People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Document 3/421/6 (Melr. Lib., no. 135)

Description
Anselm of Whitton has given and by this his charter established to Melrose Abbey, in perpetual alms, the land which the pasture [which] he and Glay, nepos of Robert Avenel, perambulated with the cellarer and brothers of the same house, by stated bounds. He gave this gift to them for the soul of Kings David and Earl Henry and King Malcolm and for the salvation of King William and his brother, David, and for his soul and his wife and his children. Additionally, he gave to them in perpetual alms his whole peatery which is between Mowhope and Berhope and ‘herdstrete’ which divides the land of Mow and [the land] of Hownam (ROX). Additionally, he gave to them, in perpetual alms, in his forest of Mowhope, a certain bushel of barley [which] one horse is able to carry to their grange of Hownam every year from Easter all the way to the nativity [of Saint Mary]. (damaged)
Firm date
9 December 1165 X 8 March 1185
Probable date
probably 1170s or 1180s
Dating Notes
ascension of King William x death of Robert Avenel; probable date suggested by the fact that several of the individuals who appear in the witness list also appear in _Melrose Liber_, i, no. 134. Peter persona of Morbattle appears between 1175 and 1186 (_SEA_, i, no. 103; _Glasgow Registrum_, no. 48)
Source for Data Entry
Melrose Liber, i, no. 135
Trad. ID
Melr. Lib., no. 135
Calendar number
3/421/6
Charter type
Charter
Language
Latin
Document Image
See the Models of Authority website for an image of this charter with transcription, translation, etc.

Total number of associated factoids: 18

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Date Short Summary Title Holder
9 Dec. 1165 X 8 Mar. 1185 abbot of Newbattle Unknown, abbot of Newbattle
9 Dec. 1165 X 8 Mar. 1185 persona of Morebattle Peter, persona of Morebattle
9 Dec. 1165 X 8 Mar. 1185 persona of Hownam William, persona of Hownam
9 Dec. 1165 X 8 Mar. 1185 cellarer of Melrose Unknown, cellarer of Melrose
9 Dec. 1165 X 8 Mar. 1185 king David I, king of Scots (d.1153)
9 Dec. 1165 X 8 Mar. 1185 Earl Henry, earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon (d.1152)
9 Dec. 1165 X 8 Mar. 1185 king Malcolm IV, king of Scots (d.1165)
9 Dec. 1165 X 8 Mar. 1185 king William I, king of Scots (d.1214)


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Date Short Summary Holder Lord
9 Dec. 1165 X 8 Mar. 1185 peatery near Hownam (ROX) Anselm of Mow/Whitton
9 Dec. 1165 X 8 Mar. 1185 forest of Mowhope (ROX) Anselm of Mow/Whitton