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Source:Scottish document RRS, vi, no. 148

From Ross Surname Project

RRS, vi, no. 148 • Foedera, iii, I, 374 • CDS, iii, no. 1659 • Chapter House (Scots Doets), Box 28, no. 1 • TNA, E39/28/1 • TNA, E 39/28
Ratification by David K. of Scots of the treaty for his ransom at Berwick-on-Tweed
Originally written in Latin 5 October 1357

Transcription


Oct. 5.
Fœdera, iii. 374.
1659. Ratification by David K. of Scots of the treaty for his ransom at Berwick-on-Tweed.

Attested by three apostolic notaries, before Sirs Roger de Percy, Pochard Tempest, and Prichard de Totesham, knights of England, and William de Kamesey, William de Vaux, and John Herys knights of Scotland. [Chapter House (Scots Doets), Box 28, No. 1.][1]

The Great seal of Scotland in white wax, much broken, appended by green and red silk strings.

Document

Printed sources • Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland (vol. 3)
• Foedera (vol. 3)
• Foedera Syllabus (vol. 1)
• Regesta Regum Scottorum (vol. 6)
The National Archives (UK) catalogue
Held by The National Archives, Kew
Collection Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Scottish Documents. (E 39)
Reference E 39/28 (link to catalog entry)
Title Ratification of the treaty for the ransom of David, King of Scots. Berwick-on-Tweed.
Description Ratification of the treaty for the ransom of David, King of Scots. Berwick-on-Tweed.
Note Seal. [R.]
Period 1357 Oct 5
Closure status Open Document, Open Description
Closure type Normal Closure before FOI Act:
Subjects C10112 Treaties and alliances
People of Medieval Scotland database
Source number 11018 (link to database entry)
Title Document 1/54/157 (RRS, vi, no. 148)
Description David, king of Scots, with the consent of the most excellent prince, Lord Edward, king of England, and of the prelates, nobles and others of his kingdom of Scotland, by the special request of the venerable fathers in Christ and Lords John, archbishop of York, primate of England, Thomas, bishop of Durham, and Gilbert, bishop of Carlisle, and the noble men Henry de Percy, Ralph de Neville, Henry Lescrope and Thomas Musgrave on the part of the king of England; and the reverend fathers in Christ William, bishop of St Andrews, Thomas, bishop of Caithness, and Patrick, bishop of Brechin, chancellor of Scotland, and the beloved and faithful men Patrick, earl of March, Robert Erskine and William of Livingston knights, for his part, have deliberated over the indenture of final concord, quoted in full here. [Text, in French, of the Treaty of Berwick, agreeing to the ransom of King David for 100,000 marks, to be paid over the following ten years, at either Berwick, Norham, Bamburgh, or London, and that a truce shall be observed, including Edward Balliol and John of the Isles. And the kings of England and Scotland are to ratify and confirm the indenture by letters patent under great seals, to be sent to the Warden of Berwick upon Tweed on Martinmas (11 Nov.).] With the mature deliberation of the prelates, magnates and wise ones of the kingdom of Scotland, with their counsel and assent on the above tract, he approves, grants and promises the stipulated sum of 100,000 marks sterling, and obligates himself and his heirs, on pain of excommunication and sentences of interdict by the bishops of Scotland, namely of St Andrews, Glasgow, Brechin, Caithness, Dunkeld, Moray, Aberdeen, Ross, Argyll and Whithorn.
Firm date 5 October 1357
Dating notes 5 Oct., AD 1357
Place date (modern) Berwick upon Tweed
Place date (document) Berewycum super Twedam
Source for data entry RRS, vi, no. 148
Traditional ID RRS, vi, no. 148
Calendar number 1/54/157
Charter type Public Instrument
Language Latin
Document type notes This is a Latin inspection, notarially attested, of the French 'Treaty of Berwick', dated 3 Oct.
Duplicate original (contemporary) yes
Notes TNA, E39/28/1; Foedera, iii, 374; CDS, iii, no. 1659. Parts of the Treaty of Berwick are printed in translation in Dickinson et al., Source Book of Scottish History, i, 169-71, and in Donaldson, Scottish Historical Documents, 63-4.
People pages
Related documents
• Foedera
Related topics
Places mentioned • Berwick upon Tweed • Berewycum super Twedam

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  • 5 October 1357 - Ratification by David K. of Scots of the treaty for his ransom at Berwick-on-Tweed. Attested by three apostolic notaries, before Sirs Roger de Percy, Pochard Tempest, and Prichard de Totesham, knights of England, and William de Kamesey, William de Vaux, and John Herys knights of Scotland.[2]
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Sources

  1. Bain 1887, p. 305.
  2. Rymer vol. 3 1740, Part I, pp. 153.


  • 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.
  • Bain, Joseph, ed. (1887). Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland Preserved in Her Majesty's Public Record Office, London. III. A.D. 1307—1357. Edinburgh: H. M. General Register House. p. 305. OCLC 1041664940.
  • Hardy, Thomas Duffus (1869). Syllabus (in English) of the documents relating to England and other kingdoms contained in the collection known as "Rymer's Fœdera". 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 392. OCLC 555193467. OL 5468143M. ark:ark:/13960/t9668ww6j.