Anniversary Address. 7 



formerly belonging to Thomas Kanrlolph, in the county of 

 Roxburgh, and for the lands of John de Somervill, and the 

 lands of Lynton and Carnewyth, which were Thomas de 

 Somerviil's, with this clause: — Know that in right of your said 

 petition (or in something else) we grant your request because 

 you have well deserved it, both now and in times past. At 

 Westminster (24th May) 34th year of his reign. This is the 

 same Robert de Hastaug who, with others, was commissioned 

 by the King, 23rd November 1316, to treat for a truce with 

 Robert Bruce.^^ 



It is perhaps necessary to direct attention to the Genealogical 

 Tree of the Stichill branch of the Gorrlon family annexed to 

 this paper. They were men of mark in their day. They 

 acquired vast territorial possessions — the lands of Glenkens 

 in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, comprehending Lochinvar, 

 Kenmure, etc., with Strathbogie in Aberdeenshire, and 

 Balmutho in Fife. 



Their second representative was William de Gordon. 

 Dalrymple records that he had seen a writ of his entitled 

 William de Gordon, Seigneur de Stichel in 1331.^^ An 

 interesting side-light is thrown upon his leanings and the 

 history of the times by the following incident, which is chron- 

 icled in the Norham Accounts : — 1335-6 Receipts. Mortuaries. 

 For the waiting-maid of the Lady of Gordon, viijs. ; her 

 garment (pannus) iiijs -^ This lady was probably Sir William's 

 wife. Having espoused the cause of Baliol against Bruce, he 

 was perhaps livini;;' on the English side of the Border, in 

 the Castle at Norham. At all events he had, for the above 

 reason, forfeited his estates in Scotland, and was not 

 restored till 1354. 



His son, Roger, is associated, somewhere between 1370-90, 

 with other nobleinen and lords in witnessing an Instrument 

 ' Super cartis de Valle de Nyth.'-^ With Sir William Borthwick 

 he was a commissioner for settling the marches with Eujjlaiid, 

 which they happily concluded at Clockmabane Stane (Loch- 

 maben) 6th November 1398.=^ He was killed at Homildon 

 in 1402. 



2» Eymer's Poed, Eng. Syllabus, No. 190. 



2^ Collections concerninjr Scottish History (Dalrymple) p. 415. 



^' Raine's N. Durham, p. 273, App. Norham. 



^* Liber de Melros, p. 43. 



^ Rymer's Foedera, Vol. n., p. 434, 



