A half net's fishing of the fords on the water of Dee is to be set to John Senzeon, burgess of Aberdeen, and Jonat Craig, his spouse, for a period of five years, God willing, from the vigil of St Andrew in 1525, which shall be the next general taxation.

Be it kend till all men be thir present letteris, wss provest, baillies, consell, and communite of Abirden . . . for ane certane soome of numerit money, pait to wss at the making of this writ, to the bigging of oure blokhouse, bying of pouder, and paing of our gunneris feis, and vther sindrie besines the toun hes ado, for the defence of the samin agains our auld ennemeis of Ingland, now being in the sey with ane greit army, as we are souerlie informit, pait to wss be our louit Johnne Senzeon, burgess of the said burgh, for his grissoum and entress siluer, of ane half nettis fisching of the furdis on the watter of Dee, of the quhilk grissovme and entre siluer we hald wss weill content and pait, and quietclamis and dischargis the said Johnne, and Jonat Crag his spouse, thair aireis and assignais, and all vtheris quhom it efferis, for wss, our aireis, and successouris, for now and for euer. To haue set and and to maill lattin, and be the tennour of thir present letteris settis and mail lattis, to the said Johne Senzeon, and Jonat Crag his spouse, and to the langast levar of thame tua, and to the said Johnes aires and assignais, burgessis and indullaris the said burgh, all and haill ane half nettis fisching of the furdis on the watter of Dee, with all and sindrie pendiculis and pertinentis, use and wont; {. . .} The entre of the said Johne and Jonat, thair aires and assignais, salbe, God willing, in and to the said halfnettis fisching, vith the pertinence at the vigill of Sanct Androw, in the yeir of God jm vc twenty and five yeris, quhilk salbe the entre of our next generall assedatioun, and fra thinfurth to continew in peciable josin and bruikin the samin, for all the termes of the said five yeiris {. . .}