{Arbroath Abbey, "Registrum Nigrum'} {hand E = f25r} {item 131}
{f32r} {(*CARTA hostilagij de strewylyn~)} {.} [[b]]e it kennyt
til al men~ {.} Throw yir p(rese)nt(is) l(ett)re(z) ws robert±fersith
& (j)ohn~±gourlay {.} {\} burges of ye burgh {.} of st(re)uelyn~ to
be oblist & be yir p(rese)nte(z) l(ett)re(z) co(n)iu(n)ctly & seu(er)ly {\}
stratly oblis(s) our(e) teneme(n)t(is) i(n) the±quhilk(is) we indwel & haldis
our(e) (con)tinuale houshaldis {\} lyand i(n) the said burgh i(n)±to the
m(er)gat# #gate of the sa(m)myn~ betuix the land of Richard±(j)hon\son
& wil(z)am±bowar(e) & the land of vmquhil {.} Andro±chepman~ & ye
said richard±(j)honson {\} skalt hows(s) i(n) the±quilk(e) duellis Nichol±plu(m)ber
{.} til ye abbot of ab(er)b(rothoc) quhat±eu(er) he sal {\} be for ye
tym~ & to ye (con)uent of the sa(m)myn~ i(n) four(e) schilling(is) & sex
pe(n)nys a(n)nuale rent & {\} i(n) al & sindry hostilarijs as it is
p(ro)portit i(n) the euident(is) made til vs be the said abbot and (con)uent
of al & sindry yair(is) {ins} landis {end} lyand in the said burgh~
of st(re)uelyn~ in hylweynd quhilie {\} {f32v} the said landis of
hilweynd quhilk(is) we haf i(n) fee & herytage of yai(m) be byggyt ande
{\} maid distren(z)abil for the said a(n)nuale & sufficiand forto
vp# #hald ye hostilary but fraud {\} or gile ony man(er) {sic} {.}
And this til al & sindry to quham it affer(is) or sal may affer(e)
i(n) ty(m) to {\} cu(m) we mak knawyn be thir p(rese)nte(z) (j)n wytnes(s) of
ye±quhilk±thing we haf set our(e) pro\pir(e) selis to this p(rese)ns
at st(re)uely(n) {.} ye sextene~ day of the moneth~ of februar(e) The
(z)er(e) {\} of our# #lord a thousand four# #hundreth~ & Twenty {.}
(z)eris {\\}