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Source:Scottish document RRS, v, no. 196

From Ross Surname Project

Extract of Charter by Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, to William, Earl of Ross, of the lands of Dingwall, and of the lands of Frenerosherie within the Earldom of Sutherland
Originally written in Latin 5 August 1321

Transcription

10. Extract of Charter by Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, to William, Earl of Ross, of the lands of Dingwall, and of the lands of Frenerosherie within the Earldom of Sutherland; dated at Cullen, 5th August, 16th year of reign (1322).

[Original not found, but Charter described as above by Sir Robert Gordon in his “Genealogy of the Earls of Sutherland,” p. 566, as then among the writs of the Earldom of Sutherland.][1]

Document

Printed sources • The Sutherland Book (vol. 3)
• Genealogical history of the Earldom of Sutherland
• Regesta Regum Scottorum (vol. 5)
People of Medieval Scotland database
Source number 9890 (link to database entry)
Title Document 1/53/222 (RRS, v, no. 196)
Description Robert, king of Scots, has given William earl of Ross for his homage and service all the land of Dingwall (ROS) with castle and burgh and all burgh liberty which other burghs in Moray have with the annual ferme of two marks from the moorland of Strathconon (ROS), and all the land of Ferincoskry in the earldom of Sutherland (SUT), holding in feu and heritage for his forinsec service and his aid customarily owed in the time of King Alexander III, and rendering 20 pounds for the support of six chaplains in the chapel of St Duthac of Tain perpetually celebrating mass for the souls of King Alexander III and John earl of Atholl and all faithful Christians.
Firm date 5 August 1321
Dating notes 5 August, regnal year 16
Place date (modern) Cullen
Place date (document) Cullan'
Source for data entry RRS, v, no. 196
Traditional ID RRS, v, no. 196
Calendar number 1/53/222
Charter type Charter
Language Latin
Notes extract from lost roll. Fraser, Sutherland, iii, no. 10.

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Sources

  1. Fraser 1892, p. 11.


  • Beam, Amanda; Bradley, John; Broun, Dauvit; Davies, John Reuben; Hammond, Matthew; Jakeman, Neil; Pasin, Michele; Taylor, Alice; (with others). (2019). People of Medieval Scotland: 1093–1371. Glasgow and London.
  • Fraser, William (1892). The Sutherland Book. Memoirs (Correspondence. - Charters.) [With Plates, Including Portraits and Facsimiles, and Genealogical Tables]. III. Edinburgh.