874 Ladykirk Parish. By Rev. William Dobie. 



of land, some fishings in the Tweed, and a park in the tenement 

 of Upsetlington, by procuring for the same one chaplain of good 

 character for the service of the church, and not a rapacious 

 vicar, and also for the sustenance of two paupers." In the 

 Taxation Roll of the Priory of Saint Andrew's, the Eccl. de 

 Hornenor was valued at 100 sol. ; and in the Papal Taxation 

 Roll, under Kalhou, it was valued at 100s. In the Ancient 

 Taxation (Chart. Arbroath), amongst the churches in the 

 Decanatus de Mers,wefind the church of Horndene valued at 100 

 mercas. The master of this hospital witnessed a charter of Hye 

 de Simprine during the short reign of Malcolm IV. (1 153-1165.) 



The Scottish Edgar (1098-1107) granted to the monks of Saint 

 Cuthbert in Coldingham, the lands which lay between Horndene 

 and Knapdene. From this vague description, there not un- 

 naturally arose much contention among the parties interested. 

 It fell to the lot of Earl David, youngest brother of Edgar, to 

 decide the dispute, and his decision is said to be the first 

 recorded decision in Scottish law now existent. Earl David, 

 with the usual Scottish caution, decided in favour of the monks, 

 provided they could produce either possession or his brother's 

 grant. In this document the word " drengs " occurs which 

 would seem to mean a species of serfs, or vassals, i.e. those who 

 hold land directly from and render homage to a superior, who 

 again geiieralh'^ held direct from the Crown. 



It would seem from the following extract that up to 1753 

 there had been at Horndean a stretch of land known as Ruurigg, 

 from which circumstance we may have still the word Rarnrigg — 

 the name of a farm of considerable extent in the parish. For 

 some reason or other, now uncertain, a division of this Runrigg 

 land was desired, and the following 



Extract from Decreet (1753) of division of the Runrig lands 

 of Horndean was given: — 





Acres. 



John Bell, junior 



51.34835 



James Hunter 



35.78031 



Robert Forman 



17.58667 



William Cockburn 



17.47546 



David Steel 



17.439 



Susan Park 



17.154 



John Bell, senior 



168.83151 



Acres 



325.61530 



mnnal 



Value 



£ 



s. 



d. 



23 



14 



10 



16 13 



3 



8 



3 



8 



8 



3 



8 



8 



3 



8 



7 



17 



9 



73 



13 







dei46 



9 



10 



