Know all men by these presents That I Robert Leslie Tenant in Myreside for the love favour & affection I have & bear to my Wife & Children herein after named and certain other good causes and considerations me hereto moving have given granted assign'd and Conveyed and do by these presents with & under the burdens, provisions, and reservations under written Give Grant Assign and Convey to and in favour of Robert Leslie my eldest son & his heirs and assignees all & Sundry Lands, Tenements, Tacks, and other heretable subjects with the whole goods, gear, debts sums of money, Crop & Stocking upon my farm Bonds, Bills, notes, accompts, or other documents concerning the same, which at the time of my death, shall be pertaining & belonging or addebted & owing to me any manner of way whatsoever Dispensing with the generality hereof & admitting the same to be as Valid, Sufficient, & effectual as if every particular, generally above assign'd & conveyed were herein specially engross'd with Power to the said Robert Leslie my son immediately after my death to intromit with use and dispose on the whole effects above assign'd & Conveyed and to do all manner of diligence for recovering the same as I could have done myself while in life Reserving always the Household Plenishing & Furniture bed & table linen of all kinds (excepting the best bed & cloathing for it, a press and girnel) that shall be pertaining to me and within my dwelling house at the time of my decease All which furniture & plenishing (with the above exception) I assign and make over to Agnes Henderson my spouse in case she survive me to be used & enjoyed by her during all the days of her life with this provision that after her death the same shall be equally divided among the said Robert Leslie my son, and Ann Leslie, Agnes Leslie Spouse of James Smith Weaver in Myreside, Elizabeth Leslie Spouse of James Dowie Mason in Blebo-Craigs, and Margaret Leslie my daughters With power to the said Agnes Henderson to leave or bequeath her wearing aparel to such person or persons as she may think proper But providing and Declaring always as it is hereby expressly provided and declared that the said Robert Leslie my son shall be bound & obliged, as by acceptance hereof, he binds & obliges himself and his foresaids, to content and pay not only my just and lawful debts with the charges of my deathbed and funeral, but also the following sums of money and provisions as after specified viz with the payment of the Interest of the one half of the moveable property and effects above assign'd to him, to the said Agnes Henderson his Mother during her lifetime at two terms in the year Whitsunday and Martinmas by equal portions to commence at the first of these terms that shall happen immediately after my death with a fifth part more of penalty in case of failzie And in order that the precise amount of the said moveable property may be fix'd and ascertained I appoint the same to be Inventoried and Valued by three neutral men of Skill, one to be named by the said Agnes Henderson, the other by the said Robert Leslie, and the third by the saids Ann, Agnes, Elizabeth & Margaret Leslies, and that with first conveniency after my death, also with the Payment of Ten Merks Scots to David Leslie Mason in Dundee my youngest Son and likewise with the payment of the fourth part of the price or value of my said moveable or personal property as the same shall be ascertained in manner foresaid, to the saids Ann, Agnes, Elizabeth, and Margaret Leslie, and the husbands of the said Agnes & Elizabeth for their Interest, share & share alike These two last provisions or bequests are to be payable upon the lapse of twelve months from the death of the longest liver of the said Agnes Henderson and me with the legal Interest thereafter during the not payment which provisions to my wife and children I hereby declare to be in full of all that they or any one of them can ask or claim by and thro' my death Reserving always full power and liberty to me at any time of my life to revoke alter or annul these presents in whole or in part at pleasure and I dispense with the not delivery hereof but declare that these presents if not altered shall be Valid & effectual tho' found in my custody or in that of any other at my death and I Consent to the Registration hereof in the Books of Council and Session or others competent therein to remain for preservation and that all execution necessary may pass hereon in form as effeirs and thereto Constitute my provs In Witness whereof I have subscribed these presents (written upon this and the two preceding pages of Stamped paper by Robert Hedderick for Geo. Tod writer in Edin) At Myreside the twentieth day of January One thousand Eight hundred & fifteen years Before these Witnesses Henry Hedderick Tenant in Cassindonat and the said Robert Hedderick.

[signed] Robert Leslie
[signed] Henry Hedderick, Witness
[signed] R. Hedderick, Witness