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A Pilgrimage To The Preceptory Of St. John's, Torphichen.
advance to Her Majesty ' s treasury , backed by an agreement that an adequate feu-duty should further be paid , if it should ' please the Queen to set and dispose to him , in feu-farm , his own late Preceptory of Torphichen . It did please Her Majesty , calling to mind his long and faithful attendance on her father , mother , and herself , — -his great charges and expenses in foreign employment , to grant to Sir James Sandilands his petition and desire ; compounding with him for the sum of ten
thousand crowns of the sun , ( a very large amount in those days ) and a yearl y feu-duty of five hundred marks ; the said Preceptory and Lordship of Torphichen . A crown charter was consequently obtained by the Lord St . John , as he was wont to be called , but which title was tu he hereafter exchanged for that of Lord Torphichen . This grant included several extensive baroniesthe patronage of various churchesand all the old le
, , Temp lands throughout the country . Sandilands , however , had enough to do to muster money to pay the amount . From certain law proceedings instituted by a succeeding Lord Torphichen , concerning kirk lands , it is set forth , that " albeit the charter ( just mentioned ) bears present payment of ten thousand crowns : that the money was paid at divers times , partly upon Her Majesty ' s precepts to her servants , French Paris , Sir Robert MeluinSir James Balfouraud tain Anstrutheraud
, , Cap ; the rest of the _ sum to Mr . Robert Richardson , treasurer for the time , whereof there is a receipt under the privy seal . That a great part of that money numbered in gold and silver , was borrowed from Timoth y Curneoli , an Italian gentlemen of the Preceptor ' s acquaintance , at Genoa , and a banker of the house of resident in Scotland .
for the time . That the nobleman being burthened with groat debts , for hisexoneration and relief , was forced to let in feu-farm ' to his tenants , their own roumes ( habitations ?) for a reasonable composition , binding himself and his heirs to warrant them contra omnes et mortalis . " It would appear from this then that the Lord of Torphichen , whatever prospective advantages he might have contemplated , was in the mean time any thing but a gainer by the bargain ; and in fact soon
afterwards be became so embarrassed , that he ' was obliged to part with some of the larger baronies ; these alienations however burdened with a portion of the feu-duty corresponding to their value . He died in the year 150 G , leaving his dilapidated possessions to his successor James , second Lord Torphichen . This nobleman finding himself involved in the embarrassments of his predecessor , ultimately conveyed the whole hospital landTemple landswith the exception of the estate of Tor
, , proper - phichen , and a few others lying in different counties , to two individuals who shared the purchase equally between them . This purchase was shortl y after erected into a tenandry , by charter , obtained under the great seal ; and it subsequentl y passed into the possession of Sir Thomas Hamilton , afterwards Earl of Melrose and Haddington , and Lord President of tiie court of session . Through his influence , a royal charter was obtained , erecting it into a barony , styled the barony of Drem ; which ratified "
was by act of Parliament in 1 GIL . After again being transmitted through several hands , the purchase was latterly transferred into the possession of Mr . Grade , of Edinburgh , who is now , by progress , in right of the barony of Drem . But we have been standing all this time in the churchyard of Torphichen , in front of the venerable pile , our eyes indeed fixed on its dark and weather-worn walls , but utterly unconscious the while upon what
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Pilgrimage To The Preceptory Of St. John's, Torphichen.
advance to Her Majesty ' s treasury , backed by an agreement that an adequate feu-duty should further be paid , if it should ' please the Queen to set and dispose to him , in feu-farm , his own late Preceptory of Torphichen . It did please Her Majesty , calling to mind his long and faithful attendance on her father , mother , and herself , — -his great charges and expenses in foreign employment , to grant to Sir James Sandilands his petition and desire ; compounding with him for the sum of ten
thousand crowns of the sun , ( a very large amount in those days ) and a yearl y feu-duty of five hundred marks ; the said Preceptory and Lordship of Torphichen . A crown charter was consequently obtained by the Lord St . John , as he was wont to be called , but which title was tu he hereafter exchanged for that of Lord Torphichen . This grant included several extensive baroniesthe patronage of various churchesand all the old le
, , Temp lands throughout the country . Sandilands , however , had enough to do to muster money to pay the amount . From certain law proceedings instituted by a succeeding Lord Torphichen , concerning kirk lands , it is set forth , that " albeit the charter ( just mentioned ) bears present payment of ten thousand crowns : that the money was paid at divers times , partly upon Her Majesty ' s precepts to her servants , French Paris , Sir Robert MeluinSir James Balfouraud tain Anstrutheraud
, , Cap ; the rest of the _ sum to Mr . Robert Richardson , treasurer for the time , whereof there is a receipt under the privy seal . That a great part of that money numbered in gold and silver , was borrowed from Timoth y Curneoli , an Italian gentlemen of the Preceptor ' s acquaintance , at Genoa , and a banker of the house of resident in Scotland .
for the time . That the nobleman being burthened with groat debts , for hisexoneration and relief , was forced to let in feu-farm ' to his tenants , their own roumes ( habitations ?) for a reasonable composition , binding himself and his heirs to warrant them contra omnes et mortalis . " It would appear from this then that the Lord of Torphichen , whatever prospective advantages he might have contemplated , was in the mean time any thing but a gainer by the bargain ; and in fact soon
afterwards be became so embarrassed , that he ' was obliged to part with some of the larger baronies ; these alienations however burdened with a portion of the feu-duty corresponding to their value . He died in the year 150 G , leaving his dilapidated possessions to his successor James , second Lord Torphichen . This nobleman finding himself involved in the embarrassments of his predecessor , ultimately conveyed the whole hospital landTemple landswith the exception of the estate of Tor
, , proper - phichen , and a few others lying in different counties , to two individuals who shared the purchase equally between them . This purchase was shortl y after erected into a tenandry , by charter , obtained under the great seal ; and it subsequentl y passed into the possession of Sir Thomas Hamilton , afterwards Earl of Melrose and Haddington , and Lord President of tiie court of session . Through his influence , a royal charter was obtained , erecting it into a barony , styled the barony of Drem ; which ratified "
was by act of Parliament in 1 GIL . After again being transmitted through several hands , the purchase was latterly transferred into the possession of Mr . Grade , of Edinburgh , who is now , by progress , in right of the barony of Drem . But we have been standing all this time in the churchyard of Torphichen , in front of the venerable pile , our eyes indeed fixed on its dark and weather-worn walls , but utterly unconscious the while upon what