Historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan

204 ACCOUKT OF THE
porter to desist, otherwise he would find cause to
repent his rudeness. His majesty finding this
method would not do, desired the porter to tell
his master, that the Good-man of Ballageich de-
sired to speak with the king of Kippen. The
porter telling Arnpryor so much, he in all humble
manner came and received the king, and having
entertained him with much sumptuousness and
jollity, became so agreeable to king James, that
he allowed him to take so much of any provi-
sion he found carrying that road, as he had occa-
sion for ; and seeing he made the first visit, de-
sired Arnpryor in a few days to return him a
second at Stirling, which he performed, and con-
tinued in very much favour with the king always
thereafter, being termed king of Kippen while he
lived.
Arnpryor had also the lands of Gartartan, by
which he was sometimes designed, particularly he
is so designed in a charter, in his favour, by John,
Commendator of Inchmahomo, of certain lands
called Hornhaugh. He obtained charter of the
lands of Brachern from John M'Nair, heritor
thereof, dated in the year 1530. There is a cer-
tain traditional account, that the lands of Bra-
chern, after Arnpryor obtained right thereto, were
violently possessed by one M'Tormad, captain of
a company of outlaws, who, with his associates, in
number twenty-four, coming to a tavern in Dry-
men parish, at a place called Chappellairoch ;
Arnpryor upon notice thereof, came in the night-
time to the tavern, accompanied with some few
horsemen, and finding these outlaws overcome