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Meelmor & Thore & Sigolf waeron on Eadreades dagum, & ne 
beo nan mann swa dyrstig mid p[zt] ic hebbe gegyfen p [et] 
he nahweer brece pet grid pe Eorl Syward & ic habbad gecyded 
him swa freolyce swa wnyg manne under wolcnum, & loc hwilc 
beon pe par bidad geyldfreo beo swa ic beo & swa Willann & 
Walldeof & Wygande & Wyberth & Gamell & Kunyth & ealle mine 
kynling & wassenas, & ic wille p[zt] Thorfyn hebbe socna & 
sac tol & team ofer eallum pam landum on Cardeu & on Com- 
bedeyfoch p [zt] weron gyfene Thore on Morynes dagum freols 
myd bode & wytnesmann on pa ylcan stowe. 
I].—CuartreR or Hucrrep (UcTRED), Son or FErRGus, to 
RICHARD, SON OF TROITE; BETWEEN I161 AND 1174, 
PROBABLY ABOUT 1170. 
Huctredus filius  Fergusi 
omnibus hominibus suis. et 
amicis, clericis et laicis, Francis 
et Anglicis et Galguensibus 
tam futuris quam presentibus 
salutem. Sciatis me dedisse 
et concessisse et hac mea carta 
confirmasse, concessu Rodlandi 
filii mei et heredis Ricardo filio 
Tructe et heredibus suis totam 
terram de  Lochenelo cum 
rectis divisis suis  quibus 
unquam aliquis eam habuit et 
tenuit melius et plenius et ple- 
narius, ad tenendum de me et 
de heredibus meis pro servicio 
unius militis in feudo et here- 
ditate sibi et heredibus suis et 
quam diu ego reddam chaan 
del cro et de defense, ioan 
dabit mihi per annum = pro 
libero servicio suo octo libras 
argenti, quatuor ad pentecos- 
ten et quatuor ad  festum 
Sancti Martini, et per hoc lber 
et quietus erit ab omni servicio 
et consuetudine apud regem 
Scotie et apud me et heredes 
meos; et cum liber et quietus 
fuero del chaan, libere et 
Huctred son of Fergus to all 
his men and friends clerical and 
lay, French and English and 
Galwegian, as well those to 
come as those now living, 
health. Know ye that I have 
given and granted and by this 
my charter have confirmed, by 
consent of Roland my son and 
heir, to Richard son of Troite 
and his heirs the whole land of 
Lochenelo, with (in) its right- 
ful bounds in which any one at 
any time had and held it to full 
and complete advantage. To 
him and his heirs to hold of me 
and my heirs in fee and here- 
dity for the service of one 
knight. And so long as I (have 
to) render the payment for 
prosecution of crime (blood- 
shed) and defence he shall give 
me yearly for his free service 
eight pounds of silver, four at 
Pentecost and four at Martin- 
mas, and by this he shall be 
free and quit of all service and 
customary dues with the King 
of Scotland and with me and 
my heirs. And when I shall be 
