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32 * CRIMINAL TRIALS. A.D. 1502.
JEDWORTHE.
and eighty flieep from William Cleghorne : Item, of eight fcore and fix ' hoggs"
from Geoi-ge Tayt and his Tenants, furth of Pyrne and Sithop ; Item, xvij
* gayt'^ from John Cleghorne : And other goods to the value of xl f. — James Ker
of Lintoune became fiu-ety to fatisfy parties.
^lauflljttr— lUsrttiiifl: * l^oft X\yt Stncr/ anU 'BanlJ Xiyt man/ kt.
William Ker in Quhitmere, James Ehvande' there, and Alexander Gray
in Grenehede, produced a Remiffion for azt and part of the cruel Slaughter of
John Furde, in the town of Selkirk. Ralph Ker of Prymfydloche became furety to
fatisfy the parties. — Patrik Gray, with Ker and Elwalde, produced a Refpite
for Refetting the fons of William Elwalde, ' Hob'* Jje ICing,' and ' Dand' J)e man,'
in their treafonable deeds ; and fpecially, in the Theft of nine fcore of flieep furth
of Tweddale and Laudirdale. — James Ker of Lintoune furety to fatisfy parties.
ConrralJitfr * ^aist ^^riintis.'
Robert Lofth.ous'' in Lyndene, Coxuicted of concealing certain
' paife penneis'" to the value of x merks, on his ownConfeflion. — Banished furth
of Scotland. To remove within xl days, under pain of ' tinfal" of his life.
(i^pprfsswn — ^toutfjitif — (Ctinboratioii, $^t,
Nov. 10, {dies Jovis.) — Adam Douglas, and Robert, Henry, Symone,
and George D. in Swynfyde, his brothers, permitted to compoimd for art and
part of the Oppreflion done to William Colvile of Ravinnifcrag, Robert Boyd,
and John Kennedy, in taking and detaining them upon Levin," and dellroying
iij horfes belonging to the faid perfons, at the fame time : Item, for art and part
of the Stouthreif of a fword, a fliield, a ijurfe,'" and xl. therein, fi-om the faid
William Colvile at the fame time : Item, for Convocation of the lieges, and
coming upon Sir William Colville of Uchiltre, in Hordane,'' wifliing to flay him
on forethought felony. — Raljih Ker of Prymfidloche, furety to fatisfy the parties.
^ppiTSiSion tionr to tiyt ilairtr of ©dyiUxtt,
Robert and Henry Douglas, brothers, permitted to compound for
' Sheep of one year old. ^ Goats. ' Elwalde. * A familiar Border abbreviation for
Robert, not Halbert. * Andrew. ^ iiow Loftus. "^ See Note to Nov. 21, 1493. ^^ Loss.
^ A district of Lancashire, then infamous for its ' Trailouris and ' Ijjmmaris,' who made numerous
raids and forays every year on tlie least protected parts of the Scottish Borders. To do justice to the
Borderers of the Scottish side, they were to the full as active as their Southern neighbours, and fre-
quently penetrated as far as the heart of Yorksliire, and the adjacent counties. '" ' Unius Man-
cipij,' which generally denotes a deed of conveyance, or title-deed. In the present instance, it may
be figuratively put for some sort of purse or scrip. It is more probable, however, that the word has
been en-oneously transcribed from the Dittay by the clerk, in place of marfupij, (or marcupij, as it
was sometimes written,) a purse. " Harden.