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148 HIGHLAND PAPERS
baroniam de Glastrach situatam Johanni Alani 1 Dno de
Loom pro xl libris sterlingorum sibi in terminis inter eos
statutis persolutis. In cujus rei testimonium sigilla nostra
sunt appensa. Datum apud Monasterium de S to Katano
xii° die mensis octobris anno dom: m° ccc° lxxi .
{Abstract.)
Martin, Prior of S. Kattan, and Dugald, Rector of Kylmor, of the
diocese of Argyll, respectfully certify to Gilbert of Glastrach that they
were present when Marietta, daughter of John Baron, relict of Ewen
MacYvar, in her great necessity pledged her whole land lying within
the barony of Glastrach to John Mac Alan, Lord of Lorn, for £40
sterling.
XVII. Charter by Robert ii. to Gilbert de Glascestre
and the heirs male of his body, whom failing to
Alexander Skyrmechur of Duude and Agnes his
spouse, and the longer liver of them, and the heirs
begotten or to be begotten betwixt them, of the
lands of Glascestre and others resigned by the said
Gilbert, May 3, 1374. 2
Robertus Dei gracia Rex Scotorum omnibus probis
hominibus tocius terre sue clericis et laicis salutem. Cum
1 This writ, of which the ecclesiastical phraseology may be noted, is of
great genealogical value as vouching the paternity of John, Lord of Lome.
This John MacAlan, who was thus not the son but the grandson of Brace's
enemy, John Baacach, as already stated (vide ante, p. 142, note 1), married Joanna,
daughter of the Princess Matilda Bruce by her husband Thomas Isaac, and had
part of the forfeited possessions of his house restored to him. Of Alan, his father,
little is certainly known, though it seems probable that he is the person men-
tioned in various places in the Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland, vol.
hi., and referred toby Mr. Bain in his Introduction, p. Ixiv., where he says, 'Alan
of Argyll, probably from his armorial bearings, a son of John of Lome, was
retained in the household of Edward II. after his father's death, and often appears
on service in the marches.'
2 As printed in the folio volume of the Register of the Great Seal, this charter
is imperfect. It has therefore been thought well to give it here in full from the
original.
Having apparently no hope of male issue Gilbert of Glassarie resigned his
estates in Argyll, Perth, and Forfar into the hands of King Robert II., and
from him obtained the regrant contained in this charter with remainder to his
daughter Agnes and her husband Alexander Scrymgeour of Dudhope, Con-
stable of Dundee and standard-bearer of Scotland, and the heirs of their
marriage. It was by virtue of this destination that the Glassarie estates passed
to the Scrymgeour family (vide ante, p. 119).