Sir James Hoom of Echills
18 Aprill 1667.—Receavit from the laird of Stichhill for Sir James Hoom of Echills his corpse standing in the Kirk one night £11: 12: 00.
(Note.—Sir James Home of Eccles had been slain in a desperate duel with swords on Leith Sands at Seafield. His adversary, Wm. Douglas, younger, of Whittinghame, was arrested and beheaded three days
later at the Cross of Edinburgh.)
source-South Leith Records
