. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. INHALL 315 but not having had occasion for its use, no claim had been made for itsappropriation until 1707, when Lord Fountainhall sent in a petition to thekirk-session, which was entered in the session record as follows— 2(yth May 1707.—This day it was represented by my Lord Fountainhall that theburying-place belonging to his predecessors and authors, heritors of the lands within thisparish of Pencaitland, now possessed by the said Lord Fountainhall, was in the west endof this church of Pencaitland,
. The grange of St. Giles, the Bass : and the other baronial homes of the Dick-Lauder family. INHALL 315 but not having had occasion for its use, no claim had been made for itsappropriation until 1707, when Lord Fountainhall sent in a petition to thekirk-session, which was entered in the session record as follows— 2(yth May 1707.—This day it was represented by my Lord Fountainhall that theburying-place belonging to his predecessors and authors, heritors of the lands within thisparish of Pencaitland, now possessed by the said Lord Fountainhall, was in the west endof this church of Pencaitland, below the loft and before the bell-steeple ; and thereforecraved this Session to give their concurrence to his having possession of the saidburying-place. None, however, of the Lauder family rest there, with the exception of veryyoung children, the usual place of entombment being their own vault atGreyfriars ; but here lie the mortal remains of many of the ancient family ofGeorge, Lord Seton, who owned the first baronial castle of Winton, and wasconnected by marriage with the OLD TOMB, PENCAITLA CHAPTER XXIV
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