respective abovewrittin, and hes maist wranguslie and tyrranouslie demolischit and cassin down thair haill housses and biggings being thairupoun, extending to auchtene housses, and hes alsua wranguslie, violentlie and m^rfully spulzeit and away takin the saids complenaris haill insicht plenissing and gudis being w^tin the saids housses, the damaige and skaith sustenit be the saids complenaris in casting down of the saids housses and spoliatioun of thair insicht and gudis being thairintill estimat to fyve hundrethe markis. And sicklyk the said Lord Robert and James Stewart, his son naturall, at his comand, be the space of twelff yeiris sensyne or thairby wranguslie spulzeit, and away tuik fra the said Gilbert Irwing furthe of his hous in Saba aucht barrellis ulie, price of the barrell xiii ℔ vi s. and viii d., than pertening to the said Gilbert as his awin proper guidis and geir, and being than in his possessioun. And alsua the said Lord Robert restis awand to the said Gilbert the sowme of sevinscoir ten pundis as for the fraucht of ane thowsand daillis brocht be him furthe of Norroway to Orknay, and intromittit w^t be the said Lord Robert be the space of thrie yeiris sensyne, and he promisit to haue maid the said Gilbert payment of the said fraucht: And becaus ye saids complenaris socht redress of the wrangis and oppressiones above vritten done to thame be the said Lord Robert at his awin hand, being baith Juge and pairtie, quha refusit to do thame ony reasoune theirfore; And in respect thai are drevin to extreme povertie, and hawing na uther refuge under God but to complene to us, the said Lord Robert suspecting the same, and that uther puir pepill that be havellie oppressit be his tyrranie in lykmaner wald complene to us thairupon, he thairfore hes cloisit all the ferries and passages, that nane of the said cuntrie may have access to us for that effect; and alsua threttynit to tak and hang the saids complenaris, becaus thai said that they wald complene to us. And the said Lord Robert, at the depairting of the said Gilbert, hes wranguslie and wiolentlie spulzeit, reft, and away takin his haill insicht guds, plenissing, cornes and cattell, and hes put his wyff and aucht bairnes to beggarie: and he for saifftie of his awin lyff wes compellit in this instant moneth of December to tak the stormie and tempesteous seyis of Orknay and Pentland Firthe in ane small fischer boit, and be Godis prouidence, hes cumit heir to mak his said grievous complaint to us, lyk as mony utheris in that cuntrie wald doe in cais they mycht have access to us to that effect as is allegit. OURE WILL IS HEIRFORE, and we chairge you, our Shereffis and Iustices forsaidis, and your deputtis and commandis, that incontinent thir o^r l^{rs} sene ye pas, and in oure name and aut^{tie} call baith the saidis pairties befoir yow, and tak cognitioun upoune the saids actionis of eiectioun, spoliatioun, dettis, and wrangous intromissiouns with the saids complenaris landis