Genealogical account of the family of Edmonstone of Duntreath

THE FAMILY OF EDMONSTONE. 67
als frely as he held thame of before, without cost or expence or any impediment. Wrytten
under our privat sele, and subscryvit with our hand at Stirling, the 21st day of June, and
of our regne the thirtene yer (1472-3). Subscript litere. James. Super quibus omni-
bus et singulis prefatus Dominus Comes de Levynax et Dominus Dernlie petiit a me
notario publico infra scripto, unum seu plura publicum seu publica, instrumentum seu
instrumenta, Acta erant haec in civitate Glasguensis sub anno, mense, die indictione et
pontificatu. Et ego Alanus Gray, Presbyter Glasguensis, etc. (being the usual notarial
attestation).
Note 12, Page 8.
The merk or mark was 13 shillings and fourpence. This, however, calculated in
Scottish money, was only thirteen pence and one-third of a penny sterling.
Note 13, Page 9.
The following curious passage is from a periodical : — 'The parish of Braidisland, in
the county of Antrim, which contains 5000 acres, Irish plantation measure, was the first
Presbyterian parish of the plantation in the reign of James the First which had a Presby-
terian minister. Since that time, namely, for more than two centuiies, there have been but
four ministers. The first was the Rev. Edward Bryce, appointed in 161 1, and died in 1636.
The second, Mr. Cunningham, appointed 1645, died 1697. The third, Mr. Cobham,
appointed 1700, died 1759, and the fourth and present, is Mr Bankhead, appointed 1763,
who is now ninety-four years of age, in perfect health and spirits. There is but one in-
habitant of the parish that is not a Presbyterian.'— Dublin Penny Journal.
Note 14, Page 9.
The property, which was, as has been stated in the text, one of the forfeited estates of
the O'Neils, was let on a perpetual fee-farm lease by John Dalway of Bellahill, who had
obtained a grant of it from the Crown. It contained at the time of the purchase 2870
acres, and the yearly rent was fixed at ,£160, 9s. 4d. sterling. The mansion-house of Red-
hall was built in accordance with the terms by which all these estates were granted. On
all lands exceeding 2000 acres a house or castle, surrounded by a baun or walled enclosure,
was required to be erected within a limited time, and forty-eight able-bodied colonists
were to be settled. Vide Reid's Hist. Presbyterian Churches in Ireland, vol. i., page 81.
Also Dr. Hodgkinson MSS. Memoir.
Note 15, Page 10.
For this interesting letter I am indebted to Mr. Riddell, who copied it from the Errol
Charters at Slains Castle. The whole history of this marriage of William Livingston
with Lady Dundee is a curious one. Though the way by which Lord Dundee came by
his death-wound is now ascertained, for a time there were several contradictory reports
afloat. In the notes to Chambers's interesting history of the Rebellion in Scotland