Stockwell.
_History of Hawick_ (Vol iv., p. 233.).--In reply to the Query of your
correspondent H. L., I have to inform him that there have been published
two histories of Hawick, viz.,--
1. Robert Wilson's _Sketch of the History of Hawick_, a small 8vo.
printed in 1825. It contains a notice of the altercations between the
Abbot of Melrose and Langlands the Baron of Wilton, relative to the
arrear of tithes due to the abbacy of Melrose. A copy of this work can
be procured for about 5_s._
2. James Wilson's _Annals of Hawick, 1214-1814_, a small 8vo. printed in
1850. This work, under date 1494-5, has a notice of the murder of the
chaplain by Langlands. This book can be had for 6_s._ 6_d._
A notice of the trial of Langlands for the murder will also be found in
Pitcairn's _Criminal Trials_, vol. i. p. 20.