People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Document 2/7/79 (TNA, SC 1/7/73)

Description
John, bishop of Glasgow, to Sir Walter of Merton, chancellor of England; at request of certain friends in Scotland he writes in favour of Sir Nicholas Corbet. Though he told that nobleman that he unwillingly wrote to chancellor on strangers' business, yet he himself and his friends urgently pressed the writer, belonging that his request would have much weight with the chancellor, to forward the business.
Firm date
5 February 1263
Dating Notes
On the feast of St Agatha the Virgin, 1262
Place date (modern)
Ancrum
Place date (document)
Alnecrommb
Related Place
Ancrum
Source for Data Entry
TNA, SC 1/7/73
Trad. ID
TNA, SC 1/7/73
Calendar number
2/7/79
Charter type
Letter (correspondence)
Language
Latin
Original (contemporary)
yes

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Date Short Summary Primary Witnesses
5 Feb. 1263 Letter in favour of Nicholas Corbet yes