Document 3/6/3 (Stringer, Earl David Acta, no. 34)
- Description
- David, brother of the king of Scots, to the bishop of Lincoln and the men of the earldom of Huntingdon; he granted to Holyrood Abbey the church of Great Paxton, Hunts., which King Malcolm gave them in perpetual alms, as his charter and the charter of King William attest and confirm.
- Firm date
- 1174
- Dating Notes
- 'The most likely date of the Holyrood confirmation is the eve of his campaign in England in 1174, when the canons would have been particularly anxious to secure ratification of their rights in Great Paxton from their new lord.' Stringer, _Earl David_, 238.
- Place date (modern)
- Haddington
- Place date (document)
- Hadintun
- Related Place
- Haddington
- Source for Data Entry
- Stringer, Earl David Acta, no. 34
- Trad. ID
- Stringer, Earl David Acta, no. 34
- Calendar number
- 3/6/3
- Charter type
- Brieve-Charter
- Language
- Latin
- Original (contemporary)
- yes
- Notes
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire Archives Office, Dean and Chapter records, Dij, 91/1/80.