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Official Transumpt of a charter by King James VI, with consent of James, Earl of Murray, confirming three charters by the latter as commendator of St. Andrew's priory, to Michael Balfour, son and apparent heir to Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich, knight, 26th April 1569

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Identifier: GB 237 Coll-1/5/2650

Scope and Contents

Official Transumpt, dated 29th March 1632, of a charter by King James VI, with consent of James, Earl of Murray, confirming three charters by the latter as commendator of St. Andrew's priory, to Michael Balfour, son and apparent heir to Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich, knight; (1) the first of the lands of Strathkiness (except a small part feued to James Month), in the lordship of the priory of St. Andrews, county Fife, which were formerly feued to and resigned by Sir John Wishart of Pitarrow: To be held for a yearly feu-duty as enumerated, of £77, 6s., etc., dated at St. Andrews, 8th September 1567 ; (2) the second, of the lands of Ballone in Fife, formerly feued to and resigned by James Wood, third son of Andrew Wood of Largo, at a yearly feu-duty, as enumerated, of £49, 16s. 10d., dated same place and time; (3) the third granting for a sum of £2000, paid by Sir James Balfour, the church lands at the town of 'Cowper', called Kirkfield, with teindsheaves and the mill called Clynkmill, in the parish of Cupar and shire of Fife, at a yearly feu-duty of £19, 13s. 8d.; dated at St. Andrews, 12th July 1568.

Dates

  • Creation: 26th April 1569

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Latin

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1 document

Related Materials

Registrum Magni Sigilli, vol. iv. No. 1850.

Archivist's Note

Confirmation in due form, dated 26th April 156[9]. The transumpt omits the ' 9' which corresponds to the king's regnal year, but the writ is printed in the Register of the Great Seal and is the more briefly stated here.

Margaret Forrest 14th January 2014

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