Nicholas of Rutherford appears between 1270 and late 1290s (<em>Glasgow Registrum</em>, i, no. 216; <em>Kelso Liber</em>, i, nos. 174, 305, 308, <em>Melrose Liber</em>, i, nos. 329, 331) and others also appear during this period. Hugh of Pearsby as sheriff of Roxburgh also suggests 1270s or 80s.