Breaking the Place of Kilbirnie-Theft, &c.

Feb. 26.-JOHNNE CRAUFURD, fumtyme in Auchincloch, now in Au

chinbothie.

Dilaitit of airt and pairt of the Breking of the Place of Kilbirnie; and fteilling of certane euidentis and abuilziementis, pertening to Johnne Craufurd of Kilbirnie, &c. viz.

FORSAMEKILL as he, accumpaneit with Thomas Wilsoun in Wallafe, with divers vtheris thair complices, cowmoun thewis, in the moneth of Nouember, the yeir of God Im.Vc. and twa yeiris, come to the Place of Kilbirnie, the Laird being than furth of this realme, and his Lady being than in Grenok, ten myle distant fra the said place of Kilbirny; and thair, vnder fylence and cloud of nycht, brak the faid Place, at the North fyde thairof, enterit within the famin, and thiftiouflie ftall, concelit, reffett and away-tuik, furth thairof, and furth of the cofferis than flanding within the said Place, ane figuret velvet goune, ane blew bend of taffetie, ane ryding cloik and skirt of broun cullerit claith, wrocht with filuer pasment; ane blak velvet dowblet, cuttit out and wrocht with filk cordounis; ane pair of broun veluet breikis, wrocht with cordounis of gold; ane lowfe goun of grograne, ane skirt of broune fatene, ane broun faittene dowblet, twa hwidis with craipis; togidder with aue pair of blankettis, quhairin he band all the faidis clathis and abulzements: Quhilkis guidis and geir pertenit to the faid Johnne Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and his fpous. LYKE as, att the famyn tyme, he with his complices, brak vp the faid Johnne Crawfurdis Charter-kist, standing within the faid Place, and thiftiouslie ftall, concelit, reffett and away-tuik, furth thairof, ane grit number of the said Laird of Kilbirneis speciall euidentis and writtis, togidder with the faidis guidis and geir and abulzements, he and his complices had and convoyit away with thame, and difponit thairvpoun att thair pleasour; and he wes airt and pairt of the thifteous fteilling, conceling, reffetting and away-taking of the faidis guidis, geir, writtis, euidentis and vtheris aboue writtin, and of the breking of the faid Place, in maner, and att the tyme foirfaid; quhilk wes notourlie knawin. To the takin, he, with his wyffe and feruand-wemene, delyuerit bak agane to the Lady Kilbirny, within the duelling house of Cuthbert Crawfurd in Parkfut, in presens of the faid Cuthbert Crawfurd, Hew Gawin in Boig, Williame Allane in Manis, Thomas Harvie in Broklirhill, Mungo Allane in Sarflie, Hew Starrie in Banksyde, and George Kelso in Brighill, the perticuler abulzementis following, viz. the faidis cuttit out velvet dowblet, the broun velvet breikis, the lowfe grograne goune, the broun fatene skirt, ane broune fatene dowblet, the faid figurit velvet goune, the faid broun ryding cloik and skirt, with the faidis twa huidis, quhilkis wer thifteouslie ftollin and awaybrocht be him and his complices, furth of the faid place, att the tyme foirfaid: To the takin alfo, he being examinat him felff, in prefens of the Minifter, eldaris and deakinnis of the Kirk of Kilbirnie, he grantit and confeffit the haifing of the faid blew taffatie bend, with certane of the faid Laird and Ladies writtis and euidentis, bot wald nocht declair how he came be thame; as the Extract of his Confeffioun, heirwith produceit to fchaw, beris: To the takin lykwayis, the faid Johnne, being charget of befoir to find cautioune to haif comperit before tho Justice, at ane certane day bygane, to vnderly the law for the foirfaidis crymes, he than, for diffobedience of the said charge, paft to the horne; as the Hoirning lykwayis fchawin beiris.

PERSEWARIS, Johnne Craufurd of Kilbirnie, Sir Thomas Hammiltoune of Monkland, knyt, Aduocat. PRELOCUTOURIS for the pannell, Mr Johnne Ruffell, Williame Speir, wryter, Mr Patrik Hammiltoune.

The Laird of Kilbirnie takis inftrumentis of the productioune of Thomas Wilfoune at the horne, and lykwayis of the productioune of the Letteris aganis In token, or proof.

'Principal title-deeds and writings.

the cautioneris for the Entrie of Johnne Craufurd, and of the roll of his Affife; and offeris him reddie to persew the faid Johnne for the crymes contenit in his Dittay; and proteftis, in respect thairof, that he be relevit of his cautionerie.

VERDICT. The Affife, be the mouth of Williame Orr in Lochrig, chanceller, for the maist pairt, ffand, pronuncet and declairit the faid Johnne Craufurd to be Clene, innocent and acquit of airt and pairt of the breking, &c.

Slaughter-Bemembration.

Mar. 7.-NINIANE AIRMESTRANG, callit Niniane of Tueidane, Andro
Henderfoune, fervand to the Laird of Mangertoune, Archibald

Airmeftrang, callit Fair Archie.

Dilaitit of the Slauchter of vmqle Andro Smyth, and demembring of Thomas Tueidie of his neife (nose.)

PERSEWERIS, Johnne Smyth, fone to vmqle Andro Smyth, Thomas Tuedie in Dwnfyre. The perfeweris paffis fra the perfones in pannel, pro loco et tempore.—Robert Scott of Hayning become fouertie for the entrie of Niniane and Andro, and Sir James Johnneftoune of that Ilk, for the faid Archibald, the thrid day of the air (of Dumfries) or foner, vpone xv dayis wairning, to vnderly the Law, &c.

Mutilation and Demembration.

Mar. 7.-GAWIN ELLOTE of Fiddeltoune, callit Johne's Gawin. Dilaitit for Difmembring of Thomas Twiedie in Dunfyre of his nife (nose.) Robert Ellote younger of Fallinefche oftymes callit, as cautioner for the faid Gawin, to haif enterit and prefentit him befoir the Juftice this day, vnder the pane of thre thousand merkis; as he that become fouertie actit in prefens of Sir Williame Seatoun of Kylefmure, Sir Johnne Chairteris of Amisfeld, and Sir Jedione Murray of Elibank, knytis, his Maiefteis Commiffioneris, in ane Court of Jufticiarie held be thame, within the tolbuth of Peiblis, the tuentie tua day of December laftbypaft. The faid Robert vnlawit in the faid pane.

Cattle and Horse Stealing-Slaughter-Fire-raising-Shooting of Pistolets — Cutting down Timber, &c.

Mar. 19.-HECTOUR TRUMBILL of Wauchope, George Trumbill his fone, Adame Trumbill in Bullerwall, (paft fra,') George Trumbill in Howa, (paft fra,') Johnne Trumbill, fone to Hectour of Wauchope, Hectour Trumbill of Stanyledge, ('past fra,') Andro Trumbill, brother to Bullerwall, ( past fra,') Hectour Trumbill in Clarielaw, and Thomas Trumbill of Hoppisburne.

Dilaitit, accufet and persewit for airt and pairt of the crymes refpectiue following, viz.

FOR the thiftious Steilling, conceilling, reffetting and away-taking, fra Margaret Trumbill Lady Apotefyde, furth of the toun and landis of Hairwood, tua hundreth ky and oxin, threttie fcoir of scheip, threttie horse and meiris, with the haill inficht and pleniffing, worth the fowme of ane thowfand pundis money; committit in the moneth of Junij, the yeir of God Im.Vc. fourfcoir auchtene yeiris (1598). ITEM, for airt and pairt of the thiftious fteilling, conceilling, reffetting and away-taking furth of the landis of Apotfyde, of ane hundreth ky and oxin, tua hundreth fcheip pertening to the said Margaret, with hir haill infycht and pleniffing being within the said place, worth Vc lib.; committit in Junij, the yeir of God foirfaid. ITEM, for airt and pairt of the thiftious fteilling, conceilling and away-taking, be way of Maifterfull thift and ftouth-reif, furth of the faidis landis of Apotefyde, of xxx ky and oxin, pertening to the faid Margaret Trumbill, with hir haill inficht pleniffing, worth the fowme of Vc merkis; committit in Januar, the yeir of God Im.Ve. fourfcoir nyntene yeiris. ITEM, for airt and pairt of the treffonabill and awfull Raifing of ffyre about the place of Apotfyde, and burning and diftroying of dyuerse houffis within the said place, togidder with tua horfis, price of the peice1 Vc pund; with certane infight and pleniffing; committit in the moneth of Maij, Im.Vc. fourscoir nynetene yeiris: And for airt and pairt of the crewall Slauchter of vmqle Williame Lorane, ane young boy of xiij yeiris of age; committit in the moneth of Julij, the yeir of God Im.Vje. yeiris, within the wood of Lorane, vpone fet purpois, prouifioun, auld feid and foirthocht fellony. ITEM, for airt and pairt of the crewall Slauchter of vmqle Hectour Lorane of Harwoid, with schotis of hagbutis and piftolettis; committit in the moneth of Junij, the yeir of God Im.Vjc. and foure yeiris. ITEM, for airt and pairt of the Slauchter of vmqle Lyell Broun, fervand to the faid Margaret: AND als, for airt and pairt of Steilling fra the faid vmqle Lyell, furth of his landis of Harwoid, of threttie ky and oxin, threfcoir scheip, thre horse and twa meiris, with the haill inficht and pleniffing of his hous, worth the fowme of thre hundreth merkis; committit in the moneth of Junij, the yeir of God, Im.Ve fourfcoir auchtene yeiris. ITEM, for contravening of the Actis of Parliament, in beiring, weiring and schuiting of hagbutis and piftolettis, vpone the faidis landis of Harwoid, Apotefyde and remanent places foirfaidis, fchuitting and flaying of the faidis Hectour Lorane of Harwoid, and vmqle Williame Lorane, his brother, the tymes respectiue aboue writtin of the committing of thair faid Slauchteris. ITEM, for contrauening the Actis of Parliament, in cutting doun and diftroying, in the monethis of Januare, Februare, Marche, and remanent monethis of the yeiris of God Im.Ve. fourfcoir auchtene, 1599, 1600, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1604 and 1605, at the leift in ane ar vther of the faid monethis and yeiris of God, of the haill grit growand trayis,3 within the woidis of Apotefyde, pertening to the faid Margaret Trumbill, viz. ane thoufand birk treyis, fyve hundreth grit aikis, thre hundreth allouris, four hundreth haifaillis; and hes waistit and destroyit the faidis woidis.

PERSEWERIS.

Margaret Trumbill, Lady Apotfyde; Mr Robert Lyntoun, Aduocat, fubftitute to my Lord Aduocat. PRELOCUTOURIS for the pannell, Mr Alexander King, Mr Lawrence McGill. Compeirit perfonallie WILLIAME ERLE OF ANGUS, Lord of the Regalitie of Jedburghe-fforrest, and producet his Seafing, comprehending the said Regalitie, and defyrit to Repledge the particular perfones following, duelling within the faid Regalitie, viz. The Laird of Wauchope, George and Johnne Trumbillis, his fones, and Thomas Trumbill of Hoppisburne, as houshold man to Thomas Trum'Large growing timber. * 1000 birch trees, 500 great oaks, 300 allers (elder, or mountain ash), 400 hazels.

1 Price of each, £500.

2 Brother to the Laird of Harwood.

bill younger of Wauchope, all duelland within the faid Regalitie. It is anfuerit be the Aduocat, that the persones defyrit to be repleget can nocht be repledget for Treffone, viz. ffyre-raifing,' contenit in the Dittay. It is anfuerit be Mr Alexander King, that thai aucht to be repledget, nochtwithstanding of the Aduocatis allegeance; becaus (thair is) na Treffone, bot that quhilk is committit aganis the kingis awin perfone.-It is duplyit be the Aduocat, that ffyre-raifing is Treffone; and thairfore the said perfones can nocht be repledget, bot fould pass to ane Affyfe, quhither it be committit aganis his Maiefteis perfone, or for ony vther cryme impoirting Treffone.

THE Justice, eftir probatioune led that the faidis perfones duelt within the Regalitie, Admittis my Lord of Angus Replegeatioun, repledeand thame for the haill crymes contenit in the Letteris, except the Treffone of ffyre-raifing: And my Lord of Angus, prefent, fand cautioune, viz. Adame Trumbill in Bullerwall, to adminifter Juftice, in Lyntelleis, the xv day of Apryle nixt; and the faid Adame become cautioune for the entrie of the faidis perfones.*

The perfewer paffis fra Hectour Trumbill of Clarielaw, for the cutting and diftroying of the greine-woid, contenit in the Dittay, pro loco et tempore.

Treasonable Fire-raising—Cattle-stealing — Slaughter, &c. Mar. 19.-HECTOUR TRUMBILL of Wauchope, George Trumbill and Johnne Trumbill his fones, Hectour Trumbill of Clarielaw, and Thomas Trumbill of Hoppifburne.

Dilaitit, accufet and perfewit of the crymes respectiue following, viz. THE faid Hectour Trumbill of Wauchope and Hectour Trumbill of Clarielaw, of airt and pairt of the treffonabill and awfull Raifing of ffyre, vpone the landis of Harwod, and burning and diftroying of fourtie dargis of turves,3 pertening to the faid Margaret Trumbill Lady Apotefyde; committit in the moneth of Junij, the yeir of God, Im. Vc.lxxxxviij yeiris. ITEM, the faidis Hectour Trumbill, elder of Wauchope, George and Johnne Trumbillis his fones, Hectour Trumbill of Clarielaw, and Thomas Trumbill of Hoppifburne, ffor airt and pairt of the treffonabill Raifing of ffyre about the Place of Apotefyde, and burning of findrie houffis of the faid Place, togidder with tua horfis, worth ane thouefand pundis, and haill infycht and pleniffing within the faidis houffis, worthe ane hundreth pundis ; committit in the moneth of Maij, the yeir of God Im.Vc. fourfcoir-nyntene yeiris. ITEM, the faid Hectour Trumbill of Clarielaw, for airt and pairt of the Steilling of tua hnndreth ky and oxin, threttie fcoir of scheip, threttie horse and meiris, pertening to the faid Margaret Trumbill Lady Apotefyde; with the haill inficht and pleniffing of hir houffis, worth the fowme of ane thoufand pundis; committit in the moneth of Junij, the yeir of God Im.Vc. fourfcoir auchtene yeiris : AND of the haill remanent crymes of Thift, Slauchteris, Cutting doune of grene growand treyis and vtheris contenit in the Act of adjudicatioun of Thomas Trumbill, of the dait of thir prefentis.*

1 Being one of the pleas of the Crown. This, evidently, is one of the instances which the Editor has before referred to of the evil effects resulting from the Heritable Jurisdictions possessed by the Barons of Scotland, before the Act, abolishing such powers, was passed. The purpose of the Replegiation' was undoubtedly to quash all proceedings, and suppress the administration of justice. Darg usually signifies a day's-work. This may, therefore, signify a quantity of peats or turfs, equivalent to the labour of forty days' work, in casting, &c. • See the first Dittay.

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VERDICT. The Affyfe, be the mouth of Williame Ryddell in Woidhous, chanceller, all in ane voce, ffand, pronuncet and declairit the faidis Hectour Trumbill of Wauchope, &c. to be Cleane, innocent and acquit of airt and pairt of the crymes perticularlie aboue fpecifeit.

Theft-Slaughter — Fire-raising, &c.

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Mar. 19. THOMAS TRUMBILL, younger of Wauchope.

Dilaittit of airt and pairt of the thiftious Steilling, conceilling, reffetting and away-taking fra Margaret Trumbill Lady Apotefyde, &c.'

THE Juftice decernit and ordanit James Gledftanes, appeirand of Coklaw (as cautioner for his entry), to be vnlawit and amerciat in the panes contenit in the Actis of Parliament, viz. ffor nocht entrie of the faid Thomas, to the effect foirfaid, in the pane of Fyve hundreth merkis money: And ficlyke, Decernit and ordanit the faid Thomas Trumbill, younger of Wauchope, for his non-compeirance, to be denuncet our fouerane lordis rebell and put to his hienes horne, and all his moveabill guidis to be escheit and inbrocht to his Maiefteis vfe, &c.

Slaughter.

Mar. 20.-LAURENCE LORD OLIPHANT.

Dilaitit of airt and pairt of the Slauchter of vmqle Gilbert Gray in North Bandirrane; committit in the moneth of September laft.

PERSEWERIS.

Helene Rattray, the relict, Mr Thomas Henderfoun, Aduocat-substitute to his Maiefteis Aduocat.
PRELOCUTOURIS for the pannell, Mr Williame Oliphant, Mr Alexander King.
My Lord Aduocat takis inftrumentis of the productioune and reding of his
Maiefteis Letter, direct to the Counfall; quhairof the tennour followis.

JAMES R.

RIGHT truftie and weilbelouit coufeignis and counfallouris, WE greit 30w hairtlie weill. Quhairas it is heavilie complened vnto us, be Patrik Gray, of the crewall Slauchter of vmqle Gilbert Gray his faper, by certane perfones fpeciallie houndit out be pe Lord Oliphant, and fum of pame being his domestik feruitouris ; quhich offence doith fo muche pe moir greve us, that now, quhair as in the lait Bordouris and in pe verrie Hielandis of pat our realme, pair is such vniuerfall obedience, that nochtpeles in pe verrie hairt of pat cuntrey, and fo neir to pe ordiner place of refidence of our Juftice pair, fuch ane vyld fact fould be committed, without pwneifhment inflicted vpone the doaris pairof; and þat to delude our Juftice, any of our nobilitie pair, abfenting him self from pe actioun, fould hound out vperis to execute his privat revenge, and be his craftie conveyance of pe malefactouris out of pe way, fould tak away all meanis of pe tryell of his awin giltines in that cryme; quhich doing, inferring fo dangerus ane preparatiue2 as that nane of our fubiectis, gif pis be nocht prevented, can be in furetie of his life. We ar pairfoir to recommend to 3our speciall care and dilligence, as 3e respect our pleasour and feruice, that na menis be vnassayed by 30w, to bring pe treuth of pis matter to light; ffor as We ar moft grevouslie offendit with pe cryme committed, fo if pe doaris be nocht apprehendit, pe matter See the first Dittay. • Example, precedent.