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Certificate by one of the bailies of North Berwick, 5th November 1484

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Identifier: GB 237 Coll-1/5/2555

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Certificate by one of the bailies of North Berwick in the vernacular, beginning: 'Be it kend til all men be thir present letres me Jhon richartson an of the balzheis of the burcht of North Berwic, Gretyng in God ewyrlestand, for quhi it is metabill and nedfull to ber wytnes to the suthtfastnes and namli in caus or causs (juhar throw hydyng, preiudius, skatht, gref or hurt may gen[der] to the innocent, ffra thin we mak it knawin', - and narrating that he passed to a tenement of land of Robert Lorimar lying in the said burgh betwixt the land of Adam Gardnar on the east on one side and a land of Robert Wygham on the west on the other side, resigned by John Lawder, burgess of Haddington, who also resigned an annualrent of ten shillings yearly; whereupon the said bailie gave sasine of said land, etc., to 'Jhon Fowross’, his heirs, executors, and assignees. Done 5th November 1484. Witnesses, Robert Lorimar and John Richartson, bailies for the time, Richard Richartson, Robert Richartson, Robert Dixson, William Gardnar, Thomas Brown, Thomas Ellison, Walter Rothe, Walter Yowng, William Richartson, John of Benston, Thomas Fowrros, Thomas Talzhour and John Gray, with others whose names are doubtful, being somewhat illegible.

Dates

  • Creation: 5th November 1484

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Scots

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Archivist's Note

Margaret Forrest 25th January 2011

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