{Facsimile: Facs. Nat. mss Scotland, no. lx; whence transcribed}
Til al yat yir l(ett)res herys or seis Archebalde Erle of douglas
& lorde of galway~ & kepar(e) to ye landis & ye rentis of ye priorie~
of Coldin[g]hame {\} Greting forthy±yat we hafe made ordanit
and stablisit our lufit squyer & allie alexander of home our substitute
& kepare vndir vs of {\} ye forsaide Landis & Rentis of Coldinghame
we wil & grantis & be yir p(re)sent l(ett)res we gif to ye forsaide
Alexander for his gude s(er)uice {\} til vs done & to be done ilke
yher(e) twenty punde of vsuale monay of scotland {.} of ye pension"
of a hundre punde aucht til vs {\} yherly of ye forsaid" priorie
of Coldingh(a)me {.} ye±qwhilke forsaide some of twenty punde we
wil & assignis him to Resaife of ye {\} fermis of ye forsaide
priorie in part of payme(n)t of our saide pension yhe {sic, for
"year"} by yher(e) als lang as we sal be kepar(e) to ye forsaide {\}
priorie or as we sal hafe ye pension" of a hu(n)dreth punde beforsaide
(j)n witnes of ye±qwhilke±thing to yir l(ett)res we hafe gert {\}
set our sele at london~ ye xxviij day of Octobre ye (z)her(e) of
our lorde a thousand foure hundreth & sex {\\}