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1496.] ABRIDGMENTS OF DOUGLAS AND ANGUS CHARTERS. 437
boile, Mr. John Fresell, parson of Douglas. Subscribed, " A. erl of Angus." [Original
Obligation in Charter-chest at Gask.]
443. Instrument of Sasine, proceeding on a precept from Chancery, in favour
of Archibald Earl of Douglas, Lord Douglas, of the lands of Trottaneschaw, le Bir-
cleuch, Handaxwod, Horshop, Hartschaw meadow, commonly called Somerschele and
le Kettilschele, in the Forest of Dy, in the sheriffdom of Berwick. Sasine given to
Robert Lauder of the Bass, as the Earl's attorney, by Robert Nesbit of Prestone, sheriff
of Berwick in that part. Witnesses, Alexander Sideserf of that ilk, William Nesbit
Angus herald, and others. 17 July 1492. [Original Instrument in Douglas Charter-
chest.]
444. Dispensation by Julian, Bishop of Ostia (Papal Penitentiary), directed to
the Bishop of Dunblane, or his vicar in spiritualibus, in terms of a petition presented
to him on the part of George Douglas, eldest son of the Earl of Angus, laic of the
diocese of Glasgow, and Elizabeth Drummond, of the bishop's diocese, spouses, bearing
that the late David Flemyn, knight, who was in the fourth degree of consanguinity to
the said George, had contracted marriage per verba de presenti with the said Eliza-
beth, but did not consummate the marriage ; and thereafter, as the said David had died,
the said spouses had contracted marriage per verba de presenti publicly, but could not
remain in matrimony without an apostolical dispensation : Wherefore wishing to provide
for the salvation of their souls, and to avoid scandal, the Penitentiary, by authority of
the Pope and his special mandate, " vive voeis," directs the bishop, if these things
were so, that the said spouses may be joined in lawful matrimony, and their offspring
be legitimate. Given at St. Peter's, under the seal of office of the Penitentiary, 3
December, third year of Pontificate of Pope Alexander (the Sixth) [1494]. [Original
Dispensation at Drummond Castle.]
445. Charter by Margaret Dunbar, relict of the late Alexander Lindesay, Earl
of Craufurd, and lady of the lands of Cokburn and Brigehame, granting to Archibald
Earl of Angus, chancellor of Scotland, her forty-four husbandlands, with the Reyweil-
hauch and her east dominical lands of Brigehame, in the town and territory of Brige-
hame, in the sheriffdom of Berwick, for his help and counsel given to her, and specially
for his help, counsel, and labour done and to be done for her dearest son, Alexander
Lindesay of Ouchirmonse, knight, in recovery and getting of other lands ; to be held to
the Earl, his heirs and assignees, of the king and his successors, in fee and heritage,
for service due and wont. Berklaykarne, 8 January 1496. Witnesses, Mr. Hugh
Douglas, dean of Brechin; Mr. Patrick Butergask, notary public; Mr. Robert Petcarne,
James Gardin, son and apparent heir of Thomas Gardin of Newtoun, Walter Strang,
son and apparent heir of Thomas Strang of Petcorthie, and others. [Original Charter
in Douglas Charter-chest.]