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relict of vmquliile Gorge Murray of Brochtoun,1 thir
claussis ar conteynit.
And siclyk the said Erll oblissis him to freth and releiff the
saidis landis of thir annuelrentis following, viz.:—Of ane
annuelrent of jc merks to James Twedie out of the landis of
Brochtoun, Skoch, Outtoun Chapell, Outtoun Gallows,2 and
Sl Jons lands;3 one vther annuelrent of
widsett out of the said lands to Lennox of Callie;
Item, ane annuelrent of lcxxx merks wedsett out of the saids
landis to Thomas Melroy ; Item, ane annuelrent of
hundreth merks wedsett out of the lands of Kirkcastell to
Maxuell, spous to Harbert Maxuell of Kirkconnell, and
to caus hir, with consent of hir spous, renunce the samyn.
Attour the said Katherine Vauss ourgifis to the said Erll all
debtis auchtand to hir vmquhile husband, and the said Erll
oblischis him to mak compt, reckoning, and payment to the
said Katherin or hir sone of all somes of money quhilk salbe
intromettit with be the said Erll above the soume of aucht
thousand fyve hundreth merks, quhilk is the iust soume restand
be the said vmquhile George Murray to the said Erll.
And siklyk the said Erll dispones to the said Katherine
xx oxin and hail seid corne being vpon the saids landis. And
it is affirmit in the minut that thir xx oxin pertenit to Jon
Murray, hir sone.
[Indorsed :] Nott J'urth of the Minut 1616 betuix the Erll
of Annandaill and Katherine Vauss, relict of George
Murray of Brochtoun.
To the rycht nobill Erll, my Lord, the Erll of Annandaill.
1 The son of David Murray. He was in possession of Broughton in 1605 ;
was in favour with James VI., and became one of the gentlemen of the bed¬
chamber, having also bestowed on him lands in Ireland, and superiorities in
Scotland.—M'Kerlie’s History, vol. i. p. 476.
2 These are still the names of farms in the parish of Whithorn, forming part
of the estate of Broughton.—Ibid.
3 By a charter dated 1602, all the St. John lands in Wigtownshire were
granted to George Murray of Broughton.—Ibid.

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