50 Earty EcciesiastTicaL History oF DUNSCORE. 
and John, mention has been made in an earlier portion of 
this paper. 
Notes. 
1 Charters in the Register House, Edinburgh, No. 232. The 
Cartulary of the Abbey of Holm Cultram (see Transcript of the 
Cartulary vn the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 
from Harleian MSS., 3911, fol. 1096) supplies us with some notices 
of the Durand family when settled in Scotland in the thirteenth 
century. Alan, son of Roland, the constable of Scotland, granted 
a confirmation (undated) of a grant of the lands of Maby and 
Auchencorkis, made by Robert, son of Simon of Kirkconnel, to 
Durand, son of Christian. An instrument of perambulation (given 
at length by Fraser, Book of Carlaverock; Edinburgh, 1873, i., 
407), date 17th January, 1289-90, contains the names of Michael, 
son of Durand, and Walter, his son. We find notices of John 
Durant in 1282 (Bain, Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland, 
u.,.67) of Walter Durant in 1296 (id. ib., i1., 199, 219), and of 
John and Walter Durant in 1297 (d. ib., 11., 234). Walter and 
John Durant are mentioned among those who recovered Dumfries 
Castle from Robert the Bruce on 8rd March, 1305-6 (id. ib., iv., 
389; see pp. 390 and 472); and we hear of Walter Durant in 1335 
(id. ib., iii., 208, 210). During the reign of King David II. (1359) 
the office of the coroner of the sheriffdom of Dumfries was granted 
to Thomas Durance; and we also find a charter of the lands of 
Maby in favour of Walter Durhane (Durrand) (Reg. Mag. Sig., 1., 
app. i1., Nos. 1459, 1233). In the instrument noted in the text 
we find that one of the witnesses was John Durand, ‘‘ dominus 
inter aquas.”’ John Durand was witness to an instrument dated 
in the following year (Calendar of Charters in the Register House, 
Edinburgh, No. 238), and in 1419 we have a letter of wodset 
granted by Johan Durand, lord of Betwixt the Waters (ib., No. 
299). In 1425 John Durand is mentioned as armour-bearer to 
Archibald, Earl of Douglas (Lay Charter Chest); and we find a 
charter of confirmation, dated 25th July, 1427, of the lands of 
Trauchty. in favour of John Durant and ‘his wife Isabella, and, on 
their decease, their son John (Reg. Mag. Sig., u., No. 481). In 
1448 Jhon Durande was one of an assize (Fraser, Book of Car- 
laverock, Edinburgh, 1878, ii., 4381), and on 18th July, 1477, a 
charter of Trarachty was granted by John Durant to George Heris, 
son and heir apparent of Robert Heris of Kirkpatrick Irongray (see 
Reg. Mag. Sig., ii., No. 1823). In 1481 John Durand, sheriff depute 
of Dumfriesshire is mentioned; and John Durande and Thomas 
Durande were witnesses to an intrument dated 29th May, 1485 (Lag 
Charter Chest). In 1484 John Durande is mentioned as ‘‘sergeandus 
et deputatus’’ of Robert Crechtoune of Sanquhar, sheriff of Dum- 
fries (Fraser, ib. ii., 441), and in 1489 and 1495 we find John Durane. 
