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Appendix. 

 Transcripts of Charters referred to in the foregoing paper, 

 with translations. The first three are from Mr Campbell- 

 Renton's collection, and the last three from the Wedderburn 

 Castle Charter Chest (Colonel Milne Home) and never 

 before published or reported on, so far as known. All the 

 charters relate to the lands of Lamberton. The transcripts, 

 with translations of the last three, have, at Colonel Milne 

 Home's desire, been kindly supplied by Mr Henry Paton, 

 M.A., Edinburgh, a member of the Club, who is reporting on 

 the Wedderburn Papers for the Historical MSS. Commission. 



I. — Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Agnes, dicta de 

 Mordingtoun, relicta quondam Domini Henrici de Haliburtoun, 

 filia et heres quondam Domini Petri de Mordingtoun, in mea 

 viduitate et legitima potestate, dedi, concessi, et hac presenti 

 carta mea confirmavi Johanni de Eayntoun, burgensi de 

 Berwico super Twedam, omnes terras et omnia tenementa 

 cum pertinenciis quas et que habui in villa et territorio de 

 Lamberton-Superiori, sicut jacent per suas rectas et antiquas 

 divisas in villa et territorio supradictis : Habendas et tenendas 

 prefato Johanni de Rayntoun et heredibus suis et suis 

 assignatis de capitalibus dominis feodi illius cum serviciis 

 libere tenendum, libertate curie tenende, cumque libero 

 introitu et exitu, et cum omnibus aliis et singulis liberta- 

 tibus, commoditatibus. communibus aisiamentis et justis 

 pertinenciis suis in omnibus et per omnia, tarn non nominatis 

 quam nominatis, ad predictas terras et ad predicta tenementa 

 infra villam de Lambertoun ante dictam et extra prope vel 

 procul pertinentibus seu qualitercumque pertinere valentibus 

 in feodo et hereditate sine aliquo retinemento iraperpetuum, 

 adeo, libere, quiete et integre, in omnibus, sicut ego Agnes 

 vel mei antecessores dictas terras et tenementa cum pertinenciis 

 liberius, quiecius aut integrius uncquam tenui seu tenuerunt 

 possedi seu possederunt : Faciendo inde religiosis viris Domino 

 Priori et Conventui Dunelmensi et eorum successoribus, necnon 

 et Domino Priori de Coldyngham et suis successoribus cap- 

 italibus dominis feodi de Lambertoun antodicti omnimoda 

 servicia de eisdem terris et tenementis debita et consueta ; et 



