153, 155, 219. Geneva, 115. George, prince, 156. George I., the King, 162, 166, 193, 227. letters of, 196, 197. and his Queen, coronation of, 197. George II., the King, 228. Germany, 50, 111, 118, 149. See also Emperor, the. Germany, James, letter of, 131. Ghent, Gant, 116, 124, 125, 127. letters dated at, 53 (2), 115. Giblours, near Namur, letter dated at, 122. Gibraltar, 193, 197. Gibson, Robert, 16, 22. Gichane, John, burgess of Edinburgh, 43. Giffen. See Montgomery. Giffert, John, 27. Gilbert, sir Walter son of, 178. Gillane, John, 234. Gillaspie, John, minister of Alwethe, 91. Gilly, Andrew, 67. Gilmerton. See Crichton. Gilmour : John, 81. of Craigmillar, sir Alexander, bart., M.P. for Midlothian, letters to, 229. Gilzean, George, 48. Girvanmains, Garvanemains. See Ken- nedy. Gissen, 50. Glaisnok. See Campbell. Glamis, Glammys : castle of, 174. thanage of, 179. lady, 182. John, lord, 182. the chancellor, 183. Patrick, lord, 182, 183. See also Lyon. Glasgow, 21, 55, 77, 103, 130, 198,216, 221 . archbishop of. See Beaton, archdeacon of, letter to, 184. bishop of, 38. See also Bondington, Paterson. letter to, 184. Andrew, bishop of, 17. John, bishop of, the chancellor, 63. bridge of, 17. church of, 17. chancellor of, 39. dean of, 63. See also Eorman. official of, 38, 39. precentor of, 39. sub-dean and chapter of, 38. vicar of the choir of, 16. customs of, 220, 221. diocese of, 3 '-39, 183. letters dated at, 107, 221. ministers of, 170. earl of, 206, 222. Glashalch, Glassacht. See Ogilvie. Glass, Cuthbert, 131. Glassaugh, — , 227. Glassford, lord, his son, 148. Glastreth, John v ,174, 178. Glay, Alexander son of, 1 77. Gledstanes, Gleddistanis, Gledstans : Agnes, a nun, 72. George, 13, 28, 74. James of, bailie of the earl of Douglas, 23. Robert, 75. Robert of, 20, 22. Thomas, 22. Walter, 189. William, 74. William of, 8. Glegirno, co. Haddington, teinds of, 73. Glencairn, earl of, 40, 42, 8 1 . Glencannich, co. Inverness, 140. Glencoe, Glenco, men of, 122, 124, 128, 166. Glencorse, Thomas, 30. Glencowe, — , his son, 123. Glendonwyne, Adam, 181. Glendynwyn, sir Simon, knt., 20. Glen Garry, Glengary, co. Inverness, 143. Glengary, — , 143, 169. Glenluy, lands of, 142. Glenmorison, 166. Glennagas. See Halden. Glennavis, — , vassal of the marques of Huntley, 166. 255 Glennesk, lord of. See Lindsey. Glenorchie, lord, 128. Glenorchy, Glenurchie, 166. Glenquhiin, J7. Glen Shee, Glenschy, co. Perth, charter dated at, 182. Glen Strath Farrar, Glens trafarrer, co. Inverness, 140. Gobensketh, William of, 60. Godolphin, Sidney, earl of, lord high treasurer of England, 191, 192, 209, 217, 218, 221, 222, 223, 227, 237. letters of, 197-212. his daughter, 225. Gogar. See Haliburton. letter dated at, 148. Gordon, Gordoune, 19. Alexander, 75. Lady Catherine, 82. captain, 220. duke of, 48, 148, 149, 208. Elizabeth, countess of Marischal, 232. Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Ogilvie, 193. George, 232. letters of, 148. George, marquess of Huntley, 82. his wife, lady Anna Campbell, 82. John, 236. sir John, 233. lord of, 18. of Achintoui, major general, 166. of Gordonstown, sir Robert, 169. of Innerchero, John, 232. of Lemmay, James, 233. * of Park : sir John, 236. Peter, 236. Gourlay, David, 93. Graden, lands of, 18, 68. laird of. See Eer. Graden in the Crais, Jasper, 85. in Langrig : Alexander, 84. Jasper, 84. — Elizabeth his wife, 85. John, 84, 85. Graham, Grahame: Eufeme, countess of Strathearn, 25. Mungo, 40. Patrick, 16. sir Patrick, earl of Strathearn, 25. Robert, 5, 16. Robin, de, 5. Thomas, archdeacon of Dunblane, 26. Umfrid, 16. Walter, 16. William, lord of, 26. of Aid Montrose: David, 187. Robert the, 182. of Kincardine, sir William, 5. Grammont, 123. Granby, lord, 5 1 . Grand Army, the, 53. Grandtully, Gartwle, co. Perth, 86. Grangemure. See Scott. Grant : 211, 227. Colquhoun, 49. Isaac, 231. Rev. John, letter to, 230. laird of, 144. lieutenant Simon, 51. S. J., 236. Grants, the, 165, 166. Gray, Graye: A., 236. Andrew, lord, 13. Duncan, 11, 24. James, 11. James, vicar of Haddington, 38. in Haymont : John, 85. Thomas, 85. Grayden, Peter of, 177. Great Seal, the, 15, 82, 97. keeper of, 56, 192. register of, 5, 17, 65, 67. Green, captain, 192, 196. Greenhead, Greneheid, Grenheid. See Ker. Greenlaw, Grynlaw, Greinlaw : deeds dated at, 88, 89. letters dated at, 165. lord, 97. parish of, 109. town and terriiory of, 66. Grefe, Patrick, 67. Gregory : Dr., 223. IX., Pope, 176, 183. letter of, 184. Greir, James, 231. Greirsone, J ohn, provincial of the Friars Preachers, 42. Grenlau. See Redpath. Grenlaw, George, 82. Grenok. See Crawford. Greshauch, in Cullen, 234. Greyrson, Alexander, 75. Grimslow, Grymyslaw, 3, 10. Grimyslaw : John, 13. William, 13. William of, 16. Grive, William, 167. Grubbat, 23. Grubet. See Bennet. Grymyslaw. See Grimslow. Grynlaw. See Greenlaw. Gude, George, 189. Gudsuane, Elizabeth, wife of John Skot, 20 . Guisichen, co. Inverness, 140. Gurlay, John, 9. Guthrie, Guthre : Alexander, 188. David, controller of the household, 17. David, justice south of Forth, 27. David, prior of St. Andrew’s, 176, 185. Hercules, 185. 2 256 Gwmy. See Charteris, James. Gybsoun, Alexander, 87. Gylson. See Largo. H. Habeas Corpus Act, proposal for a, 212, 218. Haddington, Hadington, 42, 76. constabulary of, 19, 73. first minister of, 209. teinds of, 87. earl of. See Hamilton of Binning, lord, 54. Hage, John, 13. Hague, the, 53. letters dated at, 150, 197. llaining, Haynyng. See Ross. Haitlie, Haitly, Haitlye : Patrick, 68. Patrick, his son, 68. of Brownhills, John, 85. in Hordlaw, George, 85. of Lamden, Alexander, 85. Haket of Belses, William, 28. Halcartoun, 236. Halcroft, co. Berwick, 70. Hal crow, Malcolm, 232. Halden, Holden : Archibald, 70. Patrick, 70. Robert, 96. of Glennagas, James, 70. Hales, lord, 229. Haletonburne. See Altonburn. Half Baddinspink, 233. Newmyll, 233. Paddokburn, 233. Halhill. See Balnaves. Haliburton. See Hallyburton. Haliburton, Halyburtoun, Halliburton : 55. sir Alexander of, 63. Archibald, 25, 70. George, 70. Jane, a nun, her marriage, 46. sir John of, knt., 63. lord, 3. sir Walter of, knt., 63, 64. of Dirleton, Archibald, 60. of Muirhouselaw, John, 18. of Upper Gogar, George, 64. Haliburtons of Gogar, 60. Halicorse. See Holyrood. Halidane, Halydean, charters dated at, 23, 77. Halieruidhous. See Holyrood. Halifax, lord, 118. Halis, Hailis, Halys : lord of, 18. Patrick, lord of. See Hepburn Halkerston, 27. master Thomas, provost of Crichton, 82. Halley, Colonel, 169. Halliburton. See Haliburton. Hallowit chapel, 89, Hallyburton, Haliburton, co. Berwick, lordship of, 78, 90. Halroule. See Turnbull. Halton, Roger de, 8. Haltoun. See Lawder. Halyburton. See Haliburton. Halyday, Thomas, 65. Halydean. See Halidane. Halys. See Halis. Ham, the river, 51. Hamburg, 135. English resident in, 1 40. Hamilton, le Hamyltoune : A., letter of, 109. Alexander of, 16. lady Anna, countess of Eglinton, 193, 235. Arthur of, 16. lord Basil, 152. brigadier, 208. dame Christian, lady of Polwarth, 94, 96. duchess of, keeper of Holyrood House, 196. James, fourth duke of, 150, 151, 159, 172,203,206,210,211. «— letter of, 220. [William Douglas] duke of, 111. letter of, 1 1 2. dukedom of, warrant for patent for, 59. sir George, commissary of the army, .33. James, first lord, 5, 16, 17, 27. his chaplain, 16. James of, 16. John, 16. John, archbishop of St. Andrews, 77. John, bishop of Dunkeld, 117. Malcolm, archbishop of Cashel, 79. Thomas, depute to the general of artillery in Berwickshire, 81. William, servitor to the archbishop of Cashel, 80. of Binning, Thomas, earl of Melrose, afterwards first earl of Haddington, 102, 107, 108. letters of, 52 (3). Juliana his wife, 102J107, of Edalwood, Alexander, 24. of Innerwick, Alexander, 85. of Preston : sir John, 33. sir Robert, 27. captain Thomas, 80. of Whitelaw, Sir William, lord justice clerk, 146. Hampton Court, 153, 154- letter dated at, 118. Handaxwood, in Bothwell barony, lands of. 257 Hangitside, George, 47. Hanover, 51, 194. Hanoverians, the, 51. Hapborn, — , 172. Harcars. See Hog. document dated at, 81. Harcourt, lord, 227. Hardaikers. See Brownfield, Hassington. Harden, Hardens. See Spens. deed dated at, 89. the family, 60. laird of, 57. lands of, 85. Hardenburg, baron, lieutenant-general of the Hanoverians, 50, 51. Hardenwood, in Borthwickshiels, 12, 18. Harewode. See Harwood. Hartfell, James, first earl of, 237. Harison’s regiment, disorderly conduct of, 54. Harlaw, co. Edinburgh, 70. Harley : Mr., 199. Kobert, secretary of state for England, letter of, 222. Harnhede, lands of, 19. Harpar, William, 64. Harrenliousen, 228. Harrison, brigadier, 168. Harwood, Harewode, co. Roxburgh, lands of, 25. Hassindeanbank. See Turnbull. Hassington, alias Hardaikers, co. Berwick, lordship of, 78, 90. east mains of, 78, 90. Hasty : James, 61, 87. Thomas, 67. Hauch, mills of, 77. Hauthornedene. See Douglas. Hawdane, in Sprouston, 24. Hawden : Bernard de, 8. William of, 21. Hawdene, Bernard, 23. Hawick, Kawyk, co. Roxburgh, 31. barony of, 25. kirk of St. Mary, 21. Hawking, 107, 128. Hawthornden House, 165. Hay, Haye : 136. Alexander, 78. Alexander, director of chancery, 234. James, 129. George, 27. sir Gilbert of, knt., 178. dame Jean, mistress of Erroll, 78. John, lord of Yester, 33. Lady Margaret, wife of Harry, lord Ker, afterwards countess of Cas- silis, 33 (2). Mary, countess of Roxburghe, letters to, 52-55. Mr., 217, 227. Will., letter of, 165. William of, 183. y 78289. Hay — cont. of Barro, William, 79. of Easter Kennet, sir Alexander, 105. of Rannes, James, 236. of Urie : Patrick, 78. William, 78. Haymont. See Gray. Haynyng. See Haining. Haystoun, co. Eorfar, 182. Hecfurde. See Eckford. Heddingtoun, 170. Hedges, sir Charles, secretary of state for England, letter of, 221. Heide, colonel, 123. Hemel Hempstead, co. Herts, earl of Marchmont’s house at, 56, 58. Henderson, William, 75. Hennan, — , 167. Henrietta Maria, the Queen, 108. Henriland. See Cockburn. Henry IV., King of France, 45. Hepburn, Hepburne : Adam, 75, 76. his wife Isobel Home, 76. Alexander, 75. Alexander of, 12. Marion, wife of Robert Home, 71. William of, 10, 18. William son of John, 71. of Dunsiar : Adam, 27. — _ . sheriff of Berwick, 65. sir Patrick, 17. in Haddington, Alexander, 76. of Halys : Adam of, 18. Patrick of, 17, 27, 63. of Rowanston, William, 69. of Wauchton : A., letter of, 108. Mungo, 60. Margaret his wife, 60, 75. sir Patrick of, 18, 75. See also Both well. Hepburn, the family, 3. Herdmanston. See Sinclair, llerdmanstown Castle, deed dated at, 64. Hereis. See Herries. Hermes, proverbs of, 95. Hermitage Castle, co. Roxburgh, 3, 6. Heron — , the elder, 219. Herries, Hereis, — , commissioner to England, 105. Hervy, Henry, precentor of Aberden, 27. Herwy : David, 185. M. T., 185. Hesse, expedition to, 50, 51. Hessewell, John de, 8. Heuch, Heugh, Hewch, the, 61, 71, 73, 80. will dated at, 71. See also Home. High Court of Justiciary, extract from books of the, 182. Highland Volunteers, 88th regiment of, 49-51. R 2 258 Highlands, the, 174, 230. disorders in, 103, 104, 116, 121-124, 128, 142-146, 163, 166, 167, 228. Highriggs. See Lawson. Hill: colonel, commander at Fort William, 103, 133, 136, 137, 142-144, 146. letters of, 121-123, 128, 134. John, and his spouse, 109. in the Edges, John, and Archie his son, 107. Hillend, in Coldingham, 70. Hillhouse. See Turnbull. Hindhope, Hyndhope, co. Roxburgh, 4, 17, 20, 21. Hirdmanston. See Sinclair. Hirsel, letters dated at, 112. Hog: James, 23. of Harcars, Roger, 81. Holden. See Halden. Holland and the Dutch, 97, 103, 115, 118, 120, 121, 123, 136, i45, 153, 173, 212. ambassador from, 192, 220. Holyrood, Holyrood house. See Edin- burgh. Homberg, 49. Home, Hwme, co. Berwick, 19, 34. castle, 56. Home, Hume, Howme, Hwme, &c. : Agnes, lady, 88. Alexander, 25, 28, 40, 61, 73, 74. letters of, 129 (2). the chamberlain, 13. Alexander the younger, 61. sir Alexander of, lent., and Mariota his wife, 18. Alexander, earl of, 7 9. Alexander, lord of, 28. Alexander, minister of Logie, 61, 90, 91. his wife and children, 91. his poems, 91. his sister, 92. Alexander, goodman of North Ber- wick, 89. captain Alexander, claimant to the , Marchmont Estates, 56, 57. his son Francis, or Francis Douglas, 57. Alison, prioress of North Berwick, 71. Andrew, chamberlain of North Ber- wick, 89. earl of, 110-112. earls of, 56. Ellen, 84. Gavin, 69. George, 76. George of, 18. Henry, lord Karnes, 193. letters of, 228, 229. Isobel, prioress of North Berwick, 72. Jasper, 79. John, 79. John, abbot of Jedburgh, 189. sir John, 151, 152. Home — cont. John of, 28. Jonet, lady Law, 92. Katherine, wife of Robert Hoppringle, 76; Katrine, wife of Archibald Douglas, 65. lord, 34. Margaret, 67, 76. Margaret, prioress of North Berwick, 61, 73, 89. Mariota, a nun, 72. Mariota, sub-prioress of North Ber- wick, 72. Mr., 53. master Patrick, 69. Robert, bailie of Rowanston, 69. Thomas, 76. Thomas of, 18. William, son of the laird of Cowden- knows, 40. in Coldingham, Alexander, 85. of Crossrig, sir David, letter of, 150. of Drumkose, George, an Irish land- lord, 61, 79, 80. in Edington, William, 84. of the Heuch, Robert, Marion his wife, and Robert his son, 71 . of Johnscleugh, Gavin, 79. of Kimmerghame : „ — _ George, 81, 102, 107. — — letters to, 107-109. ■ George the seeond, and Margaret his wife, 96. Robert, 110. of Law : David, 70. Patrick, and Margaret his wife,. 70. of Lundies, George, 60, 70. of Manderstown, Alexander, 59. of Ninewells : Andrew, 83. David, 85. John, 85. of Polwarth : arms of, 95. Alexander, second of the line, 60, 67-69, 71, 75, 83, 84, 87. dispensation for his marriage, 67. grants to, 71, 72. his wife, Margaret Lawder, 60, 67, 75. Alexander, lord Polwarth, 104. lord lieutenant of Berwick, 163. letter of, 163. letters to, 162-167. his wife, letter to, 163. lady Anne, 57. — David, 66, 67. lady Diana, 57. George, 91. Patrick, first of the line, 60, 61, 67, 69, 83. his first wife, Margaret Sinclair, 60. 259 Home— cont. of Polwarth, Patrick, his second wife, Elen Shaw, 60, 69. Patrick, third of the line, 69, 71, 72, 73, 84, 87, 89. — — Patrick his son, 72, 73, 78, 87, 89, 90. sir Patrick, bailie of Bonkill, 78. - — keeper of Tantallon castle, 60, 79, 85, 90, 91, 102, 105-107. — Julian, his wife, 102, 107. sir Patrick, afterwards first earl of Marchmont and lord chan- cellor of Scotland, 58, 61, 94, 95, 97, 98, 102-104, 107, 111-113, 115, 116, 119, 120, 129, 134, 163, 210 . — — commissioner to the General Assembly, 99-101, 153- 155. commissioner to the Parlia- ment, 98. _ — — letters of, 109, 114, 115, 117, 119, 163, 165, 166, 173. — — letters to, 108, 110-112, 116, 117-119, 121-162, 169, 170, 172. lord of session, 129. Arthur his son, 109. Grisel his daughter, wife of George Bailie of Jervis wood, 104, 115, 121, 173. — — Patrick his son, master of Polwarth, 135. _ letters of, 115, 124- 127. — — - — - — — » his troop, 1 19, 121. — — his secretary. See Dick- son. his servant Andrew, 121. his wife, letters to, 109, 119. her niece, G., 121. of Quhitburne, master Patrick, 73. of Redbraes : Alexander, 61, 75, 76. - — - Alexander his son, 76. — — Isobel, wife of Adam Hepburne, 76. Patrick, 88. of Renton, sir Patrick, letter of, 148. of Spott, sir George, 85. of W edderburn : — — Alexander, 76. David, 69. sir David, knt., 18, 25. David his son, 18. George, and Marion his wife, 60, 66. Home, Hume, families of, 56, 57, 60-62, 73, 94. Homer, proverbs of, 95. Hommyll, Hew, 29. Honome. See Hownam. Honorius III., Pope, bulls of, 6, 36. Hooke, Colonel, 221. Hope : Thomas, 33. sir William, 217. Hoppeland, John, vicar of Maxwell, 87. Hoppiston. See Schewill. Hoppringle, Hoppringyll, Hoppryngile : Adam, 17. George of, 10, 13, 25. Robert, and Katherine his wife, 76. Sandy of, 11, in Howden, James, 86. of Pilmuir, David, 19. See also Pringle. Hoppringles of Clifton, the, 31. Hordlaw, 85. Hornishole. See Turnbull. Household, the : comptroller of, 17. master of, 11, 17. Howard, sir George, 50. Howden, co. Roxburgh, teinds of, 86. K ether, 77. Hownam, Honom, Hownum, &c., co. Roxburgh, lord of, 14. mains, 3, 10, 14, 17-19. Huchesoun, Peter, 233. Huchtred, Adam son of, 178. Hudson, John, 15. Hugestoun, 231. Hugh, the chancellor, 183. ITuldie in Aytoun, Robert, 85. Hume, David, 230. Hundalee. See Rutherford. Hundby, in the sheriffdom of Edinburgh, 19. Hunter : George, 29. James, 29. John, 29. Mrs., 133. Thomas, 29. Hunthill; See Rutherford. Hunting, 128. Huntley : Marques of, 163. See also Gordon. ■ his vassals, 166. Hutson, Hutsoun : Patrick, 87. Thomas, prebendary of Danglas, 87. HuttoD, Hutoun. See Edyngtoun, Eor- man. Hwme. See Home. Hynd, Cuthbert, 73. Hyndford : earl of, 153, 155. letters of, 154, 156. John, earl of, 100. earldom of, warrant for patent for, 59. Hyndhope. See Hindhope. R 2 2 260 I. .[dill, Walter, canon of Aberdeen, 26. Imperialists, the, defeat of the French by, 118. Inchikel. lands of, 97. Inchkeith, island of, 180. Ingagement, the, takers of, incapable of places of trust, 94 . Inglis : Alexander, secretary of the duke of Albany, 66. Andrew, 12. John, 189. ofLochend, Robert, 65. Innercall. See Xnvercall. Innerchero. See Gordon, lands of, 282. Innerwick. See Hamilton. curate of, 88. Innes, mill of, 48. Innes House, 51. Innes : — , rector of the Scots college, and his brother a priest, 153. the family, 2, 48. sir Harry, 48. sir James Norcliffe, 1, 48. lady, and her three daughters, 48. Mr., 98. Robert, 48. of Balveni, Robert, 236. of Pethuyk, Thomas, 234. Innocent, Pope, 184. IV., Pope, bulls of, 37. Inschdrour, fiar of, 234. Insurrection of 1715, the, 104, 163-169. Inverboyndie, co. Banff, 233. Invercall, Innercall, Invercaull, laird of, 164. burning of his house, 163. Invergarry, Invergery, co. Inverness, 140. Inverleith, 44. Inverness, 49, 133, 138, 140, 147, 166, 167. bridge of, 138. camp at, letter dated from, 228. letters dated at, 137-139, 144. sheriff of, 137. rpre. See Ypres. Ireland, 61, 79, 93, 115, 144, 148. council of, 148. lords justices of, 147. plantation of, 80. primate of, 79. Irons, Osbert of the, laird of Thornton, 175. John his son, 175. Irvine [co. Ayr], 115, 217. document dated at, 29. provost of. See Boyle. Isla, lord, 169, 227. Italy, 111, 149, 172. J Jacobites, the, 53, 135, 153, 161, 193, 223. Jaffray, Patrick, 94. Jagletoun in Poland, family of, 82. James I., Ring of Scotland, 5, 25. charter of, 63. James II., King of Scotland, 3, 14. charter of, 64. James III., King of Scotland, 3, 14. charter of, 17. seizure of his person, 3, 27. James IV., King of Scotland, 13, 28, 189. charter of, 67. letters of, 25. his queen. See Margaret. James V., King of Scotland, 5, 78, 84, 182. letters of, 28, 42. his queen. See Mary of Guise. James VI., King of Great Britain, 4, 7, 52, 61, 102, 152, 155. letters, warrants, &c., of, 35, 40, 45, 78, 85, 105, 234. his marriage, 93. his queen. See Anna. master of her household, 79. James VII., King of Great Britain, 104, 117, 141, 149, 151, 153. his marriage, 111. James VIII., 163. Jameson, Jamison : Dr., 149, 151. surgeon, 50. Janard, colonel of the Prussian Yellow Hussars, 50. Jariswood. See Jerviswood. Jedburgh. See Douglas. Jedburgh, Gedwortht, Jedworth, 3, 10, 19, 31, 55, 69. documents dated at, 9, 10, 14, 18-20, 69, 189. forest, 10, 19. magistrates of, 54. tolbooth of, document dated in, 18. Jedburgh abbey, 12, 174-176, 184-186, 188. abbot of. See Home. Andrew, commendator of, 189. Henry, abbot of, 188. Robert, abbot of, 14, 185. charters of, 183. seal of, 177. 261 Jedward, Jedworde, co. Roxburgh, 12. Jervise, A., 190. Jerviswood, Jariswood. See Baillie. Jesuits, the, 113, 118, 14 2, 148. Jhonson. See Johnson. Joheri, 183. Johnscleugh. See Home. Johnson, Jhonson, Johneson, Jonsoun • George, 76. John, 74. Thomas, 13. Thomas, curate of Innerwick, 83. Johnstone, Johnstoun, Johnston : servant of the earl of Leven, 164. James, 30, 116. James, secretary for Scotland, 103, 126, 128, 133, 134, 201, 202, 203. letters of, 126, 131, 132. John, 30. John, master of St. Andrew’s college, 78. John, scribe, 40. laird of, 30. , warden of the West Marches, 45. Robert, 67. Johnstone, of Elphinstone, 237. Jonsoun. See Johnson. Juncto, the English, 118. Justice Clerk, the, 54, 116, 131, 163. Justices of the Peace, certificates by, 165. Justiciary court, 143. K. Ka, Patrick, 20. Kailburn, Kelbum, laird of, 133, 134. Kaledoure, church of, 37. Kaleatire, John of, 178. Kalkow. See Kelso. Kames, lord. See Home, Henry. Karr, John, servanf^f the earl of Loudoun, 81. Katherine mill, in Kylesmure, 77. Keanlochallan, in Morvan, 166. Kean Loch Leven, one of the Cameronians, 166. “Keear, Madame,” letter to, 167. Keith, Keth : Alexander de, 174, 177, 178. Agnes, his daughter, 174, 179. Christian, 232. sir Edward of, knt ,, 179. Joan, 180. sir Robert of, knt., 178. sir Robert Murray, 49, 51. William of, 62. of Balmuir, John, son of Gilbert, 232. of Pettindrum, Alexander, 232. of Troup, Gilbert, 232. Keithmore. See Forbes. Kelburn. See Kailburn. Kelburne [co. Ayr], 59. Kello. See Anderson. Kellow, James of, 65. Kelso, Kalkow, Calco, Calehow, Calkow, Kelcho, & c., 6, 33, 40, 47, 86, 90, 106, 167. justice and bailiff of, 19. letter dated at, 109. regality of, 77. statutes for kirk and town of, 41. Kelso Abbey, 6, 24, 25, 35. abbot of, 8, 11, 71. See also Ker. letter to, 39. Osbert, abbot of, 36. Patrick, abbot of, 38. Robert, abbot of, 14, 18, 19, 38, 39, 74. James, commendatov of, 87. bulls relating to, 35-39. chamberlain of, 40. chaplaincy in, 14. commissaries books of, 86, documents dated at, 19, 20, 22, 28, 34, 42, 74, 75, 86, 87. pensions out of, 40. rental of, 40. sub-prior of, 61, 87. women not to be entertained in, 37. Keltoun, 233. Kemmerghame. See Kimmerghame. Kemnay. See Cromby. Kennedy of Girvanmains, Barbara, daughter of sir Hugh, 6, 42. Kennestoun. See Douglas. Kensington, 132, 134, 153, 154. letters, &c., dated at, 97 (2). 99, 100, . 131, 137, 139, 140, 197. Keppach, 144, 145. See also Mackdonall. Keppoch, — , 123. Ker, families of, 1-5, 31. Ker, Kerr, Kerre : Andrew, 25, 47. Anna, 33. Charles, 33. colonel. 168. David, 48. lady Essex, 1. master George, provost of Dunglas, 68 , 86 . Giles, 64. Harry, lord, 1, 33, 48. — — - his wife, 33. his daughters, Anne, Jane, and Margaret, 33. James, 13, 23, 80. sir James Korclilfe Innes, fifth duke of Roxburghe, 1, 4. Jean, 33. lady Jean, countess of Roxburghe, 1, John, 19, 69. Juliana, wife of Patrick Home, 85. laird of, 169. Lancelot, 23. Margaret, 1, 3, 6. — *- deed by, 17. I 262 Ker — cont. Margaret, wife of George of Roule, 21 . Marion, wife of Robert Logan, 79. Mark, 28. Ralph, 20, 28, 75. master Richard, 86. Robert, 17, 33, 69. Robert, minister of Heddington, 170, Robert, lord, 34. Robert, second earl of Lothian, 4, 33. Anna and Jean, his daughters, 33. sir Robert, gentleman of the bed- chamber of Charles I., 108. lady Sophia, 48. Thomas, 17, 19, 20, 22.' Thomas, abbot of Kelso, 75, 86. -, Ralph, his brother, 86. Thomas, abbot of Melrose, 61. William, 18, 20. William, second earl of Roxburghe, 34. • John, his son, 6. William, commendator of Kelso abbey, 40. William, son of the third earl of Roxburghe, letters of, 52, 55. of Altonburn : Audrew, 2, 4, 9-12, 17, 18, 20-23. charter of, 22. — James, his son, 22. John, 2, 8. ■ Mariota, his wife, 2, 8. Richard, 2, 9, 21. of Ancrum : — Andrew, 32. George, 33. Isabel, 32. sir Robert, 31, 32, 40. letters of, 33. 'William, 2, 4, 31, 32. William, his son, 32. of Cavers : George, 86. Thomas, 18. of Caverton, Walter, 14, 17. of Cessford: Andrew, 3, 16-19, 21-23, 27. Ralph, 21. Robert, first earl of Roxburghe, 1-4, 6, 18, 31-33, 46. his humiliation, 31. warden of the Middle Marches, letters to, 34 (4) 35, 52 (3). his wife and daughters, 46. Thomas his son, 40. Thomas, knt., 21. Walter, 3, 11, 12, 14, 17, 18, 21, 23, 28, 77. bailie of Jedburgh forest, 19. — — William, 21. of Chatto, Andrew, 33. of Dolphinston, Walter, 31. Ker — cont. of Fawdounsyde : Andrew, 61, 78, 90. Margaret his wife, 61, 90. of Fenton, Andrew, 32. of Ferniehirst : sir Andrew, 33, 69. Andrew the younger, 79. Thomas, knt., 31, 102. Julian his daughter, 102, , 108. William, 40. of Gaitschaw : Lancelot, 18. Richard, 31. of Graden : Robert, 33. Walter, 23. of Greenhead : Andrew, 18 33. Gilbert, 31. — — Robert, 47. of Kippitlaw : Mark, 77. Thomas, 77. of Linton : Andrew, 18, 32, 33. George, 23. James, 23. of Littledean, major-general Walter, 1. of Maisondieu, Andrew, 33. of Melrose, Robert, 18. of Mersingtoun : Robert, 34. - Thomas, 31, 34. William, 13. of Nether Howden, George, 77. of Newbottle, Andrew, 79. in NeAvhall, Robert, 77. of Primsid, loch, Ralph, 13. of Roxburgh, Andrew, 32. of Schaw, Ralph, 20. of Snadoun, William, 31. of Yhare, William, 13. Keristak, James, 21. Kerymure, co. Angus, barony of, 181- 183. Keth. See Keith. Kilbockie, — , 140. Kilconquhar. See Dunbar. Kilduthol : the younger, 140. major, 140. Kilgrastoun, 164. Killyhuimen, 228. Kilmahew, lands of, 43. Kilmaurs, in Cunningham, 37. Kilmaurs, Alexander, lord, 27. Kilsyth, viscount, that ingrained rebel, 169. Kilwynning, abbot of, commissioner to England, 105. Kimmerghame, Kymbergeame, Kemmer- gbame, co. Berwick: laird of. See t Home, lands of, 60, 65, 69, 76, 90. Kincardine, the shire of 117. earl of, 129. 263 Kineir, And., letter of, 141. King, the. See Alexander, Charles, David, George, James, Malcolm, Kobert, William. Kinghorn, 46. earl of, 33. Kingsbarns, co. Fife : deed dated at, 93. lands of, 78, 93. teinds of, 92, 93. King’s Printer, the, 135. Kingston, — , commander in the duke of Cumberland’s army, 49. Kinloch, Henry, 40. Kinross, 163. Kinross, Andrew, his academy, 49. Kintrai, lands of, 97. Kintore, earl of, 123. Kippen, 15. Kippitlaw. See Ker. Kircpatrik, Umfred of, 178. Kirkpatrick : Roger, 30. of Closeburn, Roger, 29. of Kirkmichael : the family, 2, 4, 30. William, 29. Knight, Mr., 54. Knokdurnis, 233. Knollis, sir William of, knt., preceptor of Torpichen, 17. Knox : James, regent in Edinburgh Univer- sity and minister of Kelso, 90. John, the Reformer, 61, 90. * Margaret his wife, 61, 90. his grand nephews, 61, 90. John, minister of Melrose, 90. William, minister of Cockpen, 90. William his son, 90. Knychson, James, 21. Kowschaw. See Charteris. Kyd, Alexander, succentor of Aberdeen, 233. Kyle: John, 29. Michael, 29. William, 29. Kyle Senescalli, 62. Kylesmure, co. Ayr : lordship of, 89. teinds and mills of, 77. Kynbachlaw. See Lowell. Kynge : James, 74. John, 87. Kynkell, 233. Kynnabir, 93. Kyrktoun. See Faulaw. William of, 10. Kyrell, deed dated at, 187. L. Lagan, 231. La Grandieu, a French prisoner, 221. Lamberton, William de, bishop of St. Andrews, 176, 185. Lamden. See Haitlie. Lamington, 89. Lammermoors, the, 88. Lammermuir, 165. Lanark, William, earl of, 33. Landells, — , bishop of St. Andrews, 176. Landsdown. See Lansdown. Langholm Castle, 3, 30. Langis land, co. Roxburgh, 15. Langrau. See Schewill. Langrig. See Graden. Langthoun, William of, 9. Langton, Langtoun, Langthoun, co. Ber. wick, 110. See also Cockburn, Turn- bull. documents dated at, 9, 78, 84, 85, ( 2 .) Lansdowm, Landsdown, earl, 227. Lanton, — , 167. Lang, John, 65. Largo, co. Fife, teinds of Gylston in, 72. Laterau, bulls dated at the, 36, 37, 185. council, 36. Lathame. See Atkynson. Lauder, co. Berwick, 83. Lauder, Lawadre, Lawder, Lawedre. Alan, 181. Gregory, 188. John, 68, 76. Mariota of, or Margaret, wife of sir Alexander Home, 18, 60, 67, 75, 76. Robert, 83. Robert, notary, 73. Robert of, 7‘4. William, 79. his wife, 76. of Eddrington, Robert of, 18, 65. of Haltoun, sir Alexander, 27. Lausoun, Lawson : William, 22. of Highriggs, James, 70. Lauthrisk, kirk of, 88. LaVallette, — , a commander in the French army, 125. Law. See Home ; Lummysden. Law, Mr., 53. Lawder. See Lauder. Lawers. See Campbell. Lawndelys, William of, bishop of St. Andrews, 186. Lawrence, cardinal, ihe Pope’s peni- tentiary, 232. Lawrie : Alison, 94. of Blackwood, chamberlain of the marques of Douglas, 119. 2 264 Lawson. See Lausoun. Law tie, Lawty : James, burgess of Cullen, 234. William, 233. Lay of the Last Minstrel, the poem, 5. Laynge of Caverton, Alexander, 15. Lech : William of, 181. burgess of Aberdeen, 182. Legerwood, co. Berwick, 77. Leicester, Leister, House, 228. Leiche, Matthew, 29. Leicht, John, vicar of Dunottar, 232. Leidom, co. Edinburgh, 70. Leister. See Leicester. Leith, 43, 49, 50, 92, 93, 109, 160, 161. deeds dated at, 92, 93. Leithwynd, 46, 54. Lemmay. See Gordon. Lempatlaw, in Sprouston, marches of, 24. Lennox, Levioax, 43. Lennox, Lenox : duke of, 47, 60, 217. Ludovick, second duke of, 102. letter of, 105. lord George, 50. Matthew, earl of, 7, 43. Henry, his sou, 7, 43. Margaret, his wife, 43. Leo X., Pope, 68. Le Pein, a French prisoner, 223. Lermonth : John of, 74. Robert, 69. Leslie : — , 163. of Balquhain, John, 234. Lesmahagow, Lesmahagu, Lesmahago, Priory, 37, 39. chamberlain of. See Weir. Lesmehagoe, — , a hostage, 220. Leston, Thomas, 20. Leth, Robert, 63. Lethame, John, his widow, 76. Lethington. See Maitland. Leuenton, Margaret, a nun, 72. Leven, earl of, 151, 164, 197, 200, 202, 205. Levinax. See Lennox. Lewingstoun. See Livingstone. Levington, Charles, 189. Leyden, 49. letters dated at, 116. Leythheid, co. Edinburgh, 70. Lezip, count, 51. Liberton, Libertoun : Alexander, 75, 76. Christina, 76. William of, provost of Edinburgh, 22. Liddale, Liddell : George, rector of Forest, 66. sir James, knt., master of the house- hold of the duke of Albany, 66. of Halkerston, sir James, 27. Liddisdale, Liddalysdale, 6, 34. lord of, 10, 181. Liege, Lidge, 122, 124, 125. Lile, Robert, lord, 17. Lincluden, Lynclouden : deed dated at, 90. provost of, 17, 61, 89. Lindsay, Lindissay, Lindesay, Lyndissay r Lyndesay, &c. : sir Alexander of, knt., 15, 181, 182. Andrew, 188. David, bishop of Ross, 92, 93. minister of Leith, 92. chaplain of James VI., 93. James, nephew of Robert II., 15, 2 T x 181, 182. James, canon of Glasgow, 25. James, provost of Lincluden, keeper of the privy seal, 17. James, lord, 90. Jeremie, 93. John, lord, 93. Jonet, 29. Norman, chamberlain of Scotland, 93. Patrick, bishop of Ross, his ignorance* and impertinences, 52. Robert, lord, 93. William, prior of Restennet, 188. of Byres : John, 12. sir John, 12. Patrick, 82. sir William, 181. of Crawford, sir James, 181. of Covington, James, 25. of Glennesh, sir Alexander, 181. of Thoriston, sir John, 62. Lingen, in Friesland, 51. Linlithgow, Lithgow, Lythgw, 3, 27, 28. High Street, 20. constabulary of, 20. lordship of, 28. teinds of, 87. Linlithgow, Lithgow, lord, 127, 146, 169, 209. Lintalee, Lintole, co. Roxburgh, manor of, 19. Linton, Lyntoun. See Ker. loch of, 21-23. Lippe, count of, 123. Lishaw. See Farquhar. Lish, doctor, 127. Lithgow. See Linlithgow. Litstar, Stephen, last prior of Holyrood, 7. letter of, 44. Litster, William, 82. Littledean. See Ker. tower of, 2. Livingstone, Levingston, Lewingstoun, Levynston, & c. : 203. James, 24. sir James of, knt., 65. Marjorie, wife of James Ogilvie, 233. Patrick, 24. sir Thomas, 81, 121, 123. of Calentare, sir Alexander of, 65. of Manerston, Henry, 19. Lochaber, 143, 145. braes of 166. 265 Loehariot, near Borthwick Castle, 165. Locharkaik, lands of, 142. Lochend. See Inglis. Lochiel, Locheal, — , 12a, 134, 142, 143, 166. Lochinvar, lord of, 30. Lochnell, laird of, 166. Lochryan, in Galloway, 134. Lockhart, Lokhart : captain, 217. John, 185. Ro., 233. Logan, Logan e : Robert, 62. Robert, bailie, 79. sir Walter de, knt., 177. of Restalrig : — — Robert, 79. Marion, his wife, and Robert, his son, 79. Logie, 61, 89, 90, 91. teinds of, 71, 72, 76, 89, 91. Loggiealmond, — , 169. Logiealmond. See Drummond. Lokhart. See Lockhart. London, 46, 47, 51, 57, 104, 105, 111, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 127, 133, 141, 172, 196, 202, 212, 222, 224, 225, 227, 231, 237. bishop of (1695), 127. letters dated at, 118, 119, 125, 126 (2), 128, 130-132, 145, 156-159, 162, 163, 204, 218, 220 (2), 223, 228. mortality from small-pox in, 53. the Arch in Crutched Friars, 170. Royal Exchange, 228. Temple Bar, 228. Tower of, 130, 133, 224. Longa ville, earl of, 21. Longforgan : lands of, 174, 177, 178. mill of, 179. Longformacus, 167. Longmure, 233. Loo, 215. letters dated at, 123, 146. Lord Advocate, 55, 106, 135, 213. See also Stewart. Lord Chancellor, 97, 159, 161, 215, 222, 224, 226, 227. See also Marclimont, Ogilvie. his lodging destroyed by fire, 196. Lord Clerk Register, 82, 159, 218, 222. Lord General. See Cromwell. Lord High Chancellors of Scotland, lives of, 170. Lord High Treasurer, 159-161, 191. See also Godolphin, Ogilvie. Lord Justice Clerk, 146, 163. Lord President, 225, 226. Lord Privy Seal, 199. Lord Treasurer Depute, 213. Lords of Justiciary, 54. Loreyn, Loreyne : Eustace, 8. James of, 8. Lorraine, lieutenant-colonel, 169. Lossie, the river, 49. Lothian, Louthian : archdeaconry of, 65, 83. official of, 75. sheriffdom of, 12, 219. Lothian : the family of, 2. marquis of, E.T., 2. marqufsate, warrantfor patent for, 59. Patrick, 65. Robert, second earl of, 4. Lothian House, 33. Louchfyne, 174. the Tarbartis by, 178. Loudon, Loudoun. See Campbell, earl of, 96, 111. his son, 96. chancellor of Scotland, letter of, 109. Hugh, earl of, secretary of state, letters of, 221, 222. James, earl of, 81. John, earl of, 81. lord, 193. Margaret, countess of, 81. Louis XIII., king of France, 108. Louis XIV., king of France, 111, 153, 160, 163. Loutfit, Patrick, burgess of Edinburgh, 43. Lovat, Lovatt : lady, 103, 137, 138. lord. See Fraser. Lowell, Lowall : of Ballumby, Richard, 182. of Kynbachlaw, Thomas, 182. Lowis of Mennar, Thomas, 27, 66. Lowtholt, John, 188. “ L. R.,” letter of, 170. Lucheris, kirk of, 87, 88. Lucius III., Pope, 184. bull of, 36. Luff ness, teinds of, 76. Lugduni. See Lyons. Lumysden, Lummysdene : John of, 65. Patrick, rector of Bridge of Spey- 231. of Blenhern, Blanerne: David, 65, Patrick, 67. of Lathame, Thomas of, 65. of Law, John, 67. Lundies, See Home. Lundy, deed dated at, 186. sir John, 27. Lusa, 125. Lussel, Monsieur, marshal of the French camp, 123. Lutherdale, sir David, archdean of Dun- keld, 17. Luz, 123. Lyell : David, 92. William, 92. Lyle : Beatrix, 85. of Stanipeth, John, 84. 2 266 Lyn : John, 29. Laurens. 29. Lynclouden. See Lincluden. Lyndesav, Lyndassay. See Lindsay. Lyntoun. See Linton. Lyon : Alexander, chanter of Moray, 189. of Auchterhouse, — , 169. of Auldbar, 'Thomas, the treasurer, 105. of Glamis, 174, 177. David, 188. George, lord Glamis, 188. - — — sir John, knt., 179. the chamberlain, 175, 180, 181,189. his wife, 175. John, lord Glamis, 188, 189. John, his son, 189. Lyons, Lugduni, France, bull dated at, 37. Lyoun, John, 179. Lythgw. See Linlithgow. M. Macdonald, Mackdonall, of Keppach, Coll, chieftain of Brae Lochaber, 142- 145, 166. Macgill, Robert, second viscount Oxford, letter of, 139. Machane : Alexander, 76. John, 76. Macher, lands of, 97. Machribuie, Ireland, barony of, 79. Macintoshe, laird of, 142. letters of, 144, 145. Mackdonall. See Macdonald. Mackkenzie, Roderick, 135. Macky, M. de, 237. Maclean, major, 50. Macquanes. See Makines. Macwilly, sergeant James, 50. Madagascar, Madacascar, 196. Madourans, Monsieur, 123. Madur, John, 21. Maes, the river, 124. Maestricht, 125. Magdalens, Magdaleneside, near Linlith- gow, 20. Maisondieu. See Ker. Maitland : brigadier, governor of Fort William, 144, 146. Elizabeth, 232. Major-General, his regiment, 222. W., secretary of Mary, queen of Scots, 30, 31. of Lethington, Richard, 83. Makcartnay, James, 41. Makclene, James, 40. Makerston, Malkarston, 23. Makge in Betliroule, William, 28. Makgill, James, clerk register, 40. Makmoryn, John, 23. See also McMor- rane. Malcolm Canmore, king of Scotland, 187.- Malcolm IV., king of Scotland, 177. charters of, 6, 35, 175. Malkarston. See Makerston. Malt Tax, the, 191. | Mai vile, Patrick, 78. Man, Mannie : lord of. See Dunbar ; Ranulphi. William, 182. Manderstoun : Alexander of, 65. Elizabeth, 82. in Duns, Arthur, 85. Manderstown. See Home. Manerston. See Livingstone. Manor. See Mennar. Many, Meiny. See Waus. Mar : Margaret, countess of, 181. earl of, 175, 237. See also Stewart; Douglas. John, earl of, 7. John, earl of, secretary of state, 158. John, sixth earl of, a Jacobite, 163, 164, 167, 168, 193, 210, 211, 222. letters of, 223, 225. Marburgh, 50. Marcel, G., chancellor of Aberdeen, 233. March, 167. earl of, 156. See also Albany; Dunbar. earldom of, 59, 66, 78. George, earl of, 63. Marchmont : claimants to estates, 56, 57. Grisel, countess of, 98. . earls of, 60, 173. Patrick, first earl of. See Home of Polwarth. second earl of, 56. Hugh, third earl of, lord Polwarth, representative peer and keeper of the Great Seal, 56-58. Anne, his sister, and Diana, his daughter, 57. his executor. See Rose. earldom of, 59. Marchmont House, 173. state papers found at, 58-61. Marchmont Library, 56-59. Marchmont Papers, 56-61, 102-105. Mare, John, 76. Marescall, Edmund, 15. Margaret, queen of James IV., lease by, 28. Marischal, Marishell : carl of, 42, 169, 225. the, 174. sir William Keith, earl of, 232. William Keith, third earl of, his daughter, 193. William Keith, fourth earl, 174. 267 Marislon, co. Fife, lands of, 82. Markinsche, kirk of, 88. Marlborough : John, first duke of, 192, 210, 211, 217, 227. his campaigns, 52-54, 122-125, 203, 204. ■ letters of, 224. death of his son, 217. Charles, baron Spencer, afterwards second duke of, letter of, 227. Sarah, duchess of, 56, 193, 227. — — letter of, 227. Marsingtoun, Mersingtoun. See Ker. Marten, Thomas, 47. Martin : Henry, 18. Mr., letter of, 164. Mary of Guise, queen of James V., regent, 3, 5, 6, 29, 42, 77, 84. Mary, queen of Scots, 3, 40, 41, 102, 174, 176. letters, & c., of, 30, 31, 34 (3), 39, 43, 105. her marriage with Bothwell, 60. her secretary. See Maitland. Mary, queen of William III., 118, 122, 127. Mason, Masson, Mr., 159, 161. Master of Angus, George, 67 Matheson, John, 76. Mathieson, John, 232. Mauchane, Alexander, 40. Mauchline, 77. James, lord, 96. Maxwell, 19, 86, 87. colonel, 51. sir G., 203. sir John, 116. of Calderwood, sir John, 22. McClean, captain, 163. Me Cully : Gilbert, 29. John, 29. McDonald : sir Donald, 166. of Clan Ronald, 166. of Glencoe, 166. of Keppach. See MacDonald. McDonald, the clan, 122. McDowell of Auchinbrume, Thomas, 29. McDugal, Andrew, 55. McHuisten, — , 140. Mclntoshe, brigadier, 167. Mclnven, laird of, 166. McKeaston, — , 167. McKelly, John, 180. McKensies, the, 228. McKenzie of Tarbat, J., 236. McLean, sir John, 166. McLeods, the, 166. McMorane, Makmoran : George, 93. John, 78, 92, 93. Rinian, 78, 92, 93. Ninian the younger, 93. McPherson, sir Eneas, 153. McWilliame, Murchie, 29. Medilmest, — , his lands, 86. Meeting Houses, interference with, 171, 172. Megginch, Meggins, 165. Meigle, 117. Meigners, See Meyneres. Meiny. See Many. Meirdein. See Ormiston. Mekines, Macquanes, seat of the em- peror of Morocco at, 130. Meldrum. See Seton. Melford, earl of, 153. Mellerstaines, 172. Melrose, Melrois, Melros, 18, 90. document dated at, 68. abbey, 39, 68, 78. abbot of, 8, 11. See also Douglas ; Durie ; Ker, Thomas. Richard, abbot of, 39. chamberlain of, 89. earl of. See Hamilton of Binning, steward of, 77. Melvill, Melvil, Melville : Andrew, provost of New College, St. Andrews, 78. earl of, 113, 115, 118, 120. Elizabeth, lady Comrie, 92. of Murdocairny, sir Robert, treasurer depute, 106. Menmuir : lands of, 187. lords of, 187. Mennar. See Lowis. Mensles. See Turnbull. Menstrie, Menstry. See Alexander. the goodwife of,” 92. Menteth, Menteith : port of, 91. sir Alexander, knt., 181. sir Murdach, earl of, 178. sir Robert, earl of. See Albany. Menzies, Thomas, 238. Mercumstonis, laird of, 44. Merinoille Regiment, the, 123. Merkingly, Merchingleye, near Marching- burn, hermitage of, 6, 36. Merse, the, 56, 68, 110. Merse and Teviotdale, synod of, 106. Mersingtoun, Robert of, 47. Mersynton. See Ker. Merton House, co. Berwick, 2, 58. Methfen, Methven, Methphen : charter dated at, 181. provost of, 65. David, 165. lady, 42. Methlak. See Bernet. Meyers, James, his ship seized by Scotch- men, 220. Meyneres, Meigners, sir Alexander of, knt., 177, 178. Middill Welwod. See Campbell. Middle Marches : warden of, 3, 4, 10, 31, 34, 35. English warden of, 34. 2 268 Midlothian, 229 : sheriff clerk of, 237. Migbie, kirk of, 87. Military Service, certificates of men fit for, 93. Militia, the, 99, 111, 165. Mill, Mr., 170. Miller, Patrick, 229. Minigaff, 219. Ministry, the, 227. Minos, near Inverness, 49. Mint, the, 133, 208, 209, 223, 224. master of. See Newton, sir Isaac. Minto. See Turnbull. M’Laine, — , 123. Mody, John, 67. Mohun, lady, 227. Mol. See Mow. Molle, 8. Cecilia of, 37. lords of, 37. Robert of, 9. Molliniis, Celsus de, 188. Monboddo : letter dated at, 230. lord. See Burnett. Monck, Munke, George, commander-in- chief, 81, 96. — — , letter of, 96. Mon gale, William of, 178. Monk, Richard the, 231. Monkhill, 77. Monmelian, marquis, his nephew, 123. Monmouth, Munmouth : duchess of, 114. duke of, 115. earl of, 130. Monpipan, Monsieur de, 123. Monro’s, the, 166. Monros, 175, 187. Montgomery, Montgomerie, Montgomrie : lady Anna, countess of Findlater, 235. Francis, 151. Hugh, lord, afterwards earl of Eglin- ton, 235. James, and his wife, 131. sir James, 119. John, 29. John, to he master of the Mint, 208. Robert, 29. of Giffen, Patrick, 29. Montrose, 229. James, fourth marquis of, letter of, 221 . , duke of, 222. lord, 204. Mont St. Andre, letter dated from the king’s quarters at, 124. Monymosk. See Forsyth. Monypenny, John, fiar of Petmelly, 32. Moordean, Ester Merdeyne, teinds of, 61, 86 . Moordick, 53. Moore, lieutenant, brother of lord Drog- heda, 50. Moors, the, 103, 130. Mor, William, 74. Moray, 232 : cartulary of, 98. chanter of, 189. dean of, 27. sub-dean of, 232. Moray, Moravia, earl of, 63. See also Ranulphi. Mordenstoun, lands of, 69. More : sir Adam, knt., 62. Reginald, 178. Morebattle, Morhattle, co. Roxburgh, p 54, 55. Morison : , his regiment, 168. Alexander, 33. Morstein : Andrew, earl of, great treasurer of Poland, 82. , his wife. See Gordon. Isabella, countess of, wife of prince Czartouriskie, petition of, 81. Mortimer, Mortuo Mari : • Robert of, 183. W. de, 184. Morton, 19. James, earl of, regent of Scotland, 34, 82. lord, 119. Patrick, archdeacon of Aberdeen, 233. Mortoun, Mr., governor of Carolina, letter to, 114. Morvan, 166. Moscrop, James, 38. Mosman, Alan, 76. Mossy, Gilbert, 16. Monbray, Roger, 4. Mousfald, John of, vicar of Glasgow choir, 16. Mouswald, William, official of Glasgow, 38. Mow, Mol, tithes of, 39. Mowtray, James, vicar of Turrekkillis, 233. Moy, isle of, letters dated from, 144, 145. Muir, Mure : Adam, 29. John, 29. Muirhouselaw. See Haliburton. Muirkirk, 93. Mull of Argyll, 134, 166. Mund: Donald, 29. John, 29. Munke. See Monck. Munkure, Michael de, 182. Munmouth, See Monmouth. Munro of Bearcrofts, Alexander, letter of, 119. Munster, 50. Murdocairny. See Melville. Mure : Mungo, 89. of Thornton, sir Archibald., provost of Edinburgh, letter of, 135. 269 Murkill. See Sinclair. Murray, Murraye, Muray : - — - 143. James, 39. lord James, 138. James, earl of, regent of Scotland, 40. his tomb, 32. John (1447), 23. John (1480), 66. John (1707), 208. John, earl of Tullibardine. See Tullibardine. lieutenant colonel. 217. sir Patrick, 111, 121. letter of, 137. Robert, commissary of Stirling, 92. William, 23. of Auchtertyre, the younger, 169. of Blackbarony, George, 24. of Cranston : Alexander, 24. John, 22. William, 22. of Falahill : John, 25, 27. Patrick of, 17. of Neuton, David, 24. of Stanhope, lady, 173. Murray Firth, 48, 49. Murykluch, in Sprouston, 24. Mydylmest, Thomas, 9. My 11, master Robert, 74. Myllar: David, curate of Dull, 86. John, 29. Margaret, 29. William, 29. Mylnburn, in Kylesmure, mill of, 77. Mylne, Patrick, master of New College, St. Andrew’s, 78. Myltoun. See Ogilvie. Mynto. See Turnbull. Myretoun, Myrtoun: Thomas, archdeacon of Aberdeen, 232. master Thomas of, dean of Glasgow, 63. N. Nairne : David, 196, 198, 218. sir David, 208. Peter, alias Eobert Bruce, minister of reformed religion and mass priest, 35. Namur, 122. Naper : sister Agnes, 43. Alexander, 22. sister Elizabeth, 43. sister Elizabeth sub-prioress of St. Catherine’s of Sienna, 43. sister Margaret, 43. Narn, Alexander, 22. National Records, 59. Negroes, 130. Nesbit, Neisbet, Nesbett: sister Catherine, 43. Philip of, 63. of Edringtoun, Adam of, 65. in Paxtoun, William, 83. Nether Howden. See Howden. Neuton. See Murray. Neutoun, J., 236. Neutoune. See Bruce. Newark, le Newark, Neuwerk: castle, 5. constable of, 22. documents dated at, 22, 23, 25. Newbattle : document dated at, 33. abbot of, 11. Newbottle. See Ker. Newcastle, duke of, 228. Newhalburne. See Turnbull. Newhall. See Cockburn. Ernlaw know and Mwry rig in, 77. Newmarket, letter dated at, 211. New River, the, 50. Newton, 13, 183. letter dated at, 110. Newtone, Newtoun, Neutone: 121 . Alexander, of, 13. Archibald, 23. Archibald of, 10. Sir Isaac, 192. master of the Mint, letters of, 223, 224. John, 21. Thomas, 73. of Carloury, John of, 11. of Dalcove: Archibald, of, 12. John of, 12. Newton Stewart, markets and fairs of, 219. New York, 150. proposal to purchase, 1 13. Nicholas V., Pope, bull of, 38. Nicole, Anselm, and Richard, lords of Molle, 37. Nieuburgh, 203. Ninewells. See Home. Nisbet, 110. Nivel, 125. Non-jurors, 103. Norcliffe, sir James Innes, fifth duke of Roxburghe, 48. Normandy, the regiment of, 50. Norre, Robert, 74. North Berwick, Northberik, 76, 80, 92. bailie of, 74. documents dated at, 71-73. haven, teinds of fish from, 73. Nungate, 71. Nunnery, 59, 60, 89. chamberlain of, 89. common seal stolen, 72. deeds of, 71-73. 2 270 North Berwick — cont. Nunnery, prioress of, 89. See also Home, Margaret. North Britain, sheriffs depute in, 197. Northesk, Northesque, earl of, 151, 217. Northumberland, the county of, 166, 167. Norway, 174, Nottingham, earl of, 118, 154, 155, 218. o. Ochiltree. See Cochrane ; Stewart. O’Cons, Ockons, business of, 136, 137. Officers of State, lives of, 97. Ogilbi, sir Walter of, knt., the treasurer, 63. Ogilface, barony of, 73. Ogill, Ogyll: Alexander, chaplain, 83. Jane, wife of Patrick, 46. Ogilvie, Ogilvy, Ogiluy: merchant of Edinburgh, 136. Alexander, 232, 233. Alexander and George, sons of George the elder, 233. Elizabeth, wife of James Dunbar, 231. James, lord, 233. John, 234. sir Patrick of, knt., 11. sir Patrick, sheriff of Angus, 182. Thomas, 79. Thomas, provost of Dunglas, 90. sir Walter of, knt., 1 1 . of Auchquhenany, George, 233. of Blerak, James, 234. of Boyne, Alexander, 193, 234. of Cragboyne: George, 232. Walter, 232. of Crudane, John, 233. of Cultis, Michael, 233. of Drumnakeith, James, bailie of Cullen, 231. of Dunlugus : George, 233, 234. Walter, 234. of Findlater : barony of, 233. Alexander, 193, 233. Elizabeth Gordon, his wife, 193. Barbara, 233. Caroline, countess of Seafield, 191,216. general, letter of, 237. James, 193, 23 3. James, earl of Findlater, 236. James, third earl of Findlater, 235. James, fourth earl of Findlater, afterwards viscount and earl of Seafield, 99, 101, 103, 116, 119, 131, 134, 146, 191, 198, 212,226, 237. Ogilvie — cont. chief baron of the Ex- chequer, 191. commissioner to Parlia- ment, 216. keeper of the Great Seal, 192. lord chancellor, 191. lord high treasurer, 191. — secretary of state, 132, 191. solicitor general, 191. letters of, 132, 133, 135, 136 (2), 140, 141, 146, 150-153, 155, 212-216, 225. — — letters to, 194-212, 216- 228, 237. his mother, 193, 235. James, sixth earl of Findlater, third earl of Seafield, 212, 228, 229. Marion, 233. Walter, first lord Deskford, 191, 193, 233, 234. of Glassacht : Alexander, 231. James, son of John, 233. John, his brother, 233. of Myltoun: George, son of George, 233. • James his brother, 233. Old laws, a tax levied to print, 61. Oliphant, Olyfawnt, Olyphant ; sir John, 5. Marion, 5, 16. William, 183. Orange : prince of, the prettiest young prince in the world, 53. William, prince of, 115, 117. See also William III. Orkney : diocese of, 232. Adam, bishop of, 40. See also Bothwell. Edward, bishop of, 232. J ohn, coadjutor bishop of, 232. earl of, a representative peer, 223. Ormiston. See Cockburn. Ormystoun, Ormeston : David, 86. George of, 20, 23. James of, 13, 22, 23. William, 86. of Meirdein, 87. Orrary, — , his regiment, 168. Osnaburgh, 51. Otterburn, Ottirburn : Gilbert, rector of Slains, 65. John, provost of Methven, canon of Glasgow, and official of St. Andrews, 65. of Wester Hailes, Adam, 82. Over Auchmilling. See Auchmilling. Overchester. See Turnbull. Owen, James, 80. Oxford, viscount. See Macgill. Oxnam, lord of. See Colville. 271 P. Pacok, William, 76. Paintland, great meeting and feasting of Papists at, 133. Paisley, Robert, abbot of, 82. Pakokburn, Pakouburne, in Sprowston, 24. Palmar in Kelso, Adam, 86. Panmure, lord, 229. Papal Bulls, 6, 35-39. Parbrothe. See Seton. Parergon’s Mathematics, 127. Paris, 126. letter dated at, 45. Park. See Gordon. Parkle, James of, 11. Parliament : of the Commonwealth, 236. of England, 129, 131, 140, 145, 146, 151, 153, 158, 194, 197, 203, 207- 211, 214, 216, 218, 219, 222, 224, 225. — — house of Commons, 56, 102, 118, 125, 148, 152, 154,224. high church party in, 155. — — — — wooden shoe with the arms of the King of France on found under the Speaker’s chair in, 111 . house of Lords, 48, 56, 57, 132, 152, 154, 155, 162, 191, 227, 229. of Scotland, 5, 35, 59, 81, 107, 110, 118, 128, 139, 140, 144, 146, 150, 153-158, 176, 199, 201-208, 212, 213, 216, 219, 220, 222, 225, 226. Acts of, 179, 198, 207,208. ■ persons incapable of being members of, 195. high commissioners to, 59, 61, 98, 146, 192, 194, 199, 202, 203. warrant of, 81. Paterson, John, bishop of Glasgow, 103, 133. letters of, 131, 148. Patersone, Alexander, 73. Patras, Simon, archbishop of, 188. Patrikson, Andrew, 232. Paul II., Pope, 72. his seal, 39. Paul III., Pope, 72. Paxtoun. See Nesbit. Nicholas, 65. of Auldincraw, William, 83. Pearstoun. See Barklay. Peebles, 2. Peebles Cross, 171. Peerage of Scotland, 97, 169. Peers : creation of, by commission, 7. protest by, 236. representative, 56, 162, 223. Pembroke [earl of], 161. Penango, Pennango, Hugh, 96. Pencaitland, lord justice, 55. Penn, William, 192. letters of, 220, 222. Pensylvania, 192, 220. Pentland, battle of, 110. Penven, master Robert, rector of South- dean, 23. “ Pereson, Peter,” 115. Perth, St. John’s Town, 1, 46, 110, 163, 165, 169, 181. Carthusian monastery near, 5, 24, 25. church of, 26. deeds dated at, 15, 26, 27, 30, 31, 182. general council at, 15. letter dated at, 163. magistrates of, 164. the shire of, 26, 223. courts of, 143, Perth, earl of, 33, 129. John, earl of. See Drummond. Petcorthie. See Strang. Pethugh. See Innes. Petmdly, fiar of, 32. Pettincreiffe, — , 135. Pettindrum. See Keith. Phairnyngton. See Farnington. Phanellan, 138. Philip V., king of Spain, 193, 219. letter to, 196. Pilmuir. See Hoppringill. Pincartoun, 83. Pinkartowne, captain, 215. Piot, William, 188. Piracy, 192, 196. Pitcairn, Robert, 182. Pitcairne, D., 236. Pitcur, 46. Pitliver. See Dempster. Pitmedden. See Seaton. Pittadro. See Echlin. Pix, trial of the, 209, 224. Plague, the, 102, 108. Planamouris, Thomas, 73. Plato, proverbs of, 95. Plenderleith, Prendyrlatb, Prenderlath, lands of, 4, 20, 21. Plot, the, 200. Poitiers, France, 108. Poland, Polland, 82. Pollock, — , 126. Pollok, Elizabeth, daughter of Peter of, 62. Polwaith. See Gillmour. Polwarth, Polwrth, co. Berwick, 107, 109, 170. church of St. Kentigern, 94, 173. deed dated in, 67. court of the barony of, 95. curate of, 66, 83, 87. lady of, 94. laird of, 79, 89, 91. See also Home, lands of, 60, 63, 64, 66, 67, 71. land called “ Leland ” in, 67. master of, 103. B 272 Polwarth — cont. minister of, 106, 107. parish sessions book, 94. Polwarth : the family, 62, 68. lady, 61, 91. lord, 2, 81, 116. See also Home, Scott. claimants to the title, 56, 57. patent for creation of, 120. sir Patrick of, knt., 63. sir Patrick, last laird of, 60. created earl of Marchmont, 97. See also Home of Polwarth. Polwarth House, 116. See also Redbraes Castle. letters dated at, 115, 173. Pont-de-piere, Flanders, 125. Pope, Alexander, the poet, 56. Pope, the, 118, 147, 172. See also Alexander, Benedict, Celestine, Clement, Eugenius, Gregory, Honorius, Innocent, Leo, Lucius, Nicholas, Paul, Sixtus. Population, statistics of, 230. Portland, earl of, 116, 118, 120, 128, 141, 146, 212. letter of, 135. Portmore, lord, warrant for patent for creation of, 59. Portuse : James, 21. John, 21. “ Postboy,” the, newspaper, 130. “ Postman,” the, newspaper, 130. Powhous. See Balfour. Powry. See Fotheringham. Pratt, Christie, 234. Prebenda, Richard de, 183. Prenderlath, Prendyrlath. See Plender- leith. baron of. See Abernethy. . Preneste, Laurence, bishop of, the pope’s penitentiary, 71. Presbiterians, 113, 116, 117, 118, 126, 127, 132, 159, 161, 170, 171, 222, 223. President of Session, 146, 151. Preston, 27, 33, 80. documents dated at, 67, 80, 220. teinds of, 87. Alexander, vicar of Ednam, 38. sir William of, knt., 26. Prestongrange, 217, 219. Prestwick, Prestwyk, Pretwyk, co. Ayr, 62. charter dated at, 63. Pretender, the, 53, 163, 217, 223, 227. Prices, 47, 76, 77, 82. Primate, the, 68. Primrose, Primerose : sir Archibald, register, 129. of Barnbougal, Margaret, wife of George Home, 96. Primside, Promside, Prymside, co. Rox- burgh, 21-23. charter dated at, 21» Primside — cont. lands Gf, 2, 4. lord of. See Roule. mains of, 22. mill of, 23. Primsydeloch. See Ker. Prince of Wales, the, 153, 154. Pringle, Pryngill, Pringile, Pringill, & Cr : Alexander, 19, 24, 185. Andrew, 47. David, 13. George, 24. George, sheriff depute of Berwick, 83. John, minister of Fogo, letter of, 112 . Mr., 210, 218. Robert, under-secretary of State, 141. letters of, 128 (2), 129, 133, 146, 150, 152-154, 156, 162. Vylle, 44. William, 18. William, constable of Cessford castle, 17. See also Hoppryngill. of Smalehaim, David, 17. Privy Council, the, 4, 31, 32, 45, 59, 79, 84,107, 110, 113, 118, 121, 123, 128- 131, 133-135, 137, 139, 144, 147, 150, 151, 153, 155, 156, 170, 198, 202, 205, 205, 214, 216-219, 222, 227, 236. clerk of. See Elliot, examination of prisoners before, 159. extract records of, 32, 81. decrees of, 15, 82, 84. letter of, 111. letter to, 196. president of, 116, 159. Privy Seal, the, 97. keeper of, 17, 59, 63, 65. precepts under, 59. Promside. See Primside. Protestants, 102, 128, 147, 157, 158, 221. Protestant succession, the, 156, 157. Prussia : king of, 53. yellow hussars of, 50. Prymside. Sec Primside. Prynghill, Pryngil. See Pringle. Punt, Robert, 185. Puntone, Alison and Elizabeth, nuns, 72. Purgatory, 147. letter dated from, 119. Purves of Purves, sir William, bart., 57. Pyle, master Philip, 11 (2), 16. burgess of Edinburgh and Jedburgh, 12. Pyt, Thomas, rector of Abbotroul, 65. Pythagoras, proverbs of, 95. 273 Q. Quareour : George, charter of, 75. John, 75. Quarrelwood, 49. Queensberry : earl of. 111. duke of, 116, 129, 139, 155, 172, 198, 200, 206, 210, 211. James, second duke of, high com- missioncr to the Parliament, 192, 219, 221, 222. secretary of State, letters of, 216, 219. letters to, 221 (2). Quhitburne. See Home. Quhitlaw, Archibald of, the King’s secretary, 17. Quhythauch, 89. Quitebankedene, in Sprouston, 9. R. Railston, master John of, rector of Douglas, 22. Ramesey, major-general, 145. Ramrig, See Dalgleish. Ramsay : Agnes, a nun, 72. Allan, his essay on the cutting of lord Bowmont’s hair, 54. James, 188. lieutenant-general, 156, 219. Robert, sheriff of Forfar, 187. of Wodwray, Alexander, 188. of Wyliescleuch, Thomas, 85. Rankeillor Nether, 40. Rantis, Rannes. See Hay. Ranton, Rantone : Isobel, 72. William, 67. of Billie, David, 13, 66. David, his son, 13. Ranulphi, Thomas, earl of Moray, and lord of Annandale and Man, 179. Ratisbon, 149. Rawes of Strathbogy, letter dated at, 148. Read, John, 96. Rebellion of 1715, the, 163. Reche, John, 29. Redbraes, Redbrease, Ridbrayes, 69, 76. deeds dated at, 67, 89 (2). laird of, 89, 90. See also Home, letter dated at, 109. Redbraes Castle, 96, 107, 167, 173. letters dated at, 165, 166. See also Polwarth House. y 78289. Reddale. See Rydale. Redden, Reddane, co. Roxburgh, 41. land and lordship of, 19. lands of, 24. Red Kirk, the, 49. Redpath of Greenlaw, William, 74. Reformation, the, 46, 60, 61, 86, 175. Regent, the. See Albany, Mary of Guise, Morion, Murray. Registrum Magni Sigilli, 187. Rehoboam, 150. Reid : John, minister of Muirkirk, 93. lieutenant-colonel, 217. Robert, sub-dean of Moray, 232. Reidside, teinds of, 173. Renton. See Home. Rescobie, 176. Restalrig. See Logan. dean of. See Coventry. Restennet, Rostinoth, co. Forfar : barony of, 189. Augustinian priory of, 174, 175, 185— 190. Andrew, commendator of, 189. charters of, 183. deed dated at, 185. rental of, 190. prior of. See Falkirk, Eskdale. Reston. See Ailleme. Revolution, the, 155, 162, 199. Revolution Party, the. 200, 203. Rhine, the river, 50, 118, 122. Riccarton. See Drummond. Richardson, Richartson : Janet, 60. John, 74. John, bailie of North Berwick, 74. Annes, his sister, 74. master Richart, 86. Robert, 74. Robert, steward of Melrose Abbey, 77. of Smeaton, James, 33. Rieheo. See Rizzio, Richmond, co. Surrey, letter dated from the Court at, 197. Riclyntoun, Alexander of, 63. Ridale, Riddale. See Rydale. Rikham, 50. Riperda, captain, 123. Rizonibus, James de, 188. Rizzio, Rieheo, David, murder of, 44. Robert I. (Bruce), King, 4, 16, 174-176,, 179. charters of, 15, 177, 178. earl of Garrick and lord of Annan- dale, 174. Elizabeth de Burgo, his wife, 176. John, his son, 176, 177. — — - Marjorie, his daughter, 175. Robert II. (Stuart), King, 5, 16. charters of, 15, 26, 62, 180, 1S1. letters patent of, 180. Jean, his daughter, 175. his sons, 179. S | 274 Robert, lord, 45. Robertsfield, co. Elgin, 231. Robertson, Robertsoun : David, minister of Polwarth, 94. Duncan, 234. John, vicar of Fordyce, 233. Mr., letter to, 170. Robson, Robsoun, Robsone : John, 20. John, vicar of Maxwell, 19. Thom., 9. Wat., 10. Rochester, earl of, 214, 216. Roger of Traquair, William, 14, 28. Rollo, Andrew, third lord, 117. Roman Catholics, 3, 103, 111, 117, 119, 133, 135, 142, 148, 149, 164, 223. Romanus, John, sub-dean of York, 183- 185. Rome, 117. bulls dated at, 38, 39 (2). French jesuits banished from, 118. St. Peter’s, letters dated at, 72. - — * chancellary of, 188. Rose : his observations on Fox’s his- torical work, 173. sir George, executor of the third earl of Marchmont, 57, 58. sir George Henry, 57, 58. Rosebery, viscount, creation of, 59. Rosfoly, 186. Roslin, 133. Roslin House, 133, 165. Ross, 143. the shire, Roman remains in, 231. bishop of, commissioner to England, 105. bishop of. See Lindsay. Euphemia, queen of Robert I., 175. letters of, 179. George, laird of, 67. George, his son, 67. sir Hugh de, knt., 178. of Haining : the family, 60. Walter de, 62. William de, 62. Rosse, lord, 199. Rosses, the, 166. Rossile, lands of, 97. Rostcolby, 176, 186. Rostinoth. See Restennet. Rotherford. See Rutherfurd. Rothes, 49. deed dated at, 231. earl of, 195. lord, 54, 204. the chancellor, 111. Rothimay, 20-22. Rottar, — , steals the dies from the Tower, 133. Rotterdam, 115, 220. Route. See Rule. Roule, Rule : the family, 4. Adam of, 2, 8. Roule — cont. Andrew, 20. Ellen, Elena, of, 18, 20, 22. wife of Thomas Yonge, 22. George, 66. George of, 21, 22. — — Margaret, his wife, 21. Isabella of, 18, 20, 22. Janot, Jonet, of, 18, 20, 22. Marjorie of, 18, 20, 22. William of, 8, 9. of Primsido, Andrew, 21, 22. Roulewood. See Turnbull. Row, Roue : colonel Archibald, letters of, 145. Colin, 106. Rowanston. See Hepburn. bailie of, 69. Roxburgh, 14, 32. charter dated at, 35. the shire of, 2, 5, 1 14. sheriff of, 13, 16, 18, 24, 25. sheriffdom of, 11, 13-22, 25. Roxburghe : the family, 1, 52. duke of , 1 72, 228. See also Bellenden, Drummond, Ker. dukes of, 1. earl of, 111, 195, 204, 206, 208. See also Ker. earls of, 4. book of family expenses, 146. Roxburghe charter chest, 7. Roy, colonel, 231. Royal Burgh, proposal for a, 199. Roys : Allan, 29. Charles, 29. John (2), 29. Ruderforde. See Rutherford. Rufy, Thomas, 9. Ruglen, earl of, 212. warrant for patent for earldom of, 59. Rule. See Roule, Turnbull. valley of, 5, 17. Russale, Alexander, 43. Russell, lady, 121. Rustinot. See Restennet. Rutherford, Rutherfurd, Ruderfurde, Rotherford : Andrew of, 11. Archibald of, 20. David, 238. George, 32. James, 23. James of, 13, 22, 23. laird of, 3, 10, 27. lord, 118, 119. Mr., 55. Nicholas, Nicole, of, 10, 24. William, prior of Restennet, 188. William of 8, 13. of Chatto, Robert, 21. of Hundale, Nicholas, lent., 31. of Hunthill, John, 31. of Phairnyngton, George, 18. 275 Ruthven : warrant dated at, 31. lord, 151. Rydale, Riddale, Reddale, Ryddell : Andrew, 19. James, 13, 17. Michael of, 8. Patrick of, 9. Richard of, 8, 9. Rye House plot, the, 103, 1 15. Ryislaw. See Trotter. Rykylton, Thomas of, 10. Rynde : Henry, canon of Aberdeen, 27. James, 188. s. Sacheverell, Dr., trial of, 162. Sagar, viconte de, 45. St Albans, letter dated at, 211. St. Andrew, 125. St. Andrews, 76. archbishop of. See Beaton, Hamilton. Andrew, archbishop of, dispensation by, 67. archdeacon of. See Dunbar, archdeaconry of, 74. bishop of, 37, 176, 183. See also Benedict, Bernham, Lawndelys, Wardlaw. David, bishop of, 176. James, bishop of (1330), 186. James, bishop of (1443), 65. William, bishop of, 184. William, bishop of (1376), 15, 27, 181, 182, 187. cathedral, 76, 87, 232. deeds dated at, 20, 33, 75, 78, 82, 186, 187. diocese of, 38, 71, 75, 188. New College, 78. official of, 65. See also Wawane. priory of, 87, 185. great register of, 176. thirds of, 87, 88. John, prior of. 20, 185. sub-prior of, 82. University of, 82. St. Boniface, church founded by, 175. St. Catherine of Sienna, Senis upon the Borrawmure, beside Edinburgh, priory of, 6, 30, 42, 43. document dated in, 43. pensions out of, 43. St. Clair. See Sinclair. “ St. Clare, Peter,” 115. St. Felix, major, 123. St. Germains, 149, 202, 213, 221. St. James’s, letters from the Court at, 194-197, 201, 204, 208. St. John, 01., 236. St. John of Jerusalem, hospital of, 182. St. John’s Chapel, 83. St. John’s Town. See Perth. St. Laurence, kirk lands of, 42. St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 187. St. Quivox, kirk ssesion of, 93. Salisbury, bishop of (1697), 132. Salkehelder, 51. Salt, manufacture of, 99. Salton. See Fletcher. Saltoun, lord, 103, 136, 137. Salwey, R., 236. Sancto Claro. See Sinclair. Sanderson, Andrew, 82. “ Sandye Boy.” See Charteris, Alex- ander. Saone, bull dated at, 38. Sauchy, Sawchy. See Schaw. Saumur, letter dated at, 111. Savoy, 122. duke of, 122. prince of, 224. Saxenhausen, Zaxenhausen, 49. Saxony, duke of, 122. Scarborough, Scarsburgh [co. York], 172. Schanabank, mills of, 90. Schaw. See Iter. Shaw : Elena, a nun, 72. Elena, lady of Dirlton, 69. Ellen, 60. George, 69. William, 40. William, provost of Abernethy, 61, 70. William, chamberlain of Kelso abbey, 40, 88. of Sauchy : Alexander, 69. Janies, 14. — — - John, 87. Schelde, the river, 125. Schelinglaw. See Stewart. Schen, Patrick of, 177. Scherar, John, baillie of Stirling, 91. Scheres, Thomas, vicar of Iveltoun, and clerk of the chapter of Aberdeen, 233. Schewyll : Andrew, 28. John, 28. William, 9, 28. in Hoppiston, David, 28. in Langrau, David, 28. Scheysholme, Alexander of, 13. Schoriswood, Schoryswode : George, 12, 25. George, bishop elect of Brechin, 38. master George, 65. master Richard, 75. Thomas, 66. Sciennes nunnery. See St. Catherine. Scone, co. Perth, 176, 179, 187. Scot. See Scott. Scotch African Company. See Darien. Scotch College, the, 153. Scotland Yard, 141. s 2 2 276 Scott, Scot, Skot : Adam, 9, 16. John his son, 16. Andrew, 121. Andrew, burgess of Linlithgow, 20. James, 29. James, sheriff clerk of Midlothian, 237. John, 20. Elizabeth, his wife, 20. John, canon of St. Andrews, 185. lieutenant, 81. Patrick, 75. sir Patrick, 151. Stephen, 12, 20, 22. Thomas, 82. Walter, 13 (3), 55. sir Walter, 9, 12, 19, 23. William, 16. of Abington, Alexander, 28. of Branxholm : David, 17. sir Walter, knt., 183. of Buccleuch : David, 12-14, 19, 28. Walter, 15, 22, 23. sir Walter, 12. of Cranston, sir Walter, 10. of Grangemure, William, 183. of Harden : Henr y Francis Hepburne, second lord Polwarth, 57. Hugh, first lord Polwarth, 57, 58. his mother, 57. purchases the Marchmont Library, 58. Walter Hugh Hepburne, third lord Polwarth, 57. Scrimgeour of Dudhope, sir John, constable of Dundee, 46. Scrope, lord, English warden of the marches, 45. Scurrikrag, in Sprouston, 24. Seafield, Sefeild, 233. viscount. See Ogilvie of Findlater. creation of, 59. Seaforth : earl of, 1C5, 137, 144, 147, 163, 166. Kenneth, earl of, 133, 134. letters of, 133, 136. Seaforth, the, 228. Seals, 11, 15, 23, 70, 175, 179, 180, 181, 189, 190, 232. Seaton, Seton, Setoun, Seytoun : Alexander, burgess of Edinburgh, 32. sir Alexander of, knt., 179. sister Katherine, 43. Bobert, vicar of Logie, 91. William of 18. of Gordon, sir Alexander, 18. of Meldrum, W., 236. of Parbrothe, David, 90. of Pitmedden : the family, 193. sir Alexander, 237. Seaton — cont. of Pitmedden, James, 237. John, 237. Seaton House, letters dated at, 167 r , 168. Secretary of State, 1, 55, 97, 116. See also Johnstone, Mar, Ogilvie, Queens- berry. Stanhope, Turnbull. Secret Committee, report by a, 54. Selkirk, Selkyrk, 10, 31, 38, 40. abbey, 35. earl of, 116, 134. forest of, 2, 9. shire of, 114. Semple, John, 40. Senescalli : James, sheriff of Ayr, 62. of Pretwyk, sir John, knt., 62. See also Steward. Senis upon the Borrawmure. See St, Catherine. Sesclaw, John of, vicar of Selkirk, 38. Session House, the, 229. Sesworth. See Cessford. Seton, Setoun. See Seaton. Seven Years War, the, 48. Seville, 215. Sewalton. See Wallace. Seymour, sir Edward, 153. Seytoun. See Seaton. Shannon, — , his regiment, 168. Sharp, archbishop, murder of, 113. Shaw. See Schaw. Sheils. See Shiels. Sheldyn, James, 67. Sheriff Muir, battle of, 104, 168. Shevren, 125. Shiells, lands of, 69. Shiels, Sheils, — , chaplain of the Came- ronian regiment, 119. Ships, names of : Catherine, 220. Rising Sun, 151. Salisbury, 160. Worcester, 192, 196. Shrewsbury : duke of, 141 . earl of, 118, 132. Sibbalde of Balgowny, sir John, knt., 65. Simpil, Robert, 178. Simpson, Rev., tutor to the fifth duke of Roxburghe, 49. Sinclair, St. Clair, Syncler, Sancto Claro : Andrew of, vicar of Lagan, 231. Christian, wife of sir William Cock- burn, 4, 15, 16. Elizabeth, 66. George, 67. George, advocate, 238. Henry, 38. James of, 181. John, secretary to the duchess of Monmouth, 114. sir John, 4. John of, 181. Margaret, 60, 65, 67. 277 Sinclair — cont. Margaret, a nun, 72. Marion, 60, 66. Mr., 20. sir Walter of, 4, 15. sir William of, 178. of Cadboll, sir W., 236. of Herdmanston : John of, 15, 60, 63-66. — _ John his son, 64. Katherine his wife, 64, 65. sir William of, 4, 15. of Murkill, 236. •Sisterpeth, co. Berwick: mill of, 84. Netherhall of. See Trotter. Sixtus TV., Pope, bull of, 39. Skeddisbus, Skettischebus. See Cran- stoune. Skeitb. See Abercrombie. Skene : James, 233. of Curriehill, sir John, knt., 61, 79. Skirlyne. See Cockburn. Skot. See Scott. Sky, Skie, 140. Sleich, Sleych: , 67. George, 67. laird of, 78. of Cumlich, Patrick, 65, 67. Slezer, captain, 99. Smalehaim. See Pringle. Smeaton. See Richardson. Smetoun, Patrick of, bailie of Polwarth, 66 . Smith : Alexander, 8 1 . sir Jerimie, 161. Smythtown, in Ogilvy barony, 233. Snadoun. See Ker. Soigny, 125. Solomon, proverbs of, 95. Solway Moss, battle of, 60. Somers : John, lord, letters of, 156, 158, 162. lord, 104. Somerset, duke of, 154. Somervell, lord, 18. Sonbreff, 125. Sophia, princess, 194. Southdean, Sowdon, 23. Southerland. See Sutherland. Southesk, earl of, 169. history of the earls of, 176. South Sea Stock, 54. Sowtrahill, 47. Spain, 124. ambassador from to England, 197. army of, 53. king of. See Philip. Spencer, baron. See Marlborough. Spendluffe, Adam, 21. Spens : the family, 60. David, rector of Flisk, 82. Spens — cont. Hugh, 67. John, student of St. Andrews, 82. Margaret, wife of James, 84. Richard, 85. master Thomas, secretary of the duke of Touraine, 22. of Chirnside: Alexander, 84, 85. Bartilmo, 84. Richard, 84, 85. of Condie : John, 26, 40, 84. — — master John, 40. Thomas, 82. — Thomas, his son, 82. of Hardens : James, 67. — Peter 67, 82, 84. James and William, his brothers, 82. ■ Richard, 84, 85. Richard his son, 84, 85. Spey, the river, 49, 115. Spiken, marshal, 51. Spittel Rig, beside Haddington, 42. Spoleto, bishop of, 38. Spott. See Home. Spreull, John, collector of relief for captives in Barbary, 130, 131. Sprouston, co. Roxburgh, 41. land and lordship of, 19. regality of, 8, 9, 21-25. ■ bailie of, 9, 21. writs of, 5, 23. Stairs, the master of, 120, 225-128, 134, 146. lord, 211, 224. Stallon, — , servant of sir Patrick Home, 109. Stanhope, sir James, secretary of State, letter of, 163. Stanipath. See Lyle. Stanley, colonel, 141. Steill, Katherine, 29. Stein, brigadier, 123. Steinson, — , 238. Stenhouse. See Bellenden. Stenson, Edward, 64. Steuard, John, treasurer of Aberdeen, 233. Steuart. See Stewart. Stevens, Mr., 200. Stevenson, Mr., 128. Steward, the. See Carrick, Robert. his seal, 175. Stewart, Steuart, Stuart : Alexander, earl of Mar, 24. dame Catherine, lady Cardross, 97, 112 . Charles, 43. David, pensioner of Restennet, 188. Francis, 41. James, dean of Moray, 27. sir James, lord advocate, 139. letters of, 133, 136, 150. lady Jane, lady Methven, 42. 2 278 Stewart — cont. princess Jean, daughter of Robert II., 175. John, 40. John, commendator of Coldingham, 70. sir John, 178. Margaret, countess of Mar and Angus, 18]. dame Margaret, wife of (i.) John Knox, (ii.) Andrew Ker, 90. dame Mary, countess of Mar, 92. Mr., 228. Robert, commendator of Holyrood, 48. Walter, 233. of Cardonald, James, 43. of Grandtully, Thomas, 86. of Ochiltree, Margaret, 61. of Schelinglaw, sir Robert, hart., 32. of Scotland : sir James, knt., 178. sir John, knt., 178. Walter, 15, 175. charter of, 177. his wife, Marjory, daughter of Robert I., 175. Stewarts of Scotland, the, 14, 43, 175. seal of, 178. Stirling, Sterling, Striuelyn, Striuiling, 89, 91, 164, 165, 168, 169. castle of, 113. commissary of. See Murray, deeds dated at, 15, 25 (2), 65, 67, 69, 89, 91, 92. first earl of. See Alexander, the county of ; 2. John, 91. Mr., 208. William, minister of Menteith, 91. Stobbis. See Eliot. Stodryg. See McDowell. Stone Crop Hill, 49. Story, Storye, George, 87-89. Strabrok. See Strathbrock. Straits, the, 130. Strang : Thomas (1432), 21. Thomas (1486), 188. of Petcorthie, Andrew, 232. Strangers, expulsion of, 44. Stratliallan, lord, 5, Strathbogy, 148. Strathbrock, Strabok, in West Lothian, 4, 11, 97. Strathearn, Stratherne: earl and countess of. See Graham, regality of, 25. Strathglass, Strathglash, 140, 166. Strathharrick, 138. Strathmore, Strathmoir : earl of, 169. lord, 129. and Kinghorn, Claude, earl of, 174, 175. Strayfontanis. See Three Fountains. Striuelyn, Striuiling. See Stirling. Struy, — , the younger, 140. Stuart of Appin, 166. Succession, settlement of the, 194, 200- 204, 206, 207. Sunderland, lord, 132, 161. Superintendents of Scotland, 86. Supreme Courts, the, 144. Sussex, earl of, 197. Sutherland, Southerland, Suthirland : the f amity, 98. Andrew, letter of, 228. Anne, duchess of, countess of Cro- martie, 59. countess of, 196. earl of, 48, 49, 166, 196. his coat of arms, 95. John, tenth earl of, 95. lady, 118. Thomas, prebendary of Ellone, 233. Sweden, 106. envoy from, to England, 118. Swedish Plot, the, 226. Swinton. See Craw. Swynton : Elizabeth, wife of John Cranstoun, 70, 77. Robert, 85. Swynwood. See Craw. Swyre, the, co. Roxburgh, 23. Sydserf, John, 76. Symontoun, Robert, 29. Syncler. See Sinclair. T. T., cabal to get him as secretary, 118. Taillefere of Crechmond, Arthur, 233. Tallard, M. de, 204. Tangier, 130. Tantallon, Thomptalloun, Temptalowne, co. Haddington : castle of, charter dated at, 181. keeper of, 60, 102, 105. teinds of, 73. Tarbat, 1 74. See also DuDbar, McKenzie, earl of, 118, 147, 198, 199, 216-219. House, discovery of official documents at, 59. Tarbert, isthmus of, 174. Tarlane, kirk of, 87. Tayt, Tayte : Ralph, 16. Thomas, 16. Teinds, taxation of, 236. Teindside, Tenside, co. Roxburgh, lands of, 25. Tempindene. See Douglas. Temptaloune. See Tantallon. Tenandrie, 85. Teningham, 108. Tenside. See Teindside. Terni, 184. Tetuan, Thetiwan, Thitiwan, Barbary, 130. letter dated at, 131. 279 Teviot, Tewyoth, the river, fishery in, 69. Teviot, Tiviot, lord, 116, 133. patent for creation of, 59. Teviotdale, Teuidale, Tiviotdaill, 3, 31, 34, 167. archdeacon of, 184. sheriff of, 16, 24. Tewyoth. See Teviot. Thanksgiving Day, a, 95. Thetiwan, Thitiwan. See Tetuan. Third, a, due to the Crown from eccle- siastics, 30. Thirlstane, in Lauderdale, deed dated at, 84. mains of, 83. Thomptalloun. See Tantallon. Thomson, Thomesoune, Thomsons : Alexander, 29. George, 80. Patrick, 64. Richard, 67. Thomas, deputy clerk register, 173. Thoriston. See Lindsay. Thorndykis. See Cranstoun. Thornton. See Mure. Thornton, Thorntoun : John of, 175, 182. laird of. See Yrnis. William, 188. Three Fountains, Strayfontanis, prebendary of, 88. Tichborne, Robert, 236. Tillymergy, Tullymargy. See Weir. Tiviot. See Teviot. Tomsone, John, 43. Torfichin. See Torpichen. Tories, the, 209. Tornebole. See Turnbull. Torpichen, Torfichin, co. Linlithgow, 73. preceptor of, 17. lord, 118. James, lord of, 234. Torry. SeeWardlaw. Torthorwald. See Carlile. Touraine, Archibald, duke of. See Douglas. Townshend, Charles, second viscount, letter of, 227. Towris : John, of the order of Preachers, 75. Joneta, a nun, 72. Tranent, sir James of, vicar of Fogo, 66. Traquair, Tracware. See Roger, earl of, 33, 171. lady, 171. Trauers, Master L., 184. Treasurer, the, 97, 222. See also Lyon, Ogilvie. depute, the, 106, 151. Treasury, the, 116, 141, 209, 228. commissioners of, 196. lords of, 147, 217. Trevor, a law lord, 227. Triennial Parliaments, 195. Trottanschaw, co. Berwick, lands of, 70, 76. Trotter : the family, 60, 84. in Chesters, Alexander, 165, in Fogo, James, 85. of Fogo, John, 84, 85. — — — Nicholas his daughter, 84, of Fogo-Rig, Thomas, 67. in Netherhall of Sisterpeth, Thomas, 84. — — Marion his wife, 85. Thomas his son, 84, 85. in Ryislaw, William, 85. Trustees Office, the, 229. Tullibardin : earldom, warrant for patent for creation of, 59. earl of, 116. John Murray, earl of, secretary of State, 97, 103, 133, 135-137, 145, 151, 197, 212,237. letters of, 129-132, 134, 137 (2), 139-141, 146. his regiment, 140. Tullinessill, 233. Tullymargie. See Tillymergy. Tullynath, 233. Turin, 122. Turkey and the Turks, 122, 130, 237. Turnbull, Tornebole, Turnbule t Adam, 23, 25. sir Andrew, 75. Andrew son of David, 28. Archibald, 9, 28. David, 28. James, 21. John, 10, 12, 13, 23, 28. John, bailie of Sprouston, 9, 21. Laurence, 9. Mark, 32. Robert, sheriff depute of Roxburgh, 18. Walter, 8. William (1242), 185. William (1430), 13. William, proctor of the prior of Restennet, 188. William, secretary of State, 133. master William, keeper of the privy seal, 65. in Bethroule, George, 28. in Corscleuch, George, 28. in Crag, William, 28. in Fulton : Adam, 28. • Andrew, 28. George ,^28, in Gatehousecote : Andrew, 28. David, 28. Patrick, 28. Thomas, 28. — — William, 28. in Halroule : Robert, 28. Thomas, 28. William, 28 2 280 Turnbull — cont. in Hassendeanbank : Andrew, 28. David, 28. John, 28. Robert, 28. in Hillhouse : Fergus, 28 James, 28. of Hornishole, John, 28. of Langton, John, constable of Newark, 22. in Mensles, Robert, 28. of M into : the family, 2, 5, 28. — — John, 28. William, 28. in Overchester : Andrew, 28. Archibald, 28. David, 28. John, 28. Marc, 28. the younger, 28. Ninian, 28. Richard, 28. Thomas, 28. William, 28. in Rule : Andrew, 28. Ninian, 28. in Rulewood, William, 28. in Unthank, Leo, 28. in Wolfley : Adam, 28. James, 28. Tumour, Adam, 47. Turrekkillis, 238. Turribus [Towers], sir John de, knt., 63. Twede, George, 18. Twedy : John, 21. of Drummelzier, James, 27. Tweed, Tweyd, the river, 2, 24, 35. fishery in, 69. Tweeddale, Tweddle, 100. earl of, the chancellor, 126. letter of, 111. marquis of, 151, 152, 213. commissioner to the Parliament, 194, 195, 200, 219. Twyname, William of, 62. Tyry, island of, 166. Unthank. See Turnbull. Thomas, notary public, 21. Upper Gogar. See Haliburton. Urchart, 166. Urie, Urye. See Hay. Urquhart : J., letter of, 156. of Burdgeyeards, captain, 169. Utrecht, 125. V. Vaich, master Gawin, vicar of Calder- clere, 14. Valentin, cardinal, vice-chancellor of the apostolic see, 188. Vallis Anandie. See Annandale. Valuchtoun. See Wauchtoun. Van Gent, 161. Van Vrijberge, Monsieur, ambassador from Holland to England, letter of, 220 . Vaudois, the, 122. Veitch, John, an outed minister, letter of, 110 . Vernour, Thomas, 189. Vetch, William, minister of Dumfries, letter of, 135. Vicaris, sir George, chaplain of lord Hamilton, 16. Vienna, 122, 224. letter dated at, 237. Vigorushauch, Wygurushaucn, 69. prebend of. See Dunglas. Villar : — HI. Monsieur, commissary general, 123. Villepion, cornet, 123. Virgil, quotation from, 230. Virginia, 114. Vod, Margaret, a nun, 72. Vodfield, 233. Vordy. See Wardie. w. u. Ugstoun, co. Berwick, lands of, 19. Under Secretary of State. See Pringle. Union, the, 152, 154-158, 161, 162, 191, 192, 216-218, 221, 223. Act of, 158, 159, 161. Waddel, Alexander, merchant of Edin- burgh, 133. Wade, general George, 193. letter of, 228. WageDham, lieutenant general, 51. Waiche, Thomas, 75. Waik, John, vicar of Bolden, 19. Waldaly, Nether and Over, 83. Waldelie. See Wolff. Walker : David, 238. Robert, 80. 281 Wallace, Wallas : Peter, 115. R., minister of Barnwell, 93. in Chirnside, John, 83. of Sewalton, Edward, 29. Walpole, sir Robert, 56. Walsched, the, 77. “Walton, P.” 115, 116. Walwood, Nether and Over, 77. Wanles, John, 9. Wans. See Waus. Warburg, 49, 50. Wardie, Vordy, 44. Wardlaw : Alexander, 28. Andrew, 65. Elizabeth, 83. Henry, bishop of St. Andrews, 24. Thomas, 38. Walter, 18. Wark, master of, 7. Watson : Robert, 136. in Chirnside, Robert, 84. Wauch, John, vicar of Ednam, 19. Wauchope, Waucchopwallis, fortification of, 30. Wauchton, Waughton, Valuchtoun. See Hepburn. deed dated at, 75. lady of. See Lauder, Margaret. Waudaile. See Waldeley. Waus, Wans : John, 5. Gilbert, 27. Martin, canon of Aberdeen, 27. of Findon, Richard, 26. of Many, the family, 5. Wawane, William, canon of Aberdeen, official of St. Andrews, 83. Wawtyswelys, in Sprouston, 9. Webb, — , his regiment, 168. Wedale, Henry, 181. Wedalle, deed dated at, 186. Wedderburne, Wederburne, Weatherborn. See Home. the family of, 26. laird of, 107. Al., 196. major, 51. Mr., 204. Wedderet, George, burgess of Lauder, 83. Wedderlie. See Edgar. Weir : John, chamberlain of Lesmahagow, 39. of Tillymergy, Robert, 80. Weirsdall, 220. Well, John of, 74. Welsh, Robert, 30. Wemyss, Margaret, wife of Patrick Home, 70. Wesel, siege of, 50. 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