{Arbroath Abbey, "Registrum Nigrum'} {(OBLICACiO (j)oha(n)nis Fyfe
DE qui(n)q(ue) libris a(n)nui reddit(us) in abb(er)den~ .)} {hand F} {item
213} {Begins in Latin} {Notarial dating clause = 12 March 1465
66. Agreement between (i)} {Malcolm abbot of Arbroath and the
convent and (ii) John of Fife, burgess} {of Aberdeen, concerning
nonpayment by (ii) of an annual rent of 100 s.} {Scots. (ii) undertakes
to pay it, obliging himself in "letters', the} {tenor of which
is given in Scots, beginning f60v ln 7.} Til al & sindry quhayis
kanaulag(e) {.} y(ir) p(rese)nt l(ett)res sal cum {.} (j)ohne~ of fyf burges(s)
of the {\} burgh of a(b)b(er)den~ grethyng" i(n) god eu(er)lestand {.}
*(z)our(e) vniu(er)site sal wit me to be oblist & {\} bundyn~ & be ye
tenor(e) of y(ir) p(rese)nt l(ett)res lelely & treuly byndis & oblis(s)
me be the fatht off my body myn~ ayr(is) & myn~ assig(na)is til a
ven(er)ab(i)le fad(er) i(n) c(ri)st Malcolme abbot of ab(er)br(othoc) and {\}
to ye (con)ue(n)t of yat ilk to pay (con)tent & asytht to yai(m) or yar(e)
assig(na)is mi(n)st(eris) or(e) deput(is) fyif {.} {\} pundis of ye vsuale
money of scotland awand to yai(m) of twa t(er)mys by gane of ye an\nuale
rent(is) of my tua land(is) lyand w^tin the said burgh~ {.} & al oy(er)
t(er)mys beand vnpayt {\} of the (z)er(is) for±to cu(m) quhat Somys y^t
eu(er) yai draw to {.} of the±quhilk(is) {.} (j) nor(e) yai ca(n) schaw
{\} na quhyttance or docume(n)t of to±gydd(er) with ye halde a(n)nuale
rent of the fyrst feft\ment autht yai(m) of±befor(e) ye±quhilk(is) a(n)nuale
rent(is) & so(m)mes(s) qwhatsu(m)eu(er) by passyt and {\} for±to cu(m) vnpayt
batht of ye alde & of ye nev to be ekyt & somyt & addit to the
re\u(er)sion~ the±quhilk (j) haf of the said abbot & (con)uent & to
be payt to yai(m) or yair(e) assig(na)is w^t {\} the p(ri)ncipale sowm~
(con)tenyt i(n) ye said reu(er)sion or eu(er) yai resyng" & gyf our(e) the
said a(n)nuale off {\} my forsaid landis to me myn~ ayr(is) or myn~
assig(na)is no^twyth±standyng" the forsaid abbot & {\} (con)uent &
yair(e) deput(is) mi(n)ster(is) & officiar(is) {.} hafand fre licence faculte
& fredom~ til ws(s) {\} yair(e) rycht to punde & destres(s) my forsaid
landis w^t the p(er)tinenc" & the i(n)h(ab)itant(is) off {\} yai(m) for(e)
yair(e) a(n)nuale rent(is) forsaid als oft as may be seyn~ expedient
to yai(m) {.} (j)n witnes(s) {\} of the±quihylk±thyng" {sic} to thyr(e)
p(rese)nt l(ett)res my seil is affixit at a(b)b(er)den~ the {.} xij {.}
day of march ye (z)er(e) of god {.} m^c {.} cccc^o {.} sexty & fyf
(z)er(is) {.} {\\} {resumes in Latin} {(.. Acta erant hec i(n)fra burgu(m)
DE \ A(b)b(er)den~ . In cam(er)a)} {(WILLiaMI andre ..)} {Witnesses:
Mr William Nobile, monk; Mr Johne Lewyn~ston~, vicar of Inn<er>vgy;
Mr Alex^r fyf; Mr Andrea Writht, chaplain; Adam Craufurd, burgess
of Ab<er>d<ee>n; William Andree; Findlai Dauison~} {Notary: Robert
Leis, Aberdeen diocese}