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Source:Scottish document Foedera, i, II, 638

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Foedera, i, II, 638 • NRS, RH5/9
Letters patent by the magnates of Scotland acknowledging Margaret, the Maid of Norway, as heiress of Scotland failing issue of her grandfather and his late son
Originally written in Latin 5 February 1284


Document

Printed sources • Foedera (vol. 1)
• Foedera Syllabus (vol. 1)
National Records of Scotland catalogue
Collection List of Documents Transferred from Public Record Office, London (RH5)
Repository National Records of Scotland
Reference RH5/9 (link to catalog entry)
Title Letters patent by the magnates of Scotland acknowledging Margaret, princess of Norway [commonly known as the Maid of Norway], as heiress of Scotland failing issue of her grandfather and his late son
Date 5 Feb 1284
Access status Open
Location Off site
Level File
Publication note [`Foedera,' I, ii, 638.] [`Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland,' i, 424.]
Archival history P.R.O. reference: E39/3/56
People of Medieval Scotland database
Source number 4285 (link to database entry)
Title Document 4/42/5 (Foedera, i, II, 638)
Description 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.
Firm date 5 February 1284
Dating notes 5th day of February, AD 1283, regnal year 35
Place date (modern) Scone
Place date (document) Scon'
Source for data entry Foedera, i, II, 638
Traditional ID Foedera, i, II, 638
Calendar number 4/42/5
Charter type Charter
Referred to as letter patent yes
Language Latin
Original (contemporary) yes
Notes NAS, RH 5/9; Formerly TNA, E 39/3/56
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• Foedera
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Places mentioned • Scone • Scon'

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  • 5 February 1284 - 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, John 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[1]
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Sources

  1. Rymer vol. 1 1745, Part II, p. 228.


  • 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.
  • Hardy, Thomas Duffus (1869). Syllabus (in English) of the documents relating to England and other kingdoms contained in the collection known as "Rymer's Fœdera". 1. London: Longmans, Green. p. 98. OCLC 555193467. OL 5468143M. ark:ark:/13960/t9668ww6j.