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Cotton Ch XVIII 36

Record Id:
040-003368337
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003202582
MDARK:
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LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton Ch XVIII 36
Title:
Inquest of John, persona of Pencaitland; Ralph Niger, dean of Lothian (fl.1214×27-35×38); Richard of Kelso, rector of Kinghorn; and Robert, persona of Methven, on the Church of St Mary, Haddington
Scope & Content:

Ralph, dean of Lothian, John, persona of Pencaitland, Robert, persona of Methven, and Richard of Kelso, rector of the church of Kinghorn, announce that they have carried out an inquest into the vicarage revenues of Haddington, with the authority of William, bishop of St Andrews, in the presence and with the consent of David of Berwick, then vicar. In particular, oblations, obventions of the living and the dead in the whole parish, as much from chapels as the mother church, and all teinds of the business of the burgesses and other traders, all contractors, all teinds of curtilage and from wall-spaces within the burgh, with half the teinds of hay, the same portions paid by the vicar, having been assigned by the authority of the said Sir William towards the maintenance of all episcopal burdens and synodals touching the said church, saving to the prior and convent of St Andrews all other small teinds and things coming to the church, with the teinds of wheat.

With tags for three seals, one surviving intact and one fragmentary.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Cotton Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003202582
040-003368337
Is part of:
Cotton Ch : Cotton Charters

 

Cotton Ch XVIII 36 : Inquest of John, persona of Pencaitland; Ralph Niger, dean of Lothian (fl.1214×27-35×38); Richard of Kelso, rector of…
Hierarchy:
032-003202582[0070]/040-003368337
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:

Parchment leaf

Digitised Content:
Languages:
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1225
End Date:
1238
Date Range:
1225-1238
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 165 × 130 mm.

Script: Gothic.

Custodial History:

Origin: Scotland.

Provenance:

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (b. 1571, d. 1631), 1st baronet, antiquary and politician. Cotton’s collection was augmented by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton (b. 1594, d. 1662), 2nd baronet, and his grandson, Sir John Cotton. Sir John Cotton (b. 1621, d. 1702), 3rd baronet: bequeathed the entire Cotton collection of books and manuscripts to trustees ‘for Publick Use and Advantage’, 12 and 13 William III, c. 7. Formed one of the foundation collections of the British Museum in 1753.

Publications:

Models of Authority, 2015, http://www.modelsofauthority.ac.uk/digipal/manuscripts/223/.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)