Walter, lord of St. John, knight, preceptor of Torphichen

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Discharge by Walter, lord of St. John, knight, preceptor of Torphichen, etc., in favour of his kinsman and servitor James Dundas of Cragtoune, and Elizabeth Hamilton, his spouse, acquitting them of the sum of £500 Scots paid for the composition of the feu-farm grants to them of the lands of Newliston. At Torphichen, 18th April 1536. Witnesses, Nicholl Dundas, Andrew Lindsay, Thomas Ewing, and Sir John Maknakill, notary.

Scope and Contents Lease by Walter, lord of St. John, knight, preceptor of Torphichen, in favour of his 'lovit cwsing and servitour', Nicol Dundas, his heirs, etc., of the twenty-six acres of the lands of Auld Liston, presently occupied by Catherine Smyth, relict of the late Gilbert Dundas, William Greg, Andrew Symsoun, William Patersoun, James Wischart, Nicoll Wischart, James Smyth, and David Smyth, in the barony of Auldliston and shire of Linlithgow, for the space of nineteen years from entry at Whitsunday...