Document 3/540/3 (Newb. Reg., no. 37)

Description: Ranulf de Soules, butler of the king of Scots, has granted and given and by this his charter established to Newbattle Abbey, for the soul of his lord King David, and of Earl Henry his son, and for the soul of King Malcolm, and for the welfare of the soul of his lord King William, and of himself, in perpetual alms, one ploughgate of land in Gilmerton (MLO) from his demesne, as Geoffrey de Malevin and other responsible men measured it, free and quit from all services and assises and gelds and from all secular exaction.
Firm date: 24 December 1165 X 22 April 1170
Dating Notes: Inauguration of King William × death of William, abbot Melrose, and × royal confirmation (_RRS_ ii, no. 90). Also confirmed in _RRS_ ii, no. 61 (1165×73). Note that Ranulf (I) de Soules was probably dead by 11 Nov. 1172, by which time William de la Haye was the king’s butler.
Source for Data Entry: Newbattle Registrum, no. 37
Trad. ID: Newb. Reg., no. 37
Calendar number: 3/540/3
Charter type: Charter
Language: Latin
Notes: Confirmed by King William, 1165×71 (1/6/74).

Total number of associated factoids: 17

Transaction factoids (1) Relationship factoids (6) Title factoids (9) Possession factoids (1)

Date	Short Summary	Primary	Witnesses
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	Gift of ploughgate in Gilmerton (MLO)	yes	Geoffrey (I) Melville; Liulf, son of Maccus son of Undweyn; Osbert, abbot of Jedburgh (d.1174); Walter Stewart (I), son of Alan (d.1177); William, abbot of Melrose (fl.1159-70)

Date	Short Summary	Subject	Object
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	Butler (pincerna) of William I, king of Scots (d.1214) (Employment relationship)	Ranulf Soulis, king's butler (d.1165×72)	William I, king of Scots (d.1214)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	Lord (dominus) of Ranulf Soulis, butler (d.1165×72) (Tenurial & lordship relationship)	David I, king of Scots (d.1153)	Ranulf Soulis, king's butler (d.1165×72)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	Son of David I, king of Scots (d.1153) (Familial relationship)	Henry, earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon (d.1152)	David I, king of Scots (d.1153)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	Lord (dominus) of Ranulf Soulis, butler (d.1165×72) (Tenurial & lordship relationship)	William I, king of Scots (d.1214)	Ranulf Soulis, king's butler (d.1165×72)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	Son of Alan Stewart, son of Flaald (Familial relationship)	Walter Stewart (I), son of Alan (d.1177)	Alan, son of Flaald (Stewart progenitor)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	Son of Maccus (father of Liulf) (Familial relationship)	Liulf, son of Maccus son of Undweyn	Maccus, son of Undweyn

Date	Short Summary	Title Holder
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	butler (king's)	Ranulf Soulis, king's butler (d.1165×72)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	Dominus (Lord/Sir)	David I, king of Scots (d.1153)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	earl	Henry, earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon (d.1152)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	king	David I, king of Scots (d.1153)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	king	Malcolm IV, king of Scots (d.1165)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	Dominus (Lord/Sir)	William I, king of Scots (d.1214)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	abbot of Melrose	William, abbot of Melrose (fl.1159-70)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	abbot of Jedburgh	Osbert, abbot of Jedburgh (d.1174)
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	king of Scots	William I, king of Scots (d.1214)

Date	Short Summary	Holder	Lord
24 Dec. 1165 X 22 Apr. 1170	Demesne of Ranulf de Soulis	Ranulf Soulis, king's butler (d.1165×72)