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And 3rd. - the gentleman from whom
you received the letter: - the extract being
I think a sufficient authority for me
in useing the gentleman's name
by whom it was written, - without
personally consulting himself.
Names of objects, and sites of battles
or antiquities, marked on our plans,
must be substantiated by three
authorities

Second: - the chapel at Boath farm.
You informed me that you had in yr. [your]
possession an old document
in which the chapel was specially
alluded to. Will you be kind
enough to give me an extract from
the document, which may
be quoted as an authority,
and the name of the document,
and also any remarks which
you may think necessary to
Supply yourself respecting
the matter
I remain
Revd [Reverend] Sir,
Yr. [Your] humble Servant
John Keely
2d Corpl:RE [Second Corporal Royal Engineers]

[right hand column answer to queries]
The gentleman whose letter
drew my attention to the battle
was the late Revd. [Reverend] James
Trail - minister of St Cyrus
near Montrose.

William Laing Vicar
of Arbroath in 1562
fewed the lands which
belonged to the chapel at
Boath to Neil Laing
Writer in Arbroath & his
heirs and assignees
These lands came into
the possession of the
Panmure family prior
to 1623 - how or at
what precise date is
not known. But the
description in old charters is
"terras ecclesias de Panbride
cum advocatione vicariae
ecclesiae de Panbride et
Capellaniae de Both"
It is plain therefore
that there was a chapel
at Both.