Charter by James [Stewart] | commendator of the monasteries of Kelso and Melrose, granting to William Reid in Barquhois the 9s. 4 1/4d. lands of Barquhois, 20th February 1556

Charter by James [Stewart] | commendator of the monasteries of Kelso and Melrose, granting to William Reid in Barquhois the 9s. 4 1/4d. lands of Barquhois, now occupied by him, in the lordship of Kylesmure and shire of Ayr : To be held of the monastery of Melrose in feu-farm for a yearly rent of 9s. 4 1/4d., 4d. for carriages, 9d. for bondage silver, and 3s. 6d. of augmentation, extending in all to 13s. 4d. yearly, the tenants of the lands grinding their grain at the mill of Mauchlene. Dated at Melrose, 20th February 1555-6. Signed, 'Jacobus Comedatarius de Calco et Melrose,' with nine of the convent: Thomas Merser, sub-prior, William Philp, John Hogart, Alexander Bellenden, Bernard Bostoun, Richard Patonsoun, Ralph Hudson, Kentigern Purwes, and John Fourtoun (?).