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1389.] THE DOUGLAS CHARTERS. 33
the qwilk we haff nov in ward, that als lang that Castel happynnys to be in wr
hand, so sal nocht be removyt ovt toff na Innys na ezis that so had befor or we
come thair, bot ethr we sal ekyr na payrt in al gudnes, and als lang as hir
likys thar to duel, so sal be ondistrenyt throch ws, or ony that sal enter that
Castel throch ws to do ony thing in the contrar of hir awyn wil, and qwhen that
hir likys to remofe, so sal haf fre issov and leif to pass at hir wil, and hir mene,
hir famyl, with al thair gvdys, wyth ovtyn ony impediment in thair passage :
And, in the men tyme, we haf heft trevly we sal manteyn hir, hir men, hir landys
and al hir possessons aganys ony that wald warng thaim, in als tendir maner as
wr awyn propir : In the wytnes of this thingis, wr seil is put to this presans.
Gyfyn at Temptaloun, this tventy day of Januare the yeir of wr Lord a thvsand
thre hondir achty and acht.
41. Indenture between Margaret Countess of Marr and Angus and Sir
Richard Comyne, knight, as to Balbrydy, etc. 8th April 1389.
Hec Indentura facta apud Edynburgh, octauo die mensis Aprilis anno Domini
M° ccc° lxxx nono, inter nobilem et honorabilem dominam, Margaretam comi-
tissam de Marr et Angus, ex parte vna, et dominum Ricardum Comyne, militem,
ex altera, testatur quod dicta domina dictum dominum Ricardum in hunc
modum de terris subscriptis cartauit : Omnibus hanc cartam visuris vel audituris,
Margareta comitissa de Marr et de Angus, salutem in Domino sempiternam :
Sciatis nos in nostra libera viduitate, ex deliberate consilio, dedisse, concessisse et
hac presenti carta nostra confirmasse dilecto consanguineo nostro domino Ricardo
Comyne, militi, totas terras de Maines, Balbrydy, Daldeva et Ordcalady cum perti-
nenciis, in baronia nostra de Kerymore infra vicecomitatum de Forfar, pro suo bono
consilio et seruicio nobis impenso et impendendo : Tenendas et habendas eidem
domino Ricardo pro toto tempore vite sue, de nobis et heredibus nostris, libere,
quiete, bene et in pace, per omnes rectas metas et diuisas suas, in boscis et planis,
siluis et nemoribus, viis et semitis, moris et marresiis, aquis et stangnis, aucupa-
cionibus, venacionibus et piscariis, pratis, pascuis et pasturis, cum fabrinis, bracinis,
molendinis, multuris et eorum sequelis, et natiuis, cum curiis et earum exitibus et
eschaetis, cum omnibus justis suis pertinenciis, prout jacent in longitudine et lati-
tudine, et cum omnimodis aliis libertatibus, commoditatibus et aysiamentis, tarn
non nominatis quam nominatis, ad easdem terras spectantibus seu quouismodo
spectare valentibus in futurum : Reddendo inde dictus dominus Ricardus domino
nostro Regi debitum seruicium et consuetum, nobis vero et heredibus nostris
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