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{Edinburgh, National Archives of Scotland, HM General Register House GD12/34}
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{Swinton Charters} *TIL AL AND SINDRY QWAS KNAWLAGE YIR PreSENTz
LETTerIS SALL~ CUm WILLaME-*DRAX *PRIOURe OF *COLDYNGHaME SENDis
GRETING IN GOD *FORQWY-Y^T {<YS<} IT IS {\} MEDFULL~ AND MERITABILE
FOR-TO BERe WITNES TILL~ Y^E SUTHFASTNES *AND SPECIALI IN IT Y^T
THRW Y^E HYDING OF SUTHFASTNES SCHATE OR PreIUDICE {\} MAY BE
ENGENerIT TILL~ ONY jNNOCENT yARFOR WE BERe WITNES *AND SUTHFASTLY
MAKis KEND y^T WILLaME OF WETHIRBURNE LAUCHFULL~ {\} TUTOURe TILL~
Y^E SON~ AND HARe OF QWILUm Ser jOHn OF SWYNTOuN Y^T LAST DECESIT
IN FRAuNCE BE VERTU OF HIS OFFICE OF TUTOURI {del} S {end} RESAIT
AND {\} TUK VP Y^E MALYS OF Y^E TWA-PARTE OF MYKILL~ SWYNTOuN
OF Y^E TERME OF MARTYMES NEXT FOLOWAND EFTer DECESs OF Y^E FORSAID
Ser jOHN~ {\} y^E-QUHILK MALIS HE DELIUerIT TILL~ OURe BALzE *DAUID-HOME
IN OURe NAME FOR-QWY yAI PerTENYT TILL~ VS OF LAWE BECAUSE-Y^T
Y^E SAID LANDis {\} WARe IN OURe HANDis {del and subpuncted} AT
Y^E SA D {end} AT Y^E SAID TERME VNRECOUerIT TILL~ Y^E FORSAID
HAIRe {,,} *AND WAR LYAND STILL~ VNRAISIT QUHILE Y^E FORSAID {\}
WILLaME AS TUTOURe FORSAID HAD RESSAU^T SESING OF Y^E FORSAID
LANDis TILL~ Y^E FORSAID HAIRe *AND YAN IN ALL~ GUDLY HAST YarEFTer
HE RESSAU^T {\} AND RAISIT YARe BE VERTU OF HIS OFFICE OF TUTOURI
*AND PAID TILL~ OURe BALzE IN OURe NAME AS IS BEFOR-SAID *AND
YIS TILL~ {ins} ALL~ {end} YAIM TO {\} QWAM IT PerTEnIS OR MAY
PerTENE SUTHFASTLY WE MAK KEND BE Yir PreSENT LETTerIS WRITTIN
AT *COLDYNGHaM {ins} VNDer OURe SELE {end} Y^E XX DAY OF *DECEMBYRe

{\} IN Y^E YHERe OF OURe LORD M {.} CCCC XXXX & IIJ {\\}