DEVORGILLA BALIOL AND OLD BRIDGE OF DumFrigEs. 121 
of the souls of our predecessors and ancestors, our sons and our 
daughters, and the souls of all the faithful dead—to God 
Almighty, the blessed Virgin Mary, St. Francis and the Warden 
and Friars-Minors of Dumfries, for ever serving God there, All 
and Whole that toll or custom which we and our predecessors 
were accustomed to receive at the bridge-end of Nith of Dum- 
fries. To be held and had the said toll or custom, with the 
pertinents, to the said Warden and Friars, as freely, quietly, 
wholly, honourably, well, and in peace, in all and by all, without 
any contradiction or drawback, as fully, quietly, or honourably 
as it was held, received or in any manner possessed by us or our 
predecessors. Rendering therefor yearly, the said Warden and 
Friars, the offering of holy prayers, for every other secular 
service, exaction and demand, which can in any manner be 
‘asked or required from the said toll or custom. And we for- 
sooth, the foresaid Margaret, Douchess of Touraine, shall 
warrant, acquit, and for ever defend, the above-mentioned 
custom or toll, to the said Warden and Friars, as said is. In 
Witness Whereof we have commanded our seal to be appended to 
this our present charter. Witnesses discreet men, Master Johne 
M‘Ilhauch, rector of Kirkandris, our secretary, Sir William 
Jhonson, our chaplin, George Mur, and Patrick of Spens, with 
many others. At the “ Treif,’’ the 16th day of January, 1425. 
Charter by James (ninth and last) Earl of Douglas to the 
Friars-Minors of Dumfries, of the Bridge toll, Dumfries, 4th 
January, 1452-3. 
To all who shall see or hear this charter James Earl of 
Douglas and of Annandale, Lord of Galloway, etc., greeting in 
the Lord everlasting, know ye, that we have given, granted, and 
by this our present charter confirmed—for the salvation of the 
souls of noble and potent lords, James and William, formerly 
Earls of Douglas and Annandale and Lords of Galloway, and 
our dearest father (progenitoris) and brother, as also for the 
salvation of our soul, and the souls of our ancestors, and for the 
salvation of the souls of all the faithful dead—to God Almighty, 
the blessed Virgin Mary, St Francis and the Warden and Friars- 
Minors of Dumfries, for ever serving and to serve God there, 
All and Whole that toll or custom with the pertinents, which we 
and our predecessors were accustomed to receive at the bridge- 
end of Nith of Dumfries. To be held and had the said toll or 
