The document was written on parchment by the notary John of Reston and it is bearing his authentification mark. It is written in a pre-secretary hand. Typical secretary hand features include the letters p, h, open e. The first letters are decorated.
Instrument of sasine of an annual rent of 8 shillings out of a tenement on the High Street disponed by David Speir burgess of Glasgow to the vicars of the choir.
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- ReferenceGB 248 GUA BL/122
- Dates of Creation07 March 1475
- Language of MaterialLatin
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Custodial History
Previously numbered GUA 16321.
Blackhouse charters catalogue description: 'Instrument of Seasine of ane annual rent of 8 shillings out of a tenement on the East side of the high street Leading from the Cathedrall to the Cross of Glasgow betwixt the Lands of the hospital on the north And of Thomas Myntech on the South Disponed by David Speir burges of Glasgow to the viccars of the Queer dated 7 March 1475'.
Bibliography
Liber Collegii Nostre Domine registrum Ecclesie B.V. Marie et S. Anne infra muros civitatis Glasguensis MDXLIX : accedunt munimenta fratrum Predicatorum de Glasgu / domus Dominicane apud Glasguenses carte que supersunt MCCXLIV-MDLIX, ed. by Joseph Robertson (Glasgow: the Maitland Club, 1846), p. 254.