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LIFE-RECORDS OF MONTGOMERIE.
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body to be bureit in ]?e cowmoun buriall of pe kirk of Irrwine.
Item, I mak alexander montguwzmrie, my sone, my executowr & in-
tromettowr w/t/i my gudw & geir. Item, as to pe Invewtar of my
gudfj- and geir and dettis avvand to me, I leive J?ame to the vpgeving
of my said executo?*r. Item, I leive my haill gudz'f, geir, & dettis
awand to me, to be gevin vp, as said is, to my said sone, alexander
montguwmrie, conforme to my dispositioun, maid of befoir in my
former testament be gullime nasmyt^, notar at pe burgh of Irwine,
off pe dait the Jeir of god imvclxxxj Jeris, the xiiij day of September,
as pe samezz in pe self mair fullelie proportis. This Legacie & latter
will, abouewrittin, wes maid be pe mouth of pe deid, and writtin be
me, Mr lohn Joung, Mzzzster at Irrwine, at hir cozzzmand in hir awine
chalmer in pe toun of Irrwine, day, Jeir, moneth, & place aboue¬
writtin, Befoir thir witnesfi, hew montguz/zery of hessilheid, Thomas
montguzzzery in lugdozzrig, William baillie, fWvazzd to pe said hew
montguzzzery, & Thomas boyd, suzzztyme redar at ]je Kirk of Bayt/£
in Cunyzzghame, w/t/z nthexis divms. Sic subscribitur Mr lohne
Joung, Mzzzster at Irwine for pe tyme.
We, M«\rrs eduard hezzrysoun, a\exander sym, lohne prestoun,
CW/zmissans of e&inbuxgh, specialie razzstitut for zrazzfirma/z'one of
testamentis, be pe tenor heirof ratifeis, apprevis, & zrazzfirmis Jhs
present testamezzt or invezztar, in sua far as pe samyn is dewlie &
lauchfullie maid, of pe gudw & geir aboue specifeit allan^zdie, &
gewis & committis pe intromissioun wz'tA pe samen to ]?e said alex-
andex muntguzzzrie, executoux testamentar to pe said vmqzz^zle
xnargaret Frafier, his mother, Rerseruand compt to be maid be him
perof, as accordz'r of pe law. And Jje said a\exandex, being suorne, hes
maid faith trewlie to execute )?e said office of executorie; And hes
fundin cawtion pat pe gudz'f & geir aboue writtin salbe furthcuzzzand
to all parteis haifand entres, as law will, qzz/z^rvpoun caution is
fundin, as ane act maid ]?zrvpoun beris. (Commissariot of Edin¬
burgh, Register of Testaments, vol. 13.)
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[REGISTRATION of a grant of a Pension of 500 merks
yearly to Alexander Montgomerie, dated at Falkland,
27th September 1583.]
Oure souerane lord ordanis ane lettexe etc., Gevand, grantand, and
disponand, to Alexandex Montgomerie, ane Jeirlie pensioun of fyve
hundreth merkw money of this realme, for all the dayis of his liftyme,
To be Jeirlie tane and vpliftit of pe reddiest maillis, teindzV, fruitis,
rentis, proffeittis, emolumentis and dewiteis, of the tua pairt of pe