Tack or Lease by John Browne, abbot of Sweetheart Abbey to Thomas Browne, 12th May 1547

Tack or Lease by John [Browne], abbot of Sweetheart, and the convent thereof, letting to Thomas Browne in Lands, and his assignees, their 40s. land called the Hither Inglistone, and the 20s. land called the Karse, in the barony of Lochkyndelaw and stewartry of Kirkcudbright, for the space of nineteen years from Whitsunday next, for a yearly rent of £6 Scots. With clause of warrandice. At Sweetheart Abbey, 12th May 1547. Signed by the abbot and by the following monks: Thomas Pedder, John Kyrkpatrick, Patrick Velche, Robert Notman, Thomas Murray, William Johnston, William Lytill, Andrew Donart, and Thomas Dicson. Seal attached, showing, under a canopy, the Virgin and Child, both crowned—the former clad in a mantle which also enwraps the Child. Legend illegible.