Lays And Legends of the English Lake Country With Copious Notes
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" When the deer and the rae Lightly bounding together, Sport the lang simmer day On the braes of Balquhither. " 2 1 2 Notes to The tradition is that the head, or chief, of this family had a grant of the lands of Gill to him, and his heirs for ever, from William the Lion, King of Scotland, whose eventful reign lasted nearly half a century ; and vsrho died in 12 14. This grant is said to have been made, not only as a reward for his fidelity to his prince, but as a memorial of his extraordinary sw...iftness of foot in pursuing the deer, outstripping in fleetness most of the horses and dogs. The conditions of the grants were, that he should pay a pepper corn yearly, as an ac- knowledgment, and that the name of William should, if possible, be perpetuated in the family. " And this is certain, " says a writer in the Gentleman's Magazine about the year 1794, "That ever since, till now, a " William Reay has been owner of the Gill. There is every reason to believe that the present John Reay is the first instance of a deviation.
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