•jO The Raid at Dumfries ox Lammas Even. 



is outlawit and he fuj^itive for the samyn crime and dome 

 gevin vpon him to denounce him the King-is rebell and to 

 eschete his guds Hke as was vnderstanden to the saids lords 

 throw the quhilkis thar hands ar closit anent him. "^2 j^ jg 

 surelv curious to find an accomplice becoming surety for his 

 fellow a.s Kirkpatrick apparently was for Hartwood. Having- 

 been outlawed for the crime, the Lords of Council could do 

 nothing with regard to the security. Perhaps it was re- 

 g-arded as a case of res judicata. 



The Fergussons pursued Robert Crichton of Kirkpatrick 

 with their utmost vengeance, and they or William Douglas 

 of Drumlanrig murdered him sometime prior to September, 

 1512.32a 



On the 24th of that month at Edinburgh, in presence 

 of the King, ten earls, headed by Archibald Earl of Angus, 

 eleven lords and seven knights considered the supplication 

 of William Douglas of Drumlanrig- desiring that the ques- 

 tion of the crime imputed to him — the slaughter of Robert 

 Crichton of Kirkpatrick — should be placed before the Lords 

 of Council to decide if the case should go before a criminal 

 court, Crichton having been a rebel at the time of his death. 

 Lord Crichton opposed this, and the Lords of Council agreed 

 that the case should go to an assize. On the question as to 

 whether Crichton was a rebel or not when he was killed 

 they decided that he was. Both parties were agreeable to 

 the Lords of Council being upon the assize. On September 

 30th the great assize gave its verdict, including with Douglas 

 of Drumlanrig, John Fergusson of Craigdarroch and Thomas 

 Fergusson his son. The verdict was that ** the said allegit 

 crimes be na IJittay " (indictment), because Robert Crichton 



32 MS. Acta Dom., Vol. XXII., f. 10; 17th December, 1510. 



32a On 4th Decembei", 1512, the Lords of Council ordained the 

 infeftment of John Creichtonn of Kilpatrick, son and air of 

 umquliile Robert Creichtoun, in the £10 lands of Glencairn, called 

 Clovingalphalcli, Stroncastell, Belleboclit, and Darnayngill, and 

 infeftment followed on 12th December. John Creichtonn of Hart- 

 wood acted as his tutor. (MS. Acta Dom., XXIV., fols. 53 and 77.) 

 An entry relating to this matter is of date 15th July, 1511 (op. 

 (it., XXIII. , fols. 43, 51) and the murder may have been prior to 

 that. 



