Document 1/54/237 (RRS, vi, no. 495)
- Description
- David, king of Scots, from the plaint by the bishop, dean and canons of the church of Moray, understands that certain chapels founded by his predecessors the kings of Scotland and by Thomas Randolph, late earl of Moray, his relative, and by the king himself, celebrating the divine service in the church of Moray, for the salvation and souls of all Christ's faithful, which have been approved, ratified and confirmed, that their salaries whether in whole or in part, have been impeded by diverse and successive lords of the lands of Moray and their officers; also the teinds of fines and escheats of pleas or the justiciar ayre held by his justiciars whether royal or regality in which the church of Moray, as well as timber of woods and forests within the earldom which had been assigned by his predecessors for the uses of the church of Moray, also taking into account certain alms of the friars preachers of Elgin and Inverness. The king commands justiciars, sheriffs and other officials to use secular measures against those who are withholding the rights of the church of Moray.
- Firm date
- circa August 1359
- Dating Notes
- Around the time of _RRS_, vi, no. 222.
- Source for Data Entry
- RRS, vi, no. 495
- Trad. ID
- RRS, vi, no. 495
- Calendar number
- 1/54/237
- Charter type
- Indult
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- cartulary copy: Moray Reg., no. 141