Agnews of Lochnaw

112 THE THIRD HEREDITARY SHERIFF. [ 1.494
Uchtred M'Dowall of Dalreagle ; Uchtred M'Dowall of Min-
dork ; and Fergus M'Dowall, son of the said Uchtred M'Dowall
of Dalreagle, shall restore and deliver to Quintene Agnew, and
Marion Wauss, his spouse —
"Twenty-four kye, with their calffs, price of the piece
two merks.
" Two hundred and twenty sheep, price of the piece four
shillings.
" Eight oxen, price of the piece thirty shillings.
" Three horses —
which goods were spulzied and taken by the said persons out
of the lands of the said Quintene and his spouse ; that is to say,
out of the lands of Lochnaw, Marslaugh, Clendrie, the Aird,
Culhorne, Glenhapple, Carnarzan, Dunraggit, and the Boreland
of Soulseat, as was sufficiently proved before the Lords.
" The quhilk goods were alledged to have been taken by the
said Simon and his complices, by virtue of our Sovereign Lord's
letters ; the whilk letters being seen and understood by the
Lords, were declared to be unorderly execut.
" Further, the Lords ordain that letters be written to distress
the said persons, their lands and goods, for forty pounds (over
and above the value of the goods spuilziet), for the said Quintene's
costs, damages, and scaith sustained by him and his spouse,
through the wanting of the said goods : as also for forty shillings
for the expenses of the witnesses who deponed in his matter." 1
Thus the culprits suffered severely in pocket for their frolic.
At the same date, we have an instance of a widow suing as
a " Tercer ;" that is to say, claiming a right to a third part of her
late husband's income as her dower."
" 1 Dec. 1494 — Dame Euphemia Graham (mother-in-law of
the Sheriff), the spouse of Umquhile Sir "William Stewart of
Dalswinton (and Garleis), took up the summons raised by her
upon Alexander Stewart of Garleis, knyght, for the uptake of
the farmes and profits of the third part of the baronies of Garleis,
Glassertoun, and certain others."
1 Acta Auditorum.