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ABSTRACT OF THE DOUGLAS CHARTERS. [c. 1260.
west side of Fort (Forth) : To be held by the said Hugh and his fore-
saids, of the granters and their heirs, as freely as they themselves held the
lands ; rendering yearly one red sparrowhawk only, at the feast of St.
James, or six pennies ; reserving to the King the forinsec service
pertaining to so much land, and to the granter and his heirs only the
advocation of the church of Abirful. [Circa 1260], 2
3. Charter by King Alexander the Third to Hugh of Abirnithyn for his homage
and service, of the whole land of Lure, with the pertinents, which Henry
of Neuith, knight, in default of the service due to the King therefor,
freely resigned into his Majesty's hands ; reserving to the said Henry and
his heirs his lands of Neuith ; reserving to the King such proportion of the
service of a knight as was due from the said lands of Neuith and of Lure :
To be held by the said Hugh and his heirs, of the King and his heirs, in
fee and heritage, for performing such proportion of the service of a knight
as is due from the said lands of Lure and land of Neuith. Perth, 19th
March [1264], 3
4. Charter by Gilbert of Hunfrauile, Earl of Angus, to Duncan, the King's
Dempster in Angus, for his homage and service, of the whole lands of
Pitmulin, without any backholding : To be held by the said Duncan and
his heirs, of the Earl and his heirs, in fee and heritage, for making a suit
at the court of the granter and his heirs for the foresaid land, and render-
ing yearly therefrom a pound of pepper, or twelve pennies, at the fair of
Dundee, at Stratdectin, to any who may be bailie of the said manor ;
reserving to the King the forinsec service and aid pertaining to the said
land. [1262-1285], 4
5. Charter by Falethauh to Sir Hugh of Abernithin, confirming to the latter all
right and claim which the granter had to the land of Drumkarauht, with
all its pertinents : To be held by the said Hugh and his heirs or his assig-
nees, in fee and heritage for ever, for rendering the King's forinsec service
pertaining to the said land. The granter's eldest son, Falethauch, and
Michael MacAlanh, are sureties for the grant, and he became bound that
in the event of himself or his heirs presuming to infringe it, they should
pay to the said Hugh and his heirs or assignees £100 sterling before they
were heard in any court, secular or ecclesiastic ; the said gift and grant to