| Description | "Charter by John Banerman of Alesick, whereby in consideration of a Cetrain Sum of Money paid by the Provost, Baillies, Council, Burgesses and Community of Aberdene for the redemption of the saids lands from Edmund Banerman, Son and heir of the deceased John Banerman, he dispones to the saids Provost, Baillies, Council, Burgesses and Community, All and Whole the lands formerly called "le Smythihalch, modernis diebus vocatas le Croes;" to be held "infeodo et hereditate".
Said Charter is dated at Abirdene, 12th January 1459"
(Text from Shaw's Inventory of the Charters and Papers relating to the City of Aberdeen, of 1851)
(Printed in Gordon's "Description of Both Touns", Spalding Club, page 50; also in the Spalding Club volume "Cartularium Ecclesie Sancti Nicholai", i page 8.) |