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Hugonem de Douglas, Comitem de Ormond
Alexandrum Hume, Militem
Jacobum Doniinuni Hamyltou, Militem
Willielmum Meldrum, Militem
Willielmum Laudi-e de Halton
Thomam de Cranstoue
Andriam Ker de Aldtoneburn
Jacobum de Douglas de Ralston, Militem
Alanum de Kerthkert
David Hume, Militem
Johannem Rosse, Militem
Georgium de Hoppringill
Alexandrum de Hoppringill
Willielmum Baize
Georgium de Halyburton
Marcum de Halyburton
Alanum de Lawdre
Carolum de Murrase
Thomam Boll
Thomam Grahame
Jacobum de Dunbar
Robertum Heris
Willielmum Grerson
Johannem Menzies
Jacobum de Douglas
Johannem Haliburton
Magistrum Adam de Archinlok
Magistrum Johannem Clere
Thomam Ker
et Jacobum Ker.
In Regnum Regis Angliae, ac Villam et Marchias Calesii, ac alia Loca et
Dominia Regi Subjecta, cum sexaginta et septem persones in comitiva sua,
Nobilibus et aliis (cujuscumque nationis seu status fuerint), Armatis vel non
Armatis, et totidem equis, vel aliis Animalibus, seu infra, necnon Auro, et
Argento Monetatis vel non Monetatis, Jocalibus, Vasis, Sarcinis, Fardellis,
Bogeis, Literis Clausis et Patentibus, Instructionibus, Memorialibus, Libris,
Bonis, et Rebus suis utensilibus, licitis quibuscumque, sibi necessariis, tarn per
Terrain quam per Mare, &c, prout in cseteris de conductu Literis. — Dat.
Duodecimo Die Maii, 1451, Hen. 6.
And so Kirkconnel, true to his chief, was on the losing side at Arkinholme
and Burnswark, where others of the former vassals of the Black Douglas fought
against him under the banner of Angus; Maxwells, Johnstones, Scotts, and many
more. It was a turn of the tide which, taken at the flood, led them to fortune,
to the Dukedoms, Marquisates, and Earldoms of later days, — with historians to