Document 5/3/0 (SHS Misc. xi, 93-95, 121)
- Description
- Gaol delivery at Elgin, Saturday next after St James the Apostle’s day, 24 Edward I (28 July 1296)
130. Peter, merchant of Burgh, and William, merchant of Barnard Castle, were attached at the suit of the king for the robbery of lengths of cloth and wool. Robert Smith and John Ossor were attached for the robbery of flour. John de la Neyland was attached for the robbery of wool. All the aforenamed, attached at the suit of the king and charged, say that they bought the lengths of cloth, the wool and the flour in the king’s market, and that they did not acquire them by any other means. They put themselves on the country. The jurors say on their oath that Peter and the others are not guilty, therefore they are acquitted. (Acquitted)
131. Urgane and Hugh of Souththorp, attached at the suit of the king and charged with robberies and larcenies done in holy church, say that they are not guilty of the robberies and put themselves on the country. The jurors say on their oath that they are not guilty of the robberies. Therefore they are acquitted. (Acquitted)
132. Ieuan de Gelthygaer was attached for the death of a boy named John. Charged with this at the suit of the king he says that he is not guilty of the death of John and puts himself on the country. The jurors say on their oath that Ieuan is not guilty of the death of John. Therefore he is acquitted. (Acquitted)
133. Thomas Dun was attached for the robbery of books and vestments. Charged with this at the suit of the king he says that he found the books hidden in the ground and that he did not steal them. He puts himself on the country. The jurors say on their oath that Thomas stole the books and vestments in holy church. Therefore he is to be hanged. (To be hanged)
Pleas of the army at Elgin, Saturday next after St James’ day, 24 Edward I (28 July 1296)
175. William Francis was attached to answer Thomas, clerk of Elgin, on a plea of trespass. Whereon he complains that when he deposited 476 lamb pelts in the church of the blessed Mary of Inch in order to safeguard them from thieves, the pelts were taken and carried off and later found in the seisin of William. Thomas requested their return, but William refused to surrender them and illegally withholds them still, to Thomas’s damage etc. Thereon he brings suit. William comes and denies force and injury when etc. He says that he bought the pelts in Elgin from some unknown men on the preceding Thursday and he is ready to prove this. Later they are agreed by licence. William puts himself on the country. (Amercement 12d.)
- Firm date
- Saturday 28 July 1296
- Dating Notes
- Saturday next after St James the Apostle’s day, 24 Edward I
- Place date (modern)
- Elgin
- Place date (document)
- Elgyn
- Related Place
- Elgin
- Source for Data Entry
- C.J. Neville, ‘A plea roll of Edward I’s army in Scotland, 1296’, SHS Miscellany XI (1990), 7-133; some entries included in CDS, ii, no. 822
- Trad. ID
- SHS Misc. xi, 93-95, 121
- Calendar number
- 5/3/None
- Charter type
- English Royal Administration
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- CDS, ii, no. 822