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'[Lord]ship; and that your Lordship from time to time by your letters call the principal men before you, to answer for themselves and those under them; and if any of them make default, your Lordship may apprehend them, according to the authority of your Lordship's letters patent, and punish as you shall think convenient.
'To the seventh; - We think it were good that warning by proclamation were given by your Lordship, that no Scottishman, or suspected borderman, under any colour, do repair into Westmorland or Cumberland above Carlisle, without your Lordship's licence, upon pain of punishment at your Lordship's consideration: And that every Justice, or other officers, or persons in England, do apprehend any such, and bring them before your Lordship upon the occasion of their repairing thither. And that no gentleman shall receive into his service any Scotsman or Borderman, but such as before his departure from his service he will make known to your Lordship, so as he may be answerable what any man can say against him.'
William Musgrave, Esq; Sheriff,
John Dalson, Esq.
Joseph Pennington, Esq.
John Lamplughe, Esq.
Nicholas Curwen, Esq.
Wilfrid Lawson, Esq.
Thomas Lamplough, Esq.
Christopher Dalston, Esq.
Henry Blencow, Esq.
John Denton, Esq.
John Richmond, Esq.
Gerard Lowther, Esq.
Thomas Strickland, Esq.James Bellingham, Esq *.
These resolutions in part took effect, for the Grames came and submitted themselves, and became bound to the Lord Scroope for themselves and their clans, on the 8th of October 1602, which are as follows:
These following belong to the Godman † of Netherby, which he will be answerable for,
Walter Grame himself,
Richie Grame his son,
Arthur Grame his son,
William Grame, his brether
Richie Grame, his brether
Dick Grame, his brether
Thomas Grame, his brether
Arthur Grame, his brether
Andrew Grame, his brether ‡

Their tenants,
Thomas Taite,
Alexander Grame,
John Gibson,
Richard Grame,
Richie Armstrong,
Herbert Johnstown,
Willie Bailie,
Andrew Little,
Christopher Calwert,
John Baytie,
John Armstrong,
John Gibson,
Mattson.
These following are they which John Grame of Anghouse-well will be answerable for,
John Grame himself
Richie Grame, his son
Walter Grame, his son
Geordie Grame, his brether
William Grame, his brether
Arthur Grame, his brether
Thomas Grame, his brether
His tenants and his brethers,
Willie Grame,
Henry Grame of Skaleby,
William Blacklock miller,
Reyne Grame
Cuddie Glesby,
(and 25 more named.)
These following are the names that I. Fargus Grame of Sowport will be answerable for,
Fargus Grame myself,
Wille Grame, my son
Jamie Grame, my son
My tenents and dependers are these
John Wilson,
Lewis Thomson, &c.
* Bell.
† As he stiled himself.
‡ Four others, in Bell's MS.
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