Document 3/609/1 (Melr. Lib., no. 116)
- Description
- Walter of Windsor has given and made firm by this his charter to God and to the church of Saint Mary at Melrose and to the monks serving God there, for the salvation of the soul of his lord, William, king of Scotland, who gave him his land, etc., in pure and perpetual alms, that piece of land which they hold in the territory of Clifton (ROX), contained within specified boundaries, which he and the lord Arnold, abbot of Melrose, and the lord Simon, the archdeacon, perambulated and did before many free men, free from all aids, pleas, gelds, scutages, cornages, and from every service and custom and secular exaction; he and his heirs shall maintain and warrant it to them.
- Firm date
- 1179 X 8 March 1185
- Dating Notes
- succession of Arnold, abbot of Melrose x death of Robert Avenel
- Source for Data Entry
- Melrose Liber, i, no. 116
- Trad. ID
- Melr. Lib., no. 116
- Calendar number
- 3/609/1
- Charter type
- Charter
- Language
- Latin
- Original (contemporary)
- yes
- Notes
- NAS, GD 55/116
- Document Image
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