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Reference | Title | Date |
GD3 | Papers of the Montgomerie Family, Earls of Eglinton | c1177-1931 |
GD3/1 | Montgomerie Family, Earls of Eglinton: Titles | 12th-19th century |
GD3/1/10 | Lands Formerly Belonging to the Earls of Eglinton and Sold by Them from Time to Time | 1376-1857 |
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Country code |
GB |
Repository code |
234 |
Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
Reference |
GD3/1/10/11 |
Title |
Blacklaw and Others |
Dates |
12 July 1526 |
Access status |
Open |
Location |
Off site |
Description |
Charter granted by King James V under his Great Seal in favour of Kentigern More of Rowallane and his heirs male whom failing to the eldest of his heirs female without division of those 5 merks of land of old extent of Blaklaw, 5 merks of land of Hairschaw, 6 merks of land of Corshillis, 6 merks of land then called the Clerkland, 40s of land of Cuttiswra and 5 merks of land of Ormesheuch extending together to 20lib of land of old extent which Margaret Boyd, Lady of Rowallan, mother of said Kentigern, held of the King in liferent by his letters under the Great Seal together with the King's mill of Clerkland lying in the lordship of Stewarton within the sheriffdom of Ayr; to be held of the King in feu farm, paying therefor yearly 44 pounds usual money of the kingdom, at two usual terms Whitsunday and Martinmas by equal portions in name of feu farm in augmentation of the rental of the foresaid lands and mill to 22 pounds yearly together with the marriage of the said heirs when this should happen and also the foresaid heirs paying double of the feu duty the first year of their entry thereto as use is of feu farm and the said Kentigern and his heirs building and upholding the said lands a sufficient house with hall, chamber, kitchen, stable etc and other necessary buildings and policies and corresponding to those which were formerly on the said lands reserving to the said Margaret her gift of liferent of the foresaid lands and mill and the profits of the same for the whole time of her life according to the tenor of the King's letter and gift under his Great Seal first made to her thereupon and exonering the said Kentigern and his heirs from payment of the feu duty during the life of his mother Witnesses: Gavin, archbishop of Glasgow, Gavin, bishop of Aberdeen, clerk register, Henry, bishop of Galloway and chaplain of the Royal Chapel of Stirling, Archibald, Earl of Angus, Lord Douglas, Colin, Earl of Ergile (Argyll), Lord Campbell and Lorne, John, Earl of Lennox, Lord Dernlie, Patrick, prior of the metropolitan church of St Andrews, secretary, George, abbot of the monastery of Holyrood near Edinburgh, keeper of the Privy Seal Dated at Edinburgh in the 13th year of his reign |
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Item |
Previous numbers |
GD3/1/3566 |
Language |
Latin |
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