Excerpt from Registrum Honoris De Morton, Vol. 1 of 2: A Series of Ancient Charters of the Earldom of Morton With Other Original Papers<br><br>Bannatyne Club, and be devoted some part of his time for several years to superintending the arrangement and printing of the present volume, which is chiefly derived from that source, with the addition, however, of some original documents from the Charter-room at Dalmahoy. Mr. Thomson intended to accom pany the collection with a dissertation on the pedigree of this branch of the illustrious house of Douglas; but increasing years and infirmities prevented his fulfilling that intention; and nothing has been found among his papers to indicate the plan or views of the Editor. By a double fatality, the pre mature death of the excellent Mr. Alexander Macdonald, who had assisted Mr. Thomson in the work, has Shut. Us out from all knowledge of Mr. Thomson's communications with him, and left us to guess at the method and purpose of the following collection from the sheets as they stand printed. Owing to this cause, there are omissions not easily accounted for, and in a few instances, papers inserted without much apparent utility; but the general plan of the work is sufficiently simple.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.