Document 3/543/1 (NRS, RH 5/37)
- Description
- John, the man of the king of Castile, and master of the ship lost at ‘Inch Guala’, to King Alexander III, relating how they sailed from Bordeaux to London, and were driven by tempest to the isles of Innse Gall [the Hebrides], where they put in at harbour and remained 20 hours. Alan Rodric’s men came with the king’s sealed letter that the ship should go to a better port. When they went to Alan’s port, he took all the goods out of the ship, leaving only two men. The anchors and cables of the ship broke, and she was cast ashore. When the ship was broken up, Alan took all the goods. He asks King Alexander to do him justice in his court.
- Firm date
- 1285 X 19 March 1286
- Dating Notes
- x death of Alexander III
- Source for Data Entry
- NRS, RH 5/37
- Trad. ID
- NRS, RH 5/37
- Calendar number
- 3/543/1
- Charter type
- Letter (correspondence)
- Language
- Spanish
- Original (contemporary)
- yes
- Notes
- NRS, RH 5/37
In Castilian Spanish. Formerly TNA, C 47/22/5/23.