Source:Scottish document A-S Relations, no. 7

A-S Relations, no. 7
Originally written in Latin Friday 25 September 1237

Document

Printed sources	Anglo-Scottish Relations 1174-1328
People of Medieval Scotland database
Source number	4019 (link to database entry)
Title	Document 4/1/2 (A-S Relations, no. 7)
Description	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.
Firm date	Friday 25 September 1237
Dating notes	Friday before the feast of St Michael, year of grace 1237.
Place date (modern)	York
Place date (document)	apud Eboracum
Source for data entry	Stones, Anglo-Scottish Relations, no. 7
Traditional ID	A-S Relations, no. 7
Calendar number	4/1/2
Charter type	Agreement
Language	Latin

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• 25 September 1237 - An agreement is made at York in the presence of Otto, cardinal deacon of San Nicola and papal legate, between Henry, king of England, and Alexander, 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, 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. The king of Scots has done homage and sworn fealty to the king of England for these lands. Witnessed by W., archbishop of York, R., bishop of Chichester, chancellor of the lord king of England, W., bishop of Carlisle, W., bishop of Worcester, W., bishop of Glasgow, chancellor of the king of Scots, W, bishop-elect of Valence, R., count of Poitou and earl of Cornwall, W., earl Warenne, J., earl of Lincoln, constable of Chester, W., count of Aumale, R., earl of Winchester, S. de Montfort, G. Marshal, earl of Pembroke, Earl Patrick, the earl of Strathearn, the earl of Lennox, the earl of Angus, the earl of Mar, the earl of Atholl, the earl of Ross, William Longespée, Ralph de Tany, W. de Ros, R. de Ros, William de Ferrers, R. Bertram, H. Painel, G. de Umfraville, Amaury de Saint-Amand, P. de Maulay, Master Peter de Bordeaux, Master Atho, clerk of the lord legate, John, son of Geoffrey, Hugh de Vivonne, Stephen Segrave, W. of Lancaster, W. de Say, Richard de Gray, Thomas Furnivall, John of Lexington, Johanne de Plesseto, Bartholomew Peche, William Gernun, Richard son of Hugh.
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• Beam, Amanda; Bradley, John; Broun, Dauvit; Davies, John Reuben; Hammond, Matthew; Jakeman, Neil; Pasin, Michele; Taylor, Alice; (with others). (2019). People of Medieval Scotland: 1093–1371. Glasgow and London.