Source:Scottish document Aberdeen Ant., vol. iv p. 84

Robert II King of Scotland confirmed the confirmation made by "consanguineus noster Walterus de Lesley de Ross et...consanguinea nostra Eufamia sponsa sua", of a donation to Fraserburgh made by “Andree Mercer”, by charter
Originally written in Latin 1382

Transcription

Ratificatio Regis.¹—(A.D. 1382)

Robertus Dei gratia Rex Scottorum Omnibus probis hominibus totius terre sue clericis et laycis salutem Sciatis nos approbasse ratificasse et hac presenti carta nostra confirmasse donacionem illam et concessionem quas dilectus consanguineus noster Walterus de Lesley de Ross et dilecta consanguinea nostra Eufamia sponsa sua ex vnanimi consensu et assensu fecerunt et concesserunt dilecto et fideli nostro Andree Mercer de terra de Faythley cum pertinentiis in baronia de Kynedward infra vicecomitatum de Abirdene Et de terra de Tiry cum pertinentiis in eadem baronia infra eundem vicecomitatum Tenendis . . . dicto Andree heredibus et assignatis suis . . . Saluo seruicio nostro In cuius rei testimonium presenti carte nostre confirmationis nostrum precepimus apponi sigillum Testibus venerabilibus in Christo patribus Willelmo et Johanne cancellario nostro Sancti Andree et Dunkeldensis ecclesiarum episcopis Johanne primogenito nostro de Carrik senescallo Scocie Roberto de Fytf et de Menteth filio nostro dilecto Willelmo do Douglas et de Marr consanguineo nostro comitibus Jacobo de Lyndesay nepote nostro karissimo et Roberto de Erskyne consanguineo nostro militibus apud Meahfen quarto decimo die Februarii anno regni nostri vndecimo .

1. [From the original in the charter room at Philorth.]

Translation

Ratification of the King.—(A.D. 1382) By the grace of God, Robert, King of the Scots, to all the good men of his whole land, clerics and laymen, has ratified us the salutation of Sciatus, and confirmed by this present charter that donation and grant which our beloved kinsman Walter de Lesley de Ross and our beloved kinsman Euphamia his wife, by free consent and assent they made and granted to our beloved and faithful Andrew Mercer the land of Faythley with its appurtenances in the barony of Kynedward under the sheriff of Abirdene and the land of Tire with its appurtenances in the same barony under the same sheriff of Holding. . . to the heirs and assigns of the said Andrew. . . Salute to our service. In witness whereof we have ordered our seal to be affixed to the present charter of our confirmation. To our venerable witnesses in Christ, our fathers William and John, our chancellor, bishops of the churches of St. Andrew and Dunkeld, John, our firstborn, Robert de Fytf of Carrick, seneschal of Scotland, and our beloved son William of Menteth, and William of Douglas, our kinsman of Marr, to James de Lyndesay, our dearest nephew, and Robert de Erskyne, our kinsman, to the soldiers at Meahfen, on the fourteenth day of February, in the fifteenth year of our reign.

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Printed sources	Illustrations of the shires of Aberdeen and Banff (vol. 4)

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