109406: Charter of Inchaffray 1389

A Hebridean Parish includes, on page 15, a translation of the original Latin.

Among the Charters of Inchaffray there is one which was granted by Godfrey, Lord of Uist, dated at Eilean Tirrim Castle, 7th July, 1389, which is in the following terms:- “Godfrey of the Isles, Lord of Uist, makes known that he has given, granted and confirmed for the weal of his soul, and that of his predecessors, and in honour of the Holy Trinity, and St Mary, glorious Virgin, to the Monastery of St John the Evangelist in Inchaffray, and to his Convent, in pure and perpetual alms, the Chapel of the Holy Trinity in Uist, and the whole land of Carinish, and four pennylands in Illeray between Husabost and Ceann-earach, as freely as Christina, daughter of Allan of good memory, true heiress, and Reginald called MacRuari, true lord and patron, conferred the said lands aforesaid on the Monastery and Convent.”