Notices concerning Oxnam Parish. By J. Hardy. Ill 



said trees above mentioned both those to be planted abont the yards and 

 inclosed places, and the stell all to be taken care of by the said tenent 

 and preserved from all manner of damnage, and the inclosnres or fences 

 to be made and kept up at the tenent's expense. And in case that the 

 said Robert Hunter, or any about his ffamily shall be any ways guilty of 

 cutting or destroying any of his Lop's woods, or destroying the game, or 

 suffering others to destroy the same with his knowledge, and without 

 giveing timeous information thereof to the said Marquess or his Doers, 

 in that event he shall fforfalt his Tack, and it shall be in his Lop's option 

 to annull the same and to oblidge the tenent to remove at the first term of 

 Whitsunday after he is convicted thereof, and the tenent shall incurr a 

 penalty of Fourty Shillings sterling for each transgression, and be oblidged 

 to repair the damnage, and be subject to be punished according to law. 



And further the said Eobert Hunter is hereby oblidged to furnish each 

 year during the whole hay harvest Twelve servants to assist at Winning, 

 Inning and Leading and Stacking the said Noble Marquess's hay at any 

 time and place when and where his Lop. and forsaids shall have occasion 

 to make hay on his Estate in Tiviotdale. As also to assist with his horses 

 and carriages in Leading said hay and to assist in leading the Teynds of 

 Jedburghsyde yearly when order'd, or else to make payment to his Lop. 

 at the rate of sixpence per day for each person that shall be absent when 

 demanded to attend, and the like sum for each person that shall be thought 

 insufficient by the overseer of said hay for working when sent. And the 

 said Eobert Hunter hereby oblidges himself that he shall no ways run out 

 scourge or damnify the ground by the manner of labouring the same, and 

 particularly he is hereby restricted from plowing or riveing oat any of the 

 sheep pasture, lee, or meadow ground. Except only such lee grounds as 

 shall be sufficiently brought in by dunging or folding, and he is also re- 

 stricted from plowing or sowing any more grain during the last seven 

 years of the Tack than what was in use to have been plowed and sown 

 during the immediat preceding years, and the tenent is oblidged to faugh 

 a fifth part of his arrable Infield ground yearly during the Tack, and 

 further the said is restiicted from selling or carrying off any heather or 

 turf from the said farm. As also from selling or carrying [off] any straw 

 or dung produced upon the same and that during the haill years of the 

 Tack, the Incoming tenent being always oblidged to make payment to the 

 said Eobert Hunter of the price and value of the said Cropt of straw on 

 the ground at his removall." — The value was to be estimated by two 

 neutral persons. — " And the said Eobert Hunter is hereby oblidged to pay 

 the Baillie and Chamberlain's Dargs and Carriages according to what has 

 been formerly paid by the preceding tenents of the said farm, and he 

 oblidges himself and forsaids to grind all the grindable corns made use of by 

 him his coatters and servants on said farm at the Miln of Oxnam and to 

 pay the ordinary and accustomed multures dues and services to the same 

 according to use and wont, and to grind as much at the said Miln as the 

 former tenents have been in use to do, any difference that may happen in 

 l hat respect beina- hereby referred to his Lop' 1 * Baron Baillie. and the said 



