122 Transactions. 



"Compeai'it in presence of Maister Niniane Dalzell, Minister and 

 Skuilmaister of Drurafries, in the pulpit, the haill of the congregatione 

 there present in the paroch kirk for the tyme, and there obedientlie passed 

 doun on thair knees and in presence of the haill congregatione confessit 

 thai had faltit to God, Our Fadir and Lorde the Kingis Majestic, his 

 Majesties Regente, the Provost and Baillies throw thair disobedience 

 devisit againis the forsaidis Conventioun in the moneth of November last 

 bypast, and thair for askit God's Majesty and the saidis Judges for- 

 givenesse, promised never to do siklyke for ever ; and thairupon obleissit 

 tliaim and ilk ane of thaim imdir the hiest pane and chairge thairof micht 

 follow, requiring the same to be set in Act >S:c. Ita est Herb. Cunynghame, 

 Notary, &c." 



" Apud Drximfries, 6th of Aug., 157S. 

 ' ' Troiiblance of the Toune. 



" The quhilk day upon complaint be Maister Peter Watsone, minister 

 of Drumfries, given in be hym againis Robert Welsche : It is fund be the 

 Tryall tane be the Provest, Baillies, and Counsell, that the saide Robert 

 Welsch has dyvers tymes injurit and spokin evill of the said Maister 

 Peter Watsone ; and in special on Tyesday last was, at eftir None, spak 

 injurious wordis to the said Maister Peter, in his face and sicklyke, to his 

 wyfe, Dame Courtell, when the said Robert Welsche said : ' He had leifer 



see the mekill devill of (Hades, let us say) nor the said minister.' 



Thairfore the saidis Judges and Counsell Ordainis the said Robert to find 

 caution, undir the pane of £40 Scots that he sail not molest, nor trauble 

 the saide Maister Peter, his wyfe and servandis, be injurious wordes or onnie 

 uthir unlauchfuUe deidis, in tyme to cum. And to cum on Sunday 

 nextocum to the paroch kirk of Drumfries, in tyme of Preaching before 

 None, and thair maiste Reverentlie upon his knees, befair the pulpit, ask 

 Almichtie God niercie and the saide Maister Peter and his wyfe, the 

 Provest, Baillies, and Counsell and haill congregatione thair Forgivnes, 

 and to promyse nevir to do the lyke openlie nor privalie againis the said 

 Maister Peter and his -wyfe in tyme tocum, undir the pane of £40 Scots. 



" On the other hand the same day, Robert Welsche protestit that the 

 Provost and Baillies wald cause dischairge (i.e., prohibit) the said Maister 

 Peter Watsone, his wyfe, and servandis that they come not in his house in 

 tyme to cum. And hereupon requyrit Act, &c." 



From the following' entry, taken along with many other 

 similar contemporary notices in authentically vouched and written 

 form, as still surviving, it would appear that the ancestors and 

 certainly the grandparents of the Reformer had resided at Collis- 

 toun, and had owned lands in another section of the great barony 

 of Holywood, as on the 



" 32d. of May, 1545, 

 " John Welsh, in Makcollistoun, and Marion Fergusson, his spouse, 

 have seisin of the merkland of old extent of Stronschillat, called the merk- 

 land of " The Burnsyde," lying in the parish of Glencairn, Sheriffdom of 

 Dumfries, &c." 



