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186 THE DOUGLAS CHARTERS. [1507.
souris, sail be na preiudice to the said George, nor to his airis, for the said aliena-
cioun, nor to the person nor personis and thair airis, that he happyirnis to analy
the said fourty merkis worth of his landis, or ony part thairof, to ; and als
renuncis and quietclamis all richt and clame that we or our successouris may
haif throw vertew of the said alienatioune, eschaete, or forfaitour, bot that the
said alienacioune and wedsett stand, in effect, but ony preiudice, reuocatioun, or
agane calling quhatsumeuir. Gevin vnder oure Priue Sele, at Edinburghe, the
aucht day of Marche, the zere of God ane thousand five hundrethe sevin zeris, and
of our regnne the twenty zere.
164. Charter by King James the Fourth to George Douglas, Master
of Angus, of the recognosced lands and lordship of Selkirk and lands
of Phillophauch. 1 0th March 1507.
Jacobus Dei gracia rex Scotorum, omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre sue,
clericis et laicis, salutem . Sciatis nos dedisse, concessisse et hac presenti carta
nostra confirmasse dilecto consanguineo nostro Georgeo Dowglas magistro Angusie
totas et integras terras et dominium de Selkirk, iacentes infra burgum nostrum de
Selkirk et extoa eundem, nuncupatas terras de Phillophauche et lucus Sancte Elene,
cum communi pastura in communi de Selkirk cum pertinenciis . . . que jirius in
proprietate et tenandria dicto Georgeo pertinebant, et per ipsum de nobis immediate
tente et in manibus nostris recognite fuerunt ob alienacionem maioris partis
earundem absque consensu, licencia aut confirmacione nostri, vt idem Georgeus in
presencia dominorum consilii nostri fatebatur expresse, ipsis terris et dominio de
nobis per seruicium warde et releuii tentis, ac lapsis anno et die post huiusmodi
recognicionem et dictis terris et dominio ad plegium minime dimissis, prefatoque
Georgeo ac omnibus aliis in huiusmodi terris et dominio interesse habentibus seu
habere putantibus ad nostram instanciam legittime citatis ad videndum et audien-
dum easdem nobis pertinere . . . decretum extitit et deliberatum quod tote et in-
tegre terre et dominium ... in manibus nostris existunt nobiscum in proprietate
et possessione permansure et ad nostre libitum voluntatis disponende, ex eo quod
maior pars predictarum terrarum et dominiorum ut premittitur alienata fuerat
absque nostri consensu . . . et quasquidem totas et integras predictas terras et
dominium . . . nos pro bono gratuitoque seruicio nobis per dictum Georgium
impenso et pro certis pecuniarum summis per ipsum thesaurario nostro nomine
nostro gratanter persolutis, creauimus, vniuimus, annexuimus et incorporauimus