Memorials of four old families

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spouse, 4 oxen worth .£30, 2 horses worth £80, 6 kye worth £\6 each, 6
mares worth £20 each, with followers worth 80 merles."
In the next case John Campbell of A rdengibbon and his three sons
were denounced at a meeting of the Council held at Holyrood House on
19th December, 1594, for not appearing to answer complaint of Johnne
Lennox of Blarnashogill and his tutor, James Lennox, that they had
" unbesett the said tutor near Falkirk, and pursued him for his slaughter,
having fired three or four shottis at him with pistols, one of which had
wounded him ; having also attacked the complainant and his tutor while
he was holding Court on his lands ; and further for coming, accompanied
by M'Condoquhy, Inneraw's son and three score broken men, to the com-
plainer's house, broken into the same, carried off goods and plenishing, and
chased his tenants. The accused not appearing denounced."
The next complaint is one against the Earl of Argyll respecting Inner-
aw himself, and refers to a raid that took place in 1594: it is referred to
several times in the Register of the Privy Council. At a meeting held in
Edinburgh, 22nd July, 1602, in the matter of the complaint of John Fraser
against the Earl of Argyle, "the 5th day of August was assigned to John
Fraser in Lochenis, tenant of John, Earl of Mar, for proving that M'Condo-
chy of Inneraw is Archibald, Earl of Argyle's, man."
At a meeting held at Falkland on 12th August ensuing, the 9th Sept.
was fixed for John Fraser in Lochanis proving the quantity and prices of
goods reft from him in October 1594 by M'Condochy of Inneraw, who is
proven to be the Earl of Argyle's man.
The same matter is referred to at a meeting that was held at Perth
nth July, 1606, when James Campbell of Laweris "became cautioner for
Archibald, Earl of Argyle, to pay John Fraser in Lochanis ^20 each as
price of 14 horses and mares, and 20 merks as price of each of 60 kye
stolen from the said John by the late M'Condochy of Inneraw, alleged to
be the Earl's man, if it is found that he ought to do so."
At last we find the matter submitted to arbitration. At a meeting of
the Council held in Edinburgh on 28th May, 1607, in the case of " Spulzie
by the late M'Condochy of Inneraw," the Earl of Argyll alleges that he
was not his man, tenant, or servant : that the said reif had been committed
in the "time of the troublis between the Marquis of Huntlie and the Earl
of Murray," in which " M'Condochy was a speciall assistair " to the Earl of
Murray, and that under a decree arbitral pronounced by His Majesty
between the parties at feud " it was ordainit that all herships committit
during the feud should be remittit and dischairgit. Both parties appearing,
the matter remitted of consent to the Earl of Mar."