Precept concerning the £6 land of Weitschaw, 4th March 1556

Precept directed to Gilbert Skowlar and Adam Were of Over Kyrktoun, as bailies, by James Maxwell, fiar of the lands and barony of Mauldislee, with consent of John Maxwell of Calderwood, his father, liferenter of said barony, for fulfilling a letter of obligation made by his grandfather, the late Robert Maxwell of Calderwood, to the late John Weir of Weitschaw and his heirs, obliging the said Robert Maxwell to grant to Robert Weir a new infeftment of the lands of Weitschaw, in virtue of which the granter desires his bailies to infeft Alexander Weir, son and heir of the said Robert Weir (deceased), in the £6 land of Weitschaw, in the barony of Mauldislee and sheriffdom of Lanark: To be held blench of the granter for one penny Scots on St. Andrew's day. Dated at Hamilton, 4th March 1555-6. Witnesses, Quentin Hamiltoun, burgess of Hamilton, Alexander Hamiltoun in Blackburn, Thomas Hamilton, serjeant, and Sir Ninian Bryse, notary public. Signed by the granter and his father.