Notes on the surnames of Francus, Franceis, French, etc. in Scotland

NOTES ON THE SURNAMES. 33
of Ayr, which had been granted by charter to Roger
Blair.
King Robert Bruce (reign, 1306 to 1329) grants a
charter to William Franceis of the 20 1. land of
Sproustoun in Roxburghshire, which were in the
king's hands by forfeiture of William Rict, Henry
Drawer, Thomas Alkoats, John, Thomas, and William,
sons of Alan, Hugo Limpetlaw. And the same king
granted the barony of Sproustoun to his son, Robert
Bruce. After the decease of this natural son the
king granted the land of Sproustoun to William
Francis. This latter charter was in the sixteenth
year of his reign (1321-22).
1 32 1. Thursday next before the feast of Saint
Peter and Saint Paul. Inquest before the bailies
of Berwick for the right of the Abbey of New-
bottle to an annual rent of twenty shillings from
tenements in Berwick. Adam Frances is on the
inquest.
1329. Master Francisco had a donation from the
king, and his expenses paid from Berwick to Dun-
barton.
1335. Adam Frensh was among the Scotch
patriots who were pardoned by King Edward III.,
at Berwick, on the 10th of October, 1335.
1335-36. Among the Scotch men at arms was
Johannes Frances.
1335-36. In the account of this year of John de
Stryvelyn, Viscount of Edinburgh, a yearly rent came