{Arbroath Abbey, "Registrum Nigrum'} {item 74} {hand A} {f16v}
{(*TOFTI in burgo de elgyn~ limites , extract(um) de libro curiar(um)
EUISDEm burgi)} Ye fyrst day of octob(ur) ye (z)eir(e) of god {\} (j)^m
fowr~ hu(n)dre^t nynty & sewyn~ (z)er(is) ye±quhilk day {\} day {sic}
den~ rob(er)t±gray cham(er)lan~ of Ab(er)b(rothoc) tuk heratab(i)le stait
& possession~ i(n) ye nam~ of y^e co(n)ue(n)t & {\} place of ab(er)b(rothoc)
of an~ rud" of land" lyand on~ ye north syd of y^e town~ of elgyn~
betwyx ye land {\} of ye abbot of kynlos(s) at ye vest & ye land"
of ye said abbot at y^e eist y^t tyme~ beand ye land" of (j)n"n"ky
of y^e lard" of (j)nnes(s) landis exstendand" f(ra) ye kyng(is) gait to
y^e stank of ye blak {\} frerys(s) of elgyn~ be wil(z)am~±hay bal(z)e
at ye (com)mand" of ye hail towne~ {\} as ye (j)nstrume(n)t maid y(ar)±apon~
p(ro)portis of sch^r (j)ohn~±sclat(er) notair(e) {hole in leaf}