Volume 1 - Electric Scotland

Iviii JOT[.\ JOHXSTOX-i:, Fii;.ST WaI'.OKX, 1524-l;"iC7.
was issucil on 7tli Sopkiiibev l.r>50. TIil- llisl chm^e deccnKil tliat- I.orJ
]\rax\Vfll wuh to havy possession of tlie lands of Castlennlk, wiUi the tower
aiid placo thereof, paying to Johnstone as superior and as having a gift of
the wnid and marriage of Use laird of Casl.leniilk, the sum of ior(;y-ioiir merks
yearly, until Joluistone conld prove tliat Lord I\[ax'.vell or Ids father had
ren; nuced the lease referred to in favour of the laird of Castlemilk.
Aniong other subjects dealt with in the award vrcre (he teinds of Loch-
mahen, from which, as belonging to Lord j\la\\VLdl, he was ordained to pay so
much yeaily to Piubert Johnstone, son of tlie chief, who had obtained right
to the benefice and parsonage of Lochniaben. Lord Maxwell was also adjudged
to pay to Johnstone what was due of the escheated goods of Thomas Kirk-
caldy, last parson of Lochmaben, in terms of a gift from the crown. It was
also decerned that. Johnstone should enjoy the bailiery he formerly held over
the lauds belonging to Lord Ilerries within Annandalc. Tiie arbiters conclude
^vith a direction to both parlies to abide in friendsliip with each other.-
The latest gift from the oowii ajipears to be a grant b}- Queen \rary and
Darnley on IGlli August 15G,), of their thiid of the Abbey of Soulseat and
tlie parsonage of Lochmaben-. Johnstone vras to iiplift for his own use the
third of the crops for the years 15G-f-15C8, and further at the ro}al pleasure.-
CllArTKi; FIFTH.
IXatli of John .Johnstcne of that ilk—His v.-ill and testament—His personal estate—Eli/a-
lictli Jauline, liis .irst ^vifo— Xicola Doui,]as, liis second ^^ife—His cliiklren— John, his-
succe^fsor— llobert of l!aechiu-li anci other sons—His daughter.;.
John Johnstone of Johnstone died on 8lli Kovenuber 1-jGT, as appears
from his confirmed testament, lie made his will fit JJumfiics, 20Lh Decem-
ber ]oG2. lie is designated '''ane ryct honoiabill man, Jiione Jhonestoun of
' The particulars of this award are taken " Gift, IGth August lofio, signed by both
trora a much worn copy in the Anuandale king and