# 231
Wolfenb%"uttel, Herzog-August Bibliothek, Cod. Helm. 411, f. 47v (2)
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be it ke(n)nyt till all men be y^is
p(rese)nt lett(er) ws (j)amys throw ye m(er)cy of god p(ri)our of Sanctandr[?]
w^t^h consent of our co(n)uent to haf sett & to ferm lattin
ye±tane half of our nev# #myll set on ye watt(er) of Edyn to
(j)h w^t^h all p(ro)fit(is) & all p(er)tenant(is) p(er)tenand
till it to (j)hon±thomson for ye term of fyve yher next folowand
ye making of y^is lett(er) He payand to ws & our abbay yherly
sex mark(is) of vsuale money of Scotland p(ro)porc(i)onaly at tua t(er)mys
of ye yher yat is to say witsonday & martymess(s) be ewynly
porciownys but ony lang(er) delay fraude or gyl[e] And all
oy(er) detfull dewyteis & doly s(er)uice wont & custume to be doin
till ws & our abbay for ye said half myll And ye said (j)hon
sall vp hald & sustene all cost(is) & charg(is) belanging to ws
of ye forsaid half myll And he sall pay ye half of ye maile of
ye myll of ballass(s) for hi[s] watt(er) of his part as his falavis
dois on ye±toy(er) p(ar)t Ye term of his entre in ye tak of ye
forsaid half myll w^t^h ye p(er)tenent(is) beand at ye fest of
witsonday next folowand ye dat[e] of y^is lett(er) (j)n witnes
of ye±quhilk our settyng we haf set our signete to y^is lett(er)
at Saynctandr(os) ye thrid day of ye moneth of marche ye yher(e)
of our lord a thousand four hundreth thretty & sevyn c(etera)