History of the Fife Pitcairns

158 THE FIFE PITCAIRNS.
wishes Lord Conway to insert words for some Barbary falcons.
Captain Penn brought him a cast for trial, promising more if his
Majesty liked them.
In 1630 there was a note of an arrear of rent due to the
King from land in the parish of Sedgeley, Co. Stafford,
belonging to a recusant convict, 1 and granted by the late
King to Sir Ferdinando Dudley, son and heir to Lord
Dudley. (This note was prepared as instructions for a
request to be made to the King for the grant of this
arrear.) It is indorsed Mr Pitcairn. Then in 1632 there
is a petition of Henry Gibb to the King. By favour of
his Majesty's father, petitioner made purchase of certain
lands in the bishopric of Durham, which for many years 2
he quietly enjoyed, till of late Sir Arthur Mainwaring
and Mr Pitcairn have sought to entitle his Majesty to a
parcel thereof, called "Jarrow Slick," and are about to
obtain a grant thereof for themselves. Prays that now, in
his latter days, he may peacefully enjoy the estate which he
obtained from the Royal bounty.
In 1633, at Westminster, on March 14, the King gave to
Sir Arthur Mainwaring and Andrew Pitcairn a grant of all
sums of money, part of the revenue arising from recusants
which remained unpaid, over, or not accounted for, in the
hands of any Commissioners, Sheriffs, or other persons.
The estate of Forthar carried with it the honourable dis-
tinction and the hereditary office of Master Falconers to the
King, with right of a sleeping chamber at the Palace.
David, eldest son of Henry Pitcairn of Forthar in 1634,
sold his right to this office to his brother Andrew, for
various obligations, and gave him a bond of an annual rent
of £840 out of Forthar — a very large sum in those days.
The following is the charter : —
Apud Edinburgam, 26 July, Rex cum consensu (13. 1) con-
firmavit cartam Davidis Pitcairne de eodem qua pro perimpletione
obligationis de data, apud Edinburgam, 10 June 1634 — Vendidit
M. Andree Pitcairne
uni cubiculi dormitori regis ac magistro falconario regis heredibus
1 Calendar of State Papers. 2 Ibid.