Aberdene. xix. die mensis Januarij anno Domini millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimo octavo

Carta Walteri Ogilvie de Boyne terrarum de Auchannoquhy et Culfyne (A.D. 1495.)

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Jacobus Dei gracia Rex Scottorum etc. Sciatis nos quandam cartam [etc.] factam per dilectum consanguineum nostrum Georgium comitem de Huntlie dominum de Baidyenoch dilecto familiari armigero nostro Waltero Ogilvie de Boyne de omnibus et singulis terris de Auchannoquhy [etc.] necnon de omnibus et singulis terris de Culfyne [etc.] de mandato nostro visam lectam [etc.] non rasam [etc.] ad plenum intellexisse / sub hac forma. OMNIBUS hanc cartam visuris vel audituris Georgius comes de Huntlie et dominus de Baidyenache Salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noveritis nos dedisse concessisse et vendidisse ac pure vendicionis titulo a nobis et successoribus nostris alienasse [etc.] dilecto consanguineo nostro Waltero Ogilvy de Boyne omnes et singulas meas terras de Auchannoquhy cum earundem pertinenciis jacentes infra Forestam meam de Boyne et vicecomitatum de Banff prout se extendunt ad torrentem et terras jam aratas de Knokdurne ad occidentale ex una et terras jam aratas de le Ordyins cum le Coukschaw ad orientale ex altera / ac terras inde aratas de Tullinaught extendentes linealiter ad terras jam aratas de Knokdurne prenotatas ad australe ex alia et terras ac limites Foreste de Boyne et Thanagii ejusdem videlicet le Haghill extendentem linealiter ad le Commonfurd vulgariter nominatam et intrantem in torrente de Knokdurne inter limites dicte Foreste et Thanagij de Boyne ad boream / partibus ex altera cum silvis et silvarum locis nobis et predecessoribus nostris pertinentibus et specialiter cum silva de Lethnot infra dictas bondas existente. Necnon omnes et singulas terras nostras de Culfyn cum earundem pertinenciis infra Forestam nostram de Boyne prefatam et vicecomitatum de Banff jacentes cum silvis et silvarum locis nobis. et predecessoribus nostris pertinentibus et specialiter cum silva de Killatoquhy ad quandam congeriem lapidum vulgariter dictam Lestewymis Carne super montem ex parte australi torrentis de Boyne extendentem / et inde... nominatam de Culfyne cum potestate et privilegio libere foreste in silvis et locis silvarum ante

1 [From the Earl of Haddington's Collection of Charters, MSS. Bibl. Adv.]

dictis in longitudine et latitudine debitis cum potestate eschaetarum et commodo curiarum dictarum terrarum de Auchannochy et Culfyne ac cum omnibus et singulis eschaetis proficuis et utilitatibus [etc.] et cum eschaetis et amerciamentis tenentium et inhabitatorum dictarum terrarum de Auchannoquhy et Culfyn cum pertinenciis earundem si que contigerint in curiis nostris dicte Foreste nostre de Boyne Necnon cum potestate et libertate terras vastas et non prius aratas ex parte australi dicti torrentis de Boyne et signanter infra metas et locos dictarum terrarum de Culfyn cum pertinenciis earundem ac etiam dictarum terrarum de Auchannoquhy cum pertinenciis infra limites et bondas antedictas arandi lucrandi et colendi ac pro earundem dictarum terrarum vastarum et non prius aratarum arabili redditione tribulos spinas salices arbores antiquas radices et truncos sectos [extrahendi etc.] fossas et sepes faciendi et edificandi · pro quadam pecuniarum summa nobis per prefatum Walterum Ogilvy integre numerata et per ipsum nobis plenarie persoluta ac in usibus nostris necessariis exposita et conversa / de quaquidem summa tenemus nos bene contentos et solutos [etc.] Quequidem terre fuerunt dicti Walteri Ogilvy hereditarie et quas idem Walterus [etc.] sua pura et spontanea voluntate certis causis rationabilibus mediantibus in manibus nostris tanquam domini superioris per fustem et baculum ut moris est sursum reddidit [etc.] Tenendas et habendas omnes et singulas terras prenominatas de Auchannoquhy et Culfyne [etc.] prefato Waltero Ogilvy heredibus suis et suis assignatis de nobis heredibus et successoribus nostris quibuscunque in feodo et hereditate in perpetuum per omnes rectas metas [etc.] cum communi pastura infra dictam nostram Forestam de Boyne [etc.] Reddendo inde annuatim dictus Walterus Ogilvy heredes sui et sui assignati nobis et heredibus nostris unum denarium usualis monete regni Scotie ad Festum Penthecostes super solum dictarum terrarum nomine albe firme si petatur tantum [etc.]. In cujus rei testimonium presentibus sigillum nostrum est. appensum apud Huntlie duodecimo die mensis Januarij anno Domini millesimo quadringentesimo nonagesimo secundo presentibus ibidem venerabili honorabilibus et discretis viris / Ricardo Strathaquhyn priore de Monymosk Patricio Barclay domino de Grantuly et Johanne et Andrea ecclesiarum de Glas et Botarrie Moraviensis diocesis rectore et vicario. testibus ad premissa rogatis et requisitis QUAMQUIDEM cartam ac donationem venditionem et alienationem in eadem contentas in omnibus suis punctis et articulis [etc.] approbamus ratificamus et pro nobis et succes

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soribus nostris pro perpetuo ut premissum est confirmamus Salvis nostris et successoribus nostris juribus et servitiis de dictis terris silvis et silvarum locis cum pertinenciis ante presentem confirmationem nostram nobis debitis et consuetis. In cujus rei testimonium huic presenti carte nostre confirmationis magnum sigillum nostrum apponi precepimus. Testibus [etc.] apud Perth tertio die mensis Decembris anno Domini m° . mo iiije nonagesimo quinto. Et regni nostri octavo.

Carta Willelmi Somyr pro tempore vite1 / (A.D. 1362.) Dauid Dei gracia Rex Scottorum Omnibus etc. Sciatis quod concessimus dilecto familiari nostro Willelmo Somyr illum annuum redditum quadraginta solidorum nos contingentem de terra de Baldavi vna cum molendino eiusdem infa vicecomitatum de Banff Tenendum et habendum dicto Willelmo pro toto tempore vite sue libere etc. cum omnibus libertatibus etc In cuius rei etc. Testibus etc. Apud Perthe xxviij° · die. Maij anno regnj nostrj Tricesimo Tercio

Carta terrarum de Regale et Auchorsk domino Willelmo domino Creichton concessa (A.D. 1478.)

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Omnibus hanc cartam visuris vel audituris Georgeus permissione divina Abbas monasterij de Abbirbrothoc / Salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noveritis nos cum consensu et assensu conventus ejusdem loci / dedisse concessisse et hac presenti carta nostra confirmasse [etc.] nobili et potenti domino Willelmo domino Creichton omnes et singulas terras nostras de Rigale et Auchorsk / cum pertinenciis jacentes infra vicecomitatum de Banff Quequidem terre cum pertinenciis fuerunt Jonete de Dunbar domine de Frendracht matris dicti Domini Creichton hereditarie et quasquidem terras cum pertinenciis prefata Domina [etc.] mera pura et spontanea voluntate in manus nostras apud burgum de Edynburth per suos procuratores ad hoc specialiter constitutos coram subscriptis testibus per fustem et baculum sursum reddidit pureque simpliciter resignavit [etc.] Tenendas et habendas omnes et singulas predictas

1 [From the Registrvm Magni Sigilli Regvm Scotorvm, p. 32.

In a roll of missing charters, by King Robert III. is "Carta to David Duff, of the lands of Maldakatu and Baldavy, in vicecomitatu de Banff." (Robertson's Index to the Charters, p. 141.)]

2 [From the Registrum Recentius Cenobii de Aberbrothoc, MSS. Adv. Bibl.]

terras cum pertinenciis prefato Willelmo domino Creichton heredibus suis et assignatis de nobis et successoribus nostris abbatibus dicti monasterij in feodo et hereditate in perpetuum [etc.] adeo libere quiete [etc.] sicut dicta Domina de Frendracht aut predecessores sui prenominatas terras cum pertinenciis ante dictam resignacionem in manibus nostris inde factam liberius tenuit seu possedit tenuerunt seu possederunt. Et nos vero dictus Georgeus abbas dicti monasterii et nostri successores abbates ejusdem omnes et singulas predictas terras de le Rigale et Auchorsk cum pertinenciis prelibato Willelmo domino Creichton suis heredibus et assignatis adeo libere et quiete in omnibus et per omnia ut predictum est contra omnes mortales warantazibimus acquietabimus et in perpetuum defendemus. In cujus rei testimonium huic presenti carte nostre sigillum commune capituli nostri est appensum Coram hiis testibus magistro Henrico. Boys cancellario Dunblanensi Jacobo Scrymgeour herede constabularii de Dunde David Heryis de Deray domino Thoma Balduvy capellano Johanne Thane Alexandro Bois et Willelmo Dowglace armigero cum multis aliis testibus. Apud dictum nostrum monasterium secundo die mensis Maij anno Domini millesimo quadringentesimo septuagesimo octavo.

THE PARISH OF CULLEN (OR INVERCULLEN) OF BOYNE.1

DESCRIPTION OF THE PARISH OF CULLEN OF BOYNE. BY MR. WILLIAM OGILVY. A.D. M.DCC.XXIV. 2

ULLEN, in the shyre of Banff, is a royall burgh, 3 whereof

the Earle of Findlater is heretable constable. It hath to the north-west, the church of Rathven, two myles; to the south-west, the church of Deskfoord, two myles; to the east, the church of Fordyce, two myles.

The toune is above half a myle in length, and hath only one street, which beginneth at the south end, where there is a house called Burdsbank, lately belonging to the name of

1 [See Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, pp. 647, 648.] 2 [From Macfarlane's Geographical Collections for Scotland, MSS. Adv. Bibl.]

3 [ The Royal burgh of Cullen is of considerable antiquity, as is proved by a charter of King James II. dated the sixth of March, 1455, ratifying a charter of King Robert I., by which were granted to the burgh, the usual liberties, privileges, and advantages." (Muni

Leslie, now to the Earle of Findlater, About the midle of the town is the Church, Tolbooth, and Cross. A litle distance from it is a Hospital erected by

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cipal Corporations. (Scotland.) Local Reports of the Commissioners, part i., p. 165. Lond. 1835. fol. Presented to both houses of parliament by command of his Majesty.)

King William the Lion, between the years 1189 and 1198, granted to Richard, bishop of Murray, a toft in the burgh of Inverculan. (Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis, p. 11; above, pp. 128, 129.)

On the fifth of October, 1232, King Alexander II. granted to Andrew bishop of Murray the land of the provostry of Kynmyly, by a charter dated " Apud Inuerculan • V. die Octobris anno regni nostri octavo decimo Testibus W. de Bondington cancellario ⚫ Waltero filio Alani senescallo justiciario Scocie David filio comitis Duncani⚫ Johanne de Vallibus Waltero Byseth Colino Hostiario · " (Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis, pp. 27, 28.)

On the seventh of October in the same year, the same King granted to the chapel of Saint Nicholas beside the bridge of Spey, four merks yearly from the rent of the King's mills of Inuernarn, by a charter dated" Apud Inuerculan septimo die Octobris anno regni domini Regis decimo octavo Testibus Willelmo de Bondington cancellario Waltero filio Alani senescalli justiciario Scotie M comite de Anegus et Katania Johanne Biset Waltero Biset M. filio M comitis de Leuenaux Willelmo Biset. (Id. pp. 122, 123.)

In a roll of missing charters by King David II. are "Carta to Thomas Lipp, the lands of Netherdull, of Drumbeth, Pettinbruynache, with the office of Constabulary of Culan, in vicecomitatu de Banff;" "Carta to William Chalmers of the lands of Castlefield, in vicecomitatu de Banff;"" Carta to Margaret Bruce of the lands of Castlefield, in vicecomitatu de Banff, quhilk Henry Culane resigned." (Robertson's Index to the Charters, pp. 32, 37.)

In a roll of missing charters by King Robert III. is "Carta to David Hay, of the place of Cullen, in vicecomitatu de Banff." (Id. p. 141.)]

1 [See Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, pp. 210, 646. "The church is a fabric of great antiquity, and bears the form of a cross. The interior presents a most venerable appearance; its dingy light, antique fittings, and the ancient monuments which grace its walls, combining to impart to it a very imposing aspect, and well calculated to aid devotional feeling." (The New Statistical Account of Scotland, number xxxviii. pp. 345, 346. Edinb. 1842.)

"The rental of Our Lady College of Cullen. (A.D. 1563. From the Book of Assumptions, or Register of the Valuation of Benefices, MSS. Adv. Bibl. Jac. V. 6. 20; Jac. V. 3. I.) "The Provestrie of the College Kirk of Cullane fundit onlie upon the fruittis of the vicarage of Rothwan, perteining to Sir George Duff provest, liand in the diocie of Abirdene within the sheriffedome of Banff, beand at al tymes collectit bi the said Sir George himself sen his entres thairto, the yeirlie availl estimate to .1. merkis. Quhairof he payis to Sir Andro Hay vicar pensionar of Rothwan xx merkis yeirlie.

sic subscribitur

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S' George Duff provest of Cullane