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Hillside, on 16th April 1434.^* George de EUem, Lord 

 of Butterdean, is on the Jury at the retour of Thomas of 

 Lumsdene in the lands of Wester Lumsdene, on 3rd December 

 1444 ;'^ and again, when Thomas of Lumsdene is retoured to 

 certain lands in the town and territory of Coldingham.^'' He 

 is also found on the retour of Robert de Aldencraw, as son 

 and heir of Alexander de Aldencraw, in a toft of land in 

 Coldingham, on 7th May 1453.'^ 



On 8th February 1457 John EUem is served heir to his 

 father, George EUem, in certain lands in Coldingham and 

 West Reston/^ and in 1457 John EUem gets Sasine in his 

 favour of the lands of Butterdean. ^^ In the Exchequer Rolls 

 the Castle Ward duties appear to have been paid for the 

 lands from 1437 to 1460, but it is recorded in 1463 that John 

 EUem failed to pay his Castle Ward duties for Butterdean.^" 

 When on 2nd August 1465 John, Prior of Coldingham, 

 confirmed by Charter Alexander Home of that ilk in the 

 office of Bailie of the whole kirk, the name of John EUem 

 appears as a witness to the Notary's docquet.^^ He is on 

 the Jury at the retour of Mai'iota Synclar, as one of the heirs 

 of John Synclar, her grandfather, in half of the lands of 

 Kymbyrgiame (Kimmirghame), on 7th April 1467.^^ He is 

 a witness to a Sasine in favour of David Home, as son and 

 heir of George Home of Wedderburn,-^ on 9th November 

 1474. 



He is again a witness to a Charter, dated 4th January 

 1477, by Alexander, Duke of Albany, to Alexander Home, 

 apparent heir of Alexander, Lord Home, of the lands of 

 Lethem;^* and to another, dated 23rd March 1477-8, con- 



^* Appendix to Raine's North Durham, Coldingham Charters, No. 327. 

 15 Do. do. No. 633. 



i« Do. do. No. 634. 



" Do. do. No. 635. 



•8 Do. do. No. 637. 



18 Index Lib. Respond. Exchequer Rolls, Vol. 9, p. 666. 

 2" Exchequer Rolls, Vol. 6, p. 180. 

 2> Earl of Home's MSS., His. MSS. Cemmission, No. 296, p. 176. 



22 Wedderburn MSS., No. 586, p. 258; and Marchmont MSS., No. 6, p. 65. 



23 Wedderburn MSS., No. 12, p. 23. 



2^ Earl of llome's MSS., No. 285, p. 155. 



