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Easson, Ph.D. Introduction ....... 3 Charters of Balmerino Abbey ... 5 Charter of Scone Abbey . .13 Charter of Inchcolm Abbey . .14 A LETTER OF JAMES III TO THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, Edited by C. A. J. Armstrong Introduction . .19 Letter ........ 28 THE ENGLISH ARMY AT FLODDEN, Edited by J. D. Mackie, C.B.E., LL.D. Introduction . .... 35 Documents . .; ... 73 LORD CHANCELLOR ■ GLAMIS AND THEODORE BEZA, Edited by Gordon Donaldson, Ph.D. Introduction . -. .89 Letter, Translation, and Answer . 95 DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD’S GRANDSON, Edited by Henrietta Tayler Introduction . .117 Documents ....... 125 PAPERS RELATING TO A RENFREWSHIRE FARM, 1822-30, Edited by George S. Pryde, Ph.D. Introduction ....... 139 Mutual Disposition and Settlement .148 Testament and Inventory . .152 Articles of Roup ...... 158 INDEX 163 vti A generous contribution from the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland towards the cost of producing this volume is gratefully acknowledged by the Council of the Society. MISCELLANEOUS MONASTIC CHARTERS Edited by D. E. EASSON, Ph.D. INTRODUCTION Of the following charters those belonging to the abbey of Balmerino were found among the Moray charters at Darnaway Castle, while the Scone charter is taken from a transumpt discovered at Darnaway in 1942.1 The Inch- colm charter is abstracted from the original among the Morton charters now lodged in H.M. General Register House. It was intended to include Coupar Angus items from the charters in the possession of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Wharncliffe, but these appear, from recent in- vestigation, to have been totally destroyed during the war. My thanks are due to the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Moray as well as to Dr. Gordon Donaldson and Mr. James Young for valued assistance. 1 Coupar Angus Charters (Scot. Hist. Soc.), i. p. 8 n. CHARTERS OF BALMERINO ABBEY I 1230. ClROGRAPHUM Anno Gracie m° . cc° . Tricesimo . In concilio . Apud Dunde facta fuit Hec Amicabilis Compositio Inter Ab- batem et conuentum de Aberbrothoch ex una parte et abbatem et conuentum de Sancto Edwardo de Balmurinach ex altera . Uidelicet quod dicti abbas et conuentus de Aberbrothihoch dimiserunt ad firmam dicto abbati et conuentui de Balmurinach de Sancto Edwardo inperpetuum ecclesiam de feuthmureue cum omnibus pertinentiis et Juribus et Libertatibus Sine aliqua exceptione et retene- mento ad eandem ecclesiam pertinentibus pro Quadraginta Marcis argenti . quas dictus abbas et conuentus de Sancto Edwardo de Balmurinach soluent annuatim dictis abbati et conuentui de Aberbrothoch . ad duos terminos . Scilicet medietatem ad pentecosten. et medietatem ad festum Sancti Martini . Predictus uero abbas et conuentus de Aberbrothoch respondebunt Domino Episcopo Sancti Andree et eius successoribus de omnibus Episcopalibus et aliis oneribus ad dictam ecclesiam de feuthmureue spec- tantibus. Ita tamen quod cappellanus qui eidem ecclesie deseruiet habebit unam bouatam terre in eodem territorio sibi assignatam per suas rectas diuisas . Sicut in initio huius conuentionis perambulata fuit . a . Domino Jocelino de Balendard. et Domino Nicholao de yneuirpefre coram Domino abbate de Aberbrothoch . et priore . et aliis probis hominibus Clericis et Laicis Hanc autem compositionem fideliter et sine malo ingenio inperpetuum seruandam . predict! abbates de assensu conuentuum suorum pro se et successoribus suis Coram domino W. episcopo Sancti andree affidauerunt. Et ad maiorem securitatem huic scripto in modum cyrographi confecto . cum sigillis utriusque partis 6 MISCELLANEOUS MONASTIC CHARTERS apposita sunt sigilla domini episcopi sancti andree et eius- dem loci capituli. Testibus . Domino . W. de Sancto Andrea . Domino W. de Glasgu . Domino . G. de aberden . Domino . G. de Breyhin . Domino . G. de Chathenis . Domino . O. de starthhern . Episcopis . Domino . J. de Lundoris . et Domino . W. de Quilinros . abbatibus . Magistro . L. et Magistro . W. de Sancto andrea . et de Dunkeld archi- diaconis . Magistro H. de Norberwich . et Magistro . W. de Grenlau . et multis aliis. One fragmentary seal remains ; tags intact. Endorse- ment faded. Moray Charters, Box 32, Div. V, Bundle I, No. 17. I Indenture recording an agreement, made in a council at Dundee in 1230, between the abbot and convent of Arbroath and the abbot and convent of Balmerino, whereby Arbroath leases to Balmerino in perpetuity the church of Feuthmureve for an annual payment of forty silver marks. Arbroath will be responsible to the bishop of St. Andrews for the episcopal dues of that church; and the chaplain serving it will have a bovate of land as perambulated by Sir Jocelin de Balendard and Sir Nicholas de Inverpeffer. This charter does not appear in Liber S. Marie de Balmorinach. It represents a hitherto unrecorded stage in the negotiations whereby the church of Fethmureve passed from the hands of Arbroath into those of Balmerino. See Campbell, Balmerino, pp. 123-4 ; and cf. Balmorinach, 9. The acquisition of this church by Balmerino was in accord- ance with the policy commonly pursued by a Cistercian com- munity, viz. the appropriation of a church situated in its lands (cf. Coupar Angus, i. p. xxxix). The land of Fethmure is men- tioned in a charter of Alexander n., 3 February, 1230/1, as one of the king’s grants to that abbey at its foundation (in 1229) (Balmorinach, 1). In concilio Apud Dunde: This council does not seem to be mentioned elsewhere. If it was a provincial council, it must have been one of the first to be held following the bull of Honorius m. (1225) which authorised the holding of such councils by the church in Scotland. Dimiserunt ad firmam . ecclesiam de feuthmureue . pro Quadraginta Marcis argenti : This was the church of Barry, in MISCELLANEOUS MONASTIC CHARTERS 7 Angus, bestowed upon Arbroath by William the Lion (Aber- brothoc, i. 21). The monks of Balmerino were relieved from this payment through the grant to Arbroath by Alexander n. of an equivalent amount from lands in Tarves (ibid., i. 102). Respondebunt . de omnibus Episcopalibus: In the final arrangement between the two houses, this provision remained (Balmorinach, 9). On 7 April, 1464, it was reiterated with the additional proviso that Arbroath would repair the choir of the church ‘ on this occasion only,’ while Balmerino, for an annual payment of twenty silver shillings, would uphold the choir thereafter (Aberbrothoc, ii. 152). Cappellanus qui eidem ecclesie deseruiet: The parish was after- wards served by a vicar-pensioner (the later medieval equi- valent of a parochial chaplain), who was presented by Arbroath (ibid., ii. 147, 323, 783). Jocelino de Balendard: The perambulation conducted by him is also mentioned, Aberbrothoc, i. 258. He witnesses the resignation of the church of Barry by Arbroath (Balmorinach, 9) and an undated charter of Henry Revel and Margaret, his spouse (RPSA., p. 271). See Carnegies, i. pp. xxiii-xxiv, for an account of this family as the ancestors of the Camegies. Nicholao de yneuirpefre: Witnesses charters of John de Scotia, earl of Chester and Huntingdon (RPSA., p. 241) as well as the charter of resignation of the church of Barry (Balmorinach, 9). According to Carnegies, i. p. xxiv, Nicholas’ land—Inverpeffer in Angus—-was in the parish of Arbirlot, adjoining the land of Jocelin de Balendard. Cf. Campbell, Balmerino, pp. 56-7. Domino W. de Sancto andrea (episcopo): William de Malvoisine, bishop of St. Andrews, 1202-38 (Dowden, Bishops, pp. 12, 13). Domino W. de Glasgu (episcopo): Walter, bishop of Glasgow, 1208-32 (ibid., p. 301). Domino G. de aberden (episcopo): Gilbert de Strivelyn, bishop of Aberdeen, 1228-39 (ibid., p. 103). Domino G. de Breyhin (episcopo): Gregory, bishop of Brechin, 1218-42 (?) (ibid., pp. 174-5). Domino G. de Chatenis (episcopo): Gilbert de Moravia (‘ St. Gilbert ’), bishop of Caithness, 1224-45 (?) (ibid., p. 235). Domino 0. de starthhern (episcopo): This is the only dated reference to Osbert, bishop of Dunblane. He held the see for some period between 1227 and 1231 (ibid., p. 196). Domino J. de Lundoris (abbate): John, second abbot of Lindores. See Lindores, p. 303. 8 MISCELLANEOUS MONASTIC CHARTERS Domino W. de Quilinros (abbate): William de Ramesei, abbot of Culross. His death in 1232 is recorded (Chron. Mailros, p. 142). See Inchcolm, p. 128. Magistro L. ... de Sancto andrea (archidiacono): For master Laurence, archdeacon of St. Andrews, see Coupar Angus, i. p. 48. Magistro W. ... de Dunkeld {archidiacono): Master William de Edenham, mentioned as archdeacon of Dunkeld, 1225 to 1245. See Inchcolm, p. 119. Magistro H. de Norberwich: Master Hugh de Northberwick witnesses a charter of William, bishop of St. Andrews, 1219-26 {Aberbrothoc, i. 151). Magistro W. de Grenlau: Master William de Greenlaw witnesses an agreement between the prior and archdeacon of St. Andrews in 1212 {RPSA., p. 316); is mentioned as holding the church of Kirkcaldy, c. 1220 {Dunfermelyn, 111, 225) ; and is present at the making of an agreement between St. Andrews and the nunnery of Haddington {RPSA., p.