Document 3/311/4 (Kel. Lib., no. 88)
- Description
- John of Keith, the marischal, states that the controversy which was stirring for some time between him, on the one part, and the abbot and convent of Kelso, on the other, regarding a certain part of the land of Keith, by stated bounds, which include the monk's wood, finally, by this following form, has been put to rest in a friendly manner, namely that John renounced in perpetuity all his rights which he was said to have in the aforesaid lands, and he granted the same lands to the said monks to be held in perpetuity. Additionally, he granted to Kelso Abbey and by this his charter established, in free, pure and perpetual alms, the church of Keith (i.e. Keith-Humbie) (ELO) with all the land and forest pertaining to the same church, by the bounds contained in the charter of his father, Hervey, the marischal. Additionally, he granted to the said monks the freedom to have a mill pond in the said land, [and] to strengthen [and] make a bridge all the way to the church of their land of Humbie. And additionally, he granted to them and their men remaining in the said land of Keith the commons and easements of his land of Keith as contained in the charter of his father.
- Firm date
- circa 1250 X 1270
- Dating Notes
- deaths of Hervey and John (_Scots Peerage_, vi, pp. 28-29)
- Source for Data Entry
- Kelso Liber, i, no. 88
- Trad. ID
- Kel. Lib., no. 88
- Calendar number
- 3/311/4
- Charter type
- Charter
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- While this charter is the result of an agreement, the document is in charter form and is written in first-person voice on the part of the grantor. MHH