EN/EW/1586

verbatim

Omnibus hanc cartam indentatam visuris vel audituris domini Jacobus zoung collector chori eccl[es]ie parrochialis b[ea]te Marie virginis de dunde will[el]mus huyde curatus alexander carnegy thomas bell thomas duquhir Jacobus erskyne m[a]g[iste]r andreas cowper georgius olipheir Jacobus ramsay robertus gray henricus futhe hugo lawsoune et thomas abircro[m]my capellani ebdomidarii et choriste chori eccl[es]ie parro[chia]lis predict[i] cap[itu]lum g[e]n[er]ale[m] seu ebdomidarios . . . ad perpetua[m] feudofirma[m] . . . dilecto n[ost]ro Richardo gilgoure carpentario ligneo burgen burgi de dundee heredibus suis et assignatis Totam et integram terram n[ost]ram ante et retro cum horto eiusd[em] et suis pertine[n]tiis nunc vastam iacen[tem] infra dictum burgum ex parte australi vici maris eiusdem burgi inter terram heredum quondam andree just ad orien[tem] terram johannis dog ad occiden[tem] fluxum maris ad austrum et viam regiam ad boream partibus ab vna et altera . . . Reddendo inde annuatim dictus Richardus heredes sui et assignati quicunq[ue] de predicta terra cum pertinen[tiis] nobis et successoribus n[ost]ris choristis ebdomidariis dicti chori seu collectoribus . . . sexdecim solidos vsualis monete regni scocie annui redditus ad duos anni terminos co[n]suetos festa vi[delicet] pe[n]thicostes et sancti m[ar]tini in hyeme per equales dimedias portiones libere nomi[n]e feodofirme . . . Preterea volumus q[uod] prefatus richardus heredes sui et assignati quicumq[ue] intra spacium quatuor annorum diem date p[rese]ntum proxime et immediate sequen[tem] quadraginta libras dicte monete ad om[n]e? ...mas?[or aue[n] as?] circa structuram edifica[ti]onem repara[ti]onem et meliora[ti]onem dicte terre Insumet et exponet . . .

summary

Charter by Sir James Young, collector of the choir of the parochial church of St Mary the virgin of Dundee, William Hude, curate, Alexander Carnegy, Thomas Bell, Thomas Duquhir, James Erskyne, Mr Andrew Cowper, George Olipheir, James Ramsay, Robert Gray, Henry Futhe, Hugh Lawson, and Thomas Abircrommy, weekly chaplains and choristers of the choir of the church aforesaid, constituting the general or weekly chapter of the aforesaid choir, in favour of Richard Gilgoure, wood-carpenter, burgess of Dundee, his heirs, etc, of that land fore and back, with yard of the same, now waste, lying within the said burgh on the south side of the seagate thereof, between the land of the heirs of the late Andrew Just on the east, the land of John Dog on the west, the sea tide on the south, and the King’s way (high street) on the north: To be holden in feu ferme for 16 shillings yearly. Also 40 li to be spent over four years in repairing and building said land.

folio/page

1

charter period

None

charter date range

9/6/1543 - ??

document reference

DO/EW/1316