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xcii ABSTRACT OF ADDITIONAL CHARTERS. [1345
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lord of Douglas, knight, in defence of the kingdom, granting to William
of Douglas, son and heir of the late Archibald of Douglas, knight, brother
of the said James, the lands of Douglasdale, Carmichael, Forest of Selkirk.
and others named ; to be held to the said William, and the heirs-male of
his body ; whom failing, the king wills that William of Douglas, knight,
lord of Liddesdale, and the heirs-male of his body, whom failing, that
Archibald of Douglas, son of the said late James, and the heirs-male of
his body, should possess the lands, and failing these, the nearest heirs of
the foresaid Hugh. At Dundee, 29 May 1342, 357
291. Charter by William lord of Douglas, ratifying all charters and letters made
by him to James of Sandilands and Lady Eleanor of Bruce, the granter's
sister, regarding the barony of Wester Calder, iu the sheriffdom of Edin-
burgh : to be held the said barony to them and their heirs as freely as
the said charters purport. Witnesses, Sir David of Lyndesay, lord of
Crauford, and others. Circa 1349, 359
292. Charter by King David the Second, granting and confirming to William
lord of Douglas all lands, rents, and possessions in which the late James
lord of Douglas, his uncle, and Archibald of Douglas, his father, knights,
died vest and seised within the kingdom of Scotland, including
Douglasdale, and other lands specially named, on the part of his uncle ;
Liddesdale, Kirkandrews, etc., on the part of his father : to be held to
him and his heirs of the king and his heirs, and other superiors of the
lands, in fee and heritage ; together with the leadership of the men of the
shires of Eoxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles, and Upper Ward of Clyde ; render-
ing services due and wont. Edinburgh, 12th February [1354], 360
293. Charter by William Earl of Douglas and Mar, granting to James of Mowat,
for homage and service, the lands of Easter Fowles, in the earldom of Mar
and sheriffdom of Aberdeen, which Sir Richard of Mowat, formerly the
Earl's tenant thereof, resigned in the Earl's court, held near the castle of
Kyndromy, 26th July 1377 ; to be held to the said James and his heirs,
of the Earl and his heirs, in fee and heritage, for ever, for a common suit
at the Earl's courts of Mar, with wards, reliefs, and marriages. Witnesses,
Sir William of Keith, Marisclial of Scotland, and others, 361