Collections towards a history of the county of Clackmannan

20
•*■
Mar, his father deceased, with consent of John
Erskine of Little Sauchie, had disponed to the
also now deceased Mr John Hay of Easter
Kennet, and Marion Drummond, his spouse,
and Mr Alexander Hay, one of the Clerks of
Session, their son, the teinds, parsonage, and
vicarage of the lands of Easter Kennet, and
others : and that the Lords of Council and
Session, by their decreet of adjudication, at the
instance of John, Lord Kilpont, against the
daughters of the said Mr Alex. Hay, dated 28th
July, 1638, adjudged the said lands to pertain
and belong to said John Lord Kilpont, who
thereupon assigned the same to Robert Bruce,
fiar of Clackmannan (see No. 111). Therefore,
and in implement of the said assignation,
uominates the said John Douglas, his procura-
tor, to resigne the said teinds in the hands of
our Sovereign Lord, as immediate lawful
superior of the same, in favour and for new in-
feftment thereof, to be granted to the said
Robert Bruce. Witnesses : Simon Brisbane
of Selbiland, and Peter Brown, servant of the
Earl; Mr David Hay, son of the deceased Mr
John Hay of Kennet ; and James Reid, his
servitor. Signed by the Earl at the Canongate,
Edinburgh, above date.
No. ] 14.— 13th June 1642— Precept from
Chancery for infefting Robert Bruce, fiar of
Clackmannan, in the lands of Easter Kennet,
with the Manor Place and others mentioned in
the foregoing Charter and following thereon.
No. 115.— 24th June, 1642— Baptized at
,fcg4 Clackmannan to Robert Bruce and Annae
Murray a son, William, lawful, in the presence
or Henry Bruce and Robert Couston. (Session
Records.)
No. 116. — July 1642 — Instrument of Seisin
in favour of Robert Bruce, fiar of Clackmannan,
in the lands of Easter Kennet and others men-
tioned in charter No. 113, and preceding in pre-
cept No. 114. Witnesses : James Christie and
James Smith in Easter Kennet ; Robert Scobie,
John Bruce, and John Westwater, servants to
the said Robert Bruce ; and William Beveridge
in Clackmannan.
No. 117.— 6th July, 1642— Disposition by
Robert Bruce, fiar of Clackmannan, to Robert
Bruce of Wester Kennet, of the lands of Easter
Kennet with the Manor Place— acre of land
called Grieve s acre with the coal in said lands
and teinds thereof, and of one acre of the lands
of Wester Kennet, reserving to himself the
other parts of the lands of Easter Kennet. To
be holden of the said Robert Bruce, fiar of
Clackmannan, for payment of penny money of
Scotland, in the name of Bleuch farm at the
feast of Penticost yearly, and other duties for
the teinds thereof. Witnesses : Mr David
Hay, writer, in Edinburgh ; James Reid and
Walter Smith, his servitors ; and Thomas
Edgar, servitor of Henry Osborne, writer to the
Signet.
No. 118.— 6th July. 1642— Precept of Clare
Constad by Robert Bruce of Clackmannan, to
Mr Robert Bruce, now of Wester Kennet, as
heir to Robert Bruce of Wester Kennet, his
father, in 10 riggs of Forlyuu, 10 riggs on the
north side of Kennet Hill, and 7 riggs on the
north side thereof, within the lands of Wester
Kennet. Witnesses as in the foregoing Dis-
position*
No. 119.— 6th July, 1642 _ Charter by
Robert Bruce, fiar of Clackmannan, to Robert
Bruce of Wester Kennet, of parts of the lands
of Easter Kennet, following on Disposition No.
1 17. Witnesses as in the said Disposition.
No. 120.— 14th July, 1642— Instrument of
Seisin in favour of Robert Bruce of Kennet, in.
the lands of Easter Kennet and others men-
tioned in Disposition No. 117, and proceding
on the Precept of Seisin contained in Charter
No. 119. Witnesses : Normand Blackadder
in Tulliallan ; John Colt in Clackmannan ;
James Anderson in Kennet, and others.
No. 121.— 14th July, 1642— Instrument of
Seisin in favour of Robert Bruce of Wester
Kennet, as heir to his father, in 10 riggs of
land in Forlyun and others, mentioned in pre-
cept of Clare Constate, No. 110. and proceeding JflJ
thereon. Witnesses as in foregoing instrument.
No. 122.— 12th March, 1644— Charter of Ap-
prising by Sir Robert Bruce of Clackmannan,
knight, to Robert Bruce of Kennet, of a tene-
ment of land and houses on the north side of
the street of Clackmannan, croft of land adja-
cent thereto, two acres of land, one of which
lies in the Parkfield, and the other in the
Nether Hall hill, tenement of land on the west
side of the Cross of Clackmannan, tenement of
land on the north side of the street of Clack-
mannan, tenement of land and houses and yards
lying as said lands of Parkfields, lying above
St Mary's Brig, five acres of land in Nether
Hall hill, four acres of land in the Neuch, and
the lands of Dykdroods or Gartstocks, all lying
in the Barony and county of Clackmannan, and
which lands pertained heritably to John Miller,
son and heir to John Miller, writer to the
Signet, and were apprised by the said Robert
Bruce of Kennet, in satisfaction for certain
sums of money. To be holden of the said Sir
Robert Bruce of Clackmannan for payment of
the feu and bleuch duties, used and wont.
Witnesses : Robert Younger, servant to the
said Robert Bruce, and others. Signed at
Clackmannan.
No. 123. — 29th Nov., 1644.— Baptized at •
Clackmannan, to Mr Robert Bruce of Kennet q
and rtnnn Murray, a son, named William, in Xj-'h&b
the presence of Sir Robert Bruce of Clackman-
pnslnUA^Ji
U*.
144.
N°nr