{(*ASSEDACiO q(ua)rte p(ar)t(is) t(er)rar(um) de frereton~ will(elm)o watson~)}
{(Pro qui(n)q(uen)nio)} Be it kend till all men be y(ir) p(rese)nt l(ett)re(z)
ws (j)amys throw ye mersy of god p(ri)oure of ye cathedrale {\} kirk
of Saynctandr(e) w^t co(n)sent of oure co(n)ue(n)t till haf sett & to
ferm lattin & be y(ir) p(rese)nte(z) l(ett)re(z) sett(is) & {\} to ferm lattis
i(n) husbandry till oure weil# #beluf#it wille(z)ame±watson~ a ferdparte
of oure land(is) of {\} ye fr[e]reton~ w^t ye tendschefe of yat
ilk {,} quhilk he had i(n) tak of ws of±before for ye term of fyve
{\} yh[?]e fra ye fest of witsonday next folowand ye date of y(ir)
l(ett)re(z) fullely to be co(m)plete he {\} payand yherely durand ye
term of ye said fyve yhere till ws & oure abbay or till oure chaum(er)lane
{\} for ye tyme beand {,} thre pund(is) thre schilling(is) & foure
penyis of vsuale money of {\} Scotland at twa termys of ye yhere
yat is to say witsonday & martymess(s) p(ro)porc(i)onaly {\} & half
a boll of pes(s) at ye fest of Saynctandr(e) i(n) wynt(er) but ony lang(er)
delay fraude or {\} gyle And ye said wille(z)ame sall do till ws
& oure abbay for ye said ferdp(ar)t of oure land(is) {\} durand ye
tyme of his tak all detfull dewities & do# #lyk s(er)uice autht
& wont to be {\} doin in tyme bi# #gane~ (j)n witnes of ye±quhilk±thing
we haf sett oure Seill to y(ir) {\} oure p(rese)nt l(ett)re(z) at Saynctandr(e)
ye thrid day of ye Moneth of maij ye yhere of oure lord a thousand
foure hundreth fourty & a yhere {tripunctus} {\\}