Transaction: Request to King Alexander III to retract his policies regarding May Priory and require its property for Reading Abbey

Type of Transaction: Request
From Source: 2/0/0 (Duncan, May Docs., no. 56)
Firm date: X April 1286
Dating Notes: x April 1286, when the news of the death of Alexander III must have reached England. This may be dated to the unwillingness of that king to admit prior William, 1269 x 73, and his subsequent attempt to buy the priory with the aid of bishop William Wishart, 1273 x 9, or to an early stage of the negotiations which were completed March-May 1288. But there may have been other occasions on which the king interfered with this '' alien'' priory.

Associated People (6)

Role	Name	Name (original language)	Name (translation)	Floruits
Addressor	Unknown, abbot of St Albans	Sancti Albani [...] Abbates	Abbot of St Albans	1286 × 1286
Addressor	Unknown, abbot of Westminster	Sancti Petri Westmonasterii	Abbot of St Peter of Westminster	1286 × 1286
Addressor	Unknown, abbot of Thame	Sancte Marie de Thame	Abbot of St Mary of Thame	1286 × 1286
Addressee	Alexander III, king of Scots (d.1286)	A	Alexander, king of Scotland	1245 × 1285
named person (transaction)	Reading Abbey	monasterium Rading et eiusdem loci monachos	monastery of Reading and the monks of the same place	1150 × 1296
named person (transaction)	May Priory	Prioratum de May	Priory of May	1150 × 1286