Series 4 > Knights of St John of Jerusalem in Scotland

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Interpolation IV (p.113): Inventory of brother Walter Lindsay’s clothes,
1544
[p.ii3]a februar 1544
My lordis clething ar this tym
Imprimis ane cascha govn lynit with mertrikkis and fur
Item ane govn of lillis worsat lynit with hughe
Item ane frog of france gray lynit with quhit lammis
Item ane welwat cot of hogtoun wys
Item ane welwat cot to weir apon ane lak
Item ane ridin cot of tanne grantis
Item ane hogtoun cot of freiss with ane clok of the sammin
Item ane harnes dowblat caddast with tresseis of mailze
Item ane uther caddast dowblat casca within and coverit with
blak fustian
Interpolation V (p.114): Charter of brother James Sandilands granting to
Mr John Spence, advocate, a pension of 20 merks Scots and half a chalder
of oats yearly for acting as his procurator and advocate before the lords of
council and session and in other courts. Torphichen, 31 January 1332/3
[p.H4]a
Be it kend tyll all men be thir presentis letters James lord sant
Jhonis knicht preceptor of torphychin to have gevin grantit and
assignit and be the tenor heyrof gewis grantis and assignis to our
louit servitour maister John spens advocat in edinburcht ane zeyrlie
pencion of twente merkis mwne of this reawlm with hawlf ane
chawder of aytis dureing his lyftyem to be payt to hym zeyrlie be
our chawmerlanis and factouris at twa wsuall termis in the zeyr
witsunde and mertimes and that for seyd plesour and seruice dwn
and to be dwn be the sayd maister Jhon to wss and for his procu¬
ration and advocacion for ws in all our actionis and caussis qwhylkis
we instantlie hayff or sail happyn to mwyff befoir the Lordis of our
soverane ladeis cession or onj wder juge temporall or sperutwall
aganis qwhatsumever person or personis the sayd master Jhon is
nocht bownd to at the maken heyrof In wytness of the qwhylk to
this our letter of pencion subscrivit with our hand we hayf affixit
our seyll at torphycin the last da of Januer the zeyr of god ane