EN/EW/1766

verbatim

A Berewyk tient son parlement, et y feurent tous les Euesqes, Contes, et Barons, Abbes, et Priours, et les Souereignes de tout la commune gent, et la receut les homages de touz et serementz qils luy serroient bons et loialz. As gentz de ordre rendi tantost touz lour bens, et de lour tenantz / les Contes, et Barons, et Euesqes lessa il iouir de lour terres / mes eux vyndrent a la touz seintz au parlement a seint Esmond / Puis ordina le Conte de Gârane Gardein de la terre, Sire Hugh de Cressyngham Tresorer, Sire Wauter de Modeshem Chanceller, issi ordinant ses busoignes / demoura a Berewyk iij semaignes, et iij iours, et sen departi en alant vers Engleterre le Dymenge apres la seint Croiz.

summary

At Berwick he held a parliament to which all the bishops, earls, barons, abbots and priors, and the 'Souereignes' [suzerain lords?] of all the common people came and he received their homage that they would be good and loyal. [. . .] parliament at Bury St Edmunds? [. . .] stayed at Berwick for three weeks and three days, and then departed for England on the Sunday after the feast of the Holy Cross.

folio/page

281-2

charter period

None

charter date range

1296 - ??

document reference

DO/EW/1381