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ABSTRACT OF THE DOUGLAS CHARTERS. [c. 1293.
Patrick Hog possessed, -which house was taken from Eobert Crossau's
toft : To be held by the said Alexander of Bonekil and his heirs, of the
said Robert Brun and his heirs, in fee and heritage ; the granter becoming
bound, for himself and his heirs, for the payment of ,£10 sterling to the
said Alexander and his heirs, in the e?ent of their infringing the said
grant. [Circa 1293], 7
9. Acquittance by Robert Auenel, rector of the church of Stanfordham, in
favour of Sir Alexander of Bonkyll, knight, for £10 sterling, received by
the hands of Robert of Fen wye, in part payment of £20 due to the
granter for the teind of Ryel. Sealed with the granter's seal, and dated
at Standfordham, [15th November] 1293, 8
10. Precept by King John (Baliol), directed to Galfrid of Mowbray, justiciar of
Lothian, narrating that the abbot and convent of Melros, after having,
in presence of the Bishops of St. Andrews and Glasgow and others at
Edinburgh, judicially recovered sasine of a common road within the Vale
of Douglas, in opposition to William of Douglas, knight, who had often
annoyed and harassed them on the said road, which passes from the
bounds of the lands of the said religious of Tordones, to the church of
Douglas, and then before the park of the Castle of Douglas, through the
midst of the said Vale to Huddigystoun, and so upward to Rayerd, and
thence to the march of the barony of Wystoun ; and charging the
justiciar to proceed personally to the said place, and maintain the abbot
and monks in said sasine, and to apprehend any persons whom he
should find interfering with them, and bring such before the King and
his Council. Rokysburg, 13th April [1291], 8
1 1 . Charter by King Robert the Bruce to James, Lord of Douglas, knight, of
the whole land of Polbuthy, within the vale of Moffat : To be held by the
said James and his heirs, of the King and his heirs, in fee and heritage,
for rendering 1 2 broad arrows yearly, for all service, exaction, or demand.
Abirbrothoc, 15th December [1318], 9
1 2. Charter by King Robert the Bruce to James, Lord of Douglas, knight, for
his homage and service, of the whole barony of Stabilgorton, with its
pertinents, within the vale of the Esk (Eskdale) : To be held by the said