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166 HIGHLAND PAPERS
notario publico presentavit et tradidit perlegendam cujus
quidem indenturae tenor sequitur in hec verba. Yis indentur
x made at Perth ye xxiiii day of Avrill ye yher of
our lorde a thousand four hundreth thretty and a yher
perportis and beris witnes yat it is accordit betwene nobil
and worthy men Duncan Cambele of Louchquhow and
wyth ye consent and ye assent of Gyllaspy 2 Cambele his
sone ande ayr on ye ta part and schir Jhon Scrymgeour
constabil of Dunde knyt on ye toy r pt in maner and forme
as eftir folowes yat is to say y* becaus of changing ye saide
Duncan sal charter ye saide S r Jhon and his ayris and his
assignesi of al ye landis of Menstry 3 wyth ye pertenans
lyande within ye schrafedome of Clakmanane in fre
baronry to be haldin of ye kyng als fuly as he wes feft of
befor with ye clause of warandyse. ffor ye quhilk ye saide
S r Jhon sal charter ye saide Duncane and his ayris and his
assigneis of al ye twa pts of Glastr w* ye dimysone of ye
kyrk of l
y ilk wyth al his rychtis of ye superiorite of
ye thrid p*. of Glast 1" and
of ye superiorite of ye thrid pt
of ye landis of Kylmown and of his rychtis of ye landis
of Eddirlyng and cilmysnew wyth ye pertenante in fre
baronry and als frely as ye said S r Jhon hade it of before
wyt ye clause of warandise and to be haldyn of ye kyng
because of changing and at ather of ye p tls sal gif til uthir
all chartris evidentis and writis yat may mak help til oy r
1 From the terms of this writ it appears that the Constable had (i) the plenum
dominum of two-thirds of Glassarie. (2) The patronage of the parish church
which was situated at Killenuair on Lochaw, and was dedicated to St. Columba
(vide post, p. 199, note 2). The use of the words of that ilk should be noted
as a good illustration of the original meaning of a phrase that is in modern times
often misunderstood. (3) The superiority of the remaining third of Glassarie,
whatever that may have comprehended (vide ante, p. 139, note 2). (4) The
superiority of one-third of Kilmun, and (5) certain rights in Edderlin and Cam-
bysnieu. All these it was proposed by the indenture of 24th April 1431 to excamb
for the lands of Menstry.
2 Elsewhere called Archibald and Celestine. He died vita patris, and his
son Colin was the first Earl of Argyll (vide ante, p. 96).
3 Though probably they had long been territorial magnates in Argyll,
it is curious that Menstry is the first holding of the Campbells for which definite
record evidence still exists. In 1264, according to the Exchequer Rolls (i. p. 24),
the sheriff of Stirling deducts ^40 from the Crown rents in respect of the lands
of Mestreth (Menstrie) and Salwchop (Sauchie), ' datas Gillespico Campbell.'