Curries of Axnandale. 97 



family. In 1490 John Corry was robbed of a grey gelding 

 " spulzeit and taken away " from the lands of Newby (Acta 

 Dom. ConciL, 149) ; the same John Corry was " Sheriff in that 

 part " in 1491 (ibid., 197); and in 1492 he is styled " John off 

 Corry " (ibid., 242). In 1490 William Corry lost a gray horse 

 worth " X crownis," and James Corry lost " sex ky " in a 

 raid on Newby (ibid., 149). Thomas Corry of Newby was 

 living in February, 1492/3, and was then party to a suit with 

 Cuthbert Murray of Cockpool (Acta Dom. ConciL, 2^^). 

 Before 25th June, 1494, he was dead, and Symon Carruthers 

 of Mouswald was required to pay to Thomas Corry, his son 

 and " assignay," " 5 score of ky and oxin," and other pro- 

 perty, " quhilks guds wer recoverit upon the said Symon of 

 before be the said umquhile Thomas Corry and assignit be 

 him to the said Thomas Corry his sone, " &c. (ibid., 338). 

 The eldest son of Thomas Corry of Newby was Herbert Corry, 

 who married in or before 1488 Esote, daughter of Cuthbert 

 Murray of Cockpool (ibid., 89), and was infefted in the lands 

 of Prestwodside and Stableton (ibid., 145; Reg. Great Seal, 

 ii., No. 1909). Herbert died without issue, and his heirs, the 

 Corries of Kelwood, removed to Ayrshire, where they con- 

 tinued to flourish until about 1650, while Newby and the 

 remaining Dumfriesshire possessions of the younger line were 

 purchased by William Johnstone of Gretno, later styled " of 

 Newby," ancestor of the Johnstones of Galabank, near Annan, 

 and of Fulford Hall, Warwickshire. 



Arms. — A roll of arms, said to have been drawn up in the 

 reign of King Edward II., has the following entry : — Sire 

 Walt? de Corry : de argent a un sautour de sable, od le chef 

 de azur a iii quintefoils (Parliamentary Writs, i., p. 419) ; i.e.. 

 Sir Walter of Corry : argent a saltire sable, on a chief azure, 

 three cinquefoils. 



The following memorandum on the arms of the family 

 I owe to the kindness of Sir J. Balfour Paul, Lyon King at 

 Arms, who compiled it from the collections of his oflSce : — 



