. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. -PLACE OF GRANGE Lauriston i8 acres of the lands of Shiennes, called Sanct-Gelegrange, withthe place of Shiennes (Seynes) in special warrandice, on the resignation ofJohn Naper of Chambaudie, whose sister Margaret married James Stewart ofRosythe, the family to which Sir William Dicks mother belonged, thus forminganother connecting link with the new proprietor of Sanct-Gelegrange, who hadhowever not been knighted at the time that he took possession of the oldmanor-place. These eighteen acres of Shienne
. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. -PLACE OF GRANGE Lauriston i8 acres of the lands of Shiennes, called Sanct-Gelegrange, withthe place of Shiennes (Seynes) in special warrandice, on the resignation ofJohn Naper of Chambaudie, whose sister Margaret married James Stewart ofRosythe, the family to which Sir William Dicks mother belonged, thus forminganother connecting link with the new proprietor of Sanct-Gelegrange, who hadhowever not been knighted at the time that he took possession of the oldmanor-place. These eighteen acres of Shiennes land eventually came intothe Dick family, as we shall see further on. By the sale of Sanctgeligrange the last link was riven in the chain wherebyfor nearly one hundred and thirty years the Cant family had held possession ofthe lands and manor-house of Grange. Mr. John Cant soon after became lairdof Colmestoun, and Sir William Dick knight of Braid; but before we narratethe subsequent events of his remarkable career, we will turn back and take aglance at the earlier records of his
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