Document 3/586/24 (Dryb. Lib., no. 106)
- Description
- Robert de Vaux has given, granted, and by his charter established to Dryburgh Abbey that land called ‘Stanyacre’ in the territory of Elbottle (ELO) next to the old castle from the west and 2 acres near the same ‘Stanyacre’ from the west, in free, pure and perpetual alms, free from service and secular exaction.
- Firm date
- circa 1212 X circa 1234
- Dating Notes
- known flourit of grantor
- Source for Data Entry
- Dryburgh Liber, no. 106
- Trad. ID
- Dryb. Lib., no. 106
- Calendar number
- 3/586/24
- Charter type
- Charter
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- NB. This is very likely Robert II de Vaux, lord of Gilsland, Cumberland, whose uncle Robert I founded Lanercost Priory, which had land at Kingston to the SE of Dirleton. Robert succeeded to Gilsland after the death of his father Ralph in 1199 and had custody of John II de Vaux of Dirleton after he became a hostage of King John in 1213. A Robert de Vaux also witnessed a charter of William Noble to Newbattle Abbey relating to Kingston, and the charter was confirmed by William I de Vaux of Dirleton (Newb. Reg., nos. 116, 117). It is perhaps noteworthy in this context that the place-name Gilsland survives to the present immediately SW of North Berwick (OS: NT 545 845), 2 km north of Kingston and about 3 km east of Dirleton Castle. Robert had been a ward of the archbishop of Canterbury after his father’s death and was imprisoned in 1212, probably for nonpayment; for these reasons it is likely that this charter dates from after that time. His last known appearance was evidently as sheriff of Devon in 1233-34. [Barrow, Anglo-Norman Era, 21, 196; CDS i, no. 574; The Register of the Priory of Wetherhal, ed. J.E. Prescott (London, 1897), 87-88n. ]