meldrum aberdour The said day Elizabetht meldrum the spous of Jonhne arthour lauchfullie warnit calit and' nocht comperit for ansuer the tribulance of William abirdour quhilkis scho wes in amerciament of the court et cetera

mar meldrum The said day androw meldrum with the quhitcott wes fundin feyt seruand' to Jonhne mar tailyour quhill the fest of Witsunday for ij s' of fee

Be It kend' till ale men' be thir present lettrez ws Prouost Bailyeis counsaile and communite of Aberdene oure awaile in that part seyne considerit and vnderstandin till haue sett and to formaill lattyne ande be thir prsent lettres settis and' to formaile lattis till our traist neychtbouris Patry reid burges of the said burgh all and' haill the half our landis of hessilheid witht thair pertinence liand' within the fredome of the said burgh for all the termez of nyntene yeris ffor ane' certane Some vsuall money of Scotlande pait till vs thankfully in nowmerit money in tym' of the making of thir lettrez' to the furnessing pament and prouision' of the honorabill costes expens' and chargis maid and to be maid in the ressaving of our Souerane lady the queyne at hir first passage throu the Realme to the plesoure of hir gude grace and' for common' proffit and weile of the gude towne of the quhilk Some of money in fule and haill contentacioun' and pament of the formaile and girsom of the saide half landis of hessilhede with the pertinens for ale the termes of nyntene yeris we hald ws weill' content and' fulleli pait and discharges and quiet' clamys the said patry his ayres executouris and' assig tharof ws our ayres Successoures executoures ande assignez now and foreuir To be haldin and hed ale and' haill the said half landis of hessilheid with the pertinence to the said patry his ayres ande assignes ane or may Induellaris within the said burgh'with ale and sindrie pastores lesoures fredomes comoditeis asiamentis and proffitis pertenyng or may pertene tharto the entray of the said patry his ayres or assignez ane or may salbe in and with the said half landis of hessilheid' with the pertinence at the fest of Witsunday nixt ane the Inmediat eftir follouing' the dait of thir lettrez' And frathinfurtht to continew in peciable' Josing and breuking of the samyne quhill ale the termez of xix yeris haile and gidder be fullely compleit and runnyng but ony Interruption' or brak of termez or yeris question' Inpedement or demand' of his vs our Successouris aires assignez or ony vthires in our names To be maid in the contrar and' we said prouost bailyeis counsale and communite oblis' ws our successoris lelelie and treulie to warrand' keip and dorsand' ale and' haill the saide half landis of hessilheid with thair pertinence to the said patry his ayres and assignez maile and grissum fre for ale the termes of ix xix yeris as saide is be ale our landis and gudes aganys ale deidlie al fraud and gile als input In witnessing of the quhilkis the commone Seile of the saide burgh is appensit to thir lettrez' at the samyne the xiij day of the moneth of maij the yer of god JM Vc Alewin yeris

Vniuersis pateat per presentes Nos perpetuum Balliuos Consules et communitatem burgi de abirdene fecisse constituisse nec non tenore presencium facere constituere et ordinare nostros delectos conburgenses gilbertum menyes nostrum prepositum Johannem ruthirfurd militem Johannem cullane' andream cullane' Johannem collisone Jacobum colisone et Johannem mar nostros veros legittimos commissarios dans et concedens eisdem nostram plenariam potestatem pro nobis et Nomine nostro totam et integram' dimiditatem omnium terrarum nostrarum de hessilheid' cum suis pertinenciis Jacente infra libertatem dicti burgi pro forma pre manibus nobis soluendis nostro dilecto conburgensis patricio reid' dimittendum et arrendendum pro terminis nonendecim Annorum ad honorabiles expenses et onera in prouisione recepcionis nostre excellentisime regine scotorum Illustrissime Ceteraque omnia et singula in premissis faciendis gerendis et excercendis que nos facere Possemus si Personaliter interessemus Promittens nos Ratum gratum firmum et stabile habens et habiturum totum et quicquid dicti commissarij nostri premissis nomine nostro rite duxerunt faciendum In cuius rei testimonium presentibus Sigillum nostrum communione dicti burgi est appensum apud eundem decimo tercio de mensis maij anno Dominj j millesimo quingnetesimo vndecimo et cetera

Vniuersis pateat per presetes nostris prepositum balliuos Consules et communitatem burgi de Abirdene fecisse constituisse et ordinasse necnon tenorem presencium facere constituere et ordinare nostros legittimis conburgensis gilbertum menyes nostrum prepositum Johannem ruthirfurd' militem Johannem cullane andream cullane Johannem colison' Jacobum colison et Johannem mar nostros veros et legit et legittimos commissarios dans et concedens eisdem nostram plenariam potestatem pro nobis et Nomine nostro totas et Integras piscarias nostras dimidij Rethis de pott super aquam de Dee cum suis pertinenciis assedandj et pro firma pre manibus nobis soluendis dimittendis et arrendendis pro terminis decim Annorum ad honorabiles expensis et onera in prouisione recepcionis nostre Excellentissime regine scotorum Illustrissime Ceteraque omnia alia et singula in premisse faciendum gerendum et excercendum que nos facere possemus si personaliter interessemus Promittens nos ratum gratum firmum et stabile habens et habiture tocium et quicquid dicti commissarij in premisse nomine nostro rite duxerint faciendum Int In rei testimonium presentibus Sigillum communione dicti burgi est appensum apud eundem quinto die mensis Anno dominj millesimo Quingentesimo Vndecimo et cetera