Red book of Menteith > Letters and charters

ABSTRACT OF MENTEITH CHARTERS.
26. Charter by John of Meuteith, Lord of Cnappodol and Aran, to his trusty
kinsman Gilleasbeg Carnbel, Lord of Lochow, and his heirs and assignees,
of lauds in Knapdale, namely, the penny land of Ardnamio, Ervergy.
Ariluyg and Ariereeh, the farthing land of Bercorari, penny land of
Leachenaban, Drumlynd and Craglyne, farthing laud of Obinhan, penny
land of Bealalach, Conardari, Kyllmychel and Cragnabyach, and others
therein specified : To be held by the said Gilleasbeg and his heirs and
assignees of the granter and his heirs, in fee and heritage, with ward and
relief of the same, for payment yearly of a penny sterling at Martinmas,
if asked. The charter further grants that if thieves or robbers happened
to be arrested on the said lands, the said Gillespie and his foresaids should
have full power to sell and banish them, save that, if adjudged to death,
they should be brought back to the granter's court and gallows to be
hanged. Castle Suffyn (Swine), on the vigil of St. Andrew [29th
November] 1353, 235
27. Letters by Pope Innocent the Sixth, directed to the Bishop of Aberdeen,
dispensing with the impediments to the marriage of Thomas Earl of Mar
and Margaret, daughter of the late John Earl of Meuteith, who were
related to each other in the fourth degree of consanguinity, and declaring
the issue of the marriage to be legitimate. Villa Nova, in the diocese of
Avignon, 29th May, second year of pontificate [1354], 237
2S. Charter by King David the Second, whereby, on the narrative that, at the
suggestion of certain persons, he had formerly taken into his hands the
lands of Strongartney, then within the shire of Perth, but now in the
shire of Stirling, from John of Menteith, knight, then in full and peaceful
possession thereof, and had infefted the deceased John of Logy in the same;
and calling to mind that the King his father granted heritably the said
lands, which fell to him by the forfeiture of John of Logy, knight, father
of the said John of Logy, in free barony to the late John of Menteith,
knight, father of the foresaid John of Menteith, and Elen of Mar his
spouse, King Piobert's niece, conjointly, and their heirs in free marriage,
aud that they died lawfully seised in the said barony, his Majesty granted
to the said John of Meuteith, knight, his kinsman, the same state of the