^96 CoRRiEs OF Annandale. 



which he is concerned before the Lords Auditors or the Lords 

 of Council give much information in* regard to this branch 

 of the Corries. He first appears in the records 17th May, 

 1 47 1, when Archibald Carruthers of Mouswald brings suit 

 against Thomas Corry of Newby " anent the tak of the 

 costumys and tollis of Annandale, and the foggage of Wod- 

 cokkar clamyt be bath the parteis " (Acta Audit, 13). In 1478 

 Thomas Corry of Newby had a suit with Esplane of Crauford, 

 who had given him a tak of the lands of Keldwood, 13th 

 August, 1469, and the Lords Auditors give a decreet in 

 Newby's favour (Acta Audit, 62, 72). In 1483, however, 

 Newby is ordered to desist from occupying or working the 

 lands of Keldwood, since Esplane of Crauford has redeemed 

 the lands by paying the sum for which they were wadset (ibid. , 

 P- I33*)* This does not imply that Kelwood had passed out 

 of the hands of the Corry family. 3rd April, 1445, Asplane of 

 Crauford resigned, in favour of his son John, and failing his 

 issue, his sons Asplane, Robert, Roger, George, Adam, and 

 Fergus, half the lands of Keldwod, and half the lands of 

 Bourelandis, in the Sheriffdom (sic !) of Nithsdale, and part 

 of the lands of Balhomas and Cragincalze, in the Sheriffdom 

 of Ayr (Reg. Great Seal, ii., No. 287). It was, therefore, 

 only a portion of Kelwood which belonged to the Craufords, 

 and it was doubtless the younger Esplane who possessed this 

 portion in 1478 and 1483. 12th March, 1478, Thomas Corry 

 of Newby sued James Purdone for wrongfully occupying and 

 working the 10 merk lands of Middlebie, which were granted, 

 it will be remembered, by King David II. in 1361 to Robert of 

 Corry of Newby. Purdone alleged that he had sasine of these 

 lands from Thomas Corry 's father, whose name, unfortu- 

 nately, he does not mention (Acta Audit, 74). In 1480 the 

 case comes before the Lords of Council, and it is decided that 

 while Newby possesses the superiority, Purdone has proved 

 his lawful entry into the lands by sasine (Acta Dom. Codicil., 

 53). In accordance with the manners of the times, Thomas 

 Corry and his neighbours are frequent parties to suits for 

 raiding each other's places, carrying off cattle and horses, 

 and similar pranks. In the course of these suits several 

 Corries are mentioned who may be relatives of the Newby 



