Volume 1 - Electric Scotland

44 AKNAXDALE CHARTERS. [1570.
be possest in. A.s to the letters that com in the Erll of Mortouncs haiidis, the said
erll i.s content to deliucr tlic haill letters aud euidcntis being in his han'dis to the said
Thomas Kcr ; and further to let him vndcrstaud quhat letters ar taken furth of the
kist and delywcrit to wtlicri,^, to the tflcct that the sjm may be rccouerit. A.s to the
band of inantenanco dcsirit, be the qidiilk the said Thomas aud his barnis may be
mantcnit, the said Thomas salisfeing the said erll of the conditiones befoir writtin, his
lordship wilbe content to grant him band of mantenance. Bot quhair it is desyrit that
specially the said erll manteine thame in posscssioun of all that appcrtenis to the said
Thomas, as also of that quhUk appcrtenis, or may appertein, to his guid mother, the
Lady Greng, and to the said Thomas bairnes be the deoeis of the ladyes wniquhill
husband, thair giiid.schyr, the said erll thinkis that this article suld be maid niair
speciall, and the laudis specially expressit quhairof thai desyr to be mantenit ; and in
liis lordships opinioun he thinkis it not meit to the said Thomas to be curious to mell
in tliis mater, quhill first he war acceptlt in the kiugis fauour and wer becum his frie
liege, sa that thaircfter he niycht procure sic fauour thaii'iutiil him selfc as he culd.
Farther, the said erll dcsyris that befoir the conclusioun appointment thair may be
appointment maid betuix the laird of Pharnyherst and the toun of Jedburgh, the
lairdis of Hundeley, Iluuthill, Edzarstouu, and remanent persones of the surenam of
Eutberfurd, freindis and dcpcndaris of the said erll, the lard of Beddroiile, and
remanent persones of the surnam of Trumble, his lordships freindis and dependeris,
and the lard of Bouejedburgli and remanent jiersones, freindis and dependeris of the
house of Bouejedburgh, and that in respect of thair faithfull seruice maid to the
kingis maiestie, and the Erll of I\Iortoun during the tym of his regiment aud sensyne ;
quliilk being done may further the said Tliomas to the greter fauour at the kingis
maiesteis aud cousallis baud. Otherwyis gif he refnis it may perhaps be aue occasioun
of impediment.
47. Bailboxd by Johx -JonNSTOXE in Carterton and Thomas