Report of Meetings for 1890. By Dr J. Hardy. 63 



Eeidswire near Carter Fell in 1575, and had his headquarters at 

 Coklaw Tower, which was held of the house of Douglas. 

 Hummelknows was his property. Whitlaw, held by a branch 

 allied by marriage to the Buccleuch family came into the 

 possession of the Coklaw family, and there were Gladstones of 

 Collifort Hill, Adderstoneshiels and Hillisland. Some of them 

 were citizens of Hawick, and occupied municipal offices. Three 

 Gladstones were town clerks of Hawick for three generations. 

 One of these had Jacobite proclivities. The family has died out. 

 See Mrs Oliver's work "The Gledstones and the Siege of 

 Coklaw." The Laird of Gledstains, May 10, 1569, was answer- 

 able to the Scottish AYarden for the conduct of a number of 

 Liddesdale Croziers, who had established themselves at Humble- 

 knowes. (Mrs Oliver's Upper Teviotdale, p. 212). The head 

 of the Croziers was Clame (Clement) in Hummilknowes (I.e. 

 Appendix p. 447). It was upon several of these Gledstones and 

 their subordinates of evil fame, that the vengeance of the 

 English lying at Jedburgh, fell on the 3rd Feb. 1549. 



" Sir Rauffe Bulmer, Sir Oswald Wolstropp, Bagshott a servant of mine 

 (Lord Grey) with hacbntters on horseback, etc. and others that lay at 

 Jedworth, and some of the footmen of Eoxburgh, which company took 

 journey on Sunday late at mydnyght towards Hawycke and comying 

 within a myle of the same putt forth a forrey, who raiine up the water of 

 Slettricke and burned the townes and howses, that thereafter be named, 

 as Hoble Knowes (Hnmmelkncws) Gallaslande (Hillisland) being Clement 

 Crosers, Whyght-law and Lytle Whetlawe the lard of Eowclonghs, Thorne- 

 bogg Marten Crosers, Askar Knowe Cockes John Crosers, Torne Wenerton 

 and Fowlerawe being the Larde of Gledstones. All which towns, howsea 

 and corne war burned to the harde gronnde, by the fori^ey."* 



Cokes John Croser was a nickname. In 1569 we have here- 

 abouts Clemme Crosar alias Cokkis Clemme and John Crosar 

 his brother. 



Stobs Castle stands in a haugh in the midst of a wood of limes, 

 ashes, spruce-firs, elms, beeches, and oaks, of no great age, but 

 apparently coeval with the castle. The approach is through a 

 fine rank of stately spruce-firs of great height, margined with 

 Khododendrons, Spindle-trees, and other shrubs. The castle is 

 a small modern shooting seat in a castellated form, on an agree- 

 able fiat area, with the Slitrig encircling the lawn, and meander- 

 ing through the grounds. The haughs are remarkable for the 



* Capt. W. Eliott Lockhart from State Papers, Scot. Edw. VI., vor,. in. 

 NO. 34. Hist, Ber. Nat. Club, xi. pp. 441-2. 



