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Mellerstain ; that the first of Lambden who appears is an 

 Alexander ; and that he had a son, John, served heir to him 

 in 1507-8. A John de Hatele, in 1453, renders, to the 

 Exchequer at Stirling, his account of the receipts of Strathurde 

 in Perthshire. In 1458, 1465, and 1466 William Hatlie pays 

 into the Exchequer four shillings, being the annual rent of 

 his land and tenement in Popil. In 1466 two shillings were 

 paid into the Exchequer, being a duplicand of the feu ("albe 

 firme") of Meloustanys and Fadonys, through the sasine given 

 to Henry Hatele of the same. That was doubtless on Henry's 

 succession to the property, but there is no record of his 

 predecessor therein. In 1470 he married Sibilla Home, 

 daughter of David Home, younger, of Wedderburn, and, 

 Elizabeth Carmichael, his wife. In 1470 he got decreet 

 against Jok Hume, iu Hume, for twelve pounds for a horse 

 "that he spulzeat fra the said Henry." In 1479 Henry had 

 a dispute with Learmouth, Wod, Purves, and others, regarding 

 the teinds of Fawnj'S, which they alleged the vicar of Soutra 

 had authority from Sir Edward Ronkle, Provost of Trinity 

 College, near Edinburgh, to sett to them, and the tack of 

 which Henry claimed. In June 1480 he had decreet given 

 in his favour, and Learmouth and the remaining defenders 

 were required to restore to him "iijc of ats, xiiij b. of ber, 

 1 firlot of quhete, and iij firlots of rye for the teind schefe 

 of the towne of Fawnys." In the same year the Lords of 

 Council assigned to Henry Hetley, the 28th of July, to prove 

 that the late David Lithgow, factor to Sir Edward Bonkle, 

 "set to him the teind of the quarter of Melostane for xij 

 bolls of vittale, and that he has payt the xij bolls to the 

 said umquhile David or his executors, and falzeand of the 

 said profe the said Henry to pay to the said Henry sa mekle 

 of the said teind was of vale " That David Lithgovv was 

 doubtless of Drygrange, and possibly this incident may have 

 been the early stage of the feud between the Haitlies and 

 Lithgows, to be afterwards treated of. In 1489 Henry 

 resigned the lands of Blasinbrade, in Berwickshire, and the 

 lands of Spottiescheles, in the barony of Dunbar, to George 

 Hately, his son and apparent heir. At the same time he 

 resigned the lands of Mellostanes and Fawnis, with the mill 

 of the same, to his son, Alexander, and his heirs, male ; 

 whom failing, to his son, George, and his heirs, male ; whonj 



