James III, king of Scots, confirms charter of the late Alexander Forbes, knight, previously confirmed by James II, whereby Alexander, for the salvation of his soul and that of Elizabeth Douglas, his wife, granted in pure and perpetual alms, to God and the Blessed Virgin Mary, and to a chaplain to celebrate divine service in the parish church of Forbes, an annual rent of 12 merks. The charter is dated 26 June 1436.

Jacobus . . . rex Scotorum . . . Sciatis nos quandam cartam quondam . . . Alexandri Forbes de eodem militis . . . et per quondam progenitorem nostrum Jacobum secundum Scotorum regem {. . .} confirmatam . . . visam . . . ad plenum intellexisse sub hac forma . . . Alexander de Forbes de eodem miles . . . Sciatis me pro salute anime mee et anime Elisabeth de Douglas sponse mee . . . dedisse . . . in puram et perpetuam elemosinam Deo et beate Marie Virgini . . . et vni capellano diuina celebranti . . . in ecclesia parochali de Forbes . . . annuum redditum duodecem marcarum {. . .}