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Quotation dates: 1566
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(Vicare-pensionary,) Vicar-pensionarie, n. [Vicar(e n. 2 and Pensionary n.1] The office of a Vicare-pensionare n. — 1566 Reg. Privy S. V ii 187/2.
The gift of the vicar pensionarie of Moffet with the gleib and mans thairof … vakand be deceis of umquhile schir Robert Denecastell, last vicar pensionar and possessoure thairof
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