Rev. P. Mearns on an Ancient Bridge, &c. 91 



serving God in that place, one half of the church of Laynalle,* 

 with the half plough-land of land and one plough-land of land, 

 viz., one half the land of Laynalle, and the other half of the land 

 of Birghame, in perpetual gift ; and know that my spouse, Der- 

 der, made a donation to those Sisters of one plough-land of land 

 of the property of HirzeU, f and the church of the same, which I 

 ratify and confirm. Know ye also that I have granted to them 

 one haK plough-land of land of the property of Laynall, with the 

 addition of my plough-land. And know that Norman, the son of 

 Edulph, has granted and conceded to these Nuns, one plough- 

 land and a half of the property of Laynall, with my consent, and 

 that of Norman his heir. And thus I confirm and command, 

 that those before mentioned donations to the said Nuns, may be 

 freely, quietly, and honourably held in perpetuity, in the same 

 manner as any gift is enjoyed freely and justly, 



" Witnesses : — Waldero, my son. 



Ketel de Letham. 



Gr. Feisell. 



Haxdajste, the cupbearer. 



E. Blod. 



E., the son of Hanibald. j 



Gospatrick died in 1166, and was succeeded by his son 

 Waldeve, who confirmed and enlarged his father's gift. In 

 his charter he said — " Be it known to all equally present and 

 future, that after the half part of the church of Laynall 

 granted by my father Gospatrick to the holy sisters of Cold- 

 stream, I have conceded, and by this present charter have 

 confirmed, and I have sincerely granted, the other half of the 

 same church of Laynall to the same holy Sisters of Cold- 

 stream after decease of the incumbent." 



Of this once famous Abbey hardly a fragment now re- 

 mains. 



* Lennel. 



t The Hirsel, the seat of the Earl of Home. 



j See Historic Memorials of Coldstream Abbey, Berwickshire, collected by 

 a Delver in Antiquity. Containing a Translation of the Chartulary, as pre- 

 served in the Macfarlan and Harleian MSS., to which are appended sundry 

 local, genealogical, and historical Memoranda. Printed for private circulation. 

 London: 1850. 



