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1628.] SARA MAXWELL, COUxNTESS OF WIGTOWN. 83
preloquutour, .ind the said Robert Jobnestouu of Eaecleugh compeiraud also personallic,
togidder with Mr. xVle.xandcr Pehlis and James Kiug, liis preloquutoiiris, a^kit iiistru-
meiitis thairvpoun. E.xtractiun do libio actonun per me, S. W. Scot.
Vltimo JMartii 1621. This day the pairleis compeiraud be thair i^rocuratouris,
the lovdis ordanis the tutour yit as of befor to compeir the first of Junii, and alse hi.s
brotlicr soue that same day, to consent and tlian be rcddie for thair mutuall claimcs ;
and tlie Laird of Johnestouu persouallic present dech\irit that in caice the lordis
decerne in this mater vpoun this submissioun amicablie, he sail not obtrude to the
tutour of Johnestouu the gift of his esehcit to exclude hiiu fni payment of what sail be
decernit.
29 June 1G21. This day the tutour of Johnestouu past fra this siibmis^iioun,
and declairit he wald not abydc thairat, and thairfoir the lordis grantis pruccs and
ordanis the jiairteis to sie the peiee.s.
IS Decembris 1G21. Thir same auditouris norti!nAt againc to meit quhcn the
lordis plcisis efter the C of Jauuar.
12 Julii 1C22. Laird Johnestouu present cum Cunyngham, nominat my lordis
Carnegie and Reidhouse. The tutour also present with James Oliphaut uominat my
lordis Innerteill and Curriliill to be auditouris to tliair comptis.
87. Testajiext of Dajie Saka Maxwell, Countess of WiCiTOWN. 22d April
1628.
AVe, Dajie Sara Maxwell, Cowutes of AVigtowne, calling to mynd the ccrtantie of
death temporall with the desolutione of our soullis and bodies, with the vncertautie of
the speciall tyme acd hourc thairofl", only knowin to the eternall God ; to the end we
may be the more rii die and better prepairit to await vpon the saidis dissolutionc, we
declair our letter will and dispones our warldlie cffaires as followis :
In the fii-st, we mak, coiLstitute and nominatis Dame Elizabeth Johustowue, Ladie
Eli.stowne, Mistris Sara and Mistris Jane Fleimyngis, our laufuU docbtcris, our only
executouris and vniversall iutromettouris with our gudis and geir, to be vpliftit be
thame [liir] for the releitfe of our debtis, and quhat farther is to thair [hir] vtilitio and
profl'eit to be equallie devydit amongest thame.^
Item, we live and appojiitis to the Lard of Johu.stowuc, our sone, as foUowis, to
• This paragraph 13 altered by partial deletions to make Lady Jane Fleming the only
executor.
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