People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Document 3/231/17 (CDS, ii, no. 885)

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Leaflet
Description
Letters by Simon Fraser, knight, making oath to serve the king in Scotland in the war against the king of France. He pledges his own person, his wife, his children, and everything he has to the will of the king; and his cousin, Sir Richard Fraser, has also become surety with him in the King's presence upon the same obligation.
Firm date
28 May 1297
Dating Notes
28th day of May in the 25th year of the reign of the lord king
Place date (modern)
Bramber
Place date (document)
Brembre
Related Place
Bramber
Source for Data Entry
TNA, E39/99/20; Palgrave, Docs, no. 104 (pp. 191-2); Foedera, i, ii, 866.
Trad. ID
CDS, ii, no. 885
Calendar number
3/231/17
Charter type
Letter (correspondence)
Language
French
Original (contemporary)
yes
Notes
TNA, E39/99/20 (calendared CDS, ii, no. 885).

Total number of associated factoids: 10

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Date Short Summary Primary Witnesses
28 May 1297 Promise and pledge to serve the king of England in the war against the king of France yes