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above mentioned, to have and to hold to the aforesaid John 

 of Eenton and his heirs and their assignees of the lords 

 superiors of that fee with the services of free tenants, liberty 

 of holding court, and with free entry and exit, and with all 

 other and sundry liberties, commodities, common easements, and 

 just pertinejQts thereof, in all and by all, as well not named as 

 named, which pertain to the foresaid lands and tenements 

 within the before mentioned town of Lamberton and without, 

 near or remote, or which by any manner of way may be 

 held to pertain thereto, in fee and heritage, without any 

 regress for ever, as freely, quietly, and entirely in all things 

 as I, Agnes, or my predecessors, held or possessed the fore- 

 said lands and tenements with their pertinents : Rendering 

 therefor to the religious men, the Lord Prior and convent 

 of Durham, and their successors, and also the Lord Prior of 

 Coldingham and his successors, being lords superiors of the 

 aforesaid fee of Lamberton, all manner of service due and 

 customary to be rendered by the said lands and tenements : 

 Paying also therefor annually to me and my heirs at the 

 Feast of Pentecost one penny of silver only, if asked, for 

 all other secular services, exactions, or demands which from 

 the foresaid lands and tenements can at any time be required 

 or demanded by me or by my heirs ; And I, Agnes, and 

 my heirs, warrant, acquit, and for all time to come defend 

 all the aforesaid lands and tenements with all their pertinents 

 and liberties aforesaid, and with free entry and exit to the 

 foresaid John of Kenton and his heirs and their assignees 

 for the services aforesaid against all people : In testimony 

 whereof I have appended my seal to this Charter, before 

 these witnesses : Sir Adam of Pontefract, then prior of 

 Coldingham ; Sir Robert of Lawder, elder, then Justiciar of 

 Lothian ; Sir Henry of Prendergast, lord of that ilk ; John, 

 son of Walter, then Sheriff; of Berwick, and steward of the 

 priory of Coldingham ; Roger of Lumsden ; Henry, called 

 Clerk of Ay ton ; William Riddell, lord of Flemington ; John 

 of Aytoun ; Nicholas of Badby ; Thomas of Hetoun, Clerk ; 

 Simon of Saltoun, Clerk ; and many others : Dated at Over 

 Lamberton the twenty-first day of the month of November 

 in the year of grace One Thousand and three hundred a^d 

 twenty-five. 



