People of Medieval Scotland
1093 - 1371

Transaction: Gift of land in Berwick (BWK)

Type of Transaction
Gift
From Source
3/632/1 (Melr. Lib., no. 181)
Firm date
undated
Dating Notes
William of Bernham, appears in the late 12th and early 13th century (<em>Melrose Liber</em>, i, no. 21; <em>Kelso Liber</em>, ii, no. 354)
Primary
yes
Dare
yes
Tenendas
in (free, pure and/or perpetual) alms
Tenendas original language
in liberam puram et perpetuam elemosinam
Exemptions
free from royal/forinsec service
Exemptions original language
adquietabimus predictis monachis predictam terram erga dominum regem et omnes homines in perpetuum
Sicut clause
Included
Warrandice
yes
Spiritual Benefits
Ancestors (pro anima); Any Spiritual Benefit; Self (pro salute anime); Successors (pro anima)
Witnesses in original, but not copied into cartulary
yes

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Role Name Name (original language) Name (translation) Floruits
Grantor Adam, violer (BWK) adam le vilure Adam the violer
Grantor Anne, wife of Adam the violer annes sponsa eius Anna, his wife
Beneficiary Melrose Abbey (fd.1136) beate marie de melros et monachis ibidem blessed Mary of Melrose and the monks there 1147 × 1309


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Type Name Original Text Related Place
BWK (Berwickshire) land in Berwick totam illam partem terre nostre in berwic super nesse Berwick