Greyfriars' Convent of Dumfries. 319 



be george moffett smyt wt expedition." He appears also as 

 exhorter in the Parish Kirk of Troqueer during the years 

 1568-70/* After 1570 Home signs documents in Edinburgh 

 and Leith.^is 



Home had either attracted the attention of Queen Mary 

 when she was in Dumfries or he was able to bring influence 

 to bear upon her, for on November 9th, 1566, when Mary was 

 at Kelso he obtained a document, of which the following is 

 from a copy. It is endorsed : — 



" The queins g. admissione. 



ComptroUar oure Will is that Charlis home sumtyme 

 Wardane of the freris of Drumfreiss vplift the sowm of threttie 

 tua pundis vsuale money of oi' realm and als we charge you 

 That ye causs him to be ansserit obeyit and thankfuUie payit 

 of the forsaid sowm of the reddiest maillis and annualis of 

 the said freris place zeirly and Ilk zeir Induring the said charlis 

 lyiftyme and the same salbe weill and thankfullie allowit to 

 zou in zoi' chekker comptis The said charlis payand to zou 

 zeirlie the remanent conforme to the rentale gevin vp thervpon 

 Ze kepand the copy of this ot precept To gidder wt the said 

 charlis acquittance for zour warrand. Subscriuit wt owre 

 hand at Kelso the nynt day of nouember the zeir of god Jajvc 

 threscoir sex zeris. Sic subscribitur Maria regina fiat. "^^ 



This document was of much importance to Home, and 

 led to a series of transactions from which neither he, the 

 Provost of Dumfries, nor the Town Council emerge with un- 

 tarnished honour. The whole affair centres round the pension 

 of ;£7i6. payable to friar George Law. 



^ In the sub-collector's account of the Thirds of Benefices 

 the proceeds from the Dumfries Friary are entered as amount- 

 ing to ;^33 IIS lod. In the accounts for 1567 is the following 

 entry : — " In the hands of Frier Charlis Home sumtyme 

 Wardan of the freris of Dunfreis, and Archibald M'Brair 

 allegeit fewarris of the annewallis and fischeings of the 

 same, for a part of the same the zeir comptit ;^i7 iis lod." 

 A similar entry appears for 1568, the total in hand now reach- 

 ing ^^35 3s 8d.*'^ M'Brair's title to the fishings was unim- 

 peachable, and the ;£'i7 iis lod is the surplus after deducting 



