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Add Ch 76747
- Record Id:
- 040-002178878
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002178799
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000348.0x000205
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 76747
- Title:
- Grant of Alan of Thirlestane (son of Aelsi) to Melrose Abbey
- Scope & Content:
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Grant by Alan son of Elti (Ælfsige) to the church of St Mary, Melros [Melrose, co. Roxb.] of wax to provide a light before the altar, the cost to be met from land held of Alan by Howein son of Gillemihchel in Thirlestan [Thirlestane, co. Berwick].
Witnessed by Joscelin, Bishop of Glasgow, ——, Archdeacon of Glasgow, Aldred, parson of Loweden [Lauder, co. Berwick], Roger le Cras, Ralph le Cras (?), Peter de la Haga, Thomas de Wa, T Pincerna, William son of Pagan, Henry son of Baldwin. [1174-1199].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002178799
040-002178878 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 76671-76767 : PORTLAND CHARTERS: charters acquired with the Portland Papers (Add. MSS. 70001-70523), allocated to the British Library by…
Add Ch 76747 : Grant of Alan of Thirlestane (son of Aelsi) to Melrose Abbey - Hierarchy:
- 032-002178799[0073]/040-002178878
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 76671-76767
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Parchment leaf
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1175
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 17 Mar 1175-17 Mar 1199
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 235 × 140 mm.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Scotland.
Provenance:
William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland (b. 28 December 1857, d. 26 April 1943). Allocated to the British Library in May 1987, having previously been on deposit in the British Museum as Loan MS 29.
- Former Internal References:
- Loan MS 29/355
- Publications:
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The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Portland (London: Historic Manuscripts Commission, 1891), II, p. 1.
Models of Authority, 2015, http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/digipal/manuscripts/220/.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Alan, son of Elti
Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire