located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity mellerstain house
St ___MASK23___ ' s Abbey , Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose , Roxburghshire , in the ___MASK79___ . It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks at the request of King David I of Scotland , and was the chief house of that order in the country until the Reformation . It was headed by the Abbot or Commendator of Melrose . Today the abbey is maintained by Historic Scotland . Earl ___MASK30___ Haddington is a title in the Peerage ___MASK30___ Scotland . It was created in 1627 for the noted Scottish lawyer and judge Thomas ___MASK9___ , 1st Earl ___MASK30___ Melrose . He was Lord President ___MASK30___ the Court ___MASK30___ Session from 1616 to 1625 . ___MASK9___ had already been created Lord Binning in 1613 and Lord Binning and Byres , in the County ___MASK30___ Haddington , and Earl ___MASK30___ Melrose , in the County ___MASK30___ Roxburgh , in 1619 . These titles were also in the Peerage ___MASK30___ Scotland . The title ___MASK30___ the earldom derived from the fact that he was in possession ___MASK30___ much ___MASK30___ the lands ___MASK30___ the former Melrose Abbey . However , ___MASK9___ was unhappy with this title and wished to replace it with " Haddington " ( a title which was then held by John Ramsay , 1st Earl ___MASK30___ Holderness and 1st Viscount ___MASK30___ Haddington , but on whose death in 1626 both peerages became extinct ). In 1627 he relinquished the earldom ___MASK30___ Melrose and was instead created Earl ___MASK30___ Haddington , with the precedence ___MASK30___ 1619 and with limitation to his heirs male bearing the surname ___MASK30___ ___MASK9___ . This derived from the fact that he considered it a greater honour to take his title from a county rather than from an abbey . ___MASK9___ was a member ___MASK30___ the prominent Scottish family ___MASK30___ that name and descended from John de ___MASK9___ , younger son ___MASK30___ Walter de ___MASK9___ ( or Walter Fitzgilbert ), who was granted the feudal barony ___MASK30___ Cadzow and who is also the ancestor ___MASK30___ the Dukes ___MASK30___ ___MASK9___ and Dukes ___MASK30___ Abercorn . The Peerage ___MASK30___ Scotland is the section ___MASK30___ the Peerage ___MASK30___ the British Isles for those peers created by the King ___MASK30___ Scots before 1707 . Following that year ' s Treaty ___MASK30___ Union , the Kingdom ___MASK30___ Scots and the ___MASK99___ were combined under the name ___MASK30___ Great Britain , and a new Peerage ___MASK30___ Great Britain was introduced in which subsequent titles were created . Mellerstain House is a stately home around 13 kilometres north ___MASK30___ Kelso in the Borders , Scotland . It is currently the home ___MASK30___ the 13th Earl ___MASK30___ Haddington , and is a historical monument ___MASK30___ Scotland . The Lord President ___MASK30___ the Court ___MASK30___ Session is the most senior judge in Scotland , the head ___MASK30___ the judiciary , and the presiding judge ___MASK30___ the College ___MASK30___ Justice and the Court ___MASK30___ Session . The Lord President is also the Lord Justice General ___MASK30___ Scotland and the head ___MASK30___ the High Court ___MASK30___ Justiciary , the two offices having been combined in 1836 . The Lord President has authority over any court established under Scots law , except for the Supreme Court ___MASK30___ the United Kingdom .