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the parish church of Begar, on 16th instant September, at 10 forenoon,
&c., on which day the commissioners sitting in judgment, Kobert, Lord
Maxwell compeared before them and reported the citatory letters duly
executed and indorsed, parties were .thrice summoned &c., when John,
Abbot, appeared for himself and Schir John Tumour, priest and notary
public in name of the convent, the commission, &c., being read no one
appeared to object ; and at the request of Lord Maxwell the parties not
compearing were denounced as contumacious, and silence imposed upon
them; and the judges proceeded to execute the commission. By
examination of trustworthy witnesses, and the abbot and procurator
for the convent, the judges found the statements in the commission
and charter to be true and tlie lease to be for the evident utility of
the monastery ; and at the request of Lord Maxwell (iecern and
declare the grant and lease, charter and letters, &c., to be for the
benefit of the monastery, and to be ratified and confirmed by Apostolical
authority, &c. The Instrument of Process is directed to be subscribed
and published in their presence by the scribe, and the Judges' seals to be
appended. Done in the parish church of Begar, 16 September 1523.
Witnesses, Schir Paul Fraser, dean of Boss, James Doughice of Drumlanark,
James Matillent of Auchingassil, John Douglace, James
Charteris, Archibald Douglace, David Maxvel, esquires, and Schir John
Nicholsone, priest and notary public.
The docquet is written by John Laudar, M.A., clerk of the city of
St. Andrews, notary public, by Apostolical and Imperial authority, and
matriculated and described in the office of writers of the Koman Court.
[One seal remaining, that of the Abbot of Dundrennan nearly perfect,
bearing the Virgin under a Canopy. Legend, *' s. jacobi . . .
ABBATIS d'dVNDBENAN."]
174. Bull of Absolution by Pope Clement (the Seventh, Julius de
Medici), in favour of William Steward, provost of the church of St.
Bull
Mary the Virgin of Lynclowden, of Glasgow diocese, to whom the
is directed. The pope states that he intended to appoint him to be
bishop of the church of Aberdeen, and in case he were bound by
any sentences, censures or ecclesiastical pains, he absolves him from any
sentences or pains of excommunication, suspension and interdict, in
order that the provision foresaid might take effect. Given at Rome, at
St. Peter's, Id. Nouembris (13th) 1532. [Seal wanting.]
175. Charter by Thomas, perpetual conimendator of the monastery
of " Sancti ^N^emoris, Halywood vulgariter nuncnpati " and convent
thereof, of the Premonstratensian order, of the diocese of Glasgow, lords
superior of the underwritten lands, granting to their well-beloved
Eobert Kirkpatrik, son and heir male of the late John Kirkpatrik of
Alisland, begotten between him and the late Egidia Greirsoun, his
spouse, for the time, and his heirs male whomsoever, whom failinor the
eldest of his heirs female without division, of all and whole the six merk
land of Brachath of old extent, in the barony of Haly wod, and sheriffdom
of Drumfreis, excepting the multures of the harvests of the said lands
growing upon them which they reserve to them and their successors
which formerly belonged heritably to the said llobeit and which he
personally resigned in their hands at their monast(iry. Moreover, for
the good faithful and thankful service done by the said late John Kirkpatrik
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and Robert Kirkpatrik, his son, to the granters and their
monastery, and in respect of great sums of money paid by the said late
John for the granters' heritable infeftment of feufarm of the foresaid lands
granted to him and his heirs male begotten between him and Egidia his