Document 2/143/135 (Theiner, no. 142)
- Description
- Pope Innocent IV commands the bishops of St Andrews and Dunkeld and the abbot of Dunfermline, papal chaplain, at the request of the king of Scotland, to assign to Richard called ‘Gifford’, kinsman of the said king, who is going to the Holy Land with five knights at his own expense, 400 marks, before next Christmas, out of the redemption of crusaders’ vows, and legacies, and other grants in Scotland towards the relief of the Holy Land, as the twentieth of church revenues there is expended; with power to absolve crusaders who cannot perform their vows. Suitable sums are also to be assigned to Thomas Paynel, Alan de Lascelles and Adam Penkethan, his cousins, who are going with him at their own expense.
- Firm date
- 30 August 1250
- Dating Notes
- 3 kal. Sept., pontifical year 8
- Place date (modern)
- Lyon
- Place date (document)
- Lugduni
- Related Place
- Lyon
- Source for Data Entry
- Theiner, Monumenta, no. 142
- Trad. ID
- Theiner, no. 142
- Calendar number
- 2/143/135
- Charter type
- Papal letter
- Language
- Latin