On the same day [10 July 1296] and at the same place [Montrose], being present the witnesses immediately before recorded, and the Notary, the lord John of Toskerton, called the Marshall, knight, of his own accord attained the trust and goodwill of the lord king of England; and having with his own tongue made null any alliances, contracts, agreements, and pacts, if ever any were entered into in his name with the king of the French against the king of England in his name, and having taken the holy gospels and kissed them, he performed fealty to the king of England; and having performed it, he sealed his letters patent with his pendant seal.