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Ane bill of Cristie Dodis served fonll be my Lord Warden on 

 the Laird of Fairnehersfc,^ sworne be Christie Dodis to xij aid 

 oxin, xvj alld ky, v yoang note of iij yeir aid, v yoang note of 

 ij yeir aid, iiij stirkis of ane yeir aid, jc yowis, xl hogis, xxxi 

 aid gait,^ and viij gait of ane yeir alld. For the insicht'' spairit 

 to the delyverie and than to be gewin in particular in wrything 

 and sworne, mair he swoir he iaccit i aid sow, and thre hogis 

 For the fouU burning the nameis of the gentillmen of Ingland that 

 soald maik the aithe gude and leill sal! be send in be the Warden to 

 the opposeit Warden, betwix and this day viii dayis and than to be 

 sworne at the delyverie. The nwmber of the gentilmen sail be 

 viii and on}- four of they sail serwe. 



Ane bill of Syr Thomas Grayis' of Myndrome fonll be my Lord 

 Warden uponn Mwngo Armstrang of Arclebnrn,^ Job Eliot of the 

 Schawls.^ Archie Eliot of the Hill.io Scottis Joh of the Park, Job 

 Eliot of Bowsomeis,^! Archie EUot of the gang of the Burnheid,^^ 



in Roxburghshire from Shotton in Northumberland. The Stawe is a hill 

 on the English side above West Newton. At the Staweford, the banks 

 rise steeply on either side of the stream, and the opposing hosts, as on 

 Ebal and Gerizim, could shout defiance one to the other. In the company 

 and under the guidance of the Rev. Matthew Culley, I visited the 

 Staweford, on Thursday the 4th of July, 1912. 



2 Sir John Selby, Knight, of Twisel in North Durham. Knighted by 

 Queen Elizabeth in 1582, died in the month of November, 1595, leaving 

 issue. 



^ Nicholas Forster of Bamburgh, a natural but acknowledged son of 

 Sir John Forster of Bamburgh, Knight, and also his testamentary heir, 

 was SherifE of Northumberland in 1601, and died in or about the year 

 1609, leaving issue. 



* The laird of Fernihurst was Sir Thomas Kerr, Knight, concerning 

 whom much may be found in the Calendar of Border Papers, ed. Bain, 

 Vol. I. 



* Gait:=goats. 

 ^Insioht=hou8ehold goods and furniture. 



^ Sir Thomas Gray of Myndrome, may be identified with Sir Thomas 

 Grey of Chillingham, Knight, Sheriff of Northumberland in 1574, who 

 died .9.p. 9 April, 1590. 



^ Arcleburn. There is a place named Arkleton in Ewesdale. Ex. inf. 

 Rev. C. J. Cowan. 



^ Shaws is a place on the Hermitage Water. Ex. inf. Rev. C. J. Cowan, 



^^ Hill is a homestead in Liddesdale. It was inhabited by members 

 of the Elliot clan. 



'^ There was a place in Teviotdale called Bowholms, or Bohomes, 

 mentioned in the Calendar of Border Papers, Vol. i., pp. 170, 351. 



^^In 1590, John Eliot " laird of Burnhead, " apparently in Liddesdale, 

 was a Border reiver. Inf. Cal. Border Papers. Vol. i., pp. 349-359. 



