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THE HOUSE OF FAIROIUTII. 101
the wife of the next heir, fur the love and favour which
he bore to her and her husband and to their eldest
son and apparent heir, gave his bond to restore to them
the lands, and must have carried this into ellect*
In 1G21 we have a curious story of the feud
narrated in a complaint made to the IVivy Council by
Edward Johnstone of Seyfield, as follows :—The deadly
feud which fell out betwixt the Lindsays of Fairgirth
and Auchenskeoch, was by the pains and travails of the
Lords of Secret Council finally settled, removed, and
taken away, and assytlimcnt and satisfaction given to
the party offended, so that "all who dippit in that
feade or kyithit in affectioun to ony of the paiityes"
thought themselves in a Cull security, void and free of
all fear or danger for that cause. But William and
David Lindsay, sons of James Lindsay of FairgirtL,
and James Lindsay, son of James Lindsay of Glen-
stokane [representatives of both sides, be it noted J,
believing without any certain ground that the corn-
plainer " wes affectionat to the house of Auchinskeoch,
althoght he nevir kyithit in actioun with thame, nor
haid no strenth nor habilitie sua to do, being then bot
a young boy at the skoole," have for that cause only
borne a deadly grudge against complainer. They
concealed their hatred, and he expected no more harm
from them than from a special and tender kinsman
and friend. On 15th September last, however, when
he had gone to the burgh of Dumfries, it being market
Beg. Priv. Coun., Vol. IX., p. 557 ; Vol. X., pp. 26, 292, 639, 654
Vol. XI., p. 28; Jtey. Mag. Sig. XLVIII., 39; P.R. II., 44 (Vol. VI.,
Nos. 1353, 1773); IlegisLer of Deeds, MS., Vol. 391.. Paton'b Notes,
penes Lord Crawford.
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