John Mair, senior, burgess of Aberdeen, in honour of Almighty God, of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of all the heavenly court, for the welfare of the souls of himself and his spouse, Margaret Moir, etc, grants to the chaplains of the choir of the church of St Nicholas, two annual rents, viz: one of 20 s from a burgage land on the south of the Shiprow with the Holy Trinity burn on the south, and the other of 8 s from a burgage land on the west of the Gallowgate. In return the chaplains are to celebrate an anniversary and obsequies, namely, placebo and dirige on the Saturday before the second Sunday of Lent during the granter's life, and after his decease on the day thereof, and a Mass de nota on the Sunday following, with trental Masses during the ensuing week, at the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary within the parish church of St Nicholas of Aberdeen, for the souls of the granter, etc; the procurator of the chaplains distributing the amount as follows: to a crier for summoning the people to pray for the said souls, 2 d; to the sacrist for ringing the church bells thrice on the Saturday and the Sunday, 14 d; to himself to meet the cost of a table with proper covering and wax candles above the granter's tomb, 2 s; to the poor, on the said Saturday, 4 s; to the chaplains, 20 s 8 d.

Omnibus hanc cartam visuris . . . Johannes Mair senior burgensis de Abirdene Eternam in domino Salutem . . .Noueritis me igitur in honorem dei omnipotentis beatissime virginis marie Ac omnium celestis curie pro Salute anime mee anime margarete moir vxoris mee . . . dedisse . . . capellanis chori ecclesie perrochialis diui nicholaii de abirdene . . . Omnes et singulos annuos Redditus meos subscriptos cum pertinenciis viz vnum annuum redditum meum viginti solidorum . . . leuandum de vna terra terra {sic} burgagia cum pertinenciis Jacente ex australi parte vici nauium dicti burgi {. . .} et torrentem sancte trinitatis versus austrum Acetiam vnum annuum redditum meum octo solidorum leuandum de illa terra burgagia cum pertinenciis Jacente ex occidentali parte vici furcarum dicti burgi {. . .} Quamobrem dicti capellani . . . celebrabunt annuatim et imperpetuum vnum anniuersarium et exequias defunctorum viz placebo et dirige in die sabbati immediate ante dominicam secundam quadragesime annuatim durante vita mea Et post decessum meum annuatim in die obitus mei Ac missam de nota in dominica inde immediate sequenter Cum missis trigentalibus per ebdomodam proximam immediate sequenter vt moris est apud altare beatissime virginis marie infra ecclesiam parrochialem diui nicholai de abirdene fundatum pro salute anime mee et animarum omnium predictarum Insuper procurator dictorum capellanorum . . . annuos redditus . . . distribuet vt sequitur viz preconi cum campana manuali ad circuendum dictum oppidum nocte exequiarum ad incitendum populum ad deprecandum pro salute animarum predictarum duos denarios Et sacriste pro pulsatione campanarum dicte ecclesie trina vice ad huiusmodi exequias in die sabbato prefato et similiter in dominica immediate sequenti ad missam quatuordecim denarios Et similiter prefatus collector pro tempore tabulam honestam super monumentum meum ponet et idem pallio siue coopertorio decenti cooperiet et luminaria cerea inveniet vt decet pro quibus sibi duos solidos captabit Et annuatim in die dictarum exequiarum quatuor solidos pauperibus magis indigenis erogabit Et reliquum . . . viz viginti solidos et octo denarios dictis capellanis . . . deliberabit {. . .}