On the same day [7 July 1296] at Montrose, with the witnesses last written above, and the Notary, being present, the lord William Bisset, knight, attained the trust and goodwill of the lord king of England, and annulled any alliances etc. ever entered into in his name with the king of the French against the king of England; and having taken hold of and kissed the holy gospels, he performed fealty to the lord king of England; and he immediately prepared his letters patent upon his fealty, sealed with his pendant seal.