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in Scraisburgh, the latter purchased from Andrew
Ainslie of Blackhill, and his wife Cecilia, daugh-
ter of Sir J. Scott of Ancrum. He was the last
of his family buried in the Bell-House, Jedburgh,
where his son erected a monument to his memory,
with the coat of arms given above. He had not
then adopted either the Fess borne by the first
Barons of Hundolee, from whom Nisbet gives their
descent, nor the coat used by the three last owners
of that estate — argent, an orle gules, voided or.
This strengthens to some extent the derivation given
of the Fernilee family in the old MS. account of the
Ruthirfurds, from Richard, son of Robert, third
brother of Richard of Edgerston, who settled the
feud with Traquair instead of Richard, son of John
of Hundalee. The reason of the ancestors of Robert
Rutherford of Fernielee not beinof buried in the
choir of Jedburgh, but in the Bell-House-brae, was
said to have been that when the English made a
raid upon Jedburgh, they carried off the largest bell
belonging to the Cathedral, which hung in the
tower on the slope above the Abbey. This Richard
pursued them with a handful of brave followers, and
made a desperate effort to recover it, but was over-
powered by the superior force, and fell mortally
wounded, making a dying request that he might be
buried in the Bell-House, which was done accord-
ingly. The bell was carried off to Hexham, and
hung in the belfry there.
One of Robert Rutherford's daughters was Alison,
celebrated for her great beauty and talents. She
was authoress of " The Flowers of the Forest," &c.
Sir Walter Scott, speaking of her, says, " At an
advanced age, beyond the usual bounds of humanity,