Document 1/23/3 (Barrow, SHR 36, 142-3)

Description: King Henry to announces that abbey of Holy Trinity of Dunfermline and Archibald the abbot, the monks and their possessions are in his custody and protection. He commands that these are to be guarded, maintained and protected as his own, and that no injury, indignity or violence is to be inflicted upon them, in Musselburgh, or in the port, or elsewhere. No vexation or disturbance is to be offered to the merchants wishing to put in peacefully at abbey's port of Musselburgh (MLO).
Firm date: 14 October 1178 X 10 July 1188
Dating Notes: Election of Abbot Archibald in succession to his predecessor Abbot Geoffrey II × Henry II's last crossing to Normandy
Place date (modern): Marlborough
Place date (document): Merlebo'
Related Place: Marlborough
Source for Data Entry: Barrow, 'A Writ of Henry II for Dunfermline Abbey', SHR 36 (1957), 142-3.
Trad. ID: Barrow, SHR 36, 142-3
Calendar number: 1/23/3
Charter type: Brieve
Language: Latin

Total number of associated factoids: 8

Transaction factoids (1) Title factoids (6) Possession factoids (1)

Date	Short Summary	Primary	Witnesses
14 Oct. 1178 X 10 Jul. 1188	Concession of firm peace and protection	yes	William de Bending; William Ruffus, sheriff (12C); William, son of Aldan, steward of England

Date	Short Summary	Title Holder
14 Oct. 1178 X 10 Jul. 1188	king of England	Henry II, king of England (d.1189)
14 Oct. 1178 X 10 Jul. 1188	duke of Normandy	Henry II, king of England (d.1189)
14 Oct. 1178 X 10 Jul. 1188	duke of Aquitaine	Henry II, king of England (d.1189)
14 Oct. 1178 X 10 Jul. 1188	count of Anjou	Henry II, king of England (d.1189)
14 Oct. 1178 X 10 Jul. 1188	abbot of Dunfermline	Archibald, abbot of Dunfermline (d.1198)
14 Oct. 1178 X 10 Jul. 1188	steward	William, son of Aldan, steward of England

Date	Short Summary	Holder	Lord
14 Oct. 1178 X 10 Jul. 1188	Port of Musselburgh (MLO)	Dunfermline Abbey (fd.1128)