Source:Scottish document Suther., no. 20

David, king of Scots, has approves and ratifies a charter of Malise, earl of Strathearn, Caithness and Orkney, giving the marriage of his daughter Isabel to William earl of Ross
Originally written in Latin 12 May 1362

Transcription

20. Charter by King David the Second confirming a grant, dated 28th May 1344, by Malise, Earl of Strathern, to William, Earl of Ross, of the marriage of his daughter Isabella, whom he constitutes his heir and successor in the earldom of Caithness. 12th May 1361.¹

Dauid, Dei gratia rex Scotorum, omnibus probis hominibus totius terre sue, salutem. Sciatis nos inspexisse quandam cartam Malisii, comitis de Cathanense, in hec verba— Vniuersis sancte matris ecclesie filiis presentes literas inspecturis, Malisius, comes comitatuum de Stratherne, Cathanense et Orcadense, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Nouerit vniuersitas vestra nos, non vi non rnetu non dolo inductum, sed mera et libera voluntate mea, dedisse et concessisse maritagium Isabelle, filie nostre, inter nos et Marjoriam, sponsam nostram, progenite, magnifico viro, Gulielmo, comiti de Eos, ad maritandam earn, cum et quando sibi visum fuerit exspediens cum bono consilio nostro : Quamquidem Isabellam facimus et constituimus ac ordinamus heredem ac successorem nostram totius comitatu[s] nostri Cathanie cum suis pertinentiis justis si cum dicta Marjoria, sponsa nostra, masculum superstitem nos [non] habuimus ; dictus vero Gulielmus, comes de Eos, promisit et fideliter manucepit dictum comitatum Cathanauscm pariter et comitatum eiusdem pro posse suo defendere et manutenere. In cuius rei testimonium presentibus sigillum nostrum apposuimus in domo fratrum predicatorum de Inuernes, vigesimo octauo die mensis Maij, anno Domini millesimo tricentesimo quadragesimo quarto. Quamquidem cartam in omnibus suis punctis, artic[u]lis, conditionibus, etc., approbamus, etc. Apud Sconam xij die mensis Maij, anno regni nostri tricesimo secundo.

Haec est vera copia principalis carte suprascripte contente in rotulis cartarum, donationum ac confirmationum dicti Dauidis Secundi regis Scotorum, extracta per me Magistrum Joannem Skene, Clericum rotidorum Eegistri ac Consilii supremi domini nostri regis, sub meis signo et subscriptione manualibus.

Joannes Skene,

Cls. Regri., etc.

1. Extract from the Register.

Document

Printed sources	• Registrum magni sigilli (vol. 1) • The Sutherland Book (vol. 3)
People of Medieval Scotland database
Source number	10596 (link to database entry)
Title	Document 1/54/308 (RMS, i, App. 1, no. 150)
Description	David, king of Scots, has inspected a charter of Malise, earl of Caithness. [Charter of Malise, earl of Strathearn, Caithness and Orkney, giving the marriage of his daughter Isabel to William earl of Ross, dated at Inverness, 28 May, 1344.] The king approves and ratifies this charter.
Firm date	12 May 1362
Dating notes	12 May, regnal year 32
Place date (modern)	Scone
Place date (document)	Sconam
Source for data entry	RMS, i, App. 1, no. 150
Traditional ID	RMS, i, App. 1, no. 150
Calendar number	1/54/308
Charter type	Charter
Language	Latin
Document type notes	Registered: _RMS_, i, app. 2, no. 1383
Notes	Fraser, Sutherland, iii, no. 20; Inchaffray Liber, app., no. 26

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• 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.