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WAUCIIOPE AND RAUCLOY. 171
barony'; and to cut wood or hunt in the said hmds
without their special permission was forbidden under a
penalty of ten pounds.* Tlie wordinj^ of tlie cliarter
seems to indicate that this was not the original grant,
but an extension of the privileges of the h(jldiiig.
However that may be, the two adjacent Imnniies
were in the actual possession of Sir John in 1285.
Wauchope may have come to him from his ancestors,
but Staplegorton must have been acquired by himself,
for even in his lifetime it had been owned by the De
Kuniburgs.
When the succession to the Scottish crown had
become a matter for formal settlement owing to the
death of the Kmg's son, Prince Alexander, and of his
daughter, Margaret, Queen of Norway, six persons,
evidently representing the community, swore to ac-
knowledge the daughter of Queen Margaret as the
next heir. A J de Lindesey was one of these ;
and because of his position in the State, it may be
conjectured that this was the Great Chamberlain.
For the same reason also it may be supposed that he
was the Sir John de Lindsay who in 1289 was one
of the attorneys for the trustees of the king now
deceased.| There were, however, at this time two
other prominent men of the same Christian name and
surname, and because they are not distinguished in the
records, we are left in doubt as to which of them is
meant in any particular instance.
Sir John de Lindsay and his wife Dionisia, daughter
of Alan Benyt, had property in Northumberland ; and
* Reg. Honoris de Morton, Vol. II., p. 9.
t Acts of Pari, Vol. I., p. 424.
J Stevenson, Hist. Docs. Scot., Vol. I., p. 73.
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