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{Edinburgh, National Archives of Scotland, HM General Register House GD55/525}
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{= The MS has faded to illegibility in places and appears to be
water damaged. Illegible portions have been supplied from the
BC record-type edn., vol. II, no. 515, pp. 519-21. A version based
on the present state of the text is "melrosech525q.tag" =} *TYLL
ALL~ & *SYNDRY TO QWHAM YE KNAWLEGE OF YIR PreSENT LetteRIS SAL
TO CUM *PATRIK OF *DUNBAR LORD OF *BEILL {.} FOR-YI-AT IT IS MERYTABLE
& MEDFULL TO BER WYTNES TO YE SUTHFASTNES *AND {\} ALS AT j WES
REQUERIT BE A VENerABLE FADIR IN {\} CRYSTE DANE jOHN~ OF *FOGO
*ABBOTE AF *MELROS & YE COnUENT OF YE SAYDE PLACE FOR-TO WYTNES
VNDIR WRYT YE THYNG AT WES DETerMYNYT BEFOR ME IN IUGEMEnT & ENDYT
{\} BE YE GRETE ASSYS {.} YAT IS TO SAY j SYTTAND AS IUGE IN-TO
YE *SUYLzE OF HALSYNGTON WYTH POWAR GIFFYN & CHARGYT VNDYR YE
KYNGis SEALE IN SPEciALE YAR COMPerIT BEFOR ME YE FORSAIDE VENerABLE
FADIR IN CRYSTE {\} YE *ABBOT OF MELROS W^T SOME ParT OF YE COnUENT
& YAR PreSENT TO ME A BREFE OF DEParTISiON OF YE KYNGis CHAPELE
CHARGEAND ME TO DO EXECUSION~ YAR-APON EFTer YE TENOUR OF YE BREFE
YAT IS TO SAY TO MAK DEParTISiON {\} OF YE LANDis OF HALSYNGTON~
BETWIX YE *SAIDE VENerABLE FADRE IN CRYSTE & YE HOUSs OF MELROS
ON YE-TA ParT & A WORSCHIPFUL LORDE WALTer OF HALIBURTON~ OF YAT
ILKE & HALSYNGTON~S LANDis & MONYLAWIS LANDis PerSONARis {\} OF
YE *SAIDE LANDis TO YE-QUHILKe DEParTISiON ALL YE ParTIS WAR LACHFULLY
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*ABBOT & COnUENT BROCHT TIL A DAY SET YAR-APON~ A ParT OF YE KYNGis
CONSALE Y^T IS {\} TO *SAY SIR jOHN~-FORSTAR MAISTer OF HOUSHALDE
{.} MAISTer WATIR-STEWART {.} & *THOMAS-*SOMerVYLE IUSTICE WYTH
OYerIS AT YE-QUHILK DAY YE SAIDE ASSIS ASKYT MAR HELP OF MEN OF
VNDIRSTANDYNG & YAN BE YE {\} WIS DISCRECION~ OF YE KYNGis CONSALE
Yar WES PUT TO YAIm SWORN FOUR WYSs & DISCRET MEN SUA Y^T YAI
WAR YAN TWENTY & NYNE & YIR AR YE NAMYS OF YAIm PATRIK-HERYNG
PATRIK OF HUME {.} THOmAS OF *CORSBY {\} *ADAM OF NESBYT {.} *PATRIK
OF NESBIT {.} jOHN~ OF CHEIRNSYDE {.} WYLLzAME OF MANDIRSTON~
{.} jOHN OF MANDIRSTON~ {.} WYLzAME OF *SPENCE {.} HEW OF SPENCE
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{\} *ROBERT OF EDYNTON~ {.} *RYCHART OF EDYNTON~ jOHN~-PURWAS
{.} THOMAS OF EDYNTON~ {.} *ADAM-FORMAN {.} WYLzAME OF WEYIRBURN
{.} *ANDROW OF BLAKEDIRe {.} jOHN~ OF *FURDE {.} THOmaS OF LUmMYSDEN~
*GYLBERT OF LUmMYSDEN~ RYCHART\*SLEICHE {.} DAUID OF HUME {.}
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DAY YAI *SAT & DETerMYNYT YAT YE *ABBOT & YE HOUSs OF MELROS SULD
HAFE IN HASSYNGTON~ QUHILK WES COnTENYT IN {\} A CHARTer THRE
PLEW OF LANDis Y^T IS TO *SAY PITILLISHUGH W^T Y^E RYCHT MARCHIS
& DEUYSIS FOR A PLEW OF LAND {.} & A-NOYIR PLEW OF LAND IN YE
WEST MAYNIS {.} & YE THRIDE LYANDE IN YE HUSBANDRY *ALSUA {\}
AT HE SULDE HAFE BE VTHIR CHARTerIS TWA OXGANG OF LANDE & THRE
AKRIS {.} *ALSUA A CerTANE OF LANDis CALLYT BARIS-LANDis BOT Y^E
QuaNTITE YarOF YAI KNEW NOTH {.} BOT BECAUSE OF SCHORTNES OF YE
DAY & VTHIR DYUERSs {\} CAUSs YE ASSIS MYCHT NO^T ABYDE AT Y^T
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ASSIS COMPerIT BEFOR ME & ALL Y^E FORSAIDE ParTIS & TUKE {\} YAIR
CHARGis & *SYNE RADE A-BOUT PETILLISHUGH BE Y^E MarKis & YE MERis
ALS FER FURTH AS YAI VNDerSTUDE COnTENYT IN Y^E *ABBOTis CHARTerIS
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& RYPE AVYSMENT *SAIDE AT YAI FANDE YE WEST MAYNIS TWA PLEW OF
LANDE & SYN {\} Y^E *ABBOTis CHARTerIS MADE HYm IN Y^T MAYNIS

A PLEW OF LANDE {.} YAI COUTH ParT IT NO RYCHTARe {.} NA HYm TO
HAFE Y^E-TANE HALFE & HYm Y^E-TOYer RYNDALE BE FOUR RYGGis & FOURe
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IT WES DEParTIT {,} *AND AS TWICHAND YE PLEW OF LANDE IN YE HUSBANDRY
& YE TWA OXGANG & THRE AKRIS {.} Y^E ASSIS *SAIDE IT NEDIT NA
DEParTISiON FOR\YI-AT IT HADE BENE DEParTYT OF-BEFOR & *WES WELE
KNAWYN {.} *ALSUA TOUCHANDE BARIS-LAND YAI *SAIDE YE QUANTITE
YAROF YAI KNEW NOCHT BOT YAI FANDE YE ONSEITIS YAR-OF LYAND AT
YE WEST {\} ENDE OF YE TON~ ON YE NORTH RAW WYTH FOURe AKRIS [I]N
YE CROFTE OR NEIR YAR-BY {.} *AND YIS WES DONE~ AND ENDYT BEFOR
ME AND MONY VTHIRRis YE WEDDYNSDAY IN VITSON~ WOIKE jN YE zER
{\} OF OURe LORDE A THOUzANDE FOURe HUNDRETH & TWENTY & ACHT &
TO YE WYTNESSs HER-OF j YE *SAIDE PATRIK OF *DUNBAR IUGE & MONY
VTHIRRis QUHILK WAR APON~ YE FORSAIDE ASSIS TO-GYDDIR HAS {\}
SET TO OUR *SEALIS YE DAY AND YE zERe BEFORSAIDE {\\} {= Five
seals remain attached; there are five other tabs from which the

seals have been lost or removed. =}