36 GLEANINGS OF OLD DuMFRIES. 
loved and faithful John earl of Warenne, guardian of the kingdom 
& land of Scotland, remitting to him this brief. Witness J. Earl 
of Warenne, guardian of the kingdom & land of Scotland at 
Jeddeworthe, 23rd day of November in the year of our reign 25th. 
(On the back)—For the Minor Friars—In the time of King Alex- 
ander, in the year of Grace 1281, Dunfres. Item, in support of 
the Minor Friars of that year 117 shillings. Item, to the same 
Minor Friars of Dunfres from the enquiry of the sheriff of Dunfres 
it is found as follows:—Item, 17 stones of wax, 5 shillings. 
COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE SHERIFF. 
April, 1304.—Complaints against Sir Matheu de Redman, 
sheriff of Dumfries. He imprisoned William Jargon, & notwith- 
standing a fine of 40 shillings given for his goodwill, impressed all 
the carts in the country & carried off William’s corn to the value 
of 10 Marks. And though the king of his grace gave William and 
other goodmen of Dumfries seisin of the land Sir Matthew by 
duress extorted fines from them, some 1 mark & others more or 
less, forgetting possession, and he and his sergeants seek occasion 
to grieve & distress the poor people by tallages. When William, 
who was in the king’s service guarding the town, saw Sir Mat- 
thew’s outrages and was going to complain to the Guardian and 
Treasurer, Sir Matthew seized his horse & keeps it to his damage 
of 100 shillings & more. He also took all the beasts that came 
one market day to the number of 100 oxen & cows, and afterwards 
took fines before delivering them except 5 cows which he sent to 
Stirling ; 2 of these being taken from a poor stranger Thomas of 
Hardingstone by name, who had bought them for 16 sh. & keeps 
them still, though his sergeant had 6 pence to deliver them up. 
John de Heytone prays remedy from the king & council against the 
said Sir Matheu, who has disseised him of the land he held of the - 
Hospital of St. John both before & since the war ; & has done the 
same lawlessly & by means of champerty with Malkun of Ter- 
regles, made at the king’s last parliament of St. Andrews as 
contained in the following transcript of said champerty :— 
Transcript.—Letters patent by Matheu de Redeman declaring 
that as Malcolm of Terregles is due to him 100 marks sterling by a 
recognisance in the king’s chancery of St. Andrews payable by 
equal portions at Easter and Michaelmas next, he binds himself 
& his heirs, if Malcolm gives & enfeoffes him in one half of all his 
