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AYRSHIEE AND WIGTONSHIRE 
 ARCHJIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The EAEL of STAIR, K.T., LL.D., F.S.A. Scot., Lord-Lieutenant 
 of Ayrshire and Wigtonshire. 
 
 The DUKE of POETLAND. 
 
 The MARQUESS of BUTE, K.T., F.S.A. Scot. 
 
 The MAEQUESS of AILSA. 
 
 The EAEL of EGLINTON and WINTON. 
 
 The EAEL of GALLOWAY. 
 
 The EAEL of GLASGOW, F.S.A. Scot., Lord Clerk Eegister of Scotland. 
 
 The LOED BOETHWICK. 
 
 The Eight Hon. Sir JAMES FEEGUSSON, Bart., K.C.M.G., LL.D. 
 
 The Eight Hon. Sir J. DALEYMPLE -HAY, M.P., C.B., D.C.L., F.E.S. 
 
 Sir M. SHAW-STEWAET, Bart., Lord-Lieutenant of Eenfrewshire. 
 
 Sir ANDEEW AGNEW, Bart., of Lochnaw. 
 
 Sir WILLIAM WALLACE, Bart., of Lochryan. 
 
 Sir WILLIAM J. MONTGOMEEY-CUNINGHAME, Bart. 
 
 Sir HEEBEET MAXWELL, Bart., M.P., of Monreith. 
 
 R. A. OSWALD of Auchincruive. 
 
 !^on* ^ecretarp for SL^v&^ivz* 
 
 E. W. COCHEAN-PATRICK of Woodside, M.P., LL.D., F.S.A., F.S.A. Scot. 
 
 l^on, ^zcvzuv^ for acaifftonsffjire» 
 
 The Rev. G. WILSON, Glenluce, C.M.S.A. Scot. 
 
 'Erea^urer* 
 
 C. G. SHAW, EsQ., County Buildings, Ayr. 
 
 CounciL 
 
 CoLONEL HUNTER-WESTOJST of Hunterston, F.S.A. 
 
 F. T. R. KENNEDY of Dunure. 
 
 W. COOPER of Failford, LL.M., F.S.A. Scot., Edinburgh. 
 
 J. MACDONALD, LL.D., F.S.A. Scot., Ayr. 
 
 R. MUNRO, M.D., M.A., F.S.A. Scot., Kilmarnock. 
 
 J. DOBIE, F.S.A. Scot., Beith. 
 
 E. WYLIE, Kilwinning. 
 
vi LIST OF MEMBEES. 
 
 %i0t of 9^tmUv0, 1880. 
 
 AGNEW, Alexander, 11 Eeform Street, Dundee. 
 
 Agnew, Sir Andrew, Lochnaw, Stranraer. 
 
 Agnew, R Vans, of Bambarroch, Wigtonshire. 
 
 AiLSA, Marquess of, Culzean Castle, Maybole. 
 
 AiTKEN, A., Solicitor, Stranraer. 
 
 AiTKEN, A. B., of Carsehead, Dalry. 
 
 Alexandee, Dr., Dundonald. 
 
 Allan, Andrew, Munnoch, Dalry. 
 
 Anderson, J., Carthgale, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Anderson, M., Writer, Milligan Park, Glasgow. 
 
 Anderson, W., 149 West George Street, Glasgow. 
 
 Andrews, David, Sohcitor, Girvan. 
 
 Antiquaries, Society of, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W. 
 
 Armour, John, junior, Architect, Irvine. 
 
 Armstrong, R. B., 5 Melville Street, Edinburgh. 
 
 Arthur, J. F., Lochside House, New Cumnock. 
 
 Arthur, M., 9 Claremount Terrace, Glasgow. 
 
 Ayr, Burgh of, per Town Chamberlain. 
 
 BAILEY, J. Lambert, F.R.S.E., F.R.S. Scot., Banker, Ardrossan. 
 
 Baird, J., 90 Eegent Terrace, Stirling Eoad, Glasgow. 
 
 Baird, Mrs., of Cambusdoon, Ayr. 
 
 Ballantine, Alexander, 42 George Street, Edinburgh. 
 
 Bartlemore, J., of Bourtrees, Paisley. 
 
 Baxter, D., Ladyburn, Kilkerran, Maybole. 
 
 Blair, Captain, of Blair, Dalry, Ayrshire. 
 
 Blair, Archibald, Surgeon, Dalry, Ayrshire. 
 
 Blair, D. Hunter, of Dunskey, care of Very Eev. Prior Vaughan, 
 St. Benedict's Monastery, Fort Augustus. 
 
 Blackwood, J., Gillsbum, Kilmarnock. 
 
 BoRLAND, J., Chemist, Kilmarnock. 
 
 BosWELL, P. C. D., of Garrallan, Cumnock. 
 
 BowiE, J. H., Union Bank, Coatbridge. 
 
 BoYD, Colonel Hay, of Townend, Symington. 
 
 BoYD, Eev. John, D.D., Seaview House, West Kilbride (deceased). 
 
LIST OF MEMBEES. vii 
 
 BoYLE, Captain, of Shewalton, Irvine. 
 Brisbane, C. T., of Brisbane, Largs. 
 Brown, D., Banker, Maybole. 
 Brown, D., Townend Cottage, Dah-y. 
 Brown, George, Burnside, Irvine. 
 Brown, J., Orangefield, Ayr. 
 Brown, J. T., Gibraltar House, Edinburgh. 
 Brown, Miss, of Lanfine. 
 Brown, Eichard, Kensal Tower, Ayr. 
 Brown, Eobert, Underwood Park, Paisley. 
 Browne, Eev. A., The Manse, Beith. 
 Buchanan, A., Barskimming, Mauchline. 
 BUTE, Marquess of. 
 
 CAIED, James, C.B., 3 St. James' Square, London, S.W. 
 
 Cairney, William, 11 Derby Terrace, Glasgow. 
 
 Caldwell, James, F.S.A. Scot., Craigielea, Paisley. 
 
 Campbell, A., 270 Crownpoint, Eoad, Glasgow. 
 
 Campbell, Colonel Sir A., Bart., of Blythswood, Eenfrew. 
 
 Campbell, Colonel Hamilton, of Netherplace, MauchUne. 
 
 Campbell, E. F. F., M.P., of Craigie, Ayr. 
 
 Campbell, Captain E. M., Glaisnock, Cumnock. 
 
 Carfrae, Eobert, F.S.A. Scot., 77 George Street, Edinburgh. 
 
 Carment, J., LL.D., 32 Albany Street, Edinburgh. 
 
 Carrtjthers, David, Market Lane, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Cathcart, Miss, of Auchendrane, Ayr. 
 
 Challoner, N. B., Eoyal Bank, Kilmamock. 
 
 Clark, J. Gilchrist, Dabton, Thornhill. 
 
 CoCHRAN, Mrs., of Ladyland, Beith. 
 
 COMRIE, Alexander, Accountant, Dalry. 
 
 CoNWAY, Eev. D., St. John's Chapel, Port-Glasgow. 
 
 COOPER, William, of Failford, Tarbolton (deceased). 
 
 COOPER, W. S., of Failford, F.S.A Scot., Tarbolton, 
 
 COPLAND, J., Pubhc School, Kilwinning. 
 
 COPLAND, James, General Eegister House, Edinburgh. 
 
 COWAN, Hugh, St. Leonards, Ayr. 
 
 Craig, James, Deanmount, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Craig, William, Braehead, Lochwinnoch. 
 
viii LIST OF MEMBEES. 
 
 Craufurd, E. H. J., of Auchenames, "West Kilbride. 
 
 Craoturd, Eeginald, of Craufurdland, Braehead, Cramond Bridge, 
 
 Edinburgh. 
 Crawford, Earl of, Haigh Hall, Wigan, Lancashire (deceased). 
 Crawford, Eev. J., Dalry. 
 
 Crawfurd, T. Macknight, of Cartsbum, Lauriston Castle,Edinburgh. 
 Crichton, Major E. 0., of Linn, Dalry. 
 Crichton, Sheriff, 13 Nelson Street, Edinburgh. 
 Crxjm, A., M.P., of Thornliebank, Glasgow. 
 Cuninghame, John, of Merry and Cuninghame, Ironmasters, 
 
 Glasgow. 
 CuNiNGHAME, William Allison, of Logan, Cumnock. 
 CuNiNGHAME, W. C. S., of Caprington, Kilmarnock. 
 CuNiNGHAME, Sir W. J. M., Bart., of Corsehill, G-lenmoor House, 
 
 Maybole. 
 
 CuRRiE, Dr., Hydropathic Estabhshment, Skelmorlie. 
 CURRIEHILL, Lord, Edinburgh. 
 
 DALEYMPLE, C, M.P., Ardencraig, Eothesay. 
 
 Dalrymple, C. E., 12 CHfton Gardens, Folkestone. 
 
 Dalrymple, Hon. Hew, Lochinch, Castle Kennedy, Stranraer. 
 
 DiCK, J. T., 38 Sandgate Street, Ayr. 
 
 DiCKiE, Hugh, Eector, Academy, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Dickie, J., Town-Clerk, Irvine. 
 
 DiCKiE, James, 18 George Square, Glasgow. 
 
 DiCKiE, James, London Eoad, Kilmarnock. 
 
 DiCKSON, T., General Eegister House, Edinburgh. 
 
 DOBIE, J., 1 1 Eglinton Terrace, Ayr. 
 
 DOBIE, J. Shedden, F.S.A. Scot., Morishill, Beith. 
 
 DoBiE, Eobert, M.D., 3 Wellington Square, Ayr. 
 
 DOUGLAS, David, F.S.A. Scot., 9 South Castle Street, Edinburgh. 
 
 Douglas, J., M.D., Whithorn, Wigtonshire. 
 
 Drew, J., Doonhill, Newton-Stewart. 
 
 DuNLOP, Alexander, of Doonside, Priory Lodge, Largs. 
 
 Dunlop, David, Solicitor, Ayr. 
 
 DUNLOP, W. H., of Annanhill, Kilmarnock. 
 
 DuNLOP, W. H., Solicitor, Ayr. 
 
 EASTON, Eobert, 115 Buchanan Street, Glasgow. 
 
LIST OF MEMBEES. ix 
 
 Eglinton and WiNTON, Earl of, Eglinton Castle, Irvine. 
 Elder, George, Knock Castle, Largs. 
 EVANS, John, D.C.L., Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead. 
 Ewen, David, 32 Queen's Terrace, Ayr. 
 
 FAULDS, A. Wilson, F.S.A. Scot., Knockbuckle, Beith. 
 
 Feeguson, W., of Kinmundy, 21 Manor Place, Edinburgh. 
 
 Fekgusson, Eight Honourable Sir James, K.C.M.G., of Kilkerran, 
 Maybole. 
 
 Fergusson, James M., Observer Oflace, Ayr. 
 
 FiNLAT, John, Greenfield, AUoway, Ayr. 
 
 Finnie, A., of SpringhiU, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Flejiing, James, 83 Jamaica Street, Glasgow. 
 
 Flint, John, 2 Montgomerie Terrace, Ayr. 
 
 FOSTER, W. K., 45 Leinster Gardens, Hyde Park, London, W, 
 
 Franks, Augustus W., British Museum, London. 
 
 Fraser, W., W.S., Deputy Keeper of the Eeoords, 32 Castle Street, 
 Edinburgh. 
 
 GAIEDNEE, E., Thornton, Kilmarnock. 
 Gaikdnee, WiUiam, Dalblair House, Ayr. 
 Galloway, Earl of, GaUoway House, Wigtonshire. 
 Gardner, Alexander, Publisher, Paisley. 
 Gardner, WilUam, Shawl Manufacturer, Paisley. 
 Geddes, G. H., 8 Douglas Crescent, Edinburgh. 
 Gemmell, Thomas, Banker, Ayr. 
 Gemmell, William, 150 Hope Street, Glasgow. 
 GlLMOUR, A., Solicitor, Irvine. 
 
 GiRVAN, J. Graham, 186 West George Street, Glasgow. 
 Glasgow and Galloway, Bishop of, Ayr. 
 Glasgow, Earl of, The Garrison, MUlport. 
 Glasgow, E. B., of Montgreenan, Ayrshire. 
 GouDiE, Ex-Provost, Ayr. 
 GrAHAM, J., of Broadstone, Stranraer. 
 Graham, T. D. C, of Dunlop, Dunlop. 
 Grant, Eev. Alexander T., Eosslyn, Edinburgh. 
 Gray, G., Clerk of the Peace, Glasgow. 
 Gray, Eobert, Stanley Cottage, Dalry. 
 
 b 
 
LIST OF MEMBEES. 
 
 Greenwell, Kev. Canon, Durliam. 
 Greg, E. P., Coles Park, Buntingford, Herts. 
 Gregory, J. S., Eegistrar, Kilmarnock. 
 Greig, T. C, Eephad, Stranraer. 
 
 HAMILTON, Alexander, Solicitor, Irvine. 
 
 Hamilton, Captain, of Eozelle, Clareuce House, Penzance (deceased). 
 
 Hamilton, George, Ardendee, Kirkcudbright. 
 
 Hamilton, H. M., 10 King'sBench Walk, Temple, London. 
 
 Hamilton, Hugh, of Pinmore, Girvan. 
 
 Hamilton, J., Town-Clerk of Kilmarnock. 
 
 Hamilton, J. G., 38 Portland Street, KUmarnock. 
 
 Hamilton, John, of Sundrulii, Ayr. 
 
 Hannah, A., Cairnsmore, Bellahouston, Govan. 
 
 Hay, Eight Hon. Sir John Dalrymple, M.P., of Park, Wigtonshire. 
 
 Hendrie, James, Meadowbank, Kilwlnning. 
 
 Hendeie, James, Thornbank, Galston. 
 
 Highet, William, Citadel Place, Ayr. 
 
 Horne, Eobert E., 150 Hope Street, Glasgow. 
 
 Howatson, Charles, of Glenbuck, by Lanark. 
 
 HOWATSON, George S., Eglinton Ironworks, Kilwinning. 
 
 HuNTER, Andrew, Ayr. 
 
 HuNTEE, David, Sea Tower, Ayr. 
 
 HuNTER, E. A., Adamton, Monkton. 
 
 HuNTER, John, Burnfoot, by Ayr. 
 
 HUNTEE, Mrs., of Hunter, ClifFord Lodge, Largs. 
 
 Hunter-Weston, Colonel, of Hunterston, F.S.A., West Kilbride. 
 
 lEVINE, Burgh of, per Town Chamberlain. 
 
 JOHNSTON, D., 160 West George Street, Glasgow. 
 Johnston, T. B., Geographer to the Queen, Edinburgh. 
 Jonas, A. C, 21 Trafalgar Terrace, Swansea. 
 
 KAY, E. M., Clydesdale Bank, Ayr. 
 Keith, Eev. W. A., Burham Vicarage, Eochester. 
 Kennedy, Captain Clark, 4 Lewes Place, Eastbourne, Sussex. 
 Kennedy, F. T. E., of Dunure, Ayr. 
 
LIST OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Kennedy, James, 25 Greendyke Street, G-lasgow. 
 
 Kennedy, J., of Underwood, 71 Great King Street, Edinburgh. 
 
 Kennedy, J., yr. of Underwood, 71 Great King Street, Edinburgh. 
 
 Kennedy, Thomas, Glenfield, Kilmamock. 
 
 Kere, W., Nethergate House, Dundee. 
 
 KiLPATRiCK, William, Solicitor, Ayr. 
 
 KiNG, H. B., Commercial Bank, Kilwinning. 
 
 KlNG, Walter, Paisley. 
 
 KiRKHOPE, Thomas, Writer, Ardrossan. 
 
 Knox, J. W., 132 Wfest Eegent Street, Glasgow. 
 
 Knox, E. W., of MooT Park, Kilbirnie. 
 
 LAMB, J. B., Architect, Paisley. 
 
 Landsborough, Eev. E. D., Kilmamock. 
 
 Leck, Henry, of HoUybush, Ayr. 
 
 LiviNGSTON, Eev. N., Coylton, Ayr. 
 
 LocKHART, John, Sheriff-Clerk Depute, Ayr. 
 
 LoGAN, W., Teacher, Dalry. 
 
 LoNDON LlBRARY, 12 St James' Square, London, S.W. 
 
 LovE, W. F., of Geilsland, Beith. 
 
 Lyon, D. Murray, Secretary to Grand Lodge of Scotland, Free- 
 masons' Hall, Ediuburgh. 
 
 M'ALISTEE, J., Surgeon, Kilmarnock. 
 
 M'Call, James, 6 St. John's Terrace, Glasgow. 
 
 M'Callum, Eobert, Town Chamberlain, Ayr. 
 
 M'Chlery, WiUiam, Balminnoch, Kirkcowan. 
 
 M'Clelland, A. S., 115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. 
 
 M'CoNNACHiE, J. A., C.E., 1 2 Victoria Eoad, Kensington, London, W. 
 
 M'Connel, Wilham, of Knockdolian, Girvan. 
 
 M'CoSH, James M., Solicitor, Dalry. 
 
 M'Crone, James, 25 Stockwell Street, Glasgow. 
 
 M'CuBBrN, A, Solicitor, Ayr. 
 
 M'CUBBIN, W. F., Solicitor, Ayr. 
 
 M'Culloch, Thomas, Founder, Kilmarnock. 
 
 M'CuLLOCH, David, Beech Grove, Kilmarnock. 
 
 M^Derment, J. I., C.E., Ayr. 
 
 M'Gavin, J., 19 Elm Bank Place, Glasgow. 
 
 XI 
 
xii LIST OF MEMBEES. 
 
 M'GriBBON, D., of Laggan, 89 George Street, Edinburgh. 
 
 M'GriBBON, ■William, Draper, Stranraer. 
 
 M'Grigor, Dr. A. B., 1 9 'Woodside Terrace, Glasgow. 
 
 M'Kenzie, J., Solicitor, Stranraer. 
 
 M'Kenzie, J. W., 16 Eoyal Circus, Edinburgh. 
 
 M'Kerlie, P. H., 36 Pembridge Villas, Bayswater, London, W. 
 
 M'Kerrell, E. M., Junior Carlton Club, London. 
 
 M'Kie, J., Publisher, Kilmamock. 
 
 M'MiCKiNG, Gilbert, 55 Princes Gate, London, S.W. 
 
 M'EoBERTS, George, Stevenston. 
 
 M'Vail, Dr., Kilmarnock. 
 
 Maoarthur, Lady, 27 Princes Gardens, London, S.W. 
 
 Macbonald, A. G., The Crescent, Ardrossan. 
 
 Macdonald, J., LL.D., E.S.A. Scot., The Academy, Ayr. 
 
 Macdonald, James, junior, Wellington Square, Ayr. 
 
 Macdouall, James, of Logan, Stranraer. 
 
 Macdowall, Henry, younger of Garthland, Lochwinnoch. 
 
 Macgregor, P. Comyn, of Brediland, Paisley. 
 
 Mack, Anthony, The Crescent, Ardrossan. 
 
 Mackay, Professor, 7 Albyn Place, Edinburgh. 
 
 Mackean, J. A., Maryfield, Paisley. 
 
 Mackenzie, Alexander, 7 Gilmour Street, Paisley. 
 
 Mackie, Daniel, of Knockgerran, Girvan. 
 
 Mackie, Eobert, Loudoun Cottage, Galston. 
 
 Mackinnon, William, 115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow. 
 
 Macleod, Eev. W., 5 Thirlestane Eoad, Edinburgh. 
 
 Macroeib, W., Solicitor, Ayr. 
 
 Masson, G, Oakshawside, Paisley. 
 
 Maxwell, Mrs., of Carruchan, Dumfries. 
 
 Maxwell, Sir Herbert, M.P., of Monreith. 
 
 Menteth, Lady Stuart, of Mansfield, New Cumnock. 
 
 Mercer, John, C.E., Ayr. 
 
 MiddlemAS, W.,Town-Clerk's OfiSce, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Miller, Eobert, Alloway Cottage, Ayr. 
 
 MiLROY, Dr. A., Kilwinning. 
 
 MiTCHELL, Dr. A., 34 Drummond Place, Edinburgh. 
 
 MlTCHELL, J. 0., 69 East Howard Street, Glasgow. 
 
 MiTCHELL LiBRARY, Ingram Street, Glasgow. 
 
LIST OF MEMBERS. xiii 
 
 MONTGOMERIE, J. C, Dalmore, Stair. 
 MoORE, J. Carrick, of Corsewall, Stranraer. 
 MoRRis, James A., 17 Charlotte Street, Ayr. 
 Mtjnro, Dr. E., r.S.A. Scot., Kilmamock. 
 MuRDOCH, J., Architect, Ayr. 
 MxJRDOCH, E. D., County Buildings, Ayr, 
 MuRRAY, David, 169 West George Street, Glasgow. 
 MuRRAY, William, Bams Park, Ayr. 
 MuSEUM OF SciENCE AND Art, Edinburgh. 
 MUTTER, W., of Meiklelaught, Ardrossan. 
 
 NORTHESK, Earl of, Longwood, Winchester. 
 
 OSWALD, R. A,, of Auchencruive, Ayr. 
 Oliver, Eev. J., BelUiaven, Dunbar. 
 
 PAEK, Eichard, Architect, Newton-Stewart. 
 
 Paterson, John, of Knowehead, Irvine. 
 
 Paterson, Sheriflf Orr, Ayr. 
 
 Paton, J. B., Merchant, Ayr. 
 
 Paton, Eobert, Alloway Place, Ayr. 
 
 Paton, Theophilus, of Swinlees, Dalry. 
 
 Paton, WiUiam, of Hillend, Dalry. 
 
 Patrick, E. W. Cochran, M.P., of Woodside, Beith. 
 
 Patrick, W. Ealston, of Trearne, Beith. 
 
 Philp, Eev. George, Saltcoats. 
 
 PlCKEN, James, Hillhouse Lodge, Fenwick. 
 
 PoLLOCK, J., Victoria Works, Beith. 
 
 POLLOCK, John, Town-CIerk, Ayr. 
 
 PoLLOCK, WiUiam, Solicitor, Ayr. 
 
 POLLOK, E. M, of Middleton, Ayr. 
 
 PoLLOK-MoRRis, A, of Craig, KUmamock. 
 
 PoRTEOUS, J. S., Viewfield, Maybole. 
 
 PoRTLAND, Duke of, per J. H. Turner, The Dean, Kilmarnock. 
 
 EAFF, James, 14 Wellington Square, Ayr. 
 
 Eamsay, Dr., Lochwinnoch. 
 
 Eamsay, E., Greendyke Street, Glasgow. 
 
xiv LIST OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Reid, Charles, Lily Mount, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Reid, H. G., Stationery Office, London. 
 
 Reid, William, junior, Chapelhill, Paisley. 
 
 Rennie, Thomas, Banker, Maybole. 
 
 Robertson, Alexander, Bannoch Lodge, Kilwinning. 
 
 RoBERTSON, Rev. W. B., Irvine. 
 
 Rose, James, 1 1 Langlands Street, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Ross, Alexander M., Town-Chamberlain, Paisley. 
 
 ROWAT, William, Rosehill Cottage, Paisley. 
 
 RUSSELL, WilUam, of Maulside, Dalry, Ayrshire. 
 
 SHAW, Charles G., Ayr, 
 
 Shaw, W. R, 39 Stockwell Street, Glasgow. 
 
 Small, J. W., Architect, George Street, Edinburgh. 
 
 Smith, John, Manager, Eglinton Ironworks, Kilwinning. 
 
 SoMERVELL, G., of Sorn, Mauchline. 
 
 Stair, Earl of, Lochinch, Castle Kennedy, Stranraer. 
 
 Steele, Provost, Ayr. 
 
 Stephen, William, 31 Sandgate Street, Ayr. 
 
 Stevenson, Ailan, Architect, Ayr. 
 
 Stevenson, William, Witch Road, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Stewart, J., M.P., of Garvocks, Largs. 
 
 Stewart, J., Heathfield, Irvine. 
 
 Stewart, J. Leveson D., Glenogil, Forfarshire. 
 
 Stewart, M. J., Southwick, Stranraer. 
 
 Stewart, Sir M. Shaw, of Ardgowan, Greenock. 
 
 Stirrat, James, Solicitor, Dalry. 
 
 Stoddart, James H., Glasgow Herald Office, Glasgow. 
 
 Stoddart, R. R. Lyon, Clerk-Depute, Edinburgh. 
 
 Sturroce, Provost, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Sturrock, J., junior, Solicitor, Kilmarnock. 
 
 Symington, G., Banker, Glenluce. 
 
 TAYLOR, William, London Road, Kilmamock. 
 Thomson, R., Crookedholm, Kilmarnock. 
 Turnbull, Andrew, Town-Chamberlain, Kilmarnock. 
 Turner, F. J., The Dean, Kilmarnock. 
 
LIST OF MEMBERS. xv 
 
 URQUHAKT, Rev. A., Free Church Manse, Portpatrick. 
 
 VERNON, Hon. G. R., Auchans, Dundonald. 
 
 WALES, James, Buckstone, Rawdon, Yorkshire. 
 
 Walkek, J., 74 Bath Street, Glasgow. 
 
 Wallace, Charles, Dally, Kirkcolm, Stranraer. 
 
 Wallace, Sir WiUiam, of Lochryan, Stranraer. 
 
 Waek, Andrew, Bartholomew House, London, E.C. 
 
 Waerack, Rev. Alexander, Free Church Manse, Leswalt, Stranraer. 
 
 Watson, J., Wallace Bank, Kilmarnoclj. 
 
 Weie, WilUam, of Baldonan, Portland Ironworks, Kilmarnook. 
 
 WiLSON, Rev. G., Free Church Manse, Glenluce, Wigtonshire. 
 
 Wilson, R. Dobie, 15 Green Street, Grosvenor Square, London, W. 
 
 WooD, James, Portland Villa, Troon. 
 
 Wright, Hugh, of Alticry, Port-WiUiam. 
 
 Wtlde, R., Kilwinning. 
 
 Wylie, Rev. W. H., 5 Glenan Gardens, Helensburgh. 
 
 YOUNG, David, Town-Clerk, Paisley. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 To the liberality of the Marquess of Bute in contributing 
 towards the expense of transcribing, printing, and illustrat- 
 ing the present Volume, and to the care taken hj the 
 Municipality of Ayr in preserving the ancient records and 
 documents in their custody, the Members of the Ajr and 
 Wigton Archseological Society are indebted for this Cartulary 
 of the Fiiars Preachers of Ayr, The coUection was too 
 large to print in the ordinary Volumes of the Society, and 
 too complete to break up into separate parts; and it was 
 therefore determined to make it an extra issue. 
 
 The documents contained in it will be found of great 
 general and local interest, and form an important contribu- 
 tion to the history of the Order in Scotland. The only other 
 printed Cartulary of the Friars Preachers (those of Glasgow) 
 was published in the Maitland Club Series in 1846. The 
 mununents now given throw a great deal of light on the 
 early history and topography of Ayr ; and, taken in connec- 
 tion with the records of the Burgh about to be printed by 
 
xviii PEEFAOE. 
 
 the Society, will afford authentic materials for the local 
 history of the district. 
 
 In dating some of the charters the ordinary practice of 
 dealing with the regnal years of David II. has been followed. 
 It is necessary to state, however, that this point is involved 
 in very great obscurity and doubt, and it is to be hoped 
 that some further light will be thrown upon it by future 
 investigations. 
 
 I have great pleasure in acknowledging the valuable 
 assistance I have received from many kind friends in 
 going over the charters. In particular, I have been very 
 much indebted, as on many former occasions, to Mr. Thomas 
 Dickson, Curator of the Historical Department of the General 
 Register House, Edinburgh ; to the Town-Clerk of Ayr and 
 his Assistants; and to Mr. Murray Lyon of Edinburgh. 
 
 R. W. COCHRAN-PATRICK. 
 
 WOODSIDE, Beith, Decemher 1880. 
 
INTEODUCTION. 
 
 It is much to be regretted that so little is recorded 
 relating to the history of the Order of Preaching Friars in 
 Scotland. The original documents cannot be recovered, and 
 without them we have little except tradition to inform us. 
 
 According to the received account, the Preaching Friars 
 were brought into Scotland during the reign of Alexander 
 II. The continuator of Fordun, and the author of a chronicle 
 printed in the Extracta e Variis Cronicis Scocie} give the year 
 1230 as the exact date of their first appearance. It is said 
 that Clement, afterwards Bishop of Dunblane, received the 
 habit at the hands of S. Dominic himseK, and was the first of 
 the Order in this country. He is probably the same individual 
 who is mentioned in the Acts of the General Council held at 
 London in 1230.^ He was elected and consecrated Bishop of 
 Dunblane in 1233,^ and died in 1256.* Spotiswood, on the 
 other hand, says the Order was introduced into this country 
 by WiUiam Malvoisin, Bishop of S. Andrews. 
 
 1 P. 93. Edin. 1842. 
 ^ Theatrum Dominicanum, by Vincentius Maria Fontana. Eome, 1666. P. 292. 
 s Chronica de Mailros, p. 143. * Scotichronicon. Edin. 1759. Vol. iL p. 92. 
 
XX INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Alexander the II. founded eight houses of the Order, 
 namely at Edinburgh, Berwick, Ayr, Perth, Aberdeen, Elgin, 
 Stirling, and Inverness. Considerable uncertainty exists as 
 to the exact date of the earliest foundation. That honour has 
 been claimed for Ayr, on the authority of S. Antonine, and it 
 is not improbable that it may have been the case. Spotiswood 
 gives the same year for the foundation of Ayr, Edinburgh, 
 and Berwick, viz. 1230. He is responsible for the statement 
 that the convent of S. Katherine at Ayr was founded by 
 William, Bishop of S. Andrews, though he also gives the 
 more correct account by the author in the Extracta e Variis 
 Cronicis Scocie, which is rendered certain by the records now 
 printed. 
 
 The present coUection of documents contains several of 
 more than local interest, and relating to the Order in general. 
 The first of these is a BuU of Clement IV.,^ in favour of the 
 master and brethren of the Order of Predicant Friars, 
 permitting them to possess, succeed to, and sell temporal 
 property, and employ the proceeds to their own advantage as 
 they may think best. This was given in the year 1266. The 
 next relates to a much later period, being dated in the year 
 1518.^ It is a Brief by Leo X., granting to the Friars 
 Preachers the right to receive confession, without permission 
 being first granted to the penitents by their rectors; to 
 receive and ask for alms without the licence of the parish 
 priest ; and to bury such as desired it within the precincts of 
 
 ' P. 2. = p. 83. 
 
INTRODUCTIOK xxi 
 
 their churches. The last of this class of documents is a Brief 
 by Leo X./ granting to the Friars of the Predicant Order 
 similar privileges to those enjoyed by the Minorite Friars in 
 regard to the observance of certain feast days in places under 
 ecclesiastical interdict, so that on the feasts of SS. Dominic, 
 Peter Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, Vincent, and Catherine of 
 Sienna, the said Friars might open their churches and celebrate 
 divine service, excluding only those who were personally 
 excommunicated. This was also given in 1518. 
 
 Scotland was erected into a province of the Order in 
 1487, according to the learned editor of the Muniments of the 
 Friars Preachers of Glasgow.^ John Mure, who is mentioned 
 in the Ayr records in 1469, as Vicar-General ^ of the Predicants 
 in Scotland, became, after the erection, the first provincial 
 Prior of the Order. The last one is also mentioned, Friar John 
 Grierson, iu 1557.^ He is said to have been Prior for thirty 
 years, and to have survived the Reformation. No other 
 notices relating to the Order in general are to be found in the 
 records. The only place where any mention is made of the 
 resident Friars is in a charter of 1557,^ where the names of 
 eight are given, comprising apparently all in the convent at 
 the time. 
 
 The first document^ contained in the present coUection 
 shows that the church of the Friars Preachers of Ayr had been 
 
 1 P. 89. 
 ' Lib. Goll. Nostre Dom. etc, et Munimenta Fratrum Pred. de Glasgu. Maitland Club 
 (1846), p. liii. ' P. 52. " P. 96. " P. 98. o p. i^ ^o, ^ 
 
xxu 
 
 INTEODUOTION. 
 
 founded by Alexander II., some time previous to August 1242. 
 The king commands the Provosts of Ayr to pay to the Friars 
 Preachers twenty pounds of sterlings yearly, from the revenues 
 arising out of the mills and burgh of Ayr. This grant was 
 confirmed by Robert the Bruce in 1328;^ by David II. in 
 1344; 2 by Robert II. in 1376 ;^ and by Robert III. in 1390." 
 Alexander II. or his successor also gave to the Friars some 
 land within the burgh of Ayr for the purpose of enlarging their 
 cemetery. The original grant is not amongst the coUection, 
 but it is referred to in the charter of Juliana de Ponte.^ 
 
 Besides confirming the grant of his predecessor, Robert I., 
 in 1328, gave to the Friars the right to have their corn ground 
 without multures.^ In 1336, Malcolm, Earl of Wigton, dedi- 
 cated a chapel in the church of the Friars to the Blessed 
 Virgin, and endowed it with an annual rent of one hundred 
 shillings, secured on his lands of Carse and Barshalloch, in 
 Kyle Regis, and in addition he bestowed his lands of DuppoU 
 for the maintenance of an officiating priest, and for lights in 
 the chapel.'^ This endowment was further increased, in 1344, 
 by a yearly grant of six merks of sterlings, out of his personal 
 funds, to be continued by his successors, under the penalty of 
 excommunication by the Bishops of Glasgow. 
 
 To about this period must be assigned a grant by Adam de 
 Ponte, of his stone house in vico Nemoris, probably the Wood- 
 gate ^ of later times ; three roods of land in vico de Canniher, 
 and an annualrent of twenty-one shillings from the barony of 
 
 1 P. 3, No. 3. ' P. 7, No. 7. 3 p. 21, No. 14. * P. 31, No. 22. 
 
 ' P. 11, No. 10. ^ P. 5, No. 5. ' P. 5, No. 6 ; p. 23, No. 15. » P. 52. 
 
INTEODUCTION. 
 
 xxm 
 
 AUoway, Cortoun and Gortluy ; which grant was confirmed by 
 his daughter Juliana, who added another rood of land to the 
 benefaction.^ By another undated charter, which must belong 
 to the same period, Andrew of Wasford, son of Simon of 
 Wasford, burgess of Ayr, conveys to the Friars Preachers his 
 house, with a kiln, two roods of land next the kiln, and one 
 croft called the Grukithalf acre ; to which Margaret his wife 
 added a rood of ground.^ 
 
 The next recorded benefactor was John of Kilmarnock, 
 burgess of A.jy, who in 1348 made large grants to the Black 
 Friars, making over to them for the weal of his soul, and the 
 souls of his parents, and of all faithful successors, for light to 
 be burned on the high altar, and for the repair of the house of 
 S. Katherine the Virgin, and for his own sustenance during 
 life in the same place, all his lands and annualrents in the 
 territory of the burgh of Ayr, or outside of it.^ The list of 
 these* is highly interesting, as showing the property of a 
 wealthy burgess at the time. 
 
 Besides the usual confirmation, Robert II., by letters 
 patent, took the Friars Preachers of Ayr under his sure 
 fence and protection.® 
 
 About 1386, a dispute seems to have arisen between the 
 Burgh and the Friars Preachers as to the annuity of .£20 
 granted by the royal mandate of Alexander II. The bur- 
 gesses of Ayr were summoned before the Cardinal Legate 
 of Scotland, Walter Wardlaw, to produce all the writs, acts, 
 
 ^ P. 10, No. 10. ^ P. 14, No. 11 ; p. 37, No. 25. 
 
 " P. 16, No. 12. * P 19. ' P. 21, No. 13. 
 
XXIV 
 
 INTEODUCTION. 
 
 muniments, and evidents, relating to the matter, on an 
 appointed day ; and they not having compeared were again 
 summoned to appear in the cathedral of Glasgow on the 
 26th of July 1386, to hear sentence given.^ The decision was 
 in favour of the Friars, and on the following day the Cardinal 
 addressed letters to the Earl of Fife and Menteth, Chamber- 
 lain of Scotland, narrating the procedure and result, and 
 requesting him to make payment of the said annuity and 
 arrears to the convent.^ Accordingly, the Steward of Scot- 
 land commanded the sheriffs of Ayr to distrain the goods, 
 movable or immovable, of the Provost and Bailies of Ayr, if 
 they should refuse to make payment.^ Some doubt or delay 
 apparently still took place/ for the matter came before Par- 
 liament in 1389,^ and was finally decided in the meantime 
 in favour of the Friars, to whom the annuity is regularly 
 recorded to have been given in the Exchequer RoUs,^ previous 
 to this time. An anniversary was founded in 1397 by Hugh 
 Wallace of Craigie, for himself, and his parents and successors, 
 and an annual grant of four boUs of white oat meal, or in 
 default thereof forty pence for each boU, was secured on the 
 granter's lands of Craigie.'' This was confirmed in 1419* and 
 1480 ^ by his successors. 
 
 Robert III. set the royal customs of the burgh to the 
 burgesses in perpetual farm for ten pounds yearly, and the 
 Friars accordingly protested, and made a complaint to Parlia- 
 
 ' P. 25, No. 17, 
 * P. 30, No. 21. 
 ' P. 34, No. 23. 
 
 " P. 26, No. 18. 
 Act. Parl. Scoi., vol. i. p. 653 b. 
 ' P, 45, No. 30, 
 
 ' P, 27, No. 19. 
 
 ' P. 114. 
 
 * P. 59, No. 43. 
 
INTRODUCTION. xxv 
 
 ment in 1400.^ On the 25th of March 1406, the matter came 
 before Robert, Duke of Albany, to decide. On the one part 
 appeared Robert of Linlithgow, prior of the Friars ; and on the 
 other, Reginald of Fenwick, alderman of Ayr, and WiUiam 
 Nelson, one of the burgesses.^ The merits of the case were 
 fully gone into, and the result was that the community of 
 Ayr were ordained to pay to the convent the twenty pounds 
 annually. In consequence of this decision an arrangement 
 was made by which the mUls of Ayr, of Merlingburn, and 
 of Lochmillburn, two cruives in the mill dam of Ayr, with 
 multures and sequels, were handed over to the convent, in lieu 
 of one half of the royal annuity, the Friars engaging to main- 
 tain the miUs and dams at their own expense, and to allow 
 the burgesses and staUkeepers to have their corn ground at 
 the rate of threepence for each boU. The other sum of ten 
 pounds was to be uplifted from the first revenue of the burgh, 
 by the hand of the Chamberlain of Scotland, 
 
 Some time previous to this Alane of Lawder granted to the 
 convent of S. Katherine the lands of DaUncathe or Dankeith, 
 and in 1411 the fact was attested in solemn form, and in the 
 Scottish language, by the burgesses and community of Ayr.^ 
 The next gift to the church was an annualrent of four 
 shiUings, given by Adam of Boure, one of the burgesses of 
 Ayr, to found an anniversary for himself and his wife.* This 
 is the commencement of an interesting series of smaU grants 
 by the burgesses of Ayr, which are of great interest for local 
 
 1 P. 35, No. 24. ^ P. 38, No. 26. ^ P. 45, No. 29. * P. 47, No. 31. 
 
 d 
 
xxvi INTRODUCTIOK 
 
 historj. A curious tack by Janies Cathcart of Carbreston, in 
 the parish of Coylton, to Allan White, of a tenement in Ayr, in 
 •1438, is the next document.^ This was foUowed in 1443 by 
 the gift of friar Michael Gray, Preceptor-General of S. Anthony, 
 near Leith, to the Friars Preachers, of a piece of land in the 
 croffcs of Ayr, to found an anniversary.^ Somewhat later there 
 is the record of an attempted distraint on the lands of Kerse, 
 to recover fifty shillings of annualrent, by Prior Patrick Pulty.'^ 
 In 1469 an anniversary was founded by Allan White for 
 himself and his wife.* In consideration of the special affection 
 borne by Sir William Young, Vicar of Craigie, to the Friars 
 Preachers, shown by his many gifts to the convent, a daily 
 mass was ordered on his behalf for ever.^ Another burgess of 
 Ayr, Matthew M'Nedyr, founded in 1471 an anniversary for 
 himself and his wife.® A small portion of the property of the 
 qonvent was granted to Gibbon M'Callan in 1476.'' A very 
 interesting indenture was entered into between Lady Glammis 
 and Kennedy, and the Friars Preachers in 1480,^ conveying 
 parts of the lands of Kersland and Kei-sholme, lying between 
 the friars' lands and those of the lairds of Dunduff and Craig- 
 caffie, to the convent, in order that the Friars might celebrate 
 an anniversary with vigil on the 19th of March and 6th of 
 August yearly, with a trentale of masses for the souls of 
 James, King of Scots, and Queen Margaret his spouse, and 
 their ancestors and descendants, and for the souls of the 
 granter, her father and mother ; of Patrick Lyon, Lord 
 
 ^ P. 48, No. 32. » P. 49, No. 33. => P. 50, No. 34. * P 51 No 35 
 
 5 P. 52, No. 36. » P. 53, No. 37. ' P. 54, No. 38. « P. 55^ No! 39^ 
 
INTRODUCTION. xxrii 
 
 Glammis, and Gilbert Kennedy of that ilk, and of all the 
 faithful dead. A third anniversary was to be celebrated on 
 the day of the death of the Lady Isabella, secured on a tack 
 of the lands of the Wood of Dalrymple. An obit was 
 founded in 1488 by William Noble and his wife, from his 
 tenement in the town of Ayr, near the bridge.^ Andrew 
 Raperlaw, in 1491, granted a reversion in favour of the convent 
 of half a croft of land,^ while the other half was made over by 
 John Walker, burgess of Ayr.^ In the same year William of 
 Preston agreed to give the reversion of his tenement, granted 
 by the convent, to the Friars.* Sir John Chalmers of Gadgirth, 
 and Dame Janet Hamilton his wife, founded an anniversary 
 for themselves and all Christian souls in 1500.^ The third part 
 of the lands of Kersholmes and Kersland, and the third part 
 of an annualrent of four shillings from the lands of Stob- 
 redding and Lauchlane, were given to the convent in 1503, 
 by Agnes Ker.^ An anniversary was founded two years later 
 for William BeU, burgess of Ayr, and Agnes Mure his wife, 
 out of properties within the burgh ; '^ and also in 1507 by 
 Marion Curry, with consent of her husband John Lang, for 
 the souls of John Curry her father, and Elizabeth Hume her 
 mother, Similar anniversaries were founded in 1508 for John 
 Craufurd and his wife;® and in 1515 for John Maknedar, 
 burgess of Ayr, and Marion Martin his wife f and these are 
 the last which are recorded before the Reformation. 
 
 ' V. 60, No. 41. ' P. 61, No. 42. ' P. 63, No. 43. 
 
 * P. 64, No.- 44. ' « P. 66, No. 45. *' P. 69, No. 47. 
 
 ■> P. 71, No. 48. ^ P. 74, No. 50. » P. 78, No. 53. 
 
xxviii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The Prior and Convent granted a tenement in Ayr in 1515 
 to Roland Kennedy : ^ and in the same year received a grant 
 from Friar John Walker, and in 1518 another from Friar 
 Andrew Lathis.^ Adam Wallace of Newton, alderman of Ayr, 
 gave in 1524 his walkmill and pertinents to the convent:' 
 and this is the last recorded donation to the Friars 
 Preachers. They received possession in 1541 of the tenement 
 which had been granted to Alan Boyman, according to the 
 " altogether laudable custom of the burgh of Ayr, beyond the 
 memory of man," by proving in their head courts of the burgh 
 that the annualrent had not been paid.* In 1557 the convent 
 made over to John Blair of Middle Auchindrane, and Helen 
 Cathcart his wife, a property in the principal street of the 
 burgh of Ayr, for the annual payment of six merks.^ 
 
 Immediately after the Reformation, Queen Mary granted 
 to Charles Craufurd, one of her gentlemen servitors, the lands, 
 houses, mills, fishings, and other possessions which had be- 
 longed to the Friars Preachers of Ayr,^ for the space of nine- 
 teen years. In 1567 the provost, bailies, and community of 
 Ayr, received a gift under the Privy Seal, of the lands, posses- 
 sions, and revenues of the Dominican and Minorite Friars of 
 Ayr, to be called in all time coming the Foundation of the 
 Ministry and Hospital of the Burgh of Ayr ; ^ for an honest 
 provision for the ministers of the Word of God, and the 
 support of an Hospital for poor, mutilated and distressed 
 persons, orphans, and infants deserted by their parents. 
 
 1 P. 76, No. 52. 2 p. 79^ -^^^ 54 . p_ gl, No. 55. ^ p, 91^ j^^ gg^ 4 p 9^^ ^^ gj 
 « P. 96, No. 62. « P. 100, No. 63; p. 107, No. 66. ^ P. 101, No. 64; p. 102, No. 65. 
 
INTKODUCTION. xxix 
 
 In 1614 the magistrates of Ayr resigned into the king's 
 hands the church lands and rents belonging to them, for the 
 purpose of getting a new infeftment in their favour.^ The 
 document contains apparently a complete list of the possessions 
 of the Friars Preachers which were then in the hands of the 
 municipality. Their later history will be afterwards traced in 
 the documents belonging to the burgh. 
 
 The records now printed enable us to give a few of the 
 Priors of the Convent of S. Katherine, though the list is, 
 especially in the earlier period, obviously imperfect. The first 
 of whom we have any mention is John de Torry, who appears 
 in an undated charter, apparently about the first half of the 
 fourteenth century.^ In 1401 Patrick of Oarrick ^ appears as 
 prior, but when he was appointed or how long he continued is 
 uncertain ; but it is probable his successor would be Robert of 
 Linlithgow, whose name and seal occur in charters of 1406.^ 
 An interval of more than half a century occurs during which 
 no name is recorded. But in 1460 Patrick Pulty ^ is mentioned 
 as prior. His name occurs in 1469,^ in 1471,^^ and in 1476.® 
 In 1488 John Reid was prior,^ and he is mentioned in 1491.^^ 
 John Shanks occupied the place in 1500^^ and 1503.^^ He was 
 succeeded by Hugh Ramsay, who is recorded in 1505^^ and 
 1508." James Young occurs in 1515,^^ Robert Pratt in 1524^^ 
 and 1527/^^ John Litstare in 1541,^® and Andrew Leiche in 1557.^^ 
 
 1 P. 107, No. 67. 
 
 2 P. 11. 
 
 3 P. 37. 
 
 * Pp. 38, 41, 42. 5 P. 50. 
 
 6 P. 51. 
 
 7 P. 53. 
 
 8 P. 54. 
 
 9 P. 60. "Pp. 62, 63,64. 
 
 " P. 66. 
 
 12 P. 70. 
 
 " P.71. 
 
 u p. 74. 15 p. 76. 
 
 1« P. 92. 
 
 i'' P. 94. 
 
 18 P. 95. 
 
 19 P. 96. 
 
XXX 
 
 INTEODUCTION. 
 
 Many of the documents have the seals attached to them, in 
 good preservation. Perhaps the most interesting is an hitherto 
 unpublished privy seal of John, Earl of Carrick, the Steward 
 of Scotland.^ Though unfortunately imperfect, enough remains 
 to give an idea of the design and workmanship. The seal of 
 Malcolm Fleming, Earl of Wigton,^ is a very fine example 
 of fourteenth century work, in excellent preseivation. Only 
 one seal of the convent remains, that of Robert of Linlithgow, 
 in 1406,^ but it is a beautiful specimen, in the finest state. 
 The seal of the burgh of Ayr occurs in 1340 ;* and the seals of 
 the merchants and burgesses are of special interest, being of 
 very rare occurrence. 
 
 ' P. 28. ' P. 9. ' P. 42. * P. 12. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 No. I. 
 
 PRO PROVINCIA SC0TIAE.1 
 XXI. 
 
 ScoTiAE Prouincia, ab Anglicana euulsa, antiquissima fuit in Ordine. Quo 
 autem anno in pecuUarem fuerit erecta Prouinciam, non inuenimus. P. F. 
 Michael Plodius Inquisitor Mediolanensis de Vir. lUust. Ord. par. 2, hoc 
 ann. Dom. 1481, contigisse asserit. At neq. ; in Generalis Capituli Actis, 
 Eomae in nostro Conuentu S. Marie super Mineruam eodem, anno in Festo 
 Pentecostes celebrati (quod die x. lunij contigit), in quo in Generalem Ordinis 
 Magistrum per communem inspirationem fuit vnanimiter electus P. F. Saluus 
 Casetta Panormitanus ; neque in antecedenti Capitulo Perusij sub P. F. 
 Leonardo de Mansuetis ann. 1478 ; neque in subsequentibus, Romano 1484. 
 sub P. F. Bartholomseo de Comatijs; Veneto 1487. sub P. F, loachino 
 Turriano ; & apud Cenomanum 1491. sub eodem Magistro Generali, celebratis, 
 de huius Prouinciae institutione verbum aliquod habetur. 
 
 In primo P. F. Leonardi de Mansuetis supradicti Regesto, quod ab 
 eiusdem regiminis primordijs incipit, & vsque ad completum 1578. annum 
 sequitur ; (subsequentia enim ipsius, & successorum vsque ad eiusdem seculi 
 annum 91. deficiunt) in principio de hac cum reliquis tunc temporis Ordinis 
 Prouincijs ita mentio habetur. 
 
 , Constitutiones Deelarationes et Ordinationes Capitulorum Oeneralium S. Ordinis Praedic, ab anno 
 MCGXX. usque ad MDGL. Emanatae h Patre Vincentio Maria Fontana. Pars secunda. Komae, 
 MDCLVI. pp. 169-70. 
 
xxxii APPENDIX. 
 
 Regestvm Reuerendissimi Magistri Leonardi de Mansuetis de Perusio 
 Magistn Ordinis Prcedicatorum. 
 
 Ordo Prouinciarum in Registro cum quota, & numero cartamm, siue 
 foliorum, vU vnaqueque Provincia haheat reperiri. Utter(B autem alpha- 
 ■ beti positae in capite cuiuslihet Prouincie significant ordinem Promnciarum, 
 quota videlicet sit vnaqueque Prouincia. 
 
 1. A. Prouincia Hispani(B,fol. 4. 
 
 2. B. ToloscB,fol. 15. 
 
 3. C. Francice,fol. 26 & 248. 
 
 4. D. S. Dominici, fol. 37. 
 
 5. E. Romana,fol. 52. 
 
 6. F. Regni,fol. 70. 
 
 7. G. TheutonicB,fol. 84. 
 
 8. H. Trinacri(B, seu Sicilice, fol. 95. 
 
 9. /. Vngarioe,fol. 108. 
 
 10. K. Polonice,fol. 119. 
 
 11. L. Anglice,fol. 130. 
 
 12. M. Grcecice,fol. 140. 
 
 13. N. AragonicB, fol. 148. 
 
 14. 0. Dacice,fol. 156. 
 
 15. P. Prouincia Prouincice,fol. 166. 
 
 16. Q. Terrce Sanctce,fol. 181. 
 
 17. R. Lombardice Superioris,fol. 182. 
 
 18. S. Bohemice,fol. 200. 
 
 19. T. Dalmati(B,fol. 208. 
 
 20. V. SaxonicB,fol. 222. 
 
 21. Portugalie,fol. 236. 
 Scotie. 
 
 In prsefato autem Regesto nullum aliud monumentum de eadem habetur. 
 
 Non fuisse autem tunc temporis in Prouinciam, bene verb in particularem 
 Congregationem, seu Vicariam erectam, ex eodem Regesto apert^ coUigitur, 
 vbi in § Actorum, Pro Prouincia Anglise, ita babetur. F. Thomas, Dan 
 yn. Conuentus, de partihus Nationis Scotiae fuit incorporatus in suo Con- 
 uentu ad perpetuum ihi m/xnendum, ihique fit Lector cum gratijs consuetis. 
 
APPENDIX. xxxiii 
 
 d quo Conuentu, <& Lectoratu non possit per inferiorem amoueri, dummodo 
 praedicta ratijicentur in Capitulo proximo Nationis per R. Vicarium, & 
 Patres Diffinitores. Dat. Romae 26. Martij 1477. 
 
 Et ibidem immediat^ ita subditur : — F. Patritius Keyr Conuentus de 
 Edinburch, Nationis Scotiaefuit incorporatus in suo Conuentu ad perpetuo 
 ibi manendum, nec potest amomri ab inferiori, dummodo prcsdicta ratifi- 
 centur in Capitulo proximo Nationis. Dat. vt supra. Vide quoque ea, quae 
 supra Pro Prouincia Angliae retulimus, vbi apparet Scotias Nationis Superiores, 
 Generales Vicarios fuisse nuncupatos. 
 
 Anno autem Dom. 1491. In Prouincia erecta ia fuerat, nam eodem 
 anno suum Diffinitorem ad Generalia Comitia apud Cenomanum congregata 
 misit. Ita enim habetur in secundo Eegesto P. F. loachini Turriani Magistri 
 Ord. (prout infra Pro Prouincia Hibernise adducemus) in § Pro hac Pro- 
 uincia Scotise. P. ThoTnas Lominij praesentis Capituli Diffinitor, & F. lo. 
 ^gidij possunt redire ad patriam cum secio, vel sine, & possunt morari in 
 quolibet Conuentu, & habent litteras testimoniales, & possun ducere alios 
 Fratres sibi gratos. 
 
 Emicuit longo temporum decursu haec Prouiucia virosque prsestantis- 
 simos Ecclesiae, atque Ordini dedit vsque ad annum 1558, quo Paulus 
 Massenius pistor cum sartore quodam cuiusdam Eegularis Ordinis apostata. 
 Caluinianse nouitatis praecones, qua public^, qua priuatim in diuersis Lllius 
 Eegni partibus eam disseminantes (propter mortalium scelera permittente 
 Deo), adeo profecerunt, vt breui temporis interuallo, & Principum auctoritas, 
 & Eeligionis maiestas in eodem regno pessum ierit. Prsefatis duobus Diar 
 boli filijs sequenti anno se tertius adiunxit loannes Kanoxus Necromantus 
 Presbyter apostata ab exilio, quo propter patrata scelera fuerat dam natus, 
 reuersus, omnesque quorundam nobilium fauorem nacti, Ecclesias, Monasteria, 
 atque Coenobia sacra spoliare, ac diruere incepere, quod & lacobus nothus, 
 qui Ecclesiasticam vitam pertsesus, ex Priore Santandreano Morauiensis 
 Comes, & crudelissimus Catholicorum euasit persecutor. Et quia abissus 
 abissum inuocat, rebellantibus in eodem Eegno sequenti anno iq Eeginam 
 Matrem sectarijs Ecclesiastici Prgesules h proprijs fuere sedibus pulsi, atque ita 
 res Catholica paulatim, deelinauit vsque ad impiae Elisabethse Anglise Eeginse 
 tempora, quae h, Sanctissimo Pio V. anno 1569, anathemate sauciata crudel- 
 issim^ in Mariam Scotise Eeginam pietate Catholica, cseterisque virtutibus 
 ditatam infeuiens, post longum xx. annorum carceris squallorem, capite dam- 
 
 e 
 
xxxiv APPENDIX. 
 
 nauit 18 Februarij anno 1587. Catliolicosque omnes, plurimis eorum diris 
 supplicijs traditis, persequi nunquam destitit. Atque ita factum est vt cum 
 Fidei Catholicee euersione liaec quoque Prouincia fuerit in Ordine sublata. 
 
 No. II. 
 
 TIT. 130. CANDIDiE CAS^.^ 
 
 P. F. Adam de Scotia, Candidae Casse Ecclesiam Episcopalem in Scotia 
 existentem regendam obtinuit ab Vrbano V., 15 Kal. Decemb. anno miUes. 
 trecentesimo sexagesimo tertio pontificatus sui 2, prout libri prouisionis 
 Prselatorum eiusdem Pont. Max. testantur de quo nec verbum quidem est 
 apud Ord. Scriptores. 
 
 TIT. 537. SCOTI^.'' 
 
 Patee Fr. Clemens Anglus ex Anglicana prouincia ab Innocetio IV,, 
 creatus est Episcopus Scotiee, cuius fit mentio in Actis Capit. General. 
 Londonis, anno 1250 celebrati, in liunc modu. : "Concedimus F. Clementi, 
 Ord. nostri Episcopo Scotiae post mortem vnam missam per Ordinem, k 
 quolibet Fratre Sacerdote, & in Prouincia Angliae fiat pro eo, quod pro alio 
 Fratre." 
 
 No. III.« 
 
 DEED OF EXCAMBION, IN APRIL 1477. 
 Preserved in the Burgh Court Book op Aye. 
 
 CuRiA capitalis burgi de Are in septo. tent. coram Jacobo Blare aldermano 
 Jobne Brown et Johne SteUl bailyeis xxi die mensis Aprilis anno dom. 
 Jmiiijclxxvij, ye quhilk day it was apoyntit concordit & fuUely endit betwix 
 worthi men yat is to say ye for writtyn alderman baUyeis & comunitie of 
 ye said burgh on ye ta part and a worthi Eeligious man Frer Patrik Pulty 
 Priour of ye Frers Prechours of Sanct Katryn & his conwent on ye todder 
 
 ' Sacmm Theatrum Dominicanum. Concinnatum a P. Mag. F. Vincentio Maria Fontana Eom£e 
 M.DC.LXVI.p. 154. 
 
 3 
 
 Ibid. p. 292. » From the unpublished notes of Mr. Muiray Lyon. 
 
APPENDIX. XXXV 
 
 part ye vtilite and commoun profet seyn providit & wnderstandyn be sad 
 and degest considderatioun of baitht ye forsaid parties, yat it is to say 
 of ye said alderman baUyeis and comunitie on ye ta part as said is and 
 of ye said priour & his conwent on ye toder part as said is, yat for- 
 samekle as ye said priour & conwent ar infeft perpetualy of thre mylsteds wt 
 licens to be byggit wtin ye bownds of ye burrowfeld pertenyning to ye said 
 burgbt in contenta'oun of ten punds of vsuale mone of a zerly pensioun of 
 twenty punds gewin to ye said Religious men be our souerane lorde and 
 ye toder ten punds of ye said twenty punds to be takyn zerely of ye 
 first fermys & rewenous to be tane and rasit of ye said burght as ye 
 wrytts & evidents maid betwex ye said parties mar fullely perports. And 
 attour for ye commoun gude & profet of baitht ye said parties seyn & 
 wnderstandyn as said is, ye said alderman bailyeis & comunitie wt yar full 
 consent & assent has gewyn in af exscambioun to ye said priour & conwent 
 perpetualy a mylsteid at ye heid of ye holmys liand next ye crag nuk wt licens 
 & fredoum to byg myll & mylhous as effers and wt ye folowyng of ye wattyr 
 lik ye enfeftment & as ye evidents maid as said is of befor betwex ye said 
 parties, for ye quhilk mylsteide to be biggyt wt ye folowyng of wattyr as 
 effers & as perteneis efter ye furme of ye first enfeftment ye said priour & con- 
 went has in exscambioun perpetualy enterchangit and gyffyn owr ye mylsteid 
 of ye lechmylbume wt ye wattyr folowyng yrof ye housteid & al oder rytwis 
 pertenents quhatsumeuer, and yis exscambioun perpetualy to be kepit & 
 obserwit irrewocably ather of yr parties has maid faithfuUy promys and efter 
 ye tenor of ye first ewidents but fi-aud or gyle or ony exceptioun to be kepit 
 and yis contrak to be maid ia twa endentours enterchangeabiUy wnder baitht 
 yar comoun selis. 
 
CHAKTEES 
 
 OF 
 
 THE FRIAES PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 1. Mandate hy King Alexander II. to the Provosts of Ayr,for payment of 
 £20 yearly to ihe Friars Freachers. — [^Uh August 1242.] 
 
 Allexander Dei gracia Rex Scottorum prepositis suis de Are salutem 
 mandamus vobis et precipimus quatinus de primis firmis molendinorum 
 nostrorum et burgi nostri de Are baberi faciatis Fratribus Predicatoribus de 
 Are singulis annis viginti libras sterlingorum de quaquidem summa pecunie 
 dotavimus annuatim ecclesiam eorundem fratrum predicatorum de Are cum 
 dictam ecclesiam fecimus dedicari. Teste Pbilippo de Maleville et Roberto 
 de Montealto^ justiciariis Scocie Roberto de Meyners.^ Apud Forfar quarto 
 die Augusti anno regni nostri vicesimo octavo. 
 
 Tkanslation. 
 
 Alexander, by tbe grace of Grod King of Scots, to bis provosts of Ayr, 
 greetiug: We command you that forthwith ye give to the Friars Preachers 
 of Ayr twenty pounds of sterlings ^ out of the readiest fermes of our mills 
 and our burgh of Ayr ; with which sum of money we endowed annually 
 the church of the same friars of Ayr, when we caused the said church 
 to be dedicated. Witness Philip de Melville and Robert de Montealto, 
 justiciars of Seotland, Robert de Meyners. At Forfar, 4th day of August, 
 in the year of our reign the twenty-eighth. 
 
 1 John de Melyille and Robert de Montealt ^ The word sterling may lead to misconcep- 
 were joint justiciars of Scotland for the three tion. The annuity granted by the king was 
 years ending in 1242. — Chalmers's Gal. i. p. 532. 4800 silver pennies, a very considerable sum at 
 
 ^ Robert de Meyners died in 1266. — Craw- that time. 
 furd's Officers of Siate, p. 262. 
 
 B 
 
2 CHAETEKS OF THE FKIAES PKEACHERS OF AYE. 
 
 2. Notarial Copy ofJBull ofFope Clement IV., declaring the right of the 
 Predicant Friars to hold temporal property. — \\2th February 1266.J 
 
 Clemens episcopus servus servorum Dei dilectis filiis magistro et Fratribus 
 ordinis Predicatorum salutem et apostolicam benedictionem Obtentu divini 
 nominis cuius cultui sub sacre nostre religionis observancia studetis mente 
 devotissima deservire votis vestris libenter annuimus et peticiones vestras 
 in hiis que digne deposcitis favorabiliter exaudimus Ex parte siquidem 
 vestra fuit propositum coram nobis quod nonnuUi prelati clerici et laici in 
 diversis mundi partibus constituti asserentes vos fore mortuos nec valentes 
 proprium possidere vos occasione buiusmodi a quibuslibet successionibus 
 excludere .moliuntur Quare pro parte vestra fuit a nobis bumiliter 
 postulatum ut ne contingat vos propter huiusmodi presumpcionem talium 
 aliquod incurrere nocumentum congruum super hoc remedium adhibere 
 paterna dUigencia curaremus Nos itaque vestris supplicacionibus benignius 
 annuentes auctoritate apostolica declaravimus quod vos in temporalibus 
 bonis in quibus succederetis in seculo existentes licite potestis succedere et 
 bonorum ipsorum possessionem apprebendere ac vendere libere bona ipsa 
 eorumque precium in utilitatem vestram convertere prout vobis melius 
 videbitur expedire Universas autem interdicti suspensionis et excommuni- 
 cacionis sentencias quas contra presentis declaracionis tenorem per quem- 
 cunque ferri contigerit decernimus irritas et inanes Nulli ergo omnino 
 hominum liceat hanc paginam nostre declaracionis et constitucionis 
 infringere vel ei ausu temerario contraire Si quis autem hoc attemptare 
 presumpserit indignacionem omnipotentis Dei et beatorum Petri et Pauli 
 apostolorum eius se noverit incursurum. Datum Perusii \\p Idus Feb- 
 ruarii pontificatus nostri anno primo etc. 
 
 Hec est vera copia bulle declaracionis et constitucionis principalis 
 concordans in omnibus cum originali nichil addito aut remoto quod 
 substanciam facti mutaret aut intellectum quovismodo variaret In 
 cuius rei testimonium signo et subscripcione meis manualibus signavi 
 et subscripsi apud Edinburgh die xxv*» mensis Septembris anno 
 domini millesimo quingentesimo decimo quinto indictione quarta 
 pontificatusque sanctissimi in Christo patris et domini nostri domini 
 Leonis divina providencia pape decimi anno tercio, 
 
 Thomas Forbes, etc. 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FRIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Notarial copy of Bull of Pope Clement (Fourth) in favour of the master 
 and brethren of tlie order of Predicants, wliereby, in answer to certain 
 petitions from them for remedy against the misrepresentations of some 
 prelates and others in various parts of the world, asserting that they were 
 dead (to the world), and not capable of enjoying temporal property, thereby 
 designing to exclude them from succession to any goods, the Pope declares 
 that they, being in the world, may lawfully succeed to, possess, and sell, 
 temporal property, and employ the proceeds to their own advantage as they 
 may think best ; and decrees all sentences of interdict, suspension, and 
 excommunication, by whomsoever pronounced, contrary to the tenor of this 
 Bull, to be null and void. Dated at Perugia (12th) February (1266). Copied 
 by Thomas Forbes, notary, at Edinburgh, 25th September 1515. 
 
 3. Charter by King Robert the Bruce to the Prior and Convent of the 
 Friars Preachers qf Ayr, of £20 out of the Rents of the Mills of 
 the Burgh of Ayr. — [Qth Fehruary 1328.J 
 
 Robertus Dei gracia Eex Scottorum omnibus probis hominibus tocius 
 terre sue salutem. Sciatis nos pro salute anime nostre et pro salute 
 [animarum antecessorum] et successorum nostrorum regum Scocie dedisse 
 concessisse et per presentes literas nostras confirmasse religiosis viris priori 
 et conventui fratrum Predicatorum [de] Are viginti libras sterlingorum de 
 elemosina nostra speciali pro sustentacione ecclesie et domorum suarum 
 percipiendas sibi [annuatim de primis firmis] molendinorum nostrorum et 
 burgi nostri de Are ad terminos Pentecostes et Sancti Martini in hyeme pro 
 equali porcione [per manus Camerarij nostri Scocie et minis]trorum suorum 
 qui pro tempore fuerint absque aliqua contradictione. In cuius rei testi- 
 monium has literas nostras perpetuo duraturas [sibi fieri fecimus] patentes. 
 Apud Gervan in Carrick sexto die Februarij anno regni nostri vicesimo tercio.^ 
 
 1 The original is much tom ; smaU portion of Great Seal left. The lost portions are restored 
 from the confirmation by King David, No. 7. 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Abstract, 
 
 Charter of King Robert tlie Bruce, in favour of ttie prior and convent of 
 the Friars Preachers of Ayr, of £20 of sterlings yearly, from the rents of the 
 king's mills of the said burgh, in special alms for the souls of his majesty 
 and of his ancestors and successors, kings of Scotland, and for the main- 
 tenance of the church and house of the said friars. Dated at Girvan in 
 Carrick, 6th February 1328. 
 
 4. Mandate by King Rohert the Bruce to the Lord High Chamherlain, for 
 payment of £20 yearly to the Friars Preachers of Ayr. — [6th 
 February 1328.] 
 
 Eobertus Dei gracia Eex Scottorum camerario suo Scocie qui pro tempore 
 fuerit salutem Sciatis quod dedimus et per literas nostras confirmavimus 
 religiosis viris priori et conventui Fratrum Predicatorum de Are viginti 
 libras sterlingorum de elemosina nostra speciali pro sustentacione ecclesie 
 et domorum suarum percipiendas sibi annuatim de primis firmis molendin- 
 orum nostrorum et burgi nostri de Are ad terminos Pentecostes et sancti 
 Martini in yeme pro equali porcione Quare vobis mandamus et precipimus 
 quatinus dictas viginti libras sterlingorum predictis religiosis de primis 
 firmis molendinorum et burgi nostri de Are predictorum ad terminos 
 Pentecostes et sancti Martini ut predictum est plenarie persolvi faciatis 
 indilate et quod in hoc apposueritis vobis in compotis vestris singulis annis 
 reddendis plenius faciemus allocari In cuius rei testimonium has literas 
 nostras vobis ostendendas et penes predictos religiosos perpetuo remansuras 
 fieri fecimus patentes Apud Gervan sexto die Februarij anno regni nostri 
 vicesimo tercio.^ 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Mandate by King Eobert the Bruce, under the Great Seal, to the 
 Chamberlain of Scotland, commanding him to pay to the prior and convent 
 of the Friars Preachers of Ayr the sum of twenty pounds of sterlings yearly, 
 out of the readiest fermes of the king's mills and burgh of Ayr, of his 
 
 Small portion of Great Seal remaining. 
 


 iiS-Af&ioe 
 
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CHAETERS OF THE FRIARS PREAOHERS OF AYR. 5 
 
 special alms, for tlie maintenance of tlie church and house of the said friars. 
 Dated at Girvan, 6th February (1328). 
 
 5. Charter hy Rohert L, granting to the Friars Preachers ofAyr the right 
 to have their corn ground without multures. — \2\st February 1328.^] 
 
 Eobertus Dei gracia Eex Scottorum omnibus probis hominibus tocius 
 terre sue salutemSciatis nos pro salute anime nostre et animarum antecessorum 
 et successorum nostrorum regum Scocie concessisse et hac presenti carta 
 nostra confirmasse Fratribus Predicatoribus de Are quod ipsi libere molant 
 sine multura ad molendina nostra de Are blada ad victum eorum qualiter- 
 cumque necessaria et quod ipsi in molendino sint nobis proximiores alijs 
 quibuscunque in molendinis predictis In cuius rei testimonium presenti carte 
 sigillum nostrum precepimus apponi testibus Waltero de Twinham cancellario 
 nostro Thoma Ranulphi comite Moravie domino vallis Anandie et Mannie 
 nepote nostro Jacobo (Jomino de Douglas et Alexandro de Seton militibus 
 Apud Inchemichell ^ vicesimo primo die Februarii anno regni nostri vicesimo 
 tercio. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Charter by Eobert I., King of Scots, whereby for the weal of his soul and 
 of the souls of his ancestors and successors kings of Scotland, he grants to 
 the Friars Preachers of Ayr the right of grinding their grain, of whatever 
 sort necessary for food, at his miUs of Ayr, free of multure : and that they 
 shall be nearer to the king in the mill than any others. Dated at Inche- 
 michell, 21st February 1328. 
 
 6. Charter hy Malcolm, Earl of Wigton, to the Friars, of 100 shillings 
 annually, and the land qf Duppoll. — [3d May 1336.] 
 
 Omnibus hanc cartam visuris vel audituris Malcolmus Flemyng Comes 
 
 * de Wygtona^ salutem in domino sempiternam Sciatis nos dedisse concessisse 
 
 ac presenti carta nostra confirmasse Deo et beate Marie ac Fratribus Pre- 
 
 ^ The original of this charter is not preserved. It is taken from the confirmation by Kobert 
 III. in 1390, No. 22. 
 
 ^ In Galloway. Exchequer Eolls, Record edition, vol. i. p. 152. 
 2 DougWs Peerage (1813), vol. ii. p. 629. 
 
6 CHAETEES OF THE FEIARS PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 dicatoribus domus sancte Katerine de Are presentibus et futuris in puram 
 et perpetuam elemosinam pro exhibicione unius sacerdotis celebrantis et 
 lumine exspendendo in cappella beate Marie virginis dictorum fratrum per 
 nos constructa pro anima nostra et animabus parentum nostrorum ante- 
 cessorum et successorum et pro animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum 
 imperpetuum illum annuum redditum centum solidorum nobis debitum sive 
 exeuntem de terra de Cars et de Bulscbalach infra Kyle regis ac eciam totam 
 illam peciam terre cum pertinenciis de Duppoll que erant quondam Johannis 
 de Kylmernoc infra campos burgi de Are tenendas et habendas eisdem 
 fratribus et eorum successoribus a nobis et heredibus nostris imperpetuum 
 per omnes rectas metas et divisas suas cum omnibus libertatibus commodi- 
 tatibus et asyamentis ad dictam peciam terre spectantibus seu spectare 
 valentibus in futurum adeo libere et quiete plenarie integre et honorifice 
 bene et in pace sicut aliqui rehgiosi aliquam perpetuam elemosinam in toto 
 regno Scocie habent seu posident Et nos vero predictus Malcolmus et 
 heredes nostri totum predictum annuum redditum centum solidorum et 
 totam predictam peciam terre cum pertinenciis predictis fratribus in 
 omnibus et per omnia ut prescriptum est contra omnes viventes warentiza- 
 bimus acquietabimus et imperpetuum defendemus In cuius rei testimonium 
 presenti carte nostre sigillum nostrum est appensum Hiis testibus dominis 
 Duncano CambeP Alano de Kathkert^ Eoberto Wallays militibus et multis 
 aliis Datum apud Are tercio die mensis Maij anni domini millesimi ccc^ 
 tricesimi sexti.^ 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Charter by Malcolm Flemyng, Earl of Wigton, granting to God and 
 Saint Mary, and to the Friars Preachers of the house of St. Katherine of 
 Ayr, in pure and perpetual alms, for the maintenance of one officiating 
 priest, and light to be used in the chapel of the blessed Virgin' Mary of the 
 said friars, built by the said earl, for his own soul and the souls of his parents, 
 etc, an annualrent of 100 shillings out of the lands of Cars and Bulscha- 
 lach in Kyle regis : and also all that piece of land, with the pertinents, of 
 DuppoU, which belonged to the late John of Kylmernoc, within the lands of 
 the burgh of Ayr. Dated at Ayr 3d May 1336. 
 
 ^ Eeg. Mag. Sig. (Record edition), p. 8, No. 38. 
 2 DouglaB's Peerage (1813), vol. i. p. 339. 3 q^^ wanting. 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 7 
 
 7. Conjirmation hy King David 11. of Charter by King Rdbert the Bruce, 
 q/*£20 yearly to the Friars Preachers of Ayr. — [30^^ June 15° An.] 
 
 David Dei gracia Rex Scottorum Omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre 
 sue clericis et laycis salutem Sciatis nos inspexisse ac veraciter intellexisse 
 cartam clare memorie domini progenitoris nostri non abolitam non cancella- 
 tam nec in aliqua sui parte viciatam in hec verba Eobertus Dei gracia 
 rex Scottorum omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre sue salutem Sciatis 
 nos pro salute anime nostre et pro salute animarum antecessorum et suc- 
 cessorum nostrorum regum Scocie dedisse concessisse et per presentes literas 
 nostras confirmasse religiosis viris Priori et conventui fratrum Predicatorum 
 de Are viginti libras sterlingorum de elemosina nostra speciali pro sustenta- 
 cione ecclesie et domorum suarum percipiendas sibi annuatim de primis 
 firmis molendinorum nostrorum et burgi nostri de Are ad terminos Pente- 
 costes et sancti Martini in hyeme pro equali porcione per manus Camerarij 
 nostri Scocie et ministrorum suorum qui pro tempore fuerint absque 
 aliqua contradictione In cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras perpetuo 
 duraturas sibi fieri fecimus patentes apud Gervan in Carrych sexto die 
 Februarij anno regni nostri vicesimo tercio Quam quidem cartam in omnibus 
 punctis articuKs condicionibus et circumstancijs suis forma pariter et efi^ectu 
 nos divine caritatis intuitu et pro salute anime nostre ac pro salute anima- 
 rum antecessorum et successorum nostrorum Regum Scocie approbamus 
 ratificamus ac in puram et perpetuam elemosinam confirmamus In cuius rei 
 testimonium presenti carte nostre sigillum nostrum precepimus apponi testi- 
 bus Roberto SenescaUo Seocie nepote nostro karissimo Johanne Ranulphi 
 comite Moravie domino vaUis Anandie et Mannie consanguineo nostro 
 Malcolmo Flemyng Thoma de Carnoto ^ CanceUario nostro et PhUippo de 
 Meldrom miUtibus Apud vUlam de Are ultimo die Junij anno regni nostri 
 quinto decimo. 
 
 Abstraot. 
 
 Confirmation by David the Second, King of Scots, under the Great Seal, 
 of the charter granted by King Robert the Bruce to the prior and convent 
 of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, of £20 of sterUngs yearly, from the rents of 
 the miUs of the burgh of Ayr, in special alms, for the soul of the king, his 
 
 1 Sir Thomas Charters was made Chancellor in 1342, and died in 1347. Craufurd'8 Offieera of 
 State, p. 19. 
 
8 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 ancestors and successors, and for maintenance of the church and house of 
 the said friars. King David renews the grant in similar terms. Dated at 
 the town of Ayr, 30th June, iu the fifteenth year of his reign. 
 
 8. Charter hy Malcolm, Earl of Wigton, to the Friars Preachers of Ayr, 
 of Six Merhs yearly out ofhis coffers. — [6th July 1344.] 
 
 Universis Christi fidelibus presentes literas inspecturis Malcolmus 
 Flemyng comes Wigtone salutem in domino Noveritis me dedisse concessisse 
 et hoc presenti scripto inperpetuum confirmasse fratribus ordinis Predica- 
 torum domus beate Katerine de Are presentibus et futuris in puram et 
 perpetuam elemosinam pro exhibicione unius fratris sacerdotis celebrantis in 
 capella dictorum fratrum per me constructa pro anima mea et parentum 
 meorum antecessorum et successorum in perpetuum sex marcas sterlingorum 
 de cofris meis ad duos anni terminos tres videlicet marcas ad festum sancti 
 Martini in yeme et alias tres marcas ad festum Pentecostes immediate 
 sequentis terroino prime solucionis incipiente anno domini millesimo ccc° 
 quadragesimo quarto et sic de termino in terminum et anno in annum in 
 perpetuum ad quarum sex marcarum solucionem annis singulis terminis 
 memoratis me et heredes meos et assignatos terras meas et omnia bona mea 
 mobilia et immobilia ad quorumcunque manus fuerint devoluta firmiter 
 obligo per presentes Et si aliquo casu contingente contingat me vel heredes 
 meos seu assignatos deficere in solucione dictarum sex marcarum in toto vel 
 in parte ad terminos memoratos ex nunc pro tunc subicio memetipsum 
 heredes meos et assignatos ad quos quocumque modo terre mee fuerint in 
 posterum devolute jurisdicioni et cohercioni episcopi Glasguensis vel eius 
 officiorum qui pro tempore fuerint quod ipsi vel eorum alter possint vel 
 possit me et heredes meos et assignatos compellere sola inspeccione presentis 
 unica tantum monicione premissa ad solucionem dicte pecunie dictis 
 terminis persoluende per sentenciam excommunicacionis de die in diem in 
 personas nostras promulgande obligans nichilominus me et heredes meos et 
 assignatos ad solvendum nomine pene fabrice ecclesie Glasguensis duas 
 marcas sterlingorum quocienscumque in solucione dictarum sex marcarum suis 
 terminis in toto vel in parte defecero vel heredes mei seu assignati defecerint 
 in futurum Et ad maiorem premissorum omnium securitatem ac perpetuam 
 confirmacionem sigiUum meum una cum sigiUo venerabilis patris domini 
 
tr. 
 
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 a&«m (bir twfcai^ (%&m ^u0 [m^ rtwft iMS»)id(i«ttne.^^K&( 
 
 Tmft^ &a4io6itc>^ttfHpSm «trOJ^mnr^^ £lap^.t»«tat^olpu^ 
 ^^fngittfttoft-^pcllei^ fWk i|1»cm: wtu^. ^muA trm. mmttcolt 
 &^tStem r|||yt»a« t»|Mtf ^tt%rttiSe &0(iim tm^tl^mtm^mti 
 wi^tM I§fingi9y <^se0tHA xfbiSt iik^^ mf^caxt ptia ^tu6 
 ^ eS mAv>|*e ^>ui|S^ <»2m |bcu|*t»«£' d<rjpatud ^AtuKmit. 
 
i|inft af^cla*J> fiui tttfid <t;^antu ttteo^ ^ce|[bit 1r |\tcGe|nca. tj^eaiu 
 1«^ t»)^cds ^ pt|lu pa^^dram tdettier>«dUfld^ tnycfle dl^|^ 
 I d^iEnO'ar:«c^;cp3 4hpto -^pc- ^ ^ttu> 7-^i lr£to v-etuti iteeatS» 
 <**s*^0)(lsnati»0'^'^ tiie^'4rd«a- Uita.iti«a vuUm. ^unoGiS^ dS 
 f^iS0««. Sfig:ai:-tiu£'U^^eSe0tt>co0(b»af)!^ti>9 it^^tptCS^i^ 
 mtt^tom-^^i^ nui»0. <t^ftguato0' i£*& 4ciit^ taaSo «{•« mce piutr 
 
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 to^t^ &^ fveT^^ twct^^fsa 4jp«tuta Scft^ tfitmrU' 
 
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CHAETERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHERS OF AYE. 9 
 
 Willelmi^ Dei gracia tunc episcopi Glasguensis ad meum rogatum presentibus 
 est appensum. Datum apud Glasgow sexto die mensis Julii anni domini 
 mLUesimi ccc^ quatragesimi quarti.^ 
 
 Abstbact. 
 
 Charter by Malcolm Flemyng, Earl of Wigton, in favour of the Friars 
 of tlie Preacliing order, of tlie house of Saint Katerine of Ayr, granting to 
 them in pure alms, for the support of one friar officiating as priest iu the 
 chapel of the said friars, buUt by the said earl, for his own soul and those of 
 his parents, etc, six merks of sterlings out of his coffers, at two terms of the 
 year, three merks at Martinmas and three at AVhitsunday, the first term's 
 payment beginniug in the year 1344 : Providing that should he or his heirs 
 happen to faU in pajonent of the said sum in whole or in part, at the 
 said terms, they shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Glasgow 
 or his officers, who shall have power to compel payment of the premises by 
 the sentence of excommunication from day to day against their persons ; 
 with obligation to pay to the fabric of the Church of Glasgow two merks 
 sterling in name of penalty for each term in which the premises are not 
 fulfilled. Dated, and sealed with the granter's seal, and that of WitLiam, 
 Bishop of Glasgow, at the earFs request, at Glasgow, 6th July 1344. 
 
 9. Notarial Cojpy of Precept hy King David the Second, for the observance 
 of the Bull of Pope Clement the Fourth, affirming the privileges of 
 the Friars Preachers. — [12th April 16° An.] 
 
 David Dei gracia Eex Scotorum omnibus probis homiuibus tocius terre 
 sue clericis et laicis salutem Noveritis nos iuspexisse ac veraciter intellexisse 
 bullam domini Clementis pape quarti in filo serico buUatam non cancellatam 
 
 1 WiUiam Raa was at tliis time Bisliop of Glasgow. Beg. Epis. Glas., vol. i. p. xxxviii. 
 
 ^ One of tlie Seals entire, the otlier lost. 
 
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10 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 non abolitam nec in aliqua sui parte viciatam tenorem qui sequitur de verbo 
 ad verbum per omnia continentem^CLEMENS episcopus [etc. See No. 2, supra]. 
 Nos vero iure sive previlegio quod dictis religiosis viris videlicet Fratribus 
 ordinis Predicatorum competit per dictam buUam papalem infra regnum 
 nostrum nolentes in aliquo derogare set potius est nostre intensionis duee 
 Deo ipsorum religiosorum libertates et previlegia tam in his quam in aliis 
 inviolabiliter facere nostris temporibus observari omnibus et singulis justi- 
 ciariis vicecomitibus burgorum prepositis et eofum ballivis ceterisque 
 ministris et fidelibus nostris quorum interest ad quos presentes littere 
 pervenerint districte precipimus et mandamus quatinus declarationem et 
 constitutionem dicte buUe papalis quam in omnibus punctis conditionibus 
 et articulis suis quibuscunque ratam babemus et firmam predictis religiosis 
 in eorum ballivis et burgis faciant de cetero firmiter observari contradictores 
 et rebelles si qui fuerint auctoritate nostra ad hoc quociens opus fuerit 
 compeseentes. In cuius rei testimonium bas literas penes prefatos religiosos 
 perpetuo remansuras eisdem religiosis fieri fecimus patentes Apud Edin- 
 burgh in consUio nostro ibidem tento duodecimo die Aprilis anno regni 
 nostri sexto decimo Originale Aberdoniis magno sigillo regis roboratum 
 cernitur. 
 
 [This copy is attested by David Nicholson, clerk of the bailie court of 
 Aberdeen, and there is a duplicate of it in the collection.] 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Notarial copy of Precept by King David the Second, addressed to 
 justiciars, sheriffs, provosts, and others, commanding the strict observance 
 of the declaration and constitution of the buU of Pope Clement the Fourth, 
 aflfirming the rights and privileges of the order of Predieant Friars in regard 
 to their succession to and enjoyment of temporal property, the said bull 
 being engrossed at length in the said precept. Dated at Edinburgh, in the 
 council there held by the Kiag on 12th April, in the sixteenth year of his 
 reign. 
 
 10. Charter hy Juliana de Ponte to the Prior and Convent ofSt. Katherine 
 of Ayr, ofan Amiuity of 21 shiUings.—[Not dated, hut hefore 1340.] 
 
 Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Juliana de Ponte filia et 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 11 
 
 heres quondam Ade de Ponte burgensis de Are salutem in Domino : Quia 
 predictus Adam pater meus caritatis intuitu et pro salute anime sue et 
 animarum predecessorum suorum et successorum dedit et concessit Deo et 
 beate Katerine virgini de Are atque fratri Johanni de Torry tunc priori dicte 
 domus et eiusdem loci conventui ac successoribus suis domum suam lapideam 
 in Vico Nemoris existentem cum plumbo et vasis ac aliis instrumentis 
 totaliter ad dictam domum pertinentibus et tres particatas terre jacentes 
 in vico de Canniber una cum xxj solidis annui redditus singulis annis 
 percipiendis de baronia de Auylway Cortun et Gortluy non habens con- 
 sideracionem et distinctionem status mei tanquam heredis sui Et quia pre- 
 dictus prior considerans statum meum et inopiam mibi concessit toto 
 tempore vite mee predictam domum lapideam cum plumbo et instrumentis 
 supradictis atque iij particatas^ prenominatas de gracia sua et benevolencia 
 Idcirco ego in mea legittima viduitate dedi et concessi et boc presenti scripto 
 meo pro me et beredibus meis in perpetuum confirma^d Deo et beate 
 Katerine atque prefato priori et conventui ac eorum successoribus 
 predictos xxj solidos sterlingorum cum pertinenciis tenendos et habendos 
 predictis priori et conventui et eorum successoribus adeo libere et quiete 
 plenarie et honorifice sicut ego vel predecessores mei predictum annuum 
 redditum liberius et quiecius tenuimus aliquo tempore vel tenere potuimus 
 a tempore quo bone memorie dominus noster rex Allexander predictum 
 annuum redditum de libera firma sua baronie de Auylway predecessoribus 
 nostris in excambium dedit et confirmavit pro terra tunc temporis pertinente 
 ad tantum redditum infra burgum de Are quam dictus dominus rex dedit 
 eisdem fratribus ad ampliandum cimiterium eorundem Item concessi eisdem 
 priori et conventui ac eorum successoribus quod dicta domus lapidea cum iij 
 particatis supradictis et una alia particata mihi prius per ipsum patrem 
 meum in maritagium concessa eisdem libere et quiete revertentur sine aliquo 
 retenemento vel impedimento nostri vel nostrorum si contingat me in fata 
 discedere et cum de me fuerit humanitus adimpletum Ita quod nec ego nec 
 heredes mei nec aliquis nomine nostro de cetero aliquod jus vel clameum in 
 predicto annuo redditu nec in dictis domo et particatis post decessum meum 
 imponemus nec imponere manucapiemus sub pena centum solidorum 
 
 ' A "particate'' or rood of land in a barony Scotland." (Scottish BurghBecords Society, 1868, 
 was eighteen feet, in a bnrgh it was twenty feet. p. 186.) 
 "Ancient Laws and Customs of the Burghs of 
 
12 
 
 CHARTEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHERS OF AYE. 
 
 solvendorum fabrice ecclesie Glasguensis et aliorum centum solidorum 
 solvendorum dicto priori et conventui nomine dampnorum suorum et 
 interesse antequam querela nostra in aliqua curia canonica vel civUi deter- 
 minabitiir vel exaudietur Et ad maiorem huius rei securitatem inviolabiliter 
 imperpetuum observandam tactis sacrosanctis evangeliis fidem meam pre- 
 dicto priori et conventui tradidi corporalem Ego vero Juliana et heredes 
 mei predictum annuum redditum cum dictis domo et particatis prout melius 
 et liberius prescriptum est contra omnes homines et feminas warantizabimus 
 et imperpetuum defendemus In cuius rei testimonium quia sigillum proprium 
 non habui sigillum Henrici de Aberdalgy burgensis de Are nomine meo et 
 vice presenti scripto apponi procuravi una cum sigillo communi burgi de 
 Are causa maioris testimonij Hiis testibus Adam de More tunc Aldyrmanno 
 de Are Andrea de Crauford et Willelmo filio Martini tunc ballivis dicti 
 burgi Johanne Clerico Willelmo Petyt Johanne de Crauford Symone de 
 Waschford Johanne Clerico filio et multis aliis. 
 
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OHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEAOHEES OF AYE. 13 
 
 Translation. 
 
 To all wlio shall see or liear tMs writing, Juliana of Ponte, daugliter 
 and heir of tlie late Adam of Ponte, burgess of Ayr, greeting in the Lord : 
 "Whereas the foresaid Adam, my father, not having consideration and dis- 
 cemment of my estate as his heir, by a charitable impulse, and for the 
 welfare of his soul, and of the souls of his ancestors and successors, gave 
 and granted to God and the blessed Katherine the virgin, of Ajo-, and to 
 friar John of Torry, then prior of the said house, and to the convent of the 
 same place, and their successors, his stone house in the Woodgate, with 
 the "lead" and vessels and other utensils wholly belonging to the said 
 house, and three perches of land lying iu the Cannibergate, together 
 with twenty-one shillings of sterlings of annualrent to be uplifted from 
 the barony of Alloway, Cortun and Gortluy : and whereas the foresaid prior, 
 considering my estate and need, has of his favour and good will, granted to 
 me, for the whole time of my life, the aforesaid stone house, with the " lead " 
 and utensils above mentioned, and three perches before named, Therefore 
 I, in my lawful widowhood, have given and granted, and by this my present 
 writing, for me and my heirs for ever, confirmed to God and Saint Katherine, 
 and to the foresaid prior and convent, and their successors, the foresaid 
 twenty-one shillings of sterhngs with the pertinents, to hold to them and 
 their successors, as freely and quietly, fully and honourably, as I or my 
 predecessors held the foresaid annualrent, at any time since our lord the 
 King Alexander gave and confirmed the said annualrent from his free ferme 
 of the barony of Alloway, to our predecessors, in excambion for land 
 yielding as much rent within the burgh of Ayr, which the said king gave to 
 these friars for enlarging their cemetery : Further, I have granted to the same 
 prior and convent, and their successors, that the said stone house, with three 
 perches above said, and with another perch formerly granted to me by my 
 said father as a marriage-portion, shall freely and quietly revert to them, 
 without any withholding or impediment of us or ours, if it shall happen me 
 to die, and when humanly there shall be an end of me, so that neither I nor 
 my heirs nor any one in our name, thenceforth, after my decease, shall make, 
 or take in hand to make, any claim to the foresaid annualrent, nor to the 
 said house and perches, under the penalty of one hundred shillings to be 
 paid to the fabric of the Church of Glasgow, and of another hundred shillings 
 
14 CHARTERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 to be paid to the said prior and convent in name of their damages and inter- 
 est, before our complaint shall be determined or heard in any Court, canoni- 
 cal or civU : And for the greater security of this matter, to be for ever inviolably 
 observed, I have made bodily faith to the foresaid prior and convent by 
 touching the sacred gospels: And I, Juliana, and my heirs, shall warrant and 
 for ever defend the foresaid annualrent, with the said house and perches, 
 as is better and more freely before written, against all men and women. In 
 witness whereof, because I have not my own seal, I have procured the seal 
 of Henry of Aberdalgy,^ burgess of Ayr, in my name and stead to be aflS.xed 
 to this present writing, together with the common seal of the burgh of Ayr, 
 for the sake of greater evidence, these being witnesses, Adam of More, then 
 alderman of Ayr,^ Andrew of Crauford, and William son of Martin, then 
 bailies of the said burgh, John Clerk, William Petyt, John of Crauford, 
 Symon of Waschford, John Clerk, son, and many others, 
 
 11. Charter hy Andrew of Wasford, and Margaret his wife, to the Friars 
 Preachers of Ayr, of a Tenement and three perches of Land in 
 Ayr. — [Not dated, hut circa 1340.] 
 
 Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Andreas de Wasford filius 
 et heres quondam Sjrmonis de Wasford^ burgensis de Are salutem in 
 domino sempiternam : Noverit universitas vestra me in mea legittima potes- 
 tate dedisse concessisse et hae presenti carta mea pro me et heredibus meis 
 in perpetuum confirmasse Deo et beate Katerine virgini et domui Fratrum 
 Predicatorum de Are pro salute anime mee et animarum parentum meorum 
 [et] successorum ac omnium fidelium defunctorum et pro lumine exspendendo 
 in magno altari predicti conventus illud tenementum quod quondam fuit 
 patris mei et in meo tempore dedi Margarete uxori mee pro toto tempore 
 vite sue iacens inter terram quondam Eeginaldi Allvynson ex una parte et 
 terram Baty Flessor ex altera parte cum le kyll et cum duabus particatis 
 terre iuxta predictum kyll et unum croftum quod vocatur Crukithalf acre 
 iacens inter Camyrgate et longum croftum predictorum fratrum de Are Et 
 
 " A Walter de Abirdalgy had a cliarter from late aa 1431. Archceological and Historical 
 
 Robert Bruce of certain lands in and near the Collections relating to Ayr and TFigton (1878) 
 
 town of Ayr. Beg. Mag. Sig. (Record edition), pp. 226, 227, 230. 
 p. 9, No. 43. s probably one of the witnesses to the preced- 
 
 ^ The " Aldemian of Ayr " is mentioned so ing charter. 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 15 
 
 ego predicta Margareta dedi predicto conventui et fratribus de Are unam 
 particatam terre iacentem inter terram Baty Flessor et terram Ade quondam 
 filii Eoberti quam Johannes Clericus libere dedit micbi heredibus meis et 
 meis assignatis in perpetuum Ita quod non nos nec heredes nostri nec alius 
 nomine nostro de cetero aliquod jus vel clameum in predictis domo et terris 
 post decessum nostrum imponemus nec imponere manucapiemus sub pena 
 quadraginta solidorum fabrice ecclesie Glasguensis et aliorum quadraginta 
 solidorum solvendorum dictis fratribus nomine dampnorum suorum et inter- 
 cesse antequam querela nostra in aliqua curia canonica vel civili determina- 
 bitur vel exaudietur cum hoc renunciando omni juris auxilio tam civUis 
 quam canonica Nos vero Andreas et Margareta et heredes nostri predictas 
 domos cum predictis terris contra omnes homines warantizabimus et in 
 perpetuum defendemus In cuius rei testimonium sigiUum meum est appen- 
 sum una cum sigillo communitatis burgi de Are causa maioris testimonii 
 hiis testibus Eoberto SmaP tunc aldirmanno de Are Andrea de Crawforde et 
 Atkyn de Barr tunc ballivis dicti burgi de Are Willelmo filio Martini Atkyn 
 Blake Adam Browne et multis aliis. 
 
 Translation. 
 
 To all who shaU see or hear this writing, Andrew of Wasford, son and 
 heir of the late Simon of Wasford, burgess of Ajr, greeting in the Lord : 
 Wit ye me in my lawful power to have given, granted, and by this my 
 present charter, for me and my heirs for ever confirmed, to God and St. 
 Katherine the virgin, and the house of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, for the 
 weal of my soul, and of the souls of my parents and successors, and of aU 
 the faithful dead, and for Ught to be burned on the high altar of the fore- 
 said convent, that tenement which formerly was my father's, and which in 
 my time I have given to Margaret my wife, for her Ufetime, lying between 
 the land of the late Eeginald AUvynson on the one part, and the land of 
 Baty Flessor on the other, with the kiln, and two perches of land next 
 the said kiln, and one croft caUed the Crukithalf acre, lying between the 
 Camergate and the long croft of the foresaid Friars of Ayr. And I, the 
 foresaid Margaret, have given to the said convent and friars of Ayr one 
 perch of land lying between the land of Baty Flessor and the land of 
 Adam, sometime son of Eobert, which John Clerk freely gave to me, my 
 
 1 Eobert Small was .alderman in 1359. Exchequer Rolls (Record edition), vol. i. p. 609. 
 
16 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 heirs and assignees for ever ; so that neither we nor our heirs, nor otlier 
 in our name, shall lay any claim to tlie foresaid house and lands, under 
 penalty of 40s., to be paid to the fabric of the church of Glasgow, and other 
 40s. to the said friars in name of damages, before our suit shall be deter- 
 mined or heard in any Court canonical or civil, and renouncing hereby all 
 help from canon or civil law ; and we the said Andrew and Margaret, and 
 our heirs, shall warrant and defend the said house and lands for ever against 
 all men. In witness whereof, my seal is appended, together with the seal of 
 the comm\mity of Ayr for the sake of greater evidence, these being witnesses, 
 Eobert Smal, then alderman of Ayr, Andrew of Crauford and Atkyn of 
 Barr, then bailies of the said burgh, William son of Martin, Atkyn Blake, 
 Adam Browne, and many others. 
 
 12. Charter hy John Kylmernoch to the Friars Preachers of Ayr, of 
 certain Lands and Rents. — [IQth May 1348.] 
 
 Universis Christi fidelibus hanc cartam visuris vel audituris Johannes 
 Kylmernock filius et heres quondam Johannis de Kylmernock burgensis de 
 Are Salutem in domino sempiternam Noverit universitas vestra me in mea 
 legittima potestate et urgenti necessitate dedisse concessisse et hac presenti 
 carta mea pro me et heredibus meis et assignatis imperpetuum confirmasse 
 Deo et beate Katerine virgini et domui fratrum Predicatorum de Are pro 
 salute anime mee et animarum parentum meorum ac omnium fidelium suc- 
 cessorum et pro lumine exspendendo in magno altari et reparacione domorum 
 predicte sancte Katerine virginis nec non et pro sustentacione mea durante 
 vita mea in eodem loco cum nominatis fratribus cum mihi placuerit interesse 
 onmes terras meas et redditus meos annuales subscriptos mihi hereditarie 
 pertinentes cum saysina data hereditabiliter earundem infra burgum de Are 
 et in territorio eiusdem sive extra videlicet annui redditus annuatim percipi- 
 endo tres solidos de domo lapidea Eeginaldi Broune in vico Maris et octo- 
 decim denarios de fronte terre quondam Hugonis pistoris iuxta le corner 
 buthes in vico de Done et quatuor solidos de domo quondam Johannis 
 P in eodem vico et septem solidos de terra quondam Willehni 
 
 Grene in eodem vico et tres solidos de terra Eicardi Weir in eodem vico et 
 tres solidos de terra Thome Grene in vico Nemoris et quatuor solidos de 
 terra et domo lapidea quondam Thome de Abirdalgy in eodem vico et 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FRIAES PKEACHERS OF AYE. 17 
 
 quinque solidos de una particata terre iuxta domum Johannis Clerici ex parte 
 boreali in eodem vico et viginti denarios de terra Reginaldi Scrivayner in 
 eodem vico et octodecim denarios de terra quondam Metyldis Slaywrock 
 in vico Camber et octodecim denarios de duabus particatis terre iacentibus 
 in vico Nemoris ubi bostar quondam Roberti pistoris fuit et triginta denarios 
 de duabus particatis terre iacentibus in eodem vico iuxta venellum ubi orrium 
 Walteri de Aberdalgy ^ quondam fuit et quatuor solidos de duabus particatis 
 terre quas quondam Adam Raulot in vico Lapidarii babuit et viginti 
 denarios de duabus particatis terre iacentibus in eodem vico ex opposito 
 molendini ex parte boriali terre Henrici de Aberdalgy ibidem et duodecim 
 denarios de una particata terre iacente ex boriali parte fontis beate Katerine 
 virginis in eodem vico et duos solidos de uno tofto iacente iuxta antiquas 
 fossas Ade Chery in vico qui dicitur le Camergat et quinque denarios de.una 
 particata terre que quondam fuit Johannis Sled in eodem vico infra burgum 
 de Are et sexaginta quatuor acras teiTe iacentes in territorio dicti burgi 
 videlicet sexdecim acras terre iacentes iuxta terram de Crotona inter terras 
 Ade Chery Nicholay Kemloc et domini Abbatis de Melros per suas metas 
 ab antiquo usitatas et triginta duas acras terre iacentes inter le Duppoll et 
 le Montlanhyll et sexdecim acras terre iacentes in territorio dicti burgi que 
 vocatur le Staybedyng le Wett Ackyr le Claveri Velles le Corsmore et le 
 Croucithalf Ackyr cum una particata terre iacente in vico Lapidarii iuxta 
 terram Hugonis de Gartenan una cum piscaria aque de Done cum pertinenciis 
 Tenendas et habendas predictas terras cum predicta piscaria et redditus 
 annuales cum omnibus suis iustis pertinenciis predictis conventui et fratribus 
 ibidem servientibus Deo et inperpetuum servituris pro anima mea et animis 
 omnium fidelium defunctorum non solum omnes terras et redditus iam mihi 
 pertinentes set eciam que vel qui michi in posterum iure hereditario potuerint 
 pertinere sic quod nulla convencio sive donacio facta per me vel per aliquem 
 alium nomine meo amplius valeat set dicta domus omnia bona de dictis 
 terris et redditibus annuatim percipienda pro salute anime mee et ante- 
 cessorum meorum teneat et possideat in puram et perpetuam elimosinam 
 libere plenarie quiete et honorifice sicud aliqua elemosina a collacione 
 alicuius burgensis in toto regno Scocie liberius quiecius plenius et honorifi- 
 cencius tenetur aut possidetur ita quod nuUus nec aliqua heredum meorum 
 
 1 See Beg. Mag. Sig. (Kecord edition), p. 9, No. de Aberdalgy of Ayr occurs in the Esxhequer 
 43, for a Charter to him by Bobert I. A Walter Bolls (Record edition), vol. i. p. 527. 
 
 D 
 
18 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 vel mearum a dicta domo et conventu aliquid exigere presumat nisi solas 
 oraciones ad salutem animarum Et predicti fratres et conventus michi 
 concesserunt in parte sustentacionis mee omnes predictas terras et redditus 
 annuales cum predicta piscaria toto tempore vite mee soluendo predictis 
 domui et fratribus annuatim duodecim denarios in nomine firme annualis 
 predicte terre et redditus annuales cum predicta piscaria eisdem domui et 
 fratribus libere et quiete revertentes sine aliquo retenemento vel impedimento 
 mei vel meorum heredum seu assignatorum vel nostrorum beredum tutorum 
 cum de me fuerit humanitus adimpletum ita quod nec ego nec heredes mee 
 nec aliquis nomine nostro decetero aliquod jus vel clameum in predictis 
 terris et redditibus annualibus post decessum meum imponemus nec imponere 
 manucapiemus Et si aliquo casu contingente quod absit quod contingat me 
 vel aliquem aut aliquam heredum meorum vel mearum seu assignatorum vel 
 nostrorum heredum tutores in premissis istam devotam donacionem 
 presumat anuUare ex nunc pro tunc subicio memetipsum heredes meos et 
 assignatos ae nostrorum heredum tutores iurisdiccioni compulcioni et coher- 
 cioni episcopi Glasguensis vel eius officialis qui pro tempore fuerit quod ipsi 
 vel alter eorum possint vel possit me heredes meos et assignatos sive nos- 
 trorum heredum tutores compellere sola inspectione presencium unica tamen 
 monicione premissa ad solvendum centum marcas sterlyngorum boni argenti 
 in festo beate Katerine virginis infra ortum solis et occasum unius diei super 
 magno altari dicte beate Katerine virginis per sentenciam excommunicacionis 
 de die in diem in personas nostras promulgande cum hoc nichilhominus 
 obligans me heredes meos et assignatos sive nostrorum heredum tutores 
 nomine pene ad solvendum fabrice ecclesie Glasguensis viginti libras sterlyn- 
 gorum antequam incipiemus ahquem processum iuris vel querela nostra in 
 aliqua curia canonica vel civili exaudietur vel determinabitur cum hoc 
 renunciando omni iuris auxilio tam civilis quam canonici Et ut ista devota 
 donacio mea imperpetuum rata sit et inconcussa huic presenti carte mee 
 sigillum meum est appensum una cum sigillis communitatis burgi de Are et 
 officialis ecclesie Glasguensis causa maioris testimonii apponi presentibus 
 litteris procuravi hiis testibus Eoberto Smal tunc aldyxmanno de Are Andrea 
 de Crauford et Atkyn de Barre tunc ballivis dicti burgi de Are Willelmo 
 Halfemarck tunc custode sigilli communitatis pro tunc Willelmo filio 
 Martini Atkyn Blake et Adam Browne cum multis aliis. Datum apud Are 
 sexto decimo die mensis Maii anno gracie m^° ccc quadragesimo octavo. 
 
CHARTEES OF THE FRIAES PREACHERS OF AYR. 19 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Charter by Jolin Kylmernock, son and heir of the late Jolin of Kylmer- 
 nock, burgess of Ayr, in his full power and urgent necessity, granting to 
 God and Saint Katherine the virgin, and to the house of the Friars Preachers 
 6f Ayr, for the weal of his soul, and the souls of his parents, and of all faith- 
 ful successors, and for light to be burned on the high altar, and for the 
 repair of the house of Saint Katherine the virgin, and also for his own sus- 
 tenance during life, in the same place, all his lands and annualrents in the 
 territory of the burgh of Ayr or outside of the same, viz. a yearly rent of 
 three shiUings from the stone house of Eeginald Broune in the Seagate ; 
 eighteen pence from the front of the land of the late Hugh the baker, 
 next the corner booth in Doungate, and four shillings from the house of 
 the late John P , in the same street, and seven shillings from the (lllegible.) 
 
 land of the late WUliam Grene in. the same street, and three shillings 
 from the land of Eichard Weir in the same street, and three shillings from 
 the land of Thomas Grene in the Woodgate, and four shillings from 
 the land and stone house of the late Thomas of Abirdalgy in the same 
 street, and five shillings from a perch of land next the house of John 
 Clerk on the north side of the same street, and twenty pence from the 
 land of Eeginald Scrivayner in the same street, and eighteen pence from 
 the land of the late Metylda Slaywrock in Cambergate, and eighteen 
 pence from two perches of land lying in the Woodgate, where the byre of 
 the late Eobert the baker was, and thirty pence from two perches of land 
 lying in the same street, next the vennel, where the barn of Walter of Aber- 
 dalgy used to be, and four shillings from two perches of land which the 
 late Adam Eaulot had in the victis Lapidarii, and twenty pence from two 
 perches of land in the same street, opposite the mill on the north side of 
 the land of Henry of Aberdalgy there, and twelve pence from a perch of 
 land lying on the north side of the well of St. Katherine the virgin in the 
 same street, and two shillings from a toft lying next the old pits of 
 Adam Chery in the street called the Camergate, and five pence from a 
 perch of land which belonged to the late John Sled in the same street, 
 within the burgh of Ayr, and sixty-four acres of land lying in the territory 
 of the said burgh, viz. sixteen acres lying next the land of Crotoun, be- 
 tween the lands of Adam Chery, Nicholas Kemloc, and the Lord Abbot of 
 
20 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYR 
 
 Melrose, by its ancient boundaries, and thirty-two acres between the 
 DuppoU and tbe Mortlanhyll, and sixteen acres in the territory of the said 
 burgh which is called the Staykedyng, the Wett Acre, the Claveri Wells, the 
 Corsmore, and the Crookithalf Acre, with one perch of land in the vicus Lapi- 
 darii, next the land of Hugh of Gartenan, with the fishing of the water of 
 Doun : To be held by the said convent and friars for theirprayers only : And 
 the said friars and convent grant to the said John Kylmernock all the fore- 
 said lands and rents, with the fishings, for all the time of his life, in part 
 of his sustenance, for.which he shall pay to them twelve pence yearly in 
 name of ferme, and the whole to revert to the convent freely after his death. 
 The granter subjects himself and his heirs to the jurisdiction of the bishop 
 of Glasgow or his ofl&cial, who shall have power, in the case of a;ny contra- 
 vention of the premises, to compel them to pay a fine of one hundred merks 
 of sterlings, good money, at the feast of Saint Katherine the virgin, between 
 the rising and setting of the sun of one day, on the high altar of the said 
 Saint Katherine, by the sentence of excommunication to be promulgated 
 from day to day against their persons : obliging himself and his heirs also to 
 pay twenty pounds of sterlings to the fabric of the church of Glasgow before 
 beginning any process of law, or before their plea shall be heard or deter- 
 mined in any court, canon or civil, Sealed with the seal of the granter, 
 the common seal of Ayr, and the seal of the official of Glasgow, and dated 
 at Ayr 16th May 1348. 
 
 13. Frotection hy Rohert 11. , King of Scots, to the Friars Freachers of 
 Ayr. — {yuh Fehruary 1372-3.] 
 
 Eobertus Dei gracia Eex Scottorum omnibus probis hominibus tocius 
 terre sue salutem Sciatis nos religiosos viros Priorem et Fratres Predicatores 
 de Are terras suas homines suos et universas eorundem possessiones ac omnia 
 bona sua mobilia et immobilia ecclesiastica et mundana sub firma pace et 
 proteccione nostra iuste suscepisse Quare firmiter prohibemus ne quis eis 
 malum molestiam iniuriam seu gravamen aliquod inferre presumat iniuste 
 super nostram plenariam forisfacturam Concessimus eciam eisdem religiosis 
 ut nullus namos suos aut hominum suorum capiat pro alicuius debito 
 plegiagio vel forisfacto nisi pro eorundem proprio debito plegiagio seu foris- 
 facto salvis burgis nostris firmiter inhibentes ne quis contra hanc con- 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 21 
 
 cessionem nostram ipsos vexare presumat iniuste super eandem nostram 
 plenariam forisfacturam Mandamus insuper et firmiter precipimus justici- 
 ariis vicecomitibus prepositis et eorum ballivis ad quoa presentes litere 
 pervenerint ut omnes illos in eorum ballijs seu burgis qui debita debent 
 eisdem religiosis ad eadem debita eis vel eorum certo actornato latori 
 presencium iuste et sine dilacione reddenda secundum quod dicti religiosi 
 vel dictus eorum actornatus dicta debita sibi deberi ab eiisdem racionabUi- 
 ter probare poterunt vel poterit coram eis prout iustum fuerit compellant 
 ita quod pro eorundem defectu amplius inde iustam querimoniam non 
 audiamus : In cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras penes prefatos reli- 
 giosos perpetuo remansuras sibi fieri fecimus patentes. Apud Perth quinto- 
 decimo die mensis Februarij anno regni nostri secundo. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Letters patent granted by Eobert the Second, King of Scots, in favour 
 of the Prior and Friars Preachers of Ayr, taking them, their lands, men, 
 and whole possessions and goods, movable and immovable, ecclesiastical 
 and secular, under his sure peace and protection, prohibiting any one from 
 doing them any injustice under pain of forfeiture, and from seizing their 
 goods or those of their men for the debt, pledge, or forfeit of anyone 
 unless for their own proper debt, pledge, or forfeit, saving the king's 
 burghs ; and straitly charging justiciars, sheriffs, provosts, and their bailies, 
 that they compel all those in their respective jurisdictions who owe debts 
 to these friars, to pay the same without delay. Dated at Perth 15th 
 February, second year of reign. (1372-3.) 
 
 14. Confirmation hy Robert II. of a Grant of £20 yearly to the Convent 
 ofthe Friars Preachers. — [22d October 1376.] 
 
 Eobertus ^ Dei gracia Eex Scottorum omnibus probis hominibus suis ad 
 quos presentes litere pervenerint salutem Sciatis nos literas celebris memorie 
 domini avi et predecessoris nostri domini Eoberti Dei gracia regis Scottorum 
 de mandato nostro visas lectas inspectas et dUigenter examinatas non 
 viciatas non cancellatas non rasas non abolitas set omni prorsus vicio et sus- 
 picione carentes intellexisse de verbo ad verbum sub hac forma EOBEETUS 
 Dei gracia Eex Scottorum omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre sue salutem 
 
 ' See also Beff. Mag. Sig. (Record edition), p. 134, No. 39. 
 
22 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Sciatis nos pro salute antme nostre et pro salute animarum antecessorum et 
 successorum nostrorum Regum Scocie dedisse concessisse et per presentes 
 literas nostras confirmasse religiosis viris priori et conventui Fratrum Pre- 
 dicatorum de Are viginti libras sterlingorum de elemosina nostra speciali 
 pro sustentacione ecclesie et domorum suarum percipiendas sibi annuatim de 
 primis firmis molendinorum nostrorum et burgi nostri de Are ad terminos 
 Pentecostes et sancti Martini in yeme pro equali porcione per manus 
 camerarii nostri Scocie et ministrorum suorum qui pro tempore fuerint 
 absque aliqua contradiccione In cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras 
 perpetuo duraturas sibi fieri fecimus patentes Apud Gervan in Carryk sexto 
 die Februarii anno regni nostri vicesimo tercio Quasquidem literas in omni- 
 bus et singulis clausulis condicionibus articulis et circumstanciis suis 
 universis forma pariter et effectu ratificamus approbamus et pro nobis 
 et nostris beredibus imperpetuum confirmamus Et nicbilominus pro 
 nobis et eisdem nostris beredibus prefatis religiosis ex habundanti con- 
 cedimus quod ipsi perpetuis futuris temporibus pro sustentacione ecclesie 
 et domorum suarum pereipiant annuatim predictam summam viginti 
 librarum sterlingorum de primis firmis sive denariis percipiendis aut que 
 primo percipi poterint de burgo et molendinis de Are predictis ad terminos 
 Pentecostes et sancti Martini in yeme per porciones equales adeo libere 
 pacifice et quiete in omnibus et per omnia sicut prefate litere dicti domini 
 avi nostri in se liberius iuste continent et proportant Quare camerario 
 nostro et ministris suis qui pro tempore fuerint damus tenore presencium 
 fixmiter in mandatis quod prefatas viginti libras eisdem religiosis qui pro 
 tempore fuerint indilate et sine difficultate persolvant annis singulis ad 
 terminos supradictos quas prefato Camerario nostro et ministris suis 
 predictis in compotis suis annuis de firmis eorundem burgi et molendi- 
 norum reddendis volumus et precipimus per presentes plenius allocari In 
 cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras perpetuo duraturas predictis 
 religiosis fieri fecimus patentes Apud Are vicesimo secundo die mensis 
 Octobris anno regni nostri sexto. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Confirmation by Eobert the Second, King of Scots, of letters patent 
 granted by his grandfather of iUustrious memory, King Robert the First, 
 in favour of the prior and convent of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, in special 
 
CHARTEES OP THE FEIAKS PEEACHERS OF AYE. 23 
 
 alms, for the welfare of the king's soul, and of the souls of his ancestors 
 and successors, of twenty pounds of sterlings yearly, to be uplifted from 
 the rents of the king's mills and burgh of Ayr, for the maintenance of the 
 church and house belonging to the said friars ; the said sum to be paid by 
 the king's chamberlain, or his servants, and rendered in the accounts of 
 the rents of the said burgh and mills. The letters are dated at Girvan 
 6th February 1328-9 : the confirmation at Ayr 22d October 1376. 
 
 15. Attested Copy of Charter hy Malcolm, Earl of Wigton, to the Friars 
 Preachers, of the Land of Duppolle. — [15^^ Octoher 1381.] 
 
 Noverint universi presentes litteras inspecturi nos Nicholaum de Yrwyne 
 officialem curie Glasguensis vidisse et cum diligencia inspexisse quandam 
 cartam domini Malcolmi Flemyng comitis Vygtone non viciatam non 
 cancellatam non rasam non abolitam set omni prorsus vicio et suspicione 
 carentem intellexisse de verbo ad verbum sub hac forma suo sigillo proprio 
 sigillatam Omnibus hanc cartam visuris vel audituris Malcolmus Flemyng 
 comes de Vygtona salutem in Domino sempitemam Sciatis nos dedisse con- 
 cessisse ac presenti carta nostra confirmasse Fratribus Predicatoribus de Are 
 in puram et perpetuam elemosinam pro supportacione capelle beate Marie 
 infra clausuram domus dictorum fratrum per nos alias constructe totam 
 illam peciam terre cum pertinenciis de Duppolle que erat quondam Johannis 
 de Kylmernoc infra campos burgi de Axe Tenendam et habendam predictis 
 fratribus a nobis et heredibus nostris imperpetuum per omnes rectas metas 
 et divisas suas cum omnibus libertatibus commoditatibus et asyamentis ad 
 dictam peciam terre spectantibus seu spectare valentibus in futurum adeo 
 libere quiete plenarie et honorifice bene et in pace sicut aliqui religiosi aliquam 
 perpetuam elemosinam in toto regno Scocie habent seu possident Et nos 
 vero predictus Malcolmus et heredes nostri totam predictam peciam terre 
 cum pertinenciis predictis fratribus in omnibus et per omnia ut prescriptum 
 est contra omnes viventes warantizabimus acquietabimus et inperpetuum 
 defendemus In cuius rei testimonium presenti carte nostre sigitlum nostrum 
 est appensum hiis testibus dominis Johanne de Danyeellstoun Nicholas de 
 Knocdolian Eoberto Walays militibus Johanne Kennedy Fynlao de {lllegibk.) 
 
 Mordaco Somirlyny et multis aliis In premissorum igitur omnium testimo- 
 nium sigillum officii nostri presentibus est appensum. Datum apud Glasgw 
 quinto decimo die mensis Octobris anno Domini m" ccc" octogesimo primo. 
 
24 CHAETEES OF THE FKIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Abstkact. 
 
 Attested copy by Nicholas of Irwyne, official of GlasgoWj of a cliarter 
 by Malcolm Flemyiig, Earl of Wigtown, in favour of tbe Friars Preacbers of 
 Ayr, in pure alms, for support of the chapel of Saint Mary, within the clois- 
 ter of said friars, built by the said earl, of the piece of land called Duppolle, 
 which belonged to the deceased John of Kylmernoc, in the fields of the 
 Burgh of Ayr. The attestation is dated at Glasgow 15th October 1381. 
 
 16. Vidimus hy Walter, Cardinal Bishop of Glasgow, of the Charter of 
 King Alexander, to the Friars Preachers, of £20 yearly from, the 
 Mills ofAyr. — \_^th June 1384.] 
 
 Universis presentes literas inspecturis Walterus ^ Dei gracia sacrosancte 
 ecclesie Eomane cardinalis ac episcopus Glasguensis salutem in domino 
 Noveritis nos inspexisse literas excellentissimi principis ac domini domini 
 Alexandri Dei gracia regis quondam Scottorum illustris et easdem eius 
 magno sigillo roboratas de verbo ad verbum perlegisse quarum tenor 
 sequitiir et est talis Alexander Dei gracia rex Scottorum prepositis suis de 
 Are salutem Mandamus vobis et precipimus quatinus de primis firmis 
 molendinorum nostrorum et burgi de Are habere faciatis Fratribus Predica- 
 toribus de Are singulis annis viginti libras sterlingorum de qua quidem 
 summa pecunie dotavimus ecclesiam eorundem Fratrum Predicatorum de 
 Are cum dictam ecclesiam fecimus dedicari Teste PhUippo de Malvyll 
 et Koberto de Montealto justiciariis Scocie Eoberto de Meyners apud 
 Forfar quarto die Augusti anno regni nostri vicesimo octavo Datum per 
 testimonium sigUli nostri apud Glasgu in profesto corpus Christi anno 
 Domini m° ccc°^° octogesimo quarto. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Vidimus by Walter, Cardinal Bishop of Glasgow, of a charter of King 
 Alexander, endowing the church of the Friars^ Preachers of Ayr with £20 
 yearly out of the mills and customs of the burgh. Dated at Glasgow 9th 
 June 1384. 
 
 ^ Walter Wardlaw was consecrated Bisliop of Glasgow in 1368, and died in 1389. Keith's 
 Catalogue (1824), p. 246. 
 
CHARTEKS OF THE FRIAES PREACHEKS OF AYE. 25 
 
 17. Precept by Gardinal Walter to the Vicar of Ayr, to summon the 
 Bailies and Burgesses of the said Burgh to the Action between them 
 and the Friars Preachers. — \12th July 1386.] 
 
 Walterus miseracione divina sancte Romane ecclesie Cardinalis omnimoda 
 potestate legati a latere in Scocie et Ybernie regnis sufficienter fulcitus 
 dUecto nobis in Ckristo perpetuo vicario ecclesie de Are Glasguensis diocesis 
 salutem in Domino Quia alias citari fecimus burgenses burgi de Are quod 
 comparerent coram nobis vel per se vel per procuratores sufficientes certis 
 die et loco eisdem assignatis cum omnibus actis iuribus evidencijs et 
 munimentis quibus intendunt causam que vertitur inter priorem et 
 conventum fratrum Predicatorum de Are ex parte una et ipsos burgenses ex 
 altera ad opponendum et respondendum in dicta causa et ad videndum 
 procedi in eadem eciam ad diffinitivam sentenciam si liquiret cum 
 intimacione quod si altera pars fuerit absens altera parte instante iri dicta 
 causa procederemus in quantum de iure fuerit procedendum et non 
 comparuerunt set se contumaciter absentarunt Nos volentes in dicta causa 
 mature procedere ad omnem ipsorum maliciam convincendam vobis 
 auctoritate presencium committimus precipimus et mandamus quatinus 
 citetis ballivos dicti burgi de Are ac omnes alios et singulos burgenses 
 eiusdem se in dicta causa intromittentes quod compareant coram nobis vel 
 auditoribus nostris pluribus aut uno in ecclesia maiori Glasguensi in loco 
 consistoriali eiusdem per se vel per procuratores ydoneos vicesimo sexto die 
 buius mensis Julij ad audiendum et videndum sentenciam diffinitivam ferri 
 in dicta causa vel ad ostendendum causam racionabUem quare in dicta causa 
 sentencia non est ferenda Intimantes eisdem quod sive dicto die veniunt 
 sive non in dieta causa procedemus in quantum de iure fuerit procedendum 
 ipsorum contumacia non obstante In signum vero buius mandati nostri per 
 vos plenius executi sigillum vestrum presentibus apponatis et eas earundem 
 reddite portitori Datum sub sigillo nostro apud Lacum xij° die mensis Julij 
 anno Domini miUesimo ccc™° octogesimo sexto. 
 
 Teanslation. 
 
 Walter, by the divine mercy, Cardinal of the boly Eoman chureh, 
 invested with plenary power of legate a latere in the kingdoms of Scotland 
 
26 CHAETERS OF THE FRIAES PEEACHERS OF AYE. 
 
 and Ireland, to our beloved in Christ, the perpetual vicar of the church of 
 Ayr, in the diocese of Glasgow, greeting in the Lord : Whereas we formerly 
 caused cite the burgesses of Ayr to compear before us, either by themselvea, 
 or by sufficient procurators, a certain day and place being assigned to them, 
 with all acts, rights, evidents, and muniments bearing upon the cause 
 debated between the prior and convent of the Friars Preachers of Ayr on 
 the one part, and the said burgesses on the other, to oppose and answer in 
 the said cause, and to see it brought to a definitive sentence, if it should 
 appear manifest, with intimation that if the one party were absent, the other 
 being present, we should proceed in the said cause, in so far as by law it 
 might be proceeded with ; and they have not compeared, but contumaciously 
 absented themselves, we, willing to proceed maturely ia the said cause, to 
 overcome all their malice, do, by authority of these presents, commit, 
 command, and give in charge, that ye cite the bailies of the said burgh of 
 Ayr, and all and sundry the burgesses of the same, having interest in the 
 said cause, to compear before us, or our auditors, one or more, ia the 
 great church of Glasgow, in the consistorial place thereof, by themselves, or 
 by proper procurators, on the 26th day of this month of July, to hear and 
 see definitive sentence pronounced in the said cause, or to show reasonable 
 cause wherefore sentence should not be delivered in the said cause, in- 
 timating that whether they come on the said day or not, we shall proceed 
 in the said cause as law will, notwithstanding their contumacy. In sign of 
 this our mandate having been by you fuUy executed, ye shall affix your 
 seal to the presents, and return them to the bearer. Given under our seal 
 at Lochwood,^ 12th July 1386. 
 
 18. Letters hy Cardinal Walter to the Chamherlain of Scotland, for 
 
 payment of the Annuity of £20 to the Friars Preachers of Ayr. 
 
 [27th July 1386.] 
 
 Walterus miseracione divina sancte Eomane ecclesie cardinalis omnimoda 
 potestate legati a latere in Scocie et Ybernie regnis sufficienter fulcitus 
 magnifico et potenti domino domino Comiti de Fyfi" et de Meneteth cam- 
 erario Scocie salutem in Domino Noveritis nos auctoritate nostra et ex 
 commissione excellentissimi principis ac domini nostri metuendissimi domini 
 
 1 Tlie manor of the Bishops of Glasgow, in the parisli of Old Monkland. 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FRIARS PEEACHERS OF AYE. 27 
 
 nostri regis Scoeie super debato moto inter religiosos viros priorem et con- 
 ventum domus fratrum Predicatorum de Are et burgenses de Are de et super 
 quodam annuo redditu viginti librarum sterlingorum eisdem religiosis con- 
 cesso et confirmato per reges Scocie plenarie cognovisse et cognitis ipsius 
 cause meritis visisque et diligenter inspectis cartis literis munimentis et 
 evidenciis dictorum religiosorum citatis coram nobis partibus in eadem 
 causa sentenciam rite tulisse ac pronunciasse et declarasse dictum annuum 
 redditum viginti librarum eisdem religiosis competiisse et competere ac 
 pertinuisse et pertinere vestram igitur magnificenciam specialiter exoramus 
 et in Domino exbortamus quatinus eisdem religiosis de dicto annuo redditu 
 faciatis annis singulis deserviri eisdemque religiosis de eodem satisfieri de 
 termiais retroactis Datum sub sigillo nostro apud Glasgu xzvij die mensis 
 Julij anno Domino millesimo ccc™° octogesimo sexto. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Letters by "Walter, Cardinal and Legate a latere, to tbe Earl of Fife and 
 Menteth, Chamberlain of Scotland, narrating the procedure and decision in 
 tbe contention between the Friars Preachers and burgesses of Ayr, regarding 
 the annuity of £20 granted of old to the former by the kings of Scotland, 
 and requesting and exhorting the Chamberlain to make payment of the 
 arrears of the said annuity to the Friars. Dated at Glasgow 27th July 
 1386. 
 
 19. Precept hy John, Earl of Carric, Steward of Scotland, to the Sheriff 
 of Ayr, to compel payment hy ihe Magistrates of the Burgh of Ayr, 
 to the Friars Preachers, of the Annuity of £20. — \bth August 
 1386.] 
 
 Johannes regis Scocie primogenitus Comes de Carric et senescallus Scocie 
 locumtenens dicti domini nostri regis et commissarius infra totum regnum 
 per ipsum dominum regem generaliter deputatus vicecomitibus et ballivis 
 suis de Are salutem Cum reverendissimus in Christo pater dominus cardinalis 
 Scocie Glasguensis episcopus sua auctoritate et eciam ex commissione speciali 
 excellentissimi principis ac domini nostri metuendissimi domini nostri regis 
 Scotorum illustris super debato moto inter religiosos viros priorem et con- 
 
28 CHAETERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 ventum domus fratrum Predicatorum de Are et burgenses eiusdem penes 
 quendam annuum redditum viginti librarum sterlingorum eisdem religiosis 
 concessum et per reges Scocie confirmatum sentenciam rite tulisse per 
 literas suas patentes pronunciaverit et declaraverit prout in eisdem confectis 
 plenius proportatur et testatur vobis auctoritate regia nobis generaliter 
 commissa firmiter precipimus et mandamus quatinus si prepositus et ballivi 
 dicti burgi literas carissmi fratris nostri camerarii Scocie eisdem super dicto 
 annuo redditu iuxta ipsarum tenorem adimplere recusaverint seu tardaverint 
 burgenses dicti burgi et ipsorum quemlibet ac ipsorum bona mobilia et 
 immobilia ubicunque fuerint inventa iuste compellatis et indilate donec 
 eisdem religiosis viris de dicto annuo redditu tam de terminis transactis quam 
 futuris singulis annis plenarie fuerit sactisfactum Et boc sub pena incumbente 
 facere nuUatinus omittatis presentibus vobis ostensis cum predictis fratribus 
 remanentibus. Data sub signeto nostro apud Edynburgh quinto die mensis 
 Augusti in absencia sigilli nostri quod nostrum signetum esse volumus 
 tanti roboris et valoris quanti nostrum esset sigillum si hiis fuerit appensum 
 Anno Domini millesimo ccc™" octogesimo sexto. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Precept by Jobn, eldest son of the King of Scotland, Earl of Carric 
 and Steward of Scotland, Lieutenant of tbe king, and Commissary of 
 the whole kingdom, narrating the sentence delivered by the Cardinal 
 Bishop of Glasgow, in the dispute between the prior and convent of the 
 Friars Preachers of Ayr and the burgesses of the said burgh in regard to 
 the annuity of £20 of sterlings due to the former, and commanding the 
 sheriffs of Ayr and their bailies to distrain the goods, movable and im- 
 movable, of the provost and bailies of Ayr, if they refuse to obey the 
 letters of the Chamberlain for payment of the said annuity to the said 
 friars. Given under the signet of the said Earl of Carric in absence of 
 
CHARTEES OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 29 
 
 his seal, but willing th.e signet to be of equal force with the seal, at Edin- 
 burgli, 5th August 1386. 
 
 20. Precept hy Bohert, Earl qf Fife, to the Burgh of Ayr,for payment 
 of Annuities due to the Friars Preachers. — [16^^ May 1387.] 
 
 Eobertus Comes de Fyf et Mentethe camerarius Scocie preposito ballivis 
 et communitati burgi de Are salutem Quia per inspeccionem cartarum 
 quondam bone memorie Alexandri Eoberti David et Eoberti nunc regnantis 
 regum Scocie illustrium in Scaccario apud Edynburgb tento sexto decimo die 
 mensis Mayi anno Domini m" ccc™° lxxx™° septimo coram nobis et compo- 
 torum auditoribus exMbitarum quibus perlectis ac rotulis compotorum 
 diversis diligenter inspectis matura deliberacione babita per auditores 
 dictorum compotorum fuit declaratum et de assensu omnium dominorum 
 ibidem existencium pro perpetuis temporibus futuris determinatum quod 
 religiosi viri Fratres Predicatores de Are a tempore prime dotacionis sue 
 ecclesie ac fundacionis sue domus pre omnibus alijs non obstante quibus- 
 cunque donacionibus viginti libras sterlingorum annuatim ad sustentacionem 
 et reparacionem dicte sue ecclesie ac domus de primis denarijs sive 
 denariatis tocius exitus dicti burgi vestri percipere consueverunt et per- 
 ceperunt necnon viginti unum solidos annui redditus de baronia de Awilway 
 cum pertinencijs ad terminos consuetos Vobis et vestrum cuilibet auctoritate 
 qua fungimur stricte precipiendo mandamus quatinus de primis denarijs sive 
 denariatis tocius exitus dicti burgi vestri qui primo levari poterunt vel 
 deberent predictas viginti libras una cum dicto annuo redditu predictis 
 fratribus de terminis consuetis tam transactis quam futuris singulis annis et 
 sine difficultate aliqua integraliter persolvatis vel saltem quantum omnes 
 exitus dicti burgi extendi poterunt quousque de summa tocius exitus eijs 
 plenarie fuerit satisfactum usque ad summam de viginti libras dicti burgi 
 et viginti unum solidorum dicte baronie Et lioc sub pena omnium que erga 
 dominum nostrum regem et nos amittere poteritis nullo modo omittatis De 
 qua vobis allocacionem faciemus in vestris compotis annuis nobis reddendis 
 sicut temporibus antiquis allocacio fieri solebat de eadem per nostros pre- 
 decessores camerarios. In cuius rei testimonium presentibus vobis ostensis 
 et penes predictos fratres remansuris sigillum nostrum fecimus apponi anno 
 die et loco supradictis. 
 
30 CHAETERS OF THE FKIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Precept by Eobert, Earl of Fife and Menteth, Chamberlain of Scotland, 
 to tbe provost, bailies, and community of Ayr, narrating tbat the charters 
 granted by Alexander, Eobert the First, David, and Eobert the Second, Kings 
 of Scotland, to the Friars Preachers of Ayr, with several rolls of accotints, were 
 examined and read before him and the auditors of accounts in the Exchequer, 
 held at Edinburgh on 16th May 1387, when it was declared, and, with 
 consent of all the lords there present, for all time coming determined, that 
 the friars of Ayr from the time of the endowment of their church and 
 founding of their house were accustomed to receive and did receive twenty 
 pounds of sterlings yearly out of the first pence of the said burgh, before 
 all other gifts whatsoever, also 21 shillings of annuabent out of the barony 
 of Alloway ; and accordingly commanding the said magistrates to pay the 
 said annuities to the said friars, for which allowance should be made in 
 the accounts of the burgh rendered yearly to the Chamberlain. Dated 
 at Edinburgh 16th May 1387. 
 
 21. Precept hy King Rohert II. to the Sheriff of Ayr, for payment to the 
 Friars Preachers ofthe sum due to themfrom the Burgh of Ayr. — 
 [23c? April 1389.] 
 
 Eobertus Dei gracia rex Scottorum vicecomiti et ballivis suis de Are 
 salutem Mandamus vobis et precipimus quatinus faeiatis in efiectu Fratres 
 Predicatores ville de Are et eorum successores de cetero plenarie deserviri 
 de summa pecunie eis debita et concessa de firmis burgi de Are in 
 perpetuam elemosinam per antecessores nostros reges Scocie secundum 
 tenorem carte sue non obstante obstaculo obiectu vel impedimento eis 
 hucusque facto per nos ex informacione aliquorum ad partem maxime cum 
 quondam bone memorie dominus cardinalis Glasguensis per commissionem 
 nostri sibi traditam super hoc plene cognoverit et determinaverit diffinitive 
 ut per suas literas confectas inde ipsis fratribus clare patet Datum in pleno 
 parliamento nostro in quo sic fuit per dominos parliamenti decretum 
 discussum et ordinatum apud Edynburgh decimo die mensis Aprilis anno 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 31 
 
 gracie millesimo octogesimo nono et anno regni nostri nono decimo ^ per 
 copiam transumptam de Eegistro ad instanciam domini Archebaldi de 
 Douglas ex parte et nomitie dictorum fratrum super hoc specialiter 
 requirentis presentibus penes dictos Fratres Predicatores vUle de Are 
 remansuris Datum sub testimonio nostri magni sigilli apud Dunkeldyn 
 vicesimo tercio die AprUis anno regni nostri nono decimo. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Precept by Eobert tbe Second, King of Scots, to tbe sheriff of Ayr and 
 his baUies, charging them to cause the Friars Preachers of Ayr to be fuUy 
 satisfied of a sum of money due to them out of the customs of the burgh 
 granted to them in perpetual alms by the kings of Scotland, his majesty's 
 ancestors, notwithstanding any obstacle or objection heretofore made by 
 the king, on the partial information of some: especially seeing the late 
 Lord Cardinal of Glasgow, by the king's commission delivered to him, had 
 fuUy tried and definitively determined in regard to this matter, as by his 
 letters granted to the friars thereupon clearly appeared. Decreed in full 
 parliament at Ediaburgh lOth AprU 1389, and transumed from the register 
 at the instance of Sir Archibald of Douglas, on behalf and in name of the 
 said friars. Given imder the testitnonial of the Great Seal, at Dunkeld, 
 23d April 1389. 
 
 22. Gonjirmation hy King Robert III. of Charters by King Rohert Bruce 
 and Robert II. to the Friars Preachers of Ayr. — [12^^ March 
 1890-1.] 
 
 Eobertus Dei gracia rex Scottorum omnibus probis homiaibus tocius 
 terre sue clericis et laicis salutem Sciatis nos quandam cartam reverende 
 memorie quondam domini Eoberti de Bruys regis Scottorum Ulustris et 
 aliam cartam confirmacionis domini Eoberti quondam regis Scottorum iUus- 
 tris progenitoris nostri factam per cartam dicti domini Eoberti de Bruys sub 
 suo magno sigUlo religiosis viris priori et conventui Fratrum Predicatorum 
 
 1 Act. Parl. Seot., vol. i. p. 558, b. 
 
32 CHAKTEES OF THE FEIAES PREACHEKS OF AYE. 
 
 de Are de mandato nostro visas lectas inspectas et dUigenter examinatas 
 non rasas non abolitas non cancellatas nec in aliqua sui parte viciatas 
 intellexisse sub hac forma Eobertus Dei gracia rex Scottorum omnibus 
 probis hominibus tocius terre sue salutem Sciatis nos pro salute anime 
 nostre et animarum antecessorum et successorum nostrorum regum Scocie 
 concessisse et hac presenti carta nostra confirmasse Fratribus Predicatoribus 
 de Are quod ipsi libere molant sine multura ad molendina nostra de Are 
 blada ad victum eorum qualitercunque necessaria et quod ipsi in molen- 
 dino sint nobis proximiores alijs quibuscunque in molendinis predictis In 
 cuius rei testimonium presenti carte sigillum nostrum precipimus apponi 
 testibus Waltero de Twinham cancellario nostro Thoma Kanulphi comite 
 Moravie domino vallis Anandie et Mannie nepote nostro Jacobo domino 
 de Douglas et Alexandro de Seton militibus Apud Inchemichell vicesimo 
 primo die Februarij anno regni nostri vicesimo tercio Secunde autem 
 carte confirmacionis tenor talis est Eobertus Dei gracia rex Scottorum omni- 
 bus probis hominibus suis ad quos presentes litere pervenerint salutem 
 Sciatis nos literas celebris memorie domini avi predecessoris nostri domini 
 Eoberti Dei gracia regis Scottorum de mandato nostro visas lectas inspectas 
 et diligenter examinatas non viciatas non cancellatas non rasas non abolitas 
 set omni prorsus vicio et suspicione carentes inteUexisse de verbo ad verbum 
 sub hac forma Eobertus Dei gracia rex Scottorum omnibus probis homini- 
 bus tocius terre sue salutem Sciatis nos pro salute anime nostre et pro 
 salute animarum antecessorum et successorum nostrorum regum Scocie 
 dedisse concessisse et per presentes literas nostras confirmasse religiosis viris 
 priori et conventui Fratrum Predicatorum de Are viginti libras sterlingorum 
 de elemosina nostra speciah ad sustentacionem ecclesie et domorum suiirum 
 percipiendas annuatim de primis firmis molendinorum nostrorum et burgi 
 nostri de Are ad terminos Pentecostes et Sancti Martini in yeme pro equali 
 porcione per manus Camerarij nostri Scocie et ministrorum suorum qui pro 
 tempore fuerint absque aliqua contradiccione In cuius rei testimonium has 
 literas nostras perpetuo duraturas sibi fieri fecimus patentes apud Gervan in 
 Carrik sexto die Februarii anno regni nostri vicesimo tercio Quasquidem 
 literas in omnibus et singulis clausulis condicionibus articulis et circum- 
 stancijs suis universis forma pariter et efiectu ratificamus approbamus et 
 pro nobis et nostris heredibus imperpetuum eonfirmamus Et nichilominus 
 pro nobis et eisdem nostris heredibus prefatis religiosis ex habundanti 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FRIAES PEEACHERS OP AYE. 33 
 
 concedimus quod ipsi perpetuis futuris temporibus pro sustentacione ecclesie 
 et domarum suarum percipiant annuatim predicatam summam vigiuti libra- 
 rum sterlingorum de primis firmis sive denarijs percipiendis aut que primo 
 percipi poterunt de burgo et molendino de Are predictis ad terminos Pente- 
 costes et Sancti Martini in yeme per portiones equales adeo libere pacifice 
 et quiete in omnibus et per omnia sicut prefate litere dicti domini 
 avi nostri in se liberius iuste continent et proportant. Quare camerario 
 nostro et ministris nostris qui pro tempore fuerint damus tenore presencium 
 firmiter in mandatis quod prefatas viginti libras eisdem religiosis qui pro 
 tempore fuerint indUate et sine difficultate persolvant annis singulis ad 
 termirios supradictos quas prefato camerario nostro et ministris suis predictis 
 in compotis suis annuis de firmis eorundem burgi et molendinorum reddendis 
 volumus et precipimus per presentes plenius allocari. In cuius rei testi- 
 monium lias literas nostras perpetuo duraturas predictis religiosis fieri 
 fecimus patentes apud Are vicesimo secundo die mensis Octobris anno regni 
 nostri sexto. Quas quidem cartas donacionesque et concessiones in eisdem 
 contentas iu omnibus punctis suis et articulis condicionibus et modis ac 
 circumstancijs suis quibuscunque forma pariter et eff^ectu iu omnibus et per 
 omnia approbamus ratificamus et pro nobis et pro beredibus nostris ut pre- 
 missum est imperpetuum confirmamus. In cuius rei testimonium presenti 
 carte nostre confirmacionis nostrum precipimus apponi sigiUum testibus 
 venerabilibus in Cliristo patribus Waltero et Matbeo Sanctiandree et Glas- 
 guensis ecclesiarum episcopis Eoberto comite de Fif et de Meneteth fratre 
 nostro carissimo ArcHbaldo comite de Douglas domino de Galwidia consan- 
 guineo Jacobo de Douglas domino de Dalketh Thoma de Erskyne consan- 
 guineis nostris dilectis militibus et Alexandro de Cokbume de Langtone 
 custode magni sigilli nostri apud Sconam duodecima die mensis Marcij anno 
 regni nostri primo. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Confirmation by Eobert III., King of Scots, of (1) Charter by King 
 Eobert the Bruce, whereby, for the weal of his soul, and the souls of his 
 ancestors and successors, kings of Scotland, he grants to the Friars Preachers 
 of Ayr that they may freely grind their grain of whatever sort necessary for 
 food at his mills of Ayr, without multure, and that ia the mUl they shaU be 
 nearer to the king than others in the foresaid mUls ; dated at InchemicheU, 
 
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34 CHAETEES OF THE FKIAES PREACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 21st February 1328-9. (2.) Charter by Eobert 'II., King of Scots, confirming 
 Charter by King Eobert the Bruce, granting to the prior and convent of 
 the Friars Preaehers of Ayr an annuity of £20 for the maintenance of 
 their church and house, to be uplifted from the first rents of the mills of 
 the king and his burgh of Ayr. Dated at Girvan in Carrik, 6th February 
 1328-9 ; confirmed at Ayr 22d October 1376. The principal confirmation 
 is dated at Scone, 12th March 1390-1. 
 
 23. Charter hy Hugh Wallace of Cragy to the Friars Preachers of Ayr, 
 of an Annuity of 4 holls of white oats, or 13s. 4cZ., out of his lands 
 ofCragy. — \Qth February 1397-8.] 
 
 Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Hugo Walas ^ dominus de 
 Cragyne salutem in Domino sempiternam Noveritis me caritatis intuitu ac 
 pro salute anime mee parentum meorum successorum et omnium fidelium 
 defunctorum dedisse concessisse et hoc presenti scripto meo pro me et 
 heredibus meis imperpetuum confirmasse Deo et beate Katerine virgini et 
 omnibus sanctis necnon priori et conventui domus Fratrum Predicatorum de 
 Are ibidem Deo et beate Katerine servientibus et imperpetuum servituris 
 quatuor boUas farine albe avenarum ad emendacionem fabrice et sustenta- 
 cionem eorundem aimuatim de terris meis de Cragine levandas vel pro quali- 
 bet boUa xl. denarios summa totalis pecunie tresdecim solidorum et quatuor 
 denariorum argenti ad festum beate Katerine virginis dicti conventus patrone 
 sine ulteriori dilacione excepcione prolongacione renovacione quibuscumque 
 annuatim ut predicitur predictis priori et conventui solvenda Tenendas et 
 habendas predictas quatuor bollas farine albe vel defficiente farina summam 
 predictam dictis priori et conventui in puram et perpetuam elemosinam de 
 me et heredibus meis sine contradiccione aliquali Ita libere quiete plenarie 
 bene et in pace sicut aliqua elemosina alicui conventui vel religiosis in toto 
 regno Scocie datur sive conceditur a quocunque Faciendo pro me et 
 heredibus meis predictus prior et conventus qui pro tempore fuerint 
 anniversarium dumtaxat cum pleno servicio chori tanquam pro sui ordinis 
 confratre professo ut est moris ac literas confraternitatis in forma cum 
 
 1 This Hugh WaUaoe does not appear in the ordinary genealogies of the Craigie Family. 
 
CHARTEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 35 
 
 recommendacione capituli sui ordinis generalis ubicunque infra regnum 
 Scocie celebrati In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum presenti scripto 
 meo est appensum. Datum apud Are nono die mensis Februarii anno 
 Domini millesimo tricentesimo nonogesimo septimo. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Charter by Hugb Wallace of Craigie, granting to the prior and convent 
 of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, in pure alms, for his soul, and the souls of 
 his parents and successors, four boUs of white oat meal, to be uplifted 
 yearly at the feast of St. Katerine, the patroness of the said convent, out 
 of his lands at Cragy, or for each boll forty pence, in all 13s. 4d., to hold 
 of the granter and his heirs ; the said prior and convent and their suc- 
 cessors performing for them an anniversary, with full service of the choir, 
 as the manner is for a professed brother of their order, and giving formal 
 letters of brotherhood, with recommendation of the general chapter of 
 their order, wherever held within the kingdom of Scotland. At Ayr, 9th 
 February 1397-8. 
 
 24. Charter, in terms qf Act qf Parliament, regulating the Set of the 
 Customs ofAyr, according to the endowment qfthe Friars Preachers. 
 ISOth March 1401.] 
 
 Eobertus Dei gracia rex Scotorum omnibus probis hominibus suis ad 
 quos presentes litere pervenerint salutem Sciatis quod in parliamento nostro 
 tento apud monasterium de Scona vicesimo primo die mensis Februarii cum 
 continuacione dierum sequencium anno Domini mUlesimo quadringentesimo 
 et regni nostri undecimo inter alia facta fuit presens ordinacio cuius tenor 
 sequitur que est taUs^ In parUamento domini nostri regis Koberti tercii 
 tento apud Sconam uUimo die mensis Februarii anno Domini miUesimo 
 quadringentesimo et regni sui undecimo penes querelam exhibitam pro 
 parte Fratrum Predicatorum domus sancte Katerine de Are continentem 
 quod cum dudum bone memorie dominus Rex Alexander dotaverit per 
 cartam suam ecclesiam dictorum fratrum de Arede viginti Ubris sterUn- 
 
 1 Thisis an additionto the Acts of this Parliament. Act. Parl. Scot. (Record edition), vol. i. p. 220. 
 
36 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OP AYE. 
 
 gorum percipiendis annuatim in puram et perpetuam elemosinam de regiis 
 firmis eiusdem ville quam dotacionem singuli reges successive per cartas suas 
 ut asserunt dicti fratres verumtamen ex relacione aliquorum conceperunt 
 fratres predicti quod dominus noster Eex iam assedavit aut assedare 
 proponit ad firmam perpetuam burgensibus dicti burgi de Are burgum 
 ipsum pro decem libris annuj redditus imperpetuum Super qua querela 
 ordinatum est et decretum quod nulla assedacio seu infeodacio post dictam 
 dotacionem facta vel facienda in preiudicium dotis ecclesie predicte eisdem 
 fratribus quoad suam infeodacionem prius factam preiudicium generet in 
 futurum set quoad hoc inanis sit et pro non facta habeatur Et quod dicta 
 villa non assedetur ad minorem firmam quam dictorum fratrum infeodacio 
 se extendit secundum ipsorum cartam quam inde habent Datum ad 
 instanciam dictorum fratrum de Are sub testimonio nostri magni sigilli 
 apud Abirdone penultimo die mensis Marcij anno Domini miUesimo 
 quadringentesimo primo et regni nostri undecimo. 
 
 [On tag] Actum parliamenti pro fratribus de Are. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Charter by King Robert the Third, proceeding on Act of Parliament 
 passed at Scone on the last day of February 1400-1, whereby, on the narra- 
 tive that a complaint was presented on behalf of the Friars Preachers of St. 
 Katerine of Ayr, stating that King Alexander had endowed them with £20 
 sterling yearly out of the royal customs of the said town, which endowment 
 was confirmed by each of his successors, nevertheless the said friars were 
 informed that the king had now set, or proposed to set, the burgh itself 
 at perpetual farm to the burgesses for £10 of annual rent; on which com- 
 plaint it was ordained by the King and Parliament that no set or infeftment 
 made or to be made after the said endowment, in prejudice of the said 
 friars' infeftment thereof, should be of any force, and that the said town shall 
 not be set at a less farm than that contained in the infeftment of the said 
 friars. Given under the testimonial of the Great Seal, at Aberdeen 30th 
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 25. Notarial Copy of Charter by Andrew. Wasford to the Friars Preachers, 
 ofa Tenement and Lands in Ayr. — [1401.] 
 
 In Dei nomine amen Universis presens publicum instrumentum inspecturis 
 vel audituris pateat manifeste quod anno a nativitate Domini millesimo 
 quadringentesimo primo indiccione nona pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo 
 patris et domini nostri domini Benedicti divina providencia pape tercii decimi 
 anno nono In mei notarii publici et testium subscriptorum presencia persona- 
 liter constitutus religiosus et discretus frater Patricius de Carric prior conven- 
 tus Fratrum Predicatorum de Are quandam cartam quondam Andree Wasforde 
 burgensis de Are sub sigiUo suo et communi sigiUo burgi de Are sigUlatis 
 non rasam non aboUtam nec aUquaUter viciatam necque suspectam michi 
 monstravit ac perlegi fecit cuiusquidem carte tenor sequitur et est taUs 
 Omnibus hoc scriptum (etc, vide No. 11 supra) Quamquidem cartam sic 
 monstratam et perlectam antedictus prior a me notario sub signo pubUco 
 pecUt copiari et inde pubUcum sibi fieri instrumentum sumptibus suis et 
 expensis Acta sunt hec apud Are in ecclesia beate Katerine virginis coram 
 magno altari anno indiccione mense die et pontificatu premissis presentibus 
 ibidem discretis viris Eeginaldo de Fynvyk tunc aldirmanno de Are 
 GUberto Henrici Adam de Bwr tunc baUivis eiusdem Johanne de Blar 
 Huo^one de Blar scutiferis Thoma Souirlyson Johanne Tomson Johanne 
 VUson burgensibus dicti burgi et multis aUis testibus ad premissa vocatis 
 speciaUter et rogatis. 
 
 Et ego Walterus de Are clericus Glasguensis dioeesis pubUcus apostoUca 
 et imperiaU auctoritate notarius premisse carte monstracioni et 
 perlectioni una cum prenominatis testibus presens interfui ipsamque 
 cartam sic perlectam in hunc modum copiavi nil addens vel minuens 
 quod sensum mutare poterit aut variare inteUectum hoc instrumen- 
 tum manu propria scripsi et in hanc pubUcam formam redegi hicque 
 me subscripsi et signo meo soUto signavi requisitus speciaUter et 
 rogatus in testimonium premissorum. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Notarial copy of charter by Andrew Wasford, son and heir of the 
 deceased Simon Wasford, m favour of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, of a 
 
38 CHAETERS OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYE. 
 
 tenement, with kiln, and two particates of land next thereto, and one 
 croft called Crukitlialf acre, lying between the Camergate and tlie long 
 croft of the said friars ; and Margaret, wife of said Andrew, gives f o the 
 same friars one particate of land. Done in the church of St. Katerine 
 the virgin, 1401, before these witnesses, Eeginald of Fynvyk, then alderman 
 of Ayr, Gilbert Henr}'son, Adam of Bwr, then bailies of the same, John of 
 Blare, Hugh of Blar, and others. 
 
 26. Decreet hy Rohert, Duhe of Alhany, in the dispute hetween the Com- 
 munity of Ayr and the Friars Freachers anent the Annuity of £20 
 out ofthe Mills, etc. — [25«A March 1406.J 
 
 In Dei nomine amen Anno ab incarnacione eiusdem m™° cccc™° sexto 
 mensis Marcij die xxv, pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris ac domini 
 nostri domini Benedicti divina providencia pape xiij. anno terciodecimo 
 indiccione quinta decima presente Eeverendo in Christo patre ac domino 
 domino Gilberto^ Dei gracia episcopo Aberdonensi Cancellario Scotie coram 
 magnifico et excellente principe ac domino Eoberto duce Albanie comite de 
 Fife et Menetheth locum tenente domini nostri regis in mei notarij publici et 
 testium subscriptorum presencia personaliter constituti Eeverende discretionis 
 vir Frater Eobertus de Lyrilithcv prior Fratrum Predicatorum ecclesie de 
 Katerine de Are nomine et ex parte conventus et capituli dicti loci ex parte 
 una ac providi viri Eeginaldus de Fynwik aldirmanus burgi de Are et 
 Willelmus Mgelli burgensis dicti burgi commissarij communitatis dicti 
 burgi de Are sub sigillo communi dicti burgi specialiter constituti cum 
 clausula de habitione rati ex parte altera comparuerunt fatentes se submissos 
 ad recipiendum determinationem ordinationem et decretum dicti domini 
 ducis et sui consUii super controversia et debata ortis at motis inter dictas 
 partes penes viginti libras usualis monete petitas annuatim per dictos fratres 
 a dicta communitate de elimosina domini nostri regis per firmas ipsius 
 provenientes de molendinis et burgo de Are sibi a regibus concessas ad 
 sustentationem ecclesie et domorum suarum prout in cartis suis inde confectis 
 plene continetur Qui commissarij dixerunt dictas firmas ad ipsos et com- 
 munitatem predictam pertinere ratione perpetue assedationis sibi facte ut 
 de feodo et hereditate per excellentissimum principem et metuendissimum 
 
 ^ Gilbert Greenlaw was Bishop of Aberdeen from 1390 to 1424. — Keith's Caialogue, p. 113. 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FRIARS PREACHEES OF AYE. 39 
 
 dominum nostrum dominum Eobertum tertium Dei gracia regem Scottorum 
 illustrem annuatim pro decim libris usualis monete prout in carta dicti 
 domini regis inde confecta etibidem ostensa sub suo magno sigillo plene 
 continebatur Et decretum ipsius domini ducis ratum servare temporibus 
 futuris pro perpetuo latum in premissis Super quibus visis utriusque partis 
 prefate cartis evidentiis et actis parliamenti ac earum allegationibus et 
 rationibus consideratis et mature intellectis dictus dominus dux per con- 
 siderationem sui consilij ordinavit determinavit et decrevit quod dicti com- 
 missarij et communitas reddant annuatim dictis fratribus et suis successoribus 
 in futurum dictas viginti libras petitas de primis firmis sive denariis per- 
 cipiendis aut que percipi poterunt de burgo et molendinis de Are predictis 
 per manus camerarij Scotie et ministrorum suorum qui pro tempore fuerint 
 si dictam assedationem habere voluerint et tenere Alioquin dictam asseda- 
 tionem dimittant dicti commissarij et communitas de Are et eam sursum 
 reddant domino nostro regi vel suo camerario ut inde valeat disponere sicut 
 solebat et consuevit ad cuius camerarij manus dicti fratres babeant cursum 
 ad suam pensionem petendam nisi alia interveniat concordia inter dictas 
 partes Super quibus dictus prior a me notario publico subscripto sibi publicum 
 peciit fieri instrumentum Acta fuerunt liec apud Perth in pretorio eiusdem 
 anno die mense pontificatu et indictione quibus supra presentibus potentibus 
 viris domino Johanne Forester milite deputato domini Camerarij Scotie ex 
 parte australi aque de Forth domino Willelmo Lang rectore ecclesie de 
 Erole Johanne de Crauford secretario domini nostri regis Andrea de Hawik 
 custode sigilli dicti domini mei ducis Willelmo de Camera de Abredon 
 Eoberto Broun Johanne de Leth de Perth et de Edinburch burgensibus 
 Willelmo Curour de Edinburch et aliis testibus ad premissa vocatis specialiter 
 et rogatis Et ad maiorem huius rei firmitatem noticiam et fidem dictus 
 dominus dux presens publicum instrumentum impressione sui sigilli jussit 
 communiri. 
 
 Et ego Johannes de Ochiltre Sanctiandree diocesis publicus auctoritate 
 apostolica notarius premissis confessioni submissionis determinationi 
 ordinationi et decreto dum sic fieret ut prefertur et ageretur una cum 
 memoratis testibus in presencia dictorum reverendi patris et magni- 
 fici principis presens fui eaque sic fieri vidi scivi et audivi et ea in 
 hanc publicam formam redegi cum nomine meo et subscriptione signo 
 meo solito et consueto signatam rogatus in premissorum testimonium 
 et veritatis. 
 
40 CHAETERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Teanslation. 
 
 In tlie name of God, Amen. On tlie 25th day of March in the year from 
 His Incarnation a thousand four hundred and six, the thirteenth year of the 
 pontificate of Benedict XIII. by divine providence pope, in the fifteenth in- 
 diction, there being present a reverend father in Christ, Gilbert, by the grace 
 of Grod, Lord Bishop of Aberdeen, Chancellor of Scotland, before a mighty and 
 excellent prince and lord, Eobert, Duke of Albany, Earl of Fife and Menteth, 
 lieutenant of our lord the king, in the presence of me, notary pubHc, and 
 witnesses underwritten, personally compeared a man of reverend discretion, 
 friar Eobert of Lynlithcu, prior of the Friars Preachers of the Church of St. 
 Katherine of Ayr, in name and behalf of the convent and chapter of the 
 said plaee, on the one part ; and prudent men, Eegiaald of Fynwik, alder- 
 man of the burgh of Ayr, and William Neilson, burgess of the said burgh, 
 commissioners of the community of the said burgh of Ayr, specially 
 appoiQted under the common seal of the burgh, with clause of ratihabi- 
 tion, on the other part, declaring that they were sent to receive the de- 
 termination, ordinance, and decree, of the said lord duke and his councU 
 upon a controversy and debate raised and moved between the said parties, 
 anent twenty pounds of usual money, craved yearly by the said friars 
 from the said community, of the alms of our lord the king, from his 
 rents arising from the mills and burgh of Ayr, granted by the kings, for 
 maintaining their church and houses, as in their charters thereof is more 
 fuUy contained, the which commissioners affirmed the said rents to belong 
 to them, and the community aforesaid, by reason of a perpetual tack 
 granted to them as of fee and heritage, by the most exceUent prince and 
 dread lord, our lord Eobert the Third, by the graee of God, iUustrious King 
 of Scots, for ten pounds yearly, as in the charter of the said lord the king 
 granted to them, and there shown, under his Great Seal, was more fuUy 
 contaiaed, and the decreet of the said lord duke pronounced in the premises, 
 to keep firm in aU time coming ; whereupon the charters, evidents, and acts 
 of ParUament of both the parties having been examined, and their aUega- 
 tions and reasons considiered and fuUy understood, the said lord duke, by 
 advice of his councU, ordained, determined, and decreed, that the said com- 
 missioners and community shaU pay yearly to the said friars and their suc- 
 cessors in future, the said twenty pounds, from the first rents or pence to 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 41 
 
 be received, or which they may receive from the burgh and mills of Ayr 
 aforesaid, by the hands of the Chamberlain of Scotland and his servants for 
 the time being, if they wish to have and to hold the said tack; but if 
 the said commissioners and community of Ayr shall demit the said tack 
 and surrender it to our lord the king or his chamberlain, that he may 
 dispone thereupon as he was wont, the said friars shall have recourse to the 
 hands of the chamberlain to seek their pension, unless another agreement 
 shall intervene between the said parties ; upon which things the said prior 
 craved from me, notary public underwritten, a public instrument to be made 
 to him. These things were done at Perth, in the court-house of the same, 
 the year, day, month, etc. as above, before witnesses, the noble and potent 
 men Sir John Forester, knight, depute of the Lord Chamberlain of Scotland 
 on the south side of the Forth, Sir William Lang, rector of the Church of 
 Errol, John of Craufurd, Secretary of our lord the king, Andrew of Hawick, 
 Keeper of |the Seal of the said lord duke, William of Chalmer of Aberdeen, 
 Eobert Brown, etc. Sealed with the seal of the Duke of Albany, etc. 
 
 27. Indenture between the Town of Ayr and the Friars Preachers, 
 regarding the Pension dve to the latter from the Mills of the 
 Burgh.—{20th May 1406.J 
 
 Per hoc presens scriptum indentatum cunctis pateat evidenter quod die 
 Veneris proxima ante festum Pentecostes anno Domini millesimo quadrin- 
 gentesimo sexto ex licencia magnifici et potentissimi domini nostri domini 
 Eoberti ducis Albanie comitis de Fyff et de Meneteth gubematoris regni 
 Scocie inter nobiles viros burgenses et communitatem burgi de Are ex 
 parte una et religiosum virum fratrem Eobertum de Lynlythcv priorem 
 domus Fratrum Predicatorum dicti burgi de Are et eiusdem loci conventum 
 ex parte altera super controversia et debata inter ipsos orta penes pensionem 
 suam petitam in hunc modum concordatum est videlicet quod dictus prior 
 et conventus de Are ex unanimi consensu et assensu pro se et succes- 
 soribus suis ceperunt pro perpetuo ad feodofirmam a dictis burgensibus et 
 communitate molendinum de Are de Merlyngburn et de Lochmylnburn cum 
 duabus crois in le dam molendini de Are cum multuris et eorum sequelis 
 debitis et consuetis pro decem libris usualis monete regni Scocie annuatim 
 
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42 CHARTERS OF THE FRIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 in pensionem suam imperpetuum allocandum Que molendina et le dammys 
 dicti fratres et sui successores sumptibus et expensis suis propriis supportabunt 
 edificabunt et manutenebunt pro perpetuo Et burgenses ac stallagiatores 
 dicti burgi et eorum servientes solvent pro qualibet boUa frumenti quam in 
 dictis molendinis moluerint tres denarios inperpetuum Et molendinarij 
 et eorum servientes qui pro tempore fuerint facient fidelitatem et jurabunt 
 domino nostro Eegi et ballivis burgi de Are qui pro tempore fuerint quod 
 fideles erunt in omni officio suo exercendo Insuper concordatum est inter 
 partes predictas quod dicti burgenses et eorum successores reddant annuatim 
 dictis fratribus et suis successoribus in futurum alias decem libras de primis 
 firmis sive denarijs domini nostri regis percipiendis aut que percipi pote- 
 runt de burgo de Are predicto per manus camerarij Scocie et ministrorum 
 suorum qui pro tempore fuerint prout in quodam decreto coram dicto 
 domino nostro Duce Albanie apud Perth facto et determinato et sub quodam 
 instrumento publico ibidem in plano scaccario super hoc confecto plenius 
 continetur In quorum omnium testimonium parti huius indenture penes 
 dictos priorem et conventum de Are remanenti sigillum commune dicti burgi 
 de Are pro perpetuo est appensum et alteri vero parti huius indenture penes 
 dictos burgenses et communitatem dicti burgi de Are remanenti sigillum 
 commune dicti conventus unacum sigillo dicti prioris de Are pro perpetuo 
 est appensum Et ad maiorem evidenciam et securitatem huius rei predicte 
 parti indenture penes dictos burgenses et communitatem remanenti sigiUum 
 officij vicarij generalis regni Scocie ordinis supradicti in confirmacionem 
 permissorum pro perpetuo est appensum die et anno supradictis. 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FRIAES PEEACHERS OF AYE. 43 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Indenture between " noble men," the burgesses and community of Ayr, 
 on tbe one part,. and the religious man, Friar Robert of Lynlythcu, prior of 
 the house of the Friars Preachers of the said burgh, on the other part; 
 whereby, in regard to the controversy between them about the pension 
 craved by the latter, it is agreed, by permission of Eobert Duke of Albany, 
 Governor of Scotland, that the said prior and convent, for themselves and 
 their successors, shall receive the mill of Ayr, of Merlyngburn, and of 
 Lochmylnburn, with two cruives in the mill dam of Ayr, with the multures 
 and their sequels, from the burgesses in feu-farm for ever, instead of the sum 
 of ten pounds Scots payable yearly as their pension : the Friars engaging to 
 maintain the said mills and their dams at their own expense ; the burgesses 
 and stallkeepers of the said burgh, and their servants, paying threepence for 
 each boU of corn ground by them in the said mills ; and the millers and their 
 servants shall swear to the king and the bailies of the burgh to be faithful 
 in the discharge of their office : it is further agreed that the burgesses shall 
 pay to the friars, yearly, other ten pounds, to be uplifted from the first 
 fermes of the burgh, by the hand of the Chamberlain of Scotland. Copies 
 of the indenture, sealed with their respective seals, remain in the keepiag 
 of both parties ; the copy belonging to the burgh having the seal of office 
 of the vicar-general of the Predicant Order in Scotland appended for greater 
 security. Dated the Friday before Pentecost (20th May) 1406. 
 
 28. Charter hy Friar Finlay of Alhany, Vicar-General of the Predicant 
 Order in Scotland, to Sir Henry Stephenson, chaplain, of a piece 
 of land belonging to the Friars Freachers of Ayr. — \ZOth August 
 1409.] 
 
 Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris frater Finlaus de Albania 
 vicarius generalis ordinis Fratrum Predicatorum in regno Scocie ac custos 
 conventus domus Fratrum Predicatorum de Are salutem in Domino Noveritis 
 nos cum unanimi consensu et assensu conventus domus supradicte dedisse 
 concessisse et hoc presenti scripto nostro pro nobis et successoribus nostris 
 eonfirmasse dilecto nostro et speciali domino Henrico Stephani capellano 
 
U CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 unam peciam terre nostre jacentis infra muros et clausuram domus nostre 
 de Are proximo annexe et contigue nostro cimiterio incipientem extra ab 
 angulo orti ipsius domini Henrici et sic descendendo per latus cimiterij 
 nostri usque in aquam de Are ex parte una et unam peciam sive particatam 
 terre ipsius domini Henrici ex parte altera Tenendam et habendam totam 
 predictam peciam terre cum pertinencijs predicto domino Henrico et suis 
 assignatis pro toto tempore vite ipsius domini Henrici a nobis et successori- 
 bus nostris in feodo et hereditate per ipsas metas et divisas antedictas cum 
 omnibus et singulis libertatibus commoditatibus asiamentis et iustis suis 
 pertinenciis quibuscunque ad dictam terram spectantibus seu iuste spectare 
 valentibus in futurum quovis modo libere quiete integre bonorifice bene et 
 in pace sine fraude vel dolo quibuscunque Volumus eciam quod ipsa pecia 
 terre cum pertinencijs edificijs et alijs commoditatibus quibuscunque post 
 decessum ipsius domini Henrici ad conventum de Are supradictum et 
 successores nostros libere ac pure et simpliciter revertetur In cuius rei 
 testimonium sigillum commune conventus nostri supradicti una cum sigillo 
 oflficij vicariatus antedictj in confirmacionem premissorum presentibus est 
 appensum Apud Are penultimo die mensis Augusti anno domini millesimo 
 quadringentesimo nono. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Charter by friar Finlay of Albany, Vicar-General of the order of Friars 
 Preachers in the kingdom of Scotland, and guardian of the convent of the 
 house of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, with consent of the said convent, 
 in favour of Sir Henry Stephenson, chaplain, of a piece of land lying 
 within the walls and precincts of the convent of Ayr, closely adjoining 
 the cemetery of the friars, beginning outwards, from the corner of the 
 garden of the said Sir Henry, going down by the side of the said cemetery 
 as far as to the Water of Ayr, on the one side, and a piece of land of 
 the said Sir Henry, on the other side : To be held in liferent, from the 
 granter and his successors, in fee and heritage, and to revert to the convent 
 simpliciter, after the decease of the grantee. Dated at Ayr 30th August 
 1409. 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIARS PREACHEES OF AYE. 45 
 
 29. Attestation hy the Burgesses qf Ayr, concerning the grant hy Alane of 
 
 Lawder, ofthe lands of Dalincathe, to the Friars Preachers of Ayr. 
 [AthMay 1411.] 
 
 Till all and syndry til quhais kna-wlage thir present letres sal cum the 
 burgesses and communite of the burgh of Air greting in God everlastand : 
 Sin meritable thing is til bere witnes til suthfastnes forthy we witnes that 
 a nobil and wirschipful man quhilum Alane of Lawdar gafe in perpetuale 
 almous as we understand the landis of Dallineathe till the Freris Prechouris 
 of Are for the sawle of qwhilum Alis Cambell his wyffe that liis in the hous 
 of the Freris Prechouris beforsaid and for the sawlis of all cristin for 
 continual prayeris of tha freris and for the anniversar of that Alis Cambell 
 yher be yher til be done and contenuit the qwilk anniversar we witnes alsa 
 is honestly and reverendly done in that place with speciale memore in the 
 moneth of October as is contenyt in thar martiloge In witnes of this thing 
 the commone seile of Are burch is set til thir present letres at Air the ferd 
 day of the moneth of May the yer of grace a thousand four hundreth and 
 ellewin. 
 
 30. Confirmation hy William Wallace, Lord of Cragy, of Charter hy his 
 
 hrother Sir Hugh Wallace, to the Friars Preachers, of 4 holls of 
 Oatmeal.-^2^th April 1419,] 
 
 Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Willelmus Walas dominus 
 de Cragyn salutem in Domino sempiternam Noveritis me quamdam cartam 
 karissimi fratris mei quondam domini Hugonis Walas militis domini de 
 Cragyn Fratribus Predicatoribus de Are et eorum successoribus super qua- 
 dam elemosina eis facta et concessa ut in quadam carta super hoc per ipsum 
 eis confecta plenius continetur non rasam non abolitam nec in aliqua sue 
 parte viciatam vidisse perlexisse et ad plenum intellexisse cuiusquidem 
 carte tenor sequitur de verbo in verbum et est talis Omnibus hoc scriptum 
 visuris vel audituris Hugo Walas dominus de Cragyn salutem in Domino 
 sempitemam Noveritis me caritatis intuitu ac pro salute anime mee paren- 
 tum meorum successorum et omnium fidelium defunctorum dedisse concess- 
 isse et hoc presenti scripto meo pro me et heredibus meis imperpetuum con- 
 firmasse Deo et beate Eaterine virgini et omnibus sanctis necnon priori et 
 
46 CHAETERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 conventui domus Fratrum Predicatorum de Are ibidem Deo et beate Katerine 
 servientibus et imperpetuum servituris quatuor boUas farine albe avenarum 
 ad emendacionem fabrice et sustentacionem eorundem annuatim de terris 
 meis de Cragine levandas vel pro qualibet boUa xl denarios summa totalis 
 pecunie tresdecim solidos et quatuor denarios argenti ad festum beate Kater- 
 ine virginis dicti conventus patrone sine ulteriori dilacione excepcione pro- 
 longacione renovacione quibuscunque annuatim ut predicitur predictis 
 priori et conventui solvendos Tenendas et habendas predictas quatuor boUas 
 farine albe vel defficiente farina summam predictam dictis priori et con- 
 ventui in puram et perpetuam elemosinam de me et heredibus meis sine 
 contradiccione aliquali ita libere quiete plenarie bene et in pace sicut aliqua 
 elemosina alicui conventui vel religiosis in toto regno Scocie datur sive 
 conceditur a quocunque Faciendo pro me et heredibus meis predictus prior 
 et conventus qui pro tempore fuerint anniversarium dumtaxat cum pleno 
 servicio chori tanquam pro sui ordinis confratre professo ut est moris ac 
 literas confraternitatis in forma cum recommendacione capituli sui ordinis 
 generalis ubicunque infra regnum Scocie celebrati In cuius rei testimonium 
 sigUlum meum presenti scripto meo est appensum Datum apud Are nono die 
 mensis Februarii anno Domini millesimo tricentesimo nonogesimo septimo 
 Quamquidem cartam eis factam omnibus punctis suis circumstanciis forma 
 pariter et effectu in omnibus et per omnia ut in ipsa carta continetur ego 
 Willelmus Walase antedictus approbo ratifico et pro me et heredibus meis 
 inperpetuum confirmo ita quod dictus prior conventus et eorum successores 
 qui pro tempore fuerint dicant et orent pro me in anniversario dicti fratris 
 mei commemoracionem et coUectam specialem In cuius rei testimonium 
 sigillum meum presentibus est appensum apud Cragyn in festo beate 
 Katerine virginis anno Domini millesimo cccc™ nono decimo. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Charter of confirmation by WiUiam WaUace, lord of Cragy, ratifylno- 
 charter by his deceased brother Sir Hugh WaUace of Cragy, granting to 
 the prior and convent of Friars Preachers of Ayr four boUs of white oat- 
 meal yearly from the lands of Cragy, for the repair of the fabric of the 
 convent and the sustenance of the friars, or, faihng the meal, the sum of 
 forty pence for each boU, the sum total being 13s. 4d., payable at the feast 
 of St. Katherine the virgin, patroness of the said convent, in perpetual abns 
 
CHARTERS OF THE FRIAES PREACHERS OF AYR. 47 
 
 for one anniversary to be said for the granter and liis heirs, with fuU service 
 of the choir, as for a professed brother of the order, and letters of confrater- 
 nity in form, with recommendation of the chapter of the general of their 
 order, wherever held in. the kingdom of Scotland. The charter is dated 
 at Ayr 9th February 1397-8. The confirmation, requiring only that the 
 prior and convent shall say and pray a commemoration and special eoUect 
 for the said William Wallace on the anniversary of his said brother, is 
 dated at Ayr (April 29) 1419, 
 
 31. Charter hy Adam of Boure to the Friars Preachers of Ayr, of an 
 Annualrent of Four ShilUngs. — [28th July 1423.] 
 
 Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Adam de Boure burgensis 
 de Are salutem iu Domino sempitemam Noveritis me caritatis intuitu ac pro 
 salute anime mee et anime Elene uxoris mee parentum meorum et omnium 
 fidelium defunctorum dedisse concessisse et hoc presenti scripto meo post 
 decessum meum imperpetuum confirmasse Deo beate Katerine et omnibus 
 sanctis necnon priori et conventui domus Fratrum Predicatorum de Are 
 ibidem Deo et beate Katerine servientibus et imperpetuum servituris unum 
 annualem redditum [de quatuor solidis] post decessum meum levandum de 
 ima venella iacente inter terram Thome Hakate ex una parte et terram 
 Johannis de Montogomorry ex altera parte ad festum Pentecostes et 
 sancti Martini in yeme per equales porciones Tenendos et habendos 
 predictos quatuor solidos post decessum meum dictis priori et conventui 
 in puram et perpetuam elemosinam de me et heredibus meis sine contra- 
 dictione aliquali ita libere quiete plenarie bene et in pace sicut aUqua 
 elemosina alicui conventui in toto regno Scotie datur sive conceditur a 
 quocunque Faciendo pro me et pro dicta Elena uxore mea dictus prior et 
 conventus qui pro tempore fuerint anniversarium dumtaxat cum pleno 
 servicio chori in crastino post festum sancti Dionisij tanquam pro sui ordinis 
 confratre professo. In cuius rei testimonium sigillum meum presentibus 
 est appensum et pro maiore securitate sigillum nobilis viri Johannis Blare 
 domini de Adamtoun cum instancia apponendum procuravi. Datum apud 
 Are vicesimo octavo die mensis Julij anno Domini millesimo quadringen- 
 tesimo vicesimo tercio. 
 
48 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Charter by Adam of Boure, burgess of Ayr, in favour of the convent of 
 the Friars Preachers, of an annual rent of four shillings, to be taken after 
 bis decease, from a vennel Ijvag between the land of Thomas Halkate on 
 the one side, and that of John of Montgom.ery on the other ; to be held 
 in pure alms for the weal of the granter's soul, the souls of EUen his wife, 
 his parents, and all the faithful dead ; the prior and convent performing 
 therefor an anniversary with full service of choir on the morrow after the 
 feast of St. Dionysius, as for a professed brother of their order. Sealed 
 with the seal of the granter, who for greater security also "procured 
 with instance," the seal of " a noble man," John Blair of Adamton, to be 
 appended, at Ayr 28th July 1423. 
 
 32. Tack hy James qf Cathcart of M'Carbriston, to Alan Quhit, of a half 
 Tenement in Ayr. — \^th May 1438.] 
 
 Til al men that this present charter sal se or here, James of Cathkert 
 lord of M'Carbriston -^ gretjmg in God evirlastande, wittis me til hafe giflEyn 
 and grantit, and be thir my present lettres in feferme til hafe set and lattyn, 
 and for evirmar til hafe confermit til Alane Quhit burges of Are and til his 
 airis and til his assingnez al and hale the ta halfe of the tenement with the 
 pertinentis that was quhilom schir Robert Adeson as it is and was be hym 
 departit and biggit, lyand betuex the tenement of Johne M'Carr burgis of 
 Are on the west part and the tothir part of the samyn forsaide tenement the 
 quhilk is Alan Colt on the south part, for fourten schillyngis and ix d. of 
 annualerent yerely to be payit to me and to myn airis and to myn assingnez 
 and XV d. to the Freris Prechouris of Are and thre halfe peneis of borow male 
 yerly for evirmair be the said Alan and his airis and assingnez, at twa usuale 
 termys of the yeir that is to to say Witsonday and Martymmes in wynter be 
 ewyn porciones To be haldyn and had al hale and syndre the forsaid tene- 
 ment with the pertinentis lyand in bred and lynthe as is beforsaid til the 
 forsaid Alan and til his airis and til his assingnez fra me myn aris executouris 
 and assingnez and fra al myn in fe and heritage for evirmair for the said 
 annual rentis and borow male beforwrittyn with al and syndre profitez 
 fredomez hesmentis and richtwise pertinentis til the saide halfe tenement 
 
 1 Carlireston is in the parisli of Coylton. See Nisbet, Ohit BooJc, p. 78. 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OP AYE. 49 
 
 pertenand or richtwisly mayand perten be ony maner of way in tym to cum, 
 frely halily honorably wele and in pese, he and his airis and his assingnez 
 anerly payand the said annuale rentis and borow male yerly and na mair in 
 maner and forme as is beforsaide And I the said James and myn airis til the 
 said Alan and til his airis and assingnez al and hale the forsaide halfe tene- 
 ment with the pertinentis in maner forme and in eifek as is beforsaid aganes 
 al erdly men and women as the law wil we sal warrande and mac quyt and 
 for evirmair defende be thir presentez In witnes of the quhilkis thyngis til 
 this my present charter I hafe hungyn my sele at Sondrom the saxt day of 
 the moneth of Maij the yeir of our Lorde a thousand four hundre and acht 
 and threty yere And for the mair sekirnes the sele of Patrik Hair alderman 
 of Are is procurit alsa to hynge thairat thir witnes Johne Petit bailye of 
 Are, Johne Patrikson seriande, Patrik Hare alderman, Will Boyde, Adam 
 M'Creich, Aiexander of Qulchon, Johne Litster, Alan Col, Michael Mason, 
 Gib of Askirk and mony othir. 
 
 33, Charter hy Friar Michael Gray, to the Friars Preachers of Ayr, of 
 apiece of Land there. — [llth July 1443.] 
 
 Universis sancte matris ecclesie filiis ad quorum noticiam presentes litere 
 pervenerint Frater Michael Gray generalis preceptor de sancto Anthonio 
 prope Leth infra regnum Scocie salutem in Domino Jhesu Christo Noveritis 
 nos pro salute anime nostre parentum nostrorum et benefactorum dedisse 
 concessisse et hoc presenti scripto nostro confirmasse venerabilibus viris 
 religiosis priori et conventui qui pro tempore fuerint domus Fratrum Predica- 
 torum de Are quamdam peciam terre non plene acram jacentem infra terras 
 nostras in croftis de Are in puram et liberam elymosynam in perpetuum ad 
 celebrandum anniversarium nostrum parentum nostrorum et benefactorum 
 in dicta ecclesia Fratrum Predicatorum de Are annuatim in crastino sancti 
 Johannis Baptiste per fratres conventuales quos presentes adesse contigerit 
 et hoc omnibus quorum interest seu interesse poterit in futurum notum 
 
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50 CHAKTEES OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 facimus per presentes In cuius rei testimonium sigillum nostrum presentibus 
 est appensum apud Are undecimo die mensis Julii anno Domini miUesimo 
 quadringentesimo quadragesimo tercio. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Charter by Friar Michael Gray, preceptor general of St. Anthony, near 
 Leith, in favour of the convent of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, of a piece of 
 ground, not fuUy an acre, lying in the granter's lands in the crofts of Ayr, 
 to be held in pure alms for the celebration by the friars in the church 
 at Ayr, of the anniversary of the granter, his parents and benefactors, on 
 the morrow after the feast of St. John the Baptist. Dated at Ayr, llth 
 July 1443. 
 
 34. Notarial Instrument on the attempted Distraint of the lands of Kerse 
 by the Prior ofthe Friars Preachers of Ayr. — [llth Septemher 1460.] 
 
 In Dei nomine amen Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter et sit notum quod anno ab incarnacione Domini millesimo 
 quadringentesimo sexagesimo die vero mensis Septembris undecimo indic- 
 cione octava pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris ac domini nostri 
 domini Pii divina providencia pape secundi anno tercio In mei notarii 
 publici et testium infrascriptorum presencia personaliter constitutus discretus 
 vir religiosus frater Patricius Pulty prior conventus Fratrum Predicatorum de 
 Ar personaliter accedens ad messuagium Johannis Crawfurde domini de 
 Kerse ad namandum seu namare faciendum terras de Kerse antedictas pro 
 summa quinquaginta solidorum annui redditus sibi dicto priori et conventui 
 de Ar antedicto de termino Penthecostes ultimo transacto debita et reperiens 
 super fundum terrarum de Kerse predictarum aliquas vaccas et illas secum 
 in defectu solucionis dicte summe minare seu abducere inchoavit de quibus 
 quidem vaccis Johannes M'Kee servus ut asseruit Johannis de Craufurde 
 antedicti dictum priorem spoliavit secum reducendo in presencia Johannis 
 de Craufurde antedicti quo facto dictus prior asserebat quod propter impedi- 
 mentum dicti Johannis M'Kee sibi tunc illatum suum annuum redditum 
 prout tunc habere nequiebat De et super quibus omnibus et singulis 
 premissis ut prefertur antedictus Patricius a me notario publico infrascripto 
 publicum sibi fieri peciit instrumentum seu publica instrumenta Acta fuerunt 
 hec super fundum terrarum de Kerse predictarum hora quasi undecima 
 

 
 
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CHARTERS OF THE FRIAES PEEACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 51 
 
 antemeridiem anno die mense indiccione et pontificatu quibus supra presenti- 
 bus ibidem honestis viris Jacobo FuUone burgensi burgi de Ar GUberto 
 Yssone et Johanne M'Gergour testibus ad premissa vocatis specialiter et 
 rogatis. 
 
 Et ego Johannes Ladlaw presbyter Saneti Andree diocesis publicus 
 auctoritate imperiali notarius universis omnibus et singulis premissis 
 dum sic ut premittitur (etc. in forma communi). 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Notarial Instrument narrating that Friar Patrick Pulty, prior of the 
 convent of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, went personally, in presence of 
 notary and witnesses, to the messuage of John Crawfurde, laird of Kerse, to 
 distrain the lands of Kerse for fifty shillings of yearly rent, due to the said 
 prior and convent, of the Whitsunday term last past, and finding on the 
 ground of the said lands certain cows, he began to lead them away with 
 him, in default of payment of the said sum, of which cows, John M'Kee, 
 servant, as he aflfirmed, of the aforesaid John Crawfurde, despoiled the said 
 prior, and led them back with him, in presence of John Crawfurde foresaid, 
 upon which the said prior asserted that because of the hindrance then 
 ofiered to him by the said John M'Kee, he was not able at that time to 
 obtain his rent. Done on the said lands of Kerse, about eleven o'clock 
 before noon, llth September 1460. 
 
 35. Indenture hetween the Friars Preachers and Alan Quhyt, Burgess of 
 
 Ai/r.—[l5th October 1469.] 
 
 This indenture made at Are the xv day of October the yer of our Lord 
 a thousand iiij° sexty and ix yer proportis and beris witnes in itself that 
 it ia concordyt betwex discret men frer Patrik Pulty prior of Are and the 
 convent of the samyn of the ta part and Alane Quhyt burges of the said 
 burgh of the tother part that the said prior and convent sall do and ger be 
 done yerly on the morne efter Sanc Androis day placebo and dirige wyth 
 ix lectionis as the maner is, and on the morne a mes of the requiem wyth 
 not, and ilk ane of the convent as thai ar disposyt sall say a mes God 
 willand the said prior quhatsumever he be sall fynd twa lychtis at the 
 dirige and at the mes apone the terment of the said Alane and he sall ger 
 the belman ga throu the towne and pray for the said Alane and Jonet Hill 
 
52 CHAETEES OF THE FKIARS PREACHEES OF AYR. 
 
 liis spous, for the quhilk he sall gyf tlie belman twa d. and for the doyne 
 of this the said Alane has gefyn heretabill state to the said prior and 
 convent of xiij s. and iiij d. yerly, to be tane at twa usuall termys Wytsunday 
 and Martimes be ewynly porcionys out of his tenement into the Wode gate 
 of Are betwix the tenement of Thome Smyth lyand on the ta part and 
 Alexander Cordonar of the tother part and quhenever it happinis the said 
 Alane to deces the said prior and convent sall entyr in the pament of this 
 said anwell at the next terme Witsonday or Martymes quhether it happinis, 
 and it sall be distribute to the convent to thar habitis the same day of the 
 obit efter the he mes beand done the prior quhatsumever he be of it 
 hafand twa partis the said prior sall ger the bell of the kirk solempnitly be 
 rungyne tyll dirige And all thir forsaid thyngis lelily and truly to be kepyt 
 The forsaid prior wyth the consent of the convent to the part remanand to 
 the said Alane and his efter cumaris thai haf hungyn to ther commone seill, 
 and becaus the said Alane had na seill propyr of hys awyn he has procurit 
 wyth gret instans in the Tow both befor the communyte of Ayr ther present 
 the commun sell of the burgh of Ayr to the part remanand wyth the said 
 prior and convent befor thir wytnes Alexander Otterburne that tym alder- 
 man, Alexander Hommyltoun and Eobyne Pettyt that tyme balyes, and 
 William Achinlek Johne Multerer, wyth divers otheris. 
 
 36. Confirmation hy the Vicar-General qf the Friars Preachers, of an 
 Ohligation hy the Convent of Ayr to William Young, Vicar of 
 Cragy. — [}.st Novemher 1469.] 
 
 Universis presentes litteras inspecturis frater Johannes Muyr ordinis 
 Predicatorum in regno Scocie licet immeritus vicarius generalis salutem in 
 Jhesu Salvatore nostro Noveritis quod ego sincera devocione et aflfectione 
 precipua quam venerabilis vir dominus Vilelmus Yong vicarius de Cragy ad 
 nostrum gerit ordinem et specialiter ad nostrum conventum de Ayr qui donis 
 quam plurimis ditavit eundem nos vero supra scriptus vicarius generalis 
 matura deliberacione pensata de discretorum consilio obligacionem factam 
 suprascripto domino Vilelmo de una missa cotidiana inperpetuum per 
 fratres eiusdem conventus secundum modum contentum in litteris obliga- 
 toriis dicti conventus quibus presentes annectuntur laudo approbo et ratifico 
 autorizo pariter et confirmo volens predictam obligacionem in perpetuum 
 valituram et fratres in dicto conventu futuros ut presentes obligari In 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYR, 53 
 
 cuius rei testimonium sigillum officii mei vicariatus generalis presentibus 
 est appensum apud Ayr primo die Novembris anno Domino m° quadrin- 
 gentesimo sexagessimo nono. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Confirmation by John Muyr, vicar-general, albeit unworthy, of tbe 
 Predicant order in Scotland, of an Obligation granted by the convent of Ayr 
 to Sir William Young, vicar of Cragy, to perform on his behalf a daily mass 
 for ever. The confirmation is declared to be granted in consideration of 
 the sincere devotion and special aflfection which the said Sir William bore 
 towards the said order of friars, and particularly to their convent at Ayr, 
 which he had enriched with many gifts. Dated at Ayr Ist November 1469.^ 
 
 37. Indenture hetween the Convent ofihe Friars Preachers and Matho 
 M'Nedyr, Burgess of Ayr. — [Jth Novemher 1471.] 
 
 Thir indenturis mad at Ayr the vij dai of the moneth of November in 
 the yer of God i™ cccc sewynty and a yer proportis and beris witnes in the 
 self at it is concordit betwix worthy and dyscret men frere Patrik Pulty 
 prior of Ayr and the convent of the samyn of the ta part and Matho M'Nedyr^ 
 burges of the said burcht of the tother part at the said prior and convent 
 sal do and ger do yerly the auchtane dai of November placebo and dirige 
 with ix lectionis as the manner is and on the morn a mes with not of 
 the requiem, and ilk an of the convent and thai be disposit God willand sal 
 say mes and gyf thai be nocht disposyt that dai to say on the morn the 
 prior for the tym qwatever he be sal fynd tua lychtis at the dirige and at 
 the mes on the morn on the terment of the said Mathois and ger the bell be 
 rongyn throucht the towne and pra for the said Mathois saul and Katrin 
 hys wyffis, for the qwhylk he sall gyf to the belman ij d. and ger the bellis of 
 the kyrk solemply be rongyn to the forsaid dirige And for the doing of this 
 the said Matho has gyffyn heretabyll stat to the said prior and convent of 
 xij s. of annuell rent yerly to be tane at tua usual termys of the yer that is 
 to say Witsondai and Martynmes be ewynly porcionys of his tenement in 
 the stret callit the Wodgat of Ayr betwix the mansion tenement at the said 
 Matho duellis in on the ta part and John the Eed smithtis on the tother part, 
 and of the forsaid xij s. the said Matho sal gyf yerly vj s. qwyll he leffis to syng 
 
 1 Only a small fragment of the Vicar-General's ^ He is mentioned in the OUt Book of Ayr 
 
 seal of office remains. (1848), pp. 23, 60. 
 
54 CHAETEES OF THE FEIARS PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 placebo and dirige for Katryn hys spous And qwen ever it sal happyn the 
 said Matho to dysses the said prior and convent sal enter to payment of thc 
 hal xij s. at the next term folouand Witsondai or Mertynmes qwylk at sal 
 happyn the said prior and convent than completand hail service for the 
 saulys of the said Matho and Katrin as is beforsaid, and of the forsaid xij s. 
 the ta half sal be gyffyn to the uphald of the place and the tother half to the 
 freris abytis And at al thir thyngis leilly and treuly be kep^rt the forsaid prior 
 with consent of the convent to the part remanande with the said Matho 
 and hys efter cummaris thai haf hungyn to thair common seil, and becaus 
 the said Matho had na seil propyr of hys awyn he has procuryt wyth gret 
 instance in the ToU butht the communite beand present the common seil of 
 the said burcht of Ayr to be put to the part remanande wyth the said prior 
 and convent before thir witnes Johne Multrar than alderman, Alexander of 
 Otyrburn Alan Boyman and George Qwyt than balyeis, Alexander of 
 Hamylton Huchon Hulson Eobyn Petyt and Mychell Mason,^ wyth dyvers 
 otheris dai and place befor wrytyn. 
 
 38. Charter hy Patrich Pulty, Prior ofthe Preaching Friars, to Gibbon 
 M'Callan, ofa Tenement in Ayr. — \pth March 1476.] 
 
 Tyl al and syndry quhais knawlagis this present wryt sal to cum freir 
 Patrik Pulty priour of the Freir Prechouris of the burght of Are gretyng in 
 God evirlastand Wit ye that we the foirsaid freir Patrik wyth the consent 
 and assent of our hale conwent til haf gewyn and grantit and be this our 
 present writ til haf confermyt til a worchipfuU man Gybbon M'Callan 
 inhabitant the burght of Are and til his airis and til his assignais al and 
 hale our tenement liand in the burght of Are in the Wodgate betwex the 
 tenement of AUan Boyman on the northt part and the tenement of Patrik 
 Quhyttis on the southt part togidder with four and twenty elln bf lenth on 
 the baksyde ewyn furtht fra the baksyde of his foir hous til his tail dyk 
 haldand the breid of the foir front with all profettis and pertenentis til it 
 pertenand or may pertene in tyme to cum To be haldin and had al and 
 hale the said tenement with the pertenentis foirsaid to the sade Gybbon his 
 airis and his assignais in fee and heretage for evirmair of us the said priour 
 and conwent and our successouris quhatsumevir frely quietly halely honir- 
 
 ■" Michaell Mason is mentioned in the Ohit Booh of Ayr, pp. 31, 66. 
 
CHARTERS OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 55 
 
 abilly wei] and in pece withoutyn ony revocacion or ganecallyn of us the said 
 
 priour and conwent and our successouris quhatsumevir the said Gybbon 
 
 his airis and his assignais payand of annuell rent yeirly til us the said priour 
 
 and eonwent and til our successouris quhatsmevir out of the hale gronde 
 
 foirsyde and baksyde sewyn schillyngis of gud and usuale mone of the kynryk 
 
 of Scotland at twa usuale termes of the yeir Witsonday and Mertymes in 
 
 wynter be ewynly porciownis but fraude or gyle And quhat tyme it sal 
 
 happyn, as God foirbeid it do, that the said annuel pas ouir thre termes wn- 
 
 payit til us the said priour and conwent and our successouris quhatsumevir 
 
 than the foirsaid tenement with the pertenentis sal raturn agane til us the 
 
 said priour and conwent and our successouris quhatsumeuir frely to bruk 
 
 and jois or to dispone thairapone as ples us best but ony proces of law 
 
 spirituale or temporale borow lawis or baron lawis And attour I the said 
 
 Gibbon byndis my hale tenement with the pertenentis to keip the priour 
 
 and conwent foirsaid and thair successouris and thair place of Sanct Katrine 
 
 skaithles of me myne airis and assignais and of my place as of closyne of it 
 
 to be lauchfuUy maid In witnes of the quhilk thing becaus I the said Gibbon 
 
 M'Callane had na seil propyr of myne awne I haf procurit with instans the 
 
 seil of a wyrchipfull man AUane Boyman burges of Are to this present copy 
 
 to be to hungyn at the burght of Are the fyft day of the moneth of Marche 
 
 in the yeir of God a thousand four hundreth sewynty and sex yeris befoir 
 
 thir witnes William Lathis Adam Lathis William Blak burges of the said 
 
 burght of Are Sir John M'Myleracht Master Patrik Pettyt chaplanis and 
 
 oder divers. 
 
 
 39. Indenture hetween Isabella, Lady Glammis and Kennedy, and the 
 Convent of the Friars Preachers.-^20th June 1480.] 
 
 Hec endentura facta apud Edinburgh vicesimo die mensis Junij anno 
 Domini millesimo quadringentesimo octuagesimo in se portat fideliter quod est 
 appunctuatum et finaliter concordatum inter nobUem et potentem dominam 
 
56 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Isabellam dominam Glammis et Kennydy ex parte una et priorem et conven- 
 tum religiose domus Fratrum Predicatorum burgi de Are cum consensu fratris 
 Jobannis Mure vicarij generalis dicti ordinis infra regnum Scocie nomine et 
 ex parte tocius ordinis ex parte altera in hunc modum sequentem viz. Quia 
 dicta domina Isabella dicte domui Fratrum Predicatorum ex eius conquestu 
 conferri et donari fecit in puram et perpetuam elemosinam terras sub- 
 sequentes et annuos redditus viz. duas partes terre de Kerrislande inter 
 terras dictorum Fratrum Predicatorum ex parte una et terras dominorum de 
 Dundufe et Cragcafi ex parte altera necnon duas partes terrarum de Kerris- 
 bokae infra terras domini Jobannis Holmis capeUani ex parte una et terras 
 quondam Johannis Mordathsone ex parte altera jacentes in territorio burgi 
 de Are infra vicecomitatum eiusdem Ac eciam duos solidos et octo denarios 
 usualis monete Scocie annuorum reddituum exeundorum et levandorum ad 
 duos anni terminos consuetos de terris de Strobryddyne infra terras de 
 Nethire Clowyngal et eciam alia diversa beneficia gratuita dicte domui dedit 
 et concessit dicti prior et conventus tenentur et obligantur imperpetuum ad 
 celebracionem et observacionem sufiragiorum et oracionum subsequencium 
 viz. quod decimo nono die mensis Marcij ac eciam sexto die mensis Augusti 
 annuatim quolibet dictorum dierum unum anniversarium et vigiliam 
 mortuorum cum nota ac eciam post quemlibet dictorum dierum omni anno 
 celebrabunt unum trigentale videlicet triginta missas in secreto pro animabus 
 excellentissimi principis Jacobi Scotorum regis illustrissimi et domine Mar- 
 garete regine eius consortis liberorumque eorundem antecessorum et succes- 
 sorum regum Scocie necnon pro animabus dicte IsabeUe patrisque matris eius 
 ac animabus Patricij Lyoune domini Glammis et Gilberti Kennydy domini 
 eiusdem sponsorum suorum heredum et Uberorum eorundem ac omnium fide- 
 Hum defunctorum Verum eciam dicti prior et conventus facient campanam 
 manualem dicte viUe de Are in vigiUa huiusmodi anniversariorum facere 
 pulsare exhortandum populum ut orent pro anima dicte IsabeUe et suorum 
 sponsorum predictorum et huiusmodi obsequiis intersint Insuper appunctu- 
 atum et concordatum est inter dictas partes quod dicti prior et conventus 
 infeodabunt tercium anniversarium de terris sive annuis redditibus sufiici- 
 entibus emendis annuatim post mortem dicte IsabeUe in die eius decessus 
 celebrandum pro animabus suprascriptis modo predicto et continue iUud 
 sustinebunt ex eo quod dicta IsabeUa pure et simpUciter dedit et 
 assignavit eisdem bona subscripta videUcit sex boves arabiles precium sex 
 Ubrarum quatuor celdras avenarum precium sexdecim marcarum dimidiam 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FRIAES PREACHEES OF AYE. 57 
 
 celdram ordei precium quatuor marcarum existencia in illa assedacione 
 terrarum suarum nemoris de Dalrimpyll quam nunc habet Kollandus Mak- 
 murtlie prout in literis assignacionis desuper confectis plenius continetur 
 In quibus vero si negligentes aut remissi fuerint dicti prior et conventus 
 non celebrantes dictas missas anniversaria et obsequia more prefato per 
 quadraginta dies continue nisi fuerint impediti per ignem pestilenciam 
 famem seu communem guerram tunc licebit dicte domine et eius heredibus 
 et in eorum absencia preposito ballivis et communitati burgi de Are 
 terras predictas et annuos redditus alio loco religioso ecclesie beati Johannis 
 de Are ubi melius placuerit dicte domine et eius heredibus deferre ubi dicta 
 sufiragia et oraciones possint observari modo predicto Et si huiusmodi 
 tercium anniversarium non fuerit completum et infeodatum dicta bona pro 
 eius complecione recepta dicti prior et conventus restituent absque quocun- 
 que impedimento ut provide huiusmodi annivcrsarium ad bene placitum 
 personarum predictarum in locis expedientibus compleatur ita quod dicti 
 prior et conventus et eorum successores qui pro tempore fuerint predictas 
 terras et annuos redditus minime possint levare exigere quomodolibet vel 
 requirere Et ut premissa fideliter imperpetuum observentur inviolabiliter 
 dictus prior et conventus necnon dictus vicarius nomine tocius ordinis 
 strictissima forma obligacionis sunt astricti et obligati In signum cuius parti 
 huius endenture remanenti cum dicta domina sigillum predicte domus 
 conventus de Are unacum sigUlo dicti vicarii nomine tocius ordinis est appen- 
 sum Et parti huius endenture remanenti cum dictis priore et conventu 
 sigillum dicte domine est appensum anno mense die et loco predictis coram hijs 
 testibus Johanne domino Kennydy domino Johanne Chawmyr de Gaytgarth 
 milite domrao Georgio Cambell comite de Are milite magistro Jacobo Dunbar 
 magistro Johanne Lyoune domino David Kobertsone preposito de Monybole 
 Quintino Mure de Arde et magistro Willehno Lamby cum multis alijs. 
 
58 CHARTEES OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYE. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Indenture between a noble and potent lady Isabella Lady Glammis and 
 Kennedy on tbe one part, and the prior and convent of the religious house 
 of the Friars Preachers of the burgh of Ayr, with consent of friar John Mure, 
 vicar-general of the said Order within the kingdom of Scotland, on behalf 
 of the Order, on the other part, whereby the said lady bestows upon the 
 said convent, in pure alms for ever, two parts of the lands of Kersland, 
 between the lands of the said friars on the one side, a,nd the lands of the 
 lairds of Dunduf and Cragcafy on the other : also two parts of the lands of 
 Kersholme, within the lands of Sir John Holmes, chaplain, and those of the 
 late John Mordathson, lying in the territory of the burgh of Ayr, and also 
 two shillings and eightpence Scots of yearly rents from the lands of 
 Strobryddyn, within the lands of Nether Clowyngal, and various other 
 gratuitous benefices : the said prior and convent becoming bound to celebrate 
 the suflfrages and prayers following, viz. On the 19th of March and the 6th 
 of August yearly and respectively, one anniversary and vigil of the dead with 
 note : and after each of the said days, every year, they shall celebrate one 
 trentale, or thirty masses in private, for the souls of James King of the Scots 
 and Queen Margaret his consort, their children, ancestors and successors, 
 kings of Scotland ; also for the souls of the said Isabella, and of her father 
 and mother, and of Patrick Lyoun Lord Glammis, and Gilbert Kennydy 
 lord of that Uk, her spouses, their heirs and children, and all the faithful 
 dead : Moreover, the said prior and convent shall cause the handbell of the 
 town of Ayr to be rung on the eve of the said anniversary, to exhort the 
 people to pray for the soul of Isabella, and of her spouses aforesaid, 
 and to attend their obsequies. Further, it is agreed that the prior and 
 convent shall fee a third anniversary from sufficient lands or annualrents 
 to be bought after the death of the said Isabella, to be celebrated on the 
 day of her decease, for the souls above mentioned, in the foresaid manner 
 and continually ; and shall uphold the same, inasmuch as she has given 
 and assigned to them six draught oxen, price six pounds, four chalders of 
 oats, price sixteen merks, a half chalder of barley, price four merks 
 which subjects are in that tack of her lands of the Wood of Dalrymple 
 which RoIIand Makmurthe now has ; and should the prior and convent 
 be negligent or remiss in celebrating the masses, anniversariesf" and 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FEIARS PREACHERS OF AYE. 59 
 
 obsequies, in tlie aforesaid manner, for forty days continuously, if not 
 hindered by fire, pestilence, famine, or common war, tben it sball be lawful 
 to the said lady and her heirs, and in tbeir absence, to tbe provost, bailies, 
 and community of Ayr, to give over the said lands and annuabents to 
 anotber religious place of tbe cburch of St. John of Ayr, as shall seem 
 best, where the said suflFrages and prayers may be observed in the manner 
 described ; and if the third anniversary shall not be completed, the goods 
 received for that purpose shall be restored, that it may be completed in 
 places suitable, at the pleasure of the persons aforesaid, Sealed by the 
 parties interchangeably, at Edinburgh 20th June 1480, 
 
 40, Confirmation hy John Wallace, Lord of Cragy, of a Charter hy Sir 
 Hugh Wallace, Kt, granted to the Friars Preachers. — [pth August 
 1480.] 
 
 Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Johannes Walas dominus de 
 Cragyn salutem in Domino sempiternam Noveritis me quondam cartam 
 quondam nobilis et potentis viri domini Hugonis Walas de Cragyne militis 
 predecessoris mei Fratribus Predicatoribus de Are et eorum successoribus 
 super quadam elemosina eis facta et concessa ut in quadam carta super hoc 
 per ipsum eis confecta plenius continetur non rasam non abolitam nec in 
 aliqua sue parte viciatam vidisse perlexisse et ad plenum intellexisse cuius- 
 quidem carte tenor sequitur de verbo in verbum et est talis, [Vide No, 23, 
 supra.] Quamquidem cartam eis factam in omnibus punctis suis circum- 
 stanciis forma pariter et effectu in omnibus et per omnia ut in ipsa carta 
 continetur ego Johannes Walas antedictus approbo ratifico et pro me 
 et heredibus meis imperpetuum ita quod dictus prior conventus et eorum 
 successores qui pro tempore fuerint dicant et orent pro me in anniversario 
 dicti predecessoris mei commemoracionem et coUectam specialem In cuius 
 rei testimonium sigillum meum presentibus est appensum Apud Cragyne 
 quinto die mensis Augusti anno Domini m" cccc° octogesimo. 
 
 Abstkact. 
 
 Confirmation by John Wallace, lord of Cragy, of a charter granted by 
 Sir Hugh Wallace of Cragy, Knight, his predecessor, to the Friars Preachers 
 of Ayr, of certain alms. [Vide Charter, dated 9th February 1397-8, No, 
 
60 CHAETERS OF THE FRIAES PEEACHERS OF AYE. 
 
 23, supra.'] The confirmation is granted in consideration of the friars 
 saying and praying for the granter, a special commemoration and collect, 
 on the anniversary of his said predecessor. Dated 5th August 1480. 
 
 41. Resignation hy William Nobh and his Wife, ofan Annualrent of Eight 
 Shillings, infavour ofthe Convent of the Friars Preachers of Ayr. 
 \\Mh December 1488.] 
 
 In Dei nomine amen Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter et sit notum quod anno incamacionis dominice millesimo 
 quadringentesimo octuagesimo octavo die vero mensis Decembris decima 
 tercia indiccione septima pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris ac domini 
 domini nostri Innocencij divina providencia pape octavi anno quinto in mei 
 notarij pubUci et testium subscriptorum presencia personaliter constitutus 
 Willelmus Noble ly cowpare burgensis burgi de Aire et Isobella Coupland 
 sua sponsa per deliberacionem unius denarij pure et simpliciter resignave- 
 runt et sursum reddiderunt a se et suis heredibus et assignatis in manibus 
 providj viri Ade Wischard ^ ballivi predicti burgi pro tempore octo solidos 
 annuj redditus annuatim levandos et recipiendos de suo tenemento toto et 
 integro vel de eius quacunque parte occupata pro tempore tam in fronte 
 quam in cauda cum pertinencijs jacente in dicto burgo inter pontem eiusdem 
 ex parte borealj ab una et tenementum Finlaj Inglis^ ex parte australj 
 partibus ab altera Quaquidem resignacione rite in manibus dicti ballivj ut 
 premittitur peracta sepedictus ballivus per donacionem unius denarij statum 
 dedit hereditarium et saisinam necnon et realem et corporalem possessionem 
 antedictorum octo solidorum annuj redditus annuatim ut predicitur de dicto 
 tenemento cum pertinenciis famoso viro rehgioso videlicet fratri Johannj 
 Eed priorj loci conventualis Fratrum Predicatorum Sancte Katrine dictj 
 burgj pro annuo obbitu et suffragio cum mortuorum exequijs et missa cantus 
 in crastino pro eisdem in dicta ecclesia annuatim semel celebrando Eeservato 
 tamen libero tenemento dictj annuj redditus ipsis coniunctim scilicet 
 quousque unus eorundem moriatur Et post decessum prioris eorundem 
 decedentis decetero solvendo dictum annuum redditum dicto loco imper- 
 petuum una cum onere campane solvendo per priorem et conventum pro 
 
 ^ Obit Book of Ayr, p. 60. 
 ^ This tenement was in the " Voodgait." OUt Book of Ayr, pp. 10, 48, 49. 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OP AYE. 61 
 
 tempore de dicto annuo redditu tantum Super quibus vero omnibus et 
 singulis sic premissis pecijt antedictus prior procuratorio nomine ex parte 
 dicti locj boc presens publicum instrumentum per me notarium publicum 
 subscriptum sibi fierj Acta erant hec super solum dicti tenementj hora quasi 
 viij" ante meridiem vel ea circa anno die mense indiccione et pontificatu quibus 
 supra presentibus ibidem providis viris Eoberto Clerk de Aldhaw ^ Willelmo 
 Eed^ Johanne Brisbane Thoma Cowpare et Thoma M'Gie * seriando com- 
 burgensibus dicti burgj testibus ad premissa vocatis specialiter et rogatis. 
 Et ego vero dominus Andreas M'Cormill ^ presbiter Glasguensis diocesis 
 
 publicus imperiali autoritatibus ac regali notarius (etc. in forma 
 
 communi). 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Instrument on the Eesignation by William Noble, the cooper, burgess of 
 Ayr, and Isabella Coupland his wife, in the hands of Adam Wischard, baUie 
 of Ayr, of a yearly rent of eight shUlings out of their tenement, lying 
 between the bridge of the said burgh on the north, and the tenement of 
 Finlay Inglis on the south, whereupon the said bailie, by delivery of a 
 penny, gave heritable state and sasine of the same yearly rent, to friar 
 John Eed, prior of the convent of the Friars Preachers of St. Katheriae, 
 of the said burgh, for a yearly obit and prayer, with rites of the dead, and 
 mass to be sung on the morrow, in the said chureh, to be celebrated at the 
 same time yearly, reserving the liferent of the said sum until the death of 
 one of the resigners, after which it shall be paid to the convent for ever ; 
 the burden of the bell to be paid by the said prior and convent during the 
 time of the said yearly rent only. Dated 13th December 1488. 
 
 42. Reversion hy Andrew Raperlaw, infavour ofihe Friars Preachers of 
 Ayr, ofa Half Croft of Land.—llZih April 1491.] 
 
 Be it kend till all men be thir present lettrez me Andro Eaperlaw 
 burges of the burgh of Are to be bundyn and oblist leleye and treulie be 
 the faith and treuth in my body and be thir my present lettrez of rever- 
 sioun straitly bindis and oblis me myn ayris assignais and successouris to 
 
 1 Robert Clerk, of Auldhall, was Alderman of Ayr in 1508. OhU Booh of Ayr, p. 45. 
 
 2 Probably the same person mentioned in the Obit Booh of Ayr, p. 45. 
 
 ' Both mentioned in the Obit Book of Ayr, p. IV. 
 
62 CHAKTEKS OF THE FRIAKS PKEACHEKS OF AYE. 
 
 ane venerable fader in Criste freir Johne Eede priour of Freres Predicatouris 
 of the burgh of Aire and to the convent of the sammyn and thair suc- 
 cessouris quhatsumever that nochtwithstanding that the saidis priour and 
 convent has infeft me myn ayris and assignais heretablie be charter and 
 seising in the north half of umquhUe thair croft with the pertinens the 
 quhUk hail croft extendis in baith north and south to the quantite of a 
 feilde rude and sex ellis The quhilk hail foirsaid croft with the pertinens lyis 
 betuix the berne now beand John Walkeris burges of the said burgh on 
 the ta part on the south part at the maiking of thir presentis and the commone 
 Wennell descendand to the Freir Furde on the north part and als betuix the 
 Watter of Air on the est side and the comone passage passand to the Quarell 
 of Air on the west side on the tother part Nevertheles I will and I grant 
 for me myn ayris assignais and successouris quhatsumever that geve it sall 
 happin me or thaim to sel analy gefe or wadset ony maner of annueUrent 
 out of the said half croffc til ony persone or personez quhatsumever or gef at 
 it sall happin the yeirly annuell of six schillings acht pennys of annuell for 
 the said croft to be unpait at thre termes immediatly byrunnyn togidder 
 the said priour convent and thair successouris nocht fyndand the said ground 
 strenyeable termely for the said annuell to be takin of the said half croft 
 the said priour convent and thair successouris doand thair besy cure to 
 strenye thairfor sa at the said half croft be seyn nocht plennyst as said is 
 but fraude or gile that the said half croft with the pertinentis frely raturne 
 agane in augmentacioun of divine service to the said place of Sanct 
 Katrinis of the said freris and to wse and utilite of the priour and convent 
 of the samyn for the tyme and thair successouris als frely of ony annuell or 
 ony wthir thirllage as befoir the day of myn infeftment in the samyn but 
 fraud or gile for outin ony process of the courtis of preving of waistis wardis 
 or dwyms thairupon or withoutin ony wthir process of justice spirituale or 
 temporale bot the force and strenth of this present reversion to induce and 
 inbring the saidis priour convent and thair successouris to the fuU propirte 
 and possession of the said halflf croft with the pertinens but ony clame 
 questioun or demand in contrair heirof forevermair And I and al m^ni to be 
 excludit thairfra forevermair but fraud or gile In witnes of the quhilk thing 
 to this my present Reversion my propre sele is to hungin at the said burgh 
 the xiij day of the moneth of Aprile the yeir of God J"^ iiij= ninty and ane 
 yere befor thir witnes Andro Busby alderman of the said burgh Thomas 
 
CHARTEES OF THE rRIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 63 
 
 Houlson^ balye Alexander Raith Sif Andro M'Cormyl vicar of Straton 
 William Blak Will of Preston Michel Mason and Wil Smytht with wtheris 
 divers. 
 
 43. Reversion hy John Walher, Burgess of Ayr, in favour of the Friars 
 Preachers there, ofthe Halfofa Croft of Land. — \lMh April 1491.] 
 
 Be it kend tiU all men be thir present letrez me John Walker bumes of 
 the burgh of Are to be bundyn and oblist lelely and treulye be the faith 
 and treuth in my body and be thir my present lettrez of reversioun straitlie 
 bindis and oblis me myn ayris assignais and successouris to ane venerable 
 fader in Crist freir Johne Eed priour of Freris Predicatouris of the burgh of 
 Are and to the convent of the sammyn and thair successouris quhatsumever 
 That nochtwithstandyng that the saidis priour and convent has infeft me 
 myn ayris and assignais heretablie be charter and seising in the south half 
 of wmquhylle thair crofte vyth the pertiuence the quhylk haill crofte 
 extendis in baith south and north to the quantite of a felde rude and sex 
 ellis the quhylk haill foirsaid crofte with the pertinence lyis betuyx the 
 beme now beande myne on the ta part on the south part and the tother 
 halfe of the said crofte now beand Andro Raperlawis on the north part and 
 als betuyx the Vater of Are on the est syde and the commoune passage 
 passand to the Quarrell of Are on the vest side on the tother part Neverthe- 
 les I vyll and I grant for me myn ayris assignais and successouris quhat- 
 sumever that geve it sall happyn me or thaim to sell analy gewe or wedset 
 ony maner of annuellrent out of the sayd half crofte till ony persoune or 
 personez quhatsumever or gif at it sall happyn the yerely annuell of sex 
 schyllyngis acht penneis of annuell for the said croft to be unpait at thre 
 fermes immediatly byrunnyn togydder the said priour convent and thair 
 successouris nocht fyndand the said grounde strenyeable termely for the 
 
 * Ohit Book ofAyr, pp. 20, 57. 
 
64 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 said annuell to be takin of tlie said half crofte tlie said priour convent and 
 thair successouris doand thair besy cure to strenye thairfor sa at the said 
 halfe crofte be seyn nocht plennyst as said is but fraud or gyll that the 
 said half crofte wyth the pertinentis frely raturn agane in augmentacion of 
 divyne servise to the said place of Sant Katemis of the freris forsaid and 
 to wse and utilite of the priour and convent of the sammyn for the tym and 
 thair successouris als frely of ony annuell or ony uther thirllage as befoir 
 the day of myn infeftment in the samyn but fraude or gylle for outili ony 
 proces of the courtis of prewyng of Avaystis wardis or dwmys thairupon or 
 withoutyn ony uthyr process of justice spirituale or temporale bot the force 
 and strenth of this present reversion to induce and inbryng the priour 
 convent and thair successouris to the fuU propirte and possessione of the said 
 half croft vith the pertinens but ony claim questione or demand in contrar 
 hereof for evermare and I and all myn to be excludit tharefra forevermare 
 but fraude or gyll In vytnes of the quhylk thyng to this my present 
 reversione my propire seill is to hungin at the said burgh the xiij day of 
 the moneth of Aprile the yere of God j™ iiij'^ nynty and ane yere Befor thir 
 vitnes Andro Busby alderman of the said burgh Thome Houlsone balye 
 Alexander Eaith Schir Andro M'Cormyll vicar of Stratone Vylliam Blak 
 Vyll of Prestoune Mychell Masoune and Vyll Smytht with wthir divers. 
 
 44. Eeversion hy William of Prestoun, to the Friars and Convent of Ayr, 
 of a Tenement in the said Burgh. — [7th December 1491.1 
 
 Be it kend tiU al men be thir present lettrez me William of Prestoun 
 burges of the burgh of Ayr to be bundin and oblist lelely and treuly be the 
 faith and treuth in my body and be thir my present letrez of reversion 
 bindis and oblisis me mjrn ayris assignes and successouris tUl ane venerable 
 fader in Crist freir John Eed priour of the Freris Predicatouris of the said 
 
CHARTEES OF THE FRIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 65 
 
 burgh and tlie convent of tliat ilk and to tliair successouris That nocht- 
 ■withstanding that the said priour and convent hes infeft me heretably be 
 ane charter undir thair commone sele off ane tenement with the pertinentis 
 liand in the said burgh betuix the tenement of William of Laithis on the 
 south part and the tenement of John Broun barbouris on the north part lik 
 as in the charter maid to me thairapon mair fuUelie is contenit and for sax 
 schilltiig acht pennys yeirly to be paid in annuell rent to the said place of 
 Sanct Katrinis Nevyrtheles I will and I grant and be thir my present 
 lettrez of reversioun bindis and oblis me myn ayris assignes and 
 successouris to the saidis priour convent and thair successouris that geve 
 it sall happin at Thomas Kennidy of Bargany^ or John Broun barbour 
 foirsaid or thair ayris assignais or successouris or ony vthir haiffand power 
 of thame or throwe thame optenys and recoverys be law that my said place 
 acht ane hale merke of annuell yerely to the said place of Sanct Katrinis sa 
 that thairthrow the said Johne Brovnis tenement immediatly liand to my 
 said tenement suld be fre of annuell to the said priour and Freris Predica- 
 touris and thair successouris and at that my said place suld mak the said 
 tenement of John Brownis annuell fre to the said place of Sanct Katrinis 
 yeirly but fraud or gile Than I will and I grant and be thir my present 
 lettrez bindis and oblis me myn ayris assignais and successouris to resign 
 and gef ouir purely and sempilly and frely discharge but ony obstacle or 
 demand my charter gevin to me be the said priour and convent in thair 
 handis or thair successouris quhilkis hapnys to be for the tyme The said 
 priour and convent or thair successouris for the tyme payand to me myn 
 airis or assignais at the ouir geiffing of the said charter the sowme of thretty- 
 four schillingis of usuale money of Scotland quhUkis I pait to the said priour 
 and convent to be pait in thair kirk and upon the hie altar of that ilke and 
 geve it sall happin that I myn airis assignais or successouris withaldis 
 and wil nocht frely discharge and gef ouir the said charter efter at it be 
 notourly knauin at the said hale merke of annuell beis recoverit to be yeirly 
 pait of my place in frething of baith the saidis tenementis concernyng the 
 said place of Sanct Katrinis Than I will and I grant that the charter be 
 cassat annullit and exspirit in the self and I and all myn to be excludit fra 
 clame of warandice of the same forevirmair but fraud or gile sa that it salbe 
 leiffull to the saidis priour and convent and thair successouris to use sik like 
 
 1 Eistory of the Gmnty of Ayr (1847), vol. i. p. 379. 
 K 
 
66 CHAETEKS OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 liberteis tuiching my said tenement as thaj did tlie day befoir myn infeft- 
 ment in the samyn In witnes of the quhilk thing to thiris my present 
 lettrez of reversion I have to hungin my sele at the said burgh the sewin 
 day of the moneth of December the yeir off God j"' iiij" nynty and ane yere 
 Befoir thir witnes Sir Johne Richardson person of Kyrkdale Maister Quyntin 
 Merchel Sir Andro M'Cormyl vicar of Stratoun and Finlao Goldsmytht and 
 Jok Eichardson with vthir divers. 
 
 45. Indenture hetween Sir John Chalmer of Gaitgirth, and Dame Janet 
 Hamilton, his spouse, and the Friars Preachers of Ayr. — [20^^ 
 March 1500.] 
 
 Thir Endentouris be the maner of chartir party maid at the burgh of 
 Air the twenty day of the moneth of March the yeir of God ane thousand 
 fyfe hundreth yeiris proportis and beris witnes that it is accordit and finily 
 endit betuix ane worschipfuU man Schir Johne of Chamer of Gatgirth^ 
 knycht and his airis and als Daime Jonot Hammiltoun spous to the said knycht 
 on the ta part and freir Johne Sankis priour of the place of Sanct Katrin in 
 the burgh of Air and the convent of that ilk and thair successouris of the 
 said place quhatsumevir on the todir part in maner forme and effec is eftir 
 foUowis That is to say that the said lard and Daime Jonot his foirsaid spous 
 perpetually gewis granttis and be the tenor of this present chartyr confirmeys 
 for the heile and salvacion of thair saulis in puir and perpetuall almus to 
 the said priour convent and thair successouris quhatsumever all and haile 
 thair tenement and land with the pertinence liand in the said burgh betuix 
 the foir yett and entres of the said place on the north syd on the ta part 
 and the tenement of wmquhill Andro Arinny on the sowth syd on the todir 
 part The quhilk tenement was awand befoir this present geift acht schillingis 
 of annuall to the said place of Sanct Katrine and als the bakland pertenit 
 to the foirsaid place of Sanct Katrine tho be haldin and to be had all and 
 
 ' Eobertson's Ayrshire Families, vol. iiL p. 266. This charter gives the correct name of his wife. 
 
CHARTERS OF THE FRIAES PEEACHERS OF AYR. 67 
 
 haill the said tenement with the pertinence to the saidis priour convent and 
 thair successouris quhatsumevir of the foirsaid knycht and Daime Jonot his 
 spous in puir and perpetuall almus as said is forevirmair For the quhilk 
 geift and donacion of the said land and tenement with the pertinence in 
 fre and perpetuall almus gewin as said is the foirsaid priour and convent 
 bindis and oblissis thaim lelely and trewly be the faith and trewth in thair 
 bodeis for thaim and thare successouris yeirly and perpetually to say and do 
 and syng ane obeit with dirige with nyne lectionis and als with ane mes of 
 noit in the Trinite ile of the said kirk with vdir priwat messis on the morne 
 eftir the dirige The quhilk dirige sall yeirly be don on Sanct Dionice day 
 efttr none as the maner is and the said messe apone the morn thaireftir for 
 the foirsaid knycht and Daime Jonot his spous and for the mereit and 
 salvacion of thair saulis and for the agmentacion of diwine service for thair 
 saulis and all cristin saulis yeirly and perpetually forevirmare Alsua the 
 foirsaid convent and thair successouris conventuall sall yeirly haif to 
 thair part of the said obeit of the malis firmeys or annuallis of the said 
 tenement with pertinence acht schillingis perpetually and all the laif of the 
 said tenement be resowne of the geift foirsaid to pertein to the sustentacione 
 of the said place and geif it sall happin the said priour and convent or thair 
 successouris to be negligent remis or slewthfull in the fulfiHing and 
 completing of the said obeit yeirly or perpetually in thair defalt or at the 
 leist anys evere yeir perpetually as said is Than it is accordit and finily endit 
 that the said knychtis airis quhatsumevir sall yeirly rais and uptak of the 
 said tenement with the pertinence sextein schillingis of annualbent the 
 quhilk yeirly annuall salbe distribuit be the said Schir Johneis airis to the 
 choristeris and cheplanis of Sanct Johneis kirk of the said burgh to be don 
 and sungin in the Trinite ile of Sanct Johneis kirk and with siclyke chargis 
 officis and ceremonijs as suld be don be the saidis priour convent and thair 
 successouris as is befoir expremyt for the mereit and suffrage of the said 
 knychtis saul and his foirsaid spous perpetually and like as the said knychtis 
 airis will ansueir befoir God in the distribucion of the said annuall 
 but fraud or gile The quhilk tenement with the pertinence nochtwith- 
 standing this present geift has bein resignit at the dait of these presentis in 
 Thom Taytys handis balye of the said burgh for the tym puirly and symply 
 as maner is and according to the purpos and entencion abwne writtin In 
 wittnes of the quhilk thing to the part of this chartir party remanand with the 
 
68 CHARTERS OF THE FRIAES PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 said priour and convent tlie said knyclit has to liungin Ms seyle day yeir 
 and plaee foirsaidis befor thir witnes Mastir David Lewinston person of Air 
 Huchon Wallaee of the Smethiston deyne Eobert Kennedy wicar of Penpwnt 
 Schir Andro M'Comiyll wicar of Straton and notar Andro Tenand Johne 
 Brysbane and Richard Bannochttyn with wderis divers. 
 
 46. Resignation hy Sir John Chalmers qf Gaitgirih, of a piece of Waste 
 Ground infavour ofthe Friars Preachers of Ayr, — \7th April 1501,] 
 
 In Dei nomine amen Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter quod anno incarnacionis dominice millesimo quingentesimo 
 primo die vero mensis Aprilis septimo indiccione quinta pontificatus 
 sanctissimi in Christo patris ac domini domini nostri Alexandri divina 
 providencia pape sexti anno octavo et regni Jacobi quarti regis nostri 
 illustrissimi anno decimo quarto in mei notarij publici et testium subscrip- 
 torum presencia personaliter constitutus honorabiles persone dominus 
 Johannes Chawmer de Gatgyrth miles et domina Joneta Hammyltoune eius 
 sponsa unanimj consensu et assensu accesserunt ad suam vastam peciam 
 terre jacentem in burgo de Aire inter introitum porte anterioris ad ecclesiam 
 Fratrum Predicatorum de Air ex parte boreali ex parte una et tenementum 
 quondam Andree Arcynne ex parte austraU ex parte altera et ibi totam et 
 integram peciam terre prescriptam cum pertinenciis tam in fronte quam in 
 cauda per fustis et baculi tradicionem ut moris est in manibus Thome Tayt 
 balivi de Ayr pro tempore a se et heredibus suis imperpetuum sursum 
 reddederunt pureque et simpliciter resignarunt Qua resignatione facta 
 prefatus Thomas Tayt ballivus ut predicitur statum et saisinam hereditariam 
 ac possessionem corporalem et realem per terre et lapidis tradicionem ut 
 moris [est] nomine et ex parte beate Katerine virginis fratri Johanni 
 Schankis priori de k.yx conventuj eiusdem et eorum successoribus secundum 
 formam et tenorem cuiusdam compromissi inter dictas partes desuper 
 
CHARTEES OF THE FRIARS PEEACHERS OF AYR 69 
 
 confecti salvo jure cuiuslibet imperpetuum donavit Super quibus omnibus et 
 singulis peciit prefatus frater Jobannes Scbankis prior nomine sui conventus 
 et suorum successorum a me notario publico presens fieri instrumentum Acta 
 erant hec super dictam peciam terre hora quasi decima ante meridiem vel 
 ea circa sub anno die mense indiccione pontificatu et regis regno quibus 
 [supra] presentibus ibidem discretis viris Hugone Wallace de Smytbston 
 domino Roberto Kennydy vicario de Penpunt Andrea Busby Arcbibaldo 
 Smale Andrea Tennand Thoma Dalrymple Jobanne Brisben et Nicholaio 
 EoUand cum multis aliis testibus ad premissa vocatis pariter et rogatis. 
 Et ego vero Johannes Thome presbiter Glasguensis diocesis (etc, in forma 
 communi). 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Instrument on the Eesignation by Sir John Chawmer of Gatgyrth, 
 Knight, and Lady Janet Hamylton his wife, in the hands of Thomas Tayt, 
 bailie of Ayr, of their piece of waste land lying in the burgh of Ayr, between 
 the entrance of the fore gate of the church of the Friars Preachers of Ayr on 
 the north, and the tenement of the deceased Andrew Arcynne on the south, 
 in favour of friar John Schanks prior of Ayr, iri name of the convent of 
 St. Katherine the virgin, to whom sasine was given thereof by the said 
 bailie, according to the form and tenor of a compromise between the said 
 parties. Dated 7th AprU 1501. 
 
 47. Sasine infavour ofthe Friars Preachers of a third part of Kersholmes 
 and Kerslands, etc., on resignation hy Agnes Kere. — [ISth July 1503.] 
 
 In Dei nomine amen Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter quod anno incarnacionis dominice millesimo quingentesimo 
 tercio mensis vero Julij die xiij° indiccione vj*^ pontificatus sanctissimi in 
 Christo patris ac domini domini nostri Alexandri divina providencia pape 
 vi*^ anno xij° et regni excellentissimi principis Jacobi quarti Scotorum 
 regis illustrissimi anno xvjt° in mei notarii publici ac testium subscrip- 
 torum presencia personaliter constitutus providus vir Patricius Kere unus 
 ballivorum burgi de Are pro tempore ex debita resignacione in eius mani- 
 bus per Alexandrum Cauldwell de eodem procuratorem in hac parte speci- 
 aliter constitutum Agnetis Kere vidue nomine eiusdem de terris et annuo 
 redditu infra scriptis in favorem prioris et conventus Fratrum Predicatorum 
 
70 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAKS PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 de Are prius facta accessit personaliter ad terras subscriptas primo videlicet 
 ad terras de Kerrisliolrais secundo ad terras nuncupatas Kerrisland jacentes 
 inter terras de DuphoU in territorio burgi predicti et ibidem idem predictus 
 ballivus divisim super solum cuiuslibet predictarum terrarum per terre [et] 
 lapidis donacionem statum dedit hereditarium ac sasinam tocius et integre 
 tercie partis dicte Agnetis predictarum terrarum secundum formam dicte 
 resignacionis venerabili in Christo patri fratri Johanni Schankis priori loci 
 ac conventus Fratrum Predicatorum de Are et suis successoribus necnon 
 realem et corporalem possessionem tenende et possidende salvo jure 
 cuiuslibet imperpetuum Tercio accessit idem ballivus ad terras de Stob- 
 redding et Lachlane landis cum pertinenciis jacentes inter terras de 
 Clongall^ in territorio burgi predicti et ibidem per tradicionem denarij 
 statum dedit hereditarium ac sasinam de tercia parte quatuor solidorum 
 cuiusdam annuj redditus wlgariter nuncupati Kerris annuall virtute pre- 
 dicte resignacionis de dictis terris cum pertinenciis annuatim levanda pre- 
 fato fratri Johannj Schankis priori et suis successoribus solvenda tenenda 
 et possidenda imperpetuum Super quibus omnibus et singulis peciit idem 
 sepedictus frater Johannes Schankis prior de Are pro se et suis successoribus 
 dicti loci a me notario publico subscripto sibi fierj unum et plura instrumen- 
 tum ac instrumenta Acta erant hec divisim super fundos predictarum 
 terrarum hora decima ante meridiem vel ea circa sub anno die mense in- 
 diccione pontificatu et regno regis quibus supra presentibus ibidem providis 
 viris Georgio Nesbit Johanne MTlcarde Thoma Jonsoun conburgensibus 
 dicti burgi Eoberto Eig WUlelmo Dane et Alexandro Gardnare testibus 
 ad premissa vocatis pariter et rogatis. 
 
 Et ego Patricius Law presbiter Glasguensis diocesis publicus regali 
 auctoritate notarius (etc, in forma communi). 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Instrument on the Sasine given to prior John Schanks and the convent 
 of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, by Patrick Ker, one of the bailies of 
 Ayr, of lands resigned in his hands by Alexander Cauldwell of that ilk, 
 as procurator for Agnes Kere, widow, viz. of the third part of the lands 
 of Kerrisholmes and Kerrisland, lying between the lands of Dupholl in the 
 territory of Ayr, and third part of an annualrent of four shillings, called 
 
 ' In the neighlDourhood of Ayr, now part of the estate of Carclme. 
 
CHARTEES OF THE FRIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 71 
 
 " Ker's annuall," out of tlie lands of Stobredding and Lachlane, lying 
 between the lands of Clongall, in tbe said burgh. Dated 13th July 1503. 
 
 48. Sasine, infavour ofthe Friars Preachers, oftwo Annualrents, on 
 resignation hy Thomm Kennedy. — [10^^ March 1505.] 
 
 In Dei nomine Amen : Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter quod anno incarnacionis dominice millesimo quingentesimo 
 quinto die vero mensis Marcij decimo indiccione nona pontificatus sanctis- 
 simi in Christo patris ac domini domini nostri Julij divina providencia pape 
 secundi anno tercio in mei notarii publicj et testium subscriptorum presencia 
 personaliter constitutus providus vir Thomas Kennedy non vi aut metu 
 ductus nec errore lapsus seu dolo circumventus set sua mera et spontanea 
 voluntate a se et heredibus suis per fustem et baculum ac per denarium ut 
 moris est tres solidos annui redditus annuatim levandos de tenemento 
 Martini M'Knakyll^ jacente in burgo de Are inter tenementum quondam 
 domini Jacobi Wod capellani ex parte una et tenementum Thome Dalrimple 
 ex parte altera in manibus Johannis Wischert ballivi burgi de Are pro tem- 
 pore sursum reddidit pureque ac simpliciter resignavit imperpetuum Qua 
 resignacione facta et debite recepta idem Johannis Wischert ballivus ante- 
 dictus statum et sasinam hereditariam necnon realem actualem et corporalem 
 possessionem de predictis tribus solidis annui redditus annuatim levandis de 
 dicto tenemento Martini M'Knakyll fratri Hugoni Eamsay priori Fratrum 
 Predicatorum burgi de Are nomine tocius conventus eiusdem et suis 
 successoribus per tradicionem denarij ut moris est donavit imperpetuum 
 salvo jure cuiuslibet Insuper idem Thomas Kennedy personaliter accessit 
 ad tenementum quondam domini Jacobj Wod predictum jacens in burgo 
 predicto inter tenementum GUbertj M'Mulane ex parte una et tenementum 
 prefati Martini M'KnakyU ex parte altera et ibj per fustem et baculum ac 
 denarium ut moris est sursum reddidit pureque ac simpliciter resignavit 
 imperpetuum tres solidos annuj redditus annuatim levandos de predicto 
 tenemento quondam domini Jacobi Wod a se et heredibus suis in manibus 
 predicti Johannis Wischert ballivi antedicti Qua resignacione facta pre- 
 fatus ballivus statum et sasinam hereditariam necnon realem actualem et 
 corporalem possessionem de dictis tribus solidis annuatim levandis de dicto 
 
 ^ Described as a weaver in the OUt Book of Ayr, p. 51. 
 
72 CHARTEES OF THE FRIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 tenemento quondam domini Jacobi Wod predicto fratri Hugoni Ramsay 
 priori burgj de Are nomine quo supra per tradicionem denarii ut moris est 
 donavit imperpetuum salvo jure cuiuslibet Pro quibusquidem sex solidis 
 annuatim levandis de predictis tenementis per prefatum priorem et conven- 
 tum eiusdem locj ad duos usuales anni termiiios videlicet festa Pentecostes 
 et Sanctj Martini in yeme per equales porciones obligabat se dictus prior pro 
 se conventu et suis successoribus annuatim celebrare placebo et dirige cum 
 missa obitus in crastino pro animabus quondam WilleLni Bell burgensis 
 burgi de Are et Agnetis Mwr eius sponse in crastino Sanctj Jacobi apostoli 
 Super quibus omnibus et singulis pecijt prefatus Hugo Eamsay prior ante- 
 dictus a me notario publico subscripto unum aut plura publicum seu publica 
 instrumentum ac instrumenta sibj fieri Acta erant hec super solum dictorum 
 tenementorum hora novena ante merediem aut ea circa sub anno mense die 
 indiccione et pontificatu quibus supra presentibus ibidem providis et discretis 
 viris Carolo Fullartoun de Dregarne^ Alexandro Glasfuird Willelmo Walker 
 Willebno Latbis Martino M'Knakyll et Willelmo Darroch testibus ad pre- 
 missa vocatis pariter et rogatis 
 
 Et ego Georgius Blair presbiter Glasguensis diocesis publicus imperiali 
 ac regali auctoritatibus notarius (etc, in forma communi). 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Instrument of Sasine proceeding on the resignation by Thomas Kennedy, 
 of an annuabent of three shillings, out of the tenement of Martin M'Knakyll, 
 situated in the burgh of Ayr, between the tenement of the deceased Sir James 
 Wod, chaplain, on the one part, and the tenement of Thomas Dalrimple, on 
 the other, made in the hands of John Wischert, bailie of Ayr : also of an 
 annualrent of three shillings out of the tenement of the late Sir James Wod, 
 chaplaia, situated in the said burgh, between the tenement of Gilbert 
 M'Mulane, and that of the said Martin M'Knakyll, resigned in like manner ; 
 of which subjects the said John Wischert, bailie, gave heritable state and 
 sasine to friar Hugh Eamsay, prior of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, in name 
 of the whole convent and their successors, for the yearly celebration by them 
 of placebo and dirige, with an obit mass on the morrow, for the souls of 
 the deceased WiUiam Bell, burgess of Ayr, and Agnes Mure his spouse, on 
 the morrow of St. James the Apostle ; which the said prior and convent 
 bound themselves to do. Dated lOth March 1505. 
 
 ^ Kobertson's Ayrshwe Families, vol, iii. p. 296. 
 
CHARTEES OF THE FEIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 73 
 
 49. Sasine infavourofihe Friars Preachers, ofan Annuity of Six shillings 
 and eightpence, on resignation hy Marion Curry, wife of John Lang. 
 —[mh March 1507.] 
 
 In Dei nomine Amen : Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter et sit notum quod anno incarnacionis Dominice millesimo 
 quingentesimo septimo die vero mensis Marcij nono indictione undecima 
 pontificatus sanctissunj in Christo patris ac domini domini nostri Julij 
 divina providencia pape secundi anno quarto in mej notarij publici et 
 testium subscriptorum presencia personaliter constituta provida mulier 
 Mariota Currye cum consensu et assensu Johannis Lang sui sponsi non vi 
 aut metu ducta nec errore lapsa seu dolo circumventa sed sua mera et 
 spontanea voluntate per tradicionem unius denarii sursum reddidit pureque ac 
 simpliciter resignavit iu manibus Thome Neile unius ballivorum burgi de Aire 
 pro tempore sex solidos et octo denarios annuj redditus annuatim percipien- 
 dos et levandos de toto et integro suo tenemento jaeente in dicto burgo inter 
 tenementum Jacobi Curry ex australi et tenementum quondam Alexandri 
 Campbell de Skyrrenetoune^ ex boriali partibus ab altera Quaquidem 
 resignacione facta et per prefatum ballivum debite recepta idem ballivus 
 antedictus statum et sastaam hereditariam necnon actualem possessionem 
 et corporalem de dictis sex solidis et octo denariis annui redditus annuatim 
 percipiendis et levandis de toto et integro dicto tenemento venerabili patri 
 fratri Hugonj Eamsaye priori loei et conventus Fratrum Predicatorum dicti 
 burgi nomine ecclesie conventus ac successorum eorundem pro placebo et 
 dirige annuatim celebrandis cum missa in cantu in crastino pro animabus 
 Johannis Curry patris ipsius Mariote et Elizabet Hwme eius matris per 
 tradicionem unius denarii ut moris est donavit imperpetuum salvo jure 
 cuiuslibet super quibus vero omnibus et singulis premissis peciit prefatus 
 pater prior a me notario publico subscripto unum aut plura publicum seu 
 publica instrumentum vel instrumenta sibi fierj Acta erant hec super 
 solum dicti tenementi hora tercia post meridiem vel ea circa anno mense 
 die indictione et pontificatu quibus supra presentibus ibidem Alexandro 
 Boyman Georgio Campbell Hugone Eolland conburgensibus dicti burgi 
 domino Colino Masone capellano et Kogero Schankis testibus ad premissa 
 vocatis pariter et rogatis. 
 
 Et ego vero Johannis Faire presbiter Glasguensis diocesis (etc. in fonna 
 communi). 
 
 ^ Kobertson's Ayrshire Families, vol. iii. p, 110. 
 L 
 
74 CHARTERS OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Instrument of Sasine on resignation by Marion Curry, with consent of 
 John Lang lier husband, of an annualrent of six shillings and eightpence, 
 out of her tenement in the burgh of Ayr, situated between the teneraent 
 of James Curry on the south and the tenement of the deceased Alexander 
 Campbell of Skyrrenetoune on the north, in favour of friar Hugh Eamsay, 
 prior of the convent of the Friars Preachers of the said burgh, in name of 
 the church, convent, and their successors, for a placebo and dirige, to be 
 celebrated annually, with mass in chant on the morrow, for the souls of John 
 Curry, father of the said Marion, and Elizabeth Hume her mother. Sasine 
 was given by the delivery of one penny, on the ground of the said tenement, 
 on 9th March 1507. 
 
 50. Sasine in favour of the Friars Preachers, of an Annualrent of Six 
 shillings and eightpence, for anniversary of John Craufurd, and 
 Janet Marshall his wife. — [lUh Octoher 1508.] 
 
 In Dei nomine Amen : Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter et sit notum quod anno inearnacionis Dominice miUesimo 
 quingentesimo octavo mensis vero Octobris die decimo quarto indiccione duo- 
 decima ponificatus sanctissimi in Cristo patris et domini nostrj domini Julij 
 divina providencia pape secundi anno sexto in mei notarij publicj testium- 
 que subscriptorum presencia personaliter constitutus probus vir Gavinus 
 Dabimple burgensis burgj de Aire sursum reddidit pureque ac simpliciter 
 resignavit a se et heredibus suis in manibus Alexandri Boyman baUivj 
 predicti burgi pro tempore sex solidos et octo denarios annui redditus 
 annuatim levandos et percipiendos de toto et integro tenemento Thome 
 M'Yboye jacente infra dictum burgum de Aire in via Arenosa inter tene- 
 mentum quondam Mathej Vallace de Crago ^ ex parte australj ab una 
 et tenementum Patricij Achlare ex parte boreali partibus ab altera Qua 
 resignacione facta et debite recepta idem ballivus statum contulit et 
 sasinam necnon realem actualem et corporalem possessionem totius dicti 
 annui redditus sex solidorum et octo denariorum annuatim levandorum et 
 percipiendorum de toto et integro predicto tenemento Thome M'Ylroye 
 cum pertinenciis venerabilj patrj fratrj Hugonj Eamsay priori Fratrum 
 
 ^ His name does not occur in Kobertson's account of the family. But see Act. Parl. Scot 
 vol. ii. page 237. 
 
CHARTERS OF THE FRIAES PREACHEES OF AYR. 75 
 
 Predicatorum de Aire suisque successoribus et conventualibus eiusdem loci 
 imperpetuum per tradicionem unius denarij ut moris est salvo jure cuiuslibet 
 Et hoc pro perpetuo anniversario fiendo per conventum dicti loci pro 
 animabus quondam Jobannis Craufurd et Jonete Merscbell coniugibus De et 
 super quibus omnibus et singulis premissis peciit prefatus prior pro se et 
 suo conventu unum aut plura instrumentum vel instrumenta publicum seu 
 publica sibi per me notarium publicum subscriptum inde fierj Acta erant bec 
 super solum dicti tenementi hora undecima ante meridiem vel eo circa sub 
 anno mense die indiccione et pontificatu quibus supra presentibus ibidem 
 Johanne Dabimple filio perprius Gavinj Thoma M'YL:oye Hugone Eolland 
 Willelmo Nicoll seniore et Rogero Schankis cum multis aliis testibus ad 
 premissa vocatis pariter et rogatis. 
 
 Et ego vero Jacobus Prestoune clericus Glasguensis diocesis sacra apos- 
 tolica ac regia auctoritatibus notarius publicus (etc. in forma communi). 
 
 Abstract, 
 
 Sasine, proceeding on resignation by Gavin Dabimple, burgess of Ayr, 
 in the hands of Alexander Boyman, bailie, of an annualrent of six shillings 
 and eightpence from the tenement of Thomas M'YLroye, situated in the 
 Sandgate of Ayr, between the tenement of the deceased Mathew Wallace of 
 Crago on the south, and that of Patrick Achlare on the north, in favour of 
 the friar Hugh Eamsay, prior of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, and his 
 successors, for a perpetual anniversary to be said by the convent for the 
 souls of the deceased John Craufurd and Janet Marshall his wife. Dated 
 14th October 1508. 
 
 51. InstruTnent on the Eenunciation by Thomas Layse, Friar Minor, of 
 hisfather's lands. — \_Uh February 1509.] 
 
 In Dei nomine Amen : Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter quod anno incarnacionis Dominice myllessimo quin- 
 gentessimo nono die vero mensis Fabruarii quarto indiccione decima tercia 
 pontificatus sanctissimi in Christi patris ac domini nostri domini Julij 
 divina providencia pape secundi anno quinto In mei notarii publici et 
 testium subscriptorum personaliter constituti duo religiosi germani quorum 
 unus Thomas nominatur alter vero Andreas Layse predictus eodem 
 
76 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 cognomine appellatur in refectorio Fratrum Minorum unus vero Predica- 
 torum alter vero Minorum ordinis conversus quorum senior qui Thomas 
 nominatur fatetur nuUum interesse jus aud clameam habere de certis terris 
 quondam sui patris nomine Adam Layse ex eo quod renunciavit omnes 
 terras sui patris ex eo quod est mundo mortuus et in mundanis tanquam 
 nuUus Super quibus omnibus et singulis prefatus Andreas Layse religiosus 
 Predicatorum a me notario publico subscripto sibi fieri peciit boc presens 
 publicum [instrumentum] Acta erant hec in prefato refectorio liora tercia 
 post meridiem vel eo circa sub anno die mense pontificatu et indiccione 
 quibus supra ibidem presentibus providis viris Henrico Henrisone Thoma 
 Vache cum diversis aliis. 
 
 Et ego Jacobus Samuell presbyter Sanctiandree diocesis publicus 
 auctoritate apostolica notarius (etc. in forma communi). 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Notarial instrument narrating that two religious men, bretkren, the one 
 named Thomas the other Andrew Layse, appeared in the refectory of the 
 Friars Minorsj the one being of the order of the Friars Preachers, the other 
 a convert of the Minors ; the elder, Thomas, confessed that he had no claim 
 to certain lands which belonged to his late father, Adam Layse, because he 
 renounced all his father's lands, as being dead to the world ; upon which 
 the said Andrew Layse, religious of the Friars Preachers, took instruments. 
 4th February 1509. 
 
 52. Charter by the Prior and Convent ofthe Friars Preachers, to Rolland 
 Kennedy, Burgess of Ayr, of a Tenement in the said Burgh. — \\Uh 
 May 1515.] 
 
 Tyll all and syndry quhais knawlage this present vryt sal to cum freir 
 James Yong priour of the Freiris Predicatouris of the burgh of Air greityng 
 in God evirlastand : Vit ye that we the foirsaid freir James wyth the consent 
 and assent of our hale convent to haif gewyn and grantit and be this our 
 present vrit gewis grantis and confermys to ane virschipful man Rolland 
 Kennede burges of the said burgh his airis and assignais al and hail our 
 tenement liand in the said burgh betuix the tenement beand wnquhUe 
 Eobert CampbeUis of Kylmanach on the northe part and ane tenement of 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 77 
 
 our awin on tte soutlie part wyth tlie baksyde thairto pertenand to tlie 
 kyrkyard dyke vyth all profeitis and pertenanee pertenand to it or tkat 
 may pertene in tyme to cum To be haldin and to be had al and hail the 
 said tenement vyth the pertinance to the forsaid EoUand his airis and 
 assignais in fe and heretage for evirmair of ws the said priour and convent 
 and our successouris quhatsumevir frely quietly halely honorabilly weil and 
 in peice wythoutyn ony revocacione or agane callin of ws or our successouris 
 quhatsumevir but fraud or gyle The said EoUand his airis and assignais 
 payand of annuelbent yeirely to ws the said priour and convent and our 
 successouris quhatsumevir out of the haU tenement baksyde and foirsyde 
 wyth the pertinentia fyftye schillingis of gude and usuale monye of the 
 kynryke of Scotland at twa usuale termes of the yeir vitsundaye and 
 mertimes in vinter be ewinly porcionys And.quhat tyme it 'sall happin as 
 God forbeit it do that the said annuell pas ovir thre termes unpayit to ws 
 the said priour and convent and our successouris quhatsumevir than the 
 foirsaid tenement wyth the pertinentis sal returne agane to ws the said 
 priour and convent and our successouris quhatsumevir frelye to brouk and 
 jois and dispone thairupon as plesis ws best but ony proces of law spirituale 
 or temporale bwrow lawis or baron lawis Alsua the said Eolland his airis 
 and assignais quhatsumevir sal nocht rais analy nor eyk ony annuell apon 
 the said tenement nor pertinentis thairof bot geif he or thai lyke to feft ane 
 annuell to the saidis priour and convent and thair successouris for sujffrage 
 to be doyne for his or thair predecessouris or thayme self And atour the 
 said EoUand his airis and assignais bindis the hale tetiement wyth the 
 pertinentis to keip the priour and convent foirsaid and thair successouris 
 and thair place of Sanct Katrine skathles of hym his airis and assignais of 
 his forsaid tenement as for the closing of it to be lauchfuUy maid In 
 vitnes of the quhUk thing becaus I the said EoUand had nocht ane propyr 
 seile of myn awyn I haif procurit wyth instance the seil of ane virschipfuU 
 man Patrik Ker burges of the said burgh to be hungyn to this present vryt 
 at the said burghe of Air the xiiij day pf the moneth of May in the yeir of 
 God a thousand five hundreth and fivetene yeiris. 
 
78 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAKS PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 53. Resignation by John Maknedar, and Marion Martyn his wife, of 
 certain Annualrents in favour of the Friars Preachers of Ayr. 
 [2^th September 1515.] 
 
 In Dei nomine Amen : Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter et sit notum quod anno incarnacionis Dominice millesimo 
 quingentesimo decimo quinto mensis vero Septembris die vicesimo nono 
 indiccione secunda pontificatus sanctissimi in Cristo patris et domini nostri 
 domini Leonis pape decimi anno secundo In mei notarii publici et testium 
 infrascriptorum presentia constituti Johannes Maknedar burgensis burgi de 
 Air et Mariota Martyne eius sponsa non vi aut metu ducti nec errore lapsi 
 seu dolo circumventi sed suis meris puris liberis et spontaneis voluntatibus 
 a se et beredibus suis sursum reddiderunt pureque ac simplieiter resignarunt 
 in manibus Georgei Inglis unius baUivorum burgi de Are pro tempore per 
 unius denarii traditionem ut moris est quadraginta denarios annui redditus 
 annuatim exeundi levandos et percipiendos de toto et integro suo tenemento 
 cum pertinenciis in quo ipse Jobannes nunc inbabitat tempore confectionis 
 huius presentis instrumenti jacente infra burgum de Aire inter tenementum 
 Willelmi Hewing ex parte orientali ab una et unum aliud tenementum 
 ipsius Jobannis resignantis ex parte occidentali ex parte altera Ac etiam 
 immediate idem Johannes Maknedar accessit ad suum alterum dictum 
 tenementum in quo Tbomas Thomsoun nunc inhabitat tempore confectionis 
 huius presentis instrunienti jacens in predicto burgo de Are inter prefatum 
 aliud tenementum ipsius Johannis resignantis ex parte orientali ab una et 
 tenementum Thome Layng ex parte occidentali partibus ab altera et ibidem 
 sursum reddidit pureque ac simpliciter a se et heredibus suis pro perpetuo 
 resignavit alios quadraginta denarios annui redditus annuatim exeundi 
 levandos et percipiendos de toto et integro dicto tenemento cum pertinenciis 
 in manibus dicti Georgei ballivi Quibus resignationibus factis et receptis 
 idem ballivus statum et sasinam necnon realem actualem et corporalem 
 possessionem predictorum duorum annuorum reddituum quadraginta 
 denariorum et quadraginta denariorum exeundorum levandorum et per- 
 solvendorum de totis et integris prefatis duobus tenementis cum pertinenciis 
 circumspecto religioso viro fratri Jacobo Young priori loci Fratrum Predica- 
 torum de Are et conventualibus eiusdem loci suisque successoribus per 
 denarii tradicionem ut moris est donavit imperpetuum Et hoc pro perpetuo 
 
CHARTEES OF THE FRIAES PEEACHERS OF AYR. 79 
 
 anniversario annuatim celebraturo per priorem et conventum dicti loci pro 
 animabus predictorum eoniugum die primi obitus eorundem De et super 
 quibus omnibus et singulis premissis dictus prior petiit a me notario publico 
 subscripto unum aut plura sibi fieri instrumentum ac instrumenta Acta erant 
 hec super solo prefatorum tenementorum hora decima ante meridiem vel 
 eo circa sub anno die mense indiccione et pontificatu quibus supra presenti- 
 bus ibidem Jacobo Thomsoun Andrea Tennand Thoma Thomsoun Eoberto 
 Androu et Willelmo Arthur cum multis aliis testibus ad premissa vocatis 
 pariter et rogatis. 
 
 Et ego vero Jacobus Prestoun clericus Glasguensis diocesis sacra 
 appostolica ac regia auctoritatibus notarius publicus, etc. 
 
 Jacobtts Prestoun. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Notarial Instrument on the resignation by John Maknedar, burgess of Ayr, 
 and Marion Martyne his spouse, of an annualrent of 40 pence from the tene- 
 ment which they inhabited in the said burgh, situated between the tenement 
 of William Hewing on the east, and another tenement of the said John on 
 the west ; also of another annualrent of 40 pence from a tenement inhabited 
 by Thomas Thomson, between the foresaid other tenement of the said John 
 the resigner, on the east, and the tenement of Thomas Layng on the west, 
 in the hands of George Inglis, one of the bailies of Ayr, for sasine thereof to 
 be given by him to friar James Young, prior of the convent of Friars 
 Preachers of Ayr, which was accordingly given by delivery to the said friar 
 of one penny ; and this on condition that a perpetual anniversary should 
 be celebrated by the said prior and convent for the souls of the said spouses, 
 on the day of the death of the first of them. Dated 29th September 1515. 
 
 5.4. Scmne on Resignation hy Friar John Walker, infavour ofthe Friars 
 Preachers, of a Tenement in Ayr.—[\\th February 1515-16.] 
 
 In Dei nomine Amen : Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cuncti^ 
 pateat evidenter et sit notum quod anno incarnacionis Dominice millesimo 
 quingentesimo decimo quinto die vero mensis Februarii undecimo indictione 
 quarta pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris ac domini domini nostri 
 Leonis divina providencia pape decimi anno tercio in mei notarii publici et 
 testium subscriptorum presencia personaliter constitutus honorabilis vir 
 
80 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAKS PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Eicardus Reid unus ballivorum burgi de Air pro tempore personaliter aceessit 
 ad quoddam tenementum jacens in dicto burgo in lie Wodgait inter tene- 
 mentum Patricii Thomsone ex parte australi et tenementum Joliannis Lang 
 ex parte boriali et ibidem per deliberacionem cuiusdam famose inquisicionis 
 conburgensium dicti burgi electorum super deservitione cuiusdam brevis 
 regii mediantibus eorum juramentis erectis per religiosum virum fratrem 
 Johannem Valker conventualem loci Fratrum Predicatorum ordinis dicti burgi 
 filii et heredis quondam Jobannis Valker statum et sasinam hereditariam 
 necnon actualem possessionem et corporalem dicto fratri Johanni jure 
 hereditario patris sui dicti quondam Johannis de toto et integro predicto 
 tenemento tam in fronte quam in cauda cum pertinentiis per terre et lapidis 
 traditionem ut moris est donavit imperpetuum saluo jure cuiuslibet Qui 
 vero frater Johannes non vi aut metu ductus nec errore lapsus seu dolo 
 circumventus sed sua mera et spontanea voluntate per fustem et baculum 
 sursum reddidit pureque ac simpliciter resignavit in manibus prefati ballivi 
 totum predictum tenementum tam in fronte quam in cauda cum pertinentiis 
 Quaquidem resignatione sic facta et per dictum ballivum recepta antedictus 
 ballivus statum et sasinam hereditariam necnon actualem possessionem et 
 corporalem venerabili patri fratri Jacobo Yong priori dicti loci nomine et 
 autoritate Dei omnipotentis et gloriose virginis Katerine patrone dicti loci 
 et conventus ac successorum eorundem de toto et integro predicto tenemento 
 tam in fronte quam in cauda cum pertiuentiis per terre et lapidis tradicionem 
 ut moris est donavit imperpetuum Reservando tamen Hberum tenementum 
 ililegible.) Eankync avie ipsius fratris Johannis pro toto tempore vite sue de 
 
 toto prefato tenemento Super quibus vero omnibus et singulis sic premissis 
 peciit prefatus venerabilis pater prior a me notario publico subscripto unum 
 aut plura publicum seu publica instrumentum vel instrumenta sibi fieri Acta 
 erant hec super solum dicti tenementi hora quasi quarta post meridiem anno 
 mense die indictione et pontifieatu quibus supra presentibus ibidem Johanne 
 Feane Quintino Cunjmghame Patricio Gybsone Thoma Lang conburgensibus 
 dicti burgi et Andrea M'Cwbene testibus ad premissa vocatis pariter et 
 rogatis. 
 
 Hec est vera copia sana et integra originalis et principalis instrumenti 
 signo et subscriptione Johannis Fare notarii publici in fine roborati 
 alterius tamen manu legitime scripta et copiata nil addendo nec 
 removendo per me notarium publicum subscriptum requesta fratris 
 
CHARTERS OF THE FRIAES PREACHERS OP AYR. 81 
 
 Johannis Walker prescripti huiusmodi ad robur omni loco adhiben- 
 dum subscripsi et signavi teste manu propria verum tamen in decima 
 septima linia buiusmodi copie et principalis instrumenti habetur 
 quedam fenestra cuiusdam nominis inscribendo cuius cognominis 
 Eankin ut prescribitur ave dicti fratris Johannis aspiciendi dimit- 
 titur. 
 
 Ita est WiLLELMUs LiTSTER, notarius publicus subscripsit. 
 
 Abstract, 
 
 Instrument of Sasine proceeding on royal brieve of inquest, for the service 
 of friar John Walker, of the order of the Friars Preachers of the burgh of 
 Ajr, as son and heir of the deceased John Walker, of a tenement, fore and 
 back, of which the said friar John having received sasine, he resigned the 
 same in the hands of Eichard Eeid, one of the bailies of Ayr, who there- 
 upon gave infeftment of the said tenement to James Young, prior of the 
 convent of St. Katerine the virgin, reserving the same to Eankyne, 
 
 grandmother of the said friar John, during her lifetime. Dated llth 
 February 1515. 
 
 55. Sasine on Resignation hy Friar Andrew Lathis, infavour of the Friars 
 Preachers, of a Tenement in the Woodgate of Ayr. — [10^^ May 1518.] 
 
 In Dei nomine Amen : Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter et sit notum quod anno incarnacionis Dominice millesimo 
 quingentesimo decimo octavo die vero mensis Maii decimo indictione sexta 
 pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris ac domini domini nostri Leonis 
 divina providentia pape decimi anno sexto in mei notarii publici et testium 
 subscriptorum presencia personaliter constitutus honorabilis vir Eicardus 
 Eeid unus ballivorum burgi de Air pro tempore personaliter accessit ad 
 quoddam tenementum jacens in burgo de Air in lie Vodgait inter tenemen- 
 tum quondam Martini Bayne ex parte australi et tenementum Thome Jelle 
 ex parte boriali et ibidem per deliberacionem cuiusdam famose inquisitionis 
 conburgensium dicti burgi electorum super deservitione cuiusdem brevis 
 regii mediante eorum juramento erecto per religiosum viram fratrem 
 
 M 
 
82 CHAETEES OF THE FKIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Andream Latliis ordinis Fratrum Predicatorum filii et heredis quondam Ade 
 Lathis statum et sasinam hereditariam necnon actualem possessionem et 
 corporalem de boriali parte dicti tenementi cum posteriori parte sibi spec- 
 tante dicto fratri Andree jure hereditario per terre et lapidis tradicionem ut 
 moris est donavit imperpetuum salvo jure cuiuslibet Qui vero frater Andreas 
 non vi aut metu ductus nec errore lapsus seu dolo circumventus sed sua 
 mera et spontanea voluntate per fustem et baculum sursum reddidit pure- 
 que ac simpliciter resignavit in manibus antedicti ballivi totam suam 
 borialem partem dicti cum parte posteriori sibi spectante Quaquidem 
 resignacione sic facta et recepta prefatus ballivus statum et sasinam 
 hereditariam necnon actualem possessionem et corporalem venerabili patri 
 fratri Jacobo Yong priori loci et conventus Fratrum Predicatorum burgi de 
 Air nomine et auctoritate Dei omnipotentis et gloriose virginis Katrine 
 patrone dicti loci conventus et successorum eorundem de tota dicta boriali 
 parte dicti tenementi cum posteriori parte sibi spectante per terre et lapidis 
 traditionem ut moris est donavit imperpetuum salvo jure cuiuslibet Super 
 quibus vero omnibus et singulis sic premissis peciit prefatus pater prior a 
 me notario publico subscripto unum aut plura publicum seu publica instru- 
 mentum vel instrumenta sibi fieri Acta erant bec super solum dicti tene- 
 menti hora tercia post meridiem vel ea circa anno mense die indictione et 
 pontificatu quibus supra presentibus ibidem bonorabilibus viris Adam 
 Walles de Newtoune preposito dicti burgi pro tempore Johanne Lang 
 Johanne Fullartoune Thoma Thomsone Thoma Lang conburgensibus dicti 
 burgi et domino Willelmo Eeid capellano ac notario publico testibus ad 
 premissa vocatis pariter et rogatis, 
 
 Et ego vero Johannes Fair presbyter Glasguensis diocesis pubKcus 
 apostolica et regia auctoritatibus notarius etc. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Instrument of Sasine proceeding on resignation by friar Andrew Lathis, 
 son and heir of the deceased Adam Lathis, of a tenement in the burgh of 
 Ayr, in the Woodgate, between the tenement of the deceased Martin Bayne 
 on the south and that of Thomas Jelle on the north, in favour of the 
 convent of the Friars Preachers of Ayr, on whose behalf their prior James 
 Young received sasine thereof. Dated lOth May 1518. 
 
CHARTERS OF THE FlilARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 83 
 
 56. Notarial Copy of Brief ly Pope Leo X., for rectifying the disorders 
 committed by Churchmen against the Mendicant Friars. — \2Qth 
 June 1518.] 
 
 Leo Papa XI 
 
 Universis et singulis venerabilibus fratribus patriarcMs archiepiscopis 
 episcopis et dilectis filiis electis abbatibus prepositis ac patriarcbarum 
 arcbiepiscoporum et episcoporum in spiritualibus vicariis ubilibet con- 
 stitutis salutem et apostolicam benedictionem Exponi nobis fecerunt 
 dilecti fiKi generalis magister et priores provinciales ordinis Fratrum Pre- 
 dicatorum quod licet alias fame recolende Jobannes Papa xxij. prede- 
 cessor noster per quandam suam constitutionem que incipit Vas electionis 
 opinionem erroneam quondam Jobannis de Polliaco inter alia sentientis 
 quod fideles fratribus ordinum Mendicancium generalem licenciam a pie 
 memorie Clemente Papa v. eciam predecessore nostro per eius constitutionem 
 in concilio Viennensi editam que iticipit Dudum confessiones audiendi 
 concessam habentibus confessi tenerentur peccata per eos dictis fratribus sic 
 confessa proprio sacerdoti iterum confiteri damnaverit et deinde recolende 
 memorie Eugenius iiij. ac Mcolaus v. et Sixtus eciam iiij. similiter predeces- 
 sores nostri predictam et nonnuUas alias eiusdem Jobannis de Polliaco et 
 aliorum quorundam opiniones et asserciones eciam condemnantes man- 
 daverint contra earundem opinionum assertores vel ut contra hereticos et 
 de fide catholica suspectos debere procedi et idem Sixtus predecessor con- 
 cesserit quod si rectores parrochialium ecclesiarum sacramenta eucharistie et 
 extreme unetionis ijs qui dictis fratribus essent confessi absque alia raciona- 
 bUi causa maliciose negarent vel exhibere differrent fratres predicti Ula 
 personis quarum confessiones audivissent ea petentibus ministrare valerent 
 et quod ijdem fratres vel consanguinei eorum qui elegerint sepeliri apud 
 ecclesias fratrum Mendicantium eciam pretextu cuiuscunque consuetudinis 
 non possint compelli deferre corpora defunctorum ad parrochiales ecclesias 
 aut alia loca et cum illis vel sine illis inibi divina celebrare vel celebrari 
 facere ante vel post sepulturam eorundem prohibueritque ordinariis locorum 
 sub interdicti ingressus ecclesie et suspensionis a regimine [et] administra- 
 cione suarum ecclesiarum ac parrochialium rectoribus et aliis quibuscunque 
 sub excommunicacionis late sentencie et privacionis eorundem parrochialium 
 
84 CHARTERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYR 
 
 ecclesiarum et omnium aliorum beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum que pro tempore 
 obtinent necnon inhabilitatis ad illa et alia inposterum obtinenda eo ipso 
 per contrafacientes incurrendis penis ne eosdem fratres contra ipsorum 
 privilegia molestare presumant aut personis quibuslibet ecclesiasticis vel 
 secularibus in genere vel in specie directe vel indirecte aliquid inhibeant 
 precipiant aut alias ordinent vel statuant quominus fratres ordinis predicti 
 et illorum domus et professores privilegiis et graciis eis concessis.libere uti 
 possint Et postmodum nos in novissimo Lateranensi concilio decreverimus 
 quod peccata sua fratribus Mendicantibus huiusmodi presentatis secundum 
 Clementinam constitutionem predictam et admissis vel eciam indebite 
 recusatis confessi constitucioni que incipit Omnis utriusque sexus quo ad 
 confessionem duntaxat satisfecisse censeantur et concessionem impendendi 
 sacramenta predicta limitaverimus in eventum videlicet quod denegacio 
 sacramentorum huiusmodi sine legitima causa fieret et de iUa testimonio 
 vicinorum seu notarii publici inde rogati fide constaret necnon per quasdam 
 nostras in forma brevis literas declaraverimus audientes missas in ecclesiis 
 fratrum ordinum Mendicancium dominicis et aliis festivis diebus non 
 contempto proprio sacerdote satisfacere precepto ecclesie de audienda 
 missa nec aliquam labem peccati mortalis poenamve incurrere Ac 
 demum per alias nostras eciam in forma brevis literas omnia et singula 
 privilegia dictis fratribus concessa salvis dictis moderationibus Lateranensis 
 concilii approbaverimus et confirmaverimus ac illa cum dictis moderacioni- 
 bus eciam motu proprio innovaverimus prout in singulis constitucionibus 
 et literis predictis plenius continetur Mhilominus sicut accepimus plerique 
 ordinarii locorum et parrochalium ecclesiarum rectores in diversis mundi 
 partibus proprie salutis immemores Deique et ecclesiastice censure timore ac 
 apostolice sedis reverencia postpositis predicare et predicari facere non for- 
 midant non licere eorum parrochianis peccata sua fratribus iuxta dictam con- 
 stitucionem Clementinam presentatis sine ipsorum rectorum petita prius et 
 obtenta licencia confiteri et aliter ea confessos ad illa rursus eisdem rectoribus 
 confitenda obligatos existere quod si secus fiat eis sacramenta prefata 
 eucharistie et extreme unctionis ministrare recusant eisdemque parrochianis 
 ne prefatis fratribus confiteantur neve ad eorum ecclesias pro divinis 
 audiendis diebus predictis accedant specialiter et expresse interdicunt 
 fratres vero quorum vite subsidio fidelium elemosinis magna ex parte 
 consulitur elemosinas huiusmodi petere non permittunt sine eorum licencia 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FEIARS PEEACHEES OF AYE. 85 
 
 et diocesanorum vel eorum vicariorum literis elemosinarumque mendicatarum 
 
 medietatem sibi vendicare volunt et ne racione confessionum et celebracionum 
 
 missarum aliquas a suis parrochianis elemosinas accipiant prohibere alioquin 
 
 et ipsi rectores vel vicarii tantundem ab ipsis parrochianis extorquere 
 
 nituntur et ad prohibiciones huiusmodi observandas censuris vel ab ordinariis 
 
 locorum contra illarum transgressores passim obtentis vel propria temeritate 
 
 ad terrendum simplicem populum qui censuras timet latis utuntur cor- 
 
 poraque mortuorum qui elegerint sepeliri in ecclesiis predictorum fratrum 
 
 nonnunquam rapiunt et ad suas ecclesias deferunt ibidemque divina 
 
 celebrant ut sic oblaciones percipiant et de funeralibus ac mortuariis pro 
 
 corporibus que in ecclesiis dictorum fratrum sepeliuntur dimidiam de 
 
 omnibus autem legatis et oblationibus quartam partes contra diu observatam 
 
 consuetudinem habere contendunt Et super premissis ac plerisque aliis 
 
 varias dictis fratribus molestias inferunt ac jacturas quibus eorum quies 
 
 turbatur divinus cultus minuitur et inter Christi fideles scandala passim 
 
 oriuntur non sine divine maiestatis offensa et apostolice auctoritatis con- 
 
 temptu Quamobrem nos qui dictorum fratrum quietem et tranquillum 
 
 statum intensis desideramus affectibus ut suis laudabilibus operibus Deo 
 
 acceptiores fiant et quiecius pro delirancium emendacione ac salute apud 
 
 Deum insistere possint dictorum generalis magistri et priorum provincialium 
 
 Fratrum Predicatorum predictorum humilibus super hoc nobis porrectis 
 
 supplicacionibus inclinati vobis et cuilibet vestrum per presentes districte 
 
 precipiendo mandamus sub dictis censuris ut et vos ab eorum molestia et 
 
 omni inquietudine penitus abstineatis et quociens nomine dictorum 
 
 fratrum vel alicuius ex eorum ordinis prioribus provincialibus vel con- 
 
 ventualibus pro tempore existentibus fueritis super hoc requisiti omnes 
 
 et singulos parrochialium ecclesiarum in vestris respective civitatibus 
 
 et diocesibus existentes rectores seu vicarios ad desistendum posthac 
 
 ab huiusmodi molestiis et gravaminibus constitucionesque predictas et 
 
 dictorum fratrum privilegia eis inviolabiliter observanda sub penis et 
 
 censuris in dicti Sixti predecessoris inhibicione contentis moneatis et eis 
 
 [p]recipiatis inobedientes vero legitimis super hoc habendis processibus 
 
 censuras et penas predictas incurrisse declaretis et declaratos publice 
 
 nuncietis ac nunciari et ut tales ab omnibus arctius evitari mandetis et alia 
 
 faciatis que in premissis fuerint quomodolibet oportuna invocato eciam ad 
 
 hoc quociens opus fuerit auxilio brachij secularis Eeliquas vero personas tam 
 
86 CHAETERS OF THE FEIARS PEEACHEES OF AYR. 
 
 ecclesiasticas quam seculares cuiuseunque status aut condicionis existant 
 
 qui rectoribus parrochialium ecclesiarum in premissis contra fratres predictos 
 
 favorem auxilium vel consilium prebere presumpserint per censuras et alia 
 
 iuris oportuna remedia monicione premissa districtius arceatis et ut a talibus in 
 
 futurum caveant prohibeatis non obstantibus constitucionibus et ordinacioni- 
 
 bus apostolicis ac in sinodalibus conciliis editis statutis et consuetudinibus 
 
 juramento confirmacione apostolica vel quavis alia firmitate roboratis et 
 
 aliis que Eomani pontifices predecessores nostri prefati in suis et nos in nos- 
 
 tris literis privilegiorum graciarum et indultorum dicto ordini concessorum 
 
 volumus non obstare ceterisque contrariis quibuscunque Et quia difficile 
 
 foret presentes literas originales ad omnia loca in quibus opus esset deferri 
 
 volumus et predicta auctoritate decemimus quod earum transmnptis manu 
 
 notarii publici subscriptis et sigillo alicuius persone in dignitate ecclesiastica 
 
 constitute munitis ea fides indubia in judicio et extra ubicunque opus fuerit 
 
 adhibeatur que ipsis originalibus adhiberetur si exhibite forent vel ostense 
 
 Datum Eome apud sanctum Petrum sub annulo piscatoris die xxvj Junii 
 
 m° d° xviij° pontificatus nostri anno sexto. 
 
 P. Blendus. 
 
 Hec est vera copia principalis brevis sanctissimi in Christo patris et 
 domini nostri domini Leonis divina providencia pape decimi cum 
 suo originali in omnibus suis punctis et articulis concordans nil 
 addendo vel minuendo quod substancia rei mutaret aut sensus 
 variaret de verbo in verbum fideliter copiata et eoUacionata per me 
 Alexandrum Makneill notarium publicum sub meis signo et sub- 
 scripcione manualibus ae sigillo reverendissimi in Christo patris et 
 domini domini Jacobi miseracione divina archiepiscopi Glasguensis 
 ac cancellarii supremi domino nostri regis tocius regni Scocie ut 
 tanta fides detur huic copie quanta adhibeatur principali originali, 
 
 Alexander Makneill notarius publicus 
 ad premissa requisitus teste manu propria subscripsit. 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 87 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Notarial copy of Brief by Pope Leo the Tenth, narrating that the 
 master general and provincial priors of the Friars Preachers, having repre- 
 sented to him that albeit Pope John XXII. by his constitution beginning 
 Vas electionis, condemned the erroneous opinion of the late John de 
 PoUiaco, holding, among other errors, that the faithful were bound to confess 
 again to their own priests the sins which they had confessed to the friars 
 of the Mendicant Order, according to the general licence granted by Pope 
 Clement V., by his constitution published in the Council of Vienne, 
 beginning Dudum: and that afterwards Pope Eugenius IV., Nicholas V. 
 and Sixtus IV., also condemned the foresaid and other opinions and asser- 
 tions of the said John de PoUiaco and others, declaring they ought to be 
 proceeded against as suspected heretics from the Catholic faith; and that the 
 said Pope Sixtus granted that if rectors of parish churches maliciously 
 refused or deferred to give the sacraments of the eucharist and of extreme 
 unction to those who confessed to the said friars, without any other 
 reasonable cause, the friars might then minister these sacraments to the 
 said persons when they made request to that effect ; and that the friars, or 
 their kindred who should wish to be buried at the «hurches of the Mendi- 
 cant Friars, should not be compelled, even under pretext of any custom 
 whatever, to carry the bodies of the dead to the parish churches or other 
 places, and with or without them, thereia to celebrate, or cause to be 
 celebrated, divine service, before or after the burial of them, etc; and 
 further narrating that the said Pope Leo X. in the last Lateran Council 
 decreed that those who confessed to the Mendicant Friars in accordance 
 with the Clementine constitution be considered to have complied, as to con- 
 fession, with the constitution which begins Omnis utriusque sexus, and had 
 limited the foresaid concession as to the administration of the sacraments to 
 the case where they were refused without just cause, the fact of such refusal 
 being established by the evidence of neighbours, or of a notary public 
 thereto required; and further, that the said pope, by letters in form of brief, 
 declared that those who heard mass in the churches of the Mendicant Friars 
 on the Lord's day, and on other festival days, without despising their own 
 priest, did not incur any guilt or pain of mortal sin ; and lastly, by other 
 letters, also in form of brief, he approved and confirmed all and sundry 
 
88 CHARTERS OF THE rRIAES PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 the privileges granted to tlie said friars, saving the said decrees of the 
 Lateran Council, and had of his own accord renewed them, together with 
 the said decrees, as in the several constitutions and letters aforesaid was 
 more fuUy contained ; nevertheless, having learned that many ordinaries of 
 places and rectors of parish churches in various parts of the world, unmind- 
 ful of their own salvation and destitute of the fear of God and of ecclesi- 
 astical censure, as well as of any reverence for the apostolic see, did not 
 hesitate to preach and cause to be preached that it was unlawful for their 
 parishioncrs to confess their sins to the friars, according to the said Clemen- 
 tine constitution, unless by permission of their rectors first sought and 
 obtained, without which they should be obliged to confess over again to the 
 rectors, and this being disregarded, they refused to administer to them the 
 sacraments of the eucharist and extreme unction, and expressly interdicted 
 these parishioners from confessing to the friars, or going to their churches 
 to hear divine service on the days aforesaid, and would not permit the 
 friars to ask alms (though indeed the support of their lives is in great 
 part provided for by the alms of the faithful) without their licence, and 
 by letters of their diocesans or their vicars they wished to claim the half of 
 the alms to themselves, and forbade the friars to take any alms from their 
 parishioners on account of confessions or celebration of masses, but, on the 
 other hand, these rectors or their vicars laboured to extort the same from 
 the parishioners, and in order to make them observe their prohibitions they 
 employed censures against the transgressors thereof, obtained either from 
 the ordinaries of the places or pronounced by their own rashness, to terrify 
 the simple people who fear censures; and the bodies of the dead who 
 had chosen to be buried in the churches of the friars they oft snatched 
 away, and carried them to their own churches, and there celebrated divine 
 service, that they might receive the oflferings ; maintaining also, in the face 
 of long-established custom, that they were entitled to the half of all funeral 
 and mortuary dues in respect of bodies buried in the churches of the friars 
 and to the fourth part of all bequests and offerings ; by which things much 
 trouble and damage were inflicted on the said friars, their peace disturbed 
 divine worship diminished, and scandals raised everywhere among the faith- 
 ful of Christ, not without ofFence of the Divine Majesty and contempt of 
 apostolic authority : Wherefore, the said pope Leo, having an earnest desire 
 for the peace and tranquillity of the said friars, that they might be more 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FRIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 89 
 
 pleasing to God in their praiseworthy labours, and have greater quietness 
 to plead with God for the recovery and salvation of the erring, and moved 
 by the entreaties of the said master general and provincial priors of the 
 Friars Preachers, gave commandment to all to desist from the aforesaid dis- 
 orders, and to observe inviolably the privileges of the said friars, as often 
 as they should be required thereto, in the name of the friars, or of any of 
 their provincial or conventual priors, under pain of highest censure. Given 
 at Eome, under the Fisherman's Ring, 26th June 1518, 
 
 57. Notarial Copy of Brief hy Fope Leo ihe Tenth, addressed to the Gen- 
 eral and Friars of the Order of Freachers, regarding the observance 
 ofcertain Feast Days in places under interdict. — [23d July 1518.] 
 
 Leo Papa X^ 
 
 Dilectis filiis magistro generali et fratribus ordinis Predicatorum 
 salutem et apostolicam benedictionem Exposuit nobis venerabilis frater 
 noster Nicolaus episcopus Albanensis Sancte Eomane ecclesie cardinalis 
 vestri ordinis protector quod licet inter privilegia Fratribus ordinis 
 Minorum ab apostolica sede concessa hoc unum esse dicatur ut quociens 
 Sancti Francisci et Sancti Antonij de Padua necnon Sancti Ludovici et 
 Sancti Bonaventure ac Sancte Clare festivitates et earum octave occurrunt 
 tempore quo civitates oppida et loca in quibus huiusmodi festa celebrantur 
 ecclesiastico interdicto et apostolica auctoritate supposita sunt dictis festivi- 
 tatibus et earum octavis respective durantibus interdictum huiusmodi sus- 
 pendere et in ecclesijs domorum suarum pulsatis campanis apertis januis 
 nominatim interdictis et excommunicatis exclusis missas et alia divina 
 officia alta voce celebrari possint et omnia privilegia eidem ordini Minorum 
 et eius professoribus concessa ex eiusdem sedis benignitate sint dicto vestro 
 ordini et vobis communicata vosque tam illorum quam forsan spiritualis in- 
 dulti vobis desuper concessi vigor aut alias in aliquibus partibus in sanctorum 
 Dominici Petri Martiris Thome de Aquino et Vincencii ac Sancte Catherine 
 de Senis festivitatibus et earum octavis respective durantibus in ecclesiia 
 domorum vestrarum similiter facere consuevistis tamen quia super hoc vobis 
 eo quod de dictorum Fratrum Minorum ac specialibus vestris privilegiia 
 legitima ubique fidem sine magna impensa facere non potestis ab aliquibus 
 posset molestia vel impedimentum afFerri dictus episcopus nobis humiliter 
 supplicavit ut vobis super hoc de opportuno remedio providere ex simili 
 
90 CHAETEES OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 benignitate dignaremur Nos autem ad tantorum sanctorum merita et vene- 
 racionem debitum respectum habentes huiusmodi supplicacionibus inclinati 
 devotioni vestre ut quociens dicte festivitates Sanctorum Dominici Petri 
 Martiris Thome de Aquino et Vincencij ac Sancte Catherine Senensis et 
 earum octave quomodocunque et per translacionem celebrande occurrunt in 
 tempore quo civitates oppida et loca ecclesiastico interdicto et apostolica 
 auctoritate sunt supposita in ecclesiis domorum vestrarum et monasteriorum 
 quorum cura vestro ordini est commissa nisi ecclesie ipse vel vos nominatim 
 interdicti sitis vel causam dederitis interdicto vel causam foveatis possitis 
 pulsatis campanis apertis januis interdictis et excommunicatis exclusis alta 
 voce missas et alia divina officia diurna et nocturna in diebus festivitatum 
 earundem et octavis earum respective durantibus et si per octavas ipsas et in 
 die octavarum non nisi memoria de Sanctis ipsis fieret libere etlicite celebrare 
 auctoritate apostoliea concedimus per presentes ac volumus ut quociens dic- 
 tarum festivitatum et octavarum earundem celebraciones qualibet ex causa et 
 extra tempus interdicti transferentur et indulgencie dictas ecclesias in festivi- 
 tatibus huiusmodi et per earum octavas visitantibus pro tempore concesse ad 
 tempus celebracionis huiusmodi sint et censeantur translate quodque ad 
 effectum premissorum nuUam de indultis et privilegijs predictis fidem facere 
 teneamini sed presentes vel earum transumpta quibus manu notarij publici 
 subscriptis et sigillo alicuius in dignitate ecclesiastica constituti munitis eam 
 prorsus fidem que ipsis presentibus adhiberetur decemimus et adhibenda 
 ubique sufficiat non obstantibus constitucionibus et ordinacionibus apostolicis 
 ac in provincialibus et sinodalibus concilijs statutis et consuetudinibus 
 juramento confinnacione apostolica vel quavis alia firmitate roboratis quibus 
 omnibus illis alias in suo robore permansuris ex certa sciencia expresse 
 derogamus ceterisque contrarijs quibuscunque Datum Eome apud Sanctum 
 Petrum sub annulo piscatoris die xxiij Julij M D° xviij pontificatus nostri 
 anno sexto.^ Evangelista. C.S. 
 
 Hec est vera copia principalis litere sanctissimi in Christo patris et 
 domini nostri domini Leonis divina providencia pape decimi cum suo 
 originali in omnibus suis punctis et articulis concordans de verbo in 
 verbum fideliter copiata et coUationata per me Alexandrum Makneill 
 notarium publicum sub meis signo et subscripcione manualibus. 
 Albxander Makneil notarius publicus 
 ad premissa requisitus teste manu propria subscripsit. 
 
 ^ In tHs and the preoeding dooument tlie grammar is frequently incorrect. 
 
CHAETEKS OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 91 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Notarial copy of Brief by Pope Leo the Tenth, to thie master general 
 and friars of the Predicant order, granting to them, on the request of Nicolas, 
 bishop of Alba, cardinal protector of the said order, simHar privileges to 
 those enjoyed by the Friars Minors in regard to the observance of certain 
 feast days in towns or places under ecclesiastical interdict ; so that on the 
 feasts of St^- Dominic, Peter Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, and Vincent, and St. 
 Catherine of Siena, when they should occur in such towns or places, it should 
 be lawful to celebrate divine service in the churches of the convents of the 
 Friars Preachers, the bells being rung and the doors opened, but excluding 
 those who were personally interdicted or excommunicated. Given at Eome, 
 at St Peter's, under the ring of the Fisherman, 23d July 1518. 
 
 58. Sasine in favour of the Friars Preachers, of the Walhmill helonging 
 to Adam Wallace of Newtoun, lying in the Borowfield of Ayr. 
 — [29«^ February 1524.] 
 
 In Dei nomine Amen : Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter et sit notum quod anno incarnacionis Dominice millesimo 
 quingentesimo vicesimo quarto die vero mensis Februarij ultimo indiccione 
 decima tercia pontificatus sanctissimi in Christo patris ac domini nostri 
 domini Clementis divina providencia pape septimi anno secundo in mei 
 notarii publici et testium subscriptorum presenciis personaliter constitutus 
 Adam Wallace de Newtoun aldermannus de Aire pro tempore non vi aut 
 metu ductus nec errore lapsus seu dolo circumventus sed sua mera pura 
 libera et spontanea voluntate ac utilitateque sua prius undique visa et 
 pensata totum et integrum suum molendinum fullonatorium videhcet ly 
 Walkmyll cum pertinenciis quoad feodum eiusdem jacens infra territorium 
 dicti burgi in ly Borowfeild eiusdem Kingis Kyle et infra vicecomitatum 
 de Aire inter terras de Holmyshill ab una et aquam de Aire ab altera parti- 
 bus in manibus providi viri Ricardi Reid unius ballivorum dicti burgi de 
 Aire pro tempore unacum quadam pecia terre dicto molendino spectante et 
 pertinente et piscaria salmonum de croeis in ly myldam eiusdem per fustis 
 et baculi tradicionem ut moris est sursum reddidit pureque et simpliciter a 
 se et heredibus suis pro imperpetuo resignavit et hoc in favorem Fratrum 
 
92 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Predicatorum ecclesie sancte Katherine dicti burgi et eorum successorum 
 ac pro sasina hereditaria ipsis inde tradenda Insuper Hwgo Wallace frater 
 naturalis dicti Ade Wallace totum et integrum suum liberum tenementum 
 eiusdem molendini cum dicta pecia terre dicto molendino spectante et 
 pertinente ac piscaria salmonum de croeis in ly myldam eiusdem cum 
 omnibus et singulis suis pertinenciis jacens ut supra in manibus predicti 
 ballivj per tradicionem fustis et baculi sursum reddidit pureque et simpliciter 
 ac voluntarie resignavit imperpetuum et hoc eciam in favorem predictorum 
 Fratrum Predicatorum et eorum successorum ut supra Quibusquidem 
 resignacionibus sic factis et per prefatum ballivum debite receptis idem 
 Eicardus Reid ballivus antedictus personaliter accessit ad fundum dicti 
 molendini et ibidem vertute sui oflBcij antedicti ac tenoris dicte resignacionis 
 statum et saisinam hereditariam neenon realem actualem et corporalem 
 possessionem de toto et integro dicto molendino fuUonatorio ac pecia terre 
 predicta eodem molendino spectante et pertinente et de piscaria salmonum 
 de croeis in ly myldam eiusdem cum omnibus et singulis suis proficuis 
 emolumentis commoditatibus asiamentis ac iustis suis pertinenciis quibus- 
 cunque discreto religioso viro fratri Eoberto Prait priori dictorum Fratrum 
 Predicatorum dicte ecclesie sancte Katherine de Aire nomine tocius conventus 
 eiusdem et suis successoribus prioribus Fratrum Predicatorum dicte ecclesie 
 secundum formam et tenorem antique infeodacionis quondam Hugonis 
 Wallace patris dictorum Ade et Hugonis de huiusmodi ac eciam carte ipsis 
 tenore eiusdem desuper conficiende per massam terre et lapidis eiusdem 
 fundi tradicionem ut moris est hereditarie contulit et deliberavit imper- 
 petuum salvo jure cuiuslibet Super quibus vero omnibus et singulis sic 
 premissis prefatus prior dictorum Fratrum Predicatorum dicte ecclesie 
 nomine et ex parte tocius conventus eiusdem a me notario publico subscripto 
 sibi fieri peciit unum seu plura publicum seu publica instrumentum vel 
 instrumenta Acta erant hec infra burgum de Aire in publico vico eiusdem 
 prope dictam ecclesiam dictorum Predicatorum quoad resignaciones hora 
 quasi decima ante meridiem et hora undecima ante merediem quoad sasine 
 tradicionem aut ea circa sub anno die mense indiccione et pontificatu quibus 
 supra presentibus ibidem Alexandro Lokart Johanne Mure Andrea Tennand 
 Johanne Dalrimple Johanne Cwnyngham Alexandro Mortoun burgensibus 
 dicti burgi Alexandro Huntare molendinario et domino Eoberto Legate 
 capellano cum diversis aliis testibus ad premissa vocatis pariter et rogatis. 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHERS OF AYE. 93 
 
 Et ego vero Stephanus Prestoun clericus Glasguensis diocesis sacraque 
 auctoritate apostolica notarius publicus (etc. in forma communi). 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Instrument of Sasine proceeding on Resignation therein narrated, by 
 Adam Wallace of Newtoun, alderman of Ayr, of his Walkmill, and 
 pertinents, as to the fee of it, situated within the territory of Ayr, in the 
 Borowfeild thereof, King's Kyle, and shire of Ayr, between the lands of 
 Holmeshill on the one side, and the water of Ayr on the other, together 
 with a piece of land belonging to the said mill, and the salmon fishings of 
 the " croes," in the milldam, in favour of the Friars Preachers of the church 
 of St. Katherine of Ayr : whereupon, Hugh Wallace, brother natural of the 
 said Adam, also resigned his frank tenement of the said mill, land and 
 fishings, in favour of the said friars, in whose name Eobert Prait, the prior, 
 received sasine at the hands of Eichard Eeid, bailie of Ayr. Done in the 
 public street of Ayr, near the church of the said friars, the resignations at 
 ten and the sasine at eleven o'clock before noon, 29th February 1524. 
 
 59. Conjirmation hy King James V. of an Act of the Lords of Council, 
 regarding ihe infeflment, hy the Town of Ayr, of the Convent of 
 the Friars Preachers in their property. — [Act dated 21st Fehruary 
 1507, Gonjirmation 17 th June 1525.J 
 
 Jacobus Dei gracia rex Scottorum omnibus probis hominibus suis ad 
 quos presentes litere pervenerint salutem Sciatis nos quoddam actum sive 
 decretum per Dominos Consilii inferius descriptum datum et promulgatum 
 utique intellexisse sub hac forma At Edinburgh the xxj day of Februar the 
 yeir of God j™ v'' and vij yeris In presence of the lordis of Counsale under- 
 writtin that is to say reverend faderis in God Andro bischop of Murray 
 David bischop of Ergile noble and michtie lordis Archibald Erle of Ergile 
 David Erle of Craufurde Matho Erle of Levinax venerable faderis in God 
 Johne prior of Sanctandrois James abbot of Dunfermling thesaurar Laurence 
 Lord Oliphant Johne Lord Drummond Maister Gawyne Dunbar archidene 
 of Sanctandrois clerk of registre and Schir Williame Scot of Balwery 
 knicht comperit Johne Browne and Eobert Clerk burgessis of the toun of 
 
94 CHAETERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Air and procuratouris for the haile burgh ballies counsale and communite 
 of the samyn and thair promist thame to infeft the prior and convent of the 
 Freris Predicatouris of Are in all landis tenementis mylnis multuris and 
 annualis that thai war infeft before the recognitioun maid of thair landis in 
 the best forme and sikkerest and consentit that thai be mortifijt Extractum 
 de libro actorum per me magistrum Gawinum Dunbar archidiaconum 
 Sanctiandree clericum rotulorum registri ac consilij supremi domini nostri 
 regis sub meis signo et subscriptione manualibus Quodquidem actum sive 
 decretum ac omnia et singula in eodem contenta approbamus ratificamus 
 et per presentes ut premissum est confirmamus Datum sub testimonio 
 magni sigilli nostri apud Edinburgh decimo septimo die mensis Junij anno 
 domini millesimo quingentesimo vicesimo quinto et regni nostri duodecimo. 
 
 60. Precept for Conjirmation qf two Charters in favour of the Friars 
 Preachers, of the Lands of Crawsland and Castlehill, etc. — \20th 
 April 1527.]^ 
 
 Preceptum carte admortizationis et confirmationis fratris Eobert Prat 
 prioris Fratrum Predicatorum burgi de Are et conventus eorundem etc. super 
 duabus cartis sibi factis per prepositum ballivos burgenses et communitatem 
 burgi de Are una videlicet de quadraginta solidatis terrarum de Crawisland 
 et Castelhill jacentium in territorio dicti burgi in le Burrofeld infra liber- 
 tatem eiusdem alia vero per eosdem dictis fratribus facta de molendino 
 de Are unacum molendino de Lochmylburne cum duabus le crois piscariis 
 le salmond crois in le dam molendini de Are etc. Apud Edinburgh xx'"" 
 Aprilis anno predicto [1527]. 
 
 61. Instrument of Sasine of the Prior and Convent of the Friars 
 Preachers, in a Tenement which helonged to Alan Boyman, — [Ath 
 July 1541.J 
 
 In Dei nomine Amen : Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter quod anno incarnationis Dominice millesimo quingen- 
 tesimo quadragesimo primo mensis vero Julij die quarto indictione decima 
 
 ^ From the Kegister of the Privy Seal, Ub. vi. fol. 64, 
 
CHAETEKS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 95 
 
 quarta pontificatusque sanctissimi in Christo patris et domini nostri domini 
 Pauli divina providentia Pape tertij anno septimo in mei notarij publici et 
 testium subscriptorum presentia personaliter constitutus Quia juridice secun- 
 dum consuetudinem burgi de Aire ultra memoriam hominum omnimodo 
 laudabilem quoddam tenementum quondam Alani Boyman jacens in dicto 
 burgo inter tenementum quondam Andree Legate ab una et tenementum 
 WLllelmi Williamsoun ab altera partibus legitime vastum destitutum et ad 
 solum prostratum fuerat probatum apud acta trium curiarum capitalium 
 dicti burgi ob non solutionem octo solidorum usualis monete regni Scotie 
 annui redditus annuatim debiti de eodem Priori et conventui Fratrum Predi- 
 catorum dicti burgi Et adiudicatum fuerat idem tenementum in quarta 
 curia tenta in pretorio dicti burgi post lapsum quadraginta dierum et ulter- 
 ius a publica proclamatione eiusdem per os Johannis Boyl burgensis sectoris 
 seu judicatoris jurati in dicta curia debuisse hereditarie donari per statum 
 et saisinam premissis ex causis dictis priori et conventui imperpetuum Ideo 
 omnibus et singulis huiusmodi rite prolatis et debite ut premittitur peractis 
 premissis causis et aliis exigenciis satis congruis postquam dicta curia fuerat 
 dissoluta probus vir Stephanus Prestoun unus ballivorum dicti burgi de 
 Aire pro tempore statum et saisinam hereditariam ac possessionem corpo- 
 ralem actualem et realem totius et integri antedicti tenementi tam in fronte 
 quam in cauda cum pertinentiis fratri Johanni Litstare priori dictorum 
 fratrum petenti judicium super eodem nomine totius conventus dicti loci ad 
 perpetuam permanentiam cum dictis priore et conventu ac successoribus 
 suis tanquam patrimonium loci eorundem per terre et lapidis eiusdem fundi 
 traditionem ut moris est dedit et deliberavit imperpetuum saluo ]\xre cuius- 
 libet Super quibus vero omnibus et singulis sic premissis dictus prior a me 
 notario publico subscripto petiit instrumentum unum aut plura Acta erant 
 hec super solum dicti tenementi hora quarta post meridiem vel ea circa pre- 
 sentibus ibidem Johanne Dabunple Thoma Kennedy Johanne Kessane 
 Johanne Kennedy et Willelmo Cauldwell cum diversis aliis testibus ad pre- 
 missa vocatis pariter et rogatis. 
 
 Et ego vero Henricus Prestoun clericus Glasguensis diocesis sacra auc- 
 toritate apostolica notarius publicus, etc. 
 
96 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEAOHEES OF AYE. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Notarial instrument, narrating that, according to the altogether laudable 
 custom of the burgh of Ayr, beyond memory of man, it had been judicially 
 proved, in three head Courts of the burgh, that a certain tenement therein, 
 belonging to the late Alan Boyman, and lying between the tenement of the 
 late Andrew Legate on the one side, and that of William Williamson on 
 the other, was waste, abandoned, and thrown to the ground, on account of 
 the non-payment of eight shillings Scots of annuabent due from the same 
 to the prior and convent of the Friars Preachers of the said burgh, and 
 that it had been adjudged in a fourth Court held in the eourt-house of 
 the said burgh, after the lapse of forty days and more from the public 
 proclamation thereof, by the mouth of John Boyl, burgess, dempster sworn 
 in the said Court, that the same tenement ought to be given by state and 
 sasine, for thereasons foresaid, to the said prior and convent for ever; 
 and after these things had been lawfuUy declared and duly performed the 
 said Court was dissolved : Thereafter, Stephen Preston, one of the bailies 
 of Ayr, gave state, heritable sasine, and corporal possession of the said 
 tenement to friar John Litstare, prior of the Friars Preachers, craving 
 judgment thereupon in the name of the whole convent. Dated 4th July 
 1541. 
 
 62. Charter by the Friars Preachers to John Blair of Middle Auchindrane, 
 and his wife, of a Tenement in Ayr. — {2d June 1557.] 
 
 Omnibus hanc cartam visuris vel audituris frater Andreas Leiche prior 
 loci Fratrum Predicatorum de Air et conventus eiusdem loci salutem in 
 Domino sempiternam Noveritis nos capitulariter congregatos unanimi 
 consensu et assensu matura deliberatione prehabita utilitateque et commodo 
 nostri prefati loci previsis et consideratis unacum consensu et assensu 
 venerabilis et religiosi viri fratris Johannis Greirsoune sacre theologie 
 professoris totius nostri ordinis Fratrum Predicatorum intra regnum Scotie 
 prioris provincialis dedisse concessisse ad feudifirmam et emphiteosim 
 dimississe et hac presenti carta nostra confirmasse Necnon dare consedere 
 ad feudifirmam et emphiteosim dimittere et hac presenti carta nostra 
 
CHARTERS OF THE FRIAES PREACHERS OF AYR. 97 
 
 confirmare dilectis nostris Johanni Blair de Middel Auchindrane^ et Helene 
 Cathcart eius sponse in coniuncta infeodatione et eorum alteri diutius 
 viventi heredibusque masculis inter ipsos legittime procreatis seu pro- 
 creandis Quibus forte deficientibus uni heredi femelle et illis quod absit 
 deficientibus heredibus masculis vel uni femelle dicti Johannis quibuscunque 
 Totum et integrum tenementum nostrum ante et retro cum horto eiusdem 
 jacens infra burgum de Air in vico principali dicti burgi ex parte orientali 
 dicti vici inter tenementum Willelmi Bannatyne ex parte boreali et 
 communem portam anteriorem dieti nostri loci et transitum quo itur a 
 dicta porta ad ecclesiam et locum nostrum ex parte australi et prefatum 
 vicum ex parte occidentali et cimiterium nostrum ex parte orientali Quod- 
 quidem tenementum continet in latitudine frontis anterioris tresdecim ulnas 
 ac dimediam ulnam et in latitudine caude seu horti eiusdem undecim ulnas 
 et totum tenementum cum horto continet in longitudine quadraginta tres 
 ulnas Tenendum et habendum totum et integrum prefatum tenementum 
 prout jacet in longitudine et latitudine ut premissum est ante et retro in 
 fronte et cauda cum omnibus et singulis suis pertinenciis prefatis Johanni 
 Blair et Helene Cathcart eius sponse in coniuncta infeodatione heredibusque 
 prescriptis De nobis et successoribus nostris in feudifirma et emphiteosi 
 hereditarie imperpetuum cum omnibus et singulis libertatibus commodi- 
 tatibus proficuis et asiamentis ac iustis suis pertinenciis quibuscumque tam 
 non nominatis quam nominatis tam subtus terram quam supra terram 
 procul et prope ad predictum tenementum cum pertinenciis spectantibus 
 seu iuste spectare valentibus quomodolibet in futurum libere quiete plenarie 
 integre honorifice bene et in pace sine retinemento revocatione aut contra- 
 dictione quacumque et adeo libere sicut aliquod tenementum intra regnum 
 Scotie alicui per aliquem liberius datur conceditur seu ad feudifirmam et 
 emphiteosim dimittitur aut dari concedi aut feudifirmam et emphiteosim 
 dimitti poterit qualitercumque in futurum Reddendo inde annuatim dicti 
 Johannes et Helena eorumque alter diutius vivens heredesque eorum 
 prescripti servitium burgi debitum et consuetum et nobis et successoribus 
 nostris priori et conventui Fratrum Predicatorum de Air pro tempore 
 existentibus sex mercas usualis monete regni Scotie ad duos anni terminos 
 consuetos festa videlicet Penthecostes et sancti Martini in hyeme per equales 
 medias portiones nomine feudifirme tantum pro omni alio onere exactione 
 
 * Patersoii'8 History of the County of Ayr, vol. iL p. 358. 
 
 
98 CHARTEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 questione demanda seu servitio seciilari que de toto et integro predicto 
 tenemento cum pertinenciis per quoscunque iuste exigi poterunt quomodo- 
 libet vel requiri Proviso tamen quod predictus Johannes Blair et Helena 
 Cathcart eius sponsa eorumque heredes prescripti sic edificabunt ac manu- 
 tenebunt dictum tenementum quod esse possit semper sufiicienter dis- 
 tringibile pro prefatis sex marcis feudifirme et quod non alienabunt sive per 
 venditionem sive per donationem sive per permutationem sive per aliam 
 quamcumque speciem alienationis aliquam partem prefati tenementi sive 
 aliquem annuum redditum de predicto toto tenemento vel de eius aliqua parte 
 ut premissum est alienare Verum licebit ipsis et eorum heredibus prescriptis 
 totum ipsum tenementum de nostra tamen vel successorum nostrorum licentia 
 speciali petita et obtenta alienare hoc semper proviso quod totum ipsum tene- 
 mentum maneat integrum et non divisum et liberum ab omni alio annuo redditu 
 tam liberum quam est hodie et quod neque Johannes Helena et eorum heredes 
 prescripti sic solvant nobis et successoribus nostris prefatas sex marcas feudi- 
 firme terminatim quod si duo termini currant in tertium terminum solutione 
 non facta in hoc casu et premissis aliis casibus totum dictum tenementum 
 cum pertiaenciis libere ad nos nostrosque successores cum omnibus desuper 
 edificatis revertetur presentiumque tenore reversum esse censeatur absque 
 juris cuiuscunque ulteriori processu Et nos vero prefati frater Andreas 
 Leiche prior et conventus loci Fratrum Predicatorum de Air et successores 
 nostri totum et integrum prefatum tenementum cum pertinenciis prout 
 jacet in longitudine et latitudine prefato Johanni Blair et Helene Cathcart 
 eius sponse in coniuncta infeodatione heredibusque suis prescriptis libere et 
 quiete in omnibus et per omnia forma pariter et eff^ectu ut premissum est 
 contra omnes mortales varantizabimus acquietabimus et imperpetuum 
 defendemus In cuius rei testimonium sigillum commune dicti nostri loci 
 huic presenti carte nostre manibus nostris subscriptis est appensum Apud 
 dictum nostrum locum de Air secundo die mensis Junij anno Domini 
 millesimo quingentesimo quinquagesimo septimo Coram hiis testibus Magistro 
 Michaele Wallace Johanni Lokhart balivis prefati burgi Alexandro Lokhart 
 et Eoberto Eankyne burgensibus dicti burgi cum diversis aliis. Sequuntur 
 subscriptiones : — Frater Johannes Greirsoun provincialis manu sua Frater 
 Andreas Leiche prior manu sua Frater Joannes EoUie supprior manu sua 
 Frater Joannes Marschellmanu sua Frater Johannes Fortoun manu sua Frater 
 Symon Cornwall manu propria Frater Henricus Smyth manu sua Frater 
 
CHARTERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 99 
 
 Andreas Hunter manu sua Frater Helicius MakcuUoche manu sua Joliannes 
 Blair de Mydil Auchindrane Approbo et ratifico lianc copiam esse veram in 
 omnibus et per omnia tenore eiusdem sub meis signo et subscriptione 
 manualibus Johannes Blair manu propria etc. 
 
 Hec est vera copia una concordans cum principali ac originali carta 
 copiata et coUationata de verbo in verbum per me Stepbanum 
 Prestoune notarium publicum tabellionemque burgi de Aire predicti 
 pro tempore sub meis signo et subscriptione manualibus unacum 
 signo et subscriptione manualibus dicti Johannis Blayr notarii 
 publici in maiorem signum rei veritatis eiusdem etc. 
 
 Ita est Stephanus Peestoune, Notarius. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Charter by Friar Andrew Leiche, prior of the place of the Friars Preachers 
 of Ayr, and the convent thereof, with consent of friar John Grierson, 
 professor of theology, provincial prior of the whole order of Friars 
 Preachers within the kingdom of Scotland, in favour of John Blair of 
 Middle Auchindrane, and Helen Cathcart his wife, in conjunct fee, and the 
 heirs-male gotten or to be gotten between them, whom failing, to one heir 
 female, and these also failing, to the heirs-male or to one female of the 
 said John, whatsoever, of all and whole a- tenement belonging to the said 
 friars, in the principal street of the burgh of Ayr, on the east side of the 
 said street, lying between the tenement of William Bannatyne on the north, 
 and the common foregate of the convent and the passage leading from the 
 said gate to the church and place of the friars on the south, and the 
 foresaid street on the west, and the cemetery of the friars on the east, 
 containing of breadth in front 13^ ells, and the breadth of the yard 
 thereof 11 ells, and the whole tenement and yard in length 43 ells; to 
 hold of the granters in feu-farm, fee, and heritage for ever, rendering the 
 service of the burgh due and wont, and paying to the said prior and 
 convent six merks yearly ; with the condition that the said John and 
 Helen should uphold the said tenement so as to be at all times in a 
 distrainable condition for the said six merks. Dated at the said place, 
 2d June 1557. 
 
100 CHAETEES OF THE FEIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 63. Tach, under the Privy Seal, to Charles Crawfurd, of the Lands and 
 other subjects which helonged to the Friars Preachers of Ayr. — [Ath 
 June 1565.] 
 
 Marie be the grace of God Quene of Scottis to the lordis of oure counsall 
 and sessioun and oure comptroUar present and to cum greting Wit ye ws to 
 liave set and for male lettin and be thir oure lettres settis and for maill 
 lettis to oure lovit Charles Crawfurd ane of oure gentillmen servandis his airis 
 and assignais all and sindrie landis possessionis mylnis fiseheingis with the 
 ground quhair the place stude houssis yairdis annualrentis and utheris 
 commoditeis and pertinentis quhatsumevir pertening thairto and quhairof 
 the Blak Freiris or Freiris Predicatouris of oure burgh of Air war in posses- 
 sioun of or bruikit and joisit befoir the decay of thair ordour quhairevir the 
 samin lyis outher to burgh or to land for all the space yeiris and termes of 
 nynetene yeiris nixt and immediatlie following the day and dait of thir oure 
 lettres quhilk day and dait salbe thair entrie in and to this present tak and 
 assedatioun and heireftir to indure and peceablie to be bruikit and joysit 
 be thame during the said space be all richt merches and divisis as the 
 samin lyis in lenth and breid in houssis biggingis muris mossis multuris 
 with commoun pastour frie ische and entrie and with power alsua to the 
 said Charles his airis and assignais to use occupie and dispone upoun the 
 saidis landis mylnis fischeingis yairdis houssis and annualrentis to set rais 
 imput and output the tennentis thairof and to hald courtis for administratioun 
 of iustice to the personis duelland thairon and utherwyis to use the samin 
 in all respectis als frelie as the saidis freiris mycht befoir thair ordour 
 decayit or oure comptroUar in oure name usit sensyne but ony revocatioun or 
 agane calling quhatsumevir Gevand thairfoir yeirlie the said Charles Craw- 
 furd his airis and assignais to ws and oure successouris oure comptroUar in 
 chalmerlanis in oure name the sowme of tuentie markis usuall money of oure 
 realme at tua termes in the yeir Witsonday and Mertimes in winter be 
 equale portionis allanerlie Quhairfore we charge straitlie and commandis 
 yow the lordis of oure counsall and sessioun that ye grant and direct oure 
 utheris lettres and yow oure said comptroUar present and to cum to consent 
 thairto for ansuering obeying and thankfull payment making to the said 
 Charles his airis and assignais during the said space of nynetene yeiris of 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 101 
 
 all and sindrie the fruitis males fermes profittis and deweteis of the saidis 
 landis mylnis fischeingis yairdis houssis annuebentis and utheris commoditeis 
 foirsaidis quhilkis pertenit to the saidis freiris begynnand at the feist of 
 Witsonday in this instant yeir of God j"^ v'' thre scoir five yeiris and to na 
 utheris as ye will ansuer to ws thairupoun. Gevin undir oure previe seall at 
 Perth the ferd day of Junij the yeir of God j"" v= threscoir five yeiris and 
 of oure regnne the twentie-thre yeir. Per signaturam manu S. D. N. Eegine 
 subscriptam. 
 
 Hec est vera copia principalis litere suprascripte sub secreto sigillo dicte 
 domirie Eegine pro tempore cum originali in omnibus concordans 
 copiata et coUationata per me Henricum Sinclair notarium publicum 
 ac secreti sigilli scribam sub meis signo et subscriptione manuahbus. 
 
 Ita est Henricus Sinclare manu propria. 
 
 64. Precept of Gift under the Privy Seal, to the Provost and Burgh of 
 Ayr, of the Lands and others enumerated therein, which belonged 
 to the Friars Preachers, etc. — [lith April 1567.] 
 
 Preceptum Ktere facte preposito ballivis consulibus et communitati 
 burgi de Air et ipsorum successoribus imperpetuum super omnibus et 
 singulis tenementis terris domibus edificiis ecclesiis capellis pomeriis hortis 
 acris croftis annuis redditibus molendinis piscationibus fructibus denariis 
 proficuis emolumentis firmis elemosinis lie dailsilver obitibus et anniversa- 
 riis quibuscunque que quovismodo pertinuerunt aut pertinere dinoscuntur 
 ad quascunque capellanias alteragia aut prebendas quacunque ecclesia 
 capella aut coUegio infra libertatem aut parochiam dicti burgi de Air 
 fundata seu fundatas per quemcunque patronum in quarum possessione 
 capellani et prebendarij earundem perprius fuerunt ubicunque prefate 
 domus tenementa edificia pomeria horti acre ^ croffce annui redditus 
 piscationes molendina anniversaria fructus proficua et emolumenta jacent 
 aut prius levata fuerunt respective Cum molendino locis hortis acris terris 
 annuis redditibus emolumentis devorijs quibuscunque que Fratribus Predica- 
 toribus seu Dominicalibus et Minoribus seu Franciscanis dicti burgi per- 
 prius pertinuerunt unacum omnibus et singulis terris domibus tenementis 
 jacentibus infra dictum burgum parochiam et libertatem eiusdem cum 
 omnibus annuis redditibus de quacunque domo terris aut tenemento infra 
 
102 CHARTERS OF THE FEIARS PREACHERS OF AYR 
 
 dictum burgum levandis datis dotatis et fundatis quibuscunque capellanijs 
 alteragiis fratribus mortuarijs aut anniversariis ubicunque sint infra hoc 
 regnum Ac eciam cum omnibus et singulis annuis redditibus et alija 
 devorijs solitis aut que per quamcunque ecclesiam intra dictum burgum a 
 preposito et ballivis eiusdem de communi redditu eiusdem pro suflfragiis 
 celebrandis demandari poterint cum pertinenciis Tenendas etc. memoratis 
 preposito ballivis consulibus et communitati et eorum successoribus de S. D. 
 N. regina et suis successoribus imperpetuum etc. Apud Edinburgh decimo 
 quarto die mensis Aprilis anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo sexagesimo 
 septimo. 
 
 Hec est vera copia abbreviationis litere prescripte contente in libro 
 secreti sigillo S. D. N. Eegis extracta de eodem copiata et collationata 
 per me Danielem Hay notarium publicum ac dicti seereti sigilli 
 scribam. D. Hay. 
 
 Abstract. 
 
 Gift under the Privy Seal to the provost, bailies, councillors, and 
 community of the burgh of Ayr, of all tenements, lands, houses, churches, 
 chapels, orchards, acres, annualrents, etc, dailsilver, obits, and anniver- 
 saries, belonging before to any chaplainary, altarage, or prebend, in any 
 church, chapel, or coUege, within the liberty or parish of A3T, with 
 the mill, lands, and others, which belonged to the Friars Preachers or 
 Dominican friars, and to the Minorite or Franciscan friars, with all annual- 
 rents and other dues, which were claimed by them from the provost 
 and burgh for the offering of prayers, etc. To be held of the Crown for 
 ever. Dated 14th April 1567. 
 
 65. Sasine on Crown Precept infavour ofihe Burgh ofAyr, ofihe Church 
 Lands and Revenues of the Burgh, for hehoof of the Ministry and 
 Hospital thereof — [27 th May 1567.] 
 
 In Dei nomine Amen : Per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis 
 pateat evidenter quod anno incarnationis Dominice millesimo quingentesimo 
 sexagesimo septimo die vero mensis Maij vicesimo septimo in mei notarij 
 publici et testium subscriptorum presentiis personaliter constitutus honor- 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAKS PEEACHEES OF AYE. 103 
 
 abilis vir Joliannes Lokhert de Dalmelling burgensis de Air quoddam sasine 
 preceptum membrana scriptum alba cera pendente more cancellarie supreme 
 domine nostre Eegine sub testimonio sui magni sigilli sigillattum quod 
 Jacobo Kenedie ballivo in huius modo precepto specificato exequendum pre- 
 sentavit Quiquidem ballivus illud reverentia qua decuit recepit et mihi notario 
 publico subscripto tradidit perlegendum exemplandum et in hanc publicam 
 instrumenti formam redigendum cuius precepti tenor sequitur sub hac forma 
 Maria Die gracia regina Scotorum vicecomitati et ballivis suis de Air nec- 
 non dilectis nostris Jacobo Kenedie burgensi eiusdem et eorum cuUibet con- 
 iunctim ct divisim vicecomitibus nostris de Air in hac parte salutem Quia 
 nos impensius munus nostrum erga divinum servitium perpendentes et pro 
 ardenti zelo quem ob intertenendum policiam et equabilem ordiuem inter 
 subditos nostros precipue vero infra burgum nostrum de Air preservandum 
 habemus considerantes itaque nos ex officio teneri munus erga Deum 
 complecti debere cuius providentia regimiui huius nostri regni preponimur 
 sicque nobis ex officio incumbere omni honesto modo pro ministris verbi 
 Dei providere et quod hospitalia pauperibus mutUatis et miseris personis 
 orphanis et parentibus destitutis infantibus infra dictum burgum nostrum 
 preserventur post nostram perfectam etatem cum avisamento dominorum 
 Consilii nostri secreti dedimus concessimus disposuimus ac pro nobis et 
 nostris successoribus pro perpetuo confirmavimus necnon tenore presentium 
 damus concedimus disponimus ac pro nobis et nostris successoribus 
 pro perpetuo confirmamus predilectis nostris preposito ballivis consulibus et 
 communitate dicti nostri burgi et ipsorum successoribus imperpetuum 
 omnes et singulas terras tenementa domos edificia ecclesias cappeUas pomeria 
 hortos acras croftas annuos redditus molendina piscationes fructus divoria 
 proficua emolumenta firmas elemosinas lie dailsUver obitus et anniversaria 
 quecunque que quovismodo pertinuerunt aut pertinere dinoscuntur ad 
 quascunque cappelanias alteragia prebendas in quacunque ecclesia capeUa 
 aut coUegio infra Hbertatem aut parochiam dicti nostri burgi de Air 
 fundata seu fundatas per quemcunque patronum in quarum possessione 
 cappeUani et prebendarij earundem perprius fuerant vbicunque prefate 
 domus tenementa edificia pomeria horti acre crofte annui redditus 
 piscationes molendina anniversaria fructus proficua et emolumenta jacent 
 aut prius levata fuerant respective cum molendinis locis hortis acris terris 
 annuis redditibus emolumentis et divoriis quibuscunque que fratribus 
 
104: CHAETERS OP THE FRIAES PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 Predicatoribus seu Dominicalibus et Minoribus seu Franciscanis dicti 
 
 nostri burgi perprius pertinuerunt unacum omnibus et singulis terris 
 
 domibus tenementis jacentibus infra dictum nostrum burgum parrocbiam 
 
 et libertatem eiusdem cum omnibus annuis redditibus de quacunque domo 
 
 terris aut tenemento infra dictum nostrum burgum levandis datis dotatis 
 
 et fundatis quibuscunque cappellaniis alteragiis fratribus mortuariis aut 
 
 anniversariis ubicunque sint infra regnum nostrum Ac etiam cum omnibus 
 
 et singulis annuis redditibus et aliis divoriis solutis aut que per quamcunque 
 
 ecclesiam extra dictum nostrum burgum a preposito aut ballivis eiusdem de 
 
 communi redditu eiusdem pro suffragiis celebrandis demandari poterint 
 
 cum pertinenciis ac etiam cum avisamento prescripto unimus et incorpora- 
 
 mus omnes et singulas terras tenementa domos edificia ecclesias cimiteria 
 
 cappellas bortos acras croftas annuos redditus molendina piscationes fructus 
 
 divoria proficua emolumenta firmas elimosinas obitus anniversaria fratrum 
 
 loca bortos earundem cum suis pertinenciis in unum corpus imposterum 
 
 appellandum fundatio nostra ministerii et bospitalitatis nostra burgi de 
 
 Air Volumus etiam quod unica sasina per prefatos prepositum et ballivos 
 
 aut ipsorum aliquem dicte communitatis nostre apud pretorium dicti nostri 
 
 burgi semel accepta tam sufiiciens erit sasina perpetuo infuturum ac si eadem 
 
 super particulares terras ad dictas cappellas prebendarios et fratres perti- 
 
 nentes aut ipsis in prefatis annuis redditibus anniversaria firmas proficua 
 
 et divoria prescripta debite sumeretur non obstante locorum distantia Vobis 
 
 precipimus et mandamus quatenus prefatis preposito ballivis consulibus et 
 
 communitate dicti nostro burgi aut ipsorum aliqui vell suis certis actornatis 
 
 latoribus presentium sasinam prefatarum terrarum tenementorum domorum 
 
 edificiorum pomeriorum hortarum acrarum croftarum annuorum reddituum 
 
 molendinorum piscationum fructuum denariorum et aliorum supra scripto- 
 
 rum cum suis pertinenciis secundum tenorem carte nostre quem de nobis 
 
 inde habent juste baberi faciatis Et preterea per presentes nolumus 
 
 cappellanos prebendarios et fratres que ante dictam alterationem provisi 
 
 erant et hoc presens nostrum infeofamentum preiudicari sed reservamus illis 
 
 vsum dictorum fructuum durante eorum vita tantum Et hoc nuUo modo 
 
 omittatis Ad quod faciendum vobis et vestrum cuilibet coniunctim et 
 
 divisim vicecomitibus nostris de Air in hac parte committimus potestatem 
 
 Datum sub testimonio nostri magni sigUli Apud Edinburgh decimo quarto 
 
 die mensis AprUis anno domini miUesimo quingentesimo sexagesimo septimo 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FRIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 105 
 
 et regni nostri vicesimo quinto Quoquidem sasine precepto sic prelecto et 
 astantibus vulgariter enunciato idem Jacobus Kenedj ballivus ac vicecomes 
 de Air in liac parte de Air antedictus ratione sui officii ac vigore dicti precepti 
 statum sasinam bereditariam pariterque possessionem corporalem actualem 
 et realem totarum et integrarum quadraginta solidatarum terrarum de 
 Crawisland et Castlehill duarum mercarum de Freris Dalkeitbe unius 
 mercate terre cum septem acris terre de Freirland jacentium inter terras de 
 M'Knaristoun ab una et terras de Blakstob ab altera partibus infra terri- 
 torium dicti burgi et vieecomitatum eiusdem unius portiuncule terre 
 nuncupate Freirisfauld occupate per Villelmum Wallace de Quhythous 
 jacentis inter tenementum et terras Johannis Wallace de Cragie ab una et 
 aquam de Air ab altera partibus trium acrarum terrarum jacentium apud 
 australem finem dicti burgi due earundem nuncupantur Snapisfauld et 
 altera earundem vocatur lie Ducat aiker occupatarum per Eobertum Eenkin 
 trium acrarum terrarum nuncupatarum Cruikit aikires per Nynnianum Eeid 
 occupatarum jacentium inter terras Eoberti Eenkine ab una et terras 
 Villelmi Cauldvell de Lochermoss partibus altera unius pecie terre 
 vocatur Skynneris yard super lie mildame dicti burgi occupate per 
 Ninianum Eeid duarum acrarum terrarum occupatarum per dictum 
 Ninianum Eeid et Thomam Kenedie jacentium super lie Milnhill dicti 
 burgi inter terras Georgii Kenedie ab una et terras Eoberti Eenkine 
 partibus ab altera unius acre terre jacentis super dicti lie MilnhiU inter 
 terras Georgii Kenedie ab una et terras Johannis Lokhert partibus ab altera 
 septem acrarum terrarum jacentium inter terras Johannis Cochran ab 
 una et terras Johannis Lokhert partibus ab altera trium acrarum terrarum 
 vocantur Freirisfauld occupatarum per Thomam Miller jacentium inter 
 terras Jacobi Bannatyne ab una et terras Johannis Lokhert partibus ab altera 
 trium acrarum terrarum cum pertinenciis occupatarum per Johannem Hunter 
 in Holmestoun cum singulis suis pertinenciis jacentium infra territorium 
 dicti burgi et vicecomitatum eiusdem Necnon totorum et integrorum 
 molendinorum de Air ovir et nether cum suis astrictis multuris terris 
 molendinariis et sequelis eiusdem unacum dammis et crueis eiusdem 
 Ac etiam viginti librarum monete Scotie annuorum reddituum infra dictum 
 burgum et tenementa eiusdem annuatim levandorum triginta solidorum 
 monete predicte annui redditus de decem solidatis terrarum de Quhytstanes 
 jacentium ut supra occupatarum per Eduardum Legat annuatim levandi 
 
106 CHARTERS OF THE FRIAES PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 quadraginta solidorum monete predicte annui redditus annuatim de terris de 
 occupatis per Alexandrum Schaw jacentibus infra vicecomitatum 
 de Gallowey levandi Necnon omnium et singularum aliarum terrarum 
 tenementorum domorum edificiorum pomeriorum hortorum acrarum crofta- 
 rum annuorum reddituum molendinorum piscationum fructuum divoriarum 
 et elemosinarum quarumcunque que dictis Fratribus Predicatoribus seu Domi- 
 nicalibus et Minoribus seu Franciscanis dicti burgi perprius pertinuerunt 
 seu pertinere dinoscuntur et aliorum suprascriptum cum suis pertinenciis 
 Jobanni Kirkpatrik burgensi dicti burgi nomine antedicti communitatis 
 prefati burgi per terre et lapidis ac denarii tradicionem ut moris est 
 secundem tenorem prescripte carte que inde habent contulit et hereditarie 
 deliberavit imperpetuum reservans ut prius reservatur Super quibus vero 
 omnibus et singulis premissis dictus Johannes Kirkpatrike et ex parte 
 dicti communitatis dicti burgi de Air a me notario publico subscripto sibi 
 fieri petiit unum instrumentum seu plura Acta erant hec apud pretorium 
 dicti burgi de Air hora quarta post meridiem vell ea circa presentibus 
 ibidem magistro Michaele Vallace de Vasfurd Thoma Kenedie Paulo Eeid 
 et Georgio Cochran burgensibus dicti burgi testibus ad premissa vocatis 
 atque requisitis. 
 
 Et ego vero Johannes M'Knedar clericus Glasguensis diocesis etc. 
 
 JOHANNES M'KneDAR. 
 
 Absteact. 
 
 Sasine on precept from Chancery of Queen Mary in favour of the 
 provost, bailies, and community of Ayr, of all lands, tenements, houses, 
 churches, chapels, orchyards, acres, annualrents, mills, fishings, fruits, profits, 
 rents, alms, "dailsilver," obits, and anniversaries, which belonged to any 
 chaplainries, altarages, and prebends, founded in any church, chapel, or 
 coUege, within the liberty or parish of the said burgh, with the annualrents 
 and other dues, payable by any church without the said burgh, which might 
 be demanded from the provost and bailies out of the common rent of the 
 burgh, for the offering of prayers : uniting and incorporating the whole 
 aforesaid properties and rents, friars' places and others, into one body, to 
 be called in all time coming, the Foundation of the ministry and hospital 
 of the burgh of Ayr, — for an honest provision for the ministers of the 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FKIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 107 
 
 Word of God, and tlie support of an hospital for the poor, mutilated 
 and distressed persons, orphans, and infants forsaken by their parents. 
 Dated 27tli May 1567. 
 
 66. Ratification of a Letter of Tacks of the Lands and Possessions of the 
 
 Blach Friars of Ayr to Charles Craufurd, for nineteen years. — [Ist 
 March 1567-8.] ^ 
 
 Ane lettre maid with awise of my lord regent ratifeand apprevand and 
 for his hienes and his successoris perpetualie confirmand the lettre of tak 
 maid be oure souerane lordis derrest moder to Chairlis Craufurd ane of hir 
 gentUmen and servandis for the tyme his airis and assignais of all and 
 sindrie landis possessionis mylnis fischeingis with the ground quhair the 
 place stude houssis yairdis annuekentis and uthiris commoditeis and per- 
 tinentis quhatsumevir pertening thairto and quhairof the Blak Freiris or 
 Freiris Predicatouris of the burgh of Ayr war in possessioun of or broukit 
 and joisit befoir the decay of thair ordour quhairevir the samin lyis to 
 burght or to land for all the space yeiris and termes of nyntene yeiris 
 nixt and immediatlie foUowing the dait of the said lettre of tak as the 
 samin at mair lenth proportis in all and sindrie pointis articulis circumstan- 
 ces and claussis thairof and decernis the samin als valabill in all respectis 
 as gif it war maid set and gevin be his hienes and ordanis the lordis of 
 counsall and sessioun to gif the said Charlis lettres in the foure formes 
 and uthiris processis and executoriaUis neidfuU thairupoun to caus him to 
 be obeyit and payit of the samin in forme as efieiris etc. At Edinburght 
 the first day of Marche the yeir of God j"^ v<= Ixvij yeiris. 
 
 67. Procuratory hy the Magistrates of Ayr,for resigning the Church Lands, 
 
 and Rents helonging to them, in the King's hands,for new infeftment 
 in theirfavour. — \lst February 1614.J 
 
 Be it kend tUl aU men be thir present lettres Ws the provest baUlies 
 counsaU and communitie of the burgh off Air heretabUl proprietaris of the 
 landis milnis fischingis tenementis aikeris annuelrentis and utheris particuler 
 lie eftirmentionat to haif maid constitut and ordanit lykas be the tennour 
 
 ^ Kegist Secreti Sigilli, xxxvii. f. 41. 
 
108 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 heirof we mak constitut aud ordaue rycht houourabill aud our weilbelovittis 
 aud ilk aue of thame coniuuctlie aud severallie our veray 
 lawfuU uudowtit and irrevocabill procuratouris actouris factouris speciall 
 and geuerall erand beraris and messingeris to the effect underwrittiu 
 Gevand grantand and committand to thame and ilk ane of thame couiunctlie 
 aud severallie as said is our veray full fre plaue power speciall commaudi- 
 meut exprfes bidding and charge for ws in our names and upoun our behalfis 
 to compeir befoir our soverane lord the kingis Majestie our immediat 
 superiour of the landis milnis fischiugis teuemeutis auuuelreutis and utheris 
 eftirmentionat or befoir his hienes commissioueris havand his hieues power 
 and commissioun to this effect at quhatsumevir day or dayis place or 
 places couveuieut aud thair with all condign reverence humilitie aud 
 obedience to resignue surrander and be staf aud bastouu purelie and 
 simplie ovirgif all aud sindrie the laudis milnis fischingis tenemeutis 
 aunuelrentis chaplanreis alterages and utheris particulerlie eftirspecifeit 
 quhilkis apperteuit sumtyme to the Blakfreris Predicatouris of the said 
 burght of Air alterages aud chaplaureis within the samin and territorie 
 thairof aud utheris underwrittiu and now pertening to ws the saidis 
 provest baillies couusale aud commuuitie heretabillie be gift aud donatiouu 
 of our said soverane lordis darrest moder the Queue of worthie memorie 
 according to our gift thairof They ar to say all and haill the rowme place 
 aud stance of the Blakfreir kirk withiu the said burght of Air quhair 
 the samin of auld wes situat and fouudit with the teuementis of laud 
 houssis biggiugis orcheardis and yardis auld and new biggit and foundit 
 within the preciuk and circuit of the dykis wallis and marches thairof 
 sumtyme occupiit aud possest be the saidis blak freris AU and Haill the 
 fauld and croft of land sumtyme also the saidis freris callit Frerisfauld 
 sumtyme occupiit be Williame Wallace iu Quhythous Johnne Wallace of 
 Cragy aud now occupiit be George Angus with the pertinentis lyand within 
 the said burght besyd the place aud stance quhair the place of the saidis 
 blak freris stude aud neir adiacent to the teuement of land sumt^one the 
 said lard of Cragy now the said George Augus betuix the samin tenement 
 place aud yardis of the saidis blak freris on the west and northt the wattir 
 of Air on the eist and the landis now of Johnne Osburne on the southt on 
 the aue aud uthir partis AU and Haill the tenement of land sumtyme callit 
 Johne Symis borue bak and foir with yard and pertinentis lyand within the 
 
CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 109 
 
 said burgtt abone tbe auld Tour in the gait callit the Wodgait vpoun.the 
 eist syd of the Kingis streit betuix the tenement sumtyme of Robert Adame 
 now David Ewane on the northt and ane part and the tenement sumtyme 
 occupiit be Williame Hamfie on the southt and uthir part All and HaUl the 
 samin tenement of land occupiit be the said umquhUe Williame Hamfie bak 
 and foir with yard and pertinentis lyand within the said burght upoun the 
 eist syd of the kingis streit in the Wodgait foirsaid betuix the said uthir 
 tenement callit Johne Symis barne on the northt and ane part and the 
 tenement of umquhile Mathew Hammiltoun now Robert Cunninghame 
 marinir on the southt and uthir part All and Haill the fauld and croft of 
 land callit Snaipis Fauld with houssis yardis and pertinentis thairof now 
 occupiit be Johnne Lokhert of Barr and his subtennentis lyand within the 
 said burght at the Tounheid thairof in the gait passand to the milnis of the 
 said burght upoun the eist syd of the hie streit of the samin All and Haill 
 the corne mUnis of the said burght of Air ovir and nethir miln landis astrict 
 multuris suckin and knaveschip of the samin houssis biggingis yardis and 
 thair pertinentis AU and haill the twa fisching cruiffis for taking of salmond 
 situat upoun the dam of the said nethir miln of Air AU and Haill the landis 
 and croffc of land callit the Skinner Yardis with houssis yardis and pertinentis 
 thairof sumtyme occupiit be umquhUe Barthilmo Craufurd and George 
 Jamesoun and Ninian Eeid thair subtennent and now occupiit be Barbara 
 Jamesoun oy to the said umquhile George Jamesoun and hir subtennentis 
 lyand besyd the said nethir miln of Air abone the miln dam thairof AU and 
 Haill thrie aikeris of land caUit Freris Aikeris with thair pertinentis sumtyme 
 occupiit be James Kennedy and Thomas Kennedy his f^ader and be umquhile 
 Johne Gardner notar and now occupiit be the said George Angus and John 
 M'Mertene lyand within the territorie of the said burght ane aiker thairof 
 in the MUnhiU betuix the landis of umquhile Eobert Eankene and the land 
 of umquhile Eobert Jamesoun on the northt and ane part and the Freris 
 land occupiit be Alexander Craufurd of Kerss on the southt and uthir part 
 half ane aiker of the saidis thre aikeris lyand in the said MilnhUl betuix 
 the landis of umquhUe George Kennedy on the northt and ane part and the 
 landis of Freirlandis occupiit be the said Alexander Craufurd of Kerss on 
 the southt and uthir part and the uthir sex rude of land of the saidis thrie 
 aikeris lyand abone the Foulcalsay betuix the uther landis of the saidis 
 Freiris landis also occupiit be the said lard of Kerss on the northt and southt 
 
110 CHAETEES OF THE FKIAKS PKEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 partis AU and Haill twa aikeris of landis of the samin Freirlandis occupiit 
 be the said James Kennedy and be tlie said umqubile Greorge Jamesoun and 
 now occupiit be the said Barbara Jamesoun liis oy and hir subtennentis lyand 
 witbin the territorie foirsaid abone the Foulcalsay betuix the landis of um- 
 quhile Johnne Cochren now Eobert 'VVallace skipper on the northt and ane 
 part and the landis of Freirlandis occupiit be the said lard of Kerss on the 
 southt and uther part All and HaUl sextene aikeris of land of the saidis Freic- 
 landis with thair pertinentis sumtyme occupiit be umquhile PauU Eeid and 
 umquhUe Dauid Craufurd of Kerss and now occupiit be Alexander Craufurd 
 of Kerss and his subtennentis lyand within the territorie of the said burght 
 as foUowis videlicet ane aiker thairof caUit Dukat aiker betuix the landis 
 of umquhile Archibald FergushiU calUt the Noltfauld on the northt and ane 
 part and the landis of umquhUe James Craufurd and George Cochren on 
 the southt and uther part thre aikeris thairof calUt Cruikit Aikeris lyand 
 betuix the landis of Johnne Eankene on the west and ane part and the 
 Kingis hie streit passand fra the said burght to the CastelhiU on the eist 
 and uther part ane uther aiker of the samin lyand in the MUnhiU betuix 
 the landis occupiit be umquhile John Gardner notar on the northt and ane 
 part and the landis of umquhile George Kennedy on the southt and uther 
 part half ane aiker of the saidis xvj aikeris lyand in the said MilnhiU betuix 
 the landis of the said umquhile George Kennedy on the northt and ane part 
 and the landis of David Ingrame on the southt and uther part twa aikeris 
 thairof lyand betuix the landis occupiit be the said umquhile George 
 Jamesoun on the northt and ane part and the landis occupiit be the said 
 umquhile John Gardner on the southt and uther part sex rudes of land 
 thairof lyand betuix the landis occupiit be the said umquhile John Gardner 
 on the northt and ane part and the landis sumtyme of John Lokhert now 
 James EgUshame in Donavin caUit the Freirley on the southt and uther part 
 Thrie aikeris of the saidis xvj aikeris callit Frerisfauld lyand betuix the 
 landis of the said James EgUshame on the northt and ane part and the 
 landis of umquhile James Bannatyne on the southt and uther part and four 
 aikeris of the samin lyand besyd the landis of Hohnistoun occupiit be 
 umquhile John Hunter betuix the samin landis of Holmistoun on the southt 
 and ane part and the uther land of Holmistoun adiacent with the land caUit 
 Strangmanis Thorne on the northt and uther part AU and HaiU the sextene 
 schUling and aucht penny wortht of land caUit Freirland of auld extent with 
 
CHARTERS OF THE FRIAES PREACHERS GF AYR. 111 
 
 houssis yardis and pertinentis thairof occupiit sumtyme be Johnne Campbell 
 and now occupiit be Alexander Craufurd of Kerss and Johnne Burnis his 
 subtennent lyand within the Burrowfeild of the said burght AU and Haill 
 the fourtie schilling land of auld extent of Crawisland and Castelhill with 
 houssis yardis and pertinentis thairof lyand within the Burrowfeild foirsaid 
 All and Hail the landis callit Nwnisland extending to half ane merkland or 
 thairby with thair pertinentis lyand within the said BurrowfeUd besyd the 
 landis of Lochfergus AU and Haill the landis of Marylandis occupiit be 
 Johnne CampbeU lyand in the said Burrowfeild AU and Haill the landis callit 
 Freris Aikeris at the ovir miln of the said burght besyd the Gaitsyd extending 
 to tuelf aikeris of land or thairby occupiit sumtyme be Cristiane Wyseman 
 and be umquhile Alexander MiUer and Johnne MUler in Gaitsyd his sone 
 and now occupiit be James CampbeU in Gaitsyd within the Burrowfeild 
 foirsaid AU and HaiU the landis caUit Eudeland extending to ane merkland 
 or thairby of auld extent with the medow caUit DrummyUs medow moss 
 and arabUl land thairof and thair pertinentis now occupiit be John 
 Cunninghame and his subtennentis lyand in the said Burrowfeild and 
 sumtyme pertening to the Rude altar of Air sumtyme situat within the 
 parroche kirk thairof AU and Haill the pece land of the samin Eudelandis 
 caUit the Brig Aikeris and now caUit Clerkisfauld occupiit be umquhile 
 Eobert Clerk John Hunter in Holmistoun and be the said umquhile John 
 Gardner notar now be the said George Angus lyand besyd the landis of 
 Marylandis and DuphoUl within the said Burrowfeild AU and HaiU the 
 chaplanrie of Sanct Leonardis chapeU sumtyine situat and foundit within the 
 territorie of the said burght with the landis caUit Sanct Leonardis landis 
 houssis yardis medow and pertinentis thairof sumtyme occupiit be umquhUe 
 Adame WaUace and now occupiit be the said George Angus The landis 
 caUit Lampotfauld now occupiit be Johnne Ewane in DalmeUing The landis 
 eaUit the Quhytestanis occupiit be umquhile Adame Dunbar and now occupiit 
 be Thomas Cunninghame in Quhytestanis aU pertening sumtyme to the said 
 chaplanrie of Sanct Leonardis with thair pertinentis lyand within the 
 territorie foirsaid AU and HaUl the pece land within the said territorie caUit 
 the Eudeland Boig occupiit be umquhUe GUbert Broun besyd the CastelhUl 
 All and HaUl the twa merkland of auld extent of freris Dalkeytht with houssis 
 yardis and thair pertinentis occupiit be Daniel Cunninghame of Dalkeytht 
 and his sulDtennentis lyand within the baiUierie of Kylestewart and sheref- 
 
112 CHARTEKS OF THE FEIARS PREACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 dome of Air All and Haill ane yeirlie annuelrent of tuenty scliLllingis money 
 of this realme to be yeirlie upliftit furtht of the landis of Sanchair Lindsay 
 in the said baUlierie of Kylestewart All and Haill ane yeirly annuelrent of 
 tuenty twa schillingis money foirsaid furtht of all and haill the corne mUn 
 of Auchincruif multuris and suckin thairof lyand in the samin baillierie AII 
 and HaUI ane yearly annuelrent of xxvj^ viij"^ money abonewrittin to be 
 
 (lllegible.) yeirlie upliftit furtht of the landis of Braidwode within Item ane 
 
 yeirly annuelrent of fyve pundis money foirsaid furtht of all and haill the 
 
 (lllegible.) lard of Kerss his landis of sumtyme pertening to the Erle of 
 
 Wigtoun AU and Haill ane yeirly annuelrent of fourtie schiUingis money 
 foirsaid to be yeirlie upUftit furtht of the landis of Dalvyne pertening to the 
 lard of Keiris occupiit sumtyme be Alexander Schaw lyand within 
 AU and HaUI ane yeirlie annuelrent of thretty schillingis money foirsaid to 
 be yeirlie upliftit furtht of the landis of Quhytstanis occupiit be umquhile 
 Eduard Legat extending to ane ten schilling land with the pertinentis lyand 
 within the Burrowfeild of Air foirsaid AII and Haill the rowme place and 
 stance of the Gray Freris kirk within the said burght and yardis of the samin 
 within the circuit and precinct of the dykis thairof AII and Haill the Blak 
 Ereris annuelHs sumtyme pertening to thame to be upliftit furtht of certane 
 landis and tenementis within the said burght contenit in the particuler roll 
 thairof extending to tuenty pundis money of this realme yeirlie All and Haill, 
 the yeirUe annuellis siclik sumtyme pertening to the Eude altar situat within 
 the parroche kirk of the said burght to be yeirlie upliftit furtht of certane 
 tenementis and landis thairof contenit in the roll of the samin extending to 
 the sowme of threttene pundis money foirsaid or thairby AII and HaiU the 
 yeirlie annuellis sumtyme pertening to the coristis of the kirk of the said 
 burght to be yeirlie upliftit furtht of certane landis and tenementis within 
 the samin extending to thretty pundis money foirsaid or thairby contenit in 
 the particuler roll thairof AII and Haill the annuellis of the Lady and Sanct 
 Nicolas alterages sumtyme situat within the said kirk contenit in the 
 particuler rollis thairof Togidder with all and sindrie utheris landis 
 tenementis houssis biggingis kirkis chapellis orcheardis yardis aikeris croftis 
 annuelrentis milnis fischingis fruictis dewiteis proffeitis emolimentis fermes 
 almouss daUsilvir obiitis anniversareis quhatsumevir quhilkis onywyis 
 pertenit or knawin to appertene to quhatsumevir chaplanreis alterages 
 prebendareis in quhatsumevir kirk chapell or coUege within the libertie and 
 
CHAETERS OP THE FEIAES PEEACHERS OF AYE. 113 
 
 parrochin of the said burght of Air foundit be quhatsumevir patroun in 
 quhais possessioun saevir the chaplanes and prebendaris thairof wer of 
 befoir quhairevir the saidis houssis tenementis biggingis orcheardis yardis 
 aikeris annuebentis fischingis milnis anniversareis fruitis profettis and 
 emolimentis lyis or wer upliftit of befoir respective with milnis places yardis 
 aikeris landis annuelrentis emolimentis and dewiteis quhatsumevir quhilkis 
 pertenit to the saidis Freris Predicatouris of Air or Gray Freris thairof of 
 befoir with all and sindrie landis houssis tenementis lyand withia 
 the said burght parrochin and libertie thairof with all annuelrentis 
 to be upliftit furtht of all quhatsumevir houssis landis and tenementis 
 within the samyn dotit and foundit to quhatsumevir chaplanreis alterages 
 freiris mortificatiounis or anniversareis quhairevir thai ar within this 
 realme As also with all and sindrie annuelrentis and utheris dewiteis 
 payit or that can be demandit fra the saidis provest and baillies be quhat- 
 sumevir kirk outwith the said burght furtht of thair commoun gude thairof 
 for suffrages to be celebrat ony maner of way with court playnt blude 
 bludewyt herezeild woddis fischingis coill coilhewchis querrell lyme and 
 stane and with all privilegis commoditeis fredomes and asiamentis specifeit 
 and contenit ia the fundatioun infeftment gift and donatioun thairof maid 
 and grantit be our said soverane lordis moder to ws of the samin with thair 
 haUl pertiuentis partis and pendiclis quhatsumevir In the handis of our 
 said soverane lord our superiour thairof or in the handis of his majesteis 
 commissioneris having his hienes power and commissioun to this effect In 
 speciall favouris of ws the provest baUlies counsale and communitie of the 
 said burght of Air and our successouris for new and heretabUl infeftment to 
 be maid gevin and granted be our said soverane lord to ws and our 
 successouris of the samin in dew and competent forme as efferis Quhilkis 
 aU and sindrie the foimamit landis milnis mulcturis fischingis tenementis 
 aikeris annuelrentis alterages chaplanreis and utheris particulerhe afoir- 
 expremit with aU and sindrie thair partis pendicUs and pertinentis we the 
 saidis provest bailUes counsale and communitie of the said burght of Air be 
 thir our present lettres of procuratorie and resignatioun resignne surrander 
 and be staff and bastoun simpUciter ovirgif in the handis of our said 
 soverane lord our superiour of the samin and his hienes commissioneris 
 havand his hienes commissioun in speciaU favouris of ws the said provest 
 baiUies counsall and communitie of the said burght of Air for new and 
 
114 CHARTERS OF THE FRIARS PREACHERS OF AYR. 
 
 heretabill infeftment gift and donatioun to be maid and gevin to ws 
 and our successouris be our said soverane lord of the samin beretabillie 
 for evir Actis instrumentis and documentis tbairupoun to ask lift 
 and raiss als oft as neid beis and generallie all and qubatsumevir 
 uther thingis necessar in the premissis and quhilkis to the office of 
 procuratorie be the lawis and practik of this realm is knawin to pertene 
 to do exerce and use siclik and als frelie and als largelie in all respectis 
 as we mycht do our selffis gif we wer personalie present haldand and 
 promittand to hald all and quhatsumevir thingis our saidis procuratouris 
 or ony of thame coniunctlie and severallie as said is in the premissis 
 rychteouslie sall leid to be done Ferme and stabill etc. In witnes of the 
 quhilk thing to thir our present lettres of resignatioun (writtia be Johnne 
 Masoun commoun clerk of the said burght) subscribit be ws the saidis 
 provest baillies and counsale and be our said commoun clerk at command of 
 the counsall and communitie and in thair names the commoun seill of the 
 said burght is heirto appendit at the said burght of Air the first day of 
 Februar the yeir of God j™ vj<= and fourtene yeiris befoir thir witnessis Mr, 
 George Dunbar minister of the said burght Williame M'Kerrell of HUhous 
 shereff clerk of Air George Masoun notar and Mr. Andro Dalrimpill etc. 
 (sic subscribitur) Adame Eiche prowest Williame Cunynghame baiUie James 
 Blair baillie Johne Osborne ane of the counsall George Cochrane ane of the 
 counsall John Stewartt ane of the counsall Johne Lokhartt off Barr 
 counselour Johne Dunbar William Law James Millar William M'Kerrell 
 of HUhous witnes George Dunbar witnes George Masoune notar witnes 
 Mr, Andro Dalrymple witnes. 
 
 Ita est JoANNES Masoun notarius publicus scriba communis burgi de 
 Air ex mandato consilii et communitatis eiusdem requisitus. 
 
 68, 
 
 [Exchequer RoUs of Scotland, Vol. I. page 161, 1329,] 
 
 Compotum prepositorum burgi de Are redditum apud Sconam iiij*" die 
 Augusti anno gracie [1329] de firmis dicti burgi de duobus terminis huius 
 compoti lidem onerant se de xxxj*^ per firmas dicti burgi de duobus 
 terminis predictis Summa recepte patet De qua computant in stipendijs 
 
CHARTEES OP THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 115 
 
 trium capellanorum divina perpetuo celebrancium in ecclesia de Are pro 
 anima regis Eoberti de duobus terminis buius compoti xiiij*^ Et Fratribus 
 Predicatoribus de Are percipientibus per annum ex speeiali elemosina regis 
 annua pro sustentacione ecclesie sue et domorum suarum ibidem de firmis 
 molendinorum domini regis sive burgi de Are viginti libras sterlingorum ad 
 terminos Pentecostes et Sancti Martini in byeme proporcionaliter de duobus 
 fcerminis huius compoti xx^. 
 
 [Vol. I. page 267. 1330.] 
 
 Compotum communitatis burgi de Are per Jobannem clericum attorna- 
 tum suum redditum apud Clacmanan xiiij™ die Junij anno gracie etc. trices- 
 imo [1330] de firmis dicti burgi de terminis Sancti [Martini] et Pentecostes 
 buius compoti Idem onerat se de xxxj*^ xiij^ inj^ per firmam dicti burgi de 
 duobus terminis huius compoti Summa recepte patet De qua computant in 
 stipendiis trium capellanorum divina celebrancium perpetuo in ecclesia de Are 
 pro anima regis Roberti de duobus terminis huius compoti xiiij*' Et Fratribus 
 Predicatoribus de Are percipientibus annuatim ex speciali elemosina regis 
 annua pro sustentacione ecclesie sue et domorum suarum ibidem de firmis 
 molendinorum domini regis sive burgi de Are viginti libras sterlingorum 
 de terminis Pentecostes et Sancti Martini in hyeme proporcionaliter de 
 ultimo termino huius compoti per literas eorundem de recepto sub communi 
 sigUlo ix*^ xv^ ix^. 
 
 [Vol. I. p. 287. 1330.] 
 Eehdered at Clackmannan, 20th June 1330. 
 
 Et Fratribus Predictoribus de Are pro pensione sua quam percipiunt de 
 burgo de Are de termino Sancti Martini huius compoti x*\ 
 
 [Vol. I. p. 303. 1330.] 
 
 Compotum prepositorum de Are per Johannem clericum redditum apud 
 Berwicum quinto die Marcii anno gracie supradicto [1330] de firmis dicti 
 burgi de predicto termino Sancti Martini Idem onerat se de xvj" xiii» iijid 
 
116 CHARTERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHERS OF AYE. 
 
 per firmam dicti burgi de predicto termino Summa patet De qua Fratribus 
 Predicatoribus de Are iu partem decem librarum eis concessarum ex 
 elemosina regis annua pro sustentacione sua et domuum suarum de firmis 
 molendinorum domini regis sive de firmis burgi ix*^ viij^ iiij"^. 
 
 [Vol. I. p. 527. 1343.] 
 
 Compotum prepositorum burgi de Are redditum apud Dunde sexto die 
 Augusti anno gracie [1343] per Jobannem clericum et Walterum de Abir- 
 dalgy burgenses dicti burgi de receptis suis et expensis firmarum dicti burgi 
 de duobus terminis . . . Et Fratribus Predicatoribus de Are de vtroque 
 termino ix^K 
 
 [Vol. I. p. 609. 1359.] 
 
 Compotum Eoberti Smal aldirmanni burgi de Are redditum apud Dunde 
 yjto AprLlis nomine ballivorum dicti burgi anno domini millesimo ccc™° lix''° 
 de receptis suis et expensis de omnibus dicti burgi firmis a festo Sancti 
 Martini anni etc. Imi usque diem huius compoti videlicet per xvi terminos In 
 primis onerat se per firmas dicti burgi receptas per dictos sexdecim terminos 
 de xxix*^ ut patet [per] literas camerariorum de assedacione dicti burgi 
 ostensas super compotum quas xxix*' computat se solvisse Fratribus de Are 
 per literas preceptorias dictorum camerariorum qui pro tempore fuerant 
 ostensas super compotum unacum literis dictorum Fratrum de recepto 
 ostensis super compotum Et sic eque. 
 
 [Vol. II. p. 210.] 
 
 Compotum Micbaelis de Schantbare et Ade Stork ballivorum burgi de 
 Are redditum per Johannem filium Walteri apud Perth decimo septimo die 
 Januarij [1365] de omnibus receptis suis et expensis de firmis et exitibus 
 dicti burgi a festo Sancti Martini [1364] exclusive usque in diem huius 
 compoti et sic de duobus terminis Idem onerat se de iiij^ iiij^ per firmas 
 dicti burgi de duobus terminis Summa recepte patet De qua computat in 
 solucione facta Fratribus Predicatoribus de Are percipientibus firmas dicti 
 burgi usque ad summam viginti marcarum ut patet per literas dictorum 
 Fratrum de recepto ostensas super compotum de dictis duobus terminis liij^ 
 iiijd. 
 
CHAETERS OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 117 
 
 [Vol. II. p. 283.] 
 
 Eendcred at Perth, 16tli January 1366. 
 
 Ballivi de Are computantes de firmis dicti burgi de duobus terminis 
 huius compoti onerant se de liij^ iiij*^ de eisdem terminis Summa patet que 
 assignatur Fratribus Predicatoribus de Are pro annua pensione eis concessa 
 ex elemosiaa regis. 
 
 [Vol. II. p. 412.] 
 
 [llth. February 1373.] Eodem die Johannes Gray unus ballivorum 
 burgi de Are computans de firma dicti burgi onerat se de vij*^ vj^ viij"^ 
 receptis per firmas dicti burgi de terminis Pentecostes et Sancti Martiui 
 proximis ante hoc compotum per assedacionem Camerarii Summa patet 
 quam solverunt Fratribus Predicatoribus de Are in partem elemosine 
 annue eis concesse per regem. 
 
 [Vol. II. p. 486.] 
 
 Compotum Ade Snorgyrs unius baUivorum burgi de Are redditum [4th 
 March 1372] de omnibus receptis suis et expensis per firmas dicti burgi de 
 duobus terminis Pentecostes videlicet et Sancti Martini ultimo precedentibus 
 hoc compotum Idem onerat se de x*^ receptis per firmas dicti burgi de dictis 
 terminis Summa patet quam computat solvisse Fratribus Predicatoribus de 
 Are percipientibus de elemosina regis firmas dicti burgi usque ad summam 
 viginti librarum de duobus terminis huius compoti priore dictorum Fratrum 
 fatente receptum super compotum Summa huius expense patet Et sic eque. 
 
 [Vol. II. p. 573.] 
 
 Compotum Johannis Crawford et Nigelli vicaru ballivorum burgi de Are 
 redditum per Gilbertum de Cochrane apud Dunde xij""' die Marcij [1377] 
 de omnibus receptis suis et expensis de firmis et exitibus dicti burgi de duo- 
 bus terminis videlicet Pentecostes et Sancti Martini ultimo preteritis Onerat 
 se de x*^ receptis per firmas dicti burgi ex assedacione camerarii de duobus 
 terminus huius compoti Summa patet quam solvit Fratribus Predicatoribus 
 de Are percipientibus firmam dicti burgi Et sic eque. 
 
118 CHAETEES OF THE FEIAES PEEACHEES OF AYE. 
 
 [Vol. II. p. 590.] 
 
 Compotum ballivorum burgi de Are redditum per Gilbertum de Cochrane 
 alterum ballivorum nomine suo et socii sui absentis xxiij" die Marcij [1378] 
 de omnibus receptis suis et expensis per firmas et exitus dicti burgi a xij° 
 die Marcij [1377] usque in diem huius compoti et sic de duobus terminis Idem 
 onerat se de x*i xiij^ m]^ receptis de firmis dicti burgi ex assedacione came- 
 rarii de duobus terminis huius compoti Summa patet quam solverunt Fratri- 
 bus Predieatoribus de Are percipientibus firmam dicti burgi de elemosina 
 regis annua usque ad cartam summam ut patet per literas dictorum Fratrum 
 de recepto ostensas super compotum Et sic eque. 
 
3ntitx* 
 
 Aberdaigy, Heniy of, burgess of Ayr, 12, 14, 
 
 17, 19. 
 Aberdalgy, Thomas of, 16, 19. 
 Aberdalgy, Walter of, 14 {note), 17, 19, 116. 
 Aberdeen, 36. 
 
 Aberdeen, Friars Preacbers of, xx. 
 Aberdeen, Gilbert, bishop of, 38. 
 AcMnlek, WiUiam, 52. 
 Achlare, Patrick, 74, 75. 
 Acre (Ackyr), the Wett, in Ayr, 17, 20. 
 Adam, Eobert, 109. 
 Adeson, Sir Eobert, 48. 
 Alba, Nicholas, bishop of, 89, 91. 
 Albany, Friar Knlay of, vicar - general of 
 
 Predicant Order in Sootland, 43, 44. 
 Albany, Eobert, duke of, xxv., 38, 40, 41, 42. 
 Alderman of Ayr, note as to, 14. 
 Alexander II., King of Scots, xix., xx., xxii., 
 
 xxiii., 1, 11, 13, 24, 29, 30, 35, 36. 
 Alloway (Anlway), barony of, xxiii, 11, 13, 29, 
 
 30. 
 Allvynson, Eeginald, 14, 15. 
 Aridrew (Andiou), Eobert, 79. 
 Angus, George, 108, 109, 111. 
 Anthony, S., Church of, near Leith, xxvi, 49, 50. 
 Antonia de Padua, St, 89. 
 Antonine, S., xx. 
 
 Aquinaa, S. Thomas, feast of, xxi., 89, 91. 
 Aroynne, Andrew, 68, 69. 
 Are, Walter of, notary, 37. 
 Argyle (Ergile), Arohibald, earl of, 93. 
 Argyle, David, bishop of, 93. 
 Arinny, Andrew, 66. 
 Arthur, William, 79. 
 Askirk, Gib of, 49. 
 Auchincruif, Corn mill of, 112. 
 Ayr, bridge of, xxvii., 60, 61. 
 Ayr, burgesses of, xxv., 25, 26, 77, 28, 42, 43, etc. 
 
 Ayr, burgh of, xvii., xxii., xxiii., xxvii., 1, 4, 6, 
 
 7, 11, 13, 103, 106, etc. 
 Ayr, burgh, records of, xvii. 
 Ayr, burgh, seal of, xxx., 12. 
 Ayr, community of, xxv., 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 
 
 103, 106, etc. 
 Ayr, crofts of, xxvi., 49, 50. 
 Ayr, magistrates of, xxix., 107, etc. 
 Ayr, mills of, xxiL, xxv., 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 22, 23, 
 
 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 94, 103, 105, 106, 
 
 109, etc. 
 Ayr, millers of, 42, 43. 
 Ayr, munioipality of, xvii., etc. 
 Ayr, provosts of, xxii., 116, etc. 
 Ayr, provost and bailies of, xxiv., 29, 30, etc. 
 Ayr, the sheriffs of, xxiv., 31, etc. 
 Ayr, stallkeepers of, xxv., 42, 43. 
 Ayr, Tolbooth (Towboth) of, 52, 54. 
 Ayr, Water of, 44, 62, 63, 91, 93. 
 
 Bannattne, James, 105, 110. 
 Bannatyne (Bannoohtyne), Eichard, 68. 
 Bannatyne, WiUiam, 97, 99. 
 Barr, Atkyn of, bailie of Ayr, 15, 16, 18. 
 Barsallooh, lands of, in Kyle Regis, xxii 
 Bayne, Martin, 81, 82. 
 Bell, William, burgess of Ayr, xxvii., 72. 
 Benediot XIII., Pope, 37, 38, 40. 
 Berwick, Friars Preachers of, xx. 
 Berwiok, town of, 115. 
 Blair, George, notary, 72. 
 Blair, Hugh of, esquire, 37, 38. 
 Blair, James, aldennan of Ayr, xxxiv. 
 Blair, James, bailie of Ayr, 114. 
 Blair (Blai), John of, esquire, 37, 38. 
 Blair, John, lord of Adamtoun, 47, 48. 
 Blair, John, of Middle Auchindrane, xxviii., 97, 
 98, 99. 
 
120 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Blakfreir kirk of Ayr, 108. 
 
 Blak, William, burgess of Ayr, 55, 63, 64. 
 
 Blake, Atkyn, 15, 16, 18. 
 
 Blakstob, lands of, 105. 
 
 Blendus, P., 86. 
 
 Bog, tlie Rudeland, 111. 
 
 Bonaventure, St, 89. 
 
 Borowfield, the, of Ayr, 91, 93, 94, 111, 112. 
 
 Boure (Bwr), Adam of, baiLie of Ayr, xxv., 37, 
 
 38, 47, 48. 
 Boure, EUen, wife of, 47, 48. 
 Boyde, 'Will., 49. 
 
 Boyl, John, burgess and dempster of Ayr, 95, 96. 
 Boyman, Alan, bailie of Ayr, xxviii., 54, 55, 94, 
 
 95, 96. 
 Boyman, Alexander, burgess of Ayr, 73, 74, 
 
 75. 
 Braidwood, lands of, 112. 
 Bridge of Ayr, xxvii., 60, 61. 
 Brig Acres, of Ayr, 111. 
 Brisbane, John, 61, 68, 69. 
 Broun, Gilbert, 111. 
 Broun, John, barber in Ayr, 65. 
 Broun, Robert, burgess of Perth, 39, 41. 
 Broune, Eeginald, 16, 19. 
 Brown, John, bailie of Ayr, xxxiv. 
 Browne, Adam, 15, 16, 18. 
 Browne, John, burgess of Ayr, 93. 
 Bruce, King Eobert the, xxii., etc. 
 Bulschalach, land of, in Kyle, 6. 
 Burns, John, 111. 
 Busby, Andrew, alderman of Ayr, 62, 64, 69. 
 
 Campbell, Alexander, of Skerrington, 73, 74. 
 
 Campbell, Alis, wife of Allan of Lawder, 45. 
 
 Campbell, Sir Duncan, knight, 6. 
 
 Campbell, Sir George, sheriff of Ayr, knight, 57. 
 
 Campbell, George, burgess of Ayr, 73. 
 
 Campbell, James, in Gaitsyde, 111. 
 
 Campbell, John, 111. 
 
 Campbell, Eobert, of Kylmanach, 76. 
 
 Cannibergate (vicus de Camyr, Camber) of Ayr, 
 
 xxii., 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 38. 
 Carrick, 3, 4, 7, 22. 
 Carrick, John, earl of, steward of Scotland, xxx., 
 
 27, 28. 
 Carrick, Patrick of, prior, xxix., 37. 
 Carse, lands of, in Kyle Regis, xxii., 6. 
 Castlehill, lands of, 94, 105, 111. 
 
 Cathcart (Kathkert), Sir Alan of, knight, 6. 
 Cathcart, Helen, wife of John Blair, of Middle 
 
 Auchindrane, xxviii., 97, 98, 99. 
 Cathcart, James, of Carbreston, xxvi., 48, 49. 
 Catherine, St. de Sienna, 89, 91. 
 Cauldwell, Alexander, of that Ilk, 69, 70. 
 Cauldwell, WiUiam, 95. 
 Cauldwell, William, of Lochermoss, 105. 
 Cemetery of Preaching Friars of Ayr, 44. 
 Chalmers, Sir John, of Gadgirth, xxvii., 57, 66, 
 
 67, 68, 69. 
 Chalmers (Camera), William of, burgess of Aber- 
 
 deen, 39, 41. 
 Chamberlain of Scotland, xxv., 40, 41, 42, 43. 
 Charters (de Camoto), Sir Thomas, chancellor of 
 
 Scotland, 7. 
 Chery, Adam, 17, 19. 
 Clacmanan, 115. 
 Clara, St., 89. 
 
 Claveri Wells, the, in Ayr, 17, 20. 
 Clemens, friar, of England, xxxiv. 
 Clement IV., Pope, xx., 2, 3, 9, 10. 
 Clement V., Pope, 83, 87. 
 Clement, bishop of Dunblane, lix. 
 Clerk, John, 12, 14, 15, 17. 
 Clerk, John, son, 12, 14. 
 Clerk, John, attomey for burgh of Ayr, 115, 
 
 116. 
 Clerk, Robert, 111. 
 Clerk, Eobert, burgess of Ayr, 93. 
 Clerk, Robert, of Aldhaw, 61. 
 Clerksfauld, land of, 111. 
 Olongal (Clowyngal), Nether, lands of, 56, 58, 
 
 70, 71. 
 Cochran, George, burgess of Ayr, 106, 110. 
 Cochran, John, 105, 110. 
 Cochrane, George, councillor of Ayr, 114. 
 Cochrane, Gilbert of, 117, 118. 
 Cokburne, Alexander of, of Langton, keeper of 
 
 Great Seal, 33. 
 Colquhoun (Qulchon), Alexander, of, 49. 
 Colt, Alan, 48, 49. 
 Comatijs, Bartholomew de, xxxi. 
 Cordonar, Alexander, 52. 
 Cornwall, friar Symon, 98. 
 Corsmore, the, in Ayr, 17, 20. 
 Cortoun, lands of, xxiii., 11, 13, 17, 19. 
 Coupland, IsabeUa, wife of William Noble, 60, 
 
 61. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 121 
 
 Cowpar, Thomas, 61. 
 
 Coylton, parish of, xxvi., 48, 
 
 Craigie, lands of, xxiv., 34, 35, 46. 
 
 Craigcaffie, lands of, xxvi., 56, 58, 
 
 Crauford, Andrew of, bailie of Ayr, 12, 14, 15, 
 
 18, 
 Crauford, John of, 12, 14. 
 Crauford, John, laird of Kerse, 50, 51, 
 Crauford, John of, secretary to the King, 39, 41. 
 Craufurd, Alexander, of Kerss, 109, 110, 111, 
 Craufurd, Barthilmo, 109. 
 Craufurd, Charles, " servitor " to the Queen, 
 
 xxviii., 100, 107. 
 Craufard, David, earl of, 93. 
 Craufurd, David, of Kerss, 110. 
 Craufurd, James, 110. 
 Craufurd, John, 75. 
 Craufurd, John, hailie of Ayr, 117. 
 Crawisland, lands of, 94, 105, 111, 
 Crotoun, land of, 17, 19. 
 CruiMt Aeres, the lands of, 105, 110. 
 Cruikithalf Acre, xxiii., 14, 15, 17, 20, 38. 
 Cruives in mill-dam of Ayr, xxv., 41, 91, 93, 
 
 94, 109. 
 Cunnlnghame, Daniel, of Dalkeytht, 111, 
 Cunninghame, John, 111. 
 Cunninghame, Eobert, mariner, 109. 
 Cunninghame, Thomas, in Quhytestanis, 111. 
 Cunynghame, John, hurgess of Ayr, 92. 
 Cunyngham, WUliam, bailie of Ayr, 114. 
 Cunynghame, Quintin, 80. 
 Curour, William, of Edinburgh, 39. 
 Curry, James, 73, 74. 
 Curry, John, xxvii, 73, 74. 
 Curry, Marion, wife of John Lang, xxvii., 73, 74. 
 
 Dalincathe, lands of, xxv., 45. 
 Dalkeithe (Dalkeytht), friars' lands of, 105, 111. 
 Dalrimple, Mr. Andrew, 114. 
 Dalrimple, Gavin, burgess of Ayr, 74, 75. 
 Dalrimple, John, burgess of Ayr, 92, 95. 
 Dalrimple, John, son of Gavin, 75. 
 Dalrymple, Thomas, 69, 71, 72. 
 Dalrympl6, lands of Wood of, xxvii., 57, 58. 
 Dalvyne, lands of, 112. 
 Dane, William, 70. 
 Dankeith, lands of, xxv., 45. 
 Danyeellstoun, Sir John of, knight, 23. 
 Daxroch, William, 72. 
 
 David II., King of Scots, xxii., 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 
 
 29, 30. 
 David II., regnal years of, xviii, 
 Dominic, S., xix., 89, 91. 
 Dominic, S., feast of, xxi. 
 Domiaican Friars of Ayr, xxviii., 101, 102. 
 Donavin, lands in, 110. 
 Douglas, Sir Archibald of, 31. 
 Douglas, Archibald, earl of, lord of Galloway, 
 
 33. 
 Douglas, James, lord of, 5. 
 Douglas, James, lord of, knight, 32. 
 Douglas, James of, lord of Dalkeith, 33. 
 Doungate of Ayr, 16, 17, 19. 
 Doun, Water of, 17, 20. 
 Drummond, John, lord, 93. 
 Drummylis Meadow, 111. 
 Ducat Acre, the, 105, 110. 
 Dunbar, Adam, 111. 
 Dunbar, Mr. Gavin, archdeacon of St. Andrews, 
 
 clerk register, 93, 94. 
 Dunbar, Mr. George, minister of Ayr, 114. 
 Dunbar, Mr. James, 57. 
 Dunbar, John, 114. 
 Dundee, town of, 116, 117. 
 Dundulf, lairds of, xxvL, 56, 58. 
 Dunfermline, James, abbot of, 93. 
 Dunkeld, 31. 
 Duphoill (DuppoU), lands of, xxii., 5, 6, 17, 20, 
 
 23, 24, 70, 111. 
 
 EDiNBnRGii, Eriars Preachers of, xx. 
 
 Edinburgh, town of, 2, 3, 10, 
 
 Eglishame, James, 110. 
 
 Elgin, Priars Preachers of, xx. 
 
 Elizabeth, Queen of England, xxxiii 
 
 Ellen (Elen), wife of Adam of Boure, 47, 48. 
 
 Erskyne, Thomas of, knight, 33. 
 
 Eugenius IV., Pope, 83, 87. 
 
 Evangelista, 90. 
 
 Exchequer RoUs of Scotland, xxiv, 
 
 Faiee, John, notary, 73, 80, 82. 
 
 Feane, John, 80. 
 
 Fenwick, Reginald of, alderman of Ayr, xxv., 
 
 37, 38, 40. 
 Fergushill, Archibald, 110. 
 Fife and Menteth, earl of, xxiv., 26, 27, 
 Fife and Menteth, Eobert, earl of, 29, 30. 
 
122 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Fleming, Maloolm, earl of 'Wigton, xxx., 5, 6, 
 
 8, 9, 23, 24. 
 Flemyng, Sir Maloolm, knigM, 7, 
 Plessor, Baty, 14, 15. 
 Forbes, Thomas, notary, 2, 3. 
 Ford (Furde), the Friars', Ayr, 62. 
 Fordun, continuator of, xix. 
 Forester, Sir John, knight, depute chamberlain 
 
 of Scotland, 39, 41. 
 Forfar, town of, 1, 24. 
 Fortoun, friar John, 98. 
 Fouloalsay, the, 109, 110. 
 Francis, St., 89. 
 
 Franciscan Friars of Ayr, 101, 102. 
 Friars' Acres, the lands of, 109, 111. 
 Friars, Black, of Ayr, xxiii., 100, 107, 108, 112. 
 Friarsfauld, land of, 105, 108, 110. 
 Friarsland, lands of, 105, 109, 110. 
 Friars Minorite, xxi., 89, 91. 
 Friars Preaohers, Order of, xix., xx., xxi,, 46, 47, 
 
 83, 84, 85, 89, 90, 91. 
 Friars Preachers, viear-general of, 42, 43, 47. 
 Friars Preachera of Ayr, xvii., xx., xxiiL, xxiv., 
 
 XXV., xxvi., xxviii., xxix., 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, et 
 
 passim, 100. 
 Friars Preachers of Aberdeen, xx. 
 Friars Preachers of Berwick, xx. 
 Friars Preachers of Edinburgh, xx. 
 Friars Preachers of Elgin, xx. 
 Friars Preachers of Invernese, xx. 
 Friars Preaohers of Perth, xx. 
 Friars Preachers of Stirling, xx. 
 Friars Preachers, ohuroh of, at Ayr, xxi., xxii., 
 
 43, 44, etc, 100. 
 Frierley, the lands of, 110. 
 Fullarton, Charles, of Dregame, 72. 
 FuUartoun, Thomas, burgess of Ayr, 82. 
 FuUon, James, burgess of Ayr, 51. 
 Fynlay of ,23. 
 
 Gaitstd of Ayr, 111. 
 
 Galloway, 5 (note). 
 
 Galloway, shire of, lands in, belonging to the 
 
 Friais Preachers, 106. 
 Gardnar, Alexander, 70. 
 Gardner, John, notary, 109, 110, 111. 
 Gartenan, Hugh of, 17, 20. 
 Gilbert, bishop of Aberdeen, 38, 40. 
 Girvan (Gervan), 3, 4, 5, 7, 22, 23, 32, 34. 
 
 Glamrais and Kennedy, Isabella, lady of, xxvi., 
 
 xxvii., 55, 56, 58. ; 
 
 Glammis, Patrick, lord, xxvi., 56, 58. 
 Glasfuird, Alexander, 72. 
 Glasgow;, bishop of, 8, 27, 28. 
 Glasgow, James, arclibishop of, 86 ; hia juris- 
 
 diction, 18. 
 Glasgow, Mathew, bishop of, 33. ; 
 
 Glasgow, William, bishop of, 9. 
 Glasgow, cardinal (bishop) of, 30, 31. 
 Glasgow, cathedral of, xxiv., 25, 26. , 
 
 Glasgow, city of, 23, 27. ; 
 
 Glasgow, church of, ftnes for, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 
 
 16, 18, 20. 1 
 
 Glasgow, Friars Preachers of, xvii., xx., ixi. > 
 Glasgow, official of, 18, 20. 
 Gray, John, baiUe of Ayr, 117. 
 Gray, Michael, preceptor-general of S. Anthony, 
 
 xxvi., 49, 50. 
 Grayfriars of Ayr, 113. 
 Grayfriars Kirk of Ayr, 112. 
 Grene, Winiam, 16. 
 Grene, Thomas, 16. 
 Grierson, John, provincial prior of the Predicants, 
 
 xxi., 96, 98, 99. ) 
 
 Goldsmyth, Finlay, 66. 
 
 Gortluy, lands of, xxiii., 11, 13. , 
 
 Gybsone, Patrick, burgess of Ayr, 80. 
 
 Hakate, Thomas, 47, 48. ) 
 
 Halfemarck, William, keeper of the common 
 
 seal of Ayr, 18. 
 Hamfie, William, 109. 
 Hamilton (Hommylton), Alexander, bailie of 
 
 Ayr, 52, 54. 
 HamUton, Dame Janet, Lady Gadgbth, xxvii., 
 
 66, 67, 68, 69. 
 Hammiltoun, Mathew, 109. 
 Hare, Patriok, alderman, 49. 
 Hawick, Andrew of, keeper of the duke of 
 
 Albany's Seal, 39, 41. 
 Hay, Daniel, notary, 102. 
 Henryson (Henrici), Gilbert, bailie of Ayr, 37, 
 
 38. 
 Henrison, Henry, 76. 
 Hewing, WiUiam, 78, 79. 
 HiU, Janet, wife of Alan White, 51, 52. 
 Holms, Sir John, chaplain, 56, 58. 
 Holmshill, the lands of, 91, 93. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 123 
 
 Holmistouii, lands of, 105, 110, 111. 
 
 Hospital of Ayr, xxviii., 103, 104, 106. 
 
 Hugh the baker, 16, 19. 
 
 HuUon, Huchon, 54. 
 
 Hulson, Thomas, bailie of Ayr, 63, 64. 
 
 Hume, Elizabeth, wife of John Curry, xxvii., V3, 
 
 74. 
 Hunter, Alexander, miller of Ayr, 92.. 
 Hunter, friar Andrew, 99. 
 Hunter, John, in Holmestoun, 105, 110, 111. 
 
 Inchbmiohael, 5, 32, 33. 
 Inglis, Finlay, 60, 61. 
 Inglis, George, bailie of Ayr, 78, 79. 
 Iiigram, David, 110. 
 Innocent IV., Pope, xxxiv. 
 Invemess, Friars Preaohers of, xx. 
 Irwyne (Yrwyne), Nicholas of, official of Glasgow, 
 23, 24. 
 
 James III., King of Scots, xxvi., 56, 58. 
 
 James IV., King of Scots, 69. 
 
 James V., King of Scots, 93. 
 
 Jamesoun, Barbara, 109, 110. 
 
 Jamesoun, George, 109, 110. 
 
 Jamesoun, Robert, 109. 
 
 Jelle, Thomas, 81, 82. " 
 
 John XXn., Pope, 83, 87. 
 
 Johnson, Thomas, burgess of Ayr, 70. 
 
 John, son of Walter, 116. 
 
 Katherine, S., convent of, at Ayr, xx., xxiii., 
 
 XXV., 6, 8, 9, etc. 
 Katherine, S., priors of the convent of, xxix., etc. 
 Katherine, well of, in Ayr, 17, 19. 
 Kemloc, Nicholas, 17, 19. 
 Kennedy, George, 105, 109, 110. 
 Kennedy, Gilbert, lord, xxvii., 56, 58. 
 Kennedy, John, lord, 57. 
 Kennedy, Isabella, Lady Glammis and, xxvi., 
 
 xxvii., 55, 56, 58. 
 Kennedy, James, burgess of Ayr, 103, 105, 109, 
 
 110. 
 Kennedy, John, 23, 95. 
 
 Kennedy, Dean Robert, vioar of Penpont, 68, 69. 
 Kennedy, Roland, burgess of Ayr, xxviii., 76, 77. 
 Kennedy, Thomas, of Bargany, 65. 
 Kennedy, Thomas, 71, 72, 95, 105, 106, 109. 
 
 Kere, Agnes, widow, xxvii., 69, 70. 
 
 Kere, Patriok, bailie of Ayr, 69, 70, 77. 
 
 Kerse, lands of, xxvi., 50, 51. 
 
 Kersland, lands of, xxvi., xxviL, 56, 58, 7a 
 
 Kerseholme, lands of, sxvi., xxvii., 56, 58, 70. 
 
 Kerss, th« laLrd of, 112. 
 
 Kessane, John, 95. 
 
 Keyr, Patrick, of the Convent of Predicants of 
 
 Edinburgh, xxxiii. 
 Kilmamock, John of, burgess of Ayr, xxiii., 6, 
 
 16, 23, 24, 
 Kilmamock, John, son of above, 16, 20. 
 King^s Kyle (Kyle Eegis), xxii., 91, 93. 
 King's Street of Ayr, 109, 110. 
 Kirkpatrick, John, burgess of Ayr, 106. 
 Knocdolian, Sir Nicholas of, knight, 23. 
 Knox (Kanoxus), John, reformer, xxxiii. 
 Kyle Eegis, lands in, 6. 
 Kylestewart, bailiery of, 111, 112. 
 
 Lady Altar, the, 112. 
 Lamby, Mr. William, 57. 
 Lampotfauld, lands of, 111. 
 Lang, John, xxvii., 73, 80, 82. 
 Lang, Thomas, burgess ofAyr, 80, 82. 
 Lang, William, rector of Errol, 39, 41. 
 Lapidarii vious, of Ayr, 17, 19, 20. 
 Lateran Counoil, 84, 87; 88. 
 Lathis, Adam, 55, 82. 
 Lathis, friar Andrew, xxviiL, 82. 
 Lathis, William, 55, 65, 72. 
 Lauchlane, lands of, xxvii., 70, 71. 
 Law, Patrick, notary, 70. 
 Law, William, 114. 
 Lawder, Alan of, xxv., 45. 
 Layng, Thomas, 78, 79. 
 Layse, Adam, 76. 
 Layse, Andrew, a friar, 75, 76. 
 Layse, Thomas, 75, 76. 
 Legat, Andrew, 95, 96. 
 Legat, Edward, 105, 112. 
 Legat, Sir Eobert, ohaplain, 92. 
 Leiohe, Andrew, prior, xxix., 96, 98, 99. 
 Leith, house of S. Anthony, near, 49, 50. 
 Lennox (Levinax), Matthew, earl of, 93. 
 Leo the Tenth, Pope, xx., xxi., 2, 83, 89. 
 Leth, John of, burgess of Edinburgh, 39. 
 Linlithgow, Eobert of, prior, xxv., xxix., 38, 40, 
 41. 
 
124 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Litstare, John, prior, xxix., 49, 95, 96. 
 
 Litster, William, notary, 81. 
 
 Livingston (Lewinston), Mr. David, parson of 
 
 Ayr, 68. 
 Loclifergus, lands of, 111. 
 Lochmillburn, mill of, xxv., 41, 43, 94. 
 Locliwood {Laewni), the residence of the bishops 
 
 of Glasgow, 25, 26. 
 Lokart, Alexander, burgess of Ayr, 92, 98. 
 Lothart, John, of Barr, councillorof Ayr, 114. 
 Lokhartt, John, bailie of Ayr, 98. 
 Lokhert, John, 105, 110. 
 Lokhert, John, of Barr, 109. 
 Lokhert, John, of Dalmelling, 103. 
 Lominius, Thomas, xxxiii. 
 London, General Council held at, xix. 
 Ludovic, St, 89. 
 Lyon, Mr. John, 57. 
 Lyon (Lyoune), Patrick, Lord Glammis, xxvi, 56, 
 
 58. 
 
 M'Oallan, Gibbon, xxvi., 54, 55. 
 
 M'Creich, Adam, 49. 
 
 M'Cormyll, Sir Andrew, vicar of Straton, notary, 
 
 61, 63, 64, 66, 68. 
 M'Cwbene, Andrew, 80. 
 M'Gie, Thomas, sergeaut of Ayr, 61. 
 M'Gergour, John, 51. 
 Makculloch, friar Helicius, 99. 
 M'Kee, John, 50, 61. 
 M'Kerrell, William, of Hilhous, sheriff-clerk of 
 
 Ayr, 114. 
 M'KnakyU, Martin, 71, 72. 
 M'Knariston, lands of, 105. 
 M'Knedar, John, notary, 106. 
 Maknedar, John, burgess of Ayr, xxvii., 78, 79. 
 M'Nedyr, Matthew, burgess of Ayr, xxvi., 53, 54. 
 M'Nedyr, Katherine, his wife, 53, 54. 
 Makneill, Alexander, notary, 86, 90. 
 M'Merten, John, 109. 
 M'Mulane, Gilbert, 71, 72. 
 Makmurthe, RoUand, 57, 58. 
 M'Myleracht, Sir John, chaplain, 55. 
 Macvicar (Vicarii), Neil, bailie of Ayr, 117. 
 M'Ylcarde, John, burgess of Ayr, 70. 
 M'Ylroye, Thomas, 74, 75. 
 Malvoisin, WiUiam, bishop of St. Andrews, xix., 
 
 XX. 
 
 Mansuetis, Leonard de, xxxi., xxxii. 
 
 Margaret, wife of Andrew, of Wasford, xxiii., 38. 
 Margaiet, Queen (of James III.), xxvi., 56, 58. 
 Marschell, friar John, 98. 
 Martin, WiUiam, son of, baiUe of Ayr, 12, 14, 
 
 15, 16, 18.. 
 Martin, Marion, wife of John Maknedar, xxvii., 
 
 78, 79. 
 Martyr, S. Peter, feast of, xxi., 89, 91. 
 Mary Queen of Scots, xxviii., xxxui., 100, 101, 
 
 103, 106. 
 Mary, the Virgin, chapel of, Ayr, 6, 23, 24. 
 Maryland, lands of, 111. 
 Mason, Sir Colin, chaplain, 73. 
 Mason, Michael, 49, 54, 63, 64. 
 Masoun, John, town clerk of Ayr, 114. 
 Masoune, George, notary, 114. 
 Meldrom, Sir PhUip, knight, 7. 
 Melrose, the Abbot of, land in Ayr belonging to, 
 
 17, 19. 
 Melville (MaleviUe), PhiUp de, justiciar of Scot- 
 
 land, 1, 24. 
 Mendicant Priars, 83, 84, 87. 
 MerUngburn, Mill of, xxv., 41, 43. 
 Merschell, Janet, wife of John Craufurd, 75. 
 Methven (Massenius), Paul, reformer, xxxiii. 
 Meyners, Robert of, 1, 24. 
 MiUdam of Ayr, 105. 
 MiUer, Alexander, 111. 
 MiUer, James, 114. 
 MUIer, John, his son, 111. 
 MiUer, Thomas, 105. 
 MilnhiU of Ayr, 105, 109, 110. 
 Minorite Friars, order of, xxi., 89, 91. 
 Minorite Friars of Ayr, xxviii., 101, 102. 
 Ministers of Ayr, xxviu., 104, 106. 
 Montealt, Eobert de, justiciar of Scotland, 1, 24. 
 Montgomery, John of, 47, 48. 
 Montlanhyll, the, in Ayr, 17, 20. 
 Moray, Andrew, bishop of, 93. 
 Moray, James, earl of, xxxiii 
 Mordathson, John, 56, 58. 
 More, Adam de, alderman of Ayr, 12, 14. 
 Mortoun, Alexander, burgess of Ayr, 92. 
 Muir (Muyr), friar John, vicar-general of Predi- 
 
 cants in Scotland, xxi., 52, 53, 56, 58. 
 Multrar (Multerer), John, aldermau of Ayr, 52, 
 
 54. 
 Mure, Agnes, spouse of WiUiam Bell, xxvii., 72. 
 Mure, John, burgess of Ayr, 92. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 125 
 
 Mure, John, vicar-general of Predioant Order, 
 
 xxi. 
 Mure, Quintin, of Arde, 57. 
 
 Neile, Thomas, bailie of Ayr, 73. 
 
 Nelson (Nigelli), "William, burgess of Ayr, xxv., 
 
 38, 40. 
 Nesbit, George, burgess of Ayr, 70. 
 Nicholas V., Pope, 83, 87. 
 Nicholson, David, clerk of bailie court of Aber- 
 
 deen, 10. 
 Noble, ■WiUiam, buigess of Ayr, xxvii., 60, 61. 
 Noltfauld, lands of, 110. 
 Nunsland, the, 111. 
 
 OoHiLTREE, John of, notary, 39. 
 Oliphant, Laurence, lord, 93. 
 Osbome, John, councillor of Ayr, 114. 
 Osburne, John, 108. 
 
 Otterburne (Otyrbum), Alexander, alderman of 
 Ayr, 52, 54. 
 
 P , John, 16. 
 
 Padua, St. Antonio de, 89. 
 
 Parliament ofScotland 1389, xxiv., 30, 31. 
 
 Parliament of Sootland 1400, 35, 36. 
 
 Patrickson, John, serjeant of Ayr, 49. 
 
 Perth, city of, 21, 39, 41, 42, 116, 117. 
 
 Perth, Friars Preachers of, xx. 
 
 Perugia, xxxi., 2, 3. 
 
 Petit, John, bailie of Ayr, 49. 
 
 Petyt, William, 12, 14. 
 
 Pettyt, Mr. Patrick, chaplain, 55. 
 
 Pettyt, Robyn, baUie of Ayr, 52, 54. 
 
 Pius II., Pope, 50. 
 
 Pius V., Pope, xxxiii. 
 
 Plodius, Miohael, inquisitor, xxxi. 
 
 Polliaco, John de, 83, 87. 
 
 Ponte, Adam de, xxii., 11, 13. 
 
 Ponte, Juliana de, xxii., xxiii., 10, 12, 13, 14. 
 
 Pratt, Kobert, prior, xxix., 92, 93, 94. 
 
 Preston, William of, burgess of Ayr, xxvii., 63, 
 
 64. 
 Prestoun, Henry, notary, 95. 
 Prestoun, James, notary, 79. 
 Prestoun, Stephen, bailie of Ayr, 95, 96. 
 Prestoun, Stephen, notary, 93, 99. 
 Provinces, order of the, relating to the distribution 
 
 of the Predicant Friars, xxxii. 
 Pulty, Patrick, prior, xxix., xxxiv., 50, 51, 54. 
 
 QuABEY (Quarell), of Ayr, 62, 63. 
 Quhyt, see White. 
 
 Raa, Wniiam, bishop of Glasgow, 9, 
 
 Baith, Alexander, 63, 64. 
 
 Eamsay, Hugh, prior, xxix., 71, 72, 73, 74, 75. 
 
 Eandolph (Eanulf), John, earl of Moray, 7. 
 
 Eandolph, Thomas, earl of Moray, 5, 32. 
 
 Rankene, John, 110. 
 
 Raiikyne, grandmother of friar John Walker, 80, 
 
 81. 
 Eankyne, Eobert, burgess of Ayr, 98, 105, 109. 
 Raperlaw, Andrew, burgess of Ayr, xxvii., 61, 62, 
 
 63. 
 Eaulot, Adam, 17, 19. 
 Eed, John the, smith, 53. 
 Eed, WiUiam, 61. 
 Reformation, the, xxvii., xxviii. 
 Reid, John, prior, xxix., 60, 61, 62, 63, 64. 
 Reid, Ninian, 105, 109. 
 Reid, Paul, burgess of Ayr, 106, 110. 
 Reid, Eiohard, baUie of Ayr, 80, 81, 91, 93. 
 Eeid, WiUiam, chaplain, 82. 
 Richardson, Jok, 66. 
 
 Richardson, Sir John, parson of Kyrkdale, 66. 
 Eiche, Adam, provost of Ayr, 114. 
 Rig, Robert, 70. 
 Eobert the baker, 17, 19. 
 Eobert the Braoe, King of Soots, xxii., 3, 4, 5, 6, 
 
 14 (note), 21, 22, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 115. 
 Robert II., King of Scots, xxii., xxiii., 20, 21, 22, 
 
 29, 30, 31, 34. 
 Robert III., King of Scots, xxii., xxiv., 31, 32, 
 
 33, 35, 36, 39, 40. 
 Robert, earl of Pife and Menteth, 29, 30, 33. 
 Robertson (Boberti), Adain, 15. 
 Robertsone, Sir David, provost of Monybole, 57. 
 EoUand, Hugh, burgess of Ayr, 73. 
 RoUand, Nioholas, 69. 
 EoUie, friar John, sub-prior of the Preaching 
 
 Priars of Ayr, 98, 
 Rude Altar, the, of Ayr, 111, 112. 
 Eudeland, lands of, 111. 
 Rudeland, bog of, 111. 
 R-wane, David, 109. 
 Rwane, John, in DabneUing, 111. 
 
 Sanchair Lindsay, lands of, 112. 
 Schanthare, Miohael of, bailie of Ayr, 116,