24 May 1153 X 1159
National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh
From People of Medieval Scotland
Cospatricus comes . Omnibus amicis suis et hominibus . et Omnibus filiis sancte ecclesie salutem . Sciant| omnes tam futuri quam presentes me concessione heredis mei et eius assensu dedisse et conces-|sisse deo et ecclesie Sancte MaRie de Mailros et monachis ibidem deo seruientibus in perpetuam| elemosinam pro salute animę meę et regis Dauid et comitis henrici . dominorum meorum . et antecessorum et succe-|ssorum meorum hertesheued et spot per suas rectas diuisas inter se et inter Steintun quas habuerunt temporibus| dauid regis et patris mei et nominatim inter presmunetburne et broc . et sicut broc uadit ad hellesdene .| in bosco et plano et item communem pasturam de mora et aisiamenta . Hanc itaque predictam elemosinam uolo et precipio et concedo ut dicti monachi teneant et habeant de me et heredibus meis inperpetuum ita liberam et quie-|tam ab omni seruicio et exaccione seculari . sicut alias suas elemosinas liberius et quietius et honorificentius tenent et habent . Has autem| prefatas diuisas uersus omnes homines ego et heredes mei predictis monachis uuarantizabimus . Teste . Waldeuo filio meo .| Adam capellano de roch’b’ NiGello sacerdote . Nicholao clerico . Waltero de striuelin . Roberto filio haral-|di . herueio maraschal . haldano dapifero . Gamello dapifero .
Cospatric the earl, to all his friends and men, and to all son of holy Church, Greeting: Let all know as well future as present that I, with the consent of my heir and with his assent, have given and granted to God and to the church of St Mary at Melrose and to the monks there serving God, in perpetual alms, for the welfare of my soul and of King David and of Earl Henry, my lords, and of my ancestors and successors, Hartside and Spott, by their correct boundaries, between themselves and between Stenton, which they had in the times of King David and my father, and namely between Pressmennan burn and the Brock, and as the Brock proceeds to Hellesdene, in wood and plain, and also common pasture of moor and easments. I therefore will and enjoin and grant that the said monks should hold and have this aforesaid alms of me and my heirs in perpetuity as free and quit from all secular service and exaction as others freely and quitely and honourably hold and have their own alms. These aforementioned boundaries, however, I and my heirs shall warrant in respect of all men to the aforesaid monks. Witness, Waldef my son, Adam the chaplain of Roxburgh, Nigel the priest, Nicholas the clerk, Walter of Stirling, Robert son of Harold, Hervey the marischal, Haldan the steward, Gamel the steward.
