King William informs his sheriff of Berwick and men of Lothian and the Merse that he has permitted prior of Coldingham to move his men of Coldinghamshire into villa of Coldingham to increase its population. No one is to disturb the prior unjustly.
Firm date
17 July, 1195 X 1198
Probable date
17/Jul/1195
Dating Notes
17th day of July; introduction of date of time to royal acts × election of Hugh the chancellor to see of Glasgow. William may have been at Selkirk in July 1195: see _RRS_, ii, 99. The king was in Moray in July 1196 and July 1197, but 1198 is a plausible alternative