Document 1/6/407 (RRS, ii, no. 440)

Description: King William announces that in dispute between Kelso and Melrose anent marches between Melrose and Bowden, he held a hearing at Melrose at which abbots, Osbert and William, agreed that king should cause an inquisition to be made; after which, in court at Selkirk, dispute was terminated by judgement in favour of Kelso Abbey
Firm date: Sunday 9 May 1204
Dating Notes: Sunday, after _Clausum Pascha_, 1204
Place date (modern): Selkirk
Place date (document): Selechirche
Related Place: Selkirk
Source for Data Entry: RRS, ii, no. 440
Trad. ID: RRS, ii, no. 440
Calendar number: 1/6/407
Charter type: Charter
Language: Latin

Total number of associated factoids: 13

Transaction factoids (4) Relationship factoids (1) Title factoids (7) Possession factoids (1)

Date	Short Summary	Primary	Witnesses
unavailable	Request that King William terminate the controversy between Kelso and Melrose Abbeys	no
14/Jan/1203	Preliminary hearing concerning controversy between Kelso and Melrose Abbeys	no	William I, king of Scots (d.1214)
Sunday 9 May 1204	Sentence of controversy between Kelso and Melrose Abbeys	yes
9/May/1204	Grant of certain land	no

Date	Short Summary	Subject	Object
Sunday 9 May 1204	Grandfather of William I, king of Scots (d.1214) (Familial relationship)	David I, king of Scots (d.1153)	William I, king of Scots (d.1214)

Date	Short Summary	Title Holder
Sunday 9 May 1204	king of Scots	William I, king of Scots (d.1214)
Sunday 9 May 1204	pope	Celestine III, pope (d.1198)
Sunday 9 May 1204	cardinal-priest of S. Stefano in Monte Celio	John of Salerno, cardinal-priest of S. Stefano in Monte Celio
Sunday 9 May 1204	abbot of Kelso	Osbert, abbot of Kelso (d.1203)
Sunday 9 May 1204	abbot of Melrose	William, abbot of Melrose (fl.1159-70)
Sunday 9 May 1204	king	David I, king of Scots (d.1153)
Sunday 9 May 1204	legate	John of Salerno, cardinal-priest of S. Stefano in Monte Celio

Date	Short Summary	Holder	Lord
Sunday 9 May 1204	Bowden (ROX)