TRAQUAIR HOUSE 445 FOURTH PERIOD be published as the only means of preserving a record of this interesting piece of Scottish art. The parish of Traquair appears to have been a Royal demesne from a very early period, and frequently the residence of our Scottish kings and princes for the purpose of hunting. FIG. 881. Traquair House. Entrance Doorway. King David i., Earl Henry his son, Malcolm the Maiden, William the Lion, Alexander the Second, and Alexander the Third, all date charters from Traquair. William the Lion made it his abode during a tedious illness in the year 1203. He is again spoken of as holding his Court at Traquair in the year 1209. It was visited by King Edward the First in the year 1304, and by King Edward the Second in the year 1310. Between the years 1133 and 1142 David i. granted the wood and timber in his forests of " Selesckircke and Traocquair," and the grant was con- firmed by his son, Earl Henry, before the year 1147; by Malcolm the Maiden between the years 1153 and 11 65; and by William the Lion
