*J-4 urt BoiLchtster, Rule Water. By Waited IJean.s. 



till he redeemed himself. Item, for the stouthreiff of 20 goats, 

 from John Cleghorn of Leithanhope." These and many other 

 " Items " appear against Tnrnbull, for which Adam Turnbull of 

 Bullerwall became his security. 



At the Reformation, the Turnbulls were still the tenants of 

 Bonchester, and after this epoch, like many others of the Abbey 

 tenants, acquired a proprietaiy right to the lands. Bonchester 

 appears to have been divided before the close of the 16th century, 

 for in 1643, Thomas Turnbull was laird of Upper Bonchester. 

 AVilliam Turnbull succeeded him, and died in 1086. A tomb- 

 stone was erected to his memory in the kirkyard of Abbotrule, 

 which can be seen standing placed against the wall of the old 

 Kirk. He was succeeded by George Turnbull, who died in 1728. 

 Adam, a son of William Turnbull, appears as tenant of Doorpool; 

 and we also find at a later period, the Bonchester Turnbulls as 

 tenants of AVoolie Mill, Hartshaugh Mill, Harwood Mill, and 

 Hallrule Mill. 



Walter Turnbull, of Harwood Mill was said to have been a 

 man of great strength and agility, and a famed player at the 

 Hobkirk Ba'. 



John Turnbull, a son of Robert Turnbull, of Hallrule Mill, 

 was strongly imbued with the ancient spirit and daring of the 

 Turnbulls. The Border fairs, at a former period, were often the 

 " Meets" at which " auld sairs ''were settled, and Turnbull was 

 always foremost in the fray. One fair day on entering a public 

 house at Jedburgh, accompanied by his mother, Tibbie Donald- 

 son, Turnbull was immediately surrounded by a company of 

 " pairt-takers " of one with whom he had formerly been at feud. 

 Turnbull lost no time in attacking the whole band, and had them 

 soon sprawling on the floor. His mother, who witnessed the 

 fight, declared that "ma heart was wae to see them a' gushin' 

 an' bluidin,' and oor Jock knockin' them doon." 



George Turnbull, who died in 1728, was perhaps the last 

 Turnbull of Bonchester. He had a daughter, Margaret, who was 

 married to William Turnbull, in Hartshaugh Mill. The Bon- 

 chester Turnbulls in the male line are now extinct in the parish ; 

 though many in the femaie line, who reside in the district, are 

 related to them. 



After the lands of Bonchester were divided, the Nether section 

 came into the possession of a family of Sootts. The late Walter 

 Riddell Carre, of Cavers-Carre, in his volume of " Border 



