95 EARLY SHERIFF CouRT Book OF DUMFRIES. 
The samyn day ‘ye sherif deputis hes continuit all 
actionis to ye nixt court in ye same effect yin as yis day. 
The sherif court of Drumfres haldin at penpont ye penul- 
timate day of July be John Crechtoun & Edward Jonstoun 
sherif deputis. Sutis callit. Court lachfully affermit. 
absentes subsequuntur. 
The samyn day Roddie Kyrkpatrik hes enterit his warand 
Robin Kirkhat for ye blak horss chalentit be David Howat to 
ye court as ye thryd court, and ye said robert has allegit ane 
warand & hais fund thom Maxwell borcht to entir ye horss 
or ellis ye warand at ye nixt court as ye ferd court & court 
perempter. 
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Notes REGARDING THE PERSONS MENTIONED IN THE 
SHERIFF CouRT Book. 
It may be of some interest to endeavour to identify some, 
at all events, of the persons who are mentioned in our Sheriff 
Court Book. 
Three Sheriff-Deputes are mentioned—John Crichton, 
Edward Johnstone, and Ninian Crichton of Bellibocht, who is 
styled ‘‘ Sheriff Wardir.’’ It seems probable that the first and 
third were Crichtons of Kirkpatrick. On 30th January, 
1481-82, Edward Crichton of Kirkpatrick served on an 
assize ;*5 and on 1oth August, 1484, we find a Crown charter, 
confirming a charter of the lands of Bellebeth and others, by 
Sir Robert Crichton of Kirkpatrick in favour of his son 
Edward. Edward’s heir was his son Robert,® and his son 
John is mentioned in 1543 and 1547.%6 In 1525 Ninian was 
tutor to Robert, Lord Sanquhar ;56@ and it was owing to a 
deadly feud between him and James Douglas of Drumlanrig 
53 Hist. MSS. Comm. XV. Report, Pt. viii., 48. 
34 R.M:S.,:ii., 1594. 
' 35 R.M.S., ii., 2490. 
56 Charters in H.M. Register House, Edinburgh, 1818, 1896. 
36a Act. Dom. Conc., xxxvi., fol. 48. 
