BUTTERDEAN 361 



On 10th July 1600 John Ellem of Butterdean was served 

 heir to his grandfather, Peter Ellem, in the lands of Butter- 

 dean, West Borthwick, and Dunsceillis, two husbandlands 

 in the town and territory of Mordington, and a half 

 husbandland in Cockburnspath.^^ 



John Ellem married Mary Lauder, and he is described as 

 cousin of John Home of West Reston in a Charter which he 

 and his wife granted, on 13th July 1600, to Wm. Shearlaw 

 of Bogangreen, of certain lands in Coldingham called Tod- 

 hoilaw or Fishbelsyde and Angelsyde.^^ 



Janet Sinclair, relict of John Ellem of Butterdean, left a 

 settlement dated 10th December 1602.5* 



This lady, I imagine, was the mother of the John Ellem 

 of Butterdean, and there appears to be a blunder calling his 

 father James, in the after mentioned retour, instead of John 

 [or William], for on 2nd January 1602 we find a Crown 

 Charter of Confirmation confirming (1) the sale of West 

 Borthwick and Dunsceillis, with the fishings thereof, by 

 John Ellem of Butterdean and his spouse Mary Lauder, to 

 James Sinclair, brother to Robert Sinclair of Longformacus, 

 and Elizabeth Home his spouse, and (2) the woods of 

 Butterdean and 4 husbandlands there to Sinclair.^^ On 26th 

 November 1604 John Ellem of Butterdean is on an Assize.^* 



On 25th August 1605 John Ellem of Butterdean is served 

 heir to his grandfather, Patrick Ellem of Butterdean, in three 

 husbandlands in West Reston, two in Crossgait of Colding- 

 ham, Ladyhouse, and other tenements in Coldingham. 5' 



On 12th May 1606 John Buchanan, W.S., complains that 

 John Ellem of Butterdean is unrelaxed from a horning for 

 not paying a sum of £1000 of principal and £500 of 

 expenses,^^ and a similar complaint is again made on 27th 

 June 1607.'^ On 26th October 1606 George Ellem, sometime 



^'^ Berwickshire Retonrs, No. 19. 



•^3 Laing Charters, No. 1534. 



** Edinburgh Comr. Records, p. 367. 



55 Great Seal Reg., Vol. 7, p. 1, No. 2. 



46 Privy Connoil Records, Vol. 6, p. 864. 



^' Berwickshire Retours, No. 58. 



a^ Privy Council Records, Vol. 7, p. 404. 



" Do. Vol. 7, p. 413. 



