122 TRANSACTIONS. 
“‘Compearit in presence of Maister Niniane Dalzell, Minister and 
Skuilmaister of Drumfries, 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 Majestie, 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 
thaim and ilk ane of thaim undir the hiest pane and chairge thairof micht 
follow, requiring the same to be set in Act &c. Ita est Herb. Cunynghame, 
Notary, &c.” 
“* Apud Drumfries, 6th of Aug., 1578. 
“« Troublance 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 sall not molest, nor trauble 
the saide Maister Peter, his wyfe and servandis, be injurious wordes or onnie 
uthir unlauchfulle 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 mercie 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 tocum. 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 
‘22d 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.” 
