100 LUMSDEK 



Douglas of Ivelie for himself and for William Douglas of 

 Tofts, to James, Earl of Home, for an an)\ual rent of £3600.^^ 



John Stuart disponed the lands on 16th June 1622'^^'' to 

 Francis Stuart, eldest son of the Earl of Bothwell. 



On 13th July 1640 James, Earl of Home, granted the 

 liferent to his wife, Jean Douglas, daughter of William, Earl 

 of Morton, of the lands and barony of Dunglas, Auldcambus 

 and Fast Castle.''" Then follows a series of apprizings of the 

 lands in favour of (1) Uobert Ci-aig, Advocate, for 7455 merks, 

 on 18th January 1642 i^*^ (2) Archibald Thomson, senior, 

 Burgess of Edinburgh, anfl James Thomson, his eldest son, 

 for 726(S merks, on 5th February 1642 ;^'' (3) Alexander Home, 

 son of Sir Patrick Home of Ayton and Margaret Hepburn, 

 his wife, for 3085 merks ;•'*' followed by a grant dated 22nd 

 August 1642 to Sir Patrick Hepbui-n of Wauchton and George 

 Hepburn, his second son, of the said lands, in consequence 

 of certain obligations granted by Marie Sutton, Countess of 

 Hon\e, and James, Earl of Home,-'^ who then i-esigned the 

 lands. Then followed another apprizing by Sarali Millar, 

 widow of Thomas Fleming, Portioner of Longhermeston, for 

 8657 merks.''- In 1644 Sir James Home of Cowdenknowes, 

 who had been created Earl of Home on 22nd May 1636, 

 violently dispossessed Sir Patrick Hepburn of the lands of 

 Fast Castle and Wester Lumsdaine, and was fined 20,000 

 merks Scots for the act. On 5th August 1647 John Hepburn, 

 apparent, of Wauchton, and Marie Kos, his wife, got a 

 Charter of Novodamus of the lands which his father, Sir 

 Patrick Hepburn, held,^^ and he was served heir to his father 

 on 9th November 1649.-'^ Again the lands were apprised, 



Gfeat Seal Register, Vol. 1620-33, p. 166, No. -479. 



Wedderbn^n MSS., p. 203 and 204. 



Laing Charters, No. 2282. 



Great Seal Register, Vol. 1634-51, p. 384, No. 1039. 



Do. do. p. 387, No. 1050. 



Do. do. p. 425, No. 1134. 



Do. do. p. 452, No. 1215. 



• Do. do. p. 465, No. 1240. 



' Do. do. p. 641, No. 1702. 



General Retonrs, No. 3572. 



