Source:Scottish document Melr. Lib., no. 106

Melr. Lib., no. 106 • NAS, GD 55/106
Charter
Originally written in Latin 1179 X 1190

Document

Printed sources	Melrose Liber (vol. 1)
People of Medieval Scotland database
Source number	5131 (link to database entry)
Title	Document 3/416/14 (Melr. Lib., no. 106)
Description	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.
Firm date	1179 X 1190
Probable date	probably 1179 x 1186
Dating notes	earliest date of Herbert dean of Glasgow x death of Richard de Moreville, probable date derived from the florit dates of Roger of Newport (Watt, _Graduates_, p. 428)
Source for data entry	Melrose Liber, i, no. 106
Traditional ID	Melr. Lib., no. 106
Calendar number	3/416/14
Charter type	Charter
Language	Latin
Original (contemporary)	yes
Notes	NAS, GD 55/106

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• between 1179 and 1190 - 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 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. Witnesses: Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow, Herbert, dean of Glasgow, Thomas, clerk, Godfrey de Ros, Ralph Mackerel, Richard son of Sewar, Alan son of Aelsi, Gilbert of Lancaster, Richard son of Gilbert, Richard son of Geoffrey, William, steward of the bishop of Glasgow, Master Roger of Newport,
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Sources

• Beam, Amanda; Bradley, John; Broun, Dauvit; Davies, John Reuben; Hammond, Matthew; Jakeman, Neil; Pasin, Michele; Taylor, Alice; (with others). (2019). People of Medieval Scotland: 1093–1371. Glasgow and London.