The saide day the balyeis ordanit ale the four' officiaris to bring ale pundis and distres' takin be thame this yer' to the tolbutht eftir nowne that the amerciamentis mycht be modefeit and Ilkan persone extentit eftir thar' demerite and faculte sua that the balyeis mycht be dischargit

The said' day thomas menyeis grauntit him pait of ane barrele of Salmonde aving to him be Johne Kennerty

Curia balliuorum burgi de abirdene tenta in pretorio eiusdem xviii di mensis Septembris anno quo supra

The said' day comperit sere John ruthirfurd' knicht ande opinly exponit and schew that It was cumyn' to his knavlege that ane land pertening to him in heritage liand' in the gastraw quhilk was vmquhile Cullannis was processit be certan kirkmen' pretending thame to haue the propirte of the said' lande et cetera herfor j he tuk him to preiwe the said lande euire strenyeabile for the annuell' ale termes bigan Requirand' the prouest bailyeis and officiaris that thai wald' nocht proced' forthir in the said matir and gif nat Sesin of the said' land' vnto the tyme he warnit to comper befor thame for his defence

Inquisicio gilberti menyheis prepositi Eodem die compertum fuit per Johannem ruthirfurd thomam lesli thomam Waus' Duncanum colisoun matheam branche Andream louson Dauid ruthirfurd Alexandrum malysone Willelmum Kintor Duncanum fyf Willelmum colp Johannem moir cristoferum prat Alexandrum King et Andream michelsone burgensem dicti burgi Jurati dicunt quod gilberti menyeis' est legittimis et propinquior heres quondam Dauid menyeis patris suj quj obiit vltimo vestitus et sasitus vt de feodo ad pacem et fidem domini nostri regis de croftis subscriptis