Document 1/54/58 (RRS, vi, no. 60)

Description: David, king of Scots, has inspected and truly understood a charter of confirmation by his lord father [King Robert I, inspecting a charter of David I to Holyrood abbey] and has found it neither erased nor damaged [see RRS, v, no. 410]. He approves and confirms this charter. He further wills that they may have all their lands in free regality, and that the abbot and convent may appoint the chaplain of the chapel royal.
Firm date: 30 December 1342
Dating Notes: penultimate day of December, regnal year 14
Place date (modern): Dunfermline
Place date (document): monasterium de Dunfermelyne
Related Place: Dunfermline Abbey
Source for Data Entry: RRS, vi, no. 60
Trad. ID: RRS, vi, no. 60
Calendar number: 1/54/58
Charter type: Charter
Language: Latin
Original (contemporary): yes
Notes: Edinburgh council archives; Holyrood Liber, no. 95

Total number of associated factoids: 24

Transaction factoids (4) Relationship factoids (2) Title factoids (18)

Date	Short Summary	Primary	Witnesses
30 Dec. 1342	Inspection of charter of Robert I inspecting a charter of David I to Holyrood abbey	yes	Duncan (IV), earl of Fife (d.1353); John Randolph, earl of Moray, lord of Annandale and Man (d. 1346); Malcolm Fleming, earl of Wigtown (d. 1357x62); Maurice Murray, earl of Strathearn (d. 1346); Patrick (V), earl of Dunbar/March and Moray (d.1369); Robert [Stewart] II, king of Scots (d. 1390); Thomas de Chartres (Charteris), chancellor (d. 1346); William Landellis, bishop of St Andrews (d. 1385)
30 Dec. 1342	Concession of lands in free regality	yes
30 Dec. 1342	Concession of right to appoint chaplain in chapel royal	yes
30 Dec. 1342	Renewal of lands of Holyrood abbey	yes

Date	Short Summary	Subject	Object
30 Dec. 1342	Nepos (nephew/grandson) of David II, king of Scots (d. 1371) [Familial Relationship]	Robert [Stewart] II, king of Scots (d. 1390)	David II, king of Scots (d. 1371)
30 Dec. 1342	Chancellor of David II, king of Scots (d. 1371) [Employment Relationship]	Thomas de Chartres (Charteris), chancellor (d. 1346)	David II, king of Scots (d. 1371)

Date	Short Summary	Title Holder
30 Dec. 1342	king of Scots	David II, king of Scots (d. 1371)
30 Dec. 1342	Dominus (Seigneur - Lord - Sir)	Robert [Bruce] I, king of Scots (d.1329)
30 Dec. 1342	bishop of St Andrews	William Landellis, bishop of St Andrews (d. 1385)
30 Dec. 1342	Dominus (Seigneur - Lord - Sir)	William Landellis, bishop of St Andrews (d. 1385)
30 Dec. 1342	steward of Scotland	Robert [Stewart] II, king of Scots (d. 1390)
30 Dec. 1342	earl of Fife	Duncan (IV), earl of Fife (d.1353)
30 Dec. 1342	lord of Man	John Randolph, earl of Moray, lord of Annandale and Man (d. 1346)
30 Dec. 1342	earl of Moray	John Randolph, earl of Moray, lord of Annandale and Man (d. 1346)
30 Dec. 1342	lord of Annandale	John Randolph, earl of Moray, lord of Annandale and Man (d. 1346)
30 Dec. 1342	earl of March	Patrick (V), earl of Dunbar/March and Moray (d.1369)
30 Dec. 1342	chancellor (king's)	Thomas de Chartres (Charteris), chancellor (d. 1346)
30 Dec. 1342	knight	Robert [Stewart] II, king of Scots (d. 1390)
30 Dec. 1342	knight	Duncan (IV), earl of Fife (d.1353)
30 Dec. 1342	knight	John Randolph, earl of Moray, lord of Annandale and Man (d. 1346)
30 Dec. 1342	knight	Patrick (V), earl of Dunbar/March and Moray (d.1369)
30 Dec. 1342	knight	Maurice Murray, earl of Strathearn (d. 1346)
30 Dec. 1342	knight	Malcolm Fleming, earl of Wigtown (d. 1357x62)
30 Dec. 1342	knight	Thomas de Chartres (Charteris), chancellor (d. 1346)