Instrument of Sasine narrating that Sir Ninian Douglas, vicar of Stobo and chaplain of the holy rood in the church of Dalkeith, passed to the lands named and there gave sasine to Thomas Thomson and Margaret Forrous, 4th November 1562

Instrument of Sasine narrating that Sir Ninian Douglas, vicar of Stobo and chaplain of the holy rood in the church of Dalkeith, passed to the lands named and there gave sasine, as superior, to Thomas Thomson and Margaret Forrous, his spouse, of four acres of land with tenement adjoining in the lordship of Dyriltoun, constabulary of Haddington, in the sheriffdom of Edinburgh, namely, one tenement of land with rig ('cum interlirio') adjoining in the town of Gulane, called 'Clerkislandis,' between the lands of Christina Smeberd on east, the lands of St. John on west, the lands of the lord of Saltcottis on north, and the common way on south; one acre of land lying in 'Tempill medo' between the land called the ' Kyrkland' on east, the lands of the lord of Saltcottis on west and south, the lands of St. John on north; another acre lying near Lucasland between the lands of the late Elen Congiltoun on west, the lands of Bartholomew Smebaird on east, the lands of the lord of Dyriltoun on north, and those of William Fourus on south; three roods of land lying in 'ly lauche' of Lucasland between the lands of Muirfeild on east and south, the lands of St. John, occupied by William Fourus, on west, and those of the lord of Dyriltoun on north; and one rood lying in the 'medo spottis' between the lands of the late Elen Congiltoun on south, the lands of William Fourus on north, of Bartholomew Smebeird on east, and of the lord of Saltcottis on west; also another acre lying between the lands of the lord of Saltcottis on east, of the late Elen Congiltoun on west, of the heirs of Dyriltoun on north, and of Bartholomew Smebeard on south. Sasine given 4th November 1562. Witnesses, John Thomson, Alexander Mertyne, John Broderstanis, Richard Thomson, William Henderson, William Pervie, Thomas Thomson, John Craik, George Kyll. Notary, Robert Lawder.