THE CHURCH OF HUME 227 



should consist of "40 bolles victualium (^ ordei et ^ lie 

 muckit land aittis) cum vicariis mansionibus et glebis dictarum 

 ecclesiarum." 



On the dissolution of Kelso Abbey, and the dispersion of its 

 lands, ^ the king on 11th August 1607, conferred most of them 

 upon Lord Roxburgh, while reserving Lord Home's right. '' The 

 Kirklandis of Gordoun lyand within the sheriffdom of Berwick 

 and kirklandis of Nenthorne, with the threttie schilling land of 

 Newton, lyand within the baillierie of Lauderdaill and sic lyik. 

 Excepting and the kirks of Home, Gordon, and Fogo, parson- 

 ages and vicarages thairof." 



Naturally enouijh Lord Roxburgh takes objection to the 

 exception, and makes protestation.^* 



The value of the ecclesiastical lands of Hume happens to be 

 stated again.'^ The will of the Master of Roxburgh, which was 

 recorded on I7th April 1634, provided that his sister the Lady 

 Maria Ker (afterwards Lady Carneguy) and her sister Lady 

 Isabella (Lady Dudhope) should receive the third part of all of 

 the ecclesiastical lands. These of Hume are assessed at 32s., 

 and of Bellishill mentioned separately at 168. 



On 20th March 1637,^^ King Charles I. grants to Sir John 

 Pringle of Stichill " the lands called Coungecarle, and for the 

 ministry at the church of Stitchell and the church of Home 

 united to it 22 bolls victual (^ barley and ^ lie muckit land aittis 

 and 55 lib. with a chalder of victuals (of oats and ^ barley lie 

 prick measure Linlithgow) of augmentation with the rectorial 

 teinds and with the vicarage teinds (estimated before at 80 liba. 

 conformable to the decree of the commissioners 14th July 163 ,) 

 for the stipend and supply of the communion elements and for 

 the paying of taxes, &c. 



This would be paid according to the valuations of the time, 

 which the Act of Parliament of 1633 not only sanctioned, but 

 imposed as the valuation for the future. 



Charles also erected the Collegiate Church of St. Giles into 

 the Cathedral Church of the new Bishopric of Edinburgh with 



^* Acts of the Scottish Parliament c. 42, vol. iv., p. 560. 

 3* Do. p. 561. 



38 Retours, No. 123. 

 »^ Reg. Mag. Sig., 1634-51, No. 680. 



