{=Yester Writs=} Be it knawyne til al yat yis lettir(e) heris or
seis me Tassy of Maxwel lord of ye thrid# #part of strathardil
{\} til haf gravntyt & fullefe {=sic=} gyffyne {,} til Dam (j)ohn~±gyffart
lady of yhest(er) my Eldmodir(e) to by al ye landys w^t {\} ye ap(er)tynance
qwhilk was vmqwhil (j)ohn" of stato(u)nys lyand w^tin ye Barvnry
of Dvncanlaw ye±qwhilk {\} land was haldyn of ye forsaid lady
Dam~ (j)ohn" and for±to tvrne~ it halely in hir(e) oyise And for±to
gyf it to {\} qwhat kyrk of {=sic=} Chapel yat scho likys for
ye merytabil heile of hir(e) saule & hir(e) for±eldris & our(e)ys And
at±our(e) yat {\} (j) conferm be yis my my {=sic=} lettir(e) hir(e) gyft
in ye maner(e) beforsaid & resyngys til hir(e) al my reyth or clame
yat (j) hafe {\} in yat said land or may hafe til it be Any maner
of seculer lauch cevile or canone in tym to come And gyf±yat
(j) {\} ye forsaid Tassy or(e) Any of my ayris my atturnayis or
my assignes agayn callis or agayn standis yis forsaid conand {\}
(j) obliste me my ayris or(e) my attornayis or my assignes or Any
in my name or throw me in fourty pvnd of sterlingis {\} to# #be
vp# #left#yt at ye wil of Any man lerd or lawyt y^t hapynys to
duele w^t ye said land or(e) for±to haf it eftir(e) {\} ye dissese
of ye forne(m)yt lady my Eldmodir(e) or(e) yhit agayne call~ it in
hir(e) lyife or(e) in Any tym to come And to ye mar(e) {\} Sekyrnes
of ye±qwhilk±thyng(is) fermly to be yhemyt & haldyne (j) haf svorne
a# #bodi#ly Athe in ye presence of Syndry {\} (j)n ye witnese
of ye±qwhilk±thyng be±cause±y^t (j) [h][?]d na seil redy of my awyn
(j) p(ro)curit ye seil of an hon(or)abile {\} lady Dam Alice ye ly(n)desay
P(ri)orese of {=erasure=} ye Nun"nys of hadyngton" & ye comone
seile of ye Pryorese w^t ye assent {\} & ye consent of ye cowand
of ye for±ne(m)[yt] Abbay to be set to yis p(re)sand lettir(e) in ye
Absent of my seile Gyffyn at {\} Hadyngtone~ (j)n ye yheir(e) of
our(e) lord (j)^m±ccc nynty ye tend {\\}