EN/EW/2805

verbatim

PATEAT vniversis per presentes nos Johannem miseracione diuina ecclesie Morauiensis ministrum humilem vidisse inspexisse et ex integro perlegisse quandam cartam serenissimi principis domini Villelmi quondam Regis Scottorum {. . .} WILLELMUS Dei gratia Rex Scocie {. . .} Sciant presentes et futuri me dedisse et concessisse et hac carta mea confirmasse deo et ecclesie Sancte Marie de Kynlos et monachis ibidem Deo seruientibus quinque plenaria tofta in liberam et puram et perpetuam elemosinam {. . .} Datum apud Spyni in festo decollacionis Sancti Johannis Baptiste anno domini millesimo tricentesimo quinquagesimo quinto.

summary

John, bishop of Moray, has seen and inspected a certain charter of William, once king of Scots, granting to God and the church of St Mary of Kinloss and the monks serving God there, five tofts in pure and perpetual alms. Bishop John confirms this. Charter is dated at Spynie on the feast of the decollation of St John the Baptist in 1355.

folio/page

124-5

charter period

None

charter date range

29/8/1355 - ??

document reference

DO/EW/2062