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| NRS catalogue entry GD16/1/3 | 1. Notarial instrument narrating that Michael Dauid, hereditary keeper of the bell of St. Medam, resigned the same to Sir John Ogilvy, kt., lord of Luthrethyne, superior of the said bell, with all its pertinents; which said Sir John gave to Lady Margaret of Ogilvy, Countess of Moray, his spouse, in liferent. Castle of Erale, 27 June 1447. Witnesses: Sir Walter Ogilvy, kt., lord of Desfurd, James Ogilvy, William of Cargyl, lord of Lasington, esquires, Duncan Stronach elder and Duncan, younger, his son, burgesses of Montros, Patrick of Fentoun and Edward Pedy. [Printed Spalding Club Miscellany, IV, 117]. [2.2] 2. Instrument of sasine in favour of the said Lady Margaret of a house, at Luntrethin near the church, belonging to the said bell; sasine was given by James Ogilvy, brother of said Sir John, who displayed letters under the latter's seal conferring the grant, read them word for word and then shut the said Lady Margaret in the said house, all persons having been expelled therefrom, and gave her possession by delivery of earth and stone. 18 July 1447. Witnesses David Ogilvy, esquire, sirs David Conan, John Michart and Patrick Henderson, priests, Edward Pedy and John Red. [Printed ibid., 118]. [1249.1] |
| NRS catalogue entry GD1/88/5 | 1249 X 1272 |
| NRS catalogue entry GD71/419 | 1714, November 3, December 19. |
| NRS catalogue entry JP32/7/5/13 | 1772 Mar 8 Letter from Charles Gordon at Clerkhill to [factor of Countess of Sutherland?], enclosing account of eagles and foxes killed in the parish [Farr]. Discusses the need to raise the stent to cover costs, the conduct of some tenants, and the accounts for paying the last schoolmaster, Mr Ross, and those who have supplied his place since Whitsunday. Hopes to obtain bear to relieve tenants of Rimisdale and other lands who have lost their crops. |
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| Scottish document CDS, v, no. 472aa | Account book of J. de Drokenesford, keeper of the wardrobe. 34 Edw I.
424 pages. To Richard Siward, coming to the king at Lanercost from the castle of Kildrummy where he was imprisoned by the earl of Carrick, by his own hands, Lanercost, 30 Sept. To William Siward, his son, coming as above, for a horse, Lanercost, 1 Oct. To Donald son of Kane, knight of Galloway, coming to the king at Lanercost and returning, Lanercost, 20 Oct. To John de Walsingham, valet of the earl of Lincoln, bringing news to the king of the taking of Simon Fraser [sic], Lanercost, 8 Oct. And to a valet of Hugh Despenser for the same, Lanercost, 18 Oct. To James, steward of Scotland, staying in England at the king’s costs, by account of John of Coventry, his clerk, Lanercost, 27 Oct. To Audoen of Argyll, for restoration of a horse lost in the company of the prince at Kincardine in the Mearns at the end of September. Lanercost, 20 Oct. To Hugh de Ross for his winter robe, by account at Lanercost, 1 Apr. 1307; to the same for his summer robe because he was out of court at Pentecost, by account as above. Prest to John Bentley sent from Lanercost to take the countess of Carrick to Brustwick, Lanercost, 10 Oct. To Robert de Cotyngham, controller of the wardrobe, for expenses of Master Andrew of Tong, notary, in making public instruments concerning a process made against the two bishops, for the wage of another notary helping, for expenses of clerks transcribing the instruments and for a forcer bought for their safekeeping, at the beginning of May, as appears by particulars delivered to the wardrobe at Lanercost, 26 Oct. 1306. |
| Scottish document CDS, ii, no. 1646 | Account of James de Dalilegh and John of Weston, clerks, making an extent of the king's lands in Scotland both beyond the Scottish Sea towards Orkney and on this side in Galloway and elsewhere, in the 32nd year. |
| Scottish document Kel. Lib., no. 192 | Adam of Dowane, son of Daniel of Dowane, in the full court of Richard, abbot of Kelso, at Lesmahagow, has sold and, by rod and staff, returned, for a certain sum of money which they completely relinquished to him in his great necessity, all the land which he and his ancestors held at any time in the tenement of Dowane within the barony of Lesmahagow (LAN) to his lords, the abbot and convent of Kelso, which sum of money Adam considers fully disseminated. Adam states that money not counted, not delivered and not received is to be thoroughly and expressly renounced, and if he and his heirs or assignees have or are able to have rights or claim in the land of Dowane at any time, he expressly renounces by the present [charter] all those rights, and he quitclaims them to his lords, the abbot and convent of Kelso. Additionally, he wishes and grants that if any charter or instrument appears at any future time, it is to be disregarded, and he subjects himself and his heirs or assignees to the coercion and power of the bishop and officials of Glasgow, whomever they may be at the time, and agrees to pay a penalty for disregarding the agreement. |
| Scottish document IP, 146-7 | Adam, parson of the church of Roxburgh Castle, Thomas the baker of Roxburgh, Thomas of Ireland, Maut de Mounceaus, of the county of Roxburgh; Master Nicholas of Balmyle, parson of the church of Calder Comitis, John of Lennie, of the county of Edinburgh; Marjory prioress of Holystone (Alwinton parish, Northumberland), of the county of Berwick; William the Parker, parson of Kilham (Northumb.), Amable, widow of Patrick of Graham, Muriel of Inchbrakie, of the county of Perth; Elias of Spott, of the county of Edinburgh; Thomas of Barton, John of Crawford, of the county of Ayr; Euphemia widow of William of Horndean, William of Weston, John de Mundeville, parson of Moffat, William of Stirling, Nicholas of Swaffham, parson of Great Dalton, William of Busbie, of the county of Wigtown; Andrew son of Godfrey de Ros, of the county of Ayr; John of Seton, of the county of Dumfries; Margaret, widow of William of Abernethy, Adam son of Henry of ‘Totherygges’, of the county of Berwick; John de St Michael, of the county of Roxburgh; John of Heiton, warden of the hospital of St Leonard of Torrance Roger of Yarm, of the county of Lanark; William of Hamstead, of the county of Elgin; Walter of Aitkenhead, of the county of Aberdeen; William Tornal, warden of the hospital of St Cuthbert of Ballencrieff (ELO), of the county of Edinburgh; since they have come to the faith and will of their lord, Edward, king of England, they promise to serve him well and loyally; and ech one has performed fealty to the king. |
| NRS catalogue entry C2 | After 1596 grants in perpetuity only were recorded in this register others being recorded in the Paper Register (C3). Prior to 1806 the date of commencement of a volume is normally taken to be that of the first entry and its termination that of the latest item recorded. Volumes dated between 1493 and 1809 are generally bound in two or more parts. The contents of the register up to 1668 are printed in 'Registrum Magni Sigilli' (RMS), the entries from 1424 onwards being calendared in chronological order.
Dating and arrangement of early Great Seal Registers (C2/2-C2/6): The absence of dates of recording in the Great Seal Registers makes it difficult to determine the exact dates at which they were compiled. Prior to 1700 the entries rarely appear in chronological order and it is not uncommon to find charters which were not recorded until long after the date on which they were granted. It is, however, obvious that the registers must show the chronological sequence of recording. Thus, while other entries may bear prior dates, a register volume cannot have been compiled any earlier than the date of the first entry, and similarly the date of completion is fixed approximately by that of the latest entry, even though this may not be the last item in the volume. These general rules cannot be applied in every instance. If the date of the first entry is considerably before that of the second or subsequent entries it must be presumed to be a case of late registration. On the other hand, it was fairly common practice to interpolate additional entries in blank spaces in the registers both before and after completion of a volume, but such interpolations are often recognisable by discrepancies either in date or in the handwriting of the entries concerned. Special problems arise in the case of the registers for the period 1424 - 1466, which have not been preserved in their original form. Not only are contents considerably disarranged but also some volumes are made up of fragments of two or more original registers. In "Registrum Magni Sigilli" (vol. ii) the entries are simply printed in chronological order, without any explanation of the state of the manuscript record. References are given to the volume and number of the original entry, but the system of numbering was introduced at a comparatively late date and seems to have been the work of John Corse (fl.1724). The foliation of the volumes is earlier, probably 16th century, but in the case of vols. 3-5 the old foliation was partially lost or obscured when the volumes were repaired and inlaid in 1808 and was replaced by continuous pencil foliation. Where comparison is possible it shows that some folios have been lost since the 16th century but that the contents have remained in the same order. This is borne out by a collation of the rubrics with the lists of contents of the registers in the "Index Cartarum' (c.1580), which shows that, with minor exceptions, the registers were then in the same state as at present. Though the evidence does not permit any firm conclusions to be drawn, it seems probable that there were originally two series of registers, one being on parchment, the other on paper. The 'paper' series may have been draft and certain surviving portions suggest that it could also have served as a record of dues payable for registration or of compositions on charters. There is some evidence that the 'paper' series may have included items which would not have appeared in the 'parchment' series but it was not a separate record like the 'Paper Register' (C.3), established in 1596. It is obvious that at some date prior to 1580 the greater part of the 'parchment' series was destroyed and that the loss was partially made good by binding up the remainder with the 'paper' series, itself fragmentary. The following notes show the composition of each volume of the existing record. In conclusion it must be noted that, although the 'parchment' series is extant for almost the whole of James III's reign some of the volumes show signs of careless rebinding, their contents being clearly no longer in their original order. The catalogue entries for the five individual volumes C2/2-C2/6 contain further detailed descriptions of their dating and arrangement. |
| Scottish document Moray Reg., no. 85 | Agreement between (i) Andrew, bishop of Moray, and (ii) Walter Comyn, earl of Menteith, with the consent of the chapter of Moray, over certain portions of land that the bishop said pertained to a half davoch of the church of Kincardine (in modern parish of Duthil and Rothiemurcus, INV) and thus belonged to the episcopal mensa, and over the teinds of cain owed to the lord king from the land of Kincardine. The earl will hold at feuferme from the bishop in perpetuity the half davoch of land at Kincardine, by its right bounds, with all its just pertinents, with an annual render for the aforesaid teinds of cain of 34s. 8d. for all service, exaction, custom and secular demand pertaining to the bishop, half at Pentecost and half at Martinmas, and making forinsec service to the lord king, saving the toft and croft accountable to the rector of the church, on penalty of 10 marks to the fabric of the cathedral church. |
| Scottish document Moray Reg., no. 87 | Agreement between (i) Walter of Moray, son of the late William of Moray, and (ii) Andrew, bishop of Moray, with the will and consent of the dean and chapter, over the churchland of ‘Ewen’ (Kirkton of Barevan, in Cawdor, NAI). Walter will hold the aforesaid land of ‘Ewen’ at perpetual feuferme from the bishop, by its right bounds and with all its just pertinents, for an annual render of 20s for all service and demand, half at Martinmas and Pentecost, and making the forinsec service of the lord king. The bishop, with the will and consent of the chapter, have given and granted to Walter in perpetual feuferme all his land of ‘Budist’ (?Budgate, in Cawdor, NAI) by its right bounds and with all its just pertinents, free and quit from all service and demand pertaining to the bishop, for an annual render of two marks, half at Martinmas and half at Pentecost, making forinsec service to the lord king. |
| Scottish document Moray Reg., no. 86 | Agreement between (i) the chapter of Moray, and (ii) Sir Alexander of Stirling. Alexander and his heirs by his wife, the daughter of Sir Freskin of Kerdal, will hold at feuferme of the chapter a half davoch of land that they have at Daviot (INV), and pertaining to the church there, rendering to the chapter 2 marks yearly for all service and demands, making forinsec sevice on the pertaining lands. |
| Scottish document RRS, iv, no. 61 | Agreement between Sir Magnus IV, king of Norway, by his messengers, Sirs Asketin, his chancellor, and Andrew, son of Nicholas, his baron, and Sir Alexander III, king of Scots, and whereby Sir Magnus, king of Norway, has resigned all right and claim to Man, with the other islands of the Hebrides, and all the other islands of the western and southern side of the great sea; to be held without reservation by King Alexander and his heirs, together with the right of patronage of the bishopric of Man, saving the right, jurisdiction, and liberty of the church of Nidaros, in all respects; which right or jurisdiction the church of Nidaros has, regarding the bishop and church of Man; and excepting the islands of Orkney and Shetland, which the king of Norway has specially reserved for his own demesne; the islands conceded to the king of Scots shall be subject to the laws and customs of Scotland; the king of Scots is to render 100 marks sterling in the church of St Magnus, Orkney, to the king of Norway yearly within the octave of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, plus 4000 marks sterling in the same place and manner over the next 4 years. |
| Scottish document Moray Reg., no. 258 | Agreement is (i) Robert, bishop of Ross, and (ii) John Bisset, over the right of patronage of the church of Kiltarlity (INV). The bishop, with the consent of the chapter of Rosemarkie and his other clerics of Ross, has quitclaimed all right in the said church to John Bisset, for his homage and service. John Bisset has quitclaimed whatever rights or exactions which he or his predecessors at any time had, or customs they were wont to have in the aforesaid churchland. John has also offered 15 marks to the fabric of the church of St Peter of Rosemarkie and one stone of wax annually for the lighting of the altar of the same church. The bishop, the dean, and the canons have taken up John in all their prayers. |
| Scottish document Stringer, Alan s. Roland, no. 5 | Alan son of Roland, constable of Scotland, has given, granted, and established by his present charter, to Hugh of Crawford, for his homage and service, his land of Crosbie (AYR), by those marches by which Ivolotus the Small held it on the day when Alan granted that land to Hugh of Crawford, in pannages and assarts, and those easements and liberties which any knight has in all of his landholdings, except stags, hinds, roe-deer, and young hawks, for an annual render of one unmewed sparrowhawk, on the feast of the Assumption of the BVM. Moreover, he will perform the forinsec service that pertains to one ploughgate of land. |
| Scottish document Stringer, Alan s. Roland, no. 7 | Alan son of Roland, constable of Scotland, has given, granted, and established by his present charter, to Alan de Ros, for his homage and service, all of the land of Fairlie (AYR), by stated bounds, in feu and heritage, as freely as anyone holds and possesses by habergeon service, in pannages and assarts, in banks and fisheries and in all easements and liberties pertaining to the aforesaid land, saving to Alan stags and hinds, for provision of one young man with a habergeon, in the expeditionary army, and a render in aids as pertains to one ploughgate of land. |
| Scottish document Stringer, Alan s. Roland, no. 4 | Alan son of Roland, constable of Scotland, has granted, given, and established by his present charter, to Hugh of Crawford, for his homage and service, his land of Munnoch (AYR), by stated bounds, in pannages and assarts, and in all other easements and liberties, except stags, hinds, roe-deer, and young hawks, for an annual render of one unmewed sparrowhawk, on the feast of the Assumption of the BVM, for all services, customs and demands. |
| Scottish document Stringer, Alan s. Roland, no. 6 | Alan son of Roland, constable of Scotland, has granted and established by his charter, to Hugh of Crawford, the third part of the villa of Stevenston (AYR), which Margaret, daughter of Adam Loccard (Lockhart) sold to the same Hugh for 40 marks, and the whole right to which she quitclaimed to Hugh and his heirs in perpetuity, and which she restored to Hugh in Alan’s court by staff and baton. Margaret has also renounced all right that she had in the church of Irvine (AYR) in perpetuity, and in the court of Alan’s lord Alexander, king of Scots, she has given Hugh her charter of quitclaim, as a woman of legal age and lawful power. Alan has granted and established this to the aforesaid Hugh and his heirs for the third part of the service of one knight, according to the charter of the same Margaret. |
| Scottish document Lennox, no. 1 | Alan son of Walter, steward of the king of Scotland, has given and granted and made firm by this his charter to Adam son of Gilbert, Tarbolton, Privick, Drumley, and ‘Milnefinlen’ (all in Tarbolton parish), by their right bounds, in feu and heritage; to hold of him and his heirs, by stated bounds. Moreover, he has given and granted to him ‘Roderbren’ and ‘Brenego’ and Enterkine (AYR), by those bounds which he and his men perambulated. Alan wills that Adam should hold these lands for the service of one knight. |
| Scottish document Foedera, i, II, 638 | Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan, Justiciar of Scotia, Patrick, earl of Dunbar, Malise, earl of Strathearn, Malcolm, earl of Lennox, Robert de Brus, earl of Carrick, Donald, earl of Mar, Gilbert [d’Umfraville], earl of Angus, Walter [Stewart], earl of Menteith, William, earl of Ross, William, earl of Sutherland, Magnus, earl of Orkney, Duncan, earl of Fife, John, earl of Atholl, Robert de Brus père, James, Steward of Scotland, John de Balliol, John Comyn, William de Soules, then justiciar of Lothian, Ingram de Guines, William of Moray, the son, Walter of Moray, knights, Alexander de Balliol, Reginald le Chen père, William de St Clare, Richard Siward, William of Brechin, Nicholas de la Haye, Henry of Graham, Ingram de Balliol, Alan son of the earl (fitz Count), Reginald le Chen fils, J[ohn] of Lindsey, Patrick of Graham, [Herbert] of Maxwell, Simon Fraser, Alexander of Argyll, Angus son of Donald (MacDonald) and Alan son of Ruardi, barons of the kingdom of Scotland, acknowledge Margaret daughter of the daughter of their lord the king, Margaret, of good memory, late Queen Norway by marriage to Eric, king of Norway, as the legitimate heir to the kingdom of Scotland and the Isle of Man and of all the other islands pertaining to the kingdom, in the event of King Alexander III’s death. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD124/1/111 | Also: Witnesses - William, Bishop of St Andrews, Patrick, Bishop of Brechin, Chancellor, Robert, Steward of Scotland, Earl of Stratheryn [Strathearn], King's nephew, William, Earl of Ross, his kinsman, William de Cunyngham [Cunningham], William de Levyngstoun [Livingstone], Hugh de Eglyntoun [Eglinton], Kts. At Scone, in full Parliament. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD124/1/110 | Also: With 4 marks sterling of annualrent due to granter by abbot and convent of Londores from land of Flandres [Belgium]; to be held by them and the longer liver of them and their heirs, whom failing by heirs of said Robert, in fee and heritage, in free barony, with common pasture in forest of Benechkey and woods of Aldeclochy, under reddendo of as much forinsec service in common army of lord King as pertains to said lands, and of 3 suits annually at granter's chief pleas of Garviauch; with clause of warrandice. Witnesses - Alexander, Bishop of Aberdeen, Sir John, abbot of Aberbroth [Arbroath], Sir William, abbot of Londors [Lindores], Sir William, Earl of Douglas, granter's brother, William de Keth, Marshal of Scotland, Sir Walter Moygne [Moigne], Sir John de Strathachyn [Strachan], and Sir Laurence Gilibrand, Kts, Mr John de Cromdole [Cromdale], canon of Ross, Mr David de Marr, treasurer of Moray, Sir John de Marr, canon of Aberdeen, Walter Biset [Bisset], lord of Lossyndrum, John Prat [Pratt], John Bothirgask. |
| Scottish document Strathearn, Add. Chrs., no. 13 | An agreement is formed between Andrew, bishop of Moray, on one side, with the counsel and consent of the dean and chapter of the church of Moray, and Gillebrigte (or Gilbert), son of Gillebrigte late earl of Strathearn, on the other, whereby Gillebrigte will hold at feuferme from the bishop one half davoch of ‘Kyncarny’ (in modern parish of Duthil and Rothiemurcus, INV), by its right bounds, with all its just pertinents, for an annual render of three marks for all service and exaction, half at Pentecost and half at Martinmas, making forinsec service to the lord king. If the land is destroyed by war, according to the arbitration of good men, the rent will be reduced. Saving also to the bishop all the native men (neyfs) of the said land. If Gillebrigte or his heirs presume to act against this agreement, they shall owe the bishop of Moray 10 marks. |
| Scottish document Irvine Muniments, i, no. 1 | An agreement is formed between the burgesses and the whole community of Irvine (AYR) on one side and Brice of Eglinton, son of the late ‘Eglun’ lord of Eglinton on the other, namely, that the burgesses and the community of Irvine, by unanimous consent, have granted, given, and demitted at feuferme to Brice of Eglinton those 20 acres of land in the holding of Eglinton (AYR) which Ralph son and heir of the late Hugh, lord of Eglinton, gave, granted and perpetually disponed to the burgesses and community of Irvine by a certain final concord between them, by stated bounds, having and holding by Brice and his heirs or assignees at feuferme by the stated bounds, with all its just pertinents, easements and free customs, for an annual render of 10s. in the parish church of Irvine on the feast of St James the Apostle in summer, free and quit from all burden, servile exaction, work and secular demand. Brice obligates himself and his heirs or assignees as well as his land of ‘Benislay’ (???) with its pertinents, and all their other goods movable and immovable to be lawfully distrained. Brice agrees that he and his successors will not double the feuferme at a later time. |
| Scottish document Irvine Muniments, i, no. 2 | An agreement is formed in the presence of Sir John de Balliol; Sir William, earl of Mar; Sir Hugh de Balliol, son of the said Sir John; Sir Hugh, brother of the same Sir John; Sir Jocelin de Balliol; Sir Thomas Raine; Sir Stephen le Fleming, Sir Odinel, son of Ralph; and others, at Irvine, between the burgesses of Irvine and Sir Godfrey de Ros, with the assent and goodwill of Sir Hugh of Crawford; Sir Fergus of Ardrossan; Sir William of Dunlop; Master Godfrey de Ros; David ‘Mor’ (?); Thomas of ‘Stubhyl’ (Stobhill, Northumb.?); Adam Urri; Richard Broun, and William of ‘Gowinskey’, who said that all contentions being ended, the exactions and demands having been settled by a certain agreement between the said burgesses on one part, and Sir Godfrey on the other, concerning the tenement of Hormissock, which the said burgesses claimed to have common pasture by right. The burgesses have granted to Sir Godfrey to have and hold the land in the aforesaid tenement, ploughed and unploughged, paying 2 ½ marks, half at Martinmas and half at Pentecost, saving the wood of Langhurst. Both parties have bound themselves to observe this before the abbot of Kilwinning. |
| Scottish document A-S Relations, no. 7 | An agreement is made at York in the presence of Otto, cardinal deacon of San Nicola and papal legate, between Henry (III), king of England, and Alexander (II), king of Scots, over the complaints which the king of Scots raised, namely the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, which the king of Scotland sought as his inheritance; also, over 15,000 marks which King John, the father of King Henry, had received from William, late king of Scotland, father of King Alexander, in return for certain agreements between the kings which Alexander asserted that King John has not kept; also, over agreements made between King Henry and King Alexander about a marriage to be contracted between Alexander’s sister, Margaret, which, according to the king of Scots, had not been kept. Alexander has remitted and quitclaimed to Henry, king of England, the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland, and all of the money and agreements mentioned above. In return for this quitclaim, King Henry gave and granted to King Alexander, 200 pounds’ worth of land in the counties of Northumberland and Cumberland, to be held in demesne by the king of Scots, for an annual render of a sore falcon at Carlisle by the hands of the constable of Carlisle castle, on the feast of the Assumption of St Mary (15 Aug.), free and quit of scot and geld, and aids of sheriffs, etc. All pleas which arise in these lands shall be pleaded in the court of the king of Scots. The king of Scots has done homage and sworn fealty to the king of England for these lands. The king of England has caused William, earl of Warenne, to swear on the king’s soul that this agreement will be kept faithfully, and the king of Scots has caused Walter Comyn, earl of Menteith, to swear on his soul, and the king of Scots has caused Earl Mael Coluim (II of Fife), the earl of Menteith, Walter son of Alan (II the steward), Walter Olifard, Bernard Fraser, Henry de Balliol, Gilbert Marshall, earl of Pembroke, Humphrey, earl of Hereford, David Comyn, David Marshall, Thomas son of Ranulph, William de Forz, John de Balliol and Henry of Hastings to swear to the keeping of this peace, and they have all submitted themselves to the authority of the pope. |
| Scottish document RRS, v, no. 24 | An agreement is made between Haakon V, king of Norway, through his messengers, Berner de Berkerey, the baron, and Ivar son of Olaf, canon of Bergen and Orkney, and Robert, king of Scotland, to renew, and by the present document, establish, the treaty of 1266 between Scotland and Norway, which is copied in full. Berner de Berkerey and Ivar son of Olaf, along with Fercard, bishop of Caithness, and Master Roger of Inverness, chancellor of of the church of Moray, swear that the treaty will be upheld. |
| Scottish document Milne, SHR 34, 48-9 | An extent was made in the presence of Sirs William of Douglas and Alexander Uvieth, of two pieces of the land of Carrick that the lord king holds in his hand, in the name of the wardship until a legitimate age of the rightful heir, by the oaths of responsible and faithful men of the country according to the royal mandate, namely by the oaths of Sir Roland of Carrick, Murethach mac Kennedy, Samuel mac Kennedy, Dungal mac Gillanders, Suibne (Sweeney) mac Ragnall, Macrath mac Niall, Henry de Ros, Murethach son of Somerled, Robert de Castello, Andrew the steward’s assessor, Henry mac Kennedy and Gillemuire the judex; and all the jurors said in truth that the land of Straiton (AYR), namely, 14 pennylands worth 76 marks annually; the land of Drumfad (AYR) and of ‘Glenop’ (poss. Glen App, AYR), namely, 10 pennylands worth 40 marks annually; the land of Dalquharran (AYR), two pennylands, worth 8 marks; the land of ‘Glenkenith’ (now Glengennet, AYR), namely, two pennylands worth 3 ½ marks annually; the land of Turnberry (AYR), in all things, according to the extent that was (?) or if demitted, 37 marks, 7s. 2d.; the ward of Bennane (AYR) and ‘Cunray’ (now Cundry, AYR), as much as belongs to the lord king, 4 ½ marks; the total of all the pennies being 160 (8 ×20) marks, 8 marks 12s. 2d. The said land was never demitted at a greater price up to the present time. Sirs W[illiam] of Douglas and Alexander Uvieth have appended their seals. Of the aforesaid money and escheats, it will be necessary to make expenses in the castles of Carrick, except the service of free tenancy. |
| Scottish document IP, 109b | Andrew son of Godfrey de Ros has become faithful and obedient to the king of England, and promises loyally to serve him, etc. |
| Scottish document CDS, v, no. 471c | Book of imprests of the wardrobe including expenses for wages, delivery of Scottish prisoners, prests, and others. Some duplicated in CDS, v, no. 472. Payments at Lanercost to Hugh de Ros, 1 Apr. 1307; Walter Reynolds for miners and foresters of the forest f Den, etc., October 1306; James de Dalilegh by hands of Robert de Appleby, 28 Sept. 1306; John de Tardetz going to conduct Sir Patrick Graham to Northallerton, 29 Oct. 1306; John de Fornesete, conducting Sir Alexander Seton to York, 14 Oct. 1306; J. de Vilariis, conducting Patrick Graham to London, 29 Oct.; Robert Farnham, carrying king’s letters to John of Menteith, 3 Oct. 1306. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD93/21 | Charter (and 17th cent copy thereof) by John de Ile, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles, with consent of his whole council, giving granting and confirming to his natural brother Celestine de Isles the lands of Fernacostrech, eg, Auchnes, Spanegydill, Devachcarry, Plodd and Pulrossy, with pertinents, in the Earldom of Sutherland, within the sheriffdom of Innernys; to be held of the granter and his heirs by said Celestine and the heirs lawfully procreated or to be procreated betwixt him and Fynvola, daughter of Lachlan McGillean of Doward, whom failing the lawful heirs of said Celestine and any other wife in fee and heritage forever, by all their right marches, in woods, plains, meadows, moors, marshes, grazings and pastures, etc, with 'wrak' and 'waith', mills, etc, courts and their issues, herezelds, bloodwites, etc; rendering therefor to said earl and his successors 6 pennies Scots in name of blench-farm yearly if asked; with clause of warrandice. Sealed at the castle of Dingvale. [No witnesses]. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD93/6 | Charter by William Earl of Ross Lord of Sky to his beloved cousin ('dilecto consanguineo') Hugh de Munro, for his faithful service rendered and to be rendered during his time and also for the laudable service of his father lately killed in defence of said earl, of the davach of land of Catuell with le 'fortyre' which is called Badgarwy, under exception of mills and multures; to be held by said Hugh and his heirs of said earl and his heirs in fee and heritage, in woods and plains, etc, meadows and grazings, etc, fishings, hunting and hawking, and also with inhabitants and neyfs thereof, and with all and sundry liberties, etc, belonging to said land, as freely as any other land within the Kingdom of Scotland granted by any earl or baron for good deeds; said Hugh and his heirs rendering to said earl and his heirs a pair of white gloves or one silver penny at the said earl's castle of Dyngwale at Whitsunday, if asked, in name of blench-farm for suits of court, ward and relief, and marriage and for all other service, aid, burden, exaction, etc, required from said land; and doing forensic service to the King relative to said land; with clause of warrandice. Witnesses, Alexander, bishop of Ross, Donald, abbot of Feryn, Adam de Wrqwerd, Mr William de Lychtona, Henry Stewart, John de Tarrell. At Dyngwale (Dingwall) |
| NRS catalogue entry GD93/8 | Charter by William Earl of Ross, son and heir of Hugh late Earl of Ross, granting and confirming to Hugh de Munroo, son and heir of Robert de Munroo, and his heirs, for faithfull services rendered, the half davach of land of Dachynmore, the davach of land of Innerlawyr in Lochbrene, the land of Kylmocholmok, and Carpstole in Strathcaroun and Strathokele, under reservation to said earl and his heirs of the freshwater with fishings belonging to said lands; to be held by said Hugh and his heirs of said earl and his heirs in fee and heritage, in woods and plains, etc, malt-kilns, mills and multures, meadows, grazings, hunting and hawking, and smithies, and all and sundry liberties, etc, and specially with liege-men and neyfs ('nativis') and inhabitants ('incolis') of said lands, as freely as any other land within the Kingdom of Scotland granted by any other earl or baron for good deeds; said Hugh and his heirs doing therefor forensic service to the King, and rendering to said earl and his heirs yearly at Whitsunday at the said earl's castle of Dyngvale a pair of white gloves, if asked, in name of blench-farm, for suits of court, ward and relief, and marriage, and for all other service, burden, exaction, etc, required from said lands; with clause of warrandice. Witnesses, Alexander, bishop of Ross, Donald, abbot New Ferine, granter's nephew ('nepote nostro'), William de Ross, granter's cousin, John del Hay, granter's cousin, Adam de Vrchand, Thomas de Dyngvale, John de Tarrel, granter's chamberlain and William de Clyne. At Dyngvale. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD93/5 | Charter by William Earl of Rosse, Lord of Sky, son and heir of Hugh late Earl of Rosse, granting and confirming to Robert de Munro, for good and laudable service, the whole davach of land of Estirfowlys with 'le fortyr' of Strathskehech and other pertinents, in equal exchange made to him for the davach land of Petmadwy and of le 'morwrach', which davach was formerly given to him in defect of warrandice of the land of Fyndwne, within the barony of Auach, in which the father of said Robert was infeft by said Hugh late Earl of Rosse; to be held by said Robert and his heirs of said earl and his heirs for ever in fee and heritage, in woods and plains, etc, meadows and grazings, etc, mills and malt kilns, fishings, hunting and hawking preserves, and peat-bogs, and also with neyfs ('hominibus nativis') thereof, and with all and sundry other liberties, etc, now belonging or at any time in future by any right or custom known to belong to said davach of land of Estirfowlys with 'le fortyr', as freely as any other land within the Kingdom of Scotland granted by any other Earl or Baron for good deeds; conferring also upon said Robert and his heirs freedom and use of said Earl's woods of Fowrys as often as necessary for buildings and himself and his husbandmen upon said land of Estirfowlys: said Robert and his heirs rendering to said Earl and his heirs a pair of white gloves or a penny silver at the said earl's castle of Dyngevale at Whitsunday, if asked, in name of blench-farm, for suits of court, ward, relief, marriage, and for all other service, burden, exaction, etc, required from said land; and doing forensic service to the King as known to pertain to said land; with warrandice to the extent of an equivalent 10 merk land within the lands of Ross agreeable to said Robert and his heirs if on any pretext he lose said land. Witnesses, Alexander, bishop of Rosse, Donald, abbot of New Ferin, Mr Thomas de Wrchard, archdeacon of Rosse, Hugh de Rosse, Laird of Fyloich, John de Rosse, his brother, sheriff of Invernyss, Adam de Wrchard, sheriff of Crombachy, and Thomas de Dyngevale. Without date. |
| Scottish document RRS, iii, no. 110 | Charter of King Alexander II confirming the gift by Malcolm, son of Farquhar earl of Ross, to William Bisset of the land of Craigarn (location uncertain). |
| Scottish document Dunf. Reg., no. 83 | Clement, bishop of Dunblane, Richard, abbot of Cambuskenneth, Walter Comyn, earl of Menteith, Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan & justiciar of Scotia, William, earl of Mar, chamberlain, Alexander the Steward, Robert de Ros, Nicholas de Soules, David of Graham, Master Gamelin, William the chaplain and Alexander of Corbridge, clerks of the lord King, and John Blund and John Salvain, knights, announce that Emma, daughter and heiress of the late Gilbert of Smeaton, recognised that the holding of Smeaton in the feu of Musselburgh (MLO), properly belonged to Dunfermline Abbey. |
| NC digital (Tax Lists: Tyrrell County, 1754) | Colonial court tax lists from Tyrrell County, 1754. The Colonial Court Taxes and Accounts series contains documents pertaining to county taxes and accounts. Materials include claims, tithables, quite rents, corn lists, tax lists and personal and public accounts. Tithables and tax lists pertain to the counties of Currituck, Craven, Chowan, Granville, Northampton, Beaufort, Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Bertie. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD139 | Contents:
GD139/1 - 46: Miscellaneous land writs, 1268-1912 GD139/47 - 51: Titles to the lands of Forse, Latheron parish, 1306-1700). GD139/52 - 87: Titles to the lands of Forss, Thurso parish, Bailie and Crosskirk, Brabster, Brabstermyre and West Canisbay, 1506-1865. GD139/88 - 96: Titles to the lands of Over Bilbster and Auld Cruik, Wick parish, 1606-94. GD139/97 - 103: Titles to the lands of Assery and Brawlbin, Halkirk, Reay and Thurso parishes, 1628-1772. GD139/104 - 122: Titles to the lands of Holburnhead, Outersquoy and Sandyquoy, Thurso parish, 1663-1800. GD139/123 - 342: Estate, legal, family and miscellaneous papers, 1611-1902 GD139/343 - 511: Correspondence, 1601-1884 Additional papers, deposited 1985: GD139/512 - 537: Correspondence, 1668 - 1885 GD139/538 - 555: Legal papers, 1620 - 1884 GD139/556 - 571: Estate, household and financial papers, 1655 - 1883 GD139/572 - 578: Papers relating to local affairs, 1740 - 1825 GD139/579 - 580: Press cuttings, 1745 - 1872 GD139/581 - 582: Verse, 18-19 cent. GD139/583 - 599: Miscellanea, 1683 - 1897 |
| NRS catalogue entry GD305/1/20/10 | Dated at Holyroodhouse |
| NRS catalogue entry GD139/1 | Dated at Innirnarryn Witnesses are William of Dun dean of Moray, William of Bather prior of Urchard, Archibald Herock archdeacon of Moray, William earl of Sutherland, Sir William of Montealto, Sir Alexander of Moray, Sir John Prath, William Wysman, Galfredo Surays. Feb 17, 1268. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD25/1/121 | Dated at Irvine. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD25/1/116 | Dated at Kiliunan. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD25/1/117 | Dated at Kiliunan. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD90/1/229 | Dated at Leith, 15th August and at Cromartie 27th October 1607. [Two seals appended.] |
| Scottish document RRS, vi, no. 330 | David, king of Scots, confirms a donation of William, earl of Ross, lord of Skye, to Robert Monro, of the davoch lands if Easter Foulis (ROS) and the fortar of Strathskea; for a pair of white gloves; in exchange for the lands of Petian and Moorich. |
| Scottish document RMS, L. i fol. 26 | David, king of Scots, has approved, etc., that donation which Thomas, earl of Mar, made to John of Ross, of the land of Gilcolmston (ABD) in the sheriffdom of Aberdeen, holding by John and his spouse Joan in feu and heritage, as the earl's charter attests, saving the king's service. |
| Scottish document RRS, vi, no. 315 | David, king of Scots, has approved, ratified, and confirmed that donation which his most beloved relative, William, earl of Ross, lord of Skye, made to his beloved and faithful man Alexander of Urquhart, sheriff of Cromarty, of a certain annual rent of 20 marks from the burgh of Cromarty (ROS); in feu and heritage, as contained in the earl's charter or letter, saving the king's service. |
| Scottish document RRS, vi, no. 475 | David, king of Scots, has approved, ratified, and confirmed that donation which Hugh Ross of Philorth made to Alexander Sinclair, son of the late Thomas Sinclair of the land of Easter Tyrie (ABD); as contained in Hugh's charter; saving the king's service. |
| Scottish document RRS, vi, no. 476 | David, king of Scots, has approved, ratified, and confirmed that donation which William (III), earl of Ross, made to Alexander Sinclair, son of Thomas Sinclair, of the whole davoch of Brae (ROS) in the marsh of 'Fornewyr' in the sheriffdom of Inverness; as contained in Earl William's charter, saving the king's service. |
| Scottish document RMS, L. i fol. 243 | David, king of Scots, has given his beloved relative Walter Leslie, for his faithful service, all the lands of his thanage of Aberchirder and the land of Blairshinnoch (BNF); holding by Walter and his spouse Euphemia, the king's relative, and their lawfully procreated heirs; in feu and heritage, in one integral and free barony, for the service of one knight, and three suits of court at his sheriff court of Banff |
| Scottish document RMS, L. i fol. 162 | David, king of Scots, has given his beloved and faithful Walter of Leslie knight, and Euphemia of Ross, his wife, the king's relative, for his homage and service, all of New Forest in the sheriffdom of Dumfries, and their legitimate male heirs, in one integral and free barony, in feu and heritage, with bondsmen and bondages, neyfs and their offspring, with pit and gallows, sake and soke, toll and team and infangenthef, as freely as any barony, for homage and forinsec service owed to the king. |
| Scottish document RMS, L. i fol. 202 | David, king of Scots, has given his beloved and faithful Hugh of Ross an annual rent of 10 pounds, and four chalders of wheat from the lands of Doune (BNF); holding by Hugh and his spouse Margaret Barclay, whichever lives longer, for the time of their lives. |
| Scottish document RMS, L. i fol. 258 | David, king of Scots, has given his beloved relative William, earl of Ross, the earldom of Ross and lordship of Skye, with all the lordships and lands belonging to the earl throughout the kingdom, except those in the sheriffdoms of Aberdeen, Dumfries and Wigtown, which lordships, lands and earldom the earl resigned at Perth in his full parliament on 23 Oct., AD 1370, in the presence of Robert, steward of Scotland, earl of Strathearn, the king's nephew, William, earl of Douglas, George, earl of March, John Stewart, earl of Carrick, Archibald Douglas, Robert Erskine, Alexander Lindsay, and William of Dissington, knights, and many other barons and nobles of the realm, by his letters patent, and with staff and baton, by the hands of his procurator; holding by the earl and his male heirs, failing which, by Walter Leslie knight, and Euphemia his spouse, and their heirs; and if there is no male heir, by the eldest daughter, without division of the lands, and if the line of Walter and Euphemia defaults, then by Joan, the younger daughter of Earl William, and her heirs, in the same way; holding in feu and heritage, with tenancies and services of freeholders, and advowsons of churches, as Earl William held it, for service owed and wont. |
| Scottish document RRS, vi, no. 202 | David, king of Scots, has given his beloved and faithful Adam of Urquhart for his faithful service the whole sheriffdom of Cromarty (ROS) with court and office of sheriff, which his beloved relative William, earl of Ross, and Richard Mowat chaplain, son and heir of William Mowat knight preserved through diverse infeftments by gift of his progenitors; which the persona (i.e., Richard Mowat) resigned by staff and baton as his letter of resignation attests; holding with inhabitants, neyfs and freeholders, as freely as his relative William Mowat held it, for suit at his justiciar court of Inverness and making Scottish service for all custom, service, or aid. |
| Scottish document RRS, vi, no. 458 | David, king of Scots, has inspected a charter of Hugh Ross of Philorth. [Charter of Hugh Ross, lord of Philorth, son of Lord Hugh earl of Ross to his beloved relative Adam of Urquhart, sheriff of Cromarty, of his land of Fishrie in Buchan in the bailliary of King Edward (ABD) and the 'fortyr' called Clochforbie (ABD).] The king confirms this, saving his service. |
| Scottish document RRS, vi, no. 321 | David, king of Scots, has inspected and truly understood a charter of his beloved relative William, earl of Ross, to his beloved and faithful John of Tarrell, as copied in full. [William, earl of Ross, lord of Skye, son and heir of the late Hugh, earl of Ross, gives his beloved relative John of Tarrell all his land of Inverbrekie (ROS).] The king confirms this to John, saving his service. |
| Scottish document RMS, L. i fol. 215 | David, king of Scots, noting that his beloved relative William, earl of Ross, resigned by staff and baton all right he had in the forest of Plater (ANG), in the lands of Finavon (Oathlaw, ANG) and in the advowson of church of the same; all right and claim to the said forest, lands and advowson, which the king's relative resigned as noted above, the king now grants his said relative the same, holding in feu and heritage, as he had them before his resignation. |
| Scottish document RRS, vi, no. 148 | 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. Ratification of the treaty for the ransom of David, King of Scots. Berwick-on-Tweed. |
| Scottish document Moray Reg., C.O., no. 19 | Description of the extent of the lands of Kilravock (NAI) and Easter Geddes (NAI) which belong to Hugh de Ros (later Rose), and Mariota, his spouse, at Invernairn in 1295, through the good, honest and faithful men of the country, viz.: by Robert the falconer, William thane of Moyness, Donald, thane of Cawdor, Thomas the hunter, Fergus the Judex, Alexander Husband (the husbandman?), John son of Duncan, Duncan of Urchany, Walter son of Thomas son of Neuini, Richard Mul, William Wood, John Orlet, Hugh son of William, Henry … of Kildrummie, Elias Juster. These men pledged by oath and declared their unanimous consent that the land of Kilravock, with all its pertinents, viz.: with the mill, brewery, quarellis (quarry?) and wood, is worth twenty-four pounds per year. Other the other hand, the land of Easter Geddes, with the mill and brewery, is worth twelve pounds per year, with the sum total of each land being thirty-six pounds. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/191 | Domesday place name: Alia Craie. People mentioned within entire folio: Adam fitzHubert; Aethelnoth Cild; Aethelweald of Eltham; Alweard; Alweard brother of Godwine; Alwine; Ansgot; Ansketil de Rots; Azur of Lessness; Beorhtsige; Beorhtsige Cild; Earl Harold; Ernulf de Hesdin; Eskil; Geoffrey de Rots; Gilbert Maminot, Bishop of Lisieux; Godel; Godric, son of Karli; Godwine, brother of Alweard; Hamo the sheriff; King Edward as lord; King William as landholder; Leofric; Mauger; Ording of Horton Kirby; Ralph fitzTurold; Richard of Tonbridge, son of Count Gilbert; Robert Latimer; Scotland, Abbot of St Augustine of Canterbury; Toki; Toli; Walter de Douai; William fitzOgier. |
| British document TNA, E 31/1/2/2096 | Domesday place name: Bastwic. People mentioned within entire folio: Eudo fitzClamahoc, Ralph de Beaufour's predecessor; Herbert, chamberlain of Roger Bigod; Peter de Valognes; Ralph de Beaufour; Warin; William de Parthenay. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/261 | Domesday place name: Hou. People mentioned within entire folio: Adam; Adam fitzHubert; Adelold; Aethelnoth Cild; Ansgot of Rochester; Ansketil de Rots; Earl Godwine; Edward; Edwin; Eskil; Godric; Godwine; Gothild; Hamo; Helto; Hugh de Breboeuf; King Edward as lord; Leofgifu; Man of Adam fitzHubert; Northmann; Osweard; Ralph fitzTurold; Ranulph de Colombieres; Rayner; Richard of Tonbridge, son of Count Gilbert; Robert; Robert Latimer; Son of William de Thaon. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD305/1/124/545 | Done on the Wall of Stirling Castle |
| Scottish document Rose of Kilravock, 28-9 | Elizabeth Bisset, daughter of the nobleman, the late Sir John Bisset, lady of Kilravock, spouse of the late Sir Andrew del Bois, in her free widowhood, has given, granted, and by this her present charter established, to Hugh de Ros (Rose) and Mary his spouse, her daughter, and their heirs, in feu and heritage, all her land of Kilravock (NAI), with all its just pertinents, liberties and easements, making forinsec service to the lord king that pertains to that land, and rendering to her and her heirs, one penny on Pentecost for all service, exaction, custom and secular demand, in perpetuity. If Mary dies without producing an heir, she will and grant that Kilravock shall remain with Hugh de Ros in his lifetime. |
| Scottish document Rose of Kilravock, 29 | Elizabeth Bisset, spouse of the late Sir Andrew del Bois, the knight, in her lawful widowhood, has given, granted, and by this her present charter established, to the most excellent prince, Sir John, by the grace of God, the illustrious king of Scots, and has resigned, by staff and baton restored, all her lands of Kilravock (NAI), with all its just pertinents, for the infeftment of Hugh de Ros (Rose) and Mariota his spouse and their heirs in perpetuity, making to the lord king that service that he is wont to have. The seals of Archibald, bishop of Moray, Sir Andrew of Moray, justiciar of Scotia, and Reginald le Chen (Cheyne) the knight are attached. |
| Scottish document Moray Reg., no. 259 | Fearchar, earl of Ross, has given, granted, and established by his charter, to Walter of Moray, son of the late Hugh of Moray, two davochs of land in Ross (ROS), namely ‘Clon’, by its right bounds and with all just pertinents, holding in feu and heritage, for an annual render of one pound of pepper on the feast of St Martin, for all service and demand, and making forinsec service of the lord king. |
| Scottish document A-S Relations, no. 17 | Florence, count of Holland, Robert Bruce, lord of Annandale, John Balliol, lord of Galloway, John Hastings, lord of Abergavenny, John Comyn, lord of Badenoch, Patrick of Dunbar, earl of March, John de Vescy (on behalf of his father), Nicholas de Soules and William de Ros, write that since they consider that they possess a right in the realm of Scotland and [are entitled] to demonstrate, claim and urge it before the person who has the most power, jurisdiction and reason to try their case; and lord Edward, king of England, has shown them that the overlordship of the realm, and the jurisdiction for hearing, trying and determining their right, belong to him and that he ought to have them, they, by their own free will, do desire, concede and grant that they should receive justice before him, as lord superior of the realm. They are willing to uphold and maintain his decision without dispute. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD71/280 | Fragment |
| NRS catalogue entry GD16/1 | GD16/1/1A-14: Title Deeds
GD16/1/15-79: Wadsets & Heritable Bonds. Note: where heritable securities have been granted on the Airlie estates without mention of specificlands they are included here along with those on particular lands in the barony of Airlie. GD16/1/80-94: Apprisings & Adjudications. Note: apprisings in this section refer not only to particular lands in the barony of Airlie but also to those of the Airlie estates in general where particular lands are not specified. GD16/1/95-106: Inventories of Writs. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD25/1 | GD25/1/1-24 Bundle 1. 1290-1399
GD25/1/25-36 Bundle 2. 1400-1450 GD25/1/37-115 Bundle 3. 1450-1474 GD25/1/116-169 Bundle 4. 1475-1499 GD25/1/170-237 Bundle 5. 1500-1514 GD25/1/238-294 Bundle 6. 1515-1529 GD25/1/295-384 Bundle 7. 1530-1539 GD25/1/385-523 Bundle 8. 1540-1549 GD25/1/524-580 Bundle 9. 1550-1559 GD25/1/581-740 Bundle 10. 1560-1569 GD25/1/741-868 Bundle 11. 1570-1579 GD25/1/869-977 Bundle 12. 1580-1589 GD25/1/978-1100 Bundle 13. 1590-1599 |
| Scottish document SHS Misc. xi, 91-93, 115-21 | Gaol delivery at Aberdeen, Wednesday next before the Feast of St Margaret the virgin, 24 Edward I (18 July 1296) 128. John Page was taken and imprisoned. And because no one sues John, therefore he is acquitted. 129. Henry the woodward, William Carter, William de Berneston, Henry le Tene and John Organ were attached for the death of a Welshman killed in Roxburgh, namely one of the company of the earl of Hereford. Charged with the offence in the presence of the steward they say that they are not guilty of the death of the Welshman and put themselves on the country. The jurors say on their oath that Henry and the others are not guilty of the death of the Welshman and are therefore acquitted. (Acquitted) Pleas of the army at Aberdeen, Monday next before the Feast of St Margaret the virgin, 24 Edward I (16 July 1296) 166. Oliver del Ewe, Henry de Worsop and William of London bring a suit of trespass against Thomas de Topgrave and Jordan of Hartlepool. Thomas and Jordan, who are present, are unable to deny the charge. Therefore they are sent to prison until etc. (To prison) 167. Walter de Angerton was attached to answer Huna ap Tudor on a plea of robbery of a mare. Whereon he complains that when on Sunday next before the feast of St Margaret the virgin in the said year [15 July 1296] the mare was alienated from him and he found it in Walter’s keeping, Walter illegally withholds the mare, to his damage etc. He asks for enquiry to be made. Walter comes and says that he bought the mare in the king’s market in Aberdeen. He also asks for enquiry to be made. The jurors say on their oath that the mare is the legal chattel of Huna ap Tudor and that Walter did not buy it, but rather acquired it by evil means. Therefore it is considered that Huna should have the mare. Walter is condemned to prison until etc. He is mainprised by Ralph of Newcastle and has died. (Amercement) 168. John de Morley, marshal of Robert of Tattershall, was attached to answer Walter Fleming, who sues on behalf of the abbot of Lindores, on a plea that John return to the abbot 30 animals each worth 4s. which were found in his seisin. John comes and says that he bought the animals from John de Renham and John de Conan, men of the steward. Thereupon he calls them to warrant etc. John de Renham comes on his own and John Conan’s behalf and vouches John de Morley to warrant, therefore etc. Thereafter John de Renham further calls to warrant with respect to the sale of the animals one Gilbert ‘the Red’ of Coull. Gilbert comes and at first denies the vouch to warrant but later acknowledges the sale of the animals. Therefore it is considered that John de Morley, John de Renham and John Conan are acquitted. Walter is to recover against Gilbert the animals or their value. Gilbert is in mercy. He is condemned to prison until etc. He died in prison. (Died in prison) 169. Alan de Rokeby brings a suit against Nicholas, physician of Ireland, that a horse was alienated from him by Nicholas. Alan calls to warrant John Francis, who is in the service of the bishop of Durham. He requests the assistance of the court to secure warranty and this is granted. Therefore the sheriff is ordered etc. Alan the complainant finds Henry Maunsel as a surety for prosecuting, and Nicholas, as the owner by warrant, finds as surety Sir Miles of Rutherford. John comes and vouches Nicholas to warrant. Therefore Nicholas is acquitted. John restores the horse to Alan by licence. John is in mercy, namely for 12d. (Amercement 12d., paid) 170. Honorius de Staunford was attached to answer Robert de Ros on a plea that he return to Robert 21 animals, namely oxen and cows, which Honorius illegally withholds to Robert’s damage. Thereon he brings suit. Honorius comes and denies force and injury when etc. He says that he bought the animals on the preceding Sunday from Henry Bray and Richard of Ireland, whom he calls to warrant thereon. Richard of Ireland comes and vouches to warrant Honorius’s claim to the animals, and says that he and other Irishmen came to acquire them as spoils of war. And because it is found that Richard stole the animals subsequent to a proclamation of peace granted to Robert, therefore it is considered that Robert should recover the animals against Honorius and that Honorius should be permitted to recover against Richard the value of his purchase. Richard is committed to prison until etc. He makes a fine of 40d. (Amercement 40d., paid) 171. David of Twynham was attached to answer the marshal on a plea of a trespass done in the king’s army. He comes and puts himself on the country and makes a fine of 2s. (Amercement 2s., paid) 172. Walter Head was attached to answer Geoffrey, lay brother, on a plea of trespass. Whereon he complains that on the preceding Friday Walter came to Aberdeen and assaulted him with a stave and seriously wounded him in the head, to Geoffrey’s damage of 20s. Thereon he brings suit. Walter comes and says that he did not assault or wound Geoffrey as the latter charged. He asks for enquiry to be made, as does Geoffrey. Later Geoffrey has not prosecuted him and is therefore in mercy. (Amercement) 173. Gregory, cobbler, was attached to answer Madog Clok on a plea of trespass. Whereon he complains that Gregory came illegally to Aberdeen and assaulted him about the head and mistreated him, to [Madog’s] damage of 20s. Thereon he brings suit. Gregory comes and says that Madog assaulted him and, while defending himself, he injured Madog. And because he acknowledges the trespass therefore it is considered that Madog should recover his damages, which are assessed at 2s., and that he should remain in prison until etc. He makes a fine of 6d. (Amercement 6d.) 174. William de la Pole was attached to answer Robert Scott of Hardelawe on a plea of debt. Whereon he complains that while in Edinburgh he sold to William 66 measures of beer, each measure worth 8d., making a total of 44s., William illegally withholds from him the 44s., to Robert’s damage of 20s.. Thereon he brings suit. William comes and denies force and injury when etc. He says that he never took anything from Robert, but rather that he found the beer in his lodgings in Aberdeen. The beer he therefore took from the house and not from Robert. He asks for enquiry to be made, as does Robert. Therefore the sheriff is ordered etc., to summon etc. |
| Scottish document IP, 148-50 | Gilbert son of Roland, John of Knockdolian, Gilbert ‘Maklurke’, Master Niall Campbell, John son of Roland, John son of Niall of Carrick, Duncan of Carleton, Patrick Beg, John the clerk, Alan of Winton, Adam Wallace, Reginald of ‘Kilmernon’, Arthur of Downan, William of Cathcart, Robert the Harper, John of Langmuir, Nicholas Wallace, Peter de Burgh, Walter de Ros, William son of Gervase, Gilbert of Conisbrough, Reginald ‘de la More’, Roger of Crawford, Hugh of the Blair, Reginald of Crawford, Robert de Boiville, William son of Laurence, Alan Fleming, William Bull, Aimer the Hunter, Thomas ‘Galfagy’, Adam of Home, Ralph of Eglinton, Roger of Raith, Alexander ‘de la Butelerie’, Thomas of Craigie, Niall son of Robert of Dunlop, Robert of Pitcon, Adam ‘de la More’, Alan the barber, Gillemuire son of Edward, Ralph Faireye, William of Crawford, Walter of Lynn, Thomas of Winton, James de Ros, John vicar of the church of Girvan, Murdoch/ Murethach de Montgomery, Duncan son of Gillemuire [son of] Edward, Reginald (Ranald) Mor, Nicholas of Auchinleck, Alan of Kerse, Simon of Spalding, parson of the church of Ochiltree, Malcolm Lockhart, of the county of Ayr; Richard Weir, Thomas de Muschamp, Alexander of Panton, Mary of Glengavel, John of Maxwell, Philip le Engleys (English), and Simon del Schawe (of Shaw), of the county of Lanark; Nicholas of Corrie (?), John of Torduff, Ralph of ‘Erington’, Simon de la Chambre, Robert of Dumbarton, Robert Fraser, William of Helbeck, Henry of Gillenbie, Giles, parson of the church of Ecclefechan, Robert of Pennersaughs, John of Kirkpatrick, Thomas Moffat, of the county of Dumfries; since they have come to the faith and will of their lord, Edward, king of England etc., they promise for themselves and for their heirs to serve him well and loyally; and each one has performed fealty to him; and they have sealed these letters patent with their seals. |
| Scottish document Pais. Reg., 380-1 | Godfrey de Ros, knight, son and heir of Sir Godfrey de Ros, has granted and by this his present charter established to Paisley Abbey, that land in the villa of Stewarton (AYR) which they hold and possess by collation of the late James de Ros, in free, pure and perpetual alms, with all its just pertinents, with free entry and exit in the peatary where the men of Newton dig their peats. |
| NRS catalogue entry RHP | Hand drawn and printed maps and plans of land, sea and man-made structures such as buildings and machinery |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297 | Hastings (Hamilton Fitzgerald) papers, 1752-1845 GD297/1-27
Miscellaneous papers, 1799-19 cent GD297/28-29 Papers of Dr Andrew Combe, MD, 1817-1859 GD297/30-59 Cranston of Dewar papers, 1473-1883 GD297/60-107 Warrender (Newbattle) papers, 16-19 cent GD297/108-126 Papers of Rev William Hastie, Calcutta, 1878-1883 GD297/127 -128 Hunter of Thurston papers, 17-19 cent GD297/129-160 Ross of Balnagowan papers, 1323-1761 GD297/161-233 Miscellaneous writs and legal papers, 1472-19 cent GD297/234 -291 Cash ledgers, 1809-1952, received from firm in 1980 GD297/292 -490 Miscellaneous documents, 1790-[19 cent], deposited July 1990 GD297/491-499 |
| Scottish document A-S Relations, no. 10 | Henry III announces that he has received a letter from Alexander III, king of Scots (1/8/23). |
| Scottish document IP, 124-7 | Henry de Mandeville, Thomas de Coleville, Andrew de Chartres, David the marshall, Humphrey du Jardine, Mariot of Sutton, Patrick of Buittle, Donald son of Can, Walter of Twynholm, William de la Chambre, John of Gelston, Walter son of Richard of Twynholm, Stephen of Kilpatrick, Walter Durant, Matthew of ‘Leghe’, Thomas of Kirkconnell, Thomas of Bardannoch, Robert of Moffat, Roger of Falside, Duncan of Conisbrough, Gillemichael Mac Aed, Macrath ap Molegan, John Murdoch, of the county of Dumfries; John the marshall of Toskerton, Thomas of Torthorald, Fergus MacDowall, Roland MacGachen, Thomas MacCulloch, William [of] Palmallet, Andrew of Logan, John of Monreith, William de Champagne, Dougal MacDowall, of the county of Wigtown; Alice of Ormiston, Mariot of Gullane, William of Fenton, Alexander of Bunkle, John de Vaux, of the county of Edinburgh; Thomas de Somerville, Walter Logan, Dervorgilla widow of Robert Carnot, Stephen of Roberton, Margaret of Covington, Isabel of Covington, Richard le Scot of Murdostoun, Stephen the waferer, William the waferer, Andrew of Livingston, Walter son of Roger of ‘Odestone’, Hamund of Troup, William of Moray of Drumsargard, Ralph Mauleverer, William of Douglas, Alexander of Stirling, of the county of Lanark; Hugh Gray; John de St Clare of Herdmanston, William Brown of Lauder, of the county of Berwick; Roger of Alemoor, Michael of Whitton, Adam of Whitton, of the county of Selkirk; John de Montfort, William of Ramsey, William de Balliol, John the butler of Cramond, Alexander of Straiton, James of Stratton, Henry of Braid, William of Greenlaw, John of Restalrig, Thomas Noble, Patrick Noble, Alice of Langmuir (or Longmuir), Hugh Ridel, Andrew of Cranston, William de Ros, William the Fleming of Seton, Walter of Langton, Hugh of Moray, Ralph of Langton, William of Drylaw, Hugh of Penicuik, Nicholas of Knighton, Edward of Whitewell, William Bisset, William of Cramond, clerk, Alan of Liberton, of the county of Edinburgh; William Fraser, Thomas of Caundle, William de Maleville, of the county of Peebles; Robert de Normanville, John of Stirling of Carse, Gilbert Malherbe, William the servatour (sergeand?), of the county of Stirling; John Butler, Nicholas de la Haye, Robert Cameron of Baledgarno, John of Moncreiffe, Roger of Meckphen, Malcolm of Glendochart, of the county of Perth; Thomas de la Tour, Richard of Warwick, Gilchrist Mor, Hugh of Kelso, Godfrey of Ardrossan, Fergus Fosterson, Master Gilbert of Templeton, William Kerr, Robert de Ros, John of Paris, Donald son of Gilbert, Patrick of Cumnock, Thomas ‘de Gelghagi’, Master Niall Campbell, Adam Taylor of Cunningham, Ingram de Umfraville, of the county of Ayr; John of Glenesk, Morgan of Glenesk, Patrick of Ogilvie, Randolph of Keillor, Adam of Inverpeffer, John of Kinross, Ralph of Dundee, William of Annan, William de Gourlay of ‘Bagally’, Alexander of Lamberton, John Haunsard, Robert de Bethune, Eve of Angus, David of Brechin, of the county of Forfar; John Brown, of the county of Linlithgow; John of Ormiston, Robert of Woodford, John Lock, William de Boseville, John Normaunt, Andrew de la Gardrobe, Adam of Maxpoffle, William of ‘Hessewelle’, Hugh Eyre, Simon of ‘Cresseville’ (Cresswell, Northumb?), Robert of Hoddam, John of Grahamslaw, Alexander de Balliol, Thomas de Chartres, of the county of Roxburgh; having come into the allegiance and obedience of their lord, the lord Edward, king of England etc., promise for themselves and their heirs, upon pain of body and possessions, that they will serve him well and loyally against all men, etc.; they have sworn this on the holy gospels; each of them has performed homage to their lord, the king of England; and each one has performed fealty. |
| Scottish document Arb. Lib., no. 314 | Hugh Blund, lord of Arbuthnott, has given, granted, and by this his present charter established, to Arbroath Abbey, in pure and perpetual alms, one oxgang of land in which is located the church of Garvock (KCD), with the right of patronage and with common pasture for 100 sheep, 4 horses, 10 oxen, 20 cows and one bull, with his men staying on the land of Garvock. Hugh will make suit for the expenses against the confirmation of Robert de Ros and will also respond for all other secular demands pertaining to the said land. |
| Scottish document NLS, Acc. 7043, Adamton Charters, no. 9 | Hugh Francis, lord of Blair gives to his son James Francis all of that land by stated bounds that is within his holding of Blair (AYR) (now Jameston), bordering on the land of Alan Fleming (now Flemyland), as he perambulated in the presence of responsible men. James and his heirs or assignees shall have their own free court for all kinds of escheats, and if James or any of his heirs brings a plaint in his court of Blair, he shall pay six pence as forfeiture. If James or his heirs want to grind their corn at his mill wherever it be placed in the holding of Blair, they shall be free of multure, but if their men want to grind their corn at his mill, they shall pay the thirtieth container as multure. James and his heirs or assignees will render annually one pair of spurs or three pence on Whitsun at the chief house of Blair in the name of feuferme, for all secular service. |
| Scottish document IP, 108-9 | In [AD 1296, the 9th indiction], on July 29th, at [Elgin in Moray]; there being present the lords Walter de Beauchamp, Thomas Bicknor, and John Merk, knights, with many others, and the notary; Henry called Cor, John Wishart of the Mearns, Andrew son of Godfrey de Ros, Alexander of Ogston, William of Tattenhall, came to the faith and will of the king of England; and renounced any alliances etc. entered into with the king of the French; and performed fealty to the king of England, etc. |
| Scottish document IP, 107 | In [AD 1296, the 9th indiction], on July 28th, at [Elgin in Moray]; there being present the lords Walter de Beauchamp, Thomas Bicknor, and John Merk, knights, called and summoned as witnesses, and the notary; the lord John de Saint-Michel, the lord Robert de Normanville, the lord Donald son of Can, and the lord Adam Gordon, knights, William called Wiseman, John de Montfort, Alexander of Hatley, James son of Godfrey de Ros the elder, Reginald de Saint-Michel, clerk, James son of Godfrey de Ros the younger, Robert de Tremblay, Audomer Comyn, William de Lascelles, and Gilbert of Southwick, came to the faith and will of the king of England; and renounced any alliances etc. entered into with the king of the French; and performed fealty to the king of England, etc. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD71/154 | In dorso Execution thereof dated 18 March 1735. |
| Scottish document Rose of Kilravock, 109-11 | In the year 1294, this agreement is made at Lovat in the Aird, between Hugh de Ros (later Rose) and Mary, his spouse, on the one hand, and Sir David of Graham, the knight, on the other, viz: that Hugh and Mary unanimously granted, leased at ferme, and gave to Sir David of Graham one davoch of land in the tenement of ‘Edirdowyr’ (Redcastle, ROS), viz.: that whole davoch which is called Kilcoy, with all the pertinents, liberties, rights and easements pertaining to the land, to be held and had by David and his heirs or assignees until the end of eight years, with the first year beginning at Pentecost in 1294. Thenceforth, David and his heirs or assignees are to render during the first four years [of the agreement] two pennies of sterling per year to Hugh of Rose and his heirs or assignees, viz.: one penny is to be rendered after the feast of Pentecost, and one penny after the feast of St Martin in winter, and they are to render during the final four years, eight marks of sterling at two times of the year (i.e. Pentecost and St Martin), for all service, custom, or secular demand. Hugh and Mary reserve their wood of Kilcoy, along with one acre of land which John called Dalt formerly held; so that Sir David and his heirs or his assignees and his men may have and take from the wood to burn and to build according to their will in the land of Kilcoy. Conditions and penalties are stipulated in case of war or failure in the terms of any of the aforesaid. Hugh and Mary promise warrandice and stipulate that on the completion of the eight years the land is to revert to them. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD71/291 | In tin case.
[A typed transcript is preserved with this document.] [Compiled 1729-46 approx., with one entry at the top of the pedigree completed in a different hand of date 1765.] |
| NRS catalogue entry GD124/1 | Including:
1. [1306-1329]-1757: Old Earldom of Mar: Lands in Aberdeenshire: GD124/1/105-404. 2. 1235-1723: Writs relating to the Lordship of Erskine: Lands in Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, Selkirkshire, Berwickshire and Roxburghshire: GD124/1/405-512. 3. 1262-1899: Writs of the Lordship of Erskine: Lands in Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire: GD124/1/513-929. 4. 1450-1847: Writs of the Lordship of Stirling: GD124/1/929-960. |
| Scottish document Holy. Lib., no. 70 | Ingram de Balliol notes that in the controversy called between him and the abbot and convent of Holyrood in Edinburgh concerning their former tenure and the marches of the lands of their churches of ‘Kircostentin’ (St Constantine of Urr, KCB) and Kirkbride (St Brigid of Blaket in Nithsdale, DMF), they have made the following agreement: the said abbot and convent shall hold their land which pertains to their church of ‘Kircostentin’ by former tenure. They shall hold the land which belongs to their church of Kirkbride by those marches through which Ingram with his knights and good men, perambulated for Elias, abbot, and his canons by the stated marches, including up to the cross which is situated east of the part [of land] of Cloy mac Gilernanth. He wishes, grants, and by his present charter establishes, that the said abbot and convent of Holyrood shall hold the said churches with the lands in perpetuity of him and his heirs, in pure and perpetual alms. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD93/259 | Instrument of Sasine given by Mr Henry Bailzie, student of theology in Inverness, as bailie, to Alexander McIntosche, in Contulich, as attorney for Issobella Graham, spouse of Lachlan McIntosche of Kinrara, of the liferent of the towns and lands of Upper and Nether Contulich, and the pendicle of Ardach, with the mill and mill lands of Contulich, in the barony of Foullis, proceeding on a precept in a charter, dated 28 Jun 1675, granted by said Lachlan McIntosche. Witnesses to the charter, Hector McKenzie of Assin, Alexander McIntosche, in Contulich, John McGilchreist, there, and David Ros, notary public. Witnesses to sasine, Donald McEan VicAlister, in Assin, George Groudir, in Contulich, and Donald Mansone, there. Notary, said David Ros. Registered in the Particular Register of Sasines for Inverness, etc, 20 Aug 1675 |
| NRS catalogue entry GD93/277 | Instrument of Sasine in favour of John Monro, portioner of Culcairne, and Elizabeth Bayne, relict of Andrew Monro, sometime portioner of Culcairne, of the lands of Knockankirin, in the parish of Kiltearne, proceeding on precept in contract of wadset for 1,650 merks, dated 4 Apr 1687, betwixt Sir John Monro of Foullis, with consent of Robert Monro, younger thereof, his eldest lawful son, on the one part, and said Elizabeth Bayne and said John Monro, her eldest lawful son now in life, on the other part. Witnesses to contract, James Monro, younger of Drummond, Hugh Monro, brother-german of said John Monro, Robert Douglas and John Monro, servitors to said laird of Foullis, and Alexander Monro, writer in Edinburgh. Witnesses to sasine, Alexander Monro of Kettuall, Hugh Monro, servitor to Sir George Monro of Culraine, Robert Douglas and John Monro, servitors to said laird of Foullis. Notary, David Ross. Registered in the Particular Register of Sasines for Inverness, etc, 1 Jun 1687 |
| NRS catalogue entry CS229/R/1/21 | Inventory |
| NRS catalogue entry GD23 | Inventory of the Bught papers.
GD23/1/1-45 1575-1744 Writs relating to lands of Bught. GD23/2/1-68 1518-1812 Writs relating to burghal subjects in Inverness GD23/3/1-62 1560-1815 Writs relating to Ness fishings GD23/4/1-277 1614-1876 General series GD23/5/1-400 1629-1843 Financial papers GD23/6/1-746 1679-1832 Correspondence including letter book, 1799-1810 (GD23/6/364) GD23/7/1-59 1760-1838 Commissariot papers GD23/8/1-25 1761-1875 Rentals, valuations etc. GD23/9/1-82 [1719 circa]-1856 Estate papers, pamphlets, miscellaneous GD23/10/1-739 1522-1843 Additional papers |
| Scottish document IP, 108e | James son of Godfrey de Ros, the younger, has become faithful and obedient to the king of England, and promises loyally to serve him, etc. |
| Scottish document IP, 108c | James the son of Godfrey de Ros, the elder, has become faithful and obedient to the king of England, and promises loyally to serve him, etc. |
| NRS catalogue entry RH1/2/58 | John of Erskine, knight; has given, granted and by this his present charter established to John his younger son whom he procreated from Eva daughter of ‘Gilronane’, all his land on the south side of the water of Gogo (in Largs parish, AYR) for his homage, by its bounds beginning at the sea and descending along the Water of Gogo as far as the Water of ‘Ry’, and following the Water of ‘Ry’ as far as the ‘torrent’ called ‘Dabburn’, and thus across by its right bounds, until the ‘torrent’ called Kelburn and as that descends into the sea, saving to John his son and heir that land which he gave him, with pasture and all other common easements, including the north side of the Gogo and up to the bounds of the common pasture of Robert called Boyd, with free entry and exit with their men in his mills of Largs (AYR), to grind their corn without multure; and free entry and exit in the sea port on both sides of the Gogo with their vessels and resting place (?); (holding) free and quit of John and his heirs by John (junior) and his heirs procreated of Isabella daughter of Robert de Ros, rendering annually at the Glasgow fair one pair of gilt spurs or 2d. in the name of free ferme. |
| Scottish document Foedera, i, II, 781-2 | John, king of Scots, makes known that he has made and sworn to his liege-lord, lord Edward, king of England and overlord of the realm of Scotland, at Norham, on Thursday in the feast of St Edmund the king and martyr, in the year 1292 and in the reign of the said lord Edward the twenty-first beginning, in the presence of William, bishop of St Andrews, Robert, bishop of Glasgow, John, earl of Buchan, William, earl of Ross, Patrick, earl of March, Walter, earl of Menteith, James, steward of Scotland; Alexander of Argyll, Alexander de Balliol, lord of Cavers, Patrick Graham, and William Sinclair, in this manner: “My lord, Edward, king of England, overlord of the realm of Scotland, I, John de Balliol, king of Scots, give fealty to you for the realm of Scotland, which I hold and claim to hold from you; I bring to you faith and fealty of life, limb and earthly honour, against all men, and faithfully recognising and giving service to you, owed from the said realm of Scotland as God may favour me and these Holy Gospels.” [Foedera follows with a French translation of the above oath; followed by a French translation of the same notification.] |
| NRS catalogue entry GD23/10/35 | July 26 28 & 30 |
| Scottish document RRS, iii, no. 148 | King Alexander II for Margaret, his younger sister; has given, for her marriage, all his land of Tynedale, to be held for one hawk yearly at feast of St Michael, reserving to king the homages and services of William Comyn and William de Ros, and advowson of church of Simonburn. If he marries Margaret outside the kingdom, he will give her in exchange for Tynedale land which is of equivalent value in rents and services within kingdom; nor shall she lose sasine of Tynedale until she gains sasine of land provided in exchange. |
| Scottish document RRS, iii, no. 259 | King Alexander and (named) barons to Pope Gregory (IX); inform him that they have sworn in presence of Cardinal Otto, papal legate in England, Scotland and Ireland, and have prepared their charter, which remains in chirograph between themselves and lord king of England. They subject themselves to papal jurisdiction, to be enforced by any suffragan of archbishop of Canterbury. |
| Scottish document Rot. Scot., i, 1a (1) | King Edward writes to John Soulis, constable of Berwick castle, with the common assent of William, bishop of St Andrews, Robert, bishop of Glasgow, John Comyn [of Badenoch], and James, steward of Scotland, guardians of the kingdom of Scotland, and nine named claimants to the throne, commanding him to deliver the castle of Berwick to Walter Beauchamp his steward. |
| Scottish document Stevenson, Docs., ii, no. 358; CDS, ii, no. 736 | King Edward writes to the sheriffs of Bedford and Buckingham, noting that as he had commanded them that all the lands, tenements, goods and chattels of John de Balliol, lately king of Scotland, and others of the realm of Scotland who have lands, etc., in their bailiwicks, and who have remained in Scotland, etc. he commands that any Scotsman who is residing on the lands of Scotsmen in England should be removed. Extracts of those who hold lands in England are given. |
| Scottish document RLP, i, 91a | King John writes to W[illiam], king of Scots, expressing joy at his recovery, and comes to meet him at […]. He sends as an escort R[anulf], earl of Chester, W., earl of Ferrers, P. […], [Robert fitz] Roger, R[oger], constable of Chester, Robert de Ros and Eustace de Vescy. The king desires to confer with him and settle matters long discussed between them. |
| Scottish document RRS, i, no. 179 | King Malcolm to Malcolm, earl of Ross; command to protect and maintain monks of Dunfermline, and cause them to have their rights by land and water as they had in time of King David |
| Scottish document RRS, ii, no. 236 | King Wiliam has settled the dispute between the monks of Melrose Abbey and Richard de Moreville concerning the forest between the Gala and Leader Waters. |
| Scottish document CDS, ii, no. 1938 | Letters patent by Aymer de Valence commands James de Dalilegh to deliver to Sir David of Atholl, certain victuals, and to other named persons, etc. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD71/350 | Letters to David Munro of Allan W.S., most of them from Charles Robertson of Kindeace concerning affairs at Meikle Allan |
| Scottish document CDS, ii, no. 742 | List of Scottish prisoners taken at the battle of Dunbar and committed to named prisons. The earls of Ross, Atholl, Menteith, John son of John Comyn of Badenoch, Richard Siward, John fitz Geoffrey, Andrew of Moray, John of Inchmartine, David son of Patrick of Graham, Alexander de Menzies, Nicholas Randolph son of Thomas Randolph, knights, sent to the Tower of London. Laurence of Strathbogie, Henry of Inchmartine, knights, William of Kilpatrick of Annandale, Alexander Sinclair, Robert de Mountecourt and Alexander Corbet, esquires, committed to Windsor Castle. Constantine of Lochore, Michael Scot (FIF), knights, David Cameron, Macbeth of Atholl, Laurence of Angus, and Walter of Buttergask, esquires, to Wallingford Castle. John of Glenurquhart, William de Haya, Walter of Berkeley, knights, James of Menteith, Luke son of Donald of Lennox, John of Cluny of Fife, esquires, to the Castle of Berkhamsted (Herts). Godfrey de Ros, John Curry, knights, William Oliphant, John de Boterwange, Malcolm of Haddington, and Duncan Scot, esquires, committed to Rochester Castle. Adam of Moray, knight, Nicholas of Inverlunan of Inchture, and David in the mire esquires, to Ledes castle. John of Strathbogie, David of Ireland, Thomas Campbell, Robert Comyn brother of John Comyn of Badenoch and William of Middlesburgh, esquires, to the castle of Northampton. Neteiny de Lecheville, Richard of Denmuir, knights, Andrew of Suthgarton, John de Putsurich, Brice the tailor, Walter de Laundells, esquires, to Winchester Castle. William son of John of Moray, knight, Herbert of Morham, Alexander le fiz Gley, Gregory fitz Audoen, esquires, to Rockingham Castle. John Wiseman, David of Strathbogie, Robert of Inchture, William son of William of Lamington, Walter of Edington and Andrew of Synton, esquires, to Fotheringhay Castle. Hugh of Lochore, Thomas of Moncreiffe, Patrick de Muhaut, Matthew of Ayton, Andrew of Moray and Alan the marischal, esquires, to the castle of Chester. John de Somerville, clerk, Robert Lovel, William de Ros brother of Godfrey de Ros, William the marischal, William of Clapham, and Thomas Bisset, esquires, to Conway Castle. William of Newbaut, John of Hastingwayt, Alexander of Bellingham, Godfrey de Ros, and Michael Scot, esquires, to the castle of Cruikyn. Tassin de Newbaut, Robert of Cresswell, Nicholas Duncan Dubh’s son, William of Lamington, Philip de Rothery, and Richard of Pearsby, esquires, to the castle of Hardelaghe. Edmund Comyn of Kilbride, John of Menteith, knights, Michael Meigle, Walter de Boseville, William Curry, and Robert of Letham, esquires, to Nottingham Castle. Malcolm of Drummond, John of Clogstone, knights, Thomas de Alyght, Nigel of Kilpatrick, Reginald son of Reginald le Cheyne, Reginald Sinclair, esquires, to Kenilworth Castle. Master William Sinclair, John Cameron, knight, Duncan Urry, Malise of Logie, and John le Grant, esquires, to Gloucester Castle. David brother of Patrick Graham, Henry Sinclair, knights, William of Nenthorn, Gilbert Barber, esquires, to St Briavell’s Castle. Richard Siward [junior] and Alexander Comyn, knights, John son of Alexander of Moray, John de la More, John of Clogham, and Robert le Grant, esquires, to Bristol Castle. Richard the marischal, Michael Barber, Robert of Middleton, and John Cook, to Montgomery Castle. Edmund of Ramsey, William Oliphant, knights, William of Logie and Roger Clerk, esquires, to Devizes Castle. William de Somerville and Hugh of Airth, knights, Simon de Estoundy, William of Angus, William le Brun, Christian of the Aird, esquires, to Corfe Castle. John Drummond, Eustace of Rattray, and German the Falconer, to Wisbeach Castle. Alan de Lascelles, Laurence de Longaver, John Page and Walter Alight, esquires, to Tonbridge Castle. |
| Scottish document Lennox, ii, no. 15 | Malcolm, earl of Lennox, has granted, and established by his charter, that donation and grant which Walter de Ros and Mary, his spouse, made to Sir Patrick of Graham of the land of ‘Drumloche’ in the territory of Baldernock (STL) and Drumfad (DNB), with all its pertinents, as the charter of Walter and Mary to Patrick attests. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297/216 | Notary: Bean McPatrick (Patricii), priest, Moray diocese. Damaged. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD305/1/123/532 | Of the ward and nonentry duties of the said Lands of Meikle Tarrell and of the said annualrent of 50 shillings out of the Lands of Eister Ard and others which belonged heritably to the deceased John McCulloch of Terrell and were in Her Majestys Lands by reason of Ward and nonentry and by reason of the death of Henry Duke of Albany Earl of Ross Her Majestys Spouse Superior of the said Lands and also of the Marriage of Angus McCulloch son and apparent heir of the said John whom failing the Marriage of any other heir succeeding the said John in the said Lands and others Given under the Privy Seal at Holyruidhouse |
| NRS catalogue entry PS1 | Old Series. Volumes. |
| Scottish document A-S Relations, no. 19 | On 17 November 1292, at Berwick-on-Tweed, in the hall of the castle before the king of England, lord superior of Scotland, in the presence of John, archbishop of Dublin, John, bishop of Winchester, Antony, bishop of Durham, William, bishop of Ely, John, bishop of Carlisle, William, bishop of St Andrews, Robert, bishop of Glasgow, Matthew, bishop of Dunkeld, Robert, bishop of Ross, and Mark, bishop of Sodor, and of Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, Humphrey, earl of Hereford, John, earl of Buchan, Gilbert, earl of Angus, Malise, earl of Strathearn, and in the presence of eighty elected persons of Scotland, because that day had been assigned to Erik, king of Norway, Florence, count of Holland, John Balliol, and all others who were claiming the realm, for them to hear judgment upon their petitions, all the claimants were called and publicly summoned, and the king, by the mouth of his justice, Roger Brabazon, caused his judgment to be promulgated in this manner: King Erik of Norway, Florence, count of Holland, John Balliol, Robert Bruce, John Hastings, Patrick, earl of March, William de Ros, William de Vescy, John Comyn, Robert de Pinkeny, Nicholas de Soules, Patrick Golightly and Roger de Mandeville, have placed before the eighty persons chosen from Scotland and the twenty-four nominated by the king of England, the lord superior of the realm of Scotland, their petitions for the realm of Scotland, and the arguments on which they based their claim. Of these claimants, Robert de Pinkeny, Patrick, earl of March, Nicholas de Soules, Patrick Golightly, William de Ros, William de Vescy and Florence, count of Holland, have withdrawn their petitions. Since King Erik of Norway, John Comyn and Roger de Mandeville have not pursued their petitions, the king says that they shall gain nothing of what they ask. The addressees know how when Robert Bruce claimed the realm as impartible, by reason of proximity in relationship, and John Balliol likewise claimed the kingdom as impartible, because he was descended from Margaret, the eldest daughter of Earl David, it was declared to Robert Bruce that there was no justification for his petition; John Hastings claimed, as a descendant of the third daughter, Ada, of Earl David, a third of the whole inheritance which descended to Margaret, daughter of the king of Norway, by the death of Alexander, last king of Scotland, that is by asking for a third of the acquisitions and escheats which accrued to the Scottish kings. Robert Bruce, as a descendant of the second daughter of Earl David, claimed his share of the realm of Scotland. Therefore, the king declared that the kingdom of Scotland is not partible and that the acquisitions of the kings of Scotland are not partible; but the lands and tenements outside the realm of Scotland should be dealt with according to the laws and customs of the realms of where they are. The king declares that John Hastings and Robert Bruce shall receive nothing of the shares which they demand; but to John Balliol, as nearest heir of Margaret, daughter of the king of Norway, lady of Scotland, and grand-daughter of the late Alexander, king of Scotland – by right of succession to the realm of Scotland as determined before the king – the king renders the realm and the sasine thereof, with appurtenance and what has come into the hands of the king as lord superior since the death of Margaret, saving the right [in Scotland] or the king and his heirs, when they wish to raise the point. The king appoints 20 November for swearing fealty to him, and Christmas day for doing homage to him for the realm of Scotland. |
| Scottish document Foedera, i, II, 781 | On Thursday following [the 19th day of November 1292], at Norham, in the castle of the same villa, John de Balliol, king of Scotland came and, in the presence of John, archbishop of Dublin, Anthony, bishop of Durham, William, bishop of St Andrews, Robert, bishop of Glasgow, William, bishop of Ely, John, bishop of Carlisle, and also Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, John, earl of Buchan, William, earl of Ross, Patrick, earl of March, Walter, earl of Menteith, James, steward of Scotland; Alexander of Argyll, Alexander de Balliol, lord of Cavers, Patrick Graham, and William Sinclair, and many others of the realms of England and Scotland, made and swore fealty to the lord king of England in his presence, speaking in French: “I, John de Balliol, king of Scots, shall become faithful and loyal to you, lord Edward, king of England and overlord of the realm of Scotland, and I give fealty to you for the same realm of Scotland, which I hold and claim to hold of you, and I bring to you faith and fealty of life, limb and earthly honour, against all men, faithfully recognising and giving service to you, owed from the said realm of Scotland as God may favour me and these Holy Gospels.” |
| Scottish document NRS, OPR/587/10 | Parish registers originally created by the Church of Scotland, recording births and christenings, banns and marriages, and deaths and burials. |
| Scottish document NRS, OPR/121/40 | Parish registers originally created by the Church of Scotland, recording births and christenings, banns and marriages, and deaths and burials. |
| NRS catalogue entry OPR | Parish registers originally created by the Church of Scotland, recording births and christenings, banns and marriages, and deaths and burials. |
| Scottish document CDS, iv, no. 1768 | Particulars as to the sending of Scottish prisoners to various castles 1m Scottish prisoners in England. At Winton: Sir Necius de Leteville, Sir Richard of Denmuir, Andrew of Southgarton, John de Putfurich, Brice Taylor with D. de Graham, Walter de Laundells. Northampton: John of Strathbogie, John of Ireland, Thomas Campbell, Robert Comyn, brother of Sir John Comyn of Badenoch, William of Middlesbrough. Fotheringhay: John Wiseman, David of Strathbogie, Robert of Inchture, William son of William of Lamington, Walter of Edington, Andrew of Synton. Rockingham: Sir William, son of Sir J. Murray, Herbert of Morham, Alexander son of Glay, Gregory son of Audoen. Berkhamstead: Sir John of Glenurquhart, Sir William de la Haye, Sir Walter Barclay, James of Menteith, Lucas, son of Donald of Lennox, John of Cluny of Fife. Wallingford: Sir Constantine of Lochore, Sir Michael Scott, David Cameron, Macbeth of Atholl, Laurence of Angus, Walter of Buttergask. Windsor: Sir Laurence of Strathbogie, Sir Henry of Inchmartin, William of Kilpatrick of Annandale, Alexander Sinclair, Robert de Mountcourt, Alexander Corbet. London: the Earl of Ross, the Earl of Atholl, the Earl of Menteith, Sir J. son of Sir J. Comyn of Badenoch, Sir William Sinclair, Sir Richard Siward, Sir John son of Sir Geoffrey, Sir Andrew Murray, Sir John of Inchmartin, Sir David Graham, son of Patrick, Sir Alexander Menzies, Sir Nicholas Randolph, son of Sir Thomas Randolph. Rochester: Sir Godfrey de Ros, William Oliphant, Sir John Curry, John de Boterwange, Malcolm of Haddington, Duncan Scott. Tonbridge: Alan de Lascelles, Laurence of Longaver, John Page, Walter de Alight. Leeds: Sir Adam Murray, Nicholas of Inverlunan of Inchture, David le Myre. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/378 | People mentioned within entire folio: Abbey of St Augustine of Canterbury; Adam; Ansered; Ansketil; Burgesses of Canterbury; Burgesses of Fordwich; Eadric of Elham; Earl Godwine; Esbiorn Bigga; King Edward as donor; King William as monarch; Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury; Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Ralph; Robert Latimer; Abbot of St Augustine of Canterbury. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/357 | People mentioned within entire folio: Abbey of St Martin of Battle; Adelulf; Alvred; Ansketil de Rots; Bernald; Brother of Ranulph de Vaubadon; Eadric of Elham; Gausbert, Abbot of St Martin of Battle; Godric; Godwine; Hugh de Montfort; King Edward as lord; Molleve; Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Osbern fitzLetard; Osbert; Ralph de Colombieres; Ralph de Courbepine; Ranulph de Vaubadon; Richard of Tonbridge, son of Count Gilbert; Robert; Robert Latimer; Roger fitzAnsketil; Sigeraed; Toki; Turstin; Wibert; Wulfnoth; Wulfweard; Wulfwig. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/5385 | People mentioned within entire folio: Abbey of St Peter of Westminster; Alwine, thegn of King Edward; Beorhtric, man of Queen Edith; Burgesses of Berkhamstead; Canons of Church of Holy Cross of Waltham; Church of Holy Cross of Waltham; Count Alan; Eadgifu the nun; Eadmaer Atule; Eadmaer, thegn of Earl Harold; Fulcold; Godwine; Godwine, man of Ingelric; Housecarl of King Edward; Humphrey; Ingelric; King Edward as lord; Leofric, man of Oswulf; Leofwine; Men of Earl Leofwine; Ralph; Ranulph; Ranulph, sergeant of Robert, Count of Mortain; Robert, Count of Mortain; Saeric, man of Earl Leofwine; Siward, sokeman of King Edward; Sokeman of Earl Leofwine; Thorir, man of Earl Leofwine; Wicga, man of Oswulf son of Frani |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/455 | People mentioned within entire folio: Adam fitzHubert; Albert the chaplain; Geoffrey de Rots; Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury; Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Queen Edith; Sidgar. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/180 | People mentioned within entire folio: Adam fitzHubert; Aethelnoth Cild; Aethelweald of Eltham; Alweard; Alweard brother of Godwine; Alwine; Ansgot; Ansketil de Rots; Azur of Lessness; Beorhtsige; Beorhtsige Cild; Earl Harold; Ernulf de Hesdin; Eskil; Geoffrey de Rots; Gilbert Maminot, Bishop of Lisieux; Godel; Godric, son of Karli; Godwine, brother of Alweard; Hamo the sheriff; King Edward as lord; King William as landholder; Leofric; Mauger; Ording of Horton Kirby; Ralph fitzTurold; Richard of Tonbridge, son of Count Gilbert; Robert Latimer; Scotland, Abbot of St Augustine of Canterbury; Toki; Toli; Walter de Douai; William fitzOgier. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/168 | People mentioned within entire folio: Adam fitzHubert; Aelfric; Aestan; Aethelnoth Cild; Alfred; Alstan; Ansgot of Rochester; Ansketil de Rots; Beorhtsige Cild; Bruning; Brunsunu; Deoring; Earl Harold; Ernulf de Hesdin; Geoffrey de Rots; Godric; Helto; Hugh de Port; King Edward as lord; King William as landholder; King William as monarch; Leofstan; Mauger; Men of Hugh de Port; Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Osbern Paisforeire; Osgeard; Ralph fitzTurold; Richard of Tonbridge, son of Count Gilbert; Saeweard Sot; Siward; Wadard; Wulfraed; Wulfstan. |
| Brittish document TNA, E 31/2/1/195 | People mentioned within entire folio: Adam; Aelfric; Aethelnoth Cild; Aethelraed; Alwine; Ansgot of Rochester; Ansketil; Bondi; Earl Godwine; Earl Leofwine; Esbiorn; Esbiorn Bigga; Eskil of Beckenham; Gilbert Maminot, Bishop of Lisieux; Godric of Bourne; Godwine; Godwine Fot; Hamo the sheriff; Hugh de Port; Hugh, nephew of Herbert; King Edward as lord; King William as landholder; Leofwine; Ralph fitzTurold; Ranulph de Colombieres; Richard of Tonbridge, son of Count Gilbert; Robert Latimer; Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury; Thorgisl; Vitalis; Wulfnoth; Wulfric; Wulfwine. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/923 | People mentioned within entire folio: Adam fitzHubert; Aelfric; Alflaed; Almaer; Alnoth; Ansgot; Ansketil de Rots; Baynard; Beorhtric; Beorhtsige; Bicga; Cana; Canons of Church of Bayeux; Deoring; Eadmaer; Earl Harold; Earl Leofwine; Edwin; Geoffrey; Gilbert Maminot, Bishop of Lisieux; Herfrid; Hugh; Ilbert; King Edward as lord; Leofric; Lufa, reeve of King William; Man of Ilbert; Odbert; Opi; Ralph; Ranulph; Restald; Richard; Thorgisl; Wulfsige; Wulfwine. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/5603 | People mentioned within entire folio: Aethelnoth Cild, thegn of King Edward; Alric Gangamere; Ansgot de Rots; Avelin, thegn of King Edward; Earl Leofwine; Ernulf de Hesdin; Fridebert, man of Earl Leofwine; Gilbert Maminot, Bishop of Lisieux; Godric; Godwine, man of Earl Leofwine; Helto; King William as landholder; Leithr, thegn of King Edward; Man of Aelfgifu sister of Earl Harold; Man of Avelin; Man of Azur; Men of Azur son of Toti; Men of Beorhtric; Men of Earl Leofwine; Men of Thegn of King Edward Alweard Cild; Queen Edith; Robert; Robert d'Oilly; Roger; Roger d'Ivry; Sister of Alric Gangamere; Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury; Tedald; Thorgisl, man of Baldwin son of Herluin; Turstin; Turstin de Gironde; Wiglaf; Wiglaf, man of Earl Leofwine; William fitzOgier. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/2/281 | People mentioned within entire folio: Aethelmaer of Hoo; Aki, thegn of King Edward; Almaer, man of Eskil of Ware; Alsige of Bromham, man of Queen Edith; Ansketil the priest; Bernard; Eskil of Ware, thegn of King Edward; men of the vill of Goldington; Gunfrid; Leodmaer, man of Earl Tosti; Leofgeat; man of Moding; Queen Edith; Mortving; Norman; Osbern de Breuil; Ralph Taillebois, the sheriff; Reginald; Richard; Riwallon; Robert; Roger; Roger fitzTheodric; Serlo de Rots; Sokemen of King Edward; Theobald; Walter; Warner; Wenelinc; Wimund; Wimund de Tessel. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/2/280 | People mentioned within entire folio: Aethelmaer of Hoo; Aki, thegn of King Edward; Almaer, man of Eskil of Ware; Alsige of Bromham, man of Queen Edith; Ansketil the priest; Bernard; Eskil of Ware, thegn of King Edward; men of the vill of Goldington; Gunfrid; Leodmaer, man of Earl Tosti; Leofgeat; man of Moding; Queen Edith; Mortving; Norman; Osbern de Breuil; Ralph Taillebois, the sheriff; Reginald; Richard; Riwallon; Robert; Roger; Roger fitzTheodric; Serlo de Rots; Sokemen of King Edward; Theobald; Walter; Warner; Wenelinc; Wimund; Wimund de Tessel. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/2/313 | People mentioned within entire folio: Aelfric, man of Aelfric the Little, thegn of King Edward; Almaer, man of Aelfric of Flitwick; Alweard Belrap, man of Alric; Alweard, man of Wulfwig, Bishop of Dorchester-on-Thames; Abbey of Saint-Nicholas of Angers; Bernard; Fulcher of Paris; Goldrun, man of Leofnoth; Herfast, man of Nigel d'Aubigny; Hugh; Ketil; Leofwine Cild, thegn of King Edward; Nigel d'Aubigny; Nigel de le Vast; Pirot; Ralph Passwater; Ralph Taillebois, the sheriff; Saemaer, man of Leofwine; Serlo de Rots; Sokemen of Man of Aelfric of Flitwick Almaer; Thegns of King Edward; Turgis; Walter; Wife of Pirot; William Speke; William de Cairon; William fitzReginald; Wulfnoth, man of Wulfsige son of Burgraed. |
| Scottish document TNA, SC 8/177/8805 | Petitioners: William, Earl of Ross. Name(s): Earl of Ross, William. Addressees: King. Nature of request: [Petition in 4 parts].1) The earl states that he delivered the king's letters to Chyen who has said that he has the keeping of the shrievalties of Invernairn, Forres and Elgin and the issues of the forest which were assigned to him for his sustenance, which the earl does not think was the king's will, and he believes the issues could be spent more wisely on the repair of castles and fortresses.2) The earl requests that whereas a woman of inheritance has died and her son who is not yet 16 has been taken into the king's hand, that he be granted the wardship and marriage for a lady who has served the countess his wife.3) The earl is at the king's service but has been given no command and requests that he can be employed where the king thinks best.4) The earl requests letters of safe-conduct to two merchants, Boner and Slethy, to come and go into England to buy and sell. Nature of endorsement: [None]. Places mentioned: Moray, [Scotland]; Invernairn, [Nairnshire, Scotland]; Forres, [Elginshire, Scotland]; Elgin, [Elginshire, Scotland]; Kilrawok (Kilravock), [Nairnshire, Scotland]; Geddes, [Nairnshire, Scotland]. People mentioned: Reginald le Chyen (Cheyne); Roger Boner, merchant; Andrew Slethy of Elgin, merchant. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/163 | Place name: Darenth, Kent. Folio: 6r Great Domesday Book. Domesday place name: Tarent. People mentioned within entire folio: Adam fitzHubert; Aelfric; Aestan; Aethelnoth Cild; Alfred; Alstan; Ansgot of Rochester; Ansketil de Rots; Beorhtsige Cild; Bruning; Brunsunu; Deoring; Earl Harold; Ernulf de Hesdin; Geoffrey de Rots; Godric; Helto; Hugh de Port; King Edward as lord; King William as landholder; King William as monarch; Leofstan; Mauger; Men of Hugh de Port; Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Osbern Paisforeire; Osgeard; Ralph fitzTurold; Richard of Tonbridge, son of Count Gilbert; Saeweard Sot; Siward; Wadard; Wulfraed; Wulfstan. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/186 | Place name: Lessness, Kent. Folio: 6v Great Domesday Book. Domesday place name: Loisnes. People mentioned within entire folio: Adam fitzHubert; Aethelnoth Cild; Aethelweald of Eltham; Alweard; Alweard brother of Godwine; Alwine; Ansgot; Ansketil de Rots; Azur of Lessness; Beorhtsige; Beorhtsige Cild; Earl Harold; Ernulf de Hesdin; Eskil; Geoffrey de Rots; Gilbert Maminot, Bishop of Lisieux; Godel; Godric, son of Karli; Godwine, brother of Alweard; Hamo the sheriff; King Edward as lord; King William as landholder; Leofric; Mauger; Ording of Horton Kirby; Ralph fitzTurold; Richard of Tonbridge, son of Count Gilbert; Robert Latimer; Scotland, Abbot of St Augustine of Canterbury; Toki; Toli; Walter de Douai; William fitzOgier. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/170 | Place name: Lullingstone, Kent. Folio: 6r Great Domesday Book. Domesday place name: Lolingeston/Lolingestone. People mentioned within entire folio: Adam fitzHubert; Aelfric; Aestan; Aethelnoth Cild; Alfred; Alstan; Ansgot of Rochester; Ansketil de Rots; Beorhtsige Cild; Bruning; Brunsunu; Deoring; Earl Harold; Ernulf de Hesdin; Geoffrey de Rots; Godric; Helto; Hugh de Port; King Edward as lord; King William as landholder; King William as monarch; Leofstan; Mauger; Men of Hugh de Port; Odo, Bishop of Bayeux; Osbern Paisforeire; Osgeard; Ralph fitzTurold; Richard of Tonbridge, son of Count Gilbert; Saeweard Sot; Siward; Wadard; Wulfraed; Wulfstan. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/244 | Place name: Otham, Kent. Folio: 8r Great Domesday Book. Domesday place name: Oteham. People mentioned within entire folio: Adam fitzHubert; Adelold; Aelfric; Aethelnoth Cild; Alweard; Alwine; Earl Godwine; Earl Leofwine; Edith; Edwin; Esbiorn Bigga; Geoffrey de Rots; Godric; Hugh, nephew of Herbert; King Edward as lord; Leofnoth of Sutton; Man of Adam fitzHubert; Odo; Osweard; Ralph de Courbepine; Robert Latimer; Thorgisl; William fitzRobert; Wulfgeat. |
| British document TNA, E 31/2/1/189 | Place name: Seal, Kent. Folio: 6v Great Domesday Book. Domesday place name: Lasela. People mentioned within entire folio: Adam fitzHubert; Aethelnoth Cild; Aethelweald of Eltham; Alweard; Alweard brother of Godwine; Alwine; Ansgot; Ansketil de Rots; Azur of Lessness; Beorhtsige; Beorhtsige Cild; Earl Harold; Ernulf de Hesdin; Eskil; Geoffrey de Rots; Gilbert Maminot, Bishop of Lisieux; Godel; Godric, son of Karli; Godwine, brother of Alweard; Hamo the sheriff; King Edward as lord; King William as landholder; Leofric; Mauger; Ording of Horton Kirby; Ralph fitzTurold; Richard of Tonbridge, son of Count Gilbert; Robert Latimer; Scotland, Abbot of St Augustine of Canterbury; Toki; Toli; Walter de Douai; William fitzOgier. |
| NRS catalogue entry C2/13 | Pt. ii contains nos. 320-641 |
| Scottish document TNA, E 213/188 | Receipt, indented, by William de Wheteley, clerk, to John Mareschal, Clerk of the King's stores at Linlithgow, for wine and beans for the Earl of Rosse at Cambuskynel. (Scotland) Date: 31 Edw III. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD71/103 | Recorded P.R.S. Inverness etc. 10 October 1693 |
| NRS catalogue entry GD71/284 | Registered B. of C. & S. 25 January 1731 |
| NRS catalogue entry GD93/7 | Resignation by Elyzabeth de Bercley, daughter and heir of Robert Lytyll, with consent of John de Bercley, her spouse, in favour of her beloved cousin Hugh de Monrooch, for good deeds ofttimes rendered to her by him and his parents, of all right and claim in the lands of Dachynmore, Carbystoll, Kylmacholmowch and Innerlawyn, with their pertinents, which she holds of her lord the Earl of Ross; to be held by said Hugh and his heirs of said earl, as freely, quietly, etc, as is more fully contained in the charter made by said earl to her father; and if it happen that her spouse, John de Bercley aforesaid, whould predecease her, she binds herself to ratify and confirm this grant in her widowhood. As she has not a seal of her own, the seal of said John de Bercley, her spouse, together with the seals of Alexander, bishop of Rosse, and John called Merser, burgess of Perth, are appended. Dated at Perth. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD93/53 | Retour of Inquest held in the tolbooth of Innernes before John Cuthbart, sheriff-depute of Innernes, by John Mckenze of Kyntaill, Thomas Mcculloch of Pladdis, Allexander Doles of Cantra, Thomas Dingwall of Kildoune, George Munro of Dawachcarty, Kenneth Mckenze, son and apparent heir of said John Mckenze, John Innes of Innachbreky, Mr George Gordoune, captain of Rowan, Duncane Bane of Terodoll, John Polsoune of Crethmoir, Thomas Ross of Ballatrait, Hugh Mcculloch, in Terrelmekil, Allexander Mckenze of Forbryne, John Dunbar of Bennengfeld, Dowgall Blane, in Coniche, William Paterson, Andrew Achlek, burgesses of Innernes, Allexander Spine and Allexander Gibsoune, inhabitants of Tane, who sworn say that deceased Hector Munro of Fowlis, father of Robert Munro, died last vest and seased in the lands of Ester Fowlis, Wester Fowlis, Cattoll, Logy, Contolich, Dachane, Corbistill, Kilmilcalmok and Innerlawill, lying in the earldom of Ross and sheriffdom of Innernes, and in the lands of Fyndoune, lying in the lordship of Ardmanach, as also in the lands of Ferrynenkosky in Braquhat, namely, the half of Innerane, with fishing and mill thereof, half of Lynset croy, half of Lynset moir, half of Altesbeg and Altesmoir, half of Achinnes, with fishings thereof, and also in the lands of Crethmoir, with the fishings fresh and salt of the water of Kelisokkel, lying in the sheriffdom of Innernes; and that said Robert Munro is lawful and nearest heir of said deceased Hector, his father, therein, and that he is of lawful age; that said lands are valued in time of peace at £80 Scots and now at £148 13s 8d Scots; that said lands of Wester Fowlis, Fyndoune and others, are held of the King in chief, and said lands of Ester Fowlis, Cattoll and others, are held of the King as Earl of Ross, by service of ward and relief; 3 suits at the 3 head pleas of the sheriffdom of Innernes to be rendered yearly; and that said lands have been in non-entry and relief by the death of said Hector, father of said Robert Munro, who died in Mar last |
| Scottish document Glas. Reg., no. 44 | Richard de Moreville, constable of the king of Scots, has received at ferme from Sir Ingram, bishop of Glasgow, his land of ‘Gillemurestun’ (Eddleston, PEB), except the church, to hold for himself and his heirs from the church of Glasgow from the feast of Pentecost, 1070 [sic 1170] for 15 years, and he has given to the said Bishop Ingram 300 marks. The said bishop shall defend his land following what his charter bears. Richard has sworn on the Gospels that at the end of that time, he will return all the land, once called ‘Peniacob’, to the bishop. |
| Scottish document APS, i, 94 | Richard de Moreville, constable of the king of Scots, has given and granted to Henry de St Clare and has by this his charter established, Herdmanston (ELO) with all the land that Richard the chamberlain held of Hugh his father and of him, except a half ploughgate of land which he holds in his own hand, and with the aforesaid land he gives him in augmentation, the land lying next to the ‘pomerium’, between ‘Calkesburne’ and ‘Wacellum’ which is on the west side of ‘Berkerie’, in feu and heritage, by the same bounds by which Richard the chamberlain held them, making the service of a quarter part of a knight to himself and his heirs after him. |
| Scottish document Glas. Reg., no. 45 | Richard de Moreville, constable of the king of Scotland, has given, and by his charter established, to Edulf, son of Uhtred, ‘Gillemurestun’ (Eddleston, PEB), which formerly was called ‘Peniacob’, to hold in feu and heritage for the service of one knight. |
| Scottish document Loudoun Chrs., no. 1 | Richard de Moreville, constable of the king of Scotland, has given and granted and by this his present charter established to James son of Lambin, the land of ‘Kilmichael’ and ‘Cobale’ and Loudoun (AYR) by their right bounds, stated herein (between Strathaven, Irvine Water and Eaglesham), holding outwith forest and quit of forest, in feu and heritage, for the service of one knight. |
| Scottish document Melr. Lib., no. 106 | Richard de Moreville, constable of the king of Scotland, and William, his son and heir, have granted and by this their present charter established to Melrose Abbey, for their souls and all their ancestors and successors, a location in Whitelee (ROX) beside the edge of the forest, for a cowsted to be constructed for 100 cows, and they also granted [that] three houses may be constructed in same location for various specified purposes, in pure and perpetual alms. |
| Scottish document Arb. Lib., no. 38 | Robert de Ros and Isabella, his wife, have granted to Arbroath Abbey, the church of Haltwhistle (Northumb.), with all its just pertinents, which the lord King William gave to the monks and established by his charter, in free, quiet and perpetual alms. |
| Scottish document CDS, ii, no. 535d | Robert de Ros, in the king’s service there with the king, has a protection till Christmas next. Berwick 16 June 1291 William de Ros of Hamelake, in the king’s service there with the king, has a protection till Christmas next. Berwick 16 June 1291 Robert de Pinkeny, in the king’s service there with the king, has a protection till Christmas next. Berwick 16 June 1291 Robert, son of Oliver, merchant of Berwick upon Tweed, has a conduct for his men and wares for five years. Berwick 20 June 1291 John le Brun of Hollesleghe, an English merchant, has a safe conduct and licence to trade with the ship called Godyer which he lately bought for 31 marks 6s. 8d. from John le Clerk of Roxburgh, burgess of Berwick, when the king was there. Berwick 20 June 1291 Thomas le Joefne and Jordan, his son, burgesses and merchants of Berwick, have leave to trade in England for three years. Berwick 24 June 1291 Geoffrey le Cuteler of Berwick, merchant, who trades to many places, has a conduct for three years. Berwick 24 June 1291 William Ramsey in Scotland with the bishop of Bath and Wells, has a protection for a year. Berwick 25 June 1291 Roger Brockur and William, his son, king’s merchants of Berwick, who trade to many places, have a conduct for three years. Berwick-upon-Tweed 28 June 1291. John Oter, merchant of Berwick, has licence to trade his wines, wool and other goods, by land and sea, for two years. Berwick-upon-Tweed 28 June 1291 John of Aberdeen merchant of Berwick has licence to trade with corn, wine, and others for two years. Berwick-upon-Tweed, 4 August 1291 H., bishop of Whithorn ‘in Ireland’ has leave to send vessels to Ireland to buy corn, wines and others for his house for five years. Berwick-upon-Tweed, 4 August 1291 The abbot and convent of Melrose have a protection for a year. Berwick-upon-Tweed. 6 August 1291 Willelma, widow of Gilbert Ascolok of Galloway, has a protection sine termino. Berwick-upon-Tweed 10 August 1291 |
| Scottish document Arb. Lib., no. 315 | Robert de Ros, knight, lord of ‘Bennere’ has granted and by this his charter established to Arbroath Abbey the donation of Hugh Blund, lord of Arbuthnott, of the church of Garvock (KCD), with an oxgang of land pertaining to it, in pure and perpetual alms. |
| Scottish document RRS, v, no. 226 | Robert, king of Scots, our nephew the earl of Moray in England and his return to Scotland in order to safely and surely deliver the hostages the noble men Thomas of Wake, John of Hastings, and the lord of Ross, knights, Henry de Percy and the elder son Hugh le Despenser the son. We promise that the exchange of our said nephew and the said hostages will be made well and surely and without bad intent |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297/196 | Seals of granter, John, bishop of Moray, Alexander, bishop of Ross, Thomas, bishop of Caithness, and Hugh and John, granter's brothers, all missing. At Delgneny in Ross. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297/230 | Signed by granter. Fragment of seal on tag. |
| NC digital (Tax Lists, Tyrrell County, 1755) | Tax records sent to the State Treasurer or Comptroller relating to the settlement of accounts between local officials and the state. Information generally includes name of the head of household, acreage, valuation, and number of polls in household, black and white. Horses, cattle, livestock, and other luxury goods such as carriages and coaches are also often referenced. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD71/285 | Testament Dative and Inventory of the Debt and summ of money pertaining to Joseph Monro sometime in Wester Allan |
| NRS catalogue entry GD305/1/79/19 | The Precept is given under the Signet of the said John of Yle and is dated at Dingwell |
| NRS catalogue entry GD305/1/13/1 | The one of the western half of the oxgate lands of Nether Pitnelie with two oxgates and a half of the lands of Ballkucht and the half of the three oxgate lands of Pittogarty, to her in liferent and to the heirs male of their bodies, and their assignees, - whom failing to the heirs male and assignees of the said Walter; to be held of the Crown for rendering the services due from said lands dated at Braye 13 September 1579. The other charter of the same date of the towns and lands of Wester Balblair, Auchmertyne, and Ballais Kailie, in the barony and shire of Cromartie, to her in liferent, and to the heirs male of their bodies, whom failing, to revert to the said Walter and his heirs male whomsoever, - to be held of the Crown for rendering the services due and wont. Given under the Great Seal at Stirling Castle. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD305/1 | The part of the collection is arranged as follows:
GD305/1/1-146: This part of the catalogue is based, with a few additions, on a photostat copy of the three volume 'Inventory of the Cromartie Muniments' prepared by Sir William Fraser in 1867. It deals mainly with feudal titles, 1257-1877. GD305/1/147-168: This part is based on a photostat copy of a list of 'Cromartie Papers' prepared by Fraser in 1866. These papers are bound in 22 volumes and include legal, estate, financial and personal papers and manuscripts relating to public and military affairs and to Ross and Cromarty local business, 1546-1862. GD305/1/169-170: Cromartie Letters. These are the two volumes of correspondence 1662-1774, mostly relating to national affairs, published in Frasers 'The Earls of Cromartie' (Edinburgh, 1876). GD305/1/171: Narrative of the '45 by Lord Macleod published in 'The Earls of Cromartie'. GD305/1/172: Manuscript history of the Mackenzies by the first Earl of Cromartie published in 'The Earls of Cromartie'. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD305/1/123/524 | The said Lands of Meikle Tarrell in the Earldom of Ross and Shire of Inverness and also an annualrent of 40/- out of the Lands of Estirard for new Infeftment thereof to be given to John McCulloch his grandson and his heirs male whom failing to Hugh McCulloch son of the said Angus and his heirs male under reservation to the said Angus of his liferent of the said Lands and annualrent and a reasonable terce thereof to his wife |
| NRS catalogue entry E82 | This series also includes some miscellaneous papers relating to burgh finance, and certificates of wine vended within the burghs (the small impost on wines), also produced annually in Exchequer by the bailies of burghs. |
| NRS catalogue entry RH6 | This series of charters was 'created' in a period when preserving provenance was not accorded the importance that it is now. The charters were organised into groups according to the reigning monarch and described in great detail in calendars of the charters, many being practically transcribed. These original descriptions are currently being updated and added progressively to the electronic catalogue, but the original descriptive calendars are available for inspection in paper form (15 volumes) in the Historical Search Room at National Records of Scotland. |
| Scottish document Kel. Lib., no. 47 | Thomas de Bataille, son of the late William de Bataille the burgess of Berwick, has given, granted, rendered on high, quitclaimed and by this his present charter established to Kelso Abbey his land which lies in Waltheofgate (BWK) between the land which is of Sir Robert of Roos, which was of the late William White, and the land of Kelso Abbey in ‘Briggat’ for certain sum of money which they gave to him in his great need. The monks are to return annually to the heirs of Luke Black 12 pennies, half at the feast of Saint Michael and the other half at Easter. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD25 | Title deeds and legal papers:
GD25/1 Writings, 1290-1699 GD25/2 Supplement, 1431-1599 GD25/3 Former series 1, bundle 14, 1600-1619 GD25/4 Former series 1, bundle 15, 1620-1639 GD25/5 Former series 1, bundle 16, 1640-1659 GD25/6 Former series 1, bundle 17, 1660-1679 GD25/7 Former series 1, bundle 18, 1680-1699 GD25/6 Former series 2, bundles 1-9, 1600-1619 Miscellaneous papers: GD25/9, 1458-1940 (arranged alphabetically by broad subject/topic - see GD25/9 for a full overview) |
| Scottish document CDS, v, no. 472b | To Master John de Haselarton, notary public, for writing instruments and processes touching the bishops of St Andrews and Glasgow, by his own hands at Newbrough in Tynedale, 1 Sept. To Master Thomas de Houghton, engineer, going by command of the king at Newbrough in Tynedale to the prince at Kildrummy, at Newbrough, 3 Sept. 1306. To John de Dunstal, messenger of the prince, bringing letters concerning the taking of Simon Fraser, Newbrough, 17 Aug. To John de Ros, chaplain, and Malcolm, clerk of John of Argyll, coming as their lord’s messengers, staying at court and returning, Newbrough 18 Aug. To John de Dunstal, as above, concerning the taking of the earl of Atholl, by the king’s gift to replace a horse lost by his coming in haste, Newbrough, 30 Aug. To Sir Philip de Mowbray for a horse lost in the battle of Perth in the company of Aymer de Valence, Newbrough, 31 Aug |
| NRS catalogue entry GD305/1/79/14 | To be held by the said John Caldor and his heirs whom failing by the other persons therein mentioned from the Granter and his heirs of the King and his Successors as Earls or Dukes of Ross in feu and heritage for ever for rendering yearly to the Crown the rights and Services due and want to be rendered for the said Lands. Sealed with the Granters Seal at Culbyn |
| NRS catalogue entry GD305/1/79/10 | To be held by the said John Corbat and his heirs of the Granters and their heirs for rendering yearly the Services of Ward and Relief. Sealed with the Granters round Seal at Edinburgh. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD305/1/74/88 | To be held from the Granter his heirs and assignees of the King as Earl of Ross in feu and heritage for ever for rendering the rights and Services of the foresaid Lands due and wont and Reserving to the Crown the Escheato of the Courts of bludewilis and theft. Dated at Innerbreke |
| NRS catalogue entry C22 | Until 1635 the register does not note the dates on which the retours were received in Chancery and for some time thereafter the entries are out of chronological order. The dates shown below therefore only give an approximate indication of the periods at which the volumes were compiled. All retours prior to 1700 (including the supplementary volumes, 177-185) are calendared in Thomas Thomson's Retours. From 1700 to 1847 only services of heirs are contained in the printed Decennial Indexes but there is a typescript index of tutories and curatories. |
| Scottish document Foedera, i, I, 370 | Walter Comyn, earl of Menteith, Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan, justiciar of Scotia, etc., have made an agreement of mutual confederation and friendship with Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, prince of Wales, etc.; they bind themselves to make no separate peace with the king of England, to give him no aid against the Welsh and to encourage trade between Scotland and Wales. |
| Scottish document Lennox, no. 14 | Walter of Ross (DNB) and Mary his spouse, with the consent of Sir Malcolm, earl of Lennox, have given, granted and by this their present charter established to Sir Patrick of Graham, all that piece of land in the earldom of Lennox which has fallen on them hereditarily by reason of the death of Sir William Galbraith, that is, ‘Drumloche’ in the territory of Balernock (DNB) and their land of Drumfad (DNB), holding of the earls of Lennox, with all its liberties and easements, making forinsec service to the lord earl. |
| Scottish document Stevenson, Ills., no. 8 | William de Moreville, constable of the king of Scots, has given and granted, and by his charter established, to James [son of Lambin] of Loudoun, the land of Loudoun (AYR), by stated bounds, to hold outwith forest and free from forest, of William and his heirs, in feu and heritage, for the service of one knight. |
| Scottish document Glas. Reg., no. 46 | William de Moreville, constable of the king of Scots, has given, and by his charter established, to Edulf, son of Uhtred, ‘Gillemurestun’ (Eddleston, PEB) which used to be called ‘Peniacob’, to hold in feu and heritage for the service of one knight. |
| Scottish document Foedera, i, II, 730 | William, bishop of St Andrews, and Robert, bishop of Glasgow, John Comyn and James Stewart of Scotland, Guardians of the realm of Scotland, Matthew, bishop of Dunkeld, Archibald, bishop of Moray, Henry, bishop of Aberdeen, William, bishop of Dunblane, Mark, bishop of Man, Henry, bishop of Galloway, William, bishop of Brechin, Alan, bishop of Caithness, Robert, bishop of Ross, and Laurence, bishop of Argyll, Malise, earl of Strathearn, Patrick, earl of Dunbar, John Comyn, earl of Buchan, Donald, earl of Mar, Gilbert de Umfraville, earl of Angus, John, earl of Atholl, Walter, earl of Menteith, Robert de Bruce, earl of Carrick, William, earl of Ross, Malcolm, earl of Lennox, William, earl of Sutherland, John, earl of Caithness, the abbots of Kelso, Melrose, Dunfermline, Arbroath, Holyrood, Cambuskenneth, Coupar Angus, Dryburgh, Newbattle, Paisley, Jedburgh, Lindores, Balmerino, Glenluce, Kilwinning, Inchaffray, Culross, Dundrennan, Dercongal (Holywood), Kinloss, Deer, Iona and Tongland, the priors of St Andrews, Coldingham, Lesmahagow, Pluscarden, Beauly, Urquhart, Whithorn, Restenneth, May, Canonbie, and Blantyre, and Robert Bruce, lord of Annandale, William Murray, William Soulis, Alexander of Argyll, Alexander de Balliol of Cavers, Geoffrey de Moubray, Nicholas Graham, Nicholas Biggar, Ingram de Balliol, Richard Siward, Herbert Maxwell, David Marischal, Ingram de Guines, Thomas Randolph, William Comyn lord of Kirkintilloch, Simon Fraser, Reginald Cheyne, the father, Reginald Cheyne, the son, Andrew Murray, John Soulis, Nicholas de Haya, William de Haya, Robert Cameron, William Sinclair, Patrick Graham, John of Stirling, John of Callander, John Melville, John Stewart, John of Glenesk, Alexander of Bunkle, Bertram of Cardoness, Donald le fiz Can, Magnus of Fothrif, Robert the Fleming, William Murray of Drumsargard, David of Betun, William Douglas, Alexander Lindsay, Alexander of Menteith, Alexander Menzies, William Mowat, Thomas de Somerville, John of Inchmartin, John de Vaux, John Murray, Malcolm of Frendraught, and John of Garioch, barons of the realm of Scotland, write to Edward, king of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine, sending greetings and all the honours for his good fame and the rights that he does to everyone and for the good neighbourhood and profit that the kingdom of Scotland has received from him, his father and his ancestors; they note that they are happy that the pope has made a dispensation that the marriage may take place between their lord Edward, his son, and Lady Margaret, queen of Scotland, their most dear lady, notwithstanding their nearness of blood. They pray that Edward certify them concerning this because if the dispensation is granted, he may give them consent for the marriage and that he may do for them the things their messengers, sent to his parliament, displayed to him on their behalf. They shall send to his Easter parliament at London people of the realm. |
| Scottish document Stevenson, Docs., i, no. 92 | William, bishop of St Andrews, and Robert, bishop of Glasgow, John Comyn and James Stewart of Scotland, Guardians of the realm of Scotland, Matthew, bishop of Dunkeld, Archibald, bishop of Moray, Henry, bishop of Aberdeen, William, bishop of Dunblane, Mark, bishop of Man, Henry, bishop of Galloway, William, bishop of Brechin, Alan, bishop of Caithness, Robert, bishop of Ross, and Laurence, bishop of Argyll, Malise, earl of Strathearn, Patrick, earl of Dunbar, John Comyn, earl of Buchan, Donald, earl of Mar, Gilbert, earl of Angus, John, earl of Atholl, Walter, earl of Menteith, Robert, earl of Carrick, William, earl of Sutherland, John, earl of Caithness, the abbots of Kelso, Melrose, Dunfermline, Arbroath, Holyrood, Cambuskenneth, Coupar Angus, Dryburgh, Newbattle, Paisley, Jedburgh, Lindores, Balmerino, Glenluce, Kilwinning, Inchaffray, Culross, Dundrennan, Dercongal (Holywood), Kinloss, Deer, Iona and Tongland, the priors of St Andrews, Coldingham, Lesmahagow, Pluscarden, Beauly, Urquhart, Whithorn, Restenneth, May, Canonbie, and Blantyre, and Robert Bruce, lord of Annandale, William Murray, William Soulis, Alexander of Argyll, Alexander de Balliol of Cavers, Geoffrey de Moubray, Nicholas Graham, Nicholas Biggar, Ingram de Balliol, Richard Siward, Herbert Maxwell, David Marischal, Ingram de Guines, Thomas Randolph, William Comyn of Kirkintilloch, Simon Fraser, Reginald Cheyne, the father, Reginald Cheyne, the son, Andrew Murray, John Soulis, Nicholas de Haya, William de Haya of Borthwick, Robert Cameron of Baledgarno, William Sinclair, Patrick Graham, John of Stirling of the Carse, John of Callander, John Melville, John Stewart, John of Glenesk, Alexander of Bunkle, Bertram of Cardoness, Donald le fiz Can, Magnus of Fothrif, Robert the Fleming, William Murray of Drumsargard, David of Betun, William Douglas, Alexander Lindsay, Alexander [of] Menteith, Alexander Menzies, William Mowat, Thomas de Somerville, John [of] Inchmartin, John de Vaux, John Murray, Malcolm of Frendraught, and John of Garioch, barons. They make known that they have made firm and established those things treated and agreed at Salisbury concerning the settlement of the estate of their dear lady Margaret, queen and heiress of Scotland, and of her realm, in the presence of their lord Edward, king of England, in the below written form: When Erik, king of Norway, and Margaret, his daughter, lady queen heiress of Scotland, had asked by messengers (that is, Sir Terry de Champs de Jeu, Piers Algod and Guthorn de Aseleye), lord Edward, king of England, that he appoint, aid and counsel how the aforesaid queen, his niece, should she can rule and enjoy [it] as other kings do in their kingdoms, Edward, for the good and peace of Scotland, sent his letters to the guardians of Scotland that they should send certain named persons; which guardians, at Edward’s request, sent the bishops of St Andrews and Glasgow, Sir Robert Bruce, lord of Annandale, and Sir John Comyn, who came to Salisbury at Michaelmas last past. To which place Edward sent the bishops of Winchester and Durham and William de Valence, earl of Pembroke, and John, earl of Warenne, who came to the same place of parley for treating between the aforesaid messengers of the king of Norway and his daughter and the afore-named persons of Scotland, who, after much discussion and great debate, submitted in this way: the aforesaid lady shall come to England or Scotland before 1 November 1290, quit and free of all contract of marriage and espousal, which the messengers of Norway have promised to procure in good faith. The king of England has promised that if the lady comes, quit and free of all contract of marriage and espousal, that when the kingdom of Scotland is in good and secure peace, he is to be required by the good men of Scotland to send her to the kingdom of Scotland also quit and delivered of all contract of marriage, as he received her, with the proviso that the good people of Scotland have made good and sufficient surety for receiving her to the king of England that they will not marry her without his ordinance, desire and counsel, and by the assent of the king of Norway, her father. Those from Scotland have promised in good faith for themselves and for the other people of Scotland that they, before she comes, shall secure the land, and shall make surety there that she can come safely into her kingdom, as the true lady, queen and heiress; and that concerning this they shall make all the sureties which the messengers of Norway say they are able to make. And moreover, the parties agree that at mid Lent the men of Scotland shall come to Roxburgh, and the men whom the king of Scotland shall send, at the request of those of Scotland or Norway, shall be in the parts of Wark or Carham on the same day. At which day those of Scotland have promised in good faith to affirm and accomplish the things said before, and also well establish the sureties, with the other things that touch the amendment of the kingdom of Scotland, in the presence of those who the king of England has sent there at the day and place named before, so they can see that these things are accomplished in good form. And for greater security and stability they have appended their seals. |
| Scottish document Moray Reg., no. 217 | William, earl of Ross, has granted, and by this his present charter has established, to the church of Moray and Bishop Archibald, the donation made to them by the late Freskin of Moray, lord of Duffus, of two davochs of the land at Clyne in Ross, to support two chaplains in the aforesaid church to celebrate mass for the dead, in pure and perpetual alms, according to what Freskin’s charter drawn up on the matter the more fully bears witness. He has also granted to the same church and bishop of Moray, and given and quitclaimed, regarding him and his heirs in future, the annual render of one pound of pepper owed from the same land. He and his heirs will make the forinsec service of the lord king belonging to the land of Clyne in future, and he and his heirs will preserve all exactions, services, customs, aids and secular demands pertaining to that land as immune, forever. |
| Scottish document Moray Reg., no. 220 | William, earl of Ross, in compensation for the damages, injuries and losses to the churches of Petty (INV) and Brackley (INV), imposed on him by Archibald, bishop of Moray, has given, granted, and by this his charter has established, to Elgin Cathedral and Bishop Archibald and the chapter of the same place, in pure and perpetual alms, two davochs of land in Ross called Cadboll (ROS), and one quarter-land called Pitkerrie (ROS), for the nourishment and support of the Friars Minor who might be dwelling at the time in their house at Elgin (MOR) near the cathedral church. The bishop of Moray will appoint some prudent man and faithful distributor, who each year, at its terms, will receive all manner of the rent of the said lands in full, and will distribute them beneficially to the sustenance and necessary uses of the said brothers as should seem best. And if the said Friar Minors are unwilling to stay, the rents of the said lands will be converted for the support of two chaplains in the cathedral church of Elgin, celebrating mass for the souls of all the faithful departed, by the advice of the said bishop and the chapter of Moray. The earl wills and grants that the bishop and his successors are to hold the said lands in pure and perpetual alms. |
| Scottish document TNA, SC 1/20/48 | William, earl of Ross, to Edward I: credence for his envoy. |
| Scottish document TNA, SC 13/B16 | William, earl of Ross: counter seal. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297/194 | Witnesses: Alexander, bishop of Moray, Alexander, bishop of Ross, brother Donald, abbot of Feryn, Mr Thomas Urchard, archdeacon of Ross, Sir Robert Cheisholme, kt., Adam Urchard, sheriff of Crombathy, Robert Munro, Henry Styward, John Tarrale, William Clyne, Edmund Owychttoun, Thomas Dyngevale. Tag, seal gone. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297/162 | Witnesses: Alexander, bishop of Ross, Adam, abbot of New Fearn, sir Robert, prior of Beauly, John Ross, granter's brother, John Hay, laird of Tolybothvill, Adam Urcharde, sheriff of Crombathy, Robert Munro. Tag, seal gone. At the monastery of New Fearne. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297/176 | Witnesses: Alexander, bishop of Ross, Donald, abbot of New Fearn, Adam Urchard, sheriff of Crombathy, Henry Styward, William Clyne, Thomas Dungevale. Tag, seal gone. At Dyngevale. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297/171 | Witnesses: Alexander, bishop of Ross, William, earl of Ross, Donald, abbot of New Fearn, Mr Alexander and Mr Thomas, dean and archdeacon of Ross, Robert Munro, Henry Styward, Thomas Dyngvale, and William Clyne. 3 pieces of string used as tags, one seal, very slightly damaged. At Balnagown. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297/172 | Witnesses: Alexander, bishop of Ross, brother Donald, abbot of New Fearn, Mr Thomas Urchard, archdeacon of Ross, sir John Derlyng, percentor of Caithness, Adam Urchard, sheriff of Crombathy, granter's cousin, Henry Stewart, Robert Munro, Thomas Dyngvale, William Clyne, John Tarrel. Fragment of tag, no seal. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD25/1/125 | Witnesses: Donald Balloch [Ballache] of Donovan [Dunnowan], Roland Maclean [Makclane] of Dowart, Hector Maclean [Makclane] of Caulochboy, Nigel Macbryde [Makkilbride] Archdean of Soder and Sir James Werk Clericus et scribe. Dated at Ilay. John de Ilay Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles was forfeited in 1475, but afterwards rehabilitate as Lord of the Isles. 15th July 1476. "Douglas Peerage" Vol. II, pages 10 and 11 |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297/165 | Witnesses: Mr Andrew, dean of Moray, William Lindors, chancellor of Ross, William Ross, granter's son and heir, Thomas Lythcou, William (torn) [Clerk]. Damaged. Repaired in the late 17 cent. by being stuck onto a piece of paper. At Balkomy. |
| NRS catalogue entry GD297/190 | Witnesses: William, earl of Ross, granter's brother, John Ross, their brother, sir Donald, abbot of New Fearne, Sir Oliver Sinclair, kt., Adam Urchard, sheriff of Crombathy, sir Isaac Oliver, chanter of Ross, Robert Munro, Thomas, clerk of Dyngval, John Tarral. Tag, seal gone, n.d. (1350x1364). |
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1. Notarial instrument narrating that Michael Dauid, hereditary keeper of the bell of St. Medam, resigned the same to Sir John Ogilvy, kt., lord of Luthrethyne, superior of the said bell, with all its pertinents; which said Sir John gave to Lady Margaret of Ogilvy, Countess of Moray, his spouse, in liferent. Castle of Erale, 27 June 1447. Witnesses: Sir Walter Ogilvy, kt., lord of Desfurd, James Ogilvy, William of Cargyl, lord of Lasington, esquires, Duncan Stronach elder and Duncan, younger, his son, burgesses of Montros, Patrick of Fentoun and Edward Pedy. [Printed Spalding Club Miscellany, IV, 117]. [2.2]
2. Instrument of sasine in favour of the said Lady Margaret of a house, at Luntrethin near the church, belonging to the said bell; sasine was given by James Ogilvy, brother of said Sir John, who displayed letters under the latter's seal conferring the grant, read them word for word and then shut the said Lady Margaret in the said house, all persons having been expelled therefrom, and gave her possession by delivery of earth and stone. 18 July 1447. Witnesses David Ogilvy, esquire, sirs David Conan, John Michart and Patrick Henderson, priests, Edward Pedy and John Red. [Printed ibid., 118]. [1249.1] +
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December 19. +
1772 Mar 8
Letter from Charles Gordon at Clerkhill to [factor of Countess of Sutherland?], enclosing account of eagles and foxes killed in the parish [Farr]. Discusses the need to raise the stent to cover costs, the conduct of some tenants, and the accounts for paying the last schoolmaster, Mr Ross, and those who have supplied his place since Whitsunday. Hopes to obtain bear to relieve tenants of Rimisdale and other lands who have lost their crops. +
<ol><li> Title Deeds, etc., 1487-1909: GD71/1-241
<li> Inventories of - (1) Writs, 1590-1862: GD71/242-250<br>Inventories of - (2) Household Furniture, stock and farm implements, 1742-1870:GD71/251-260
<li> Tacks, 1544/5-1879: GD71/261-270
<li> Rentals, 1692-1909: GD71/271-277
<li> Marriage Contracts and Testamentary Documents, 1625-1887: GD71/278-290
<li> Genealogy: GD71/291-294
<li> Church, 1569-1887: GD71/295-318
<li> Farming and Agriculture, 1764-1882: GD71/319-326
<li> Naval and Military Papers, 1797-1889: GD71/327-331
<li> Medical Prescriptions: GD71/332
<li> Parliament, 1846-1887: GD71/333-335
<li> Letters: GD71/336-429<br>(1) to David Munro of Allan, W.S., 1737-1767<br>(2) to Charles Munro of Allan, 1775-1816<br>(3) to David Monro of Allan, 1841-1897<br>(4) to Captain Charles Monro of Allan, 1896-1908<br>(5) Family Letters, 1795-1909<br>(6) Miscellaneous Letters, 1575-1888
<li> Accounts and Receipts, 1731-1875: GD71/430-450
<li> Miscellaneous Papers including papers relating to the service of Captain Charles L. D. Monro of Allan in the British South African Police, the schooland schoolmaster of Fearn, and parochial affairs, 1565-1905: GD71/451-492
<li> Additional papers, mostly legal business (including family executries), 1757-1944: GD71/493-524</ol> +
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Account book of J. de Drokenesford, keeper of the wardrobe. 34 Edw I.
424 pages. +, To Richard Siward, coming to the king at Lanercost from the castle of Kildrummy where he was imprisoned by the earl of Carrick, by his own hands, Lanercost, 30 Sept. To William Siward, his son, coming as above, for a horse, Lanercost, 1 Oct. To Donald son of Kane, knight of Galloway, coming to the king at Lanercost and returning, Lanercost, 20 Oct. To John de Walsingham, valet of the earl of Lincoln, bringing news to the king of the taking of Simon Fraser [sic], Lanercost, 8 Oct. And to a valet of Hugh Despenser for the same, Lanercost, 18 Oct. To James, steward of Scotland, staying in England at the king’s costs, by account of John of Coventry, his clerk, Lanercost, 27 Oct. To Audoen of Argyll, for restoration of a horse lost in the company of the prince at Kincardine in the Mearns at the end of September. Lanercost, 20 Oct. To Hugh de Ross for his winter robe, by account at Lanercost, 1 Apr. 1307; to the same for his summer robe because he was out of court at Pentecost, by account as above. Prest to John Bentley sent from Lanercost to take the countess of Carrick to Brustwick, Lanercost, 10 Oct. To Robert de Cotyngham, controller of the wardrobe, for expenses of Master Andrew of Tong, notary, in making public instruments concerning a process made against the two bishops, for the wage of another notary helping, for expenses of clerks transcribing the instruments and for a forcer bought for their safekeeping, at the beginning of May, as appears by particulars delivered to the wardrobe at Lanercost, 26 Oct. 1306. +
Account of James de Dalilegh and John of Weston, clerks, making an extent of the king's lands in Scotland both beyond the Scottish Sea towards Orkney and on this side in Galloway and elsewhere, in the 32nd year. +
Adam of Dowane, son of Daniel of Dowane, in the full court of Richard, abbot of Kelso, at Lesmahagow, has sold and, by rod and staff, returned, for a certain sum of money which they completely relinquished to him in his great necessity, all the land which he and his ancestors held at any time in the tenement of Dowane within the barony of Lesmahagow (LAN) to his lords, the abbot and convent of Kelso, which sum of money Adam considers fully disseminated. Adam states that money not counted, not delivered and not received is to be thoroughly and expressly renounced, and if he and his heirs or assignees have or are able to have rights or claim in the land of Dowane at any time, he expressly renounces by the present [charter] all those rights, and he quitclaims them to his lords, the abbot and convent of Kelso. Additionally, he wishes and grants that if any charter or instrument appears at any future time, it is to be disregarded, and he subjects himself and his heirs or assignees to the coercion and power of the bishop and officials of Glasgow, whomever they may be at the time, and agrees to pay a penalty for disregarding the agreement. +
Adam, parson of the church of Roxburgh Castle, Thomas the baker of Roxburgh, Thomas of Ireland, Maut de Mounceaus, of the county of Roxburgh; Master Nicholas of Balmyle, parson of the church of Calder Comitis, John of Lennie, of the county of Edinburgh; Marjory prioress of Holystone (Alwinton parish, Northumberland), of the county of Berwick; William the Parker, parson of Kilham (Northumb.), Amable, widow of Patrick of Graham, Muriel of Inchbrakie, of the county of Perth; Elias of Spott, of the county of Edinburgh; Thomas of Barton, John of Crawford, of the county of Ayr; Euphemia widow of William of Horndean, William of Weston, John de Mundeville, parson of Moffat, William of Stirling, Nicholas of Swaffham, parson of Great Dalton, William of Busbie, of the county of Wigtown; Andrew son of Godfrey de Ros, of the county of Ayr; John of Seton, of the county of Dumfries; Margaret, widow of William of Abernethy, Adam son of Henry of ‘Totherygges’, of the county of Berwick; John de St Michael, of the county of Roxburgh; John of Heiton, warden of the hospital of St Leonard of Torrance Roger of Yarm, of the county of Lanark; William of Hamstead, of the county of Elgin; Walter of Aitkenhead, of the county of Aberdeen; William Tornal, warden of the hospital of St Cuthbert of Ballencrieff (ELO), of the county of Edinburgh; since they have come to the faith and will of their lord, Edward, king of England, they promise to serve him well and loyally; and ech one has performed fealty to the king. +
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After 1596 grants in perpetuity only were recorded in this register others being recorded in the Paper Register (C3). Prior to 1806 the date of commencement of a volume is normally taken to be that of the first entry and its termination that of the latest item recorded. Volumes dated between 1493 and 1809 are generally bound in two or more parts. The contents of the register up to 1668 are printed in 'Registrum Magni Sigilli' (RMS), the entries from 1424 onwards being calendared in chronological order.
Dating and arrangement of early Great Seal Registers (C2/2-C2/6):
The absence of dates of recording in the Great Seal Registers makes it difficult to determine the exact dates at which they were compiled. Prior to 1700 the entries rarely appear in chronological order and it is not uncommon to find charters which were not recorded until long after the date on which they were granted. It is, however, obvious that the registers must show the chronological sequence of recording. Thus, while other entries may bear prior dates, a register volume cannot have been compiled any earlier than the date of the first entry, and similarly the date of completion is fixed approximately by that of the latest entry, even though this may not be the last item in the volume. These general rules cannot be applied in every instance. If the date of the first entry is considerably before that of the second or subsequent entries it must be presumed to be a case of late registration. On the other hand, it was fairly common practice to interpolate additional entries in blank spaces in the registers both before and after completion of a volume, but such interpolations are often recognisable by discrepancies either in date or in the handwriting of the entries concerned.
Special problems arise in the case of the registers for the period 1424 - 1466, which have not been preserved in their original form. Not only are contents considerably disarranged but also some volumes are made up of fragments of two or more original registers. In "Registrum Magni Sigilli" (vol. ii) the entries are simply printed in chronological order, without any explanation of the state of the manuscript record. References are given to the volume and number of the original entry, but the system of numbering was introduced at a comparatively late date and seems to have been the work of John Corse (fl.1724). The foliation of the volumes is earlier, probably 16th century, but in the case of vols. 3-5 the old foliation was partially lost or obscured when the volumes were repaired and inlaid in 1808 and was replaced by continuous pencil foliation. Where comparison is possible it shows that some folios have been lost since the 16th century but that the contents have remained in the same order. This is borne out by a collation of the rubrics with the lists of contents of the registers in the "Index Cartarum' (c.1580), which shows that, with minor exceptions, the registers were then in the same state as at present.
Though the evidence does not permit any firm conclusions to be drawn, it seems probable that there were originally two series of registers, one being on parchment, the other on paper. The 'paper' series may have been draft and certain surviving portions suggest that it could also have served as a record of dues payable for registration or of compositions on charters. There is some evidence that the 'paper' series may have included items which would not have appeared in the 'parchment' series but it was not a separate record like the 'Paper Register' (C.3), established in 1596. It is obvious that at some date prior to 1580 the greater part of the 'parchment' series was destroyed and that the loss was partially made good by binding up the remainder with the 'paper' series, itself fragmentary. The following notes show the composition of each volume of the existing record. In conclusion it must be noted that, although the 'parchment' series is extant for almost the whole of James III's reign some of the volumes show signs of careless rebinding, their contents being clearly no longer in their original order.
The catalogue entries for the five individual volumes C2/2-C2/6 contain further detailed descriptions of their dating and arrangement.
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Agreement between (i) Andrew, bishop of Moray, and (ii) Walter Comyn, earl of Menteith, with the consent of the chapter of Moray, over certain portions of land that the bishop said pertained to a half davoch of the church of Kincardine (in modern parish of Duthil and Rothiemurcus, INV) and thus belonged to the episcopal mensa, and over the teinds of cain owed to the lord king from the land of Kincardine. The earl will hold at feuferme from the bishop in perpetuity the half davoch of land at Kincardine, by its right bounds, with all its just pertinents, with an annual render for the aforesaid teinds of cain of 34s. 8d. for all service, exaction, custom and secular demand pertaining to the bishop, half at Pentecost and half at Martinmas, and making forinsec service to the lord king, saving the toft and croft accountable to the rector of the church, on penalty of 10 marks to the fabric of the cathedral church. +
Agreement between (i) Walter of Moray, son of the late William of Moray, and (ii) Andrew, bishop of Moray, with the will and consent of the dean and chapter, over the churchland of ‘Ewen’ (Kirkton of Barevan, in Cawdor, NAI). Walter will hold the aforesaid land of ‘Ewen’ at perpetual feuferme from the bishop, by its right bounds and with all its just pertinents, for an annual render of 20s for all service and demand, half at Martinmas and Pentecost, and making the forinsec service of the lord king. The bishop, with the will and consent of the chapter, have given and granted to Walter in perpetual feuferme all his land of ‘Budist’ (?Budgate, in Cawdor, NAI) by its right bounds and with all its just pertinents, free and quit from all service and demand pertaining to the bishop, for an annual render of two marks, half at Martinmas and half at Pentecost, making forinsec service to the lord king. +
Agreement between (i) the chapter of Moray, and (ii) Sir Alexander of Stirling. Alexander and his heirs by his wife, the daughter of Sir Freskin of Kerdal, will hold at feuferme of the chapter a half davoch of land that they have at Daviot (INV), and pertaining to the church there, rendering to the chapter 2 marks yearly for all service and demands, making forinsec sevice on the pertaining lands. +
Agreement between Sir Magnus IV, king of Norway, by his messengers, Sirs Asketin, his chancellor, and Andrew, son of Nicholas, his baron, and Sir Alexander III, king of Scots, and whereby Sir Magnus, king of Norway, has resigned all right and claim to Man, with the other islands of the Hebrides, and all the other islands of the western and southern side of the great sea; to be held without reservation by King Alexander and his heirs, together with the right of patronage of the bishopric of Man, saving the right, jurisdiction, and liberty of the church of Nidaros, in all respects; which right or jurisdiction the church of Nidaros has, regarding the bishop and church of Man; and excepting the islands of Orkney and Shetland, which the king of Norway has specially reserved for his own demesne; the islands conceded to the king of Scots shall be subject to the laws and customs of Scotland; the king of Scots is to render 100 marks sterling in the church of St Magnus, Orkney, to the king of Norway yearly within the octave of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, plus 4000 marks sterling in the same place and manner over the next 4 years. +
Agreement is (i) Robert, bishop of Ross, and (ii) John Bisset, over the right of patronage of the church of Kiltarlity (INV). The bishop, with the consent of the chapter of Rosemarkie and his other clerics of Ross, has quitclaimed all right in the said church to John Bisset, for his homage and service. John Bisset has quitclaimed whatever rights or exactions which he or his predecessors at any time had, or customs they were wont to have in the aforesaid churchland. John has also offered 15 marks to the fabric of the church of St Peter of Rosemarkie and one stone of wax annually for the lighting of the altar of the same church. The bishop, the dean, and the canons have taken up John in all their prayers. +
Alan son of Roland, constable of Scotland, has given, granted, and established by his present charter, to Hugh of Crawford, for his homage and service, his land of Crosbie (AYR), by those marches by which Ivolotus the Small held it on the day when Alan granted that land to Hugh of Crawford, in pannages and assarts, and those easements and liberties which any knight has in all of his landholdings, except stags, hinds, roe-deer, and young hawks, for an annual render of one unmewed sparrowhawk, on the feast of the Assumption of the BVM. Moreover, he will perform the forinsec service that pertains to one ploughgate of land. +
Alan son of Roland, constable of Scotland, has given, granted, and established by his present charter, to Alan de Ros, for his homage and service, all of the land of Fairlie (AYR), by stated bounds, in feu and heritage, as freely as anyone holds and possesses by habergeon service, in pannages and assarts, in banks and fisheries and in all easements and liberties pertaining to the aforesaid land, saving to Alan stags and hinds, for provision of one young man with a habergeon, in the expeditionary army, and a render in aids as pertains to one ploughgate of land. +
Alan son of Roland, constable of Scotland, has granted, given, and established by his present charter, to Hugh of Crawford, for his homage and service, his land of Munnoch (AYR), by stated bounds, in pannages and assarts, and in all other easements and liberties, except stags, hinds, roe-deer, and young hawks, for an annual render of one unmewed sparrowhawk, on the feast of the Assumption of the BVM, for all services, customs and demands. +
Alan son of Roland, constable of Scotland, has granted and established by his charter, to Hugh of Crawford, the third part of the villa of Stevenston (AYR), which Margaret, daughter of Adam Loccard (Lockhart) sold to the same Hugh for 40 marks, and the whole right to which she quitclaimed to Hugh and his heirs in perpetuity, and which she restored to Hugh in Alan’s court by staff and baton. Margaret has also renounced all right that she had in the church of Irvine (AYR) in perpetuity, and in the court of Alan’s lord Alexander, king of Scots, she has given Hugh her charter of quitclaim, as a woman of legal age and lawful power. Alan has granted and established this to the aforesaid Hugh and his heirs for the third part of the service of one knight, according to the charter of the same Margaret. +
Alan son of Walter, steward of the king of Scotland, has given and granted and made firm by this his charter to Adam son of Gilbert, Tarbolton, Privick, Drumley, and ‘Milnefinlen’ (all in Tarbolton parish), by their right bounds, in feu and heritage; to hold of him and his heirs, by stated bounds. Moreover, he has given and granted to him ‘Roderbren’ and ‘Brenego’ and Enterkine (AYR), by those bounds which he and his men perambulated. Alan wills that Adam should hold these lands for the service of one knight. +