Comments in refutation of pretensions advanced for the first time, and statements in a recent work "The Stirlings of Keir and their family papers"

WITH DRUMPELLIER'S EXPOSITION, &c. 85
bound himself, under clause of ■warrandice, to infeft John in the very lands Provisions
to the
premised of Kirhnychel and Blanerne, thus expressly implementing Janet ^a'™^ of
of Gadder's important object in reference to them in his favour, already initi- ^f?,'?'^
ated bj her, as M'e have seen, which identifies him as one of the bairns — and J^^J "^l^ne
eldest of course — of the exactly corresponding Robert, her undoubted nearest v'iz!' john^'
heir collaterally in 1 5 4 1 . Jld^'j" net,
And it is moreover proved, by the subsequent submission in 1553,^ that piTs°and
these, together with Lettyr, had been promised to Robert by Sir John Stir- the Dram-
T ■,- , , pellier an-
Img of Keir, the Gadder wardator, in the important indenture in 1527. i^estor,
which could
Hence Janet, by her condition in 1541, and relative after-step, was, in the only be as
•' -I ' ' nextCadder
main, as was most natural, fulfilling Sir John's transactions, obviously touching \^l^^^_^^ ™
a landed compensation for gentilitial claims, as formerly shown, or rights in cadder°s
Robert and his issue, who at the same time were thus, with certain acces- i^n'the^'iat"
sories, as will be afterwards seen, to be alimented and provided in Gadder ''''' y®"''""-
1 See pp.
heritages, in pursuance of her condition. ^s. 69.
The identity of the latter with Janet's heirs, independently of the other
conclusive evidence to the same effect, is so transparent and self-evident as
to require no comment.
Legal proceedings are proverbially tedious ; but at length, on March 2,
1553^ — a considerable interval no doubt — matters were fully settled by a a gee ibid.
" contractus " (as it is called) between " Striveling of Keir and Striveling of
Lettir," showing Lettyr (or the Drumpellier family, in fact), beside Keir, to
be here alone interested ; and it thereby was " finalie contractit betuix
honorabill partiis, James Striveling (of Keir), — and John Striveling, sone
and aire of umquhile Robert Strivehng," while summarily reciting the con-
tract, May 28, 1527, betwixt "ye said umquhile Robert Strivehng and
umquhile Johne Striveling of ye Keir, knylit-," that the said " James Strive-
ling of Keir " should infeft " ye said Johne Striveling — and his airis
main lauchfuUie gotten or to be gotten of his body, quhilkis failzeing, to
William Striveling, his bruder, and his airis maill lauchfulhe gotten or to
be gotten of his body," &c., in "ye five pund land of Bockquharrage" (Stir-
lingshire), " for ye landis of Blairerne and Kirkmichel, to be halden of ye
said James and his airis, that ane half in blanche, yat uyer half in warde,"
" for ye quhilkis ye said Johne Striveling, sone and aire aforesaid, sail resign,
&c., ye landis o{ Auld Keir xv pund land, &c., quhairin he is presentlie vestit
and seisit as air to his said umquhile father, in ye handis of ye said James