[1] A Cospatricio vicecomite ("Gospatric the Sheriff") is mentioned in the foundation charter of Selkirk Abbey.
[3] A Gospatricus Vicecomes ("Gospatric the Sheriff") witnessed a grant by David, now king of Scotland, to Durham Cathedral Priory, sometime between April 1126 and March 1127.
[5] Although Sir Archibald Campbell Lawrie was uncertain what sheriffdom Gospatric held, G. W. S. Barrow and Norman Reid believed it to be Roxburghshire because of this charter.
[7] During the reign of David I, the barony of Crailing belonged to Gospatric, who conferred its churches to the abbot of Jedburgh.
[8] The ancient cross of the barony still stands on the A698 across from Lothian Hall in Crailing.