. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . agle displayed, for Ramsay, and the threemullets for Murray in addition on the right. The shieldis surrounded by a tressure, which is ornamented withlozenges and fleur-de-lis. Among the charters preserved at Pitfirrane is one of date1536, a note of which has been transcribed by Sir ArthurHalkett, and made available through the kindness of LordElgin. It reads as follows :— Ane Procuraterie granted to James Richardson with consentof Mr Robert Richardson prior of St Marie Isle his fayr. for re-signing of the lands of Lymek
. The history of the Fife Pitcairns : with transcripts from old charters . agle displayed, for Ramsay, and the threemullets for Murray in addition on the right. The shieldis surrounded by a tressure, which is ornamented withlozenges and fleur-de-lis. Among the charters preserved at Pitfirrane is one of date1536, a note of which has been transcribed by Sir ArthurHalkett, and made available through the kindness of LordElgin. It reads as follows :— Ane Procuraterie granted to James Richardson with consentof Mr Robert Richardson prior of St Marie Isle his fayr. for re-signing of the lands of Lymekills with the pertinents, in hands of yeCommendator of Dunfermline as superior, to remaine with him andhis successors as ane pairt of the Patramonie of ye Abbacie in alltyme yr efter daitted ye 1st March 1536. Next are two entries in the Calendar of the Laing Char-ters, which definitely show that the Pitcairns had thepossession of Limekilns. The first is dated 1575, andnotes the conveyance of the estate to Robert, Commendator 1 Mr Alan Reids Limekilns and pltcairn and murrayArms, LORD ROBERT PITCAIRN. 115 of Dunfermline, and is signed by Robert Richardson, Com-mendator of St Mary Isle. The second is more specific, and so distinctly speaks ofa residence— manor-place it is termed—that no furtherdoubt can be entertained on the subject. It is dated 1589,and reads:— Letter of Procuratory by Mr John Pitcairn of that Ilk,1 HenryPitcairne, his son and heir, and Isobella Balfour, his spouse, forresigning the town (opidum) and lands of Lymekyllis with harbour(portu), and Manor Place, and the lands of Weddergang respective-ly, in the lordship and regality of Dunfermline and Sheriffdom ofFife, into the hands of George, Earl of Huntly, &c, commendatorof the monastery of Dunfermline, recently erected into a temporallordship, for new infeftment to Robert Bruce of Baldrig, his heirs,&c. Witnesses, &c. On 24th July 1579 John Pitcairn of that Ilk had had the
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