Regality Court of Huntly again mett within the tolbooth therof, upon the nineteenth day of January 1734, by John Gordon of Avachie, and other ordinary members :

Complains Mr John Fraser in Huntly, with concurse of the procurator fiscal, upon James Meldrum servant, Alexander Brown in Huntly, John Falconer and William Allan, servants to Baillie Falconer in Huntly, who yesterday, upon the eighteenth current, violently attackt the person of the said John Fraser in the face of the sun about three in the afternoon, tore his cloths and abus'd his person, by carrying him in a publick manner through the toun of Huntly upon a tree: Therfore craves they may be fined and amerciat in such sums as the baillie shall see cause, and to remain in prison till they pay the same, or find caution therefore and to the peace; and decerned to pay five pounds sterling, in name of damages, to the private party.

Compeared the persons complained upon, and judicially confessed and acknowledged their being accessory art and part in the cryme lybelled against them; but can't write.

The Baillie, in respect of the said confession, fines and amerciatts each of the said Defenders in twenty pounds Scots; and decerns conjunctly for twelve pounds of assythment to the privat party, and ordains them to remain in prison till they find caution to the peace.

JOHN GORDON.

THE PARISH OF GARTLY (OR GRANTULY.)

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PARISH OF GARTLEY.' (circa A.D. M.DCC.XXVI.)

HE church of Gartley, dedicate to Saint Andrew, has an isle wherein the house of Huntley is buried.2 Here is Andersmas fair, and Saint Andrew's well, one mile from the church.

There were here three chapels :

A chapel, at Brawlingknow;

A chapel, near Moorale-house;

Saint Finnan's chapel and well, at Talathrewie.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PARIOCH OF GARTLIE.4 (circa A.D. M.DCC.XXX.) The parioch of Gartlie, the barony of which is in Banff-shire, and all the rest in Aberdeen-shire, and the whole in the diocese of Murray, has upon the north,

1 [From a MS. Account of Scotish Bishops, in the library at Slaines.

"Literae assedationis ab Episcopo Moraviae cum consensu capituli sui datae Georgio Barclaye de eodem et Margaretae Ogilvye ejus sponsae, decimarum garbalium parochiarum de Grantuly et Drumdalgye, pro novemdecim annis: solvendo inde annuatim 290 mercas : Testibus domino Waltero Ogilvye de Boynd milite, Jacobo Dunbar de Tarbart, Georgio Ogilvye de Auquhannanye, Andrea Moncreiff juniore, dominis Jacobo Sibbald et Alexandro Robertsone servitoribus Episcopi: Apud ecclesiam cathedralem Moraviensem, 24 Octobris 1556." (Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis, p. 407.)

"Assedatioun of the teynd schevis of the paroche of Gartelie, set be the Bischop with consent of the cheptour, to Walter Berclay of Newtoun, for nynteyn yeiris: payand thairfoir 240 merkis yeirlie: Witnes, Johnne Douglas prebendar of Ruffill, Walter Barclay of Drumdelgie, David Cumyng, Johnne Inglis, servitouris to the Bischop: At Spynye and Elgin, 8 August 1580." (Ibid.)

The church of Gartly, Garntuly, or Grantully, was one of the mensal churches of the Bishop of Murray. (Id. pp. xvIII., XIX.)]

2 ["The ashes of the Viscount of Aboyne and of John Gordon, laird of Rothiemay, who were burned in the old tower of the house of Frendraught in the year 1630, were buried in a vault in the church of Gartly, which is still to be seen." (The New Statistical Account of Scotland, number xi., p. 98. Edinb. 1836.)]

3 ["The sites of four chapels are still pointed out in The Braes, namely, at Heatheryhillock, Brawlinknows, Tillythrowie, and Kirkney; and the vestiges of some of them, and of the burial grounds thereto attached, are still visible." (Id., p. 97.)]

4 [From Macfarlane's Geographical Collections for Scotland, MSS. Adv. Bibl.]

5 [The parish of Gartly, though locally in Aberdeenshire, is, nevertheless, legally,

Seats.

Rivers.

Hills.

Dumbennan; upon the south, Rhynie and Kennethmont ; upon the east, Insch and
Drumblate; and upon the west, Glass.

The church stands upon the east side of Bogie, twenty-four miles north-northwest from Aberdeen; eighteen, south-east from Elgin; six, north-north-west from Insch; fourteen, south from Banff; and two, south from Huntly, the presbytery

seat.

The old castle of Gartly1 lyes a quarter of a mile south-south-east from the church; and Collithie, as much north-west.

The river of Kirknie takes its rise in the head of Tillieminnit; and, after a course of four miles east, enters Bogy upon the west side, opposite to Codrain, a mile and an half north from Whitelums.

Ness-Bogie arises three miles north-west, in the parioch of Glass, and runs south-east into Bogy at the miln of Collithie, opposite to the church.

The river Ury has one of its sources in this parioch, a mile and an half southeast from the church, in a hill called Mishach. It has first the name of The Blackwater, and, after two miles course east, runs into Gady, which, at some distance, after meeting with another brook, takes the name of Ury.

Hills of note are, The Top of Noth, south-west; Corskie, south-east; and The Malshach, south, where is a medicinal well, and store of good moss.

Whitelums is a convenient inn, two miles south-west from the church, upon the west side of Bogy, and on the highway 'twixt Edinburgh and Inverness.

partly in that county and partly in the county of Banff. It is divided, nearly in the centre, by the water of Bogie, into what is called The Barony, and The Braes: the former is in the county of Banff, the latter in the county of Aberdeen." (The New Statistical Account of Scotland, number xi., p. 95.)]

["The only antiquity in the parish is an old ruin, called The Place of Gartly." (The Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. xi., p. 141. Edinb. 1794.) "Gartly Castle is placed on a small mount, and surrounded with a deep ditch. It is a square tower; one end of it is fallen down, and shows a section of strong vaulted rooms; but there seemed nothing so singular in its structure, as to merit more particular attention." (Cordiner's Antiquities and Scenery of the North of Scotland, p. 10.) "The principal antiquity in the parish is an old ruin called the Castle of Gartly. In Chalmers's Life of Mary Queen of Scots, it is stated that this beautiful but unfortunate Princess, on her return from an excursion to Inverness and Ross-shire, repassed through the country of the Gordons. She remained a night at Gartly, where there is still a ruined castle.'" (The New Statistical Account of Scotland, number xi., p. 97.)]

2 ["A stone coffin was lately found on the farm of Coldrain. There was also lately found, in a cairn on the farm of Faich-hill, an urn containing bones; and a large one, pretty entire, on the farm of Riskhouse." (The New Statistical Account of Scotland, number xi., p. 97.)]

There is a chappel at Braland-know, north-west from Miln of Collithie, and a well at Bucharn, dedicated to St. Andrew, two miles south-west from Huntly.

It is a country very pleasant and fertile of corns and pasturage. Its length, from Coridown west, to Stodfield east, is six miles; and its breadth, from Westseat south, to Edindiack north, three miles.

Decreitt aganis Patrik Berclay of Granttuly. (16th February, 1489.) The lordis auditouris decrettis and deliueris that Patrik Berclay of Granttuly sall content and pay to James Turinge burges of Edinburgh as cessionare and assignay to Alexander maister of Huntle a last of salmonde full rede and swet of the bynd of Banff gude merchand ware saltit with gret salt for the quhilk the said Patrik Barclay is bundin be his obligatioune vndir his sele and subscriptioune manuale schewin and producit before the lordis to the said maister of Huntle And ordinis oure Souerane Lordis lettrez be direct to distrenye the said Patrik his landis and gudis thairfore and to mak the said James be payit thairof eftir the forme of the said maister of Huntleis assignatioune vndir his sele and subscriptioune manuale schewin and producit before the lordis / And the said Patrik wes summond to this actioune oft tymmes callit and nocht comperit.

1 [From the Acta Dominorum Auditorum, p. 138. See also the Acta Dominorum Concilii, pp. 188, 266.

"Andreas de Berclay dominus de Grantoly et Birkynhill" is one of the witnesses to the homage which was made by Hugh Fraser, lord of Loveth, and parcener of the lands of the Ard, to Alexander bishop of Murray, in the chapter house at Elgin, on the twelfth of December, 1367, for the lands and fishings which he held of the church of Murray. (Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis, pp. 368, 369.)

"There were two considerable families of the name of Barclay of ancient standing in Aberdeenshire, videlicet, Towie and Gartly. William Barclay, author of the treatise Contra Monarchomachos and father of the famous John, author of the Argenis, was a grandson of Patrick Barclay, baron of Gartly, who stood firm to King James the Third in the dispute betwixt that Prince and his nobility." (James Man's Introduction to Memoirs of Scotish Affairs, reprinted in James Gordon's History of Scots Affairs from MDCXXXVII to MDCXLI, appendix to the preface, vol. i. p. [xvii].) See Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, p 82, note 1, and the authorities there referred to.]

THE PARISHES OF RHYNY AND ESSIE.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PARISHES OF RYNNIE AND ESSIE. (circa A.D. M.DCC.XXVI.)

SSIE was once a chappel to the parish church of Rynnie.
In Essie is the manor of Lismore; and in this parish
Lugthac was overthrown.2

1 [From a MS. Account of Scotish Bishops, in the library at Slaines.

"The parishes of Rhynie and Essie were united at a remote period. The church of Essie was used as a place of worship

till about thirty years ago, when it became ruinous: since that time the parish has been generally known by the name of Rhynie only." (The Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. xix., p. 289.

Edinb. 1797.)]

2 [.

"That ilke yhere

That this Makbeth wes browcht in bere,
Lulawch fule ras, and he

As Kyng regnyd monethis thre.

This Malcolme gert sla hym syne
Wythin the land of Straybolgyne,
As is wytnyssyd in the wers

All thus in Latyne to rehers:

Mensibus infelix Lulauch tribus extiterat Rex:

Armis ejusdem Malcolomi cecidit.

Fata viri fuerant in Strathbolgyne apud Esseg:
Heu sic incaute Rex miser occubuit."

"Subito namque

(Wyntownis Cronykil, b. vi., c. xix., ll. 47-58; vol. i., pp. 242, 243.) post mortem Machabedae convenerunt quidam ex ejus parentela sceleris hujusmodi fautores, suum consobrinum, nomine Lulach, ignomine fatuum, ad Sconam ducentes, et impositum sede regali constituunt Regem: sperabant enim sibi quasi Regi populum obedire libenter. Nullus tamen illi parere volebat, aut aliquibus factis vel fiendis communicare. Audiens autem hoc Malcolmus, suos comites ipsum huc illucque persequendum emisit; sed in irritum quatuor mensibus suos deducunt conatus, donec in superioribus partibus scrutantes, inventum loco qui dicitur Essy provinciae Strathbolgy, cum suis sequacibus occidunt; vel, ut quidam tradunt, ibidem casu Malcolmus obvium habens interfecit, anno Domini millesimo quinquagesimo septimo, tertia die mensis Aprilis, hebdomadae Paschae feria quinta." (J. Forduni Scotichronicon, lib. v., cap. viii. ; vol. i., p. 252. edit. Edinb. 1759.) Conf. Chronica de Mailros, pp. 51, 227. Edinb. 1835; Extracta e Variis Cronicis Scotiae, p. 59; Lord Hailes' Annals of Scotland, vol. i., pp. 2, 3. Edinb. 1776; Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis, p. x.

"In the glen of Noth, (north side of the hill,) is a prodigious cairn of small stones, called