P. 214, 1. 10. c. suscepti re. de preb. li. vj.'

Sext: lib. iii. tit. iii. (De præbendis et dignitatibus), cap. i. (Suscepti regiminis).

The point of this reference is to establish that there is good authority for regarding the clergy presented by the monastery to benefices as rectors and not as vicars. The pertinent passage runs as follows:-' Verum (sicut nobis querela multorum frequens insinuat) Religiosi exempti de proventibus Parœcialium Ecclesiarum, in quibus jus obtinent patronatus, seu Rectorum presentatio pertinet ad eosdem, tantum percipiunt annuatim quod Rectores Ecclesiarum ipsarum non possunt de residuo commode sustentare, et Episcopalia jura persolvere, ac alia incumbentia eis onera supportare,' etc.

P. 214, l. 21. 'c. conquerente de off. ord.'

Decretals, lib. i. tit. xxxj. (De officio Judicis Ordinarii), c. 16 (conquerente Economo). The pertinent part is Tu autem his juribus in præfatis Ecclesiis contentus existens, non amplius ab eis exigas præter moderatum auxilium, quod juxta formam Lateran. Concilii, si manifesta et rationabilis causa extiterit, cum charitate postulandum, sicut ab aliis Ecclesiis ejusdem diœcesis, pro necessitate temporis, sustinemus.'

APPENDIX VI

LE LIURE DES TROIS FILZ DE ROYS, ETC.

Mr. Archibald Constable, in the notes to his translation of John Major's Historia Majoris Britanniæ (Scottish History Society, vol. x. p. 165), writes, Brunet (ed. 1862, vol. iii. col. 1126, s.a. Livre) quotes five editions of this work in French, of which the first four were printed at Lyons-in 1501, 1503, 1504, 1508-and the fifth at Paris, undated, but about 1530. The National Library of Paris possesses six MSS. of the work; and a мs. catalogue of Mss. in the same library attributes the work to Charles Aubert, who wrote also a Histoire d'Olivier de Castille. There seems to be no trace of the edition "in nostra lingua vernacula," except in Major, and it is possibly one of the many books now lost that were printed by Walter Chapman in the early years of the sixteenth century.'

That the work is a mere romance will be sufficiently established

by merely transcribing the full title (as given by Brunet) of the Lyons edition, printed by Claude Nourry in 1503. It runs: 'Le liure de trois filz de roys: cest assavoir De france, dagleterre et descosse, lesqlz en leur ieunesse pour la foy crestienne soustenir au seruice du Roy de secille eurent de glorieuses victoires contre les turz, lequel roy de secille apres pour ses victoires et vaillances fut des electeurs de lempire esleu empereur, et espousa le filz du roy de france alors roy la belle Yolente fille de lempereur par quoy succeda au royaulme de Secille et en jouyst paisiblement, et le filz du roy dagleterre espousa la fille du turc apres quelle fut crestienne, et le filz du roy descosse alors roy print a femme la seur du dict roy dagleterre, et le filz du ture alors ture lautre seur, seur du roy dagleterre.'

Mr. A. Francis Steuart has been so good as to supply the editor with notes on the contents of the book. From these it is evident that there are some points of resemblance between the romance and the story as told by Boece. The name of the Scottish hero is David; he suffers shipwreck; he is taken captive by the Turks. But, on the whole, the differences are so numerous, that it is certain that either Boece had some other source for his story, or else that he indulged largely in the faculty for invention, with which he is, only too justly, credited.

No English translation is known to exist in print. But in the British Museum (MSS. Harley, 326) there is a мs. on vellum, assigned to about A.D. 1500, containing an English translation. The contents will be found described in Mr. H. L. D. Ward's Catalogue of Romances in the department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (vol. i. pp. 782, 783). The three princes are Philip of France, Humphrey of England, and David of Scotland. Philip leaves his father [King Charles] secretly and serves against the Grand Turk under Ferant, the seneschal of the King of Sicily. Philip calls himself "Le Despureu," but the Princess Iolante of Sicily gives him the title of "Le Surnome." The King of Sicily appeals for help, and French, English, and Scotch companies are sent to him under David of Scotland. David is shipwrecked and captured by the Turks; but he escapes and serves under Ferant, calling himself "Athis." Humphrey also joins the same service, calling himself "Ector." The King of Sicily is elected Emperor of Germany. The Turks are defeated. A tournament is held for the hand of Iolante; and Philip, now become King of France, is married to her.' . . . It is also recounted that the grand Turk

turned Christian, and married a sister of Humphrey, King of England; but that after his death his people abjured the faith, and that he left no children by the English princess.'

A French мs. of this romance was transcribed in 1463, by David Aubert, librarian of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; and indeed the authorship of the work has been by some assigned to him. See Mr. Ward's Catalogue as cited above. In addition to the early printed editions noticed by Brunet may be mentioned an issue in quarto from the press of 'Michel le Noir,' Paris, 1504, and another from the press of La Veufe feu Jehan Trepparel,' Paris, which the British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books marks [1520'?]. Perhaps the latter may be the same as that assigned by Brunet to 'about 1530.'

APPENDIX VII

NOTES ON SEALS CONNECTED WITH
LINDORES ABBEY.

By WILLIAM RAE MACDONALD, F.S.A. Scot., Carrick Pursuivant. 1. Seal of David, Earl of Huntingdon, younger brother of Malcolm iv. and William the Lion, who founded the Abbey of Lindores, circa A.D. 1191, and died 17th June 1219.

The earl in armour on horseback to sinister with sword in his right hand, and shield on left arm charged with :-Three piles (for Huntingdon).

Legend: (Goth. caps.), SIGILL' DAVID COMITIS FRATRIS REGIS SCOCIE. Diameter, 2 inches.

Appended to Grant of a rent charge of 2s. 6d. to the Church of the Holy Trinity of London and Canons thereof, no date, but C. A.D. 1206-14. In Record Office. See Bain's Calendar of Documents, vol. i. No. 603; Laing's Seals, vol. i. No. 443; Birch's Catalogue of Seals in British Museum, vol. iv. Nos. 15666-72.

Also to charter granting the lands of Soutra to the monks of St. Mary of Soutra, without date. Charter and seal reproduced in Anderson's Diplomata Scotiæ, pl. xxxix.

2. Seal of the Abbey of Lindores.

The Virgin with open crown and nimbus, seated on a bench,

holding in her right hand a lily, branch, or sceptre, and in her left the model of a church, while in her lap is seated the Child, front face with cruciform nimbus, His right hand raised in benediction, and His left holding an orb.

Legend: (Goth. caps.), SIGILLVM SANTE MARIE ET SCI ANDREE DE LVNDORS. Pointed oval, 211 × 11 inches.

Appended to Release by Thomas (who died 1273) abbot of Lindores and the convent to Sir Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale, of all the second tithes of his land beyond Moneth, dated at Lundores, 7th August 1261. In Record Office, see Bain's Calendar of Documents, vol. i. No. 2267; Laing's Seals, vol. i. No. 1073; Birch's British Museum Seals, vol. iv. No. 15374; Raine's North Durham, Appendix, p. 88; Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum (1846 edition), vol. vi. part ii. p. 1150. Engraved, incorrectly, on the title-page of Liber Sancte Marie de Lundoris, being the second part of The Chartularies of Balmerino and Lindores. Abbotsford Club, Edinburgh, 1841.

An interesting description, with engraving, of a bone matrix of this seal is given by the Rev. John Brand, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries of London, in a letter dated 10th May 1797, printed in Archæologia, vol. xiii. p. 196, where he says, This matrix represents the Virgin Mary seated with our Saviour in her lap holding a branch in her right hand, and the abbey of Lundores in her left, pl. x., fig. 4. The inscription runs thus: Sigillum Sancte Marie et Sci Andree de Lundo* * *” here a piece has been broken off; part of the R is however still visible, and there is no doubt but that the letters e and s followed it.'

3. and 4. Seal of the Chapter of the Abbey.

Obverse. Under a canopy of three gables is a figure of the Virgin crowned and seated on a bench holding on her left knee the Child with nimbus. On the dexter side is an abbot in profile in the act of kneeling holding in front of him his crosier, while issuing from his mouth is a scroll inscribed with the words, 'AVE MARIA. On the sinister side is a group of four monks chanting with a scroll in front of them inscribed with the commencement of the hymn, 'SALVE, SCA. PARENS. Legend (Goth. caps.), S: CAPITULI: ECCL'IE: SCE: MARIE : ET : SANCTI ANDREE: DE: LVNDORS. : Diameter 21 inches. Reverse. In the centre is a figure of St. Andrew extended on his cross. On the dexter side is a group of seven people listening

to his teaching, while on the sinister side a man on a ladder is binding the arm of the Saint to the cross. Above his head is a trefoiled arch with six stars and a crescent enclosing a star, and beneath him is the half-length figure of a man in profile to sinister with his hands raised in adoration between a star and a crescent. Legend (Goth. caps.), BIDVO PENDENS IN CRVCE BEATVS ANDREAS DOCEBAT POPVLVM. Diameter 214 inches.

Appended to a charter by John [Philp] abbot of Lindores and the convent of the same to Patrick Leslie, son of Alexander Leslie of Wardes, of the lands of Flanders. Dated 20th March 1554/5. Hutton's Sigilla, p. 82; Laing's Seals, vol. ii., Nos. 1160 and 1159, pl. x., figs. 5 and 4; Birch's British Museum Seals, vol. iv., No. 15,375, pl. vш., fig. 6, reverse only.

Also to Charter by the abbot and monks of Lindores in favour of David Hathinton, their old quarrier, of a rood of land, dated 20th August 1478. See Alexander Laing's Lindores Abbey, p. 185, where a woodcut of the obverse is given.

Also to letters by John [Philp], abbot of the monastery of Lundoris and the convent of the same, met in chapter, to Master John Major, Professor of Sacred Letters, and Provost of the Collegiate Church of St. Salvator of St. Andrews, dated 15th August 1547. In General Register House, Edinburgh.

Also to Tack by John [Philp], abbot of Lundoris, and the convent of the same in favour of their servitor John Chalmer, son of the late John Chalmer, liferenter of Balbuthenne, dated 31st May 1549. In General Register House, Edinburgh.

5. Seal of Thomas, abbot of Lindores, appointed 1291-1294, died c. 1306.

The seal is divided into three parts. In the upper portion is represented a Gothic porch of three niches. In the centre niche is a figure of the Virgin crowned and seated, holding on her left arm the Child. In the niche on either side is an angel adoring. In the central portion under a triple arch is a figure of St. Andrew extended on his cross with four small figures binding his hands and feet to the same, a star on either side. In the lower portion under a pointed gable enclosing a trefoiled arch kneels an abbot to sinister holding a crosier between his extended hands. Legend (Goth. caps.), S' THOME ABBATIS D' LVNDORS. Pointed oval 2×1 inches.

Now detached, but probably originally appended to homage,

Y