DE/EW/2138
dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)Agnes Sinclair has been sold lands of 'Morame' with pertinents by her former husband, Patrick earl of Bothwell. She grants that, if she remarries or dies before the redemption of the lands, the earl will pay her, or her heirs, the sum of 3,000 merks at St James' altar in St Giles collegiate church of Edinburgh.
TYLL ALL AND SINDRY quham it efferis, quhais knawlege [th]ir p[rese]nt l[ette]res salcum, AGNES SINCLARE, dochter to vmquhile Margaret Lady Sinclare, greting, in God euirlesting, wit your vniuersiteis, That albeit ane nobill and mychty Lord, Patrik Erle Bothuell, Lord Creichtoun and Halis, [e]tc, sumtyme my Spous, hes sauld and analeit to me, my airis and assignais, heretabillie, be charter and sesing, all and haill his landis of Morame, w[i]t[h] the toure, fortalice, mylne, tennent, tennandryis, and seruice of fre tennentis, and superioritie of the landis of Northrig, with the few malis of the samy[n] extendand 3eirly to threttene markis, allegit to pertene to Thomas Sinclare in few ferme, and ten husband landis liand contigue at the eist part of [th]e toun and territorie of Markill, constabulary of Hadingtoun, and [sher]refdome of Edinburt[h], as at mair lenth is contenit in his said charter of alienatioun maid and gevin to me [thair]upoun. Neuir[th]eles, I will and grantis, and alswa lelely and trewlie, be [th]e faith and trewt[h] in my body, bindis and obliss[is] me, my airis and assignais, that quhat tyme or howsone efter that I be cled in matrymony w[i]t[h] ane husband, or in cais it happin me to deceis befoir [th]e redemption of the saidis landis w[i]t[h] [th]air p[er]tenentis, in [th]e saidis caiss[is], and ilkane of [th]ame, it salhappin [th]e said Lord, his airis or assignais, vpoun ane day betuix [th]e sune rising and ganging to of [th]at ilk, into the College Kirk of Sanct Geill of Edinburt[h], and [th]air, vpoun Sanct James altare situate w[i]t[h]in [th]e samy[n], to content and pay to me in my lifetyme, and efter my deceis my airis or assignais, ane or ma, of [th]air awin propir gudis, and to [th]air awne vtilitie and proffet, [th]e soume of Thre thowsand markis vsuale money of Scotand havand cours of payment for [th]e tyme [. . .]
- Type of dedication
- Altar dedication
- Confidence
- 100
- Saint named
- James
- Saint details
- ST/JD/22
- Date low
- None
- Date high
- 8/11/1543
- Entry reference
- EN/EW/1808
- Notes
- None