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I'lllI.DP.KN Oy JAMKS J'uIINSTOXK AND MAllV MAXWr.LT., x.wi
annexed to t.he ailjoiniiig i).''vi-h of Huttoii, iviul both ai'o sitiiutod i)i U|v>
stewartry of Annaiulale. and count}- of Diinifrios. Adam Joluisfoiie of
Corric died in 1514, loaviiif; a son, James, whose grandson, Gcor^^e
Johnstone, resigned, in 162*3, his rights in.Corrie to Sir James Johustoni;
of Johnstone, and received in cxcliange the lands of Giithhead. Tlie
male line of the Johnstones of Corrie and Girthhead ended about the
year 1750, and thej' were then represented by four co hcires.scs.
3. William Johnstone, who, in a crown charter, is designated brolher-gernian
of John and Adani.^ He is also referred to in a contract of date iuli
July 1558,- but nothing furtlier is known of hiin.
In the competition for the Annandale peerage Mr. Edward Ji.lni-
stone of Fnllford Hall claimed, without careful investigation, to pii'Vc
that this "William was his ancestor; but his claim was hidd by the Hun.-,c
of Lords not to have been made out. Indeed, the Lord Clianccllor held
that the William Johnstone of Gratney from whom Mr. Edv/ard John-
stone claimed descent was not a Johnstone of Aunandalo at all.
4. John Johnstone. lie is designated as brother-german of his ehler brothers,
John, Adam, and "\'\'i!liam, in a crown charter of ID 42-3, but except a
reference to him in the Treasurer's Accounts of December 1 5 1 3, when In-
received money to buy a horse, nothing further is known of him.
5. Simon Johnstone, vv-ho is also referred to in the charter of 1542-3, but re-
garding whom notliing further Jias been ascertained.
C. James, not named in the charter of 154:i-3, but is refevicd to in 1501 ;v5
a brother of John Johnstone of Johnstone. He held the lands of
Wamphray, Pocornell, and others. By his wife, Margaret M'Lellan, he
liad is.siie, but his male line ended in 1G56 with the death of John
Johnstone of Wamphray, who left an only daughter, Janet Johnstone."
Besides these, the abbot of Soul-seal was a son of Jaihcs Johnstone. K not
identical with John, tlie son above-named, he must have b' en a natuial son.
Lord Wharton in 1548 refers to him as James Johnstone; while in a family
cuntract of 1558 he is styled John Johnstone. Lord Wharton may have made a
iiiistake, or James, abbot of Soul.=eat, may have died before 15 58.''
> IJfgiatnim Magui SigiUi, vol. iii. Xo. • 7fciV/. 1S7G, I'p. SO, 701-705. This )..ira
;;S74, 2il Mnrch 15i2-3. had two natural sous, David aud Jolm,
- Auiiaiidulu Peerage Miuutes of Kvidcuce, in favour of whom was passed a ebarU-r of
ISTG, j.p. SS, S9. leyitiiaatiou under the great seal, dated -Otii
' Ibkl. ISSl, pp. 10S3, 1141-1152. Ap.il 1543. [Hid. ISSO, p. 823.]