People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Document 1/27/0 (CDS, ii, no. 1066)

Description
The king commands his lieges Patrick, earl of Dunbar, and John of Kingston, constable of Edinburgh Castle, to inquire by a jury of Berwick, Roxburgh and Edinburgh into charges brought by Joanna de Clare, countess of Fife against Herbert de Morham of Scotland, that is, that while she and her retinue under the king’s safe conduct were on their way to England, he laid wait for them between Stirling and Edinburgh, and took her by force to his brother Thomas’s house of Gertranky, where he imprisoned her because she would not consent to marriage with him, under her oath to the king not to marry without his licence, and seized her jewels, horses, robes and goods, to the value of £2,000, to her grave loss and scandal, and in contempt of the king, who is greatly commoved thereat. They are to make the inquiry in presence of the accused persons, Herbert being brought under safe conduct from Edinburgh Castle to the trial, and taken back at its close.
Firm date
22 April 1299
Place date (modern)
Westminster
Related Place
Westminster
Source for Data Entry
CDS, ii, no. 1066
Trad. ID
CDS, ii, no. 1066
Calendar number
1/27/None
Charter type
Brieve
Language
Entered from an English summary

Total number of associated factoids: 10

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Date Short Summary Primary Witnesses
22 Apr. 1299 Command to inquire into charges brought by Joan de Clare yes


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Date Short Summary Holder Lord
22 Apr. 1299 House of Gertranky Thomas of Morham, knight