Grevfriars' Convent of Dumfrie?;. 313 



1558 Half acre in Troqueer (App. 8) 8 6 



1558 Western portion of Friary Garden (Bryce II., 109; 



Conf. Charter, App. 2) 6 8 



1558 Ten roods in Frierhaiich (Bryce II., 109; App. 2) 2 2 



1559 Acre in Troqueer and Eastern portion of Friary 



Garden (Bryce II., 114; App. 21) 10 8 



1559 Half acre on West of Brigend (App. 17) ... ... 8 6 



1560 Tenement in Newton (App. 13, 22) 3 6 



1568 Tenement in Townhead (App. 9, 20, which differ)... 3 2 



1568 Tenements in Brigend (App. 12, 18) 3 



1569 Aero in Troqueer (Footnote 129; App. 4) 4 



Undated Tenement in Newton (App. 7) ... ... ... 6 8 



,, Yard in Newton (App. 11) ... ... ... — — 



,, Stonework of the Friars (App. 15) ... ... 1 



,. Toad's land (four acres in Troqueer, App. 25) 1 14 



The Friary itself was in use as a place of meeting-, if not 

 of worship, until at least the middle of 1564,^° but the domestic 

 portions of the buildings had been disposed to James Rig, a 

 bailie, who in 1571 produced before the Burgh Court " ane 

 charter of the stane verk of the freirs contenand ane kichin, 

 sellar thervnder, tua chalmers and the sellars with ane pert of 

 the zerd liand on the vest part of the biggin," for which he 

 paid annually a feu-duty of twenty shillings. ^^ 



In April, 1569, the Crown made a gift of the whole of the 

 Friary lands and properties to the burgh of Dumfries. As we 

 have noted, the bulk of these had already been disposed of, 

 though we find the burgh selling the last portions as late as 

 May, 1578.25 The burgh, however, took the place of the Friars 

 as superiors of the lands. On the 9th of November, 1571, 

 and again on 20th December, the magistrates called on 

 all the holders of the lands to produce their titles, and this 

 most of them did.^^ Xhe list is our principal source of infor- 

 mation about the lands, but, as afterwards incidentally 

 appears, it is not complete. We are now able to account for 

 ;^29 6s 2d of the total of ;^33 us lod, which is the amount 

 entered by the Collector-General as the proceeds of the Friary 

 properties in 1571. The principal property that actually fell 

 to the burgh was the Friary itself, and we are now able to 

 say what became of the last remaining portion, the choir, 

 which would be more than a third of the whole kirk. Of the 

 other two-thirds we have no trace. 



