{=Lennox Charters and Letters=} {((j)N DEI NOMINE AMEN
Per hoc p(rese)ns publicum(} {(instrume(n)tum cunct(is) Pateat Euident(er)
q(uod) Anno ab (j)ncarnac(i)o(n)e(} {(d(omi)ni Mill(esi)mo iiii^c sexagesimot(er)cio
Ac me(n)s(is) Octobr(is) die(} {(duadeci(m)o \ (j)ndicione duodecima Pontificatus
Sanctissimi in (christ)o(} {(p(at)ris n(ost)ri d(omi)ni pii d(iui)na p(ro)uidencia
pape secundj a(n)no sexto (j)n(} {(Excellentissimi principis & d(omi)ni
n(ost)ri d(omi)ni (j)acobj \ t(er)cii(} {(Scotorum Reg(is) (j)llustrissmi
=(sic)= Reuerendor(um) i(n) (christ)o patrum(} {(nobiliu(m)q(ue) d(omi)norum
meiq(ue) notarij publicj & triu(m) Regni statuu(m) p(resen)cia(} {(p(er)sonalit(er)
(con)stitutus Nobilis domnus =(sic)= \ (j)ohannes d(omin)us dernle(}
{(quamd(am) l(itte)ram querunonii in papiro scripta(m) forma(m) que sequitur(}
{((con)tinente coram prefato d(omi)no n(ost)ro rege in sede sue maiestat(is)
i(n)(} {(p(ar)liame(n)to \ suo seden(te) tradidit p(er)legend(am) Cuius vero
l(itter)e(} {(querunonii tenor sequitur in hec verba(} Excellent
prince & souerane lord to (z)oure henes & to ye thre estat(is) of
y^is {\} present p(ar)liame(n)t sp(irit)uale & temporaile humb(i)li (j)
(j)ohnne"±stewart lord dernele (z)oure sympill s(er)uitoure menys me
y^t nothtwithstandi(n)g ye gret travell~ & s(er)uis done {\} be me
i(n) the tyme of vmquhile (z)oure p(ro)genitoure of gude mynde quham
god assoil(z)e baith~ in his tendir age and eftir±y^t hee come to
(z)eris of discrecioun~ For ye\±quhilk (j) trastit to haue had his
fauouris and expedicioun~ in all my Richtwis querel(is) and erand(is)
And (z)it (j) trast ye sammy(n) i(n) (z)oure henes for my s(er)uice done
{\} & for±to be doune~ (j) haue daily p(er)sew[?]t eftir ye deces(s)
of (z)oure saide p(ro)genitoure to haue had couresabill brevis of
(z)oure chapell eftir ye tennor(e) of my {\} peticionis gevin thareuppo(n)
tueching ye land(is) of ye half of ye erldome of leuenax of ye±quhilk
As (z)it (j) ca(n) get na expedicion~ nor outredd Quar(e)for {\} w^t
all Reuerence and humilite (j) beseke *(z)oure henes yat (z)e Ripely
avisit with (z)oure thre estat(is) now present considering equite
and (j)ustice {\} *(z)e will deden(z)e to mak me haue sic courseabill
brevis of (z)oure chapell as affer(is) tueching ye said land(is) And
y^t (z)e mak na ger(e) mak na stopi(n)g {\} to me or the s(er)ving of
thame s[w][?] yat (j) may be s(er)uit in als# #fer as affer(is) For
ye±quhilk to be done to me (j) proffir to hald a hundir sper(is) &
a hundre {\} bowis dewly bodin for a (z)ere on myne awnne expens(s)
in quhat part of this Realme y^t (z)e will charge me in Resisting
of [(z)]oure Rebell[e]and {\} e(n)nemyis quhatsumeuir thai be *(z)e
providand sikkir plac(is) q[u]hare (j) may be lugeit and my falowschip
And g[?]ve yis be notht acceptabill {\} to (z)oure henes sa# #y^t
(z)e will deden(z)e to assigne to me ye said half land(is) w^t tennand
{\} & tennandry as in feall on~±to (z)oure age of xxj (z)eris {\}
(j) sal tharefor find (z)ow fifty sper(is) & fifty bowis for a (z)ere
i(n) man(er) abone writin And to find to (z)oure henes sikkir borowis
of lord(is) {\} & landit me(n) y^t occupacioun~ & vse y^t (j) sal haue
of ye said land(is) quhil (z)oure saide age sal turn~ (z)ow na (z)oure"
successowr(is) i(n) na {\} preiudice fra thin±furth~ bot (z)e to stand
in sic±like clame and Richt as (z)e clame now but ony stop or (j)mpedime(n)t
of me bot±gif (j) can~ {\} (con)tent (z)oure henes(s) in the mentyme of
ye±quhilk(is) my supplication~ give (j)t be sene consenant to Ressoun~
(j) beseke (z)oure gracious(s) henes {\} of ansuere and deliuerance~
at ye Reuerence of god {(Quaquid l(itte)ram coram p(re)fato dominio
n(ost)ro Rege i(n) facie sui(} {(p(ar)liame(n)tj uulgarit(er) p(er)lecta
dictus \ (j)ohannes d(omin)us dernle~ sup(er)(} {(eiusd(em) l(itte)re p(resen)tacione
& lectura ac sup(er) ins(er)t(is) in ead(em) a me(} {(notario publico
sibj fierj petiit p(rese)ns publicum instrume(n)tu(m) Acta \ era(n)t(}
{(hec i(n) pretorio burgj de Edinburgh~ coram prefato d(omi)no n(ost)ro
rege &(} {(suis tribus Regni statib(us) hora quasi secunda post
meredie(m) Anno(} {((j)ndict(i)o(n)e \ die me(n)se & Pontificatu suprascript(is)
P(rese)ntibus (j)bid(em)(} {(Reuerend(is) in (christ)o p(at)ribus (j)acobo
Andr[e]a Thoma & Roberto(} {(Sanctiandr(is) glasguens(is) dunkeldens(is)
\ & dunblanens(is) eccl(es)iaru(m)(} {(ep(iscop)is venerab(i)libus in (christ)o
pri(ori)bus dauid priore Sanctiandr(is)(} {(Archibaldo malcomo &
(j)ohanne Sancte cruc(is) de Edi(n)\burgh~ abirbrothoc(} {(& lundor(is)
monasterior(um) abb(a)tib(us) Nobilib(us) d(omi)nis Andrea d(omi)no(} {(Avandaile
cancellario Scotie (j)ohanne comite Atholie colino \ Comite(}
{(de Ergile Thoma domino Erskin ,, Gilberto domine kennedy
patricio(} {(d(omi)no le grahame~ Roberto d(omi)no maxwell will(el)mo
d(omi)no borthw^c \(} {(Roberto d(omi)no lile mag(ist)ro (j)acobo Lindesay
prepo(s)ito eccl(es)ie(} {(collegiate de Linclouda(n) custode p(re)uati
Sigilli mag(ist)ro Archibaldo(} {(quhitelaw secre\tario d(omin)is
Alex(and)ro boide de dr?[?]mcoll (j)ohanne(} {(culquhune de eod(em)
(j)ohanne maxwel de caldor=wod & Alex(and)ro Napar(e) de(} {(m(er)chaniston~
militib(us) \ will(el)mo de cranstoun~ de Swin[hop]?(} {([(j)oha]nne
multrare lancelotho de Abernethy Thoma blac ,, Thoma layng(}
{(mag(ist)ro Alex(and)ro murray \ (j)ohanne tail(z)efer(e) uicariis & (j)ohanne=[?]
&(} {(q(uibus) pluribus aliis de tribus Regni statib(us) i(n) publica
audiencia(} {(sedentib(us) \\(} {=in what seems to be the same hand
as the main text=} {(Et ego (j)ohannes layng p(re)sbiter Sanctiandr(is)
doces(is) ..(} {=etc=} {=notarial device of Johannes Layng=}