Volume 1 - Electric Scotland

JO]IX;^TO^K WARDIU) IN liOL'Ki: CASTLE, 1-330. XX.N.V
)ai.-.siou for thunisolves aiij all their Lloiomlauls. They tlieiLobligcJ UiemselvQ.s
hv a IViriaa.! bond not only to keep good rule in their respective bounds, but
also to enter any dependant accused of cvinic, whui required by the justiciary
(ir justice clerk, on tiftecu day :s' warning, under a penalty of £100 on each
landed gentleman, 100 nierks on each unlandi-d gentleman, and £-10 on each
yeornan, failing to keep the bond. These and other provisions of a similar
hind weie formally agreed to by tlie barons signing the bond, John John-
stone of Johnstone being one of tliose who thus promised to keep oidcr on
llie west marches.' Following upon this l>ond tlie king and council granted a
general remission to the inhabitants of the district affected, including Annan-
dalo." Loid jAfaxwell also, as Nvardeu, bound himself to rule the vrliole bounds
of LUimfries and Annandale in accordance with the conditions of the liond.
Trevious to thi.s. Lord Maxwell and John Johnstone had so far made u)>
their differences that tlie laitcr granted to the former a bund of jjnrnrent,
binding himself in the usual form to do service in return for a promise of
maintenance. Lord Maxwell, on the other hand, obliged liimself to assi.st
Johnstone and to uuiiniain him in his possessions, each of them taking the
other's part against all except the king.* Tliis bond tended nothing to the
Ici-eping good rule on the west marches, and in the follov.-ing year, 1530,
wlicn the king decided to govern tlie borders hiniself, he began by placing
in v.'ard all those who had been responsible. In ilay lo30 Johnstone was
ordered to remain iu Doune Castle during the king'.s pleasure. He was set
al lilicrty iu the following September, wlieu he entered into a bond or
protcstatiou of fidelity to the governnieut on receiving a remission for past
oli'eiices. At the same time lie gave iu to the lords of council a formal list
of those clans for A\]iom he became bound that they should ket-p good rule.
'J'hese were tlis Jolinslones, tin.-. Dinwiddies, the '' Lathamaiis " (Latimers)
ihij lairds of Knock, Thornilv-, I'reuelihuid, and Dunereich, witli tlieii respective
' A..t;i D^.iniuoauu Concilii, '-Mtli .Tiily 15Jtl. - lln'L
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l;uiid ilatcU mil l\-biuary loL'b-'.i. A-iiuuidalc Tccia-e Miuutt.s, 1S70, pp^ 30, 40.