Ancient deeds and other writs in the Mackenzie-Wharncliffe charter-chest

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divisions freely, quietly, fully, completely and honorably in woods and plains, in ways
and paths, moors, marshes, and petaries, running waters, ponds and fish-stanks,
meadows, plains and pastures with right of pit and gallows, toll and teame and infang-
thief with tenants and services of free tenants with bondmen and their services, natives
and their followers with Mills and Multures, with smithies and brewhouses and other
offices whatsoever with hawkings, huntings and fishings, and with all other sorts of
liberties, commodities, easements, and lawful pertinents whatsoever as well under the
earth as on the earth, as well far as near, whether not named or named belonging to
the said lands of Newtyle and of Kilprony or which in any manner of way may belong
in future without any revocation or drawback whatsoever, the said Walter and
Elizabeth his spouse and the longer liver of them and their heirs and assignees before-
named, paying therefor to us and our heirs annually at the Haltoun of Newtyle at the
Feast of All Saints one pair of white spurs in name of blench duty only if asked and
making three suits of Court at our three head pleas to be held yearly at Forfar for
ward, relief and marriage and all and singular, other secular services, customs,
exactions and demands which by us our heirs or successors of the said lands of Newtyle
and of Kilprony with pertinents could anyways be exacted or required, and we strictly
forbid that no one without licence of the said Walter and Elizabeth his wife or the
longer liver of them or their heirs and assignees cuts, hawks or hunts within the said
lands of Newtyle and of Kilprony with pertinents under our full forfeiture of Ten
Pounds. In witness whereof we have commanded our Seal to be appended to this our
present Charter before these Witnesses, the Venerable fathers in Christ, William,
Bishop of St. Andrews, and Patrick, Bishop of Brechin, our Chancellor, Robert
Steward of Scotland, the Earl of Streatherne our Nephew, William, Earl of Douglas,
Robert de Erskyne, Archibald de Douglas, and Walter de Haliburtoun, Knights, at
Edinburgh the last day of the month of February in the Thirty-fifth year of our
reign. (1364.)
VI.
Charter by David, King of Scots, in favour of Walter Olyfaunt and spouse.
(Duplicate of No. V.)
David, by the Grace of God, King of Scots, to all good men of his whole land,
Cleric and Laic, greeting : know that whereas our beloved and faithful Walter
Olyfaunt in our full Council held at Perth the eleventh day of January in the year of
Grace One thousand three hundred and sixty-four in presence of many Prelates and
Nobles and others, our faithful lieges there congregated, personally compeared, neither
induced by force or fear nor fallen into error, but by his unbiased and free will among
certain lands which he held of us in chief, there resigned and given up to us simply
resigned to us and purely gave up the lands of Ochtirtyre and of Balcrag, with
pertinents within our Sheriffdom of Forfar by staff and baton, we have given, granted
and by this our present Charter, confirmed to our foresaid beloved and faithful Walter
for his good service done to us, and Elizabeth his spouse, our beloved sister, the whole
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