[1494/11/7]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
28 November, all the lords auditors sat except [John Lyon], lord Glamis
The lords auditors of causes and complaints decree and deliver that James Kennedy of the Row of Stinchar, for all that they have so far seen, shall content and pay James Abercrombie, burgess of Stirling, assignee of the late Sir David Robertson, provost of Monybole,† the sum of 50 merks and 11s usual money of Scotland yearly for the period of 5 years, and 40 bolls of meal yearly for the said 5 years, owed by the said James Kennedy to the said late Sir David and now to the said James Abercrombie as assignee of the said late Sir David, for certain lands which he had in lease from the said provost, just as the said James Kennedy was bound by his obligation under his seal and signature, and the said instrument of assignation made to the said James Abercrombie for that shown and produced before the lords, and ordain that letters be written to distrenzie the said James Kennedy of his lands and goods for that, and he was summoned to this action, often called and did not compear.
[1494/11/8]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
The lords auditors sat in the afternoon except [John Lyon], lord Glamis
The lords auditors decree and deliver that for all that they have seen so far Christian Livingston, the spouse of the late William Scott, does wrong in the detention and withholding from James Livingston of Mannerston of the mails and duties of the fourth part of the lands and barony of Fordell, with exception of the seventh part, with its pertinents, lying within the sheriffdom of Fife, and [they] therefore ordain her to content and pay the said James the mails and duties of the said lands insofar as he can sufficiently prove [they are] owed to him by her for past terms and for the three years contained in the summons, for the production of which proof the lords auditors appoint 4 December next, with continuation of days, for the said James and ordain him to have letters to summon his witnesses to prove the value and the quantity of the said mails and for which terms [they had been] collected and intromitted with by the said Christian, and that she [is to] be warned to hear the witnesses sworn. And [the lords] also decree and deliver that the said Christian has forfeited her warrant which she claimed to have in the said matter because she failed to produce her warrant [at] the term appointed for her, she being often called for that. And [the lords] also decree and deliver that for all that they have so far seen the said Christian shall remain with the tack of the said lands, she paying 10 merks yearly for them according to the form of the arrangement made for that in the presence of the lords, as was proven by the decreet from the lords of council given for that, which mails pertain to the said James in inheritance as was proven by his instrument of sasine made for that, shown and produced before the lords.
[1494/11/9]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
In the presence of the lords of council John of Crawford of the Keirhill [...]†