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Selkirk: 0. E. £5. N. E. £20; and at the same date in the lands of 

 Broomelaw and Brigend — with the lands of Hendertoune in Peebles, 0. E. 

 £5. N. E. £20 (Retours, Peebles, No. 144, Selkirk, No. 75). Oct. I7th, 1661, 

 Anna, Countess of Baccleugh, appears to have had a lien over Henderland, 

 (Eetonrs, Peebles, No. 147). May 5th, 1669, Robert, Earl of Southesk is 

 retoured heir of his father Earl James, in the lands of Hinderland and 

 others, (lb. No. 157) ; and also Broomelaw and Brigend (Retours, Selkirk, 

 No. 85). He appears to have sold Henderland, as his heir Charles, May 

 8th, 1688, is not retoured in it ; but still holds Broomlee and Brigend. 

 (Peebles, No. 193, Selkirk, No. 97.) The lands had then been acquired by 

 the Traquair family. Charles, fifth earl of Traquair, sulfered various 

 misfortunes, and was reduced to such straits, as to be obliged, soon after 

 1750, "to sell to Lord March the lands of Nether, Horsbrugh, Caberstone; 

 Gaithopeknowe, and Henderland, for which he got £12,000 sterling. " 

 (Chambers' Peebleshire, p. 386). 



The subsequent history of the estate is given in the " History of Peeble- 

 shire " by William Chambers, pp. 361-2. Alexander Murray, son of 

 Archibald Murray of Murray-field, advocate, succeeded his father as 

 sheriff-depute of the county of Peebles in 1761, became Solicitor General, 

 24tli May 1775, and M.P. for Peeblesshire in 1780, He was promoted to 

 the bench, 6tli March, 1783 (Haig's Senators of the Court of Justice, p, 

 537), " when he adopted the title of Lord Henderland, from the estate of 

 the same name in Megget, which had already become a possession of the 

 family. [He died at Murrayfield, 16th March, 1795.] The wife of Lord 

 Henderland was a daughter of Sir Alexander Lindsay of Evelick, bart., 

 and neice of the first Earl of Mansfield. By this lady he had two sons — 

 William, who inherited his brother's property of Henderland, and John 

 Archibald." This second son, who lived to inherit his brother's patrimony, 

 was appointed Lord Advocate in 1834, and after being M.P. for the Leith 

 Burghs, was knighted and raised to the bench in 1839, as Lord Murray. 

 " William Murray, who predeceased his brother, left Henderland to the 

 representative of the main line of the family, James Wolfe Murray of 

 Cringletie, subject, however, to some arrangements, on the part of Lord 

 Murray. On the death of Lady Murray, the estate was handed over, 

 free, as originally destined." 



" Henderland was but a short time in possession of Mr Murray. In 

 1862, he excambed it with the Earl of Wemyss for Courhope and Cloich, 

 which his lordship bought that year for £25,100 ; Mr Murray giving, in 

 addition, the sum of £1550 to adjust the exchange." 



The drawing made by Mr Ourrie gives the appearance of the 

 slab as it appeared to him, in a gloomy December day, when 

 disfigured with dirt and encrusted with lichens. After it had 

 been engraved, and this paper written, Mr James Shaw, of 

 Megget Public School, volunteered his aid to clear away the 

 parasitic vegetation that concealed the figures cut on the face of 

 the stone, by piling earth over it to rot out the lichens, etc. 

 This effectually cleaned the surface, and revealed a cross of a 



