subscribed by the proper
hand of the reverend Father in Christ, and Master of our Master, David,
by the Divine compassion, Bishop of Candida Casa and of the Chapel
Royal, Stirling. Then follows the King's letter in "braid Scots":--

"We, as patrone of the Kyrk of Creyf, gyffis our full consent and
assent to thir ouyr lettres that the Bishop of ouyr Chapel Rial erec
and mak the vicar's pension of the said kyrk equivalent to the utheris
vicaris pensionarys of the Kyrks of Balmaclellene, Suthwyth, and
Kellys, unit and erectit to our said chappell with ane manse, yard, and
gleyb of twa akaris of the kyrk-land of Creyf, callyt 'For,' next
adjacent to the said kyrk, to the sustentacion of the vicar thairof to
serve the cuyr, payand procuragis and synnagis, and mak the dene rural
expensys in visitacion as efferys, and ordains that this be done be the
Bishop of ouyr Chapell Ryal and official tharof by tharis dyscrecionys,
the quantyte of the cuyr beyng consyderit.

"Subscrivit with ouyr hand at Edynbrugh, the xxv. daye of September,
and of our reng the xxiiij.or zeir, 1512. _Et sequitir subscripcio
manualis_. Rex James."

There is a slight discrepancy in the above record; for whereas the
Royal letter is dated the 25th day of September, 1512, it is stated to
have been produced by the vicar before the Court of Master David
Abercrummy on the 5th day of March, 1511. The explanation may be that
it was found difficult to grit the augmentation out of the clutches of
the Stirling Canons, even after the Bishop of Candida Casa (Whithorn)
had decreed in the vicar's favour, and that the Royal authority had
again to be invoked to give effect to it. However this may be, it is
certain that Master John Broune gained his point, as will appear from
the following document, also in "braid Scots":--

"Schyr official, forsamekyll as the vicarage of the Kyrk of Creyf, is
nocht contenyt, in the erectioun of our Souerane lordis Chapell Rial as
the layf of the vicarages that are incorporat tharto, this is, tharfor,
that ze assygne and mak ouyr vicar of Creyf als meikle zeyrly to his
pensioun of the fructis o' the sayd vicarage to sustene him and serve
the cuyr as ony of the vicarages of Balmaclellene, Suchwych, or Kellis
has, with ane manse, zard, and gleyb and twa akaris of the kyrk-land
callyt 'For,' next adjacent to the sayd kyrk, wyth certain gress soums
for gudying of the sayd gleyb, according to the extent of the sayd
kyrk-land, he pay