342 Ednarn Hospital. By James Hardy. 



In the Eetours for Eoxburgh, No. 340, Nov. 8, 1633, Andrew 

 Edmondstoun of that ilk is retoured in possession of the patron- 

 age of the hospital of Ednem. In No. 197, Nov. 22, 1649, 

 David Creichtoune of Lugtoun, in right of his mother Joneta 

 Edmestoune, is retoured of this patronage ; and also in the lands 

 of Spittle from olden time called the " lands of the place of the 

 hospital of Sb Leonard of Edinghame," with the teinds. In 

 No. 261. Jan. 22, 1673, Joneta Home, heiress of Major John 

 Home of Carrolsyde, her father, held with other lands in Ednem 

 barony (perhaps in wadsett) the patronage of this hospital. 



A new period now opens out, and printed documents cease to 

 guide. In 1692, the proprietor of Spitle was James Ff allow or 

 Fallay. (Ednam Session Book). In that year the barony of 

 Ednam, with the exception of Newton Don, was almost entire 

 in the hands of the Edmonstons : the heritors of the parish were 

 then : " Ednem," (Andrew Edmonston,) born 1688 ; his mother, 

 "the Lady," daughter to Sir Alexander Don of Newton; his 

 uncle. Sir James Don of Newton ; and ' ' James Ff allow of 

 Spitle." 



The land of Spitle next apjpears in 1746, as belonging to the 

 Ormstons, a wealthy Kelso family, who according to Anderson's 

 Scottish Nation, iii. p. 596, purchased what is now part of the 

 estate of Hendersyde, in 1715, from Edmonstone of Ednam. 

 This we learn from an obituary notice, in the newspapers of the 

 period, of the owner, who is designated Mr Charles Ormston, 

 sen. of Spitle. As I am not aware that anywhere else we can 

 obtain the data about the property, or the eulogies pronounced 

 by their contemporaries on its owners, I shall conclude by sub- 

 joining extracts of what is recorded of them and the hospital 

 land. 



" On the 26th past (September) died Mr Charles Ormston, sen. of 

 Spitle, merchant in Kelso, in the 80th year of his age. He was one of 

 the people called Quakers, and lived and died in great reputation among 

 all his neighbours and acquaintance. He was a man of great plainness, 

 sobriety, and temperance ; of great humanity and hospitality ; always 

 ready to do good, and to supply the poor, which he did chearfully without 

 ostentation. He was a kind husband, a loving father, a good neighbour, 

 and generous master. His death, as a publick loss to the place, is 

 lamented by people of all ranks. He has left a handsome estate to his 

 children." (Newcastle Journal, No. 392, Oct. 11, 1746.) 



" Farms to Let. The farms of Newstead or Fairnyhill and Ednem 

 Hospital, the first containing 170 and odd acres, and the other about 160 



