164 Wedderlie House, Berwickshire. By R, Murray. 



From the same source I copied another document which concerns 

 John de Selby, grandson of the afore-mentioned James de Selby 

 of Biddleston. 



" Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Johannes de Selby de Betilsden 

 dedi Magistro Roberto Clenhell de Clenhell omnem terram et tenementa 

 que habeo in villa et territorio de Betilsden in Comit. Northxmibr. Ao xj. 

 Hen. vi." 



Let those present and those to come know that I John de Selby of Betils- 

 den have given to Mr Robert Clenhell of Clenhell all the land and tenements 

 which I have in the vill and territory of Betilsden in the shire of Northtim- 

 berland. 1432. 



On the seal is a shield with the Selby arms : the object of 

 this conveyance is unknown. J. H. 



Wedderlie House, Berwickshire. By Robert Murray, 

 Architect, Edinburgh. Plates I., II., III. 



This fine old mansion stands at the foot of the sunny side of 

 the Lammermoors, near the source of the Blackadder river. 



The building as it now exists, consists of a central block facing 

 the south, 76 feet 6 inches long, with two wings extending north- 

 wards : that on the east (which forms a pretty acute angle with 

 the front line) measures about 48 feet 6 inches, and that on the 

 west about 36 feet. 



The building has apparently been a small 14th century keep 

 or fortalice, converted into a mansion-house probably about the 

 end of the 16th century. The remains of this keep are seen at 

 the west end, where on the ground flat there is a small vaulted 

 apartment and a room adjoining with a large fireplace and two 

 wall cupboards : the beams for carrying the floor over this room 

 have rested on corbels, two of which remain. There is also a 

 curious corner press, which may have been a gardrobe with what 

 appears to be a very old door, the construction of which is worth 

 notice, the raised mouldings being wrought out of the solid. 

 The south window of this room has the remains of a neatly 

 carved window bar. On the flat over this there are two rooms 

 having the usual small windows with stone seats in the ingoings. 

 The smaller room (over the vaulted chamber) is partly paved 

 with squares of black and grey marble, and has a small gard- 

 robe ; and in the larger room there is a large fireplace in the 

 opposite wall to the one below — both are now disused, as 



