Document 3/651/1 (Abdn. Burgh Chrs., no. 2)
- Description
- The provost and remaining burgesses of the community of Banff address the guardians of the kingdom of Scotland, appointed by common council, and the remaining magnates of the same council, and state that they, sorely complaining, do point out to them that whereas lord, Alexander, the late king of Scotland, did by his charter grant and forever confirm certain fairs to be held and had in the burgh of Aberdeen for the benefit of them and other burghs lying to the north of the mountains; which fairs are obstructed and every year disturbed by the burgesses of Montrose to the no small prejudice and injury of the burgh of Aberdeen, and indeed of the whole northern province. Wherefore, they humbly petition the guardians' and magnates' esteemed discretion, earnestly entreating them to cause the tenor of the abovementioned charter, granted to the burgh of Aberdeen for the public benefit and the need of the burgesses of Aberdeen, to be observed unimpaired, if so it seem good, according to the privileges contained in their charter; so that no further loss or detriment may be inflicted upon them by reason of agitation or disturbance caused by the said burgesses of Montrose, and no matter of complaint be brought up against them on plea of injustice.
- Firm date
- Sunday 19 February 1290
- Dating Notes
- Sunday next before Lent, in the year of the Lord 1289
- Place date (modern)
- Banff
- Place date (document)
- Banff
- Related Place
- Banff
- Source for Data Entry
- Aberdeen Burgh Charters, 290-91, no. 2
- Trad. ID
- Abdn. Burgh Chrs., no. 2
- Calendar number
- 3/651/1
- Charter type
- Letter (correspondence)
- Referred to as letter patent
- yes
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- Same as Annals of Banff, p. 373.