Document 3/590/5 (Kel. Lib., no. 142)
- Description
- William de Vieuxpont, has given, granted and by this his charter established to Kelso Abbey, in free, pure and perpetual alms, the church of Langton (BWK) with the common facilities of the villa, with everything pertaining to the church and with the toft and croft and land just as he perambulated in the presence of many, by stated bounds, which include, the lord's land, the toft of Ralph, the toft of Gilbert and the toft of Henry the parson. He gave and granted the church for the work and sustenace of Kelso Abbey, for the soul of King David, King Malcolm and Earl Henry and the soul of his father, his mother and all of his ancestors and sucessors, and following an assize of King David, it will not be permitted by the monks to give the church of Langton at any time to anyone else. Rather, they are to retain it for all time in their demesne for divine service in order that even now the church belongs to the monastery in which the body of Earl Henry rests.
- Firm date
- 1191 X 29 July 1198
- Dating Notes
- succession of Guy, abbot of Lindores x _Kelso Liber_, i, no. 144
- Source for Data Entry
- Kelso Liber, i, no. 142
- Trad. ID
- Kel. Lib., no. 142
- Calendar number
- 3/590/5
- Charter type
- Charter
- Language
- Latin