Greyfriars' Convent of Dumfries. 325 



The qlk day Jon Scott foirmenyt obliget hym his aris to bring 

 wt hym on the xviij of this Instant his sone and wt ane consent and 

 assent in dew i-esignation of his land at freir port vmqll richert 

 maxvell in the hands of ane of the balleis of Drumfress pure and 

 simpliciter in fauers of ar<l velsche and Daiiid ni'gee and ther aris 

 vnder the pane of fiwe hundret merks ther vpon the said ard his 

 college requirit noitt and act." 



The house is described as standing on the west side of a 

 passage, on the east of which was John Richardson's property 

 (Bryce II., p. Ill), occupying the western portion of the Friary 

 garden. This passage, which is perhaps Greyfriars' Street, was 

 within the Friary wall, not without as shewn on Mr Barbour's 

 plan. 



8 vide Appendix (6). 



9 vide Appendix (7). 



10 vide Appendix (11). 



11 vide Appendix (3, 9, 10, 13, and 22). 



12 Ancient Bridges in Scotland, by H. R. G. Inglis. Trans. 

 Sac. Antiq. of Sent., 1911-12, Vol. xlvi.' 



15 From the Protocal Book of Herbert Anderson. Burgh 

 Record Room, Dumfries. 



Maxwell in Drumfres No 7. 



Memorandum vito die mensis maii anno domini millesimo 

 quingentessimo xliio freir Herbert Stewart wardane of the freirs 

 of Drumfres admittit Richei-t Maxwell burgess of Drumfres tennent 

 to vii ruddis of the landis of Corbre Hill lyand wtin the prochin of 

 Trequeir quhilks landis Johne Maxwell elder in Drumfres baud in 

 tak of the said place quod befoir ut dictus guardianus asseruit 

 And that for the payment of vi fr meill of the mesor of Nyt 

 annuatim or ellis the price as the place and he can agree super 

 quibus omnibus et singulis premissis omnibus et singulis quilibet 

 eorum etc petiit instrumentum ut infra, acta erant hec apud por- 

 tum dicte ecclesie fratrum minorum de Drumfres hora nona ante 

 meridiem coram liiis testibus Jone Nelson in Suthik Jone thomeson 

 Nicelmus Rob cum diversis aliis. 



14 Town Council Minutes. 



15 Burgh Register of Sasines at Dumfries, 8 Jan., 1678 (fol. 

 273), etc. 



16 vide Appendix (25). 



17 Burgh Register of Sasines at Dumfries (fol. 264). 



18 The area and position of the Lands of Baxter's Close is 

 given in a document of 16 July, 1835. They comprised a field 

 opposite the Chapel [of Ease] in acreage 3:1: 11.64 and a triangle 

 on the west side of the Newabbey Road adjoining the Tollhouse of 

 2 falls, 36. On the Galloway Road (Laurieknowe) the former 

 measured 671 links, on the Newabbey Road 135 links, and on the 

 Old Road (Maxwell Street) 605 links. The triangle measured on 

 the Newabbey Road 72 links and on the Galloway Road 58. 



