Hospital of SS. James and John of Brackley [in Northamptonshire], of the other part, concerning the tithes and all other things which the abbey claimed from the land called Petneweue as belonging to the church of Trinity Gask (Gasccristi), and which the hospital possessed in right of their church of Nesgask, it was at length agreed that the abbey should quitclaim to the hospital all rights in everything which the church of Nesgask possessed at the date of the agreement. And the hospital, for the good of peace, bound itself to pay yearly for ever to the abbey, at Nesgask, one mark sterling at Martinmas from the tithes of Petneweue. And that the agreement might be inviolably observed, it was resolved by both parties that if either party attempted to resile from the agreement that party should pay to the opposite party twenty marks sterling as a penalty. And, for greater security, both parties submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of the bishop of Dunblane, who should have full power to compel by ecclesiastical censure the party resiling to pay the said penalty, and also to observe the above agreement. One part of this indenture, sealed with the common seal of the brethren of Brackley, was to be kept at the abbey, and the other part, with the common seal of the abbey, at the hospital. Witnesses

A.D. MCCXXXVIII.

LXV

[Geoffrey, bishop of Dunkeld, confirms the grants of his predecessors.]

Geoffrey, bishop of Dunkeld, makes known that he had inspected the gifts, grants, and confirmations made to the monastery of Inchaffray by his predecessors, John 1., Richard, John I., Hugh, and Gilbert, as to the church of Madderty with all its pertinents, and as to the land called the Abthen of Madderty, and as to the quitclaim of cain and coneveth, which in olden times the clerks of Dunkeld used to receive from the Abthen. He would not, and could not, of right interfere with grants made to a poor monastery at its foundation, and, with the consent and assent of the chapter of the cathedral of Dunkeld, he ratifies and confirms the above, 'saving to us and our successors only one mark to be paid annually from the Abthen at the two terms, in lieu of every exaction, custom, and secular service pertaining to us,' as he had found in the original charters of his

predecessors. He grants the abbot and canons and their successors the right to convert the temporal goods of the church of Madderty to their own uses, causing the church to be served, if they so desired, by a chaplain, or by a canon of their community. He reserves his episcopal dues from the church. The bishop's seal. Given at Dunkeld, 31 December, in the year мCCXXXVIII. Witnesses

LXVI

[The dean and chapter of Dunkeld quitclaim the cain and coneveth from the Abthen of Madderty.]

Adam de Prebenda, dean, and the chapter of Dunkeld make known that they have inspected the instruments of the bishops of Dunkeld [as in No. LXV.] and of the then bishop, Geoffrey, and recite the terms of No. LXV. 'We also quitclaim and remit for ever to the abbot and convent of the aforesaid monastery [of Inchaffray] the cain and coneveth, which the clerks of Dunkeld were accustomed to receive in the olden time from the aforesaid Abthen, and all right and claim which could pertain from the same to us or our successors, receiving them [the abbot and canons] into perpetual brotherhood and participation in the spiritual benefits of our church :-saving to us and our successors one pound of incense to be paid yearly at Whitsunday, as a free gift in the name of brotherhood.' The common seal of the chapter of the cathedral. Witness the chapter.' At Dunkeld, January 2, 1238-9.

LXVII

[Confirmation by the chapter of Dunblane of churches in the diocese belonging to Inchaffray.]

The dean and chapter of the church of Dunblane make known that having inspected the instruments of collation and confirmation by Jonathan and Abraham, formerly bishops of Dunblane, and by Clement, the present bishop, of the churches in the diocese of Dunblane possessed by the monastery of Inchaffray, and formerly granted with consent of the clergy of Dunblane, by which the monastery obtained all the revenues and fruits of the churches of Strugeith, Auchterarder, Kinkell, Abruthven, Dun

ning, Trinity Gask, Fowlis, Monivaird, Tulieden, and Kilbride, to be converted in perpetuity to the uses of the said monastery, saving the vicars' portions and the estimate of the value of the vicarages to be noted below, and saving the sixteen pounds, granted by the abbot and convent to Bishop Clement and his successors, from the garbal tithes of Tulibardin, Kyncardin, Barderel and Ogeluin (arising out of the dispute between the bishop and the monastery): also saving the garbal tithes of Rossyn and Strathyn, of Strugeth and Arneluoy, of Panan and Ruuehalache, valued at twenty marks by the judgment of good men, assigned to the archdeaconry of Dunblane about to be constructed saving also the garbal tithes of Auchtermaffiny and of the vill of Fedale pertaining to the church of Auchterarder, which have been assigned by the abbot and convent for the construction of a prebend in the church of Dunblane; they [the dean and chapter of Dunblane] with unanimous and solemn consent confirm the grants and confirmations of the bishops aforesaid. Moreover, they ratify and confirm with unanimous consent the taxation of the vicarages [allowances fixed for the vicars] of the said churches, as settled, with the consent of each party, by the bishops of Glasgow and Dunkeld, as well as by Bishop Clement, as was more fully contained in the original writ of the said taxation. Sealed, with subscription given at Dunblane on the Sunday next before the Purification of the Blessed Virgin [2 Feb.] in the year MCCXXXIX. Subscribed by the dean, the precentor, and the archdeacon.

LXVIII

[Confirmation by Gilbert de Hay of a grant of four bolls of wheat, and a further grant by him of four other bolls.]

Gilbert de Hay makes known that he grants and confirms the gift made by his father David de Hay of four bolls of wheat to be received yearly by the canons of Inchaffray. Moreover, for the weal of the souls of himself and his ancestors, he gives in addition four other bolls of wheat in his land of Inchmichael to be received yearly; so that the canons shall receive every year for ever a half chalder of wheat in his land of Inchmichael, to wit, four bolls before Christmas Day and four bolls before the Purification of St. Mary (2 Feb.) His seal. Given at Inchaffray on the vigil of the Ascension of the Lord, MCCXL.

Witnesses . . .

LXIX

[Grant of land in the town of Perth by Richard of Leicester, a burgess.]

Richard of Leicester, burgess of Perth, for the weal of the souls of himself and his ancestors, gives to Inchaffray, in pure and perpetual alms, certain land in the town of Perth [described], which land William, son of Hawok, held of him and his attorneys, to be held as freely as any burgage in the town of Perth, saving the agreement made by William to pay Richard and his attorneys yearly sixteen shillings, and saving the king's service. The grantor's seal and the common seal of Perth. Witnesses. . . . At Perth, Saturday before the Feast of St. Nicholas [6 Dec.], in the year

MCCXL.

LXX

[Quitclaim by William son of Hawok.]

William, son of Hawok of Perth, quitclaims, for himself and his heirs, to the canons of Inchaffray, for a certain sum of money which they gave him beforehand in his great necessity, his whole right in the land which he held for a certain annual rent of Richard of Leicester, formerly burgess of Perth, and afterwards of the canons themselves, situated in North Street, in the town of Perth. To be held free of all burden and claim, save the service due to the king from the said land. He grants warrandice against all. His seal. Witnesses [c. 1245.]

LXXI

[Another charter of William, son of Hawok.]

William, son of Hawok, for a certain sum of money given him by the canons of Inchaffray in his great necessity, grants the whole of the land which he held of the abbot and convent of Scone, situated in North Street in the town of Perth, and all rights which he or his heirs could have in it. To be held by the canons of Inchaffray and their successors on payment to the abbot and convent of Scone of the yearly rent which he had been accustomed to pay, namely, five shillings, half at Whitsunday and half at Martinmas-saving the service of the king. Grantor's seal. Witnesses [c. 1245.]

LXXII

[Confirmation of William son of Hawok's sale by the convent of Scone.]

Robert, abbot of Scone, and the convent of the same place, by the common consent of their chapter, ratify and confirm the sale made by William, son of Hawok, on the payment by Inchaffray to Scone of five shillings yearly [as in No. LXXI.] :-saving the forinsec service of the king. Warrandice. Common seal of Scone. The chapter being witness. [c. 1245.]

LXXIII

[Grant of the church of Kilmorich in the diocese of Argyll.]

Gillecrist, son of Malcolm Macnacthan, for the weal of the souls of himself, his wife Bethoc, his parents, ancestors, and heirs, gives to Inchaffray, after the death of Maurice, clerk, in pure and perpetual alms the church of St. Mordac, of Kellemurthe [Kilmorich at the head of Loch Fyne], with all its just pertinents, to be held of him and his heirs as freely as any baron of the whole realm of Scotland can give any church. Seal of grantor. Witnesses. .. [c. 1246.]

LXXIV

[Another charter to the same effect as No. LXXIII.]

Gillecrist [as in No. LXXIII., omitting the words, after the death of Maurice, clerk.' After mention of the grantor's seal there follows:] together with the seal of the venerable father C[lement] by the grace of God bishop of Dunblane, and at the time of this collation having charge of the bishopric of Argyll. Witnesses. . . [c. 1247.]

LXXV

[Grant by Fergus, son of Earl Gilbert, of a chalder of

oatmeal.]

Fergus, son of Gilbert, late earl of Strathern, gives to the abbot and canons of Inchaffray a chalder of oatmeal in the vill of Ouchtirmakan, to be received yearly by them and their successors at the hands of his tenant (firmarii) of the same vill. And, for security of the payment of the said meal at the feast of St. John Baptist