People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Document 1/7/305 (RRS, iii, no. 298)

Description
King Alexander II for Friars Preachers of Edinburgh; has given site of king's manor house (in Edinburgh), with entry called Venel, and licence to construct houses or buildings.
Firm date
7 June 1244
Dating Notes
7th day of June, regnal year 11 (sic): the regnal year given in the source, the eleventh, is clearly wrong, since the second witness Earl William of Mar did not succeed to the earldom until 8 Apr. 1242
Place date (modern)
Holyrood Abbey
Place date (document)
Sanctam Crucem
Related Place
Holyrood Abbey
Source for Data Entry
RRS, iii, no. 298
Trad. ID
RRS, iii, no. 298
Calendar number
1/7/305
Charter type
Charter
Language
Latin
Document type notes
Formerly H1/7/301; Handlist, no. 268

Total number of associated factoids: 6