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| | A System of Heraldry - Alexander Nisbet |
 | | In the reign of King David the I. Philip de Nesbyth is a witness to that king's deed which he made to the religious at Coldingham, for prayers to be said for the health of his soul. |
 | | of the lands of Brighamshiels, to himself and his wife, Helen Rutherford, in the year 1506: His successor was Alexander Nisbet of that Ilk, for John Nisbet of Dalziel gives a charter to George Nisbet, son of Alexander Nisbet of that Ilk, of half of the barony of Dalziel, 1513, as in the Public Register. |
 | | Which George succeeded his father Alexander; he gives a charter (wherein he is designed de eodem) to Elizabeth Cranston, daughter of Cuthbert Cranston of Mains, of the lands of Mungo's-Walls, West-Miln of West-Nisbet, and lands of Otterburn in Berwickshire, anno 1551. |
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