The Parish of Luce. 11 



Luce. In 1768 Archibald Douglas sold his Hoddom and other 



estates hy roup, %iz. : — 



Lots First and Second. Bodesbeck, Castlemilk, 

 Castlemilkhill, Castleaiilktown, Shawhead, and 

 Bi'oatshaw, Middleshaw, Brocklerig'g-, Blackford, 

 Kettlehohn, Greatwith, Cleuai'haide, Eskdalrig, 

 Breckonhillhiss, Kirkbank, Dougdashall, Park 

 at Douglashall, and Bratton walls, for ... ...£5599 16 lOf-^ 



Thirdly. Feu duties of Gibsonstown, Cowestone, 

 Sorrysyke, flowcleugh, Bankside, Northcroft, 

 Ettrickholma, Ilighlaw, Strands, Mellantachead, 

 Holnifoot, and Slvelljdiolm 2079 16 



Fourthly. Wool coats, Relief, and Byerstoun, Axle- 

 treevvell, Burnswarkhill, Westgill Miln and Park 

 at Buniswark, with the Pertinents ... ... 1988 4 4 



Fifthly. The Feu Duties of Upper Cleughbrae ... 432 



Sixthly. One eighth-pai-t of the Town of i>ornock 



remaining- unfenced, Foulsyke, Butterdales, for 1073 18 5 



Seventhly. The Feu Duties of seven eighth-parts of 



Dornock at ... ... ... ... ... 895 7 6 



Lastly. The Fishings on the Sohvay Firth belong- 

 ing to the estate of Dornock ... ... ... 540 



Conditions attached. " That the purchaser of the Fi.shings 

 shall satisfy himself with the Title already produced in the sale, 

 and in case of eviction shall have no recourse against the said 

 Archibald Douglas the common debtor or the creditors who re- 

 ceive the price." The word "creditors" in the above conditions 

 reveal the cause of the sale. Luce was not offered for sale at the 

 R.jup. In 1768 Archibald Douglas of Dornock was stented for 

 repairing the Mause at Hoddom £17 16s 3d. Lu;-e passed from 

 Douglas to General Dirom in or about the year 1795. 



In the garden in front of the Farm House at Luce Mains 

 there is a .stone with the Douglas arms carved in bold relief repre- 

 senting the flying heart surmounted by a coronet, with the motto 

 '•FORWARD" in Roman capitals— date 1778. The stone is 2 ft. 

 4 in. high, 10 in. broad at the foot, and IGi in. at the top, with a- 

 margin of 3 in. all round. It has evidently been made for the- 

 keystone of an arch. Tradition says it was cut by " Old Mortality."^ 

 This may be, as Robert Paterson was related to the then tenant of 



