Instrument of Sasine in favour of Patrick Cockburn of Newbigging, 12th February 1535

Instrument of Sasine following on a precept (dated Edinburgh, 20th June 1534) by Walter [Lindesay], lord of St. John, preceptor of Torphichen, knight, etc., directed to Thomas Ewin, templar-bailie in the sheriffdom of Berwick, narrating that by an inquest made at the command of George Dundas, the granter's predecessor, Patrick Cockburn of Newbigging, was retoured heir of his father, the late Thomas Cockburn, in the templar-land and 'Cramil' (? Crawmill) of the same, as described of date 18th February 1525. Sasine given on the templar-land and at Cramil, in each case by earth and stone and placing the grantee within the houses respectively, on 12th February 1534-5. Witnesses, Stephen Bukles, John Bukles, John Paterson, and Umfrid Wark. John Maknakill, notary. Seal of Thomas Ewin still attached; legend illegible; bearings, three flower-heads depending, two and one, with a cinquefoil between the upper two.