The Manuscripts of J. J. Hope Johnstone, Esq. Of Annandale, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Manuscripts of J. J. Hope Johnstone, Esq. Of Annandale, Vol. 9 At the Restoration of King Charles the Second, James Johnstone, the second Earl of Hartfell, in1661-2, obtained three new historical peerages of Earl of Annandale, Viscount Annand, and Lord Lochmaben, added to his already existing four peerages of Earl of Hartfell, Lord Johnstone of Lochwood, Moffatdale, and Evandale. His son, the second Earl of Annandale, inherited all these peerages, and was advanced by King William to the high rank of Marquis of Annandale. The Marquis held many public offices, and his official correspondence furnishes a large portion of the Annandale Collections. The first part of the present Report, Nos.1 to 101, deals with some of the family charters properly so called, but much more with a series of miscellaneous writs in the form of manrents, contracts, assurances of bodily safety, personal obligations, and others. These are selected from a number of similar writs as the best examples of their class, and, though they record no incidents of great moment, they are valuable as exhibiting the inner history of Border life under the Wardens of the Marches. Taking a portion of the writs seriatim, No.1 records a Gift by Archibald, fourth Earl of Douglas, in 1408, of the lands of Drumgrey, near Moffat, in Dumfriesshire, to William Johnstone. The royal charter, No.2, by King James the Second, relates to the ancient family of Corbet of Hardgray in 1449. The charter is not enrolled in the existing Register of the Great Seal. The next royal charter, No.3, by the same sovereign, in 1455 records the gift of the office of Steward of Annandale to John Maxwell, son of Robert Lord Maxwell, whose ancestors had held the office from 1410 under the Earls of Dougias. This royal charter is also not enrolled in the existing Register of the Great Seal. The Notarial Instrument No.4 gives the boundaries of lands within the territory of Lochmaben, then belonging to Thomas Corbet. These boundaries contain names of castles, lochs, and references which will be of much interest to local antiquarians. An early Retour of Inquest in 1457, held by the sheriff of Edinburgh and a jury, affords the names of several of the Johnstones of Dumfriesshire. No.6 contains an official narrative as to the evidence of a marriage between Walter Turnbull of Gargunnock and his wife Margaret Norvell, one of the heiresses of that estate, which forms an interesting pendant to some papers reported on among the muniments of Lord Elphinstone, in which the same parties are referred to. Cf. Ninth Report, App. II., pp. 183, cNos. 7 to 14 are, perhaps, of more interest to the genealogist or antiquary than to the historian, but in No.15 we have one of that class of personal documents which constitute so large a part of this report. In it John Johnstone, then Laird of Johnstone, and Robert Graham of Thornick, bind themselves mutually to maintain and uphold each other in all actions an agreement which was confirmed by a contract of marriage between the parties No.17 for the union of their children Cf. also No.27. In 1535, as indicated in No.23, the Laird of Johnstone was warded by command of King James the Fifth, apparently because of friction between him and Lord Maxwell, or for sympathy with the Armstrongs. The Ordinance, c, set forth in No.20 contains regulations for the peace and good rule of the Borders, dealing, however, only with offences committed within Scotland. There is, at this stage, no reference to any crimes committed by the Borderers on English ground. Legislation on that point was to come later. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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