Series 4 > Knights of St John of Jerusalem in Scotland

SELECTED DOCUMENTS
75
Jhon besat thai ar cordyt fullely oblyst and sworn in the presens of
the belze to gang to the land of the estfeldff to morn felzand to morn
othyr morn and sa furth day be day qwyl it be partyt al the land
that is to part this day nethyr feld and owyr feld and al that is
partyt befor this day sal stande Jtem Jhon the lelman sal tak ectwr
of meldrum kawyl as he is oblyst and sworn to do lelyly and trwly
has it war his awyn thru commandment of the belze becauss thar
was na nothyr that wald resaff is kawyl and he wass absent in the
tyme hym self.
Jtem qwar that thai discord amang thaim self of the departesyng
of the forsayd landis thai sal byd at the terminacion of thar midmen
the quylk is bodily sworn for to determyt without fraud or gyl of
ony man and thir ar thar nemys alexander thomsun Jhon the
lelman alexander of carmvr andro qwyte and qwasom of thir for
sayd* tenandis fait in othyr red land he sal er hym als mykyl quyt
land qwar is kawyl fait with in the last day of march next to com
and geff it falzes that it be nocht don lik has it is apontyt be the sayd
partis he sal tyn his red dal supos hit be sawyn and harrot has for this
zer this punctment made the xii day of the moneth of feurzer befor
the belze and thir wytnes efter folwand that is to say florymunde
meldrum dawe blak dawe scogal Jhone newmanthe.
description: Single folio of paper (possibly a draft), folded to
make two pages measuring 22cm. x 30,5cm. The writing covers
recto and verso of the first sheet and most of recto of the second.
The vernacular section is in a different hand from the Latin.
source: Duntreath muniments (formerly sro, GD 97/3/10); now
preserved at St John’s Gate, Clerkenwell (Ref. K32/18).
printed: HMC Var. Coll. V, 80-82.
textual notes: a. superior interlineation, b. sic. c. crossed out at
this point: The curt haldyn at the al of lyston be eddwart of
lewynston (interlin.) the xii day of the moneth of fevrzer the zer of
god a M° cccc lix the sutis callyt the curt affermyt the sys josyn.
d. crossed out at this point: callyt. e. crossed out at this point: Jtem
andro besat is in a mercment of this curt and in the lordis wyl for the
wrayngis eryn off. sic. g. crossed out at this point: and to partyt
h. crossed out at this point: sayd
comments: See pp.lxxiv-lxxv above. Braciatrices or ale-wives