Notices concerning Oxnam Parish By J. Hardy. 95 



The rectory remained with the monks till the Reformation, and yielded 

 then 4 bolls of wheat, 2 chalders 15 bolls of bear, and 3 chalders 6 bolls of 

 meal. 1 



The manors of Oxnam and Heton passed from the family of Perci into 

 the possession of the Colvilles. Philip de Colville witnessed a charter in 

 the reign of Malcolm the Maiden, (1153-65) 3 and various charters and public 

 transactions in the reign of William the Lion, s for whose release from 

 captivity he was a hostage in 1174. 4 He confirmed to the monks of 

 Dryburgh a grant of land in Heton by Geoffry de Percy. 5 Between the 

 years 1203 and 1214 Thomas the son of Philip de Kolevile perambulated 

 the marches of Elstaneshalche at a convention between the monks of 

 Melrose and Huctred of Grubheued, and witnessed various charters in 

 that reign and in that of Alexander II. 7 In the year 1214 King John 

 granted to William de Harcourt a discharge for several hostages put into 

 his hands, among whom was Thomas do Colevill and Gervase Avenel, the 

 hostages of the King of Scotland. 8 Thomas de Colville was possessed of 

 certain lands in Berwick, afterwards granted by his son William to the 

 monks of Neubotle, for the soul's health of Amable his mother. 9 After 

 1222 Ada of Morham, the widow of William, granted to the same monks a 

 charter of the lands of Kynnard, which was confirmed by her son. 10 Sir 

 Reginald Chene, who died soon after 1291, married Eustachia lady of 

 Ochiltre, granddaughter of John de Colvill of Ochiltre, who brought him 

 lands in Ayrshire. 11 In 1324 Robert de Colville, designated, in various 

 charters of the period, lord of Heton 12 and lord of Oxinham and Ochiltre, 11 '' 

 besought the abbots of Dryburch and Jeddewrd to affix their seals to a 

 charter of the patronage of Ochiltre granted by him to the monks of 

 Melros. l * In 1361 Edward III. commanded the sheriff of Roxburgh to assist 

 Robert de Colvill in destroying the fortalice of Dolfyneston which, after 

 its destruction by William de Bohun earl of Northampton, Edward's 

 lieutenant in Scotland, had been partially rebuilt by the Scots to the 



1 Book of Assumptions. 

 • 2 Regist. Glasg. p. 15. 

 Regist. Glasg. pp. 28, 78. Lib. de Molros. pp. 1)1, 93, 94. 



4 Rymer's Pcedera, vol. i., p. 40. 



5 Lib. de Dryburgh, p. 163. 



Lib. de Melros, pp. 110, 111. 



7 Lib. de Melros, pp. 64,* 76, 107, 111, 123, 125, 144, 145, 153, 22(5. Regist. 

 Glasg., pp. 79, 80. 



8 Pymer's Foedera, vol. L, p. 184. 



9 Reg. de Neubotle, p. 153. 



3 ° Reg. de Neubotle, pp. 169, 170. 

 1 l Lib. de Melros, pp. 360-368. 

 1S Lib. de Calchou, pp. 368,373. 



13 Lib. de Calchou, pp. 369, 387, 389, 391, 393, 394. Lib- de Melros, pp, 

 366-368. 



14 LU), de Melros. p, 368, 



