Document 1/53/513 (RMS, i, App. 1, no. 8)
- Description
- Robert, by the grace of God, king of Scots, has given his beloved and faithful Hugh of Ross knight, and his beloved sister Matilda, his spouse, in free marriage, the land of Nairn with burgh, by the bounds by which he held it when it was a sheriffdom in the time of Alexander III, with barons and freeholders within the aforesaid land having baronies and lands; holding of Thomas Randolph earl of Moray in feu and heritage, in free barony, as any land granted in free marriage according to the law of the realm may be held; saving the right of regality to the earl, as in the lands of the earldom of Moray which he possesses, and saving to the aforesaid barons the liberties of their baronies as any of their peers hold of an earl; saving also to his faithful bishops, abbots and other clerks their estates; for service owed and wont to the aforesaid earl; when the time comes that service should be made, and suit of his court of Elgin at a single pleas.
- Firm date
- 25 March 1306 X 28 January 1323
- Probable date
- 24 June 1314 ×
- Dating Notes
- 25 March 1306 × 28 Jan. 1323, prob. 24 June 1314 × (inauguration × death of William, earl of Ross, and succession of Hugh; prob. after battle of Bannockburn).
- Source for Data Entry
- RMS, i, App. 1, no. 8
- Trad. ID
- RMS, i, App. 1, no. 8
- Calendar number
- 1/53/513
- Charter type
- Charter
- Language
- Latin
- Document type notes
- Roll II; Index, no. 54