EN/EW/2510

verbatim

Robertus Dei gratia rex Scottorum omnibus ad quorum notitiam presentes litere peruenerint salutem . Sciatis quod concessimus et dedimus reuerendo in Christo patri Gilberto episcopo Aberdonensi cancellario nostro vnam crucem argenteam in qua continetur quedam pars ligni crucis beati Andree apostoli . duos pannos vnum videlicet laneum de Arras de historia oblationis trium regum de Colonia ad beatam Virginem et alium lineum pannum pictum cum bestijs et volatilibus . et vnum magnum portiforium que fuerunt quondam domini Walteri vltimi episcopi sancti Andree et que ad nos pertinent iure regio per mortem dicti quondam Episcopi vna cum omni iure et clameo que nos habemus vel habere poterimus in eisdem . Datum sub sigillo nostro secreto quarto die mensis Maij apud Eliotston anno millesimo quadringentesimo tertio et regni nostri anno quarto decimo .

summary

Robert II grants to Gilbert, bishop of Aberdeen, chancellor, a silver cross in which is contained a certain piece of wood of the cross of St Andrew the apostle; two cloth hangings, one an Arras cloth of the story of the offering of the Three Kings of Cologne to the blessed Virgin, and the other a linen cloth painted with beasts and birds; and a large breviary, which {all} belonged to the late lord Walter last bishop of St Andrews and which now pertain to the king by royal law through the death of the said bishop.

folio/page

208

charter period

None

charter date range

4/5/1403 - ??

document reference

DO/EW/1921