{=Notarial protocol book attributed to Peter Marche=} {=Copies
of two entries relating to the court of Musselburgh=} {=?Vernacular
hand B=} {~f29r~} {=first entry=} The xxiiij day of octobr(e) ye
(z)er(e) &c(etera) nyntj thre (z)er(is) {\} {(i(n)dict(i)o(n)e duodeci(m)a pape
alex(and)ri sextj a(n)no s(e)c(un)do(} i(n) the plane {\} court of mvssilburgh~
haldine be Edwart of crechton~ {\} of burnstone" and thomas±barcar(e)
bal(z)eis y(ar)of walt(er)\lavd(er) forspeker(e) for(e) {=space for name=}
was maid quyte {\} for the wranguis takine and w^thaldine of a
Ryder {\} of gold and vy(er) money extending to ye sovme" of vij
{\} m(ar)k(is) taki(n) & i(n)tre±mett(in) w^t be hi(m) fra a boy That (j)ohn"
of {\} craufurd bail(z)e of the ca(n)no(n)gate fa(n)d a borgh~ {\} apon~
the said {=sic=} y(ar)for(e) was maid quyte be ane {\} assise and
askit testi(m)onial vnd(er) i(n)stru(men)t to±gidd(er) w^t ye {\} lard of
burnstonys sele bail(z)e {=z corrected from Y=} {(act(a) i(n) plana
curia \ hora duodecia(m) test(i)b(us) archi^d^o hepburn~(} {(adam (j)ohnstone
\ (j)oh(ann)e crechton~ thoma barcar(e) Roberto barcar(e)(} {\\} {=second
entry in the same hand=} The said lard of burnston~ bail(z)e for(e)land
the for(e)said {\} tym past at ye i(n)stance of (j)ohne±smy^t till a
hous liand {\} on~ the northsyd of the said tovne of mvssilburgh
and {\} yar(e) kend the said (j)ohne±smy^t be hespe & stapale" {=P
corrected from B=} to ye {\} said land and gaif hyme possession~
of the said hous {\} as air(e) {=I written in between A and R as
insertion=} to (j)ohne"±smy^t his fader liand betuix ye land(is) {\}
of m(ar)gret±malison~ on ye estpart & ada(m)±dikson~ on ye westp(ar)t
{\} as man(er) (j)s w^tin burgh~ and has ben~ vsit of±befor(e) {\} {(testib(us)
thoma barcar(e) etia(m) bali^u^o will(e)lmo ker(e) thona =(sic)= bakr[?]
\(} {(Rob(er)to berker(e) ge(orge)o burnet tho(m)a sche(n)ne walt(er)o \
brovn~ &(} {((j)a(co)bo crag s(er)ia(n)d(is) & he(n)rico wry^t(} {\\}