Series 3 > Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm

166 CHARTERS OF THE ABBEY OF INCHCOLM
Dominus Alarms Qwhite capellanus. Alan appears also as a witness in
the docquet to the 1423 Transumpt of the Inchcolm charters (No. xlv.
infra). He was probably a chaplain employed in the Abbey church.
Le Nungate et Nunsyde. The name Nungate survives. It was originally
the name of a small village on the east bank of the Tyne, on the road
leading to the priory. The name Nunside does not survive; but Nunside
must have been in the same vicinity as Nungate.
Domini Walteri de Bikirtoun militis. Among the charters of the period
of Robert, Duke of Albany (oh. 1420), is one by Walter Halyburton of
Dryltoun, witnessed by Walter de Bickirtoun (Robertson’s Index, p.
163 (27)). Walter de Bickerton witnesses a charter of Archibald, Earl
of Douglas, 20 Oct. 1401 {Douglas Bk., hi. p. 402); and he appears as
procurator of Elizabeth of Erth, 24 July 1403 {Earls of Haddington,
ii. p. 227). Sir Walter de Bekertoun, knight, is a witness, c. 1412 {ibid.,
ii. p. 228).
Domini Willelmi de Cokburne militis. Cockhurn-Hood, The House of
Cockburn, mentions only one contemporary Sir William Cockbum, viz.
of Skirling, who, according to Wyntoun {Orig. Cron., hi. p. 103), went to
England with the Earl of Mar in 1407, married Christine, daughter of
William de Sancto Claro, and appears in 1415 {op. cit., pp. 218, 219).
The lands of Wittoun and the lands of Lathame which are William de
Cockburn’s are mentioned in a charter, 25 Sept. 1430 {Charters and Writs
concerning Haddington, p. 15); and another William de Cokburn of
Henrilande appears in charters of 23 July 1446 {Scotts of Buccleuch, ii.
p. 34) and 25 Jan. 1449 {Coll. Chs. of Midlothian, p. 319).
lohannis de Sancto Claro Domini de Hirdemanstoun. Successor and
probably son of Sir William Sinclair, lord of Herdmanston, who appears,
13 July 1400 {Douglas Bk., hi. p. 44), 14 March 1407 {ibid., p. 46) and
13 Feb. 1408 {ibid., p. 64). William of Douglas, Earl of Angus, grants a
discharge to John Synclare of Hyrdmanistovne for the mails of Kymber-
ghame, 17 April 1433 {ibid., p. 64) ; and his charter of 1 July 1433 is
witnessed by John de Sinclair of Hermistoun {HMC. Rep. Milne Home
MSS., p. 272). Roland, the son of Uchtred, Constable of the King of
Scotland, granted the lands of Hermaneston, which had been given by
William de Moreville to Henry de Sancto Claro, to Alan de Sancto Claro
and Matilda de Windsoure, his spouse, and the charter of William de
Moreville to Henry de Sancto Claro is recorded in an instrument taken
by John de Sancto Claro, lord of Herdmanstone, 13 May 1434 (Hay,
Genealogie of the Sainteclaires of Rosslyn, pp. 35-36). John Landalis leases
to John Sinclair, lord of Hyrdmanstoun, a tenement in the Canongate,
20 May 1462 {HMC. Rep. Milne Home MSS., p. 262); and John Sinclair
witnesses an instrument of sasine, 29 July 1465 {Earls of Haddington,
h. p. 236) ; but this may be a later member of the family.
Le winde sive lonine. Perhaps the Bullet Loan, to the east of Nungate
village, leading to St. Martin's chapel.
Ad usum unius lampadis in choro ecclesie supradicte sustentandi, i.e. for
the upkeep of a sanctuary lamp.