Walter, lord of St. John, preceptor of Torphichen

Scope and Contents Notarial Instrument narrating and proceeding on a precept of sasine by Walter, lord of St. John, preceptor of Torphichen, directed to his bailie, Thomas Hewyne, for infefting James Forrat, burgess of Edinburgh, his heirs, etc., in a two merks annualrent of the templar tenement of Robert Monypenny, between the land of Thomas Kynkeid on west and that of John Dunnone, smith, on north, and the common street on south and east, lying within the burgh of Edinburgh, under the castle wall, and...

Scope and Contents Notarial Instrument of Sasine following upon and narrating a precept, dated at Edinburgh, 31st January 1542-3, by Walter, lord of St. John, preceptor of Torphichen, directed to his templar-bailie ('balliuo templario'), Thomas Ewin, for infefting James Forret , burgess of Edinburgh, his heirs, etc., in an annualrent of five merks Scots, to be uplifted from a templar-land, lying under the wall of the castle on the north side of the High Street, bounded by the lands of William Bay on north, and...