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2lib Aberdein Abirdene aldirman Alex Alexander Andree Andro anent anno anno Domini aucht baillie Bishop boll brugh buistis burgh burgi chalder Chalmer charter command comptar computi dait daughter Dauid debursit deceast dicta dicte dicti dicto dictus Discharge dochter domini domino Earle Earle of Mar earledome Edinburgh Ellon episcopi Erskine expensiss Forbes forsaid Fraser fuit George gevin Gilbert Gordon Gray haill haue heir hundreth Huntlie Item James Johanne John King kirk Laird lands lauchfull sone laufull Leslie letter Lord lordis maid mair maister Majesties merks millesimo ordanit ordinance of counsall ordor pairt Patrik payit payt presens preter procreat betuixt prouest prouest and bailleis punds quhen quhilk quod quondam Regis Robert sall Sancti Scolocs Scotie Scotland seall Seatoun shilling spous terra thair thame ther thir Thomas Thomas Burnet thrie toune townis tuentie tyme vertew vmquhill warrand Willelmo William witht wpon wyff wyne yeirs
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Page 260 - In nomine Domini, Amen. Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis pateat evidenter, quod anno...
Page 264 - Dei gracia rex Scotorum omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre sue clericis et laicis salutem : Sciatis nos...
Page 255 - Walterus non vi aut metu ductus nee errore lapsus sed sua mera et spontanea voluntate in manus nostras apud...
Page 321 - April 1616, by patent to him and the heirs male of his body, which failing, to the heirs male of the body of his elder brother, John, &c.
Page 56 - Kirche,' or Kirkcudbright, as it is now called, on the feast-day of its great patron. A bull, the marvel of the parish for its strength and ferocity, was dragged to the church, bound with cords, to be offered as an alms and oblation to St Cuthbert.
Page 34 - Yet, finding that upon these terms only he could be admitted to rule over us (all other means having then failed him), he sinfully complied with what we most sinfully pressed upon him — where, I must confess, to my apprehension, our sin was more than his.
Page 286 - Aprilis die vicesima prima hora verperorum (aic) vel quasi pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris ac domini nostri domini Pauli divina providentia pape secundi anno eius secundo).
Page 63 - ... was by a simple and very short line of argument that they each arrived at their interpretation of the Law of Patronage. By the concluding clause of the Act of Queen Anne restoring patronages, the Act 1592 had been revived, and became the governing statute upon this subject. That statute ordains " that all presentations to benefices be directed to the particular Presbyteries, with full power to give collation thereupon, and to put order to all matters and causes ecclesiastical within their bounds,...
Page 316 - Beilhaven et heredibus Suis Masculis de Corpore Suo legitime procreatis Seu procreandis quibus Deficientibus heredibus Suis Masculis Quibuscunque [ ] 30.
Page 129 - ... stageplayeris support that nicht thaye plaiid to the towne 300 Their whole expenses were also defrayed during their sojourn in the burgh, as well as the expenses of a French knight who accompanied them. These are thus entered in the accounts :— Item, gevin for the expensiss maid on the entertenement of Monsieur de Halzie, Frenschemane, and the gentilmen, his Majestes servands, quho cum to this burght with him, in October, 1601, and for defraying of thair haill chargis during thair remaining...