the samyn day it was sufficientlie preuit that the relict of thomas culane was lauchfullie warnit to comper befor the aldirman and balyes this day within the tolbutht in the hour' of caus' to her' and se the witnes and preuis lede be mathow cullan and Androw cullan his assignay and procuratour agannis hir' lauchfullie producit suorne and to obek agannis tham as law will tuechinge the arschip clamyt be the saidis mathow and Androw his assignay pertening to tham be the deces' of the saide vmquhill thomas cullan

deposiciones testium productos per cullan contra Relictam quondam thome cullan Thir ar the deposicionis of the witnes producit be mathow cullan and Androw culan his assignay in action depending vndecidit of ayrschipe pertening' to tham be the deces' of vmquhill thomas Culan thar brothir withhalding' be agnes club as is allegit the saide day Jonhne murtour' the first witnes suorne deponit be his aithe that he duelt with thome of Cullan and he was bodin and clede with gudis in hous' and vteuthe with hors' and in houshald' with al thingis that pertenit till ane burges And' he wyst him neuir sell nay thinge till his enday Isabell of Cullan deponit be hir aithe that thome of cullan quhome god assolye hir brothir hed his hous' welbeseyne in ale Inseicht accordinge till ane burges at his deces' and hed' ane gud matrice and j gret pott with vthir houshald' according' Ande scho vndirstud neuir that hir' modir bocht the saidis thomas ayrschipe til his enday Alexander nachty suorne deponit be his aithe that thome of Cullan in tym' of his deces' was welbodin' in ale thingis that accordit till ane burges in houshald' and vteuthe als'uel as ony nichtbur' beside him in the towne with pottis panis dischis dublaris countaris siluer pecis siluer spvnis mas' matrice fedir beddis and al vthir gudis and with ij hors smale axis sadill et cetera the Relict of vmquhill Richerd of cullan concordis with Isabell of cullan in ale thingis et cetera And' atour sche'sche' overwrites 'we' in different ink. vnderstandis ij goublatis was away or the saide thomas deces' Patrik andirsone suorne deponit the gret aithe that thomas cullan the tym' of his deces' hed ale gudis Inseiche and houshald that efferit ane burges to have with pecis of Siluer Siluer spwnis masar matrix fedir beddis pottis pannis dischis dublaris covntaris and al vthir hushalde ger' and with ij hors' and al riding' ger' according for his person' and hors' batht wapinnis and vthir defensabill ger' sere Dauid Waus vicar of banf and curat of abirdene deponit be his aithe that he was diuers' tymes in thome of Cullanis hous' and saw it euire well apparalit batht in hall and chamer as efferit ane burgis hous' to be and was sua the tyme of his extreme vncion and eftir he was vntyt he saw sere alexander club and his cistir takand' done the towall burde and vthir ger' and abilyement off houshald' and saide that that and the vthir stuff thar modir hed' bocht and he vndirstud' neuer that scho hed' bocht it quhill now he heris sere alexander sais it is bocht And' atour he saw him haf hors and ridin' geyr'

Eodem die plegium porrectum per Andream andirsone contra alexandrum mar' continuatur cum consensu parcium vsque in feriam quartam proxime sequentem

Curia balliuorum burgi de abirdene tenta in pretorio eiusdem xx die Decembris Anno quo supra

Eodem die Duncanus straloche seriandus de mandato prepositi et balliuorum promittit agnetem club relictam quondam thome cullan in Judicio ad comparendum in pretorio dicti burgi feria quarta proximo sequente hoc causarum ad videndum et audiendum deposiciones testium productos per partem sibi aduersam videlicet matheum cullan et Andream cullan' suum assignatum de et super bonis sibi Jure hereditario contingen' racione decessus quondam dicte thome publicari promulgari et vlterius ut Jura voluit procedere et Sententiari