Document 5/3/0 (CDS, v, no. 325)
- Description
- Letter from John de Botecourt, justice of Galloway and keeper of Lochmaben and Dumfries, to James of Dalilegh, king’s clerk in those parts, on the king’s behalf, he orders Dalilegh to pay the wages of 50 men at arms, of which 6 are knights, 26 crossbowmen, 80 archers, 2 workmen, 2 porters, 2 carpenters and 2 artillery surveyors, from 1 May 1303 for as long as they stay in the castles of Dumfries and Lochmaben, where they have been ordered to remain. He also orders him to account with John de St John, banneret, for wages due to himself, his 2 bachelors and 12 squires from 13 Dec. 1302 to April. 1303, and with Richard Siward for the wages of himself, his bachelors and 8 squires, staying for the keeping of Lochmaben castle, from 1 Nov. to 13 Dec. 1302. Dalilegh will have due allowance for these payments in his account.
- Firm date
- 1 May 1303
- Place date (modern)
- Lochmaben
- Related Place
- Lochmaben
- Source for Data Entry
- CDS, v, no. 325
- Trad. ID
- CDS, v, no. 325
- Calendar number
- 5/3/None
- Charter type
- English Royal Administration
- Language
- Entered from an English summary
- Original (contemporary)
- yes
- Notes
- TNA E101/10/20/5