Document 1/5/68 (RRS, i, no. 192)

Description: King Malcolm to men of kingdom, commanding them that the abbot of Holyrood shall have his fugitive serfs, and no one is to detain them.
Firm date: 6 January 1161 X 13 September 1162
Dating Notes: Blessing of Abbot John of Kelso × death of Bishop Arnold of St Andrews.
Place date (modern): Edinburgh
Place date (document): Castellum Puellarum
Related Place: Edinburgh
Source for Data Entry: RRS, i, no. 192
Trad. ID: RRS, i, no. 192
Calendar number: 1/5/68
Charter type: Brieve
Language: Latin
Original (contemporary): yes
Document Image: See the Models of Authority website for an image of this charter with transcription, translation, etc.

Total number of associated factoids: 5

Transaction factoids (1) Title factoids (4)

Date	Short Summary	Primary	Witnesses
6 Jan. 1161 X 13 Sept. 1162	Commands that serfs of abbot of Holyrood not to be detained	yes	Arnold, bishop of St Andrews (d.1162); Geoffrey, abbot of Dunfermline (d.1178); John, abbot of Kelso (d.1180)

Date	Short Summary	Title Holder
6 Jan. 1161 X 13 Sept. 1162	king of Scots	Malcolm IV, king of Scots (d.1165)
6 Jan. 1161 X 13 Sept. 1162	bishop of St Andrews	Arnold, bishop of St Andrews (d.1162)
6 Jan. 1161 X 13 Sept. 1162	abbot of Kelso	John, abbot of Kelso (d.1180)
6 Jan. 1161 X 13 Sept. 1162	abbot of Dunfermline	Geoffrey, abbot of Dunfermline (d.1178)