Saturday 5 August 1245
National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
From People of Medieval Scotland
Omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis . Saerus de quinci . Salutem . Sciant omnes tam presentes quam futuri . me concessisse ⁊ hac mea Carta confir-|masse deo ⁊ ecclesie Sancti Andree apostoli de Scotia . ⁊ Canonicis ibidem deo seruientibus ⁊ seruituris Dauac Icthar Hathyn per | rectas diuisas suas . quam mater mea dedit eis . In pascuis . in pratis . in bosco . in plano . in moris . in aquis . cum omnibus aisiamentis ad | terram illam pertinentibus . Tenendam de me ⁊ de heredibus meis . in perpetuam elemosinam . Pro Salute anime mee ⁊ predecessorum | ⁊ Successorum meorum . Concedo etiam eis commune pasturam per totam Hathyn . Quare uolo ut predicti Canonici predictam elemo-|sinam habeat teneant ⁊ Possideant ita libere quiete ⁊ honorifice sicut aliquam elemosinam liberius quietius ⁊ honorificentius te-|nent ⁊ Possident . Sicut Carta Matris mee testatur . His testibus . Roberto de quinci patre meo . Stephano persona de locres . | Alano Capellano . Johanne senescaldo . Willelmo Capellano Vthing’ . fratre eius . Constant’ . ⁊ Patricio . filiis Nesii aui mei . Dunc’ filio Emel’ . Sywardo .
To all sons of Holy Mother Church, Saer de Quincy sends greeting: Let all people know, present as well as future, that I have granted and by this my charter made firm, to God and to the church of St Andrew the apostle in Scotia, and to the canons serving God there now and in the future, the davoch of lower Ethie by its right marches, which my mother gave to them, in pastures, in meadows, in wood, in plain, in moors, in waters, with all easements pertaining to that land; to be held of me and my heirs in perpetual alms, for the salvation of my soul and my ancestors’ and successors’ souls. I also allow them common pasture throughout the whole of Ethie. Wherefore I will that the aforesaid canons shall have, hold and possess the aforesaid alms as freely, quietly and honourably as they freely, quietly and honourably hold and possess any alms, just as the charter of my mother bears witness. With these witnesses: Robert de Quincy, my father; Stephen, parson of Leuchars; Alan the chaplain; John the steward; William the chaplain; Uhting his brother; Constantine and Patrick, sons of my grandfather, Ness; Duncan, son of Hamelin; Siward.
