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Scotland, i and in the Buccleuch Manuscripts, pp. 38-40. J 

 Hugh of Corri, who appends his name to no less than ten of 

 these charters, between 1190 and 1218, all relating to Annan- 

 dale, is evidently a man of considerable consequence in his day 

 and generation. He usually signs as a witness, but in an 

 important document, dated nth November, 12 18, he appears 

 as one of the sureties of Robert Bruce in his agreement with 

 his mother and her second husband, Patrick, Earl of Dunbar. § 

 Among the families whose ancestors appear as witnesses to 

 these charters, along with Hugh of Corri, are Kirkpatrick, 

 Dinwiddie, Johnston, Jardine, Fleming, Herries, and Bois or 

 Boyce. One of the charters, dating from about 12 18, intro- 

 duces a very important connection of the Corrie family. It 

 is a quit claim from William, son of Ralf the Lardener, and 

 David, his brother, to Robert Bruce, of their land in the vill 

 of Annan, and it is witnessed, among others, by Hugh of 

 Corri and a certain Sir Richard de Levinton (Bain's Doc'ts. i., 

 No. 704). Sir Richard was the head of a wealthy and power- 

 ful family of Cumberland, on the English side of the border. 

 His father, Adam de Levinton, had a barony iff Cumberland, 

 was Constable of Wallingford Castle, and was living in 12 10. 

 His eldest son, the above-mentioned Sir Richard, was a 

 justice itinerant for Cumberland and Westmoreland, and died 

 in 1250 without issue by Sara, his wife, who survived him 

 until 1299. His second son, Ralf de Levinton, married Ada, 

 daughter and co-heir of Richard de Gernon by Joan de Mor- 

 ville, his wife, and, dying in 1253, left an only child, Helewise, 

 who married Eustace de Balliol (d. 1271), and died issueless 

 in 1272. In addition to these two sons, Adam de Levinton 

 had six daughters, viz. : — (i) Eufame, mother of Richard de 

 Kirkbride; (2) Isabella, mother of Adam de Twynham ; (3) 

 Eva, mother of Gilbert de Southayk ; (4) Agnes, wife of 

 Walter de Corry, and mother of Sir Walter de Corry, Knt. ; 

 (5) Margery, mother of William Lokard ; and (6) Juliana, 



t Abbreviated here as Bain's DocHs. 



t i.e., Historical Manuscripts Commission, 15, Appendix viii.; 

 abbreviated here as Buc. 



§ Bain's Doc'ts, i., No. 700. 



