Contemporary English and Other Translations

At Sanctandrous the third day day of January the year  of god Jai five hundred four score three years it is appointed that this contract be finally agreed between honorable men James Sandelandis of Sanctmonance on the one part/ And Master David Carnegie of Cullnthie on the other part IN MANNER and form following To Wit the said Mr. David shall invest[1] the said James Sandelandis and his heirs or assigned heir to be selected[2] and supplemented[3] in due form In all and/ have[4] his half lands of Weddersbie, half lands of Woodhead half lands of Bowhouse, half lands of Gadvey and there pertaining[5] With donation of beneficiaries and the Vicar pertaining[6]] to your land[8] within the Barony of Lew there’s[9] be/ a [   ] in and serfdom of Fife To Be holding among other things[10] of our Sovereign Lord The king’s treasurship and his highness’ herald for service of ward[11] and relief and also pay a one restoration of thirty shillings, four pennies, usual money of this Realm as is customary.  To be paid forth of the said lands of Wodhead To the prior and convent of the priory of Sanctandry AND SICTY £ Shall invest the said James and his heirs or his assigned In all and half acres of arable land with the annual rent and pertaining to land within the barronie of Sanctmonance Sheriff of Sanctandrois and serfdom before said To Be Holding In among other things the of the archbishop of Sanctandry for service as is customary and to have currency and the said half of invested land written about to be maid be the said Mr. David to the said James in exchange for the said James’ half lands of Cruvie land within the serfdom of Fife before said cause the said James Sandilandis of Sanctmonance Shall invest by charter/ and decree in due form the said mr david his heirs and assigned heritable In all and half his half lands of Cruvie about flood with their subsidiary land and pertaining land within the barony of [Pitlair] and serfdom of Fife before said To be holding In among other things of our said Sovereign lord and his highness’ herald for service of ward in exchange for the said half lands of Weddersbie half lands of Wodhead half lands of Bowhouse half lands of Gadvey and thirty acres of land in Sanctmonance aforementioned/  And Because the said half lands of Cruvie are not being invested / are inequivalent and of equal value [ ] with the said half lands of Weddersbie and belonging about written The said James Sandelandis shall at the making of the payment of money made to the said mr david the sume of one thousand pound usual Scottish money in fulfillment of contract; sum of one thousand pound money aforementioned the said mr david grants him well content and payed And therefore the debt is fulfilled and discharges the said James thereof/ forever And in case the said half lands of Weddersbie and various lands giving in exchange to the said James Sandilandis of Sanctmonance being by any means bound by law from the said James for any cause preceding the date heir of the said James Shall not only have/ as a gift, again the various said half lands of Cruvie Bot also the said sum of one thousand pound money given by him in fulfillment as said is And the said mr david and his heirs bound and morally obliged and be the process of government the  heir of binds and obliges them to [ ] and pay the same/ [again to him and to heirs or assigned incase above written together with the expenses that the said James and his airis shall happen to make upon the buying of the said half land providing that invoice spoken of before or any other case where upon the said exchange may/ be dissolved and the said James get and his said half land of Cruvie again together with the said sum of one thousand pound money given in payment he and his heirs shall be bound and obliged like as he be the legal heir of binds and obliges him and them to appear/ content and pay again to the said mr david and his heirs all and half the expense that the said mr david and his son shall happen to make a building  upon the said half land of Cruvie AND further the said James Sandelandis of Sanctmonance be the legal/ heir of confess and grant that he willingly remove himself from the said half land of Cruvie upon the eighth day of marche the year of god Jai vcj three score thirty than occupied and labour it be him with his own proper goods and enter the said mr/ david to the occupying and labouring thereof too shall occupy and cultivate  to have salary being there upon together with the house, seayard, area barns, barley and stabled with priority to him for occupied labour and  to manure the same in all time citing his leave, share and take possession ofthe land with the intention that succeeding generations will inherit it the half corns [ ]/ upon the said half land of Cruvie of the crop and year of god Jai vcj three score fourteen years one thousand six hundred four as well as the plot of land sown with seed as the peace bare and oats  the beard or bristle of barley or oats to be sewing and then apply the same to his own otherwise and profit and confess and grant and also consent/ that the said mr david’s is the entire enclosure to the  8th day of march the year of god Jai vcj fourscore thirty before said was also sufficient as if he had...