Genealogie of the Hayes of Tweeddale

HAYES OF TWEEDDALE. 39
lands that had come in that way, in consideration wherof, Charles Hay,
present Lord Yester, made the following verses : —
Aulam alii jactent, felix Domus Yestria nube,
Nam quae sors aliis, dat, Venus alma tibi.
The present Marques of Tweddale bears in his scutcheon, quarterly,
first and fourth, Azur, three Cinquefeuilles or Fraziers, for the name
of Frazier, second and third gules, three Barres Hermine for the name
of Gifford, above all, in a shield of Pretence, his paternal coat, which is,
argent, three escutcheons, gules for his crest, ane goafs head erased, ar-
gent, armed, Or, for supporters, two Bucks proper, collaced and armed
with seven Tynes, and for motto, these words, — Spare when thou has
nought.
Linplum is a Cadet of this familie. The first Laird therof was Sir
Edmond Hay, Tala, a second brother of the house of Yester. He mar-
ried Annabella, sister to Thomas Boyd, Earle of Arran, his sone married
a daughter of the Lord Sommervels, and begot William, who married
a daughter of the Laird of Hermeston, by whom he had John, who
married a daughter of Cockburn of Henderland, chief of that surname ;
others say, Jean Hepburn, daughter to Patrick Earle of Bothwell, and
sister to the Duke of Orkney. He was named John Hay of Tala : his
sone was William Hay of Linplum, who married Jean Spotswood,
daughter to the Laird of Spotswood in the Merss, who bore William
Hay of Bara, Linplum or Windon, who married Margaret Hay,
daughter to the Laird of Monton, whose father was Hay, Laird of
Monton, eldest sone of a second marriage to Crookback Lord Yester.
His mother was Beaton, daughter to the Laird of Balfour, and sister to
the Cardinal. This William Hay was a second brother of Tala.
His elder brother had a sone called Andrew, who had only left to
him the lands of Duncanlaw. This William begot Sir John Hay