{=Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis=} {~f4v~} {(DECRETU(m)
d(omi)noru(m) co(n)silij sup(er) s(e)c(un)dis dec(im)is t(er)raru(m) d(omi)ni de \
ro^tois(s) existen(tibus) in m"ma temp(or)e warde earu(n)d(em) date \ vigesimip(ri)mj
diej me(n)s(is) (j)ulij a(n)no d(omi)ni (j)M CCCC^m^o septua\gesimo septimo
Et a(n)no regnj (j)acobj reg(is) deci(m)oseptimo \ (j)ACOBUS dej
gr(aci)a Rex Scotoru(m) om(n)ib(us) probis homi(ni)b(us) suis ad q(uo)s \
p(rese)ntes L(itte)re p(er)uenerint Salute(m) sciat(is) quodd(am) Actum
\ siue decretum p(er) Consules nostros (j)nferius descriptos datum
et pro\mulgatu(m) vtiq(ue) intellixisse in wlgarj sub hac forma(}
At Edinb(ur)gh {\} ye last day of (j)unij ye (z)er of our Lord Ane~
thousand four# #hu(n)dreth {\} sewyntye and sewyne~ (z)er(is) The lord(is)
of Counsaile wnd(er) w(ri)tine {\} y^t (j)s to say ane reuerend fay(er)
in god william~ bischop of catnes(s) {\} maistyr william~±schewes(s)
Archden~ of sanctandr(os) coadivtor of ye {\} {~f5r~} samyne~ Noble~
and my^tty lord(is) androu Lord awendaile chanceler of scot\Land
(j)hone~ lord carlile Ane venerable~ fathir in gode Archibald
abbat {\} of halirudhous(s) maist(er) archibald±quhitlaw secretar
maist(er) alexr"-(j)nglis~ {\} And (j)hone~ ye ros(s) of montgrenen~
anent y^e actioun~ debatable~ betuix a {\} reuerend fay(er) in god
(j)hone~ bischop of brechine~ on~ y^e±ta p(ar)t And george {\} erl
of ro^tois(s) on~ ye±tuy(er) p(ar)t twichyng" ye sicund teynd clamyt
be ye {\} said reuerend fay(er) to be autht to hym~ of y^e said
erl of ro^tois(s) Land(is) {\} Lyand in y^e meyrnis(s) y^e tyme~ of
y^e beyng of y^e said Land(is) in o(ur) soue\rane~ Lord(is) hand(is)
be ressoun~ of ward The said actioun~ beand of {\} Lang tyme~
dependand debatable~ betuix y^e said p(ar)teis And oft±ty(m)is {\}
proponit be yai(m) befoir y^e Lord(is) of Counsale and y(ar) ressonis
And {\} allegationis hard and vnd(er)standing" And y(ar)eft(er) o(ur)
souerane~ Lord(is) {\} ry^t and (j)nt(er)ess(s) in y^t mat(er) becaus(s)
it co(n)c(er)nis(s) to h(is) hienes(s) in siclik {\} thing in tyme~ to cum
The ald rollis & registr(is) war be (com)mand {\} of y^e lord(is) of
Counsaile socht and y^e copeis y(ar)of attentikly w(ri)tine~ {\}
and now schawin w^t diuers(s) oy(er)is euident(is) and w(ri)t(is) p(ro)ducit
{\} be ye said bischop of brechine~ y^e±q^l^k(is) Rollis & euident(is)
beand co(n)\sid(er)it & vnd(er)standi(n) at Lyntht y^e said Lord {=sic=}
of Counsaile yai beyng {\} ryply awisit y^e mat(er) at Lintht
co(m)monit {"discussed"} Consellis our souerane~ {\} lord(is) hienes
to mak y^e said reuerend fay(er) be (con)tent & pait of y^e {\} sicund
teind of ye said erl of ro^tois(s) Land(is) for y^e tyme of y(ar) beyng
{\} in his hand(is) be ressoun~ of ward And think(is) y^t y^e rollis
regist(er) & {\} euident(is) schawin~ befoir yai(m) (j)s sufficie(n)t pruiff
for y^e possessioun~ {\} of y^e kirk of brechine~ to y^e sicund
teind of y^e said ward {(Datu(m) \ & extractu(m) de libro Actoru(m)
p(er) me Alex(andru)m Scot cl(er)icu(m) co(n)silij regij \ sub meis signo
et subsc(ri)p(ti)one manualib(us) Quoquid(em) actu(m) siue dec(re)tu(m) \ ac
om(n)ia et sing(u)la in eod(em) co(n)tenta in om(n)ib(us) suis pu(n)ct(is) et
ar(tic)lis appro\bam(us) & ratificam(us) et p(er) p(rese)ntes co(n)firmam(us)
Datu(m) sub testim(on)io magnj \ sigilli n(ost)ri Apud Edinburgh~
vicesimop(ri)mo die me(n)s(is) (j)ulij Anno d(omi)ni millesimo quadringen(tesi)mo
septuagesimo septimo Et regnj nostrj deci(m)o \ septimo(} {\\}