Charter by King David II, confirming a charter of Dervorgilla, daughter of the late Alan of Galloway to the Church of St. Mary of Sweetheart, 15th May 1359

Charter by King David the Second, confirming a charter by which Dervorgilla, daughter of the late Alan of Galloway, in her widowhood, grants and confirms to God and the Church of St. Mary of Sweetheart, and the monks there of the Cistercian Order of the Convent of Dundrennan, for the abbey ('abachiam') to be built in honour of God and St. Mary the Virgin, on behalf of the souls of all the kings of Scotland, King Alexander [the Third], his predecessors and successors; the souls of Earl Henry, Earl David, and Earl John, their ancestors and successors; the souls of Fergus of Galloway, Uchtred his son, and Roland her grandfather, Ellen his wife, Alan their son, the granter's father, Margaret her mother, and all their ancestors and successors; the souls of John Baliol, the granter's lord and late spouse, Hugh his son and hers, Cicilia her daughter, the granter's own soul, and those of all ancestors and successors, and of all faithful Christians, in free and pure alms - her whole land of Louqrindelow and of Kirkpatrick Dorand [Durham], namely the land of Louqrindelow, by these divisions: As the Polster ascends [word illegible] to the place where Polstruson runs into Polster, and by Polstruson ascending to a certain place called Drumgan Murcchy by a sike ('syketum') running near the same place towards the east, ascending to a rivulet which is called Polcormyle, and so by Polcormyle descending to a lake which is called Louyfernane, and from that lake descending by a rivulet which is called Polcrofresk, and thence descending by the same rivulet to a rivulet which is called Pollyhage, and by the same ascending as far as Locharthur [or Locharchur], and from Locharthur ascending by a rivulet which is called Polcageri to a ditch which divides between the land of Grange of Kirkwynny and the land of Louqrindelow, from the same ditch ascending to Suylofthus [or Suyloschus], and thence by the moor of Crufell to the marches ('diuisas') of Prestoun on the summit of said moor, as the granter's men of Louqrindelow were accustomed to use at any time, and so from the top of the same moor descending to the head of a rivulet towards the east which is called Pollechan, which is the march between the lands of church of Kirkbene and the land of Louqrindelow, and thence by the same rivulet descending to Polleben, and by Polben to [illegible]: And the land of Kirkpatrick by these marches - namely, from Logan ascending by the water of Urre as far as the marches of Glasteres to a certain place called Lyurehall by a sike which is called Eskewene, ascending to the head of Knokeceswy on the south part, and ascending by the same sike to a rivulet called Polhauchynhath, and from the same Polhauchynhath ascending to the land of the abbot or abbott's land [very faint in original - apparently ' terram abbatis'] of Dergungall which is called Stroneheylk (?), and so from the head of Hauchynhath by a valley as far as the land of the abbot of Dundreynane in the holding of Kirkpatrick, namely to the head of Glenwestey, and so from the head of Glenwestey descending by the marches of the land of the abbot of Dundreynane to the rivulet of Loumorchwane, which is the march between the land of Sir Eustace of Towers ('de Turribus') and the land of Kirkpatrik, and so descending by the same rivulet to Carreth between the land of Culnesangane and the land of Spottys, and thence by the marches of Spottys and Culnesangane to the head of Polcre, and so from the head of Polcre by the marches of Culnesangane and Culconnauchthy to the land of the church of Kirkpatrik, and so by the marches between the land of the above church and Culconnauchthy to the marches of Logan, and so by the marches of Logan and the said church land to the well (' fontem') on the south side at the place of the old grange formerly ('quondam') of the abbey of Dundreynane, and so from the said fountain by the marches between the land of Logan and the land of Kirkpatrik, which is called Barmoffet and Dalcessok, descending as far as the water of Urre: To be held in pure alms to the church of St. Mary of Sweetheart and the monks there, with pertinents, etc., in churches, and their advowsons, chapels, woods, plains, meadows, pastures, waters, fresh and salt, ways, paths, moors, marshes, salt... mills, sands, ...sea-wreck ('wrech'), pools, stanks, fishponds, rivers, lakes, fishings both in fresh water and salt, granges, brushwood, hunting, etc., with all customs and aids ('auxiliis'), assises, gelds, casualties, pleas, complaints, 'socchen', talliages, scutages, and other services, as [to] the abbacy of Dundreynan and abbacy of Glenloyse are freely given by the granter's ancestors. The grantor also gives the monks the power of recovering thieves within her lands, reserving her own rights against malefactors. The granter's seal is said to have been appended to the original writ. Witnesses, H[enry], bishop of Galloway, Brian, abbot of Dundraynane, Godfrey, abbot of Glenloyse, Alexander, abbot of Tungland, John, abbot of Saulsete, Dunc[an], prior of ' Whythirne,' David, prior 'de insula' [Trail], Sir David Marescal, Robert Marescal, John of Carlisle, 'Cane' [sic, ?Duncane] M'Gillolane, John of Graunsard, knights, Walter of Twynhame, Bartram of Kerdones, Michael son of Durand, William of Moffet, and others. 'Hanc autem abachiam fundaui in honore Dei et beate Marie virginis et omnium Sanctorum, quarto nonas Aprilis [10th April] anno ab incarnatione Domini M°cc septingentesimo tercio'. Confirmed in due form on 15th May [1359] at the said abbey of Sweetheart. Witnesses, Patrick [of Leuchars], Bishop of Brechin, chancellor, Robert, Steward of Scotland, Earl of Stratherne, nephew of the king, William, Earl of Douglas, Robert of Erskyn, and John of Prestoun, knights.