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lands of Rulesmains and Samsonswalls, the lands and barony of Crnra- 

 stane, with the teinds.the Mill of Criimstane, otherwise called Kymerghame 

 Eister Mill, the lands of Kydcleugh, the lands and barony of Langton, 

 Easter and Wester Borthwick, the lands of Chapel, Caldsyde, and 

 Linthill, and the lands of Graeldykes,etc.* The largest creditor appears to 

 have been Rochhead of Innerleith.f He held a bond for 44,333 merks, 

 over the towns, lands, and barony of Duns, viz. the £20 lands of old 

 extent called Duns Mains, Cheeklaw, Meikle Duns Law, Little Dans Law, 

 Kendsheill (Kidshiel) and Kendsheillbank, the 4 merk lands of new 

 extent called lie Knock and Kirkendsyde (Birkenside) lying to the south 

 side of the lands of Kendsheillwood, the lands called Patton, the £12 lands 

 of old extent called Coatlands, lying in the town and territory of Duns, 

 the land called Knoxeslands, the lauds called Nisbet's lands, with the 

 manor place of Duns, the lands called Duns within the county of March, 

 the land with pendicles and acres of the same lying within the town and 

 territory of Cheeklaw and Duns, extending to a husbandland or thereabout, 



a half of 2 husbandlands in Duns the lands and tenandry of 



Crumbstane, comprising the lands of Rulesmains, Sanisones Coalls (walls) 

 Crumbstane, with the mills of the same, the lands and ncres lying in and 

 near the town of Dunse, formerly belonging to George, Earl of Dunbar, 

 with the tithes. The description is somewhat involved and redundant, 

 but it seems to comprise nearly the whole estate as we now know it. 



Such a state of matters could have only one issue ; and it was reached 

 in 1698, when the " Hon. William Hay of Druramelzier, who was born 1649, 

 and died 1726, bought Duns and Crnmstane, from the creditors of Sir 

 James Cockburn for £228,034 14s. 3d. Scots, or £19,002 17s. lOi^d. ster- 

 ling."— G.H.D. 



The subsequent proprietors have been — 

 Alexander Hay, Esq., 1726-1789. His third son, 



Robert Hay, Esq., 1789-1807. Married Janet, daughter of James 

 Erskine of Cardross. He restored the Market Cross of Duns, on 

 the upper portion of which he had carved the crest of the Hays — a goat's 

 head, with the motto, " Spare Nought," and that of the Erskine's — "a 

 hand holding up a Boar's head on the point of a dagger," with the motto 

 " Fortitudine." The Cross was removed soon after the erection of the 

 Town Hall. It was a cylindrical pillar, about 12 feet in height, supporting 

 a square finial (on two sides of which were the crests already mentioned, 

 and on each of the other two, a sun dial), and rising from a cubical base 

 on a low stone platform ascended by two steps. Portions of it are still 

 extant in the hands of private owners. 

 William Hay, Esq., 1807-1876. 

 William James Hay, Esq., 1876. 



According to the Cess and Valuation Roll of the county of Berwick, 

 made up in 1817, the valuation of the estate was £5178 7s. 8-fijd. Scots. 

 In 1853 it was £5642 5s. lOd. Scots. 



* Ibid., No. 450, 19 May 1693. 



t Ibid., No. 474, 8 December 1698. 



