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INTRODUCTION
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superseded in practice must be kept in view. An example
of this is afforded in the case of Parkmill, see p. 460 n.
Stodart gives seven generations of de Maystertuns, beginning
with Hugo de Villa Magistri, about 1250. In the accompany¬
ing genealogy, which may he referred to, the first six of these
generations are retained. The possibility of another William,
after Duncan and before Symon, is pointed out in a note.
But it must be observed that the William, whose lands near
Haddington had been forfeited, may have been Duncan’s pre¬
decessor. Stodart’s seventh generation is William Maistertoun,
who was on an assize at Dunfermline 1491-2, but no authority
is given for connecting him with the de Maistertuns.
Stodart further notes that there is ‘ a statement which seems
to be quite groundless, that William Masterton of that ilk in
14421 “ made a donation to the Abbey of Dunfermline out of
his lands of Masterton pro salute animce sue.'1'1'' Douglas is
responsible for this statement, and, except that the donation
is of the whole lands of Masterton, and that the granter is
named and designed William de Maistertun, Dominus de
Dalis, it is correct. Douglas refers to the Chartulary of Dun¬
fermline as his authority, and to a notarial extract of the
donation above mentioned. But the charter does not appear
in the printed Register of Dunfermline, and Mr. Stodart there¬
fore rejects the statement. Douglas, however, had no doubt
seen, though his description is inaccurate, the existing nota-
rially certified copy made in 1544 of the original charter of
1422, then in the charter-house of the Monastery of Dunferm¬
line—not an extract of a charter in the chartulary. Down to
1419 the Chartulary printed in the Register of Dunfermline
supplies a consecutive history of the family and of the lands
of Masterton; but here there is a blank, for the Chartulary
fails to show how the lands passed from the family, and how
they came to be again in the hands of the monastery when, in
Misquoted. See Douglas, ‘ 1422.’
453
superseded in practice must be kept in view. An example
of this is afforded in the case of Parkmill, see p. 460 n.
Stodart gives seven generations of de Maystertuns, beginning
with Hugo de Villa Magistri, about 1250. In the accompany¬
ing genealogy, which may he referred to, the first six of these
generations are retained. The possibility of another William,
after Duncan and before Symon, is pointed out in a note.
But it must be observed that the William, whose lands near
Haddington had been forfeited, may have been Duncan’s pre¬
decessor. Stodart’s seventh generation is William Maistertoun,
who was on an assize at Dunfermline 1491-2, but no authority
is given for connecting him with the de Maistertuns.
Stodart further notes that there is ‘ a statement which seems
to be quite groundless, that William Masterton of that ilk in
14421 “ made a donation to the Abbey of Dunfermline out of
his lands of Masterton pro salute animce sue.'1'1'' Douglas is
responsible for this statement, and, except that the donation
is of the whole lands of Masterton, and that the granter is
named and designed William de Maistertun, Dominus de
Dalis, it is correct. Douglas refers to the Chartulary of Dun¬
fermline as his authority, and to a notarial extract of the
donation above mentioned. But the charter does not appear
in the printed Register of Dunfermline, and Mr. Stodart there¬
fore rejects the statement. Douglas, however, had no doubt
seen, though his description is inaccurate, the existing nota-
rially certified copy made in 1544 of the original charter of
1422, then in the charter-house of the Monastery of Dunferm¬
line—not an extract of a charter in the chartulary. Down to
1419 the Chartulary printed in the Register of Dunfermline
supplies a consecutive history of the family and of the lands
of Masterton; but here there is a blank, for the Chartulary
fails to show how the lands passed from the family, and how
they came to be again in the hands of the monastery when, in
Misquoted. See Douglas, ‘ 1422.’
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