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Mary, the blessed Machutus, the lord abbot of Kelso, the 

 prior of Saint Machutus, and the monks in his Church of 

 Lesmahago, for the augmentation of the same priory, the ' lands 

 lying within his towns of Lyntoun and Hoslaw ' in the barony 

 of Lintoun and county of Roxburgh, which the said Hugo de 

 Aldstoune signed, to be held by the said prior, and monks, 

 and their successors, in pure charity for the offering of devout 

 prayers. Wit^iesses, William Sumervile, brother of the said 

 Thomas Sumervile, John Sumervile, John de Murhouse, ' lord ' 

 of the same, John Folcart (possibly one of the Folcartoun 

 family). Vicar William, Edward Valance, David Were (probably 

 of Blackwood), William Lang, and John Roxburgh, Esquires. 

 At the monastery of Lesmahago, August 7, 1421." The said 

 Thomas Sumervile, granter of the lands, and created Lord 

 Somervile by James 1., 15th December 1430, was Warden of 

 the Marches after 1424, and in this capacity resided frequently 

 at Linton. The exact site of the ancient Chapel cannot now 

 be accurately determined ; but on the testimony of those who 

 had traced its outline in their youth it stood upon Chapelknowe, 

 about a hundred yards to the East of a large Sycamore, which 

 grew out of the churchyard wall, and still forms a conspicuous 

 landmark. After examining the frescoes in the apse, and a 

 chart indicating the Loch Inches or " pleulandis of Hoslaw," 

 which stretch along either shore of the Loch, the members 

 were hospitably received by Mr James A. Somervail and 

 Mrs Somervail, and afforded an opportunity of viewing the 

 extensive prospect of the Merse which in favourable weather 

 may be obtained from the grounds of the mansion-house. Two 

 members, who had spent the previous day in the company of 



their host, and had examined the sho)'es of the Loch 

 Hoselaw and the adjacent ground, reported the following 



Loch. plants: — Ranunculus hederaceus ; R. Jiammula ; 



R. sceleratus ; Nasturtium jmlustre ; Geranium 

 Pyrenaicum ; Comarum palustre ; Peplis portula ; Cicuta virosa ; 

 Galium palustre ; Garduus nutans ; Artemisia vulgaris ; Meny- 

 anthes trifoliata ; Veronica Anagallis ; Lycopus Europceus ; 

 Littorella lacustris ; Orchis latifolia ; 0. maculata ; Hahenaria 

 hifolia ; Car ex curta ; C. disticha ; C ampullacea ; Lastrcea 

 spinulosa ; and L. dilatata. 

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