genealogie of the sainteclaires of rosslyn

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GENEALOGIE

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SA INTECLA IRES OF ROSSLYN,IIICLt"DIIIO TBII:

CHARTULARY OF ROSSI.YS.


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GENEALOGIEl i t ' rl l t .

S A I 'r E CL .t\ J R S 0 F nos SLY N,FATIIEIt RU'HAHI> . \P( ;USTI: \ IIAY,

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INTHOl)CCT()RY NOTICE.

~ E F I C I E N T as the following Memoirs of theFamily of Saintclairs of Rof..lyn may be, inthe usual ornaments of compofition, theywill be efteemed interefting by all thofewhoie purfuits lead them to minute en-quiries into the hiftory and antiquities of"

the country, and the manners and cuftoms of its inhabitants.To the genealogift they are perhaps ftill more valuable, fromthe numerous charters, including the chartulary of Rofslyn,which they comprehend. The1e confiderations have inducedthe prefent publication from the MS. of Father Hay, whofecurious, but fometimes inaccurate, collections are preferved inthe Library of the Faculty of Advocates.Of Father Hay. fome account will be found prefixed to tIlt'

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I N T ROD U C T O R Y NOT ICE iii.. The laft RoiSlyn," fays Sir Walter Scott, " (for he was uni.

formly known by his patrimonial defignation, and would pro-bably have deemed it an infult in any who might have tennedhim Mr. Sinclair,) was a man confiderably above fix feet, withdark grey locks, a form upright, but gracefully fo, thin-flankedand hroad fhouldered, built, it would feem, for the bufinefs ofthe war or chace, a noble eye of chaftened pride and undoubt-ed authority, and features handtome and ftriking in their gt'nera l effect, though fomewhat harfh and exaggerated when confidered in detail. His complexion was dark and grizzled, andas we tchoolboys, who crowded to fee him perform feats offtrength and fkill ill the old Scottiih games of golf and archery,ufed to think and tilY amongft ourfe1ves, the whole figure refem bled the famous founder of the Douglas race, pointed out,it is pretended, to the Scottifh monarch on a conquered fieldof battle, as the man whote arm had achieved the victory, bythe expretlhe words, Shollo D l l I ~ g l ( l J / , - ' behold the dark greyman.' In all the manly tports which require ftrength anddexterity, Roflin was unrivalled; but his particular delight wasin archery." *

Upon the demife of this gentleman, who, in the year 1736,had surrendered the office of Grand l\fafter Mafon of Scotland,which, it was alleged, had been hereditary in his family fromthe time of James II. , a folemn funeral lodge, as it is tenned,was held. "On this occaiion the mafters, officers, and brethrenof all the lodges in Edinburgh, to the number of near .wo, ap-

Scotfs PlOIt' Works, Vol. III. po 300.


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I STRODUC ' l 'ORY NOTICE .

The high antiquity affigned to the alleged heritable conveyance of the office of Grand Mafon in favour of the anceftor ofthe laftRof..lyn. appears fomewhat queftionable. and there is certainly nothing like legal. or even moral evidence to warrant a belief that any grant ever was conferred by King James II. I t sfaid. . . In the reign of James II, the office of Grand Mafter wasgranted by the Crown to 'Villiam St. Clair, Earl of Orkney andCaithnefs. and founder of the much-admired Chapel of RofSlyn ;and from his attention to the iuterefts of the order. the officewas made hereditary in his family. The Barons of RofSlyn heldtheir principal annual meetings at Kilwinning, and regularlodges were formed in different parts of the kingdom, by charters of erection granted by the Kilwinning Lodge

.. 'Vhen James VI. afcended the Englifu throne, he neglectedhis right of nominating the office-bearers of the fraternity; andin confequence of this. the Scotifu mafons granted two chartersto the St. Clairs of Roislyn. which exift in Hay's ~ I S . in the Advocates' Library

.. In 1736. lVilliam St. Clair of Hoislyn having no children,refigned into the hands of the ScotHh lodges the right of nominating their own Grand l\lafter, and other office-bearers.an event which led to the formation of the Grand Lodges ofScotland."I f fuch an heritable office had ever been created by JamesII, it muft, according to the ordinary rules of fucceffioD,have defcended to the elder branch of the Saintc1air family.

Bft'Wlter'. Eneyt'lopNia.-Muonry.


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I N T ROD U C TOR Y N O T ICE. viiSecond's charter. After mentioning the patronage of the Rollinfamily to the Mafims, it goes on to ftate, " They had letters ofprotea:.ion, and other rights granted be his Majeftie's moft nobleprogenitors of wothy memory, whilk, with fhndrie uthir of theLairds of Rof.o;lyns, hilt wrealtlt beillg cOl/ltumed ;11 aile jlame qffire within the Caftle of Rofslyn,- anno ..... the confumationand burning thereof being clearly known to us and our predecefi'ors, deacons, mafters , and freemen of the faid vocations," &c.

Various refleaions naturally occur upon confidering thisftatement. In the first place, it JlIay be aiked, why was .thebUIlling of thefe alleged grants omitted in the firft cbarter? Intbe aecolICl place, how comes it that there is no certainty as tothe year when the "flame of fire" con fumed "tbe wreats ?"and, 'hirdlg, by what ftrange fatality were thefe particularwritings cunfumed, when all the remaining cbarters, forminga complete chartulary of R01slyn, efcaped? Even if all thefe quef-tions could be 1atisfaaorily allfwered, ftill tbe exiftence of agrant by James II. remains to be proved, and how that is to bedone appears fomewhat queftiollable.

But this is not all. Tbe laft Rof..o;lyn, who, as before noticed,refiglled his office of patron, was entirely ignorant of the exiftence of any Crown grant in favour of his anceftor, the Earl ofOrkney; for his deed of refignatioll proceeds on the narrative," that tIle maltol/a in Scotland did, by 1cnral deeds. cOllftituteand appoint 'Villiam and Sir "'illiam Saintclairs of R01slyn, my

Thil fact, if true, mUit have been as well known to the grautel'l of the fimcharter, U to thOle who IUberribed the second ODe.


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I N T R 0 I> U C TO R Y SOT ICE. IXhis anceftors, to have difregarded fo honourable a diftinaion asthat faid to have been conferred by James II.: but he was aperson of too much gentlemanly feeling and inte:>grity to foundupon a document. the exiftence of which was fo \'ery problematical. His fiIence, therefore, is the beft proof that he confideredthe whole:> legend (if. indeed, it exifted at the date of the refignation) as fabulous.

The last Rosslyn appears to have sold what remained of hisfamily estates to General Saintclair. set'ond son of Henry, LordSinclair, the heir of liue of William. Earl of Orkney, by hisfirst marriage. '1'he estates so acquired, together with theBaronies of Havenscraig, Dysart, &c. were settled, by a deed ofentail, executed upon the Slst October 1785. failing issue of thebody of the granter, upon the heirs-male of his sisters, andunder the destination therein contained. James Paterson, Esq.afterwards Saintclair, succeeded as only son of the marriage be-tween the Honourable Grisal Saintclair, the eldest sister of thegranter, and John Paterson of Prestonhall, Esquire. ThisGentleman dying unmarried at Dysart, 14th .May 1789, wassucceeded by Sir James Saintclair Erskine, Baronet, afterwardssecond Earl of Rosslyn. His Lordship is the grandson of SirJohn Erskine of Alva, Baronet. who married the HonourableBarbara Saintclair, second daughter of Henry Lord Sinclair,and as heir-male of this lady. succeeded under this entail. Hismother was a sister of Lord Loughborough, (afterwards Earlof Rosslyn), who having no issue, although twice married,was, upon the 21st April 1795, of new created Lord Lough-borough of Loughborough, in the county of Surrey, with re-

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IN l' ROD U CTOR Y NOT ICE. xibarony with the precedence of 1488, neither he or his ilDlDe-wate predecessors would claim any right by descent from thatbranch of the Saintclairs, in which the honours originated.This arose out of the following circumstances :-

Henry Saintclair of Dysart, was created a Baron in the reignof King James the Fourth,- and his male descendants continued to inherit that honour till the reign of Charles the Second,when John, seventh Lord Sinclair, having died in the year1676, leaving one daughter, Catherint>, who wai married toJohn Saintclair Fiar of Hermandston, a grant from the Crownof the honours was obtained (1st June 1677), in favour of herson, Henry Saintclair, and the heirs-male of his body; re-mainder to John Saintclair, brother of the said Henry Saintclair, and the heirs-male of his body; remainder to RobertSaintclair, brother of the said John, Fiar of Herdmanston, andthe heirR-male of hili body; remainder to George Saintclair,another brother of the said John, Fiar of Herdmanston, andthe heirs-male of his body; remainder to Mathew Saintclair.another brother of the said John, Fiar of HerdmalUlton, and theheirs-male of his body; remainder to the nearest lawful heirmale of the said Henry, grandson to the said John, the sixthLord Sinclair t. Thili new patent conferred all the honours.dignities, and precedenC'y in Parliaments and General Assemblies of the States, as fully and freely as the said title was enjoyt:d by John, the seventh Lord, or any of hi!l predecessors.

~ t b January 1488-9. See Ad o( Sootilb Parliament.t See Caae for Charlet Haintdair, Eeq. "laiming thE' title o( Lord Sinclair.

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I N 1'R 0 D ue TOR Y NOT ICE.of the elder brothers; and yet the settlement of the Dukedomof Somerset upon the issue male of the second marriage, to theprejudice of the male offspring of the first, affords evidence thatcases of this description may be found.

But, in the present instance, all presumptions of improbability are excluded by the fact, that such actual disinheritance didtake place; for it cannot be denied that there existed an elderbrother also of the name of 'Villiam, whose rights were altogether overlooked. This indh'idual (th.> ancestor of the original stock of the Lords Sinclair) was the only son of the Earl'sfirst marriage with Lady Elizabeth Douglas. If, consequently,Earl 'Villiam, in the destination of his honours, diverted the.ordinary course of succession from his eldest son, it requires nogreat stretch of belief to imagine that he would have littlescruple, if such were his pleasure, in gifting his Earldom tohis youngest.

The unequal distribution of Earl 'Villiam's large successionalso supports the supposition, that Sir Oliver was the elder son ofthe second marriage. The secondEarlof Caithnt'ss does not seemto have inherited from his father anything beyond the barrendomains belonging to tbat Earldom; while Rosslyn, Pentland,Herbertshire, and the other extensive properties, anyone ofwhich was probably worth the fee-simple of the northerne s t a ~ , were made over to his brother. The one was a knightin the lifetime of his father, and is so designed in various deeds,whereas the other was not ; -a l l these circumstances tend great-ly to strengtbt'n the probability of Father Hay's assertion.


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INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.skaithles to himself in other l a n d ~ , nor to HI S younger brotherWilliame, and on ye oyer pairte ,\Villiame elder, and his sonrenunceth all ryett to ye lands of ye haill barony of Rosslyn, yeCaslt'll and patronage, &c." Upon fairly considering the meaning of the passage in question, the Editor is inclined to thinkthat the reference is to OlifJer'a younger brother; indeed, thecircwnstances previously mentioned strongly support this opinion.

Upon the beauties of Rosslyn, its romantic Chapel, and venerable Castle, it were idle to enlarge, as no place in Srotland hasbeen more frequently described: indeed there is hardly a bookof travels through this country, in which something relative toRosslyn many not be found. In many instances, Father Hay'sMS. has been used; and Sir Walter Scott has not disdained.to avail himselfof this source of information for various curiousparticulars to illustrate certain passages in " The Lay of theLast Minlltrel."t

No separate account of Rosslyn has ever been published, al-though the late Dr. Forbes, Bishop of Caithness, has extracted from Father Hay's MS. some particulars as to the Chapel. The following is the title of the work : - " An Accountof the Chapel of Roslin: most respectfully inscribed to William St. Clare of Roslin, Esquire, representative of theprincely founder and endower, by Philo-Roskelensis. EdiD.

Nisbet, who .w the original contract, uaigna the eeniority to OliYer,vol. i. p. 121.

t Poelieal Worb, vol. n. p. 206-8. New edition.


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I N T ROD U C TO R Y NOT ICE. xviiSieler hu Pftll a new of the Chapel, plate liv. with a minute deleriptioD.A diminutive outlide IOUth new wu engraved for Auld'. Weekly Map..

mae.An original outline sketch unfinished, lOuth new of Rollin Caatle by J,

Alexander, UUlO 1706, is in Mr. Paton'. ~ o n , Alexander RuncimaD outlined the laDle, from the lOu\h, with the Bridge,

which baa oae arch thrown over a deep hollow of above 100 feet hip, andbu been \he only entrance in&o the Cutle in former times.R_in Castle. PenDant, vol. ii. p. 32.View of it Croat the DOr\h and lOuth. Cowan del. and seulp. John

Ainslie, exc.Captain Armatrclq hu a new of ROllin Cutle u an oJ'lWlleat to hit map

of the Lothian.; but i t is quite fanciful, having no real Iepl'88eDta&ioD 01 thatruin.

To this List may be added the following Engravings, whichhave been published since the date of Gough's work: -

Groee, in his Antiquities of Scotland, h . a wretched engram, of theChapel and Castle. "Published, January 9th, 1']89, by J. Hooper. Sparrow,se." 4&0, and p. 47, a print of the Castle, drawn and enpven by the above-named pe!'IODL This view shew. the lOuth. west new of \he CutJe, I t is avery poor aft'air.

ROllin Cutle.-Walker, de). Jewk8, seuJp. Edin. 1797.Cardonnelt bu two etebinp of the CutJe. The first view is from the

lOUth, and the IeCODd pves an inside new of part of \he Dor\h wall of theCutle.ROIIIyo Catle from the Elk. Ensign Erskine, del. D. BIaekmore Pyet,1e1Ilp. 4&0.

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I N T ROD U C TOR Y NOT ICE. XIXIn printing the following Genealogie, the text of the Author

has been carefully preserved, and only in a few instances, whereerror was palpable, has any alteration been made. The readerwill be somewhat surprised at the different way in which thesame proper names are sometimes spelt,-this, however, is notunusual in ancient writings, for even in original deeds, suchdiversity of spelling is not unfrequent: that Father Hay hasbeen somewhat too liberal in this way, cannot be disputed, butit was judged much better to retain his varieties of orthographythan to attempt any uniformity. It is with much regret thatthe Editor observed a few errors have escaped correction,they are not of much importance, and are too obvious to mislead the reader.

The Editor has to return many thanks to Mr. Riddell forhis kindness in favouring him with much curious illustrativematter. To that learned gentleman he is also indebted for thearms of Egidia Countess of Orkney, which ornament the titlepage, and which were copied from a seal appended to a confirmation- granted by her Ladyship as .. Comitissa Orcadie.Domina Vallis de Nith et baronie de Harbartshire," of a charterto Alexander de Levingston de Calentare, by John de Blare,dominus de Adamtoun, of the lands of Catscleuch, dated 10thSeptember 1425. These arms are those of the Countess impaling those of her husband on the right. As daughter andheiress of Sir \Villiam Douglas of Nithsdale, she bears theDouglas arms on the right, and in the fourth quarter, the Linn

Tht' Original it in the Wigton Chartt'r-Chest.


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APPENDIX .

(ACTA DOMINORUM CONCILII, 1509, LIB. 21. f. 1986.)"HKNllY Lou SINcLoUa askit ane note yat Johne of \Vynde gaif in

his bill on him, and protestit ye samyn before ye lordis, of ye quhilk thetenor foUowis : ,"

., Soverane Lord, unto youre Gracius Hienes, ande to ye rycht rever-ende, nobil, ande myty Lordis of youre Consale, humilie menis, andschawis, your liege and servitour, Johne of \Vynde, burgess of DiBert,that quhare I have ye landis of Wilstone of ye Lord Sinclare be chartirand semng in heritage, ye said Lord, at his aune hand, has tane ane perteyerof, and maid his gardingis and orchertis, and broukit ye il8lDyn be yespace of xvi yeria biganl', and now this last zere he hell tane maire ofye said land, wyt zoure commoUD&ogait; and quhen I come to mene meof ye samyn, hill servandis bostit me, and said, yai sulde erde me undirye dik, wytout I passit my way lIODe; ande daily ye said Lorde, andhis servandis ete my gene ande my come, yat I may haue na profityerof, and biddis me pll'ie for I sall gl't na mendis, ande I am &gil, andunder infermitte, yat I may not travale, ande my 8l'rvandis dar not punda horse 8UpPOS thai fuode thaim on my rome; and my Lady Sinclarl',


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xxii APPENDIX TO INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.yis yere bigane, quben my Lord was in Orknay, wyt hir complicis, kestdone ye stuf of iii salt-pannis, a n d ~ gart thaim stand be ye space of xwekis to my utter hership, and skait, and chasit myself, and had notbeene I gat in ane salt pane, yai had slaine me, because I said I suIdeplenze to youre Hienes; ande now yis last Friday, quhane we hauesummond ye said Lorde, his servandis, ande complicis, for innovationeande spulzie, he has cumin himself in proper persone. wyt his complicis,ande kest doune ye gavil of ane salt-pane of myne, and has set ye samyn,and wil noyer gif me colis, nore let me tak yaim in oyer pertis, andcastis doune my girnillill, and sais he sal cast of my salt wyt shulis.quhilk I haue broukit yis fifty yeris bigane; ande wytout youre Hiene8and Lordschippes ge remeid. I am aide ande may nocht travel, I, mywife, ande barn ll wol be al uterlie dilltroyit; ande youre gracius aDBWerehereupon, may humilie I besek for ye Ilif of God."

Henry Lord Sincler askit ane note rat he warnit, ande requiri&Johne of 'Vynde to rl'mufe him and his gudis out of the grynale one yegrl'ne, quhilk he hell redemit furth. Hora xi.


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G N E A L 0 (} I l ~ OJ! Tn}:

S A I NT E e A I It E O}' R () S S IJ Y N.AL('OLlIE KF.ASMOORE ha\'ing reconr'd, by

the fupport of Edward King of England, hillRealme, "'hich llachabeeus did p o t r l ' f ~ was crown'dat Scone not long therafter, upon the fifth of Aprile,in the year 1061; and holding I i Parliament at tForfar in Angus, he Cl'ft ted feverall Earles, Lords,

Barons, &c. in compenfatioD of their fervice and loyalty. The Xor-mande Conquerour in hill days maifter'd England, I call io Williamnuke of Sormandie, notwithftanding that I have fel'n iC\'l!rall J u d g t ' ~ rl!-pl't'hending gl'ntlemt>n att the Barre, that cafually g&\'l' him that titlt';fur though he kill'd Harald the Ufllrper, and rooted hill armil', y ~ t hI'pretl'Dded a right to tht> kingdoml', aod WIUI admitted by compaCt, anddid take ane oath to obferve the laws aDd cuftom!! of thl' realmt'. E d ~ r . who WIUI righteous heir, Molvl'8 to pafs again to Hungaria, "'ith hi!'motht'r and fifte",; but bf.ing toff'd a ",hill' att ft>a, is carrit'd at t lenJ!'thfaft. to a place on the Rh'er of Forthe, named Quepnsferry', from lIargart't, whom the King t>fpouf'd in 1067. Many gt'otlt'ml'o caml' aooutthat time to Srotland, part with the Queen, all Chrichton, FodriDJ[hamt',Giffclrd, llaulis, Borthik, LeOy, &c. all lIungaril'nl!; part from En2'land, to ChUD the Ufurper, as I.indefay, Vans, Ramfay, Lowall, T o w r ~ ,

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SA INTECLA IRES O F ROSSLYN . 3likewife the bonour of knighthood. A u firft, our Kings beftowed upontheir fubjectll' landa, as reward of their ferrice, but after their liberalityfiDding no futcb way of gratification toward. thofe wbo beband themfelvee manfully, they fell upon ane eaGer way, whicb was in giveing themplace amongft the nobility of their realm, and ranking them above themoft common fort, either in creating them knights, whieh was perform'dby girding them with a belt, or in makeing them Earles, wbicb was doneby othN' ceremonies. Tbis Sir Henry married Margaret Grathenay,daughter to the Earle of Marre, upon whom he begot a fone namedWilliam, to wbom he refigned his lands, and {hortly after cbang'd his inconftant habitation for a perpetuaIJ one herafter.

The Hiftory of the Saintclain says, that Malcolme Keanmoore madefome earles, fome barons, and fome knights, at t Forfar in 1057, or asBuchanan fays in 1061, Malcolmus Scotorum, Rex 86, Scone coronatus,anno 1061, inde Forfarum generale indixit concilium, volens ut Primores, quod antea non fuerat, a1iarum more gentium, a pra-diis fuis cog-nomina caperent; quofdam vero etiam Comites, volgo Earles, quofdamBaront'B, vulgo Lords, a1iOll M ilites aut Equitee auratos, volgo MartiallKnights, creavit. Muk-DufFum Fi&e Thanum, Fi&e Comitem; PatriciumDumbarum Marchiarum Com item, a1iofque virOll pnrftantes, Monthetilr,Atholia', Mamie, Cathanefill!, RofWr, Angufur dixit Comites,-Johannem Sowls, Davidf'm Danlier ab Abemethia , Symonem a Tweddell,Gollielmum a Douglas, Gillefpium Camf'ron, Davidem Briechen. Hugonem a Coldella, Barone&, cum diverf1s a1iis,-Equites auratos perplures,pauci vero Tbani relicti. Many new fumames were ginn to the ami-liee of the Scots, as Mar, Calder, Lockhart, Meldrum, Gordon, SeatOD,Liberton, I.awder, Shaw, Leirmont, Strachaue, Dundafs, Lefiy, Cockburn, Abercrombie. &c. 1\Iany were named from the landa they had inpofT'effion, fome from their office, as Stewart, Dorward, Bannerman, Forman, &e. Some from the proper names of valiant men, as Kenneth,Gray, KetJa, &e. Tbill worthy Prince, accordiDg to the famt' hiftory,


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S A I N T E {' L A IRE S () I,' R 0 S SLY N. 15welcomed by the courtiers and fervantll, to ",hom he w u very beneficiall.He married I)orothl'a Dunbar, daughter to the Earle of Marche, uponwhom he b t ' ~ t Sir Heury Niintclair. He got alfo of the King andQUl'en the barouy of Uofliue in liferent; afUar which, being def&roos totry hill fortunl' in warn'S, he obtained a company of men, underwent manydangers in refifiing tbe Southern forces, and "' lUI appoilltl>d to defend theborden. William the ('oDfIUl'ror, offended att King Malcolm becaufe bewould not deliver in hit, handll l':dward [ E d ~ I 1 l ' ] Ethling, fent aboutthit! time thl' Duke of GlocClltn', with a gn>at army, to invade the Scot..King Malcolm bt'aring th('rof, It'nt the Earletl of Marche and Monteith",ith a company of mt'n of warre, to aid and a1flft the Sinclair', fOl'Cel ;whl'rupon Sir WiUiam Sinclair rufhed forward, with a defign to put theenimie out of ordre, but being endofed by the contrary party, be w. .flain by the multitude of his l'lIimif'tl, ",berof he made fall many in heapeflat d,1"'n before hi" feet, The newt! of his death coml'ing to the twoother chaiftaint!, ~ I a r e h e and Monteith, they fell fo boldly upon the s i-mit', that they fcaree left any alive, The King and Queen lamented hismittOrtuut', and vowed to be avenged of the Southerns' cruelty, Heleft three childring, two daughtl'n, ",bo died infant., and one fone, SirHDlay SAINTCU who fucceeded hit! father, and was entirely belondof the King and Qu('t'n, w'ho g&\'e bim U08lin in free heretaclge, andmade bim Knight. lie w'as not inferior to hill fatbl'r. lie was madegonmor and captain of 600 ml'n, past to !\orthumberland and (;UIJlo.berland with the King, to b a\'enged IIpon the Southerns for hiafatber's death, w'hen William the (;onqueror rencountprt>d him witbgm t force; but be being vehinwntly stirred up to anger by re-membering the cruell flaughter of his father, went amongfi his eni.mies like a lyon, fo that in a iliort time he put them to flight.The King beholding this was llVerjoyed, and rewanled him with thebarony of .lentbland, l'iot long after, King Malcome 11'" flaio aU thefil'gt' of Anwick in l'iorthumbt.rland; for ",ben thofe who 1I.l'1'e withinthe Cailll' \I'("I't' almon fiarvc.>d, and readie to yield, ODf' of th('ir eoI8 .


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His fone Sir W ILLUX fucceeded: be Wail Baron of RoOin, Pentland.Pentland Moore, in free forefrrie, Sbirri, of Lothian. Baron of Cold:land, Cardaine Saintclair, and Great Mafter Hunter of Scotland. KingWilliua deceafmg in the IS yMr of his reign, the 7 . year of bis &dge,and of our Lord 1114, Alexander the Second, a valiant prince, bis fone,fueceedtd. He loved Sir William Saintclair, whofe excellent beauty anddelicat proportion of body he mutch efteemed; he made him Knight,Shirrift'of Lothian, and befi:owed upon him confiderable gifta: au whichtime the Commons of England, Dot being willing to endure King John'lI


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SA INTEC LA IR E S OF ao SSL Y N. 11which aU that time wu all gilded over. But to our purpofe. Theviaory being gained, the fpolle gathered, and unfufpicion of any dangerto enfue, att once they behold marching againft them 10,000 men. AUthe fight thereof, all amueci, made the prifonen be Oaine, leaR: theyfbould raife again; and att the counfell of Si r William Saintdair, whoknew all thofe bounds, pafi"ed over Draidon Burne, where there wu roodfor them to e f ~ in i f they were put to flight. Their enemies, think-ing to be revenged on the flaughter before committed, came to that part,where, when the battle was joyned, their fortune w u fo bad, that theybecame companiODl to the former company. Thi. villory fcaree w u ob-tained. when, behold, a new company of ten thoufand men i. readie tojoyne in battle with them, which the Scob! beholding became all dUmay-ed; yet, through the perfuafive exhortationa of their captaina, theircourage became frefb; and anone the three captains went through allthe compauys where the wounded and flain were, and new all the Eng-lifb that were alive, and to every Scot liveing they gave a weapon, tothe end they might kill the Englifb that came upon them, and after that,they went to prayer, defireing God to remove their ofl'ences, and to con-fider how juft their caufe was. The Engli1h thinking becaufe they werewith heads uncovered, and knees bended, that thf'y craved mercie ofthem; and fo, without thought of any refiftance to be made, they cameover Draidon Burne, where, contraire to their expellation8 of mends,tbeyfound foes, of men overcome, mt'nretiie to be villors. Yea, withinfborttime, put tht'M to fligbt, although the battle continuc.>d for a fpace with un-certain vi&ry. Thi. villorie, to fpeake by the way, gained as greatprade to our countrey as any they eVt'r obtained. But to our purpofe.

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S A I N TE e L A IR E S 0 FRO S SLY N. 18goe help the Scota. The Abbot entertained them kindly, and rifeing inthe morning nu t day to villt the guefia, and finding nODe in the cloiftf'r,but the beda remaining untouched, htl merveiled greatly, and who they{bould be he could not imagiue, except they were angells. I t is alfocorded, that the fame day the viCtory WB8 obtained, a Knight in glitter-ing armour came rideing through Aberdeen, iignifieing the great viCtoryof the Scots, and one on horfeback croffed Pt'nthland Firth, which divid-eth Orkney from the reft of the land, whom they fuppofed to be SaintMagna of Orkney, lOme time King; but let a omitt futch things. Notlong afteJ' this viCtory, King Robert went over into Ireland to help hisbrother, leaveing no great guard to thf' borden; which the Southernshearing, they refolved to come to Scotland by fea, becaufe they thoughtthemfelvee better experienced in the feaa than the Scotts, and inftroctinga navy, they failed up Forth, deftroying all parts where they came withfire and fword, the rumor of which coming to the Earle of Fife, he camewith 000 men to the place where he thought they were, thinking therbyto catch fome difperfed from tht' reft, but fieing the number of hi. ene-mies fane to exceed, he retired a little, being afraid; bu t William Saint-clair, the fecond fone of Sir William, comeiog to his aid with fixty wellappointed gentlemPD, wu greatly offended aU his timerity, defireing himto follow and put his truft in God, committing al l the rea to him, whichhe, with all hi. company, did; receaveing courage through his perfuafiveexhortations, and fieing their enimies' company noway. in ordre, thoughgreater in number, they came upon them and flew five hundred of them;the rea, fieing that, Sed, every one to their {hips neareft, till aU lengthoue of their lhips perifhed before their eyes, and al l that were therio,through the great multitude of people that Sed thereto. The King have-ing had knowledge of this, ever after called William Saintelair his bifhop,&ad when he w u returned from Ireland, and his COUDtrey free fromKing Edward'. tyranny, he began to take pleafure in paftimes, uhunting &ad hawking. So upon a time he appointed a great huntmg


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SA INTECLA IRES OF ROSSLYN. 15devotion, builded the church of Saint Kathrine in the Hopes, which nowremaina to this day. Know, reader, that the hill on which King Robertbyed till the deer was hunted, to this day is called the King's hill, andthe place where Sir William hunted is called the Knight's field. I t isreported that Sir William Saintelair fent a prieft to the grave of that holywoman Saint Kathrine, in which there is a precioUII oyle, that iff'uethfrom her bones, to bring him therof, that he might carry it to his newbuilded chapell. The prieft goeing and returning with the oyle, he be-came fo weary that he wu forced by the way to reft him at t a place a milediftant from Libertonne Church, where falling afleep npon a ruth bufh nearby, loft his oyle. The news wherof comeing to Sir William Saintelair, hemade workemen to digge the place where the oyle was fpilt, and prefentlieup fprong a fountaine, which to this day hath like a black oyle fDimmingupon iL He then bethought himfelf of the great robberie committed aboutSainte Kathrines in the Hopes, confidering that Saint Kathrlne would notpermitt the baulme of her bones to be brought to futeh a prophane place,leafttheywhocameto worfhip there thould, without all relligioUB reverence,be rigoroufly robbed. Sir William, after this, proved valiant in Northumberland, togither with his companion, the doughty Dowglas; and afterthe death of King Robert, they, togither with Sir Robert Logan, tookeBruce his heart, enclofed in a little cofFer of gold, and delicatly fpiced,to Hierufalem, where, royally, they buried it, and then joyued themfelves, with their company, to Chriftians, where they valiantly fubduetheir enimies; and returning home, by force of winde, was driven uponthe coaft 0 ' Spain, where they found the King of Arragon warring againftthe Saruena of that counUeY, and joyued themfelves to hi8 forces; fo,through their good fortune in fight, they became carelefs, not efteemingof their eoimies, till at t length, through the deceit of Saruena, they . .erefIaiD. So ..nded thofe valiant Knights, in defence of th . right, whorevenue. are as uampiH to allure men to doe the like. A modern poetbath made the fOlknring ven.,. on Sir William Saintdair and SirRobm


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Scotland, who married'"Elifabeth Sparres, daughter to Malefius Sparref,Prince of Orkney, Earl of Kaithne. and Stratheme, through which mar-riage he became Prince of Orknay, and WB I more bonoured than any ofhi . anceftree, for he had power to caufe ftamp coine within his domin-ions, to make law8, to remitt crimes ; -he had his fword of honour cu-ried before bim wherfoevt>r be went; he had a crowne in bis armes,bore a crowne on bis ht>ad when he conftituted lawes, and, in a word,was fubjeE\ to none, fave only he held his lands of the King of Dant>-marke, Sweden, and Noraway, and entred with them, to whom alfo itdid belong to crowne any of tbofe three kings, fo that in all thofe pa.rbhe was efteemed a fecond perfon next to the King. He builded the Caftleof Kirkwell in Orknay, and proved valiant in all his doeings; for wbenJ obn Cummin the govt>mor, after the captivity ofJoIm Raiddell (Randolpb)Earle of Murray and Governor before him, began to tyrannize onr allfavourel'll of King David Bruce, he with hi . confederatB raift.'d anearmy, and in open battle flew him; in wbofe place wu conftituted An-drew Murray u Governor of Scotland, wbereat the Cummins, mightilyoiFt>nded, came and deftroyed all parts in the North, where they came withfire and fword; wherefor the Governor fent for help of the Prince ofOrkney, who comeing witb his fol'Cfll, vanquUht the Cummins, with allthe aBiftanta and favourel'll of Balliol, in open battle, and then returningto his country of Orlmay, by the way he met a navie fent by King Ed-ward to deftroy Orknay, whom be reDCOUDtred fo bnvely, that, with his(mall number, be flew two thoufand, and put all the reft to flight, and fowent home. Soon after this died Andrew Murray, in the year of ourLord 1888, and within three yeai'll after came King David Bruct' to~ t l a n d , wbo, remt>mbring the injurys done to him by the Southern"fent ane army under the government of the Prince of Orknay, and JohnR.iddall into England, who returned with great fpoile. King David,not contented therewith, made tbe Prince of Orknay bring a tltoufand..hofen men out of OrImay, the wbich adding to bi . armyof 19,000 mt>D, he

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S A IN '1' E C L A IR E S 0 FR O S SLY N. 19of his enimies, yet coold not be holden from liberty, for with his 6ft hemade two of them to fall flat before his feet, and the reft to take flight: hegot in marriadge the fair ..Egidia, excellingall in her time, grand-daughterto King Robert the Second, furnamt'd Stewart, of whofe beauty, it is reported, that it did fo dazell the eyes of the beholders, that they becameprefently aftonifhed, and revived in admireing the fame. Through thismarriadge the Prince of Orknay obtained great lands and authority, asall the Lordfhip of Nithfdale, the wardonrie of the Three Marches betwixt Berwick and Whithorne, with the Baronies of Hectfoord, Har-bertfhire, Gramefhaw, Kirktone, Caven, Roxborough, and the Sherriffhip of Nithfdale, with the Town of Dumfreis. He was a valiant Prince,well proportioned, of midle fiature, broad bodit'd, fair in face, yellowhaired, hatty and fterne i he had nine fifters, who were thus married.-The eldeft, upon the Earle of Dowglaff"e; the fecond, upon the Laird ofDalhoufil', namt'd Ramfay; the third, on the Laird of Calder, namedSandilands ; the fourth, upon the Laird of Corftorphin, named Forrefter;the fifth, upon the Earle of Errol, named Hay; the fixth, npon the Lairdof Drumebier, namt'd Tweedie; the feventh, upon the Laird of Stirling,named Cockburne; the eighth, upon the Laird of Maretone, namedHerring; and the ninth, upon the Lord Sommervaill, fo named. Heniarrit'd his eldeft daughter upon the Earle of Marche. He had thegreateft part of the Nobility in the Countrey, his Fialls, and their bondsof Manrent; as the Lord Salton, named Abernethy. for a 100 poundsa-year; the Lord Crighton, fo named; the Lord Seatone, fo named;the Lord Dirletone, named. Halyburton; the Lord Halifexburne. (sic) theI ~ o r d Levingftone of Kalendare, fo namt'd, who holds lands in Herbertfhire, u Caftelough and Akinloch; the Lord Fleming of Cumbernald,fo named, who was his BaillifF of Herbertfhire, and held lands thereof,u his honfe, the Caftle of Rankens, Eafter and Wefter Summel'll, Eafterand Wefter Thomaftones, Banknocks, Bangkerne, Brackuilies andDapes, for the which he w u bound to pay yearly one pair or gold

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S A IN TEe I. A IR E SO ' " R 0 S SLY N. i lnear, ana coafidering the trouble that might 1N6l1 the Prince of Orknayafter his death, by the deceit of him that was to be Governor; thenorwrittiag lettel'll both to the King of France and England, he caufed thePrince of Orlmay to committ hlmfeJf, togither with Ilia fone, PrinceJames, and young Percle, nephew to the Earl of Northumberland, to thefea's mercie; but when they had failed a little fpace, Prince James notbeing able to abide the fmen of the waten, defired to be att land, wherewhen they were com , (tOr they landed aU his requeft upon the coaft ofEngland) upon their joumay to the King they were taken and impri-foned, till afterwards, by the King's command, tbey were brought to him,to whom they delivered the letten; who, when he had perufed them, andconfulted with bis Nobles wbat to doe, att length be refolved to keeptbem . . prifonen, yet fo that be caufed inftructon to teach Prince James,wh.rtbrough he became fo learned and expert in aU things, that be badno equaU. Tbe rumor of this imprifonment comeing to the ean of theKing of Scotland, througb difpleafure be died, and Robert his brother,Duke of Albanie, w . made Governor. About this time one John Itobin.fone, indweller au Pentland, and tenent to the Prince of Orlrnay, cameto England, wbere his mafier was imprifoned, and th.re be played thefool fo cunningly, that without any fufpition what be was, he had entrance to the prifon au his plNfure, and fo watching his time, oneevening, be convoyed the Prince of Orknay without the gates inguifed apparell, which be had prepared for the famt' purpofe, wbere theymade no by till they came to a thick forreft, where they byed aU thenut day, and afterwards made them for journey next evening, for theytravailed in the night, and rafted in the day time, leaft tht'y iliould betaken by them who were appointed for that purpofe by the King. Theytravelled to the Borden wbere then w. . great inquiry made for them,when, behold, two fowtherns not knowing what they were, made th _hold their bonN, which the Prince perceaving, and catebing bold of ODeof their neeb. ftrock bim to the ground, aDd fo bereft Iai. of bia liW,


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S A IN T E C L A IR E S 0 FRO S SLY N. 28The Prince hearing this, haveing with him in company 40,000, reeolvedto meet him there, where, when he W88 come, the Duke, migbtly afraid,Sed with S more befides hi"mfelf to Falkland, where he remained, wller-of the Prince havt>ing knowledge, after great furch made, fent one ofhis company, and he, togither with the other two Princes of the Land,Dougl . and Dumbar, conftitute a Parliament in which they appointedto forfeitt Duke Robert with all his favourel'll, for his tyrannie and trea-fon ufed againft David, eldeft fone to King Robert, which cruelty con-fifted in this, that after he W88 licenfed by the King, be imprifoned himfor his licentious life, denieing him all kind of nouriiliment, and any thatpitied him he puniilied with death, as he did a poore woman that givehim meale in att a little hole, and ane otht>r that gave him the milk ofher breaft. Att the news of this new Parliament, Duke Robert W88 foreafraid and becam penitent, wherfor he fent hil frienda to the threePrinces to make fure for him, promifeing to amend bislife in time to come,who excufed all he had done, imputing it to bad counfell. Att this ex-cufe they being content, and accepting bis promife of amendment, receav-ed him into favour, and reftored him to his office. 1

Not long after this there arofe a great difcord betwixt the Prince of Ork-ney and Archibald Earle of Douglas, the third of that name, for the fhirrif-fiUp of Nithfdale, and the Baronie of Hectfoord, Grabamfhaw, Kirktone,Roxbnrgh,and Caven, togither with the Wardenry of the three Marchesbetwixt Berwick and Whithome, fo tbat the Prince would not fufrer theEarle of Douglae to pafl to Edinburgh through his ground. Yet for all thie,there W88 no {laughter. Au this time the Prince ofOrknay had all bie vic-tualls brought by fea from the north in great abundance, for his houfo! W88free for all men, fo that there was no indigent that wert> bis friends but re-eeaved food and rayment, no tennent! fore oppretred, but had fufficient tomaintain them, and, in a word, he was a pattern of piety to all hie pofte-rity; for his zeal was fo great, that before all thinga, he preferredGocfl fer.vice, which appeared in this, that he gifted the Abbayof Holyroodhoufe


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SA INTECLA IRES OF ROSSLYN. 25policy, as building of Caftles. Palaces, and Churches, the planting andhainiog of forrefis, as aIfo the parking and hedging in of trees, which hisworks yet wittnefs. He was much efteemed of by the King, and was therfor defU'ed to goe to France with the Lady Margaret, the King's fitter,who was defU'ed in marriage by the King's fone, which he did with grea ttriumph, for he was accompanied with ane hundred brave gentlemen,wherof twinty were weD cloathoo. with cloth of gold, and had chains ofgold. and black velvet foot-mantles; twinty in red cramofine ,'elvet, withchaines of gold, and black velvet foot-mantles; twinty in white and blackvelvet, fignifieing his armes, which is a ragged crofs in a mver field; twintycJoathoo. with gold and blew coloured velvet, which fignified the a r m ~ of Orknay, which is a fhip of gold with a double trefi"ure, and flower deluces goeing round about it, in a blew field; and twinty diverfely colour...d. fignifieing the divera armes he had; who, when he was arri,'ed ill}o'rance, he was honoured of all men, and lovoo. of the King, who mad"him Knight of the Cockle, after the ordre of Franct>. And aftt>; thlnuptiall rites were celebrated, he tooke his It>ave. of the King and ( 'Ol lr tof France, and returned home to his own countrt>y; but they wen' allfore difpleafed att his departurt>. But when ht> was returnoo. fame [faft' ?]home into Scotland, he was welcomed of the King and all h i ~ fril'Ddt',and with gladnefs accepted of them all; and within thort time aftt>r, Ill'married ane honourable lady, Dame Margaret Dowglafs, Countt>f!! ofBuchan, daughter to Archibald, the fecond of that name, and f p o l l ~ e tothe Right Honourable John Stewart, Earle of Buchan, and Conftable ofFrance, who, togither \vith the father and brother. was flain in Frann',at t the battell of Vemeuill. which was the caufe of her retume to Scotland; hut they ftayoo. not long togither, for they were feparated bt>cauft'of confanguinity and affinity, for both this Dame llargaret DO"'gllbl andGiles Dowglas, mother to this William, the OrcadePrince. were the daughteraof two germain brothers and alfo Giles, Princef" of Orknay. and Robertth . Duke of Albany, and father to this John Stewart. W&I Dnrer related;

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S A I N TEe L A IRE SO .. Il 0 S SLY N. 17caBle in his minde to build a houfe for Goers ferrice, of moil CuriOUIwone, the which, that it might be done with glory and fplendor,he caufed artificers to be brought from other regions and forraigae king.domf8, and caufed dayly to be abundance of all kinde of workemenfeat, as marona, carpenters, fmith8, barrowmen, and quarrier., withothen; for it i t remembred, that for the fpace of thirty-four yean . , .fore, he never wanted great numben of fuch workmen. The found.tiOD of this rare worke he caufed to be laid in the year of our Lord 1.nd to the end the worke might be the more rare; firft, he caufed thedraught. to be drawn upon Earuand boonU, and made the carpenten tocarve them .ceording to the draught. thereon, and then gaye them forpUterns to the mairon8, that they might therby co t the like in ftone ; andbecaufe he thought the maff'ones bad not a connnient place to lodge innear the place where he builded this curiODl colledge, for the towne thenftood half a mile from the place where it now flands, towitt, at BilfdODeborDe, therfor he made them to build the towne of Rofiine, that now i teztant, and gave every one of them a houfe, and lands anf"erable ther.unto; fo that this towne, atl tn t time, by reafon of the great concourfeof people that had recourfe unto the Prince, (for it it remembered of himthat he entertained all his teunant. that were any way impoYerithed, andmade ferve all the poore that came to his gates, fo that he fpent yearlyupon fuch III! came to beg att his gates 120 quarters of meale,) becamevery populous, and had in it aboundanee of viChlall8, fo that it W'U though,to be the chiefeft towne in all Lothian, exc.pt Edinburgh and Hadingtone. He re"arded the mafl"ones .ceording to their degree, as to themUler mafl"one he gan 40 pounds yearly, and to every one of the refi 10pound!, and .ceordingly did he reward the other., as the fmitha and the~ n t e n with othen. About this time Ed"ard Saintclair of Draidon,comeing with foure grayhouncla. and fome ratdlf8 to hun' with the Prinee.mt"tt a gn'8t company of ratt8, and among the !'eft, one old blind Iyardone, with a ftra" in his mouth, led by the ft'ft, whena& 1M peII&Iy IMI ' .


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S A I N T E C L A I R E S O F R O S S L Y N . 88Sparre, daughter to the Earle of Orknay and Shetland, and fo by her be-came the firft Earl of Orknay of the Saintclain. His name was Juliu!!Sparre. He is alfo reputed Earle of Stratheme and Cathnes. The fe-('ond Earle WIUI Henry Saintclair, Prince of Orknay and Shetland, Dukeof Holdemoourg, Lord Saintclair, Knight of the Golden Flet'ce, &c. whomarried }'lorentina, daugbter to the King of Danemarke. The thirdEarle was bis fone, Henry Saintclair, Prince of Orknay and Sbetlaud,))uke of Holdemoourg, Lord Saintclair, Knight of the Cockle. and oftbe Qrdre of Saint George in England, &C. I t is to be noted, nevprtbe-lefs. tbat bi!! name is not inrolled or regiftrat amongfi: the Knights aUWindfor. He married Giles Dowglas, daugbter to William Dowglaa, Lord Nithfdalt', called the Black Dowglas, and Giles Stewart, daugbterto King Robert tbe Second. The fourth Earle was Sir William Saint-clair, called Prodigua, Knigbt of the Cockle and Goldt'n Flt'ece, Princeof Orknay and Shetland, Duke of Holdemoourg, Earle of Cathnefll,Lord Saintclair and Nithfdale, Sbirieff of Dummifp, Adm rcllI andChancellor of Scotland, \Vardine and Jufticiar of the three ~ I a r c b e t l betwixt Scotland and England, Baron of Eckfoord, Cavt'rton, COllf-land. Roflin, Pentland, Herbertlhire, Dyfart, Newburgb in Hu('han,Cardain, Polmt'fe, Greneflaw, Kirkzetoune, Roxburgh, Kenrufi, &c . -titles to wearie a Spaniard. Chancellor of Scotland, as he is ftiled in aconfirmation of the Earledome of Cathnefs, granted by King James theSt'Cond, 1456, the of Aprile, in compenfation of his c1aime and titleto tbe Lordlhip of Nithfdale, offices, and penfions whatfoever, that wt'regiven to William Dowglas, fone to Archibald Lord of Galloway, his(irandfatber, by contract of marriage with Giles Stewart, daughter toKing Uobert by bis wife, Elifabeth More. This William. Earle ofOrknay,married Elifabeth Dowglaa, dawghter to Archibald Tineman, firft Uuk .of Tourain, and after herdeath he married Margaret Southerland, daughterto Alexander of Southerland, eldeft fone of John Earle of Southt'rland,fecond of the name, by whom he had Olh'er, Laird of Roain. &c.


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CHARTA ROLANDI FILII UTHREDI, ALANO DESANCTO CLARO.

Roland1ll filioa Uthredi, ConftabuJarioaRegis Scotire, omnibus hominibuset amicis fuill, prrefentibus etfuturis, falutem. Sciatis me deditTeet conceffiffe,et prrefenti charta mea confinnafi"t', Alano de Sancto Claro, et Mathildae deWindfoure fponfe fwp, et bli!re


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SA l N T EC L AI RES OF ROSS L Y N.

CHARTA WILLIELMI DE LYSURIS, STEPHANOMELVILL.

Omniboa,&e. Sciatia,&c. Stephano de Melvill c1erico,ad feodam firmampro homagio et fervitio foo, lotam Wmun meam, qoam teneode Templo, infeodo meo de Gouirton, et illam terram quae foit ThoDUe de Templo cumomnibus ....rundem pertinentiis divif18, libertatibus, placitia, efcaetia, et aln.ayfWDentia, ad diau terrae fpelbmtiboa, intos et exteriua, fine aliqoo re-tinemeato, et com libera poteftate foffimdi di8u terrae et claudendi f!CUtmelius fcinrit vel poteriL Tenendas et habenda, diao Stephano bereclibus fui. vel fuis aBignatis, exceptis juris religiofis, et juris me ma-joribus, de me et beredibus meia, in feodo et bereditate, libere, quiete,plene et honorifice in omnibus, in moria, in marefiia, in viis et fe.itia,in bofcie et plan s. in ftagnis et molendinia, in aqui. et pifcariia, in .,.tariia, turbariis et bruf'riia, in foiflS fodiendia, et domibu. confiruendia, etomnibus aliis ayfiamentis, diCbr melle ville de Gouirton pertinentibus, etcum libertate braciandi cerevifeam, et cervifeam, carneset alia vendendi, fineimpedimenlo et contradictione mei, vel heredum, feu ballivorum meorum,cum communi paftura utriufque monr, orientalis et occidentalia, et alia,cum libero introito et mtu ad lotam communem pafturam feodi mei deGouirton, feilicet ad VI equos utruifqoe fexus, ad XVI boves, ad XVI YaCCU,et ad oaiee viginte oves matrices, et ad VIII fues, plen . cum OIDDibus fe-quelis diaorum omnium animalium de duobus annis integris. Volo autemet concedo pro me et beredibua meis, quod Dec di8:us Stephanus, Dec bere-des fui, Dec fui aBignati, aliquo modo occafionentut de fexu, Dec de eta&eanimaiium, feilicet, quod numerua eorundem ullatenus excedatur, et 6 ple-num nDmerum de propriis animaiibus non babuerint, licebit eis capenaliena aDimalia, fuper eandem pafuuam, ac fi den t propria ad faciend. . . .eorum commodum, in OIDDiboa, fine aliqna perturbetione. COl leedO"pro m e . hendibua meia, quod dictus Stepbuue et bend . (iii, vel (I i i


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SAIN TECLA I RE S O F R O S S L Y N. .1telTlllll de dOIDO TftDpU Wnuit. Reddendo mihi et fucceft"oribua meie,pro omai fritio, fex dftW'ioe, ad feftum Sanffi Michaelis. Yolo etiam eteoucedo, ut predictue Thoma et heredes fui habeant pafturam ad IV bo"ee,et IT Taceu, et xxx ovee, et IV fuee, et ad unum equum, ficut teftaturin charta pleniua, quam dietu. Gregoriua coatulit diao Thoaur, et di&eChriftiane fpoafe fwe, forori diffi Gregorii . TeftibUl ))ominie Neft"o deRamyfeia, Willielmo de Huthua, Rogero de Rofelyu, Thoma de Braid,Hearico de Edmuadft01l, Radulpbo de Claro, Stephaao de MaieriI,Clerico, et am..

Heary of Rollin refigne hiB landi to .\Ieunder the Second or Third,which are difpoaed il l favour of William Suatclair. Whether thiB Hmry wa of the fame fUJ'IIUIMI or Dot, I cannot determine till furtherenquiry. The charter follow.:-

CHARTA ALEXANDRI REGIS TERRARUM DEROSKELYN ET DE CATEKON.Alexaader, &e. Cum H.ricUI de RoOtelyu teIleDl noA:er de terril de

RoOtelyn,et deCatekon, n6gnarit per fuftim et baeulum ia maau noftra, ecquietum cl . . . .verit, pro fe, et heredibUi fai l, pnrdiltu terra de RoOtelyaet de Catekoa: T . endu et Habeadu pnedKl:oWillie1mo de sanao Claro,et heredibua fuil, de aobil ti t heredibuB noA:rie, ia feodo et hereditate, CUIIlCocco et facca, ti t furca et fo6"a, cum Thol et Them. et infangaatheif, inbofcill et plania, pratil et pefcuil, molendinil et A:agaia, et omaibua aliilibertatibul, et ayfwaentilild predKtu terra pertiaentibua, adeo Iibereet quieta, iatep et ~ f i c e , ficut predilhu H.ricUi de Roihlya, terraiUu, liberiua, quietiUl au t meliua, aliqoo tempore tenuit au t potredit :t'acieDdo inde aobil, et heredibu. noftril fervitium dimidii militia. TeA:i-bus, Roberto EpifcopoGlafgueafi, Willielmo FraferCaacellario aoftro, GiI-berto Comite de Anegua, Willielmo Comya de Kilbryde, Symone rra..


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S A I N T E C L A IR E S 0 F nos SLY N. 48eidem Nicholao, et heredibus fuis, ut bladum fuum de propria domo fna,molant ad molendinum mt"um, libere, abfque moltora inde danda, hominesvero fui dent multuram. Tt>ftibus Willielmo de Bofcho Cancellariomeo, Philippo de Valon Camerario meo, Waltero de Lindez, WilHelmode Valon, Herberto de Camera, Magistro Martin Medico. Apud Trav8-quair X I? die J anuarii.3. Alennder, &c. Cum Nicholau8 piftor quondam fervien8 nofter,

nobis re6gnaverit, per fuftim et baculum, terram de Innerleth, cum perti-nentii. fuia, quam idem Nicholaull de antecefI"oribu8 nofirill et nobill'luondam tenuit, per chartam home memorUe Willielmi Regill Scotorum illustris: N overitis, nos, eandem terram de Innyrleth, dedHfe, conceffiffe, et hacprefenti charta mea confirmaff"e, Willielmo de Sancto Claro. militi, etheredibull fuis: Tenendam et habendam, 6bi et heredibus fois, de nobuet hl.'redibus nofirill, cum omnibus juftis pertinntiis. Coneeffimus etiameidem Willielmo, et heredibull fuis, ut bladum fuUID de domo fna propriamolant ad molendinum nofirum, libere, abfque multura aliqua inde dana,fed homines fui multuram dent. Teftibus WiUielmo de 800lys Juft iciario Loadonie. H agone de Perifby, Thoma Randulph. Simone Frafer,Nicholao de Haya, et Nicholao dt" Vetere Ponte. Apud Hadingtoa,octavo die Aprilis, anno regni noftri tricefimo primo.

The feal is white wax, the tak, parchement, the King a horfbadr., thehorfe covered with a cloath, upon which is feen a lyon rampant in a doubletrei"ure flourl.' and contre flourfl ; the rl.'vprfe, the King in a feat of juftice.

Thefe landa of IDDerleith were afterwards given to the family of Towre.,with rl.'fervation of thl.' fuperiority, whereupon there is yet a charter ofinquifition, and a retour of Innerleith in RoOin', c:barter-c:heft, juftifieingwhat i. above mentioned.

F.lber n.y baa here u-rted copy of Lh.:! reloar of LM of !:iirJ_ Town ol .. ._.' ~ I h ... heir 10 hi t f ..... . I:iir AJeUDder Town, beIDno tbe Sh ., . . . . . , . . . ol Ediabatp....


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S A I NT E C L A IR E SO . ' R 0 S SLY N.

CHARTA WAL'l 'ERI DE MALEVILLE DETEMPLE LAND.OmDibua hoc fcriptum yjjiuia yel audituria, Waltenla filiWl StephaDi

de Malevill, fempit811W1l iD Domiao tialutem: Noverit uaiverftu vetUa,me deddfe, coaceddfe et hoc prefeati charta mea, confinaa8"e llomiaoWillielmo de Saaao Claro. totam terram meam, que vocatur TempeUaad.iD feodo de Gouertou. cum omnibWl perUaeatiia, libertatibua, ay6ameatUfuil: Teaeadam et habeadam fibi et fuccd"oribua foil, vel fuis aftipatia, deme, et heredibWl meis ia feodo et hen!ditate, libere, quieta, integra, ethonorifice, il l moria et marefiia, in viis et femetia, ill turbariis, petarD. etcarbooarii., in &quia, fiagoia, et pucariia, cum omaibu libertatiboa et.yfiameotia ad di8am tenam interoia vel externil speaaotibua, vel aliquojure fpetlare valentibua: Reddendoinde annnatim ipfe et heredes fui, vel fuiaffitnati, mihi et heredibWl meil, ODum deurium tantwD, ad fefium Sanai1\1 ichaelil Archaogeli, pro omnibWi dplIlaDdia, fervitii., feaia, exaaionibu,que de di8aterra,aliquo tempore ia pofterum poter it vel poteriot exigi velrequiri. Ego vero et hend . mei, di&m terram, cum omnibus libertati-bu . et ayfiameotia pnrnominatia, pnedi& Domino Willielmo et heredibufWlVel fuil aftigoatia,coatl'a oma. pntee. warantiabimua, aequietabimu,et defeudemu in perpetuum. Ia cujua rei teft:imonium, prefenti {criptoUgillum meum appofui. His teftibu DomiDO Willie1mo de Lyfaria,Domiao Nafone de Ramefy. Domiao Willielmo de Grant, DomiaoWillielmo Byfet t, Willielmo tunc Coaftabulario de Ediuburgh, ~ i l l i e l m o Drum fervienti Domini Regia, Thoma de Braid, Waltero BalliftarioDomiDi Rep . et multia aliil.

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S A I NT EeL A J RES 0 F I t 0 S SLY N. ' "turDing &om that plac., loft his life in Spaine, warring againft the Sara-cens. He had two fones, Henry and William, the laft wu Billiop ofDnnkel(t of whom the Book of Cowperhuthus :-" Abfente in HiberniaR ep R ~ r t o Ie Brois, Angli, colle8a claff'e applicuerunt apud terramCanonicorum Sanai Columbe de Dunyberfell. ubi maritima depopulan-tibus, fupervenit Comes de Fife, cum turma D. annatorum, fed perci-piens Anglos intrepide ftare, fuga confuluit : quo tempore Willielmus deSaoflo Claro apud manerium fuum de Ochirtult', audiens Anglos .pudDunybirfe11 defcendifi"e, (ent is Epifcopus Dnnkeldenfis.) afcenfo forti ca.-ballo cum LX . fuis ad pnelium doais, feftinavit Anglis occurrere, diramque laneeam manu arripiens, ealearibus eqUUDl urgf!t et cum hofte con-grefii, vifloria politi funt. Ceciderunt ex Anglis D. et ultra, pneter reli.quos, qui, confnfa fuga dilapfi, cum, in fuoe jam n&vt'S confcendentes, incu-buiH'eat plerique feaphu p.. ravante multitudine depreffi, perieft, aquishaufti, au t hoftili manu interempto. qui feftinatione ad navt'S currentes,uoamque bargiam pondere deprimentes demerferunt. Rex de Hiberniaftatim poll reverfua, hunc Epifcopum in maximo honore habuit, et ipfumpeculiariUl Pi'll! ceteris, fuum Epifcopum folebat nominare.

1\Iany of the EnglHh. not getting time enough to their boats, werecu t in pieces. Othen ftriving to fave themfelves by fwimming, perifh'din the fea. Others, who were got into tht'ir boats, not finding any roomethere, for that thf'y were alreadie too full, were made a prey either to thewater which fwallowed them up, or to the enemie, who flew them from the{hore. SeVf'ral of theirboats sunk, as being too heavy loaded. The Bookof Cowper, {peaking of this Pre1at, hath this, "Anno JUIIXL, Edwardusde Baliolo &pud Scooam per Dominum Comitem de J..'ue, et Willielmumde Mncto Claro Epifcopum Duakeldenfem, qui ad pacem ipfius Edwardipaulo ante venerat VUI. kalendu oaobri. ooronatUi eft, congregatiaibidem, abbatibut, priorib .. . at commUDitate de }o'ife, de Fortherift'e, d.Stratherne, at GoYl'f, ad . - - ipfius jam receptia. .

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S A IN T E C L A IRE S 0 FRO S SLY N. '9fi t tuDe neut i t , et in manu noftra exiftenUa, Roneretis in compoto fuodiai Epifeopatua, de fenginta et quatuor libris, novem folidis et quatoordenariis, qua, venerabili patri Jobanni nunc Winton: Epifcopo, Iibe. .veront, pro defe&. centum et uDdecim Boum, et octiDgenta et viginti etquatuor aguorum de inilauro, ad pnrdictum Epifcopatum pertiDente, quodipfi, tempore vacation is pnrdilbe, nomine noftro recl'perunt, t't quu, p . . .d i& Epifcopo, tempore quo temporalia ejufdem Epifcopatus eidem Epif-copo reftituimus, nddidHfe debuerant, et unde per Morinam di80 tem-pore vacationis fuper hoc contingl'ntt', et alio modo coram nobis ofteofodeficiebat, ufque ad fummam pnrdiaanun fexaginta et quatuor Iibrarum,novem folidorum et quatoor denariorum, ficut in pnrdi80 compoto coramDobis reddito, plenius continetur: de quibus quidem fexaginta et quatoorlib'; ' novem folidis et quatuor deoariis, pnefato Epifcopo fie folutis, littt>raspatentee pnefati Epifcopi penN fe habent, et coram nobis oftendere funtparati. T ~ e meipfo apud Rothelan decimo tertio die Junii, anno reguinoetri duodecimo."

2. To Sir William Saintclair fuceet>ded his fone, Sir Henrie, wbo ac-quired in 1817 a parcell of Gouirton from Roger of Harewood, and oneother parcell in 1828, from Gilbert Garden. The t;harten foUow :-

CHARTA EDWARDI DE GOURTONOmnibua, k Noveritis, me, apod GourtoD die veneris proxima poft

feftum Saaai BanhoIOIIII!i Apoftoli, anuo Gratile Millefimo treceJltefamodecimo feptimo, in przfentia 6de dignorum, deddfe, et men volUDt&te mea,liceatiam conceSi8"e, Rogero de Harewood tenenti meo, quod licite po8iiterram foam quam de me tenuit, in teDemento de Gourtoa, vendere,alienare, et ftatuJD iDde henditarium &cere Domino Hea.rioo de SaDaoClaro, et hereclibaa fiJia: T. . . . . t IIUeadam . . . . aIIl rail

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G ENE A I. 0 G lEO F l ' H Epertinentiil, Domino Henrico et heredibus fuis de cretero de me et here-dibus meis, folvendo inde fervitia dl'bita et confueta. In cujul rei teffi.monium, prefentibus ftgillum meum eft appofitum ; et quia 6gi11um meumminus:eft notorium, figillum Domini Gevafii tunc tempom Abbatia deNewbott ill in terumonium apponi procuravi. Teftibus, Mathl!O de Haw-dlornden, Willie1mo de Sanao Claro, Michael Clerico, Willie1mo deLyfuris, Johann8 Clerico de Glentroth, Petro de Karynken et aliis.

CHARTA GILBERTI DE GARDANO.Anno Gratire millefimo trefcente6mo vicefimo ofiavo, die venen. in

{efto San&e Marire Magdelenll!, apud Rofelin, in pnefentia veDerabiJiaPatm, Willielmi, Dei Gratia Epifcopi Dunkelden6s, ita con venit interGiJbertum de Gardano, dominum medietatis tenl'menti de Gourton, etConftantiam Sponfam l'jus, ex una parte, et Dominum Henricum desanao Claro, Militem, ex altero, viz. quod diai GiJbertus et ConftaDtiaunanimi confenfu et afi"enfu, concefferunt et vendiderunt maritagiumMathei filii fui et heredis, Domiuo Henrico de Sanao Claro, UDa CUIIlml'dietate terrre partil orientalis de Gourton law, cum pertinentiis et liber-tatibull di&e t('rne pertin('ntibus, pro fufientatione fua, pro quadam fUJll-ma pecunill', quam idem Dominul Henricus, diais Gilberta et Conftaa_numeravitet tradidit. infua neceffitate pne manibus, viz. viginti tf tI Libru,fex folid08 et octo denariOll, ad maritandum Dominum Matheum UbiCUD-que fibi viderit expedite fiDe difpergatione, l't fi contingat diaum M. .theum, morl, antequam heredem de fe procuratum babuerit, volunt et COD-eedunt diai Gilhl'rtul et Confiantia, quod diflu8 DominUl Henricua Jaa..beat Thomam, filium fuum et heredem propinquiorem, eadem lonna, . .maritandum, et fic de fingulis lueredum fuorum cujufcunque fexua fueria&,quotiefcunque humanitul contirrit ei t abefi"e, quoufque tnemeatwa GoartoD, legitimo et vero heredi fuerit iafeodatwa: et" i. . . . - . . . . .


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S A I N T E C L A IR E S 0 FRO S SLY N. 51tioaem, Gae dolo, fraude vel malo ingenio in omnibu corfervand ; diao.Willielmu et Confbntia, fidem corporalem in manu Domini W &lteri deHolburn Cape11ani pl'Eftiterunt: et fi contingat illoe, vel aliquem ill-orum. contra iftam convencionem, in toto vel in parte, divenire, it a quoddi&s Dominu Heoricus, vel heredes fui an t execntores impediantur, extune diffi Gilbertus et Confiantia obligant fe dat1ll'Ol fabrice EecleeileSaneti Andree, viginti Libras fterlingorum. quotieDll reperti fuerint hu-jU8 conventioni8 violatores, fubjicientes ill08 nihilominiull jurifdiaioniEpifcopi Sanai Andreae vel eju oflicialie, qui pro tempore fuerit, ut poffitdiaOll Gilbertum et Conftaotiam de die in diem per eenfuram Ecclefaafti-cam coherere ad obfervationem tenoru convention ll pradiCbe. et infuperad pena8 levanw. 10 CUjU8 rei teftimonium, pnrfenti huju8 indentul'll!penes dittos Gilbertum et Conllandam remanenti, ftgillum diai DominiHenrici eft appenfum: Alteri vero parti, penes diCtum Dominum Henricum remanf'nti, figilla dictorum Gilberti et Conftaotie, una cum figilloDomini Willielmi Abbati8 de Newbotill funt appenfL Datum die, loco,et anno fupradiais.

The fame Henry Saintclair is ranked amongft the Barons of Scotland,in their letter to the Pope, written at Aberbrothe lSiO, the 6 day ofAprill. He ill therein defIgDed PanetariUII Scotill!. King Robert theFirft grants him, 3 penfion, at Forfar. "Quadraginta mareaa, ex &rario,ad farcienda damna privata proIimis bellis accepta Dumenu1 juBiL" TheCharter follows:-

CHARTA ROBERTI REGIS.RobertwI Dei Gratia R u Scotorum, C. . rario fuo ScotiIe qui pro tem-

pore fuerit, f&luteal. Quia eoneeftimua Henrico de Suao Claro, miliu,diltllto et fideli noftro, et heredibUII fui., quadraginta marcu, &IUluatUapercipiendaa, per Camerarlum Doftrum, qui pro tealpGft fnerit, et doaee


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SAINTECLAIRES OF ROSSLYN. 51)huDdred and Uxty-two, and in the thirty-feeond year of the reign ofKiDg David. J ihall not here determine, wheftaer or not this Williambe the fame with Rofline or not. J have feen a charter granted toDryburgh by John de Maxwell of Pentland, in the reign of DavidBruce, perhape it is anterior to the other, and that Rofline wu onlypoft"effor of Pentland fince that time. A. lor Orlmay, it is certainthat thofe lQes were muteh plagued by the Soots dumng King David'.reign. Whereupon J oh. Ifacius Pontanus, rerum Danicarum fcriptoi'accuratiffimus. Hift. Lib. VIII, pag .501. (Amftelodami fomtibaaJa. Janfooii 1681, folio,) faye, " eadem modum tempeftate evulgarl,Scotorum Rex David, aminiculante Norvagile Rep Haruino, diplomacuravit, quo omnibus et fingulis regni fui incolis ferio ac fevere, idquefub capitis pena mandavit, ne quis Orcadom infulu, nill negotiationiacaufa, frequentaret, quod fcilicet per eoe dies &deo infeftarentur ee infuleScotorum piratica, ut pene peffundatle et veluti folitudo pl'll!dooibaatantnm atque harpiis ejufmodi paterent." Whether or not WilliamSaintclairwu employ'd in this treatise, or not, our authon don't tell, butit is probable he had been fent either to Orknay or Norway, for agreeingall debate, and ~ i n g acquainted with Maliflus, who w u Earle of Stratb-erne, Cathnefe, and Orlmay, and had difpon'd, the 28th 01 May 13M,the Earldome of Cathnell to the Earle of Rofe, who married his daughterIfabell, he might have obtained Jae Earledome of Orknay in marreiagane other. ye t all this is only grounded upon probability.

4. What is certaine, Henry Saintelair, th is man's fone, became Earleof Orkuy, and w u lent Embairador to Copenhaken in Daaemarke ia1868, where there w u a marriage celebnt betlYin Margaret, daugh_to Waldemarue, King of Duemuk, and Hapa, King 01 Norway. TheEarle himfell w u au that tim. fieke, the procaraton lOt from t h ~ Prince., a con6nDa&ion of the Janda of Orbay, and au the......, thenw u a marriage concluded IMUixt the Earle ad Iu., B . . . . fiftao,


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86 GENEALOG IE OF 1;'HEraine Lord and his fuccefi"ol'8, name of payment. And likeways,we bind and oblifs us and our ayel'll be the faithis in our and theirbodies, and our and their lands and gods, moveable and unmoveable, and to be had in the ftraiteft fourme and ftile of obligatioa, toa Reverend Father in ehrift, the Bifhop of Saint Andrews, and his fuece88OUI'II whatfomever, in uther 5,000 pounds of the faid mone, alfa inname of payment, for lefion and hurting of our faithis, and bnkiog ofour bands and obliffing&, to be payt to the hamyn, fourty days, in formeand manner above written, and upon the hie a!tare of the CatbedraleKirk of Saint Androis, for the reparation of the famyn; and likeways,we bind and oblifs us and our ayeres, be the faithis in our and thairbodys, and our and thair lands and gods, moveable and unmovable. andhad and to be had, in the ftraiteft fourme and ftile of obligation. to thesaid Sir Oliver and his ayeres male, lauthfully to be gotten of his body ;quilk falyeande, to the said William, bis brother german, and bisayerel! male lawfully to be gotten of his body ; quilk falyeande, to the beintmale gotten, or to be gotten betwix us and the faid Dame MaJjory, oarfpous, and thairayres male, in the 80wme of uthir five thoufand ponds clthe famyn mone, in name of cofts, fcaiths, expenfes, and dammagee, to bepait to tbaim within the fpace of the famen 40 days, upon a day ia theColledg Kirk of Rofiin, upon the hie altare of that ilk, fra time it may beknown of the following, ,-exation, inquieting, impediment, or diftroblauforfaide, or we or our ayres be heird in judgement in that mater.And als we and our ayeres to be reput ande haldin as curfit, m a n f w o r n ~ , defamyt, and unworthy and unhabil to be herd in judgement, spiritualeand temporale, or to lK>yr armys or eyrdit in certain berif&. And neverthelefll that our letres, and all maner of chartars, fefing&, evidents, bands,obligations, fewferms, bailyeres, and documents whatfomever, maid in thiamater, to remain and abide perpetually in thair ftrenth, fore., and effect,without our re,-ocation, or again calling of us or our ayres whatsomft'eI'in tyme to cum; I't'nuntiande for us and our ayel't'8 all priviledga of law,


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GENEALOGIE O F THEBulan, 20 kyo Item, with his fone in Clanok. 20 kyo Item, with ArthoFavocharfon, 4( ) kyo Item, 24 fra the Smyt, with lfakboyenerauth orFauchan Donaldon. Item, 4() sheep in }'urlbuftus, wyth Poyl COlaufOD.Item, 6 riding horfes in Dumbeith. Item, 6 hon in Furbufter, aDd 4riding hon. Item, 12 merys and ftagys. Item. in utenfil and Domytill.20 Marks: Item, in Grangrys, 24 chalder of beyr, 85 chalder of aD.

Item, in filver 600 marks, and liiI of pounds tharof, wyt S. Jam . inWeik, twa hundreth pound in fex penny grots; wittnes S. John of S u .brok. Item, with the Abbot of Feyrn, a hundreth pound of fix pennygrots, and fourfcore of punds of Bonath grots, a witnes Donald B r o ~ c h . Item, a hundreth pound with myfe1 Item, in cleithing, a gown ofdeded blak furryt with forreis. Item. a gown of Inglis brown furryt.with furreyes. Item, a fyd gown of Dunde gray. Item, a riddiDg gowneof Dunde gray. Item, a gown of brown, gray to the fmall of the leg.Item, a doublet of blak fatin. Item, a doublet of black femya Jetber.I tem, a doublet of fuftain, and a cot of green. I tem, a bud of Yaglil'brown, and ane other of Scottie black, S payr of fchets ,in Tayn, ad Spair with my felf, twa blankets, 2 coveryns. Item, into Tayn, S kyftfull of Gerr, and all my chartars with the Abbot of Feyrn. Item, akyft in Dumbeth, with part of geir. Item, a fethir bed with S. 'VilleMonl'law. Item, a compt buk, a bouftar, a nopfek, a furyug of qwhyt.and a pinar buk. Item, in Weik a ('hift with diven thinge therin.

HIrC funt debita q u ~ fibi debentur. In the firft three hundred Wedeysof rm that I lent to the Bifhop of Cathnefll, BOUlOD8, Alexander M a 1 ~ SauUon's fon, and \ v i l l ~ m of Devan, conjuDaIy and feverly. ltem,!O lib.of fylver tbat I lent to the faid Bifhop, for the qwhilk I have Tom Mudyand Wat. of


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96 GENEALOG IE O F THEof 16 lib., and the ber, quhyte, and yrn he tok fra my childer in AbeI'-den. I tem, I gif to my Lord ErIe of Bofs 40 lib. of it, att Makintoyfllaut me, he being god Lord mayntenar, fupplere, and defendar to mybairnes, executon and affigneys, and al l my kindmen and fervaods, andto fupple my executon in the gettin of my debts. Item, I geve and leve tomy Lord Erie of Cathnes and Orknay, and Marjory my daughter, andto the bairn" gotten and to be gotten betwixt them, the thoufandpound that the Erie of Southt'.rlaod has of myn, and is awand me, orwhat at may be recoveryt tharof. Item, I give and lail to the bairnsgotten and to be gotten betwixt my faid Lord ErIe of Cathnee and Ork.nay and Marjory my daughter, all the lands that I have in wedfettingof the faid Lord Erie, within the Erledome of Caithaea, togirrer withall the right and claim of wedfetting that I have and ..... to die 1andttof Nots, with the pertinent, and to the lands of Turb1lllter, with the per-tinent&, the mayll and profits of the laid lands to rt'maia to the uIit of myfaid Lord and daughter's bayrnes, aye and quhile they. be qUit out bethem or thair ayerell that laid them to me, and what Iy at the faidlands be quyt out the more to be difponit and turn to the ufe and profitof the faid bairnes, the (luhilks I have made my affignys to the raidlands mal and mont', as my letter of affignation mare fouyle proportain ytl! felf. Item, 1 gif and lef and aif.gyne to my fon Robert, hal thelands of Jaxfion, and half Skaldouthmurt>, lyand in the Mernys, quhilkat he be payt upon a day, as the letre of reverfion proports of the foume.Item, I gi'c and affigne to my fone Nicolace, Dallyanye and BericIaI,quhilk he be payd the foume of 18 merb and thre yen male hypo .I ~ m , I gifand affignys to my fone Edward al my lands of Calouth ...Druenath, quhil he Ix> payt of the foume as the letree of r eye .Gon proportll. Item, I leif and affigneys to the faid Edward, Gill, . .callomgil Strabrora, quhil he be payd of the foume, u the l . u r -of renrfioD proportB. 1 ern, I gif and affigneys to my fon John, the . . . . .that I ban in Wedfetting of tht' Medilton in the Mernys, and 40fi .. rda


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104 GENEALOG IE OF THEet laicis, falutem: Seiatiat, Noe dediffe, conceaure, et hac prefena chartaDOftra confirmaff'e, chariffimo filio Doftro J ohauui Stewart, Comiti Bu-chauire et Elifabeth filie chariffimi coDfanguinei DOftri Archiba1di ComitUde Dowglas, Domini Galleridie et Vallis Annandiz, quam idem filiusDofter per dei gratiam ducet in uxorem, tow et integru terns DoftruBaronie de Tull icul tre, cum pertinentiia, jacentes infra viceeomitatumde Clakmanan, tenendas et habendas pnedillas terns, cum pertiuenw..eifilem J ohanni et Elifabeth, et eorum alteri diutiua viventi, et lueredibuamafculis inter ipfos legittime procreaudis, quibua fonan de6cienbDus,hleredibl11l mafculilf de corpore ipfiua Johannis legittime procnu1dill,quibua forte deficientibua. Roberto Stewart, filio nofi:ro, fratri GemIaaodiai J ohannis. et heredibua fuis mafculis dE' corpore fuo lepUiaae procreandis, quibus omnibua fupradiail, quod abflt, deficieutibua, DObis ethleredibus nottris veris et legittimia, et propioquioribua quibuhuque.de Domino noftro Rege et hleredibua fuis, in feodo et hlereditate, inperpetuum, per omnE'S re8as metas fuas antiquas et dirifae, in . . . . . . iDtegram et liberam llaroniam, in bofcis. plania, moria, marefii., viii, (anitis, aquie, ftagnis, pratil, pafcuis et pafturiB, molendinia, multuriJ at eGnIBlfequelis, aucupationibul, venationibua, et pifcationibue, cum fariais etbrueriill, cum cnriis, e][chaetia, et curiarum exitibul, bondia, ........oatiuis et eorum fequelis, cum tenandriis et libere teoeut iinu, f..ntiis,cum fok, fak, thai, themE', infangandtheif, et outfangandtbeif, .& . ..omnibl11l aliis libertatibul, commoditatibus et ayfl&mentil, Be juftia parti-nentiis quibufcunque, tam non nominatis, (luam nominatia, tam fub terra.quam fupra terram, ad diemm Baroniam de Tullicultre, cum pertiuaaisfpKblntibue, feu jufte fpelblre valentibua quomodolibet in futurum, _E'Olibere et quiete, plenane, integre et honorifice, bene et in pace, iD 0IDIli-bua et per omnia, ficut n08 diemm Baroniam cum pertinentiie, de Dominonoftro Rt>ge tenuimua feu poffedimua, aliquo tempore tranfaao, f'acieadoinde Domino noftro Regi et heredibu8 fuie, dicti J ohanDes at EljalMlth,et eorum alter diuuu ViveDl, et heredes fui pnediai, quibUl fane ....


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101 GENEALOGIE OF THE. , 011. . ......=aIL b 9.1. . . . . . id .a,- ' .....D ' i . . . . . . "' ..... . . . . , ...... I'wli...... G P 3. ._ ....__ ..__ . . . _5d. . . . . . . . I" lode II.' Gar ...... oWbai&&.Sa Ouna 116a11a1.&1u". . . . . . . . . r... _ die . . . . . . m n' II). . AWoI. . . . . . Gn . ._rarrr . . . . . Cn6 ' . Pll . . . . .. . . . . . . ...., ...... a l l . _ 1M DaIIw, '" _GtiM..*......... _ H _ ~ . ' ' ' . ' ' . - H t J ; -. .......-. . . . . . . _ . - . . , GUo. 11_C_ no . u ____ 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 1 0 ......._fII ....... . . . . n . . . . . . . . . . . " . . . n. . .1 I . ; . ,1 ' II t .. t ..A........ ......... fi .w.ft .. . o " ....... , ............ .. Wuu.., no lac""" . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6C t . . . . . . . . . . FIMM 111& m. f .n ...... ..,1Aan , .M9 . . . . .-..- . . . . . . . ...-._I ,.or...... _ .111 ,........ LJOO-. . . . .G....... ." . . . .__ no__-- _ ......CnII!_ . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .G,. . . _ . . .H_ . . . . . . . . ._-''''_-IIIr_ .- . I __ . .. . . . . . . . WI d .... B_ . . . I ...., I ,' I . . . . . ._ .. '- ............. _ . ! !d i l , . ..... ..jIuII.i ............... m;.a; en . . . . . . . . . ...... .. .... . . . . . . , ,. . . . "low A......... . ._ . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w,... .".,,;6' .Ik', I.""3 II . .d '.......... .L On . . . . . . . Iba' ..... ti l,I _ .... "': ' IF ar......... Fe . ................ .,...-wu 11m , . u . Ia -__ . . . . .. . "-n. 'rW S I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "I ' , t . . . . .. . . I ' . . . II I I . . . ._ft..... ' l II , ,7 ... . .........M . ... ...................... . . . . ...... ..........1'11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S b.... " .


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