Richenda, daughter of Humphrey of Berkeley, in the free power of her widowhood, of her free will, has given, granted, and by this her charter established to Roger Wyrfauch, all that land that was Hugh son of Waltheof’s, in the territory of Conveth (now Laurencekirk, KCD), in feu and heritage, by its right bounds, with common pasture of Scotston (KCD), with merchets and blodwites and all its other just pertinents, easements and escheats, free and quit from all service, saving the forinsec service of the lord king, for which she or her attorneys will respond, as pertains to a half davoch, and saving to herself her multure of that land, as pertains to Mill of Conveth (KCD), for an annual render of one pound of pepper on Pentecost. She has sworn on the Holy Gospels and has subjected herself to the jurisdiction of the bishop of St Andrews or his archdeacon.
Firm date
1242 X 9 March 1251
Probable date
prob. 1245 × 9 Mar. 1251
Dating Notes
Last attestation of Robert son of Warnebald × royal confirmation (_St Andrews Liber_, 334-5); Robert almost certainly died in 1245.
Source for Data Entry
St Andrews Liber, 285-6
Trad. ID
St A. Lib., 285-6
Calendar number
3/83/15
Charter type
Charter
Language
Latin
Original (contemporary)
yes
Notes
NLS, Adv. MS 15.1.18, no. 61
Confirmed by King Alexander III, 9 Mar. 1251 (1/8/4).