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Several of the charters granted to the church ©f Horndean are 

 to be found among those of Kelso Abbey. The manor seems to 

 have been in the possession of the De Vetereponte family early 

 in the XII. century. It is ascertained from the chartulary of 

 Kelso that our William de Vetereponte, early in that century, 

 donated the church of Horndene to the monks of Kelso Abbey. 

 About the same period Eobert Bysset obtained the manor of 

 Upsetlington ; and in the reign of David I. (1124-1153), for the 

 maintenance of a chaplain and two poor men, founded and 

 endowed an hospital at Horndene, which was dedicated to St. 

 Leonard. The site of this hospital was immediately to the north- 

 west of the churchyard. The charter of conveyance of this 

 hospital to the monks of Kelso was witnessed by William and 

 Walter Bisset of Upsetlington, and in the charter the family of 

 Bisset reserved to themselves the exclusive right of placing two 

 poor men in the hospital. In the summary of the possessions of 

 Kelso Abbey it is stated, " they had half a corrugate or plough- 

 gate {i.e. 52 acres) of land, pasture for 100 ewes, 6 oxen, 2 cows, 

 and 2 horses, where the Abbot's horses gi-azed, and one toft : 

 they had also there a meadow, called Hallan Medu. In connex- 

 ion with the aforesaid hospital the monks of Kelso had 16 acres 

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