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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROSS (Site of (Sir George Fairneylaw slain here 1494) | Site of Cross | J Scott Chisholm Esqr. Stirches Mr W. W. Kennedy Hawick J. Wilson Esqr. Hawick |
025.03 | [Situation] 18 chains South of Stirches. A Cross erected to mark the spot where in 1494 - Robert Langlands of that Ilk Slew Sir George Fairneylaw Chaplain. for which Langlands was forfeited & denounced. Rebel at the Horn and all his goods eschested to the King - (Records. High Court of Judiciary Et Pitcairns Criminal trials Vol. 1 P. [Volume 1 Page] 20) The quarrel arose about the tithes payable by Langlands to the Monks of Melrose for his barony. of Wilton - on the Cross was the following inscription - This be the place: Whar Langlands Slew: The Holy Monk of Melrose : Langlands shall be nae mair of that Ilk: When tyme has levelled this Cross: The Cross was destroyed about the Middle of the last Century, and early in the present Century the large stone trough in which it had been fixed was blown to pieces by the Tenant, with whose agricultural operations it interfered - Extract from History of Chisholme Folio M.S. P. [Page] 17. |
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[Page] 64Parish of Wilton -- Sheet 25 No 3. Trace 2.
[Signed] Thomas Watson 2nd Corp: R.E. [2nd Corporal Royal Engineers]
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