UiiUKcii OF St. John tiik Bai"Ti.st, Daluv. 85 



Rq/. Mag. Sl<j. Reijuiii Scuturuiii, Suh. IJ,. James VI., A.D., 13SI. 

 " 218. Apud Dalkeith, IG Jim. Rex. cum avisamento secreti 

 concilii, concessit et ({uitteclamavit cousaug-uiueo suo Francisco 

 Conimeudatariu de Kelso, et heredibus masc. ejus de corpore 

 legitime procre.xndis quibus deticientibus, regi reversuras." Inter 

 alia "terras et baroniam de Erlistoun nuncupat, Gleuken, cum 

 villis, niolendinis, tenentibus. &,o., advocatione ecclesie de Dairy, 

 in Senesc. Kirkcudbright." 



Ibid. Su/j. :.'3. Janus VI., A.D., IJ'Jl. 

 lUO-l. Apud Edinburgh, 2 Aug. Rex. pro bono sarvitio, 

 concessit Andree Magistro de Uchiltree, heredibus ejus et assiguatis 

 ([uibuscunque, — terras et baroniam de Erliston extenden. ad -iO 

 librat. anti(|ue exteutus, cum castris, lie parkis, pratis, molendinis, 

 piscationibus, silvis, cottagiis, tenentibus, &c., advocatione ecclesie 

 S. Joannis de Duury, in senesc. Kirkcudbrycht ; — que regi 

 devenerunt ob forisfactui'am quondam Francisci comitis Bothwell 

 dom. Ilaillis et Creichtoun, &c. 



IV. 



Acts (if the Scottish Farliai/wiit, vol. Hi. j). J57. Sub. James VI. 

 A.I)., loSl. 



Ratitication of Royal grant to Fi-ancis Stewart, Earl of Both- 

 well, Ford Ilailes, &c., inter alia. 



" Tota et Integra terras et baroniam de erlestoun nuncupat 

 glenken cum villis annexis connexis partibus psndiculis depeudenciis 

 molendinis lie outsettis tenentibus teuandriis et libere teuentium 

 seruiciis earundem et suis pertinen macum aduocatione et doua- 

 tione ecctie de dairy jacen in senescallatu de Kirkcudbricht, 



Ibidem, vol. viii. ji. JJ-i k. sub. Charles II., A.D., lUSl. 



I'he patronage of St. John's Kirk of Dairy ratified to certain 

 persons on the forfeiture of Gordon of Earlston : — 1G81. 



Ratification in favours of Lieut. Col. Maine, Major Theophilus 

 Ugilthorpe and Capt. Henry Cornwall of the lands and barony of 

 Earlstoun and others. By thir presents ratifies approves and per- 

 petually confirms a signature or warrand subscribed by His 

 .Majesty at Windsor 11 May IGSO, erjually and proportionally and 



