Volume 1 - Electric Scotland

SEcniiTv FOR Mf:MBi.rcs oi;" iJis clan, 1569. Ixvii
In Ai'.gii.-t lOCO he received fioiu variuiis porsons of tlie u.aue of l>;itie
or P.cattie an obligation to suivcuder thenj.sclve-s to waid in the stone house
of the I.ochwood on forty-eight hours' warnin;:, there to remain until tliey
could he entered with tlie government a.-- pledges.'^ A few niontbi huer
tliey are named among other sureties consigned for safe keeping to the
castle of St. Andrews.- This was after the proceedings of the courts held
(>n- tv.-o diiys, first at Castleniilk, and aftervrauU at DiinifricB, by the Regent
^[l^ray in per.son. Johnstone was in attendmce, and is constantly re-
ferred to as security that various members of his c]:ui should not escape
from justice. Thus at the camp by the water of ^lilk on 'Jotli October,
lie became security for John Johnstone of llowgill, who v.as a pledge
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fur all that ar cum of the anld gang of AV'amfray." Otiicrs for whom
he uudertoolc responsibility were John Johristone in Tundergarth, David
Johnstone of Staywood, John Johnstone of the Qnais, Gilbert Johnstone of
Fairholme, James Johnstone, called James with the T'oaid, for "the ha:il
gang of the lianhis," the laird of Corrie, ami ,ToLn Juhu .lone " the chepmau's "
eldest son. He further promised to bring some of " the priucipaliis of the
gang of Willeis of ^Yarnfra" to l)anif]ies to meet the regent there.^ Thus
" the lads of AYamphray " were even then a turbulent race.
Tor most of the above persons, and ethers of less importance, Johnstone
became liable in sums of money, two thousand merks being a frequent
penalty. In one case, however, the responsibilty was more serious. He
obliged himself lo make the laird of Corrie (James Johnstoiie, a cousin of his
own) become security to the ivgcnt for certain Irvings who lived on his
lamls. • But if the regent was not content with the satisfaction oflered, in
that case' Johnstone was to " burnc thame, and put thame and hald thame
fnith of the cuntre, under the pane of t\va thousand merks." Tlierc is,
however, no evidence that this punisbment was inflicted.
' OMiijaticn, datca at LoL-hwooil 5th Auijuat 15C'.^, in An i.'in