Document 4/38/4 (APS, i, 98-9 )
- Description
- An inquest was made of the land of Hop-Kailzie (PEB) in the presence of Sir Thomas de Normanville, and Sir Stephen Fleming, justiciars of Lothian, at Peebles on Tuesday after the feast of St Martin, AD 1259, by the oaths of responsible, faithful, and trustworthy men, namely, Sir Ness Fraser, Sir Henry Caundle, William Melville, John Hunter, Roger of Bothwell, Adam of Merton, Robert Crok, William of Meldon, Archibald of ‘Hundewulchopp’ (Wauchope ?), Henry ‘Stel’, Roger of ‘Kydeston’ and John Wildsmith, all jurors, who said that the inquest that was made of the said land previously by Sir G[ilbert] Fraser, sheriff of Peebles, was faithfully and reasonably made by rational persons, and was in no way suspect, and they swore faithfully, although William of Melville and Robert Crok said that one person from the first inquest was suspect, namely one of the tenants of Sir Robert of Hop-Kailzie.
- Firm date
- Tuesday 18 November 1259
- Dating Notes
- Tuesday after the feast of St Martin, AD 1259
- Place date (modern)
- Peebles
- Place date (document)
- Pebblis
- Related Place
- Peebles
- Source for Data Entry
- APS, i, 98-9
- Trad. ID
- APS, i, 98-9
- Calendar number
- 4/38/4
- Charter type
- Inquest
- Language
- Latin
- Original (contemporary)
- yes
- Notes
- NAS, RH 5/20; Formerly TNA, C 47/22/5/1.
Cooper, Select Scottish Cases, no. 54