Series 3 > Papers from the collection of Sir William Fraser

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SIR WILLIAM FRASER’S PAPERS
round lynning & hardin scheittis. Item, ane pair of grene
cannabie courtingis frengit with reid & yallow inset.
It., ane uther pair of cannabie courtingis frengit with
quhyt & reid worsett. Item, thrie pair of uther grene
courtingis with yr pendicles. It., fyve dussane of hardin
seruiettis. It., auchtene hardin towellis. It., aucht lyn¬
ning towellis. It., elevin hardin bordclaithis. Item,
fyve dussane & thrie dornik seruiettis. It., four doussane
& four seruiettis of lynning. It., aucht dornik bord¬
claithis. It., sevin lynning bordclaithis. It., ten lynning
w'atterclaithis sewit qrof tua of dornik. It., tua dresser
claithis. It., xxiiii codwairis sewit & unsewit. It., tua
bedsheittis. It., fyve pair of heid sheittis. It., mair tua
sewit towellis of lynning ane thairof with silke & ye uther
with quhyt wark.
Niniane Makmoran. Mungo Makcall vitnis.
Alexr. Makmathe witnes. Alexr. Annand witnes.
D. Andersone notar & witness to ye premiss.
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ANE TAK of the Ballierie of Terboltoun
9 Feb. 1600
Be it kend till all men be yir pnt letteris Us Loduik duke
of Lennox Erie darnelie Lord terboltoun Methven and
obbyny 1 greit Chalmerland of Scotland &c wt advyise of
or counsale undersubscrivearis Understanding yat ye
predicessors of or weilbeluifit cousing williame Cuninghame
of Caprintoun have bene vis lang tyme bygane baillies to
us and or predicessors of all and sundrie or lands and
1 His father, Esme Stuart, Seigneur d’Aubigny in France, returned to Scot¬
land in 1579, and next year was created Earl of Lennox. In 1581 he was
created Duke of Lennox, Earl of Darnley, Lord d’Aubigny, Tarbolton, and
Dalkeith. It is therefore noteworthy that his son has dropped the title of Dal¬
keith and assumed that of Methven, thus confirming a statement cited in the
Scots Peerage, vol. vi. p. 169, that the title of Methven being ‘decaied of want
of heires and comming to the Kings hands he hath disponit it to the Duke
[of Lennox].’