# 439
Edinburgh, National Archives of Scotland, HM General Register House GD12/41
Sort date: 4610000
Location: 383 647 S
Excellent hee & mythty princes(s) & mast
redoutyt gracious sou(er)ane liege quene~
To (z)ur(e) mast gracious heenas mast humily & lame(n)tabilly menis
& (com)plen(z)eis (z)ur(e) simpil s(er)uitour(e) (j)ohn" of swynton~ of yat
ilk yat quhar myn eld(er)is & (j) has bene i(n) pesabil possession~
broukand & (j)oisand pesabilly my land(is) of cra(n)schawis iij^x^x
(z)eris & mar but demand Now of late be (z)ur(e) heenas on
my lord Albanis behalf but ony law or p(ro)ces(s) of law (j) am
put fra my said land(is) No^t±agaynstandy̽ng our(e) sou(er)ane lord
(z)ur(e) spous quham god assoil(z)e Direkit his l(ett)res Diu(er)se
tymis for me to ger(e) inquisicion be made quhey(er) my said land(is)
war(e) in ye tyme of ye forfawtour(e) of ye erle of marche
war(e) in his hand(is) p(ro)p(ri)ete or tena(n)dry or
i(n) his hand(is) or no^t y^e said tyme of forfawtour(e) Ye±quhilk
inquisicion~ na nane vy(er) (j)ustice na law (j) can get nane done to
me of my said land(is) sen ye tyme of his decese And (j) traist
yai haf gret charge i(n) yair(e) saulis y^t latt(is) gif
ony p(ar)ti latt(is) (j)ustice & law to be done to me or
yarof yai haf gret charge i(n) yair(e) saul(is) ane(n)t(is) god Quar(e)for
(j) besek (z)ur(e) mast g(ra)cious heenas y^t (z)e wald wichesauf
suffir to fory(er) my sympilnes to haf (j)ustice & law done
to me of my said la(n)d(is) for ye luf of almy^ty god & almous
of (zur) spous(s) saul quha(m) god assoil(z)e (z) & al (z)ur(e)
eld(er)is saul(is)