Document 3/12/38 (Arb. Lib., no. 319)

Description: Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan, constable of Scotland, gives notice that he is bound to Arbroath Abbey for one half mark of silver yearly in return for a certain piece of their land in their holding of Tarves (ABD), within his park of Kelly (ABD), paying the monks each year on Whitsun at Tarves, beginning on Whitsun, 1287, for the provision of two burning wax candles in front of the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the monastery of Arbroath.
Firm date: 14 March 1287
Dating Notes: Friday after the feast of St Gregory the Pope, 1286.
Place date (modern): Arbroath
Place date (document): Aberbrothoc
Related Place: Arbroath
Source for Data Entry: Arbroath Liber, i, no. 319
Trad. ID: Arb. Lib., no. 319
Calendar number: 3/12/38
Charter type: Charter
Language: Latin

Total number of associated factoids: 6

Transaction factoids (1) Title factoids (3) Possession factoids (2)

Date	Short Summary	Primary	Witnesses
14 Mar. 1287	Obligation to pay half mark yearly for land in Tarves (ABD)	yes

Date	Short Summary	Title Holder
14 Mar. 1287	earl of Buchan	Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan (d.1289)
14 Mar. 1287	Constable of Scotland	Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan (d.1289)
14 Mar. 1287	king	Alexander III, king of Scots (d.1286)

Date	Short Summary	Holder	Lord
14 Mar. 1287	Holding (tenement) of Tarves (ABD)	Arbroath Abbey (fd.1178)
14 Mar. 1287	Park of Kelly (ABD)	Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan (d.1289)