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have been written long after from tlie impressions of floating 

 traJ-ition. Both Oockburn and his wife must have been pretty 

 well advanced, in life to have a son then grown to maturity, and 

 capable of taking an independent part. 



The branch of the Coekburns of Henderland was once a more 

 powerful family in the extent of landed property to which it was 

 gradually being reduced by the imprudence or improvidence of 

 its latter representatives. The successive ownerships of estates 

 is a subject of much interest and value, especially historically; 

 and, on this occasion, I have been enabhd to bring together a 

 pretty full history of successive owners of the Henderland estate, 

 who have never previously been presented in consecutive view. 

 The notices are fragmentary, and several may still remain con- 

 cealed in charter-chests, or in private publications not readily 

 accessible. To the Eev. Alex. Thomson Grant, Parsonage, Eos- 

 lin, I am indebted for the many quotations from the Register of 

 the Great Peal, 1882, 1883, Bvo. 



The original of the Coekburns appears to have been "Piers 

 de Cockhurn," who signs Eagman Eoll, A.D., 1292, 1296, 1297, 

 etc. (Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., Appendix, p. 37.) The Henderland 

 Coekburns branch from the Langtun stem, and were very close 

 to it, when they obtained a renewal of their first charter, which 

 entails the estate in defect of heirs on the Langton line. The 

 arms of Cockburu of Henderland, according to Nisbet (Heraldiy 

 I, p. 348) are " argent, a mullet azure, between three cocks gules. ^^ 



At Stirling, lOtli April, and of his reiga the 13th year, (1383) Robert II. 

 granted to Peter de Cockburne son and heir of Peter de Cockburne, the 

 lands of Henriland with pertinents, and the lands in the vill of Bothill, and 

 the lands also of Kyrkhnrde in the vill of the same, with pertinents in 

 Peblishire ; and the lands of Snndreland with the manor of the same within 

 Selkyrkshire ; which lands with pertinents belonged to Peter's father, but 

 which he had resigned by staff and rod ; and to hold to the same Peter and 

 his bodily heirs, or failing to his legitimate brothers and sisters ; or failing 

 these to Alexander Cockburne de Langton the father, his heirs and assignees 

 whomsoever, as freely and peaceably as the said Peter the father had held 

 the s ime lauds ; reserving, however, to the said Peter the father, the free 

 tenure of the said lands with pertinents for his life-time. (Reg. Mag. Sig. 

 1. 163. 11. Edinr. 1814. fol.) 



In 1415, the Melros monks obtained the lands of Wynzehope or Glenkery, 

 Selkirkshire, on the south side of the water of Temay, between their land 

 of Migehope and the lands of Ettrick and Dalgles, with twelve acres of 

 meadow, from Robert Scot, laird of Murdieston and Rankilburn, with the 

 consent of Walter Scot his son and heir, in exchange for the lands of 

 Bellinden. This grant was ratified by the ov^erlord, Peter de Kokbum 



