[1478/6/69]¹

Judicial proceedings: acts of the lords auditors of causes and complaints

After noon

In the presence of the lords auditors James Ogill drew his lands and goods as surety to the king's highness that Master Alexander Inglis, dean of Dunkeld, his subtenants and servants of Panschelis would be unharmed and uninjured by him and any that he may permit to use and enjoy the same, except as the law allows.

[1478/6/70]²

Regarding the summons purchased by Thomas MacKettrick against Thomas MacLellan, Walter Bonby, Maurice MacArthur and Malcolm MacBirnie, concerning four merks worth of a land and a half lying in Glenkens, the lords auditors ordain that the said parties obtain brieves of division or any other coursable brieves from our sovereign lord's chapel which they consented to before them, because the said Thomas MacLellan alleges that their lands are not from the lands that MacKettrick has entered, and both the said parties have consented to Alexander Stewart of Greenan and James Lindsay of Fargarth jointly and severally to be stewards of Kirkcudbright in that part for the serving of the said brieves.

[1478/6/71]³

The lords auditors decree and deliver that Walter Rolland shall satisfy and pay David Wemyss one chalder of English barley which he took from the said David, or otherwise the value thereof, just as was proved before the lords, and ordain letters to be written to distrenzie him of his lands and goods for that, and failing that the said Walter Rolland [does not] return or pay the said barley to the said David, the lords appoint 4 October next, with continuation of days, for him to prove the value of the said one chalder of barley before the lords of council, and ordain letters to summon his witnesses on the said day.

[1478/6/72]⁴

The lords auditors decree and deliver that Henry Leis, burgess of Edinburgh, shall return and hand back to Simon Spardur the following goods taken and withheld from him and his wife by the said Henry, as was adequately proved before the said lords, that is to say a long-tailed gown of English brown cloth lined with buckram, item a garment of English red cloth, a garment of blue-grey cloth, a hat and a band of the same, a kerchief of Dutch cloth, a kerchief of broad cloth, a housewife's kerchief, side gown of English brown cloth belonging to the said Spardur, the roof of a bed [and] the curtains of the same, a flock mattress, three pairs of sheets, one pair of blankets, two worsted beds, a mantle, three large cushions, three small cushions, a chest, a table cloth, two towels, six pewter dishes, four large pewter chargers, two salt-cellars, two salt-dishes, two large candlesticks, a pot, two pans, a grate, a spit, a black buckram curtain from a press, a stone of flax spun as yarn, a quarter gallon measure, a tin vessel, a book of hours, a mashing vat, two barrels, a worsted wall-hanging, a tub, a hook, a bundle of heather with straw from a bed, a pair of wool-cards, a quarter of 'walde' wool, six cups, six wooden dishes, three wooden 'dublatis', two worsted cradle belts, twelve trenchers, a pair of tongs, two chairs with sides and a chair with a back. And failing that the said Henry delivers or returns the said aforementioned goods to the said Simon, he shall satisfy and pay him their value totalling £10 as was proved by the said witnesses before the said lords, except 13s [is] to be allowed toward it which the said Spardur owes him in such a way that was proved by the said witnesses, and ordain letters to be written to distrenzie the said Henry of his lands and goods for this.

[1478/6/73]⁵

The lords decree and deliver that John Ramsay shall retain the lands of the sixth part of the husband town lying in the barony of Dounie and set to him by Thomas Maule of Panmure, knight, for his lifetime, and to Agnes, his wife, as is contained in a letter of set made to the said John and Agnes by the said Sir Thomas, unless Thomas the Ramsay can lawfully prove that the said John had handed over the said tack, [and] the lords appoint 4 October next, with continuation of days, [for that] to [be] lawfully proven before the lords, and ordain him to have letters of summons to summon his witnesses, and the parties are summoned according to the act.