Letters of Obligation by John [Brown], abbot of the abbey of Sweetheart, concerning the lands of the abbey in Drum and Corbilly, 6th June 1565

Letters of Obligation by John [Brown], abbot of the abbey of Sweetheart, with consent of Gilbert Browne, his successor, setting forth that the lands of the abbey had been let so exorbitantly high that the tenants could not pay, and, being willing to remedy this, that he and his chapter have for the sum of two thousand pounds paid by Cuthbert Browne of the Landis, given to him in feu-farm their eight-merk land of Drum and four-merk land of Corbilly, in their barony of Lochkindeloch, etc., and they bind themselves not to exact resignation of the lands from the grantee till the £2000 be paid. At Sweetheart, 6th June 1565. Signed by the abbot only. No witnesses.