{=Arbroath Abbey, Registrum Nigrum=} {=hand E=} {~f25r~} {=item
113=} {(l(itte)ra carpentarij p(ro) tectura chori.(} [[t]]his endentur(e)
p(re)sent beris wytnes(s) yat the (z)er(e) of grace {.} m {.} ccc {.}
xCiiij {.} ye xvj day {\} of ye moneth {<j<} of Fever(z)er yis
cu(n)nande was made betwen~ {.} ye reu(er)end fay(er) in±to c(ri)st (j)ohne~
throch ye grace of godde abbot of the abbay of ab(er)b(rothoc) & the
(con)ue(n)t off y^t {\} ilk place of ye±ta p(ar)t {.} & wil(z)am~±plumer
of tweddale burges of the cite of andirston~ {.} {\} of ye±toyer
part {.} yat is to say {.} that ye forsad {.} wylla(m)-.±plumer(e)
{.} sal theke ye mekil quer(e) {\} of yar(e) abbay {.} wy^t lede {.}
and gutt(er) yt {superscr T crossed out} al a±bowt sufficiandly
{.} w^t lede for the±quhilk(is) the\kyn~ and gutt(er)yn~ {.} the abbot
& the (con)uent sal pay till hym~ {.} xxxv {.} m(ar)c" at syndry ter\mys
as he is he is {sic} wyrkand & of ye xxxv {.} m(ar)c(is) {.} v {.}
m(ar)c(is) sal dwel style i(n) ye abbot(is) {\} hand & the (con)uent(is) {.}
quhillys ye quer(e) be thekyt & alurryt al a±bowyt w^t stane~ {.}
{\} & quhen~ it is {.} alurryt a±bout w^t stane~ he sal dytht
it a±bowt wytht lede suffyciandly {.} {\} {f25v} as his craft
askys & quhen he has endyt yat werk he sal be payt of {.} v {.}
m(ar)c(is) & a gown~ w^t {\} a hude til hys rauarde {.} quhilk wil(z)a(m)±Plumer(e)
sal fynd a man~ on~ his aw(i)n cost & y^e abbot & {\} (con)uent a
man~ alsua {.} of yar(e) cost {.} quhil ye werk be fullyly endyt
{.} ye abbot & the (con)uent sall {\} fynd al maner(e) of gratht yat
p(er)tenys to yat werk {.} quhil {[he?[} is {=sic=} wyrkande willa(m)
sal haf alsua {\} for (j)lk stane~ fynyne yat he fynys of lece {.}
iij {.} d {.} & a stane~ of ilke hundyr(e) yat he fy\nys til his
trauel {.} And yat day yat he wyrk(is) he sal haf a pe(n)ny {.} til
his noynsankys {\} (j)N ye wytnes(s) of yis thyng" to ye±ta p(ar)t
of yere endentur(e) to ye abbot & the (con)uent for\to dwel ye selis
of (j)ohn~±brog" & of (j)ohn~ {.} p(re)churrys burges of ye burgh {.}
of ab(er)b(rothoc) ar {\} to put ye±toy(er) p(ar)t anens(s) wil(z)am~ of tweddal
plu(m)mer(e) {.} ye comon~ sele of ye chapyt(er) of {\} ab(er)b(rothoc)
remanys {=N corr from Y=} selyt {.} Dowyn~ & gyffyn~ ye (z)er(e)
and ye day {.} of y^e moneth {.} befor(e) ne(m)myt {.} {\\} {=cf f26r
entry on same matter in Latin=}