88 CoRRiEs OF Annandale. 



mother of Matilda and Emma de Carrig. It would be 

 interesting to trace out the relationships that might be here 

 developed, but that would carry us too far afield. The date 

 of the first Walter of Corry, husband of Agnes de Levinton, 

 can only be conjectured, but he probably flourished about 

 1 230- 1 250, and he was doubtless a son or grandson of Hugh 

 of Corri. In 1292 his son Walter is called " Walter, son of 

 Walter of Corry " (Bain's Doc^ts., ii., p. 150). The second 

 Walter first appears about 1271, when he, with Nicholas of 

 Corri,* steward of Annandale, witnesses a charter of Robert 

 Bruce (Buc, 41). In 1274 the inheritance of Helewise de 

 Levinton, widow of Eustace de Balliol, was divided among 

 her heirs, and Walter of Corry, " cousin and one of the 

 heirs " of Helewise, did homage for his portion of her lands 

 (Close Rolls, 1274-1279, pp. 132-135; Bain's Doc'ts., ii., No. 

 21). In 1292 " Sir Walter de Curry " was keeper of the 

 Castles of Wigtown, Kirkcudbright, and Dumfries (Bain's 

 Doc'ts., ii., Nos. 572-574, 617), and, 19th June, 1296, he 

 signed the Ragman Roll at Stirling in company with Malise, 

 Earl of Strathearn, as " Sir Walter de Corri, Knight (ibid., 

 p. 194). " Wauter Curry del Counte de Dumfres," who 

 signed the roll at Berwick, 28th August, 1296, may have been 

 his son Walter, then about fifteen years old. In 1300 he 

 received his inheritance in the lands held in dower by Sara, 

 widow of his uncle Richard de Levinton (Bain's Doc'ts., ii., 

 No. 1 140). He died in 1303. The inquisition on his lands 

 was held at Carlisle, 20th October, 1303, and the jurors found 

 that Walter de Corri held lands in Levinton of the King in 

 capite, by homage, &c. ; the chief messuage, being laid waste 

 and burnt by the Scots, is worth nothing; the total extent is 

 £,11 o 13. Walter de Corri, son of said Walter, is the next 

 heir, and is 22 years of age and over, so that he was born 

 about 1281 (Bain's Doc'ts., ii., No. 1402). The heir paid 

 ;^33 6s 8d for his relief (ibid., p. 426). The younger Walter, 

 who thus succeeded to his father's lands, adopted the Scottish 

 side in the conflict with England, and was not long allowed 



* Signed the Ragman Roll, 1296, as " Nicol de Corry del Counte 

 de Dunfres." (Bain's Doc'ts., ii., p. 206.) 



