1336-11-12, Stirling

To the justices of the Bench. Order to proceed in a plea between Elena, the wife of Thomas de Clayton and Mary countess of Pembroke, cona toft, 120 acres of land, 5 acres of meadow and 5s. rent in Thorpand to render justice to the parties, notwithstanding the allegation the countess and the late king's charter, but not to proceed to render without consulting the king, as Elena impleads Mary before the for the said land, meadow and rent, and Elena long prosecuted that in the Bench, but the justices delayed to proceed further, because the pleading before them, alleged that she holds the said tenements with other lands of the late king's grant, for life, and that those ought to revert to the king at her death, proffering the late king's testifying this, as is fully found by the tenor of tie record and of the yaid suit, which the king caused to come before him in whereupon Elena has besought the king to provide a remedy. By C. DD 2, Membrane Td