To all the sons of Holy Mother Church and to the faithful, as well present as to come, Earl David, brother of the King of Scots, greeting. Know ye that I have founded an abbey at Lindores, of the order of Kelso [i.e. Tironensian], to the honour of God and of St Mary and of St Andrew and of All Saints , for the weal of the soul of King David, my grandfather, and for the weal of the sould of Earl Henry, my father, and of Countess Ada, my mother, and of King William, my brother, and of Queen Ermegard, and of all my ancestors, and for the weal of my soul, and of Countess Matilda, my spouse, and for the weal of the soul of David, my son, and of all my successors, and for the weal of the souls of my brothers and sisters.

Vniversis Sancte Matris ecclesie filiis et fidelibus tam presentibus quam futuris Comes Dauid frater Regis Scottorum, Salutem. Sciatis me fundasse quandam Abbaciam apud Lundors de ordine Kelkoensi, ad honorem Dei et Sancte Marie et Sancti Andree et omnium sanctorum, pro salute anime / Dauid Regis aui mei, et pro salute anime comitis Henrici patris mei, et comitisse Ade matris mee, et Malcolmi Regis fratris mei, et pro salute anime Regis Willelmi fratris mei et Regine Ermegard, et omnium antecessorum meorum, et pro salute anime mee et Matilde comitisse sponse mee, et pro salute anime Dauid, filii mei, et omnium successorum meorum, et pro salute animarum fratrum et sororum mearum.