94 CoRRiES OF Annandale. 



fate of the Corries of that Ilk is enveloped in obscurity. 

 Descendants of the old line, shorn of their possessions, doubt- 

 less continued to reside in the neighbourhood. A tombstone 

 in old Corrie Kirkyard records the death of John, son of 

 William Corrie of Heithat, who died in 1720, aged 19 years, 

 and this stone bears the family arms. In 1726 this William 

 Corrie was dead, and Christopher Corrie had sasine of Heithat 

 and Brandrigs, as his son and heir. These in all probability 

 were descendants of the ancient family of Corries of that Ilk, 

 settled in this locality since 1190 or earlier. 



The Corries of Newby and Kelwood, the next important 

 cadet branch of the family, make their first appearance about 

 the middle of the fourteenth century, their ancestor Robert 

 being a contemporary, and perhaps a brother, of John of 

 Corry of that Ilk. A charter to John of Carruthers of half 

 the lands which belonged to John of Rafhols, dated loth 

 December, 1361, is witnessed by " Robert of Corry, lord of 

 Newby," Robert of Carrotheris, lord of Mousfald (Mous- 

 wald), William of Creghton, lord of Dryvesdal, Humfrey 

 Jardyn, lord of Apilgarth, John of Jonestoun, lord of that Ilk 

 (dom. ejusdem), &c. " (Hist. MSS. Commission, vi. , 710). 

 Also, in the Drumlanrig inventory of 1693 occurs the following 

 entry : — " Item, the transumpt of ane old charter given to 

 Robert Currie be David Bruce, King of Scotts, lord of Annan- 

 daill, of the lands of Midlebie, quhilk were sometymes Thomas 

 Aplindins, and come in the King's hands be forfaulture of 

 the said Thomas. The charter is dated in 1361. The tran- 

 sumpt dated 18 September, 1452 " (Buc, 55). The charter 

 seems to be no longer in existence, but Middlebie appears 

 later among the possessions of the Newby Corries. Robert 

 of Corry of Newby married Susanna of Carlyle, daughter of 

 Thomas of Carlyle of Torthorwald, and a relation of the royal 

 house of Scotland. By a charter, dated i8th October, 1363, 

 King David II. grants to Robert of Corry and Susanna, his 

 wife, daughter and heir of umquhile Thomas of Torthor- 

 wald, " our cousin (consanguinei nostri), who died in our 

 presence at the battle of Durham " (1346), the lands of 

 Coulyn and Ruchane (Collin and Roucan) in the Sheriffdom 

 of Dumfries, which formerly belonged to William of Carlyle, 



