92 CoRRiES OF Annandale. 



Carruthers (Chamberlain's Rolls, iii., 554-556). About this 

 time there occurs another Corry, who may have been con- 

 nected with the elder hne. nth June, 1450, Walter of Corry 

 witnessed the sasine of William of Cranston, ' ' first born son 

 and apparent heir of Thomas of Cranstbn of that Ilk," in the 

 lands of Molyn and Rahill, in the Sheriffdom of Dumfries, in 

 a precept of sasine g-iven by William of Crechton, Chancellor 

 of Scotland (Laing Charters, No. 129). Not long before the 

 date of this last charter, i8th February, 1449/50, William, 

 Lord Crechton, g-ave a charter to (iilbert of Corry, son natural 

 of James of Corry, for his service, of the lands of Torduff and 

 Dalebank; to be held of the grantor, to the said Gilbert of 

 Corry and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John Carruthers 

 of Holmains, and the lawful heirs of their bodies, &c. (Buc, 

 43). To which branch of the family this James of Corry 

 belonged does not appear. 5th March, 1454/5, George of 

 Kirkpatrick of Pennersax had sasine of the lands of Vithscalis 

 (now Wetscales) " in the holding of Corre " on a charter 

 from George of " Corre " of that I)k (Buc, 58), and, in 1471, 

 Symon Carruthers of Mouswald, who had sasine of Searig 

 in 1452, complained against George of Corry " for breaking 

 the King's protection upon him -' in company \yith John 

 Maxwell, Steward of Annandale, and others (Acta Audit, 22). 

 What part the Corries took in the Douglas rebellion of 1455 

 does not appear, but the Corries of that Ilk were close ad- 

 herents of that powerful family, and in 1484 they undoubtedly 

 sided with them. By a charter, dated 25th July, 1484, three 

 days after the battle of Lochmaben, King James III. granted 

 to Thomas Carruthers, for his loyal service in the conflict 

 " against Alexander Stewart, Sir Jdmes Douglas, and other 

 rebels of this realm, and our old enemies of England," the 

 lands of Corry, with the advowson of the Church of St. Mary 

 of Corry, in the Stewartry of Annandale, and Sheriffdom of 

 Dumfriesshire, which pertained to George Corry, " sometime 

 of that ilk (olim de eodem), but late a felon and traitor who 

 had taken part with the rebels, and fought with them against 

 the King's lieges " (Reg. Great Seal, ii.. No. 1590). It is 

 not altogether clear whether this was the George of Corry of 

 that Ilk who had sasine of his lands in 1452, or a son of the 

 same name ; in the former case, he must have attained a very 



