procuratores burgi The said day the counsaile and communite maid' constituit and ordanit Johnne lesly alderman Alexander enyeis Robert blinseill Dauid menyeis Alexander red' Johnne cullan gilbert menyeis John Ratre thomas leslie Johnne mar thomas Jacobum collison Waus Dauid steuart and patry leslie coniunctly and seueralie thair' procuratores to defend' the Summonce maid one thame one the behalf of sere Johne ruthirfurd' knicht Anent the patronage of Sanct micha elis altir with power to substitut ane or may And' ordanit ane procura to be maid' vnder thar commoun' seill In dew forme

processus fyff Eodem die accedens ad baram discretus vir magister alexander fyf cpellanus perpetuus altaris sanctj marie virginis infra ecclesiam parrochialem sanctj nicholaij de Abirdene situati et protestatus fuit in forma Juris pro vno annuo Redditu quinque solidorum monete scocie sibi et dicto altarj annuatim debito et a longo tempore non soluto de quadam terra vasta quondam Willelmum Nory iacente infra dictum burgum in vico superiori ecclesie ex australi parte eiusdem vicj inter terram ipsius quondam Willelmum ex occidentali ex vna et torrentem ad molendinum supernis discendum ex orientali partibus ab altera Ad quam terram accedens nichil reperit distringibile preter terram et lapides quos balliuis in Sacculo presentauit in Curia tanquam primo die huius processus Testibus Willelmo belty alexandro lamyntone et Willelmo scrimgrour sergeando

Absentes de curia precedens de burgensis extra manentibus Moricius fergus andreas brabner Dauid lambe thomas Dauysone henricus leithe Robertus Dauyson' georgius fentone longus Walterus in monycabok Alexander panton' andreas Dvne Dauid hay matheus reid' Robertus hendirsone Andreas Watsone in cullan georgius gordone Johannes lochhillis Johannes Wilkesone in cromar' Thomas Wodman Johannes ma' dys' Andreas baxter Thomas baxter in nevburgh' Thomas moir in tochone Symon michell Johannes heroun' Johannes brabnar andreas portar in Davyot

annuatim debito et a longo tempore non soluto de quadam terra vasta quondam Willelmum Nory iacente infra dictum burgum in vico superiori ecclesie ex australi parte eiusdem vicj inter terram ipsius quondam Willelmum ex occidentali ex vna et torrentem ad molendinum supernis discendum ex orientali partibus ab altera Ad quam terram accedens nichil reperit distringibile preter terram et lapides quos balliuis in Sacculo presentauit in Curia tanquam primo die huius processus Testibus Willelmo belty alexandro lamyntone et Willelmo scrimgrour sergeando

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