136 A Covenanter's Narrative. 



That it was one of a Captain's duties to advance out of 



his own pocket the sums assessed upon individuals for the 



maintenance and outfit of the forces of the Covenant^^ may be 



gathered from a documenti"* entitled — 



" Ane compt qk I James Greirsone of Dalgonner hath 



payit out and depurst to ye publick for Jean Stirling- ladie 



Carse^^ for her rent of ye lands of carse, eleisland and milne, 



it being- 1200 marks. 



Item 20 sh. ilk 100 mark of rent for outreitching 

 of Sir John brownis^® troop horse in anno 

 1646 ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 lib. 



Mair 16 sh. each mark of rent for 70 lib. robert 

 maxwell of straqhan and John lachliesone 

 yat for yair outreatching yam selves to 

 [tear] trouperis in steinhouse^*^ troup 16 

 [tear] ... ... ... ... ... 9 lib. 12 sh. 



mair restand of ye first months mantienence 



[tear] lib. 10 sh. gd. 



mair 10 sh. 6d. ilk 100 mark of rent for 

 lanrick's^'^ troupis maintinance in wair 1646 



6 lib. 8 sh. 6d." 



dew to bie put out in yowr parysche and that ye adverteis all the 

 heritowrs and gentillmen accordinglje to bie thair under the paine 

 off the certificatioune in the act ffor it will bie requurit that everj 

 captaine must gif ane accont quhat heriturs is in the parysche. 

 This to yowr cair I remaine, Yowris assurit ffreind, Lagg. 



13 Captain John Patersone's supplication to the Privy Council 

 in 1663 and 1665 (Reg. of P.C, 3rd ser., i., p. 431 ; ii., pp. 15, 152-3) 

 seems to show that at a later date a similar practice prevailed in the 

 King's service. 



14 Not in Dalgoner's handwriting. 



15 In 1628 John Kirkpatrick of Elisland sold Friars' Carse to 

 John Maxwell of Templand, whose widow was Jean Stirling (see W. 

 Fraser, The Book of Carlaverock, Edinburgh, 1873, i., pp. 597-8, 602). 



16 Sir John Brown of Fordell, in the parish of Arngask and 

 County of Perth, was a soldier of distinction. He repelled the forces 

 of Lord Digby and Sir Marmaduke Langdale at Dumfries in 1646. 

 He died in 1651, in consequence of wounds received at the battle of 

 Inverkeithing (R. R. Stodart, Memorials of the Browns of Fordell, 

 Edinburgh, 1887, pp. 26 ff.). 



1'? John Douglas of Stanehouse. 



18 William, second son of the second Marquess of Hamilton, was 



