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iv SIR GlLnKKT JOIIXSTOXK, KNIGHT, c. 1I9J-C. 1240.
The cn.vliost menliuu of tliis Gilbert occurs in a resigualion by Diuicgal,
fion of l\lan.l, wIjo Uk ryby f|uitclaiincd to AVilliani Truce and liis lieivs, in
full cuitrl, a carucate of laud in \Vcremiii)dcbi (V/armariby) ami half a
carucato in Ananl (Annan), with a toft, for the i\se of Gilbert, son of John.
The wilncsscs are Adam of Seton, Tiobcrt of Ilodalmia, JTiunphrcy del
Gaidiiic, .'\dani, son of Adam, iJicliard of Penresax, Williatu de Here'/;,
J'auiclc r.rown, Udard de Ilodalmia, Hugh de Coria, Jlalcoba Loccard,
and oLliors. The resiniialion was made in full couit of tlie barony, and in
presence of the witnesses. Tiie date is not given, but, from the witnesses'
names, it appears to liave been made Ijetwecn the years 119J and ISlb^
As ' G. de Jouistiine,'' lie witnessed a charter by "Willianr Erucc,
grandson of the first llobert Ibuce of Aunandale, to Ivo of Kirkepatric of
the land in the fee of rcnresa.v, which was called Thorbrec and "Willambi,
and the toun of Blacwde. liichard de Eosco, Eobert of Crossebi, AVilliam
of Ifeneuile, Ahru of Dunwidi, and otliers, are also witnesses. This is the
earliest charter which contains the surname of Johnstone. It is undated,
but it must have Ijcen granted previous to the year 12M, about wliich
time AVilliam I'ruee died.
Nor was Gilbert de Joncstun a loss important personage when the
next linbcrt Eruee, wlio was great-grandson of the first Eobert Evucc,
lord of Aunandale, held that lord.ship in succession to his father, "William
i^ruce. A\'c find Gilbert Johnstone, or Gilbert, son of Jolm, as be is
still called, acting as a security in a transaction between the two great
houses of Erucc and lOunbar. A\'illia!a Eruce, lord of Aunandale, died
in or about 12M; and his widow, Ghristiana, married, as her sccoad lin.dKDid,
I'atrick, first of that name, Earl of Dunbar. In consequence of that juar-
riage, slie and Earl Eatiick, in the year 1218, entered into an arrangement
with her son, Eobert Erucc, now lord of Aunandale, as to her dov.er lands
in Ilertness, Uurliam. She leased these lauds to her son for a term of
' P. 3 of this vi.l. Bain's Caleml.ar of State riipeis, vol. i. p. 107.