Document 3/469/3 (Melr. Lib., no. 221)
- Description
- Philip of Pitcox, with a good spirit, has granted to the monks of Melrose that they may cross the brook called Pressmennan Burn, which is the boundary between him and the same monks, because damage was often being done to their meadows and crops; the crossing is given by stated bounds; the whole of this land and meadow that is contained within the aforesaid crossing towards the monks (i.e. land in Stenton, ELO) he has given, granted and made firm by this his charter to Melrose Abbey, in free, pure and perpetual alms, for the salvation of his lord, Earl Patrick, and his heirs and for the salvation of his soul, his wife and all their relatives, quit and unbound from all terrestrial service, custom and secular exaction.
- Firm date
- 1182 X 31 December 1232
- Probable date
- early 13th century, possibly as late as 22 Jan 1260
- Dating Notes
- probably produced around the same time as _Melrose Liber_, i, nos. 218-20; possible date suggested by the fact an Adam, cellarer of Melrose, became abbot of Newbattle on 22 January 1260
- Source for Data Entry
- Melrose Liber, i, no. 221
- Trad. ID
- Melr. Lib., no. 221
- Calendar number
- 3/469/3
- Charter type
- Charter
- Language
- Latin
- Original (contemporary)
- yes
- Notes
- NAS, GD 55/221
- Document Image
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