Document 3/414/21 (NRS, GD 40/1/27)
- Description
- William of Moray, pantler (panetar) of Scotland, out of special love for the abbot and convent of Newbattle, has given, granted and by this his present script established to Newbattle Abbey two marks’ annual rent with its pertinents which he receives annually from the saltworks of the Carse of Stirling (STL) on the two yearly terminals, namely, Pentecost and Martinmas, having and holding in free and perpetual alms.
- Firm date
- circa 1284 X 27 April 1296
- Dating Notes
- Earliest mention of William Murray as ‘panetarius’ × battle of Dunbar, where Andrew Murray of Bothwell, the grantor’s brother, was captured. He died in English captivity.
- Source for Data Entry
- NRS, GD 40/1/27
- Trad. ID
- NRS, GD 40/1/27
- Calendar number
- 3/414/21
- Charter type
- Charter
- Language
- Latin
- Original (contemporary)
- yes
- Notes
- NRS, GD 40/1/27; This charter was apparently overlooked in the preparation of the Bannatyne Club edition of the Newbattle Abbey charters.