 in Dreghorn and Pearceton (Sic) parish alone.On 19 December of the same year (1600), William Cuninghame of Towerlands (near Bourtreehill) was tried on a charge of treason, his brother, Alexander, with a party of hired soldiers, had taken "violent possession of the house of Cuninghamehead, in March, 1600".The King had issued written instructions for them to leave the premises however they took up arms against the King's commissioners, upon whom they fired hagbuts.