People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Document 4/21/7 (Familie of Innes, 54-6)

Description
In the dispute between the prior and convent of Pluscarden, on one side, and the burgesses of Elgin, on the other, over the services owed for the maintenance and repair of the mill and mill-pond of Elgin (MOR), on the land of the grieveship of Elgin, which the burgesses hold at feuferme from the king, an agreement is formed, whereby the burgesses, with the consent of the whole commune, including Adam son of Stephen and Patrick Heroc, at that time grieves of Elgin, and Hugh Heroc, Thomas Peyne, Andrew Vis, Matthew Black, and William Black son of the late Simon Heroc, gathered in the cemetery of St Giles’, have given and granted, and by this present writing in the form of a chirograph, have established to Pluscarden Priory, all that land lying between the two mills of Elgin, for the quitclaim of the services for the upkeep of the said mills and mill-ponds, saving the multure which the burgesses will owe the brothers of Pluscarden, for an annual render of 12d., saving the mill of the heirs of Duffus in the said land. The brethren have granted the burgesses to be free from all exaction and demands.
Firm date
6 December 1272
Dating Notes
St Nicholas’s Day, 1272
Place date (modern)
Elgin (St Giles’s cemetery)
Place date (document)
cemeterio sancti Egidii
Related Place
Elgin
Source for Data Entry
Familie of Innes, 54-6
Trad. ID
Familie of Innes, 54-6
Calendar number
4/21/7
Charter type
Agreement
Chirograph?
yes
Language
Latin

Total number of associated factoids: 10

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Date Short Summary Primary Witnesses
6 Dec. 1272 Agreement between Pluscarden Priory and burgesses of Elgin yes
6 Dec. 1272 * Gift (agreement) of land lying between two mills of Elgin yes
6 Dec. 1272 * Quitclaim (agreement) of services for upkeep of mills and ponds in Elgin yes


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Date Short Summary Title Holder
6 Dec. 1272 king Alexander III, king of Scots (d.1286)
6 Dec. 1272 grieve of Elgin Adam, son of Stephen, grieve of Elgin
6 Dec. 1272 grieve of Elgin Patrick Herok, grieve of Elgin


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Date Short Summary Holder Lord
6 Dec. 1272 Mill and mill-pond of Elgin (MOR), on land of grieveship of Elgin Burgesses of Elgin Alexander III, king of Scots (d.1286)
6 Dec. 1272 Mill of the heirs of Duffus in Elgin Heirs of Duffus