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To all who shall see or hear this charter, Robert Stewart, earl of Fife and Menteith, eternal greeting in the Lord. All of you shall know that we have given, granted and confirmed by this our present charter to the noble man Sir Alexander de Lindsay, knight, lord of Glen Esk, our most beloved kinsman, for his good counsel devoted and to be devoted to us, all our lands of the two Rossies, with the pertinents, in our earldom of Fife, which were the same Sir Alexander's and which the same Sir Alexander, not led by force or fear or an erroneous lapse, but by his pure and spontaneous wish, in the presence of the most excellent prince our father the lord Robert, by the grace of God illustrious king of Scots, and also of the lord our brother Sir John Stewart, earl of Carrick, steward of Scotland, and of many other leading men and nobles of the kingdom, at Scone in the king's full parliament held in the same place on 19 October A.D. 1378 and the eighth year of the reign of our lord king, returned back to us and altogether resigned by rod and staff, purely and simply, and quitclaimed in perpetuity all right and claim which he had or could have in the said lands, by virtue of whatsoever right held before, on behalf of himself and his heirs. To be held and had by the said Alexander and his heirs male legitimately procreated or to be procreated between him and Lady Marjory Stewart, our kinswoman, whom perchance failing, the heirs male of the body of the said Alexander legitimately procreated or to be procreated, whom perchance failing, Sir William de Lindsay, knight, brother of the same Sir Alexander, and his heirs male of his body legitimately procreated or to be procreated, whom perchance failing Sir James de Lindsay, knight, nephew of the same Sir Alexander, and his heirs male of his body legitimately procreated or to be procreated, whom perchance failing John de Lindsay, illegitimate son of the same Sir Alexander, and his heirs male of his body legitimately procreated or to be procreated, all of the aforesaid however perhaps failing, which God forbid, the nearest males by blood and kinship having the name of Lindsay and bearing the arms of Lindsay, of us and our heirs in fee and heritage, by all their rightful boundaries and divisions, in woods and plains, muirs, marshes, road, footpaths, rivers, ponds, lochs and fishponds, mills and multures and their appurtenances, with the tenantries [and services of the freeholders], with courts and the issues and also escheats of the courts, with all and singular other liberties, commodities, easements and lawful pertinents whatsoever, both below and above ground, both near and far, both unnamed and named, pertaining to the said lands or which may pertain in any way in the future. Performing foreign service to our lord king as far as pertains to the said lands, [and] one pair of white gloves or two pence sterling to us and our heirs in name of blenche ferme, at the feats of the nativity of St John the Baptist at Falkland [24 June], only if asked, for all ward, relief, marriage or all secular service, exaction or request, or whatsoever customary right which can be exacted or requested at any time or in any way by us or our heirs, or by anyone else in our name, concerning the said lands or their parts, from the said lord Alexander or his heirs male, or from the heirs of each of the aforesaid persons. We, indeed, the aforesaid Robert, earl of Fife and Menteith, and our heirs, shall guarantee, discharge and defend in perpetuity all and singular the aforesaid lands, with the pertinents, to the said Alexander and his heirs male his heirs male legitimately procreated or to be procreated between him and the aforesaid Lady Marjory, whom perchance failing, the heirs male of the body of the said Sir Alexander legitimately procreated or to be procreated, whom perchance failing, Sir William de Lindsay, brother of the same Sir Alexander, and his heirs male of his body legitimately procreated or to be procreated, whom perchance failing Sir James de Lindsay, knight, nephew of the same Sir Alexander, and his heirs male of his body legitimately procreated or to be procreated, whom perchance failing John de Lindsay, and his heirs male of his body legitimately procreated or to be procreated, all of whom failing, the nearest males by blood and kinship having the name of Lindsay and carrying the arms of Lindsay, as said before. In testimony of which matter our seal is appended to this our present charter on the day, place and year abovesaid. With these witnesses, the noble man Sir James de Douglas, Sir Robert de Erskine of that Ilk, Sir Thomas de Erskine, son and heir of the same Sir Robert, Sir Walter Ogilvy, knights, and William de Auchterlonie, with many others.