90 CoRRiES OF Annandale. 



Joan his wife, Scots, and their household, while dwelling 

 within the realm of England (Pat. Rolls, 1330- 1334, p. 375). 

 2nd March, 1333/4, the same Adam is appointed Seneschal 

 of Lochmaben Castle (Rot. Scotice, i., 263), and the following 

 day (3rd March) is ordered " not to intromit with the lands 

 of Walter of Corry, Gilbert of Johnston of Brackenthwayte, " 

 and others (ibid., 264). In June, and again in August, 1334, 

 orders are addressed to this Adam of Corry in his capacity of 

 Seneschal of Lochmaben (ibid., 274-276). Another Adam of 

 Corry, perhaps a son of the last-named Adam, had protection, 

 1 2th October, 1379, for a year in the garrison of Lochmaben 

 Castle (Bain's Doc'ts., iv. , p. 61). These Corries were 

 pretty certainly of the Annandale family ; indeed the first 

 Adam may have been a brother of Sir Walter. 



Sir Walter of Corry was living, as we have seen, in 1342, 

 being then about sixty years of age, and it is probable that 

 he died not very many years later — somewhere, perhaps, in 

 the neighbourhood of 1350. Although he had lost his Cum- 

 berland lands, he still possessed large estates in Annandale, 

 and these would, of course, pass to his descendants. Since 

 at this time we first meet with the two branches that continued 

 to flourish in Dumfriesshire for a century and a half, it seems 

 probable that these two lines represent the division of Sir 

 Walter's inheritance between two of his sons — John of Corry 

 of that Ilk, and Robert of Corry of Newby. 16th June, 1357, 

 Robert, steward of Scotland, gives a charter confirming a 

 grant which " John of Corri, laird of that Ilk," made to 

 Roger Kirkpatrick, " our cousin," of the lands and lordship 

 of Wenfray {i.e., Wamphray) and Duncreth, with the advow- 

 son of the Church of Wenfray (Buc, 43). In addition to the 

 lands thus alienated, John of Corry held large estates in the 

 parish of Corrie, with a mansion, whose site is now marked 

 by the old tower of Lun, and some other possessions further 

 South. Who was the next Corry of that Ilk is difficult to 

 say. A certain Herbert of Corry had a safe conduct to pass 

 into England with men and horses, i8th August, 1379 (Rot. 

 ScoticB, ii., 18), and again 12th March, 1398 (ibid., 141). 

 6th November, 1398, he was appointed one of the " borowis " 

 or sureties for keeping the peace of the West March under 



