On the Border Family of Papedy, by James Hardy. 483 



de Prendregest, Edward de Aldecambus, Alan de Swinton, 

 William de Nesebite, &c. The name of Eobert de Muschauns, 

 lord of Wooler appears also.* In the reign of Alexander II. 

 1214-1249) Stephen Papedi witnesses a Ooldingham charter re- 

 garding Little Eeston, when Walter Olifard was justiciary of the 

 King ; Edward de Aldecambus with his sons Thomas, William, 

 and Stephen, and many other men of the time also bear testi- 

 mony.! Nisbet places this charter in the reign of King William J 

 but Walter Olifard was a justiciary in the reign of his successor, 

 and dying in 1242, was honourably buried in the chapter-house 

 of Melrose. § In the history of the See of Dunkeld, Bishop 

 Keith quotes " Kichardo de Prsebenda et Stephano de Papedy," 

 as being witness-bearers, to a deed, apparently of King William's 

 reign, but without specifying his voucher. || The deed concern- 

 ing Eclrom already cited Richard de Prsebenda signs, but not in 

 juxtaposition to S. Papedi. 



John Papedi, in the reign of Alexander II., is a witness to the 

 conversion of the lands of Halsington (in Eccles parish) into 

 church lands in favour of the monks of Melrose, by Master 

 William de Greenlaw. This territory had belonged to Matilda, 

 the mother of Eobert de Muschamp, the last lord of Wooler of 

 that name, and had been the intended marriage portion of Gilia, 

 her daughter, who was espoused to William Laimdells, son of 

 John de Hounain. The contract of marriage had not been ful- 

 filled, for his wife's name, as we learn elsewhere, was " Dunantie 

 de Cleresei ;"^j and the land falling to Matilda's son, he bestowed 

 it on Master William de Greenlaw, who is pointed out as being 

 the son of Poland, the son of William. His father may have 

 been Eolland of Eollandston (now Eowenstane), steward to the 

 Earl of Dunbar.** William, de Greenlaw died in 1247, and in re- 

 compense of his beneficence to the convent was honoured with 



* Coldingham Charters in Baine's appendix, p. 27. t Ibid, p. 72. 



X Heraldry, i., p. 349.. § Chronicle of Melrose, by Stevenson, p. 185. 

 || Keith's Catalogue of Bishops, p. 48, 1st Edit. If Liber de Melros, No. 131. 



** Boland de Grenlaw signs a Melrose deed relative to Sorulesfeld, dated 

 1208 ; and other articles subsidiary to that gift of Earl Patrick to the monks. 

 Liber de Melros, Nos. 101, 102, 104. He also occurs in the Kelso chartulary. 

 At one time William de Greenlaw was a clerk to "Walter, bishop of Glasgow. 

 Ibid, No. 45. He is frequently mentioned in charters of the period. He is 

 not to be confounded with William de Alwenton, as Morton has done. Mon. 

 Annals of Teviotdale, p.^266, 



