Transaction: Gift of one acre in Fans (BWK)

Type of Transaction: Gift
From Source: 3/222/5 (Dryb. Lib., no. 196)
Firm date: undated
Probable date: mid-late thirteenth century
Dating Notes: Probably the Richard of Fans who witnessed charters of Matilda, widow of Richard of Lincoln of Mow (1260), Henry of Haliburton (1270) and Patrick Corbet of Fogo (× 1297) (<em>Kelso Lib.</em>, nos. 173, 174, 305).

Primary: yes
Dare: yes
Tenendas: in (free, pure and/or perpetual) alms; in perpetuity
Tenendas original language: inperpetuum in liberam puram et perpetuem elemosinam
Corroboration / sealing: yes
Warrandice: yes
Spiritual Benefits: Ancestors (pro salute anime); Any Spiritual Benefit; Father (pro salute anime); Mother (pro salute anime); Successors (pro salute anime)
Witnesses in original, but not copied into cartulary: yes

Associated People (3) Possessions: Lands (1)

Role	Name	Name (original language)	Name (translation)	Floruits
Grantor	Richard of Fans, son of Nicholas (late 13C)	Ricardus filius Nicholayi de Faunes	Richard son of Nicholas of Fans	1297 × 1297
Beneficiary	Dryburgh Abbey (fd.1150)	ecclesie sancte Marie de Driburgh	church of St Mary of Dryburgh	1150 × 1345
Sealer	Henry Bell	Henrici Belle patris mei in lege	Henry Bell, my father-in-law	1238 × 1238

Type	Name	Original Text	Related Place
BWK (Berwickshire)	acre in Fans	in tenemento meo de Faqnes unam acram terre illam scilicet que jacet proxima communi ville de Faunes juxta partem occidentalem de Suthebuttes	Fans