On that day there came to the bar Alexander Shearer, chaplain of the altar of St Mary situated in the parish church of St Nicholas of Aberdeen and John Alanson, tutor of the altar of the Holy Cross situated in the said church and protested on behalf of an annual rent of 5 s owed to the said altar of St Mary and for an annual rent of 5 s owed to the said altar of the Holy Cross annually from a certain land lying within the said burgh on the Castlegate.

Eodem die accedentes ad barram Alexander Scherar capellanus altaris beate marie situati in ecclesia parochiali beati Nicholaij de Aberdene et Johannes filius Alani tutor altaris sancte crucis situati in dicta ecclesia protestauerunt pro vno annuo redditu quinque solidorum debito dicto altari beate Marie et pro annuo redditu quinque solidorum debito dicto altari sancte crucis annuatim de quadam terra jacente infra dictum burgum in vico castri {. . .}