Source:NRAS catalogue entry NRAS1400/Bundle 138

National Register of Archives for Scotland catalogue
Date	1426-1458
Title	Writs
Collection	Earl of Cawdor
Reference	NRAS1400/Bundle 138 (link to catalog entry)
Repository	Private
Access status	Restricted
Access conditions	These records are held privately. All enquiries should be addressed to: The Registrar National Register of Archives for Scotland HM General Register House Edinburgh EH1 3YY Description Also included but unprinted: Instrument of sasine following on precept from chancery, to Donald Kaldor, thane of Kaldore, of office of sheriff of Nairn. 15 November 1426. Notary: John Idill, clerk, St Andrews diocese. Witnesses: Sir Thomas Gram, abbot of monastery of Cupar, John Blane, Thomas Monypeny, esquires, sir Robert Laurence and John Nicholas, rectors of churches of Strathnechty Martyn and Dunotyr, John Murray and John Bell, burgesses of Dundee. Instrument of sasine following on precept, printed op. cit., p.8. Great seal charter granting Donald of Caldore, the thanage of Caldore. 14 September 1430. Witnesses: John, bishop of Glasgow, chancellor, Sir John Forestar, chamberlain, Sir Walter Ogilvy, treasurer, kts., Mr William Foulis, keeper of privy seal, provost of Bothuile. 'RMS' 'ii'/176. Precept by William, thane of Caldore, ordaining Hugh Ostillare, formerly provost of Inverness, and John Flemyng, to resign in hands of John of the Isles, earl of Ross and the Isles, the lands of Balmakyth in sheriffdom of Narne. 16 May 1458.
Level	File
Publication note	Printed 'The Book of the Thanes of Cawdor', Spalding Club, Edinburgh, 1859., pp. 5-6, 8, 14, 46.
Printed sources	The Book of the Thanes of Cawdor

People pages	• John Macdonald, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles (c1435-1498) • Macdonald Earls of Ross
Related topics	• Timeline of the Earls of Ross

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• 16 May 1458 - Precept by William, thane of Caldore, ordaining Hugh Ostillare, formerly provost of Inverness, and John Flemyng, to resign in hands of John of the Isles, earl of Ross and the Isles, the lands of Balmakyth in sheriffdom of Narne.
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• "Catalogue search". NRAS Online Public Catalogue. National Records of Scotland. 9 Nov 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2024.