{=Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis=} {~f38v~} {((j)nquisicio facta
quale seruiciu(m) tenet(ur) \ capellanus de caldhame facere episcopo
\ brechinen(sis)(} {\\} Be it kend til al mene be yis present writ
me pat(ri)k\nicholsone perpetual chaiplene of caldhame to be mo\neist
be ane reuerend fathir in crist (j)hone bischop of bre\chine our
Lord bay^t spiritual and temporal of ye said(is) {\} Land(is) of
caldhame throw guid (j)nformacione and (j)nquisi\cioune lauchfully
maid be my predecesso(uris) Schir (j)hone±ro\ched beand chaiplene
of ye said Landis of Caldhame four\ty (z)eir and mair And als
be oy(er)is ald tenentis of {\} ye said Landis And als of brechine
to be Lauchfully {\} stren(z)eit and compellit and be ald vs(s) and
custum {\} fundyne yat y^e said Land of caldhame and possessour
{\} and tenent of (j)t aw of Law & vis(s) and custum of (j)t {\} to
ye said Lord and his court(is) soit and seruice thris(s) {\} in ye
(z)eir at thre heid court(is) (j)tem aw mowtir and {\} mowtir±schaiff
to ye litil myl of brechine of ye said(is) {\} Lord(is) and to mak
or gar mak lyk part of ye said myl {\} hous(s) and lik part of it
to red ye dame as othir(is) yat {\} ar thirlit to ye said myl And
mak careage for his p(ar)t {\} for ye bryngyng hayme of y^e mylstane
quhen it hapnis {\} to neide to y^e said myle (j)tem aw to pay to
ye girst {\} of ye said myl ye twenteit cwrne as oy(er)is tenent(is)
{\} pais to ye said myle For y^e±quhilk(is) and throw ye {\} said
(j)nquisicioune~ (j) haf pait my part to ye said myl {\} hous(s) makyng
And dame reddyng And frely and {\} rewilfully contentis for
me and my successo(uris) and for {\} wis(s) and custum y^t ay hes
beine befoir til al ye foir\said thingis y^t yai be kepit in forme
and maner as is {\} {~f39v~} befoir writine for my predecesso(uris)
and (j) kepit al y^e foirsaid {\} thing(is) and sal keip yai(m) for
my tyme And be yir my p(rese)n\t(is) litteris gewis bidding to my
tenent Syme\clerk and al {\} vthir tenentis for my tyme to keip
al yir foirsaid thing(is) {\} as (j)s befoir writine but obstac(i)le
in ony tyme to cum for {\} sa (j)s fundyne to be done be law wis(s)
and custum of sa {\} lang tyme yat na memor (j)s in y^e contrar
(j)n witnes(s) herof {\} becaus(s) (j) hed na seil of my awne (j) haf procurit
w^t (j)nstance {\} ye Seil of ane discreit man syme±clerk tenent
of ye said {\} Landis of caldhame to yis present writ to be affixt
At {\} brechine y^e xxv day of y^e moneth of maij (j)n ye (z)eir
of our {\} Lord ane thousand four hundreth fourty and sax (z)er(is)
(j)n {\} ye presens of s(s)^r william~±henrisoun~ Laurence of cra(n)och
{\} and s(s) donald±mames(s) chaiple(n)nis s(s)^r william~ of cra(n)\noch
witnes(s) y(ar)til askit and requirit and signyt yis Lettir {\} w^t
my hand and als w^t ye hand of ye said syme±clerk {\} in witnessing
and in taikine of consent til al y^e foirsaid {\} thing(is) {(Sequntur
=(sic)= Subsrip(ci)ones ,, Ego patricius nicholaij \ ad om(n)ia et
singula supradicta consencio ,, teste manu pro\pria ,, Syme clerk
manu propria ,,(}