tenementa, tam in fronte quam in cauda, cum omnibus justis suis pertinenciis, solitis et consuetis, pure et simpliciter in liberum burgum, et forum in eodem cum libera et plenaria facultate emendi et vendendi victualia, vinum, ceram, pannos lineos et laneos, lanam, carnes, pisces, pelles, coria, ac illas et illa fruniendi, piscandi, brasiandi; ballivos, serjandos, ac alios officiarios quoscunque creandi, eligendi, continuandi, deponendi, et in eorum locis alium vel alios singulis annis eligendi et statuendi, curias tenendi, leges burgales exercendi, statuta racionabilia condendi, transgressores debite puniendi, et si opus fuerit eosdem expellendi, amerciamenta levandi, mercimonia quecunque propinandi, liberandi, et mensurandi, ac omnia alia et singula, actus et officia, de jure et consuetudine dictum burgum concernencia, faciendi et exercendi, nundinas infra dictum burgum die Sancte Katrine Virginis annuatim proclamandi et tenendi, eschaetas et amerciamenta exinde levandi, exigendi, [fol. 28.] et recipiendi, et delinquentes in eisdem debite puniendi, cum omnibus aliis et singulis libertatibus, commoditatibus, et asyamentis prefato burgo de jure vel consuetudine pertinentibus, et quas nos possidemus et illis concedere valemus secundum formam et tenorem carte serenissimi principis quondam, bone memorie, regis Alexandri nobis et nostris successoribus super dicto burgo, caritatis intuitu, graciose concesse in nostrisque archivis conservate: Tenendum et habendum dictum nostrum novum burgum cum omnibus suis pertinenciis in liberum burgum, et forum in eodem, quolibet die martis singularum ebdomadarum cujuslibet anni, et inperpetuum nostris predictis burgensibus et suis heredibus ac successoribus de nobis et successoribus nostris in feodo et hereditate inperpetuum, Adeo libere, quiete, plenarie, honorifice, bene, et in pace sicut nos et predecessores nostri possedimus et habuimus, per omnes et singulas suas antiquas metas rectas et divisas, et aliis suis justis pertinenciis quibuscunque dicto novo burgo spectantibus, seu de jure spectare valentibus quomodolibet in futurum, Et tam liberius et quiecius sicut aliquis burgus consimilis infra regnum Scocie datur, conceditur, seu quovismodo possidetur, predicti vero burgenses, sui heredes, et successores faciendo nobis et successoribus nostris homagium et tres sectas curie in anno ad tres curias capitales nostras apud dictum burgum tenendas. Necnon et prefati burgenses sui heredes et successores reddendo nobis et successoribus nostris annuatim firmas burgales, videlicet; vj. denarios monete currentis pro qualibet virgata seu perticata terre ad terminos solitos et consuetos: Reservando nobis et successoribus nostris omni anno itinera justiciarie et camerarie unacum custumis in dicto burgo contingentibus. Item volumus quod nullus extraneus extra dictum burgum moram trahens exceptis heredibus legitimis in burgensem recipiatur seu admittatur nisi prius ad hoc noster consensus expresse requiratur et eciam optineatur. In cujus rei testimonium sigillum commune capituli nostri apud dictum nostrum monasterium, hora capitulari, vicesimo quarto die mensis Maij, Anno domini Mo. cccco. quinquagesimo septimo, presentibus est appensum, etc., quod ff. R. K. (Abstract) 'OF NEWBURGH.' To all the sons of Holy Mother Church to whose notice the present letters shall come, John, by divine permission abbot of the monastery of St. Mary of Lundoris, of the order of Blessed Benedict, in the diocese of St. Andrews, and the convent of the same place, greeting in the Saviour of all men. Inasmuch as the charters and muniments of infeftment of our burgesses of Newburgh have through negligence perished, and been destroyed, by wars, fire, and other hazards of this life (alia mundi discrimina), and inasmuch as the burgesses aforesaid by continual prayers and frequent and urgent intreaties have by themselves, and by other good and circumspect men, with unwearied persistence humbly urged and supplicated us, as their lords superior, for a new infeftment of the said burgh, and the renewal (reformatione) of their charters, we the aforesaid abbot and convent at length giving ear to them, and considering that their continual supplications were just and agreeable to reason, after discussion in our chapter, and mature counsel, and unanimous deliberation, having carefully weighed what concerned the convenience and advantage of our monastery, have judged that a renewal of the infeftment aforesaid should be granted to our said burgesses and their heirs, together with the renewal (reformatione) of their charters and muniments, in the best way in our power. Be it known therefore to all of you that we, the aforesaid abbot and convent, have by unanimous consent and assent, given, granted, and confirmed, and by the tenor of our present charter, give, grant, and confirm, to our beloved and faithful burgesses, their heirs, and successors, inhabiting our said burgh, who have and possess or shall hereafter have and possess, or shall in time to come lawfully enter the said Newburgh, their holdings, all and singular, as well in front as in rear (in cauda) with all their just pertinents, usual and accustomed, purely and simply, as a free burgh, and a market in the same with free and full power of buying and selling victuals, wine, wax, linen and woollen cloth, wool, flesh, fish, skins, and hides, and of tanning the skins and hides, of fishing, and of brewing. They shall have also full and free power to make and elect bailiffs, sergeants, and other officers, to continue them, depose them, and in their places to elect and appoint one or more; to hold courts; to administer burgh laws; to enact reasonable statutes; to duly punish offenders, and, if need be, to expel the same; to levy fines; to expose for sale, weigh, and measure merchandise of all kinds, and to do and exercise all other and singular acts and offices which by law or custom affect the said burgh, to proclaim and hold every year, on the feast of St. Katherine the Virgin, [Nov. 25] a fair within the said burgh, to levy, exact, and receive escheats and fines therefrom, and to duly punish delinquents in the same, together with the other liberties, conveniences, and easements, all and singular, which by right or custom pertain to the aforesaid burgh, and which we possess and are capable of granting them, according to the form and tenor of the charter of the late most serene prince, of good memory, King Alexander, which, at the prompting of love, was graciously granted to us and our successors anent the said burgh, and which is preserved in our archives. Our said Newburgh to be held and had with all its pertinents as a free burgh, and the market in the same every Tuesday of each week throughout the year, and for ever, by our aforesaid burgesses and their heirs and successors, of us and our successors, in fee and heritage for ever, as freely, quietly, fully, honourably, well, and in peace, as we and our predecessors possessed and had it by all and singular its ancient right meiths and marches, and with its other just pertinents of every kind pertaining to the said Newburgh, or which can of right pertain to it in any way in future, and as freely and quietly as any like burgh within the realm of Scotland is given, granted, or possessed, the said burgesses, their heirs, and successors doing homage to us and our successors, and making three suits of court in the year at our three head-courts to be held within the said burgh, and also the said burgesses, their heirs, and successors, rendering to us and our successors yearly at the usual and customary terms the burgh rents, to wit, six pence of the current money for every rod or perch of land, reserving to us and our successors the justice and chamberlain ayres, together with the customs pertaining in the said burgh. Likewise we will that no stranger (extraneus) from outside the said burgh, tarrying there [?], should be received or admitted as a burgess (lawful heirs excepted) unless our consent thereto is expressly sought and also obtained. In testimony of which thing the common seal of our chapter was attached to the presents, at our said monastery, at the hour of the chapter, on the twenty-fourth day of the month of May, in the year of our Lord MCCCCLVII., etc. 'Quod ff. R. K.' [fol. 2.] CLIII Instrumentum Saysine terre quondam Magistri IN dei nomine, Amen. per hoc presens publicum instrumentum cunctis pateat evidenter quod anno ab incarnacione eadem millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimo nono, die vero mensis Martii vicesimo sexto, indictione duodecima, pontificatus Sanctissimi in Christo patris ac domini nostri, domini sixti divina providencia pape quarti, anno octavo in plena curia burgali novi burgi tenta apud ipsum burgum, infra capellam ejusdem, per probos viros, Michaelem de Inch et Alexandrum Michelsen dicti burgi ballivos, comparuit discretus vir Magister Thomas Rossy, vicarius ecclesie de Inchthur, Sancti Andree diocesis, qui nec metu ductus nec coactus, nec in aliquo errore, ut asseruit, lapsus, set ex sua certa scientia ac mera et spontanea voluntate universas et singulas terras suas et domum suam lapideam desuper constructam et erectam, cum earundem pertinenciis vniuersis infra dictum burgum ex parte boreali eiusdem, inter terras stephani caluart ad occidentem ab vna, et terras arabiles dominorum abbatis et conuentus monasterii de Lundoris ad orientem partibus ab altera Jacentes, in manibus predictorum balliuorum per tradicionem cuiusdam parue virgule sursum dedit, pureque et simpliciter resignauit; saluo tamen sibi dicto magistro thome dictarum terrarum et domus cum pertinenciis pro toto tempore suo libero tenemento. Quaquidem resignacione, sic, ut premittitur, facta et admissa, prefati balliui, finita dicta curia, ad dictas terras et domum cum pertinenciis, recto tramite, vnacum me notario publico et testibus subscriptis, accesserunt, et ibidem Michael, balliuus predictus, de dictis terris et domo cum earundem pertinenciis statum et saisinam hereditariam Religiosis viris fratribus Andree Wyntoun, suppriori dicti monasterii, et Johanni Cambal, monachis eiusdem loci professis, tanquam veris et legittimis procuratoribus pro toto conuentu eiusdem monasterii in prefata curia per dictos balliuos ad hoc specialiter admissis, secundum formam dicte resignacionis et tenorem carte per dictum magistrum thomam eis desuper confecte, per terre et lapidis in eorum manibus donacionem, vt moris est in burgo, saluo iure cuiuslibet, tradidit et deliberauit, ac eosdem procuratores nomine et ex parte tocius dicti conuentus in realem actualem et corporalem possessionem traduxit, et realiter inuestiuit de eisdem : Super quibus omnibus et singulis prefatus supprior, nomine et ex parte tocius dicti conuentus, a me notario publico infrascripto sibi fieri peciit vnum seu plura publicum vel publica Instrumentum seu Instrumenta. Acta erant hec anno, mense, die, Indiccione, locis, et pontificatu quibus supra hora vndecima vel eocirca ante meridiem, presentibus ibidem dicto magistro thoma, Johanne Wrycht, Stephano crukschank, Patricio Coule, Jacobo Philip, Nicholao Grynlaw, Dauid arbroth, Alano arbroth, Thoma Wyntoun, Jacobo Kok, Johanne Wemis et Willelmo Zung, cum diuersis aliis testibus, ad premissa vocatis specialiter et rogatis. (Abstract) 'INSTRUMENT of SASINE of the LAND of the late MASTER THOMAS ROSSY, lying in NEWBURGH.' In the name of God. Amen. By this present public instrument let it be clearly manifest to all that in the year of the same Incarnation 1 one thousand, four hundred, and seventy-nine, on the twenty-sixth day of the month of March, the twelfth indiction, the eighth year of the pontificate of our Most Holy Father and Lord in Christ, the Lord Sixtus IV. by Divine Providence, Pope, in the full burgh-court of Newburgh, held at the same burgh, within the chapel of the same, by the good men Michael of Inch and Alexander Michelson, bailiffs 2 of the said burgh, compeared the discreet man, Master Thomas Rossy, vicar of the church of Inchthur, in the diocese of St. Andrews, who not led nor forced by fear, nor, as he asserted, having fallen into any error, but of his certain knowledge and pure and spontaneous inclination, gave back into the hands of the aforesaid bailiffs by the delivery of a small twig, and purely and simply resigned, all and singular his lands and his house of stone erected and built thereon, with all pertinents of the same within the said burgh, at the northern part of the same, lying between the lands of Stephen Calvart and the arable lands of my lords the abbot and convent of Lundoris to the east, yet saving to himself, the said Master Thomas, the freehold of the said lands and house with their 1 The text reads ab incarnacione eadem, but compare the opening of CLI., where we find the reading ab incarnacione ejusdem. 2 The word bailies' would in this Charter represent perhaps more nearly the officer meant. 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