300 Notes on Ne^vton Don. By C. B. Balfour. 



The church of Nenthorn and the chapel of Little Newton, and 

 the teinds, are entered under " Kirkis and teindis set for silver," 

 — the former to Sir Andrew Ker — and Little Newton to 

 " Pharneherst " (Sir Thomas Ker of Ferniehirst), for forty 

 pounds Scots each. 



Two years later, by a Crown charter of 10th December 1569, 

 the church lands of Kelso Abbey, including Little Newton, 

 Nenthorn, Gordon, Greenlaw, Simprin, Hume, and others, were 

 granted to the Earl of Moray. *" 



The Regent was killed in 1570, the next year, and the Crown 

 seems to have resumed possession of the temporalities of Kelso 

 till 1607, when there is another Royal Grant to Robert, Lord 

 Roxburgh (created Earl of Roxburghe in 1616) of the whole 

 temporalities of Kelso, including "terras ecclesiasticas ecclesiede 

 Newtoun.*' 



In 1609, Richard Kene, son and heir of John Kene, W.S., is 

 served heir to his father in the church lands of Little Newton and 

 others, probably as a security for money lent over the lands : 

 for the lands themselves seem to have been assigned by Robert, 

 Earl of Roxburghe, to his son William, Lord Ker, who pre- 

 deceased him in 1618 : and on 17th April 1634, Lady Mary 

 Carnegie, Lady Isobel Duddope, sisters of William, Lord Ker; 

 and Lord James Drummond, eldest son of Jean, Lady Perth, 

 the third sister, are served heirs to their brother in the lands 

 enumerated in the charter of 1607." 



In 1644, however, Robert, Earl of Roxburghe, nominated under 

 special powers, as his heir. Sir William Drummond, fourth son 

 of Jean, Lady Perth ; on condition that he married Jean Ker, 

 daughter of Hary, Lord Ker, who had also predeceased his 

 father in 1 643." This condition was carried out; and accordingly 

 on the death of Robert, Earl of Roxburghe, Sir William 

 Drummond succeeded as second Earl of Roxburghe ; and in 1650 

 was served heir of Robert, Earl of Roxburghe in the tempor- 

 alities of Kelso : " and these continued in possession of the 

 Roxburghe family until the abolition of Heritable Jurisdictions 

 in 1747, when John first Duke of Roxburghe received £1,300 as 



*»Reg. Mag. Sigilli. 



*nieg. Mag. Sigilli. 



^2 Retours of Heirs, iv., 286. 



■" Douglas Peerage. 



^* Retours of Heirs, xxxii., 218. 



