Anderson's Protocol Book. 259 



(51-) 

 Bruvin of Bakbyc. 

 fol. 89] " 'fhe qii^ ^ijjy j(j,i iMaxvcll in lochnxibcngait, William 

 Maxvell of Conhcath [?J, burgess of Drumfres, present 

 bcfoir ine shercf-dcput \ iiderwrittin of thcr awn propir 

 i^ranltis coiiiunctlic and scueralic of thar awin granttis arc 

 actit in the so\ in of ten pundis and to thar awin g^ranttis 

 chargcil to pay and deliuer y*^ said sovm to Thorn Brovin in 

 Bakbye and his bctiiix the dait heirof and the first day of may 

 anno LXix zeris qlk is the nixt beltane nixt to cum. And in 

 meyntyme the said William hcs band oblist hym his aris and 

 assignis gudis and geris to raleif Jon Maxvell in lochmaben- 

 gait aforsaid and his gudis and geris at the hands of the said 

 riiom Brovin and his vnder perell of law qrvpon Judis ordanit 

 act .... Ita est Herbartus Cunyngham [In J testi- 

 monium veritatis johanne Max\ell [of Kirk ]connel tutore 

 eiusiiem teste manu propria, etc."* 



Johnstoun. 



Memorandum narrating that James Johnstoun, son and 

 heir of James Johnstoun, deceased, on account of his favour 

 to his brother Gawine assigned to him all his rights in the 40s 

 lands of Kirktoun, the kirklands of Kirkpatrick-Juxta, and 

 the marl lands of Mosslandis and the 20s land called clewch- 

 fuyt pertaining to the Laird of Kirkmychell to be henceforth 

 enjoyed by his said brother [unfinished]. 



1st October, 1568. 



(53-) 

 Memorandum narrating that James Haliday resigned a 

 piece of ground of which he was heritable proprietor lying 

 between the lie rynnar of fress hole on the east and the land 

 of John [blank] within the burgh of Drumfres into the hands 

 of James Wallace, bailie of the said burgh, in favour and for 

 the use of John Wryt, weaver, and Conele Cwik, his spouse, 

 and to the longer liver antl to their heirs, &c., upon which 



* This entry, apparently, has been made in this book in «'rror ; 

 it should have been made in the Slieriti Court Book. 



