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laird of Henryland, at Melros, June ISth, 1415. (Liber de Melros, pp. 

 548-550). Cockburn appended his seal to the confirmatory deed, which 

 presents three cocks, the arms of the family : engraved Plate XIV. f . 5. of 

 the Liber de Melros : (Bannatyne Clnb). Robert Scot died 1426, leaving 

 two sons, Sir Walter, his heir, and Stevin Scot of Castlelaw. Sir Walter 

 Scot of Kirknrd his heir, who first established the house of Buccleuch at 

 Branxholm Castle, married Margaret daughter of Peter Cockburn of 

 Hinderland, by whom he had three sons ; the oldest being Sir David his 

 successor, who carried on the line of Buccleuch. (Douglas's Baronage 

 of Scotland, p. 219; Peerage, p. 101.). Sir Walter died between 3467 

 and 1470. 



On 16th January, 1463-64, King James III. granted to William Douglas 

 of Cluny, the lands of Sundirlandhall in the shire of Selkirk, which were in 

 the king's hands by reason of the forfeiture in parliament of William 

 Cockburne, for assistance and support given by him to the traitor James 

 de Douglas [the last of the Black Douglases] and his accomplices. (The 

 Register of the Great Seal of Scotland from 1424 to 1513, Edinr. 1882, Svo- 

 No. 775.) 



On the 29th March thereafter, the same king granted to William de 

 Cokburne and his heirs, the lands of Henryland and of Bothill, in the 

 shire of Peblis ; and tlie lands of Skiftounholnie, ia the lordship of Annan- 

 dale and shire of Drumf res ; which were in the k ag's hands by reason of 

 the forfeiture of the said William de Cokburne for his treasonable aid given 

 to the traitor James de Douglas and his accomplices. (Id. No. 788.) 



William de Cockburn must have recovered in some way the lands of 

 Sundirland ; a,s on 20th (or 30th) July, 1474, William Cockburn of Henri- 

 land, and Katerine Ruthirford, the spouse of young William, had charter 

 from the crown of the half lands of Sundirland and Sundirlandhall, on the 

 resignation of the father. (Reg. Great Seal, 1424-1513. No. 1180). 



Katherine Ruthirfurd who was married to William eldest son <.f William 

 Cockburn of Henderland, was sister to Robert Ruthirfurd of Chatto. 

 " Margaret, daughter of William Cockburn and Katherine Ruthirfurd was 

 married to Sir Walter Scott, the first Baron styled of Buccleuch." (The 

 Ruthirfurds of that Ilk, p. xxxvi). It is supposed to have been the son of 

 " young William," and Katherine Ruthirfurd who suffered for his misdeeds 

 in the reign of James V., but from the similarity of names this is not cer- 

 tain. What we know is that the William Cockburn wlio was beheaded, 

 had a son, capable of acting for himself ; and sufficiently dangerous as to 

 be ordered into custody. 



There is on record the marriage of another daughter of a Cockburn of 

 "Hinderland," called in Douglas's Baronage, p. 215, "William," but we 

 have not the mother's name. Walter Scott of Syntoun and Stirkshaws, who 

 flourished 1525-1570, son of Robert Scott of Stirkshaws and Syntoun, slain 

 November, 1509, married for his first wife a daughter of Cockburn of Hinder- 

 land, by whom he had one son, John Scott, mentioned 1513, who prede- 

 ceased his father, leaving four sons, Walter who was at the fray at the 

 Kirk of the Lowes, 20th June, 1557 (Pitcairn), and who died 1608; Robert. 

 William, and James. Walter was the ancestor of the Scotts of Bonraw, 



