it to Sir Lues Lauder, who was the sone procreat betuixt him and that ladie of the house of Bruchton.  Sir Lues married a daughter of Sir Archibald Achesons, who was Secretarie of Scotland, whom I have sein, and who bore him 2 sones, one evan now a preacher, married in England, the other in the Kings troup, with some daughters:  on of them knowen to have bein to familiar with Sir William Fleming.  Adelston now is sold to Sir John Gibson.  Then saw Dalmahoy house with its toune at some distance on the croup of the hill.

    [535] Now Hatton.

    [536] Charles Maitland, afterward Lord Halton, and third Earl of
        Lauderdale, on whom and his children the estate was settled on his
        marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Laudcr of Hatton.

    [537] i.e. the present laird of Corstorphine.

    [538] Now Kinleith.

    [539] Now Alderston.

On our right hand stands Ratho (that belonged to Duncan, who being the Kings talzeor conqueshed Bonytoun), now Mr. Alexander Foules; then Ratho toune, the halfe of it belonging to Halton, the other halfe to Ratho place; then Ratho kirk, the parish of many of the gentlemen of this country; then Rathobyres, the on halfe wheirof pertaines to James Fleming; then Northtoun,[540] a willage or meling[541] belonging to the Laird of Halton; then came to Halton.  Their beside the old Laird,[542] the lady[543] Richard,[544] Jo.,[545] Charles and their sister Isabell[546] was Jean Areskin, Balgonies daughter, Elphiston, a daughter of Calderhals, and Mr. William Sims eldest daughter.

    [540] Now Norton.

    [541] Maling, Mailing (from ‘mail,’ rent) either has the ordinary
        meaning ‘farm,’ or perhaps a group of cottars’ houses, ‘maillers’
        or ‘meallers,’ who were allowed to build on waste land, and hired
        themselves out as labourers.—­Jamieson, Dict., s.v.

    [542] Richard Lauder, last of Hatton.

    [543] Richard Lauder’s daughter, wife of Charles Maitland.

    [544] Fourth earl.

    [545] Fifth earl.

    [546] Afterwards married to Lord Elphinston.

Halton, as I saw their, carries the griffin bearing a sword, on the point wheirof is a Moors head.  The occasion they tell me is that one of the Lairds went with a brother of Robert the Bruce to the Holyland and slew many of the Sarazens their, wheiron he added that to his coat.  The motto is, Strike alike.  Metellans[547] hes a lion with a star.

    [547] Maitlands.

Learned of the old Laird that the Lairds of Calder ware knights of the order of St John of Jerusalem, after knights of the Rhodes, now of Malta, and that by vertue theirof they ware superiors of all the Temple lands (which in Edenburgh may be discerned yet by having Croces on them), as weill in burgh as in landward throwghout Scotland.  Heard him speak of that Bond of Assurance betuixt the toune of Edenburgh and the Laird of Halton, the like wheirof few in Scotland hes of the toune of Edenburgh.