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of us and our heirs, in fee and heritage for ever, through all their just
marches and divisions, in woods and plains, meadows, pastures, and
pasturages, in moors, marshes, ways and paths, waters and pools,
huntings, hawkings, and fishings, mills, multures, courts, escheats, and
issues of courts, with bondpeople, bondages, and natives, and services
of free tenants, with soc and sac, tolle and theme, and infano^and
thief, and with all other liberties, commodities, easements, belonging, or
that may in any way hereafter belong to all the said lands of the whole
barony foresaid, as freely and quietly, well, and in peace, as we or any
of our predecessors at any time held the said lands with the pertinents,
without any withholding forever ; the regality thereof being reserved to
us and our heirs : We will also, that in case, which God forbid, the
foresaid William, or Archibald, die without heirs of their bodies, as
aforesaid, that all the said lands, with all their pertinents revert to us
and our heirs : Performing therefor to us and our heirs the foresaid
William and his heirs foresaid, whom perchiince failing, the foresaid
Archibald and his heirs foresaid, the service of one knight in our army,
in name of blench farm only, for all other secular services, exactions or
demands, which from the said lands in any way might be demanded or
required: And we, indeed, James Earl foresaid and our heirs shall
warrant, acquit and defend for ever against all men and women, all the
said lands with all their pertinents to the foresaid William and his heirs
foresaid, whom failing, to the said Ai-chibald and his heirs foresaid, in
all things as above written. In witness whereof to this our charter we
have caused our seal to be appended, these being witnesses, Sir Archibald
of Douglas, Lord of Galloway, James of Douglas, lord of Dalkeith,
James of Lindsay, lord of Crawford, William of Lyndesay, Kobert
Colville, William of Borthwick, our cousins, knights, Adam Forester,
Adam of Hoppringle, Allan of Lauder, and many others.
3. Bond by John of Swyntoun, lord of Mar, and Margaret, his wife.
Countess of Douglas and Mar, to William of Douglas, son of the late Sir
James Earl of Douglas, 5 December 1389.
Omnibus banc cartam visuris vel audituris, Johannes de Swyntoun,
dominus de Marre, et Margareta, sponsa sua, comitissa de Douglas et de
Marre, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noueritis nos vnanimi consensu
et assensu fideliter promississe Willelmo de Douglas, filio quondam
domini Jacobi comitis de Douglas, domini vallis de LydaH:, quod
nuncquam contra ipsum questionem aut calumpniam quouismodo
mouebimus, nee aliquis [alius] nomine nostro mouebit, racione baronie
de Drumlanrig, quandocunque ipsum contigerit possessionem eiusdem
[obtinere, et quod] libere dicta baronia cum pertinenciis valeat gaudere,
secundum quod contineturin carta predicti Jacobi comit[is de] Douglas,
filii nostri, dicto Willelmo de Douglas, filio suo, super dicta baronia
confecta. In cuius rei testimonium sigilla [nostra] presentibus opposuimus,
quinto die Decembris, anno Domini millesimo ccc octogesimo
nono.
[One seal remaining, broken.]
An old copy of this charter aUo in the Drumlanrig charter chest has
the following translation :
" Followes tha Englische heiroff.
" To all and sundrye quho sail sie and heir this present charter, Johne
of Swyntoun, lord of Mar, and IVIargaret, his spous, countes of Douglas
and Mar, helth in our Lord everlasting : Witt ye us of ane mynd, consent
and assent, to hef faithfullie promeist to Williame Douglas, sone to