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his reward ; and he, being found to be a trooper in Sir William Forbes of
Craigivar, his troop, the Committee adjudged 2000 merks to be paid to him,
and the other 3000 to his Captain, Craigivar, all out of Kingcaussie, his
estate, which did not then exceed 1200 merks a year; so the mournful
widow and the fatherless children were obliged to live upon short commons
until that price of blood was paid."
He then shows how the assassin did not pass unpunished, " for the
next year at his father's house, in discharging of a musket, he shot away
that hand with which he committed the murder. And after the Restora-
tion, the then Laird of Kingcaussie, eldest son of him who was murdered
having obtained an order from the Council to apprehend him " [vide
Appendix E.] " went to Caithness, where the assassin then lurked (as he
thought in safety), took him prisoner, and carried him to Edinburgh, where
by the Council he was remitted to a Justice Court to be holden at Aberdeen
for that effect, and was by that Court condemned to be hanged at the Crab-
stone, a place as near as could be guessed to that where the murder was
committed ; and which sentence was accordingly executed."
APPENDIX G.
The arms of the following Scotch families of the name of Irvine are
given in " The British Herald " by Thomas Robson (1830) : —
Irvine of Artamford, Bieldside, Bonshaw, Castle Fortagh (Fortrie?),
Cairnfield, Drum, Fedderat, Inchray, Kingcaussie, Lairnie, Lenturk and
Murthill. In all of them the holly leaves appear. Bieldside and Murthill
each have a sheaf of arrows gules between 3 holly leaves vert.
Oddly enough he gives as Drum's crest a sheaf of arrows ppr.: the only
other family, of the name of Irvine, mentioned as having arrows for a crest
is that of Irving, Navy Pay Office and of Lanark, who bears " a sheaf of 3
arrows, points upwards." The arrows were the crest of the Artamford
branch, which succeeded to Drum. — See Text.
APPENDIX H.
The following notes, taken from the Spalding Club publications, are of
interest : —
A.D., 1388. — John Fraser, Lord of Forglen, was witness to an indenture
of selling the Park of Drum. — Vide Antiq. of Shires of Aberdeen and
Banff. I infer that the Irvines got Forglen through a marriage with a
daughter of Keith, Great Marischal, as Sir Wm. Keith, who married
Margaret Fraser, heiress of Cowie, Durris, &c, &c, died 1406. — Vide Antiq.
of Shires Aberdeen and Banff, Vol. III.
1440. — Alexander de Irwyne dominus de Drum elected Captain and
Governor of the burgh of Aberdeen. — Vide Extracts from Council Rec.
Burgh of Aberdeen.