Charter, under the privy seal, by King James VII to the rector and principal, granting a tack of the parsonage and vicarage teinds of Colmonell, which had been set by the masters to Thomas Kennedy once Grange but had now fallen into the King's hands by reason of forfeiture od the said tacksman.
- Reference:GB 248 GUA BL/325
- Dates of Creation:19 May 1685
- Language of Material:Scots
Scope and Content
There may have been a seal, now lost, since there is an integral seal tag.
The document is written on parchment in an italic hand. The first letter is ornamented.
Custodial History
No previous reference.
Blackhouse catalogue charters description: 'Gift by K. Ja: 7 in favours of the Colledge of Glasgow of a Tack of the teynds personage and viccarage of the paroch of Colmonell Sett by the Masters of the said Colledge To Thomas Kennedy sometyme of Grange fallen to the said King by the forfalture of the said Thomas dated 19 May 1685'.
Bibliography
Munimenta Alme Universitatis Glasguensis, Records of the University of Glasgow from its Foundation till 1727, ed. by Cosmo Innes (Glasgow : the Maitland Club, 1856), I, p. 426 (entry no 268).
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