Document 2/77/8 (CDS, ii, no. 1981)

Description: The abbot and convent of Melrose pray the king and council for maintenance of the right and franchises of their church in land in Eskdale, granted by the ancestors of Sir Nicholas of Graham, confirmed by many Scottish kings and the court of Rome, in free alms, but from which Sir Nicholas and Sir John his son have ejected their people and imprisoned them, against the king’s peace.
Firm date: 1300 X 1307
Source for Data Entry: CDS, ii, no. 1981
Trad. ID: CDS, ii, no. 1981
Calendar number: 2/77/8
Charter type: Petition
Language: Entered from an English summary

Total number of associated factoids: 8

Transaction factoids (4) Relationship factoids (1) Title factoids (2) Possession factoids (1)

Date	Short Summary	Primary
unavailable	Gift (?) of land in Eskdale (DMF)	no
unavailable	Confirmation of land in Eskdale (DMF)	no
unavailable	Confirmation of land in Eskdale (DMF)	no
1300 X 1307	Petition for maintenance of right and franchises of church in Eskdale	yes

Date	Short Summary	Subject	Object
1300 X 1307	Son of Nicholas Graham (Familial relationship)	John Graham, knight, son of Nicholas Graham (d. 1337)	Nicholas Graham, knight (d.1306)

Date	Short Summary	Title Holder
1300 X 1307	Dominus (Seigneur - Lord - Sir)	Nicholas Graham, knight (d.1306)
1300 X 1307	Dominus (Seigneur - Lord - Sir)	John Graham, knight, son of Nicholas Graham (d. 1337)

Date	Short Summary	Holder	Lord
1300 X 1307	Land in Eskdale	Melrose Abbey (fd.1136)