Confirmation by Robert I of a charter granted by Edward Bruce, King of Ireland, in favour of John of Carlton.

Item

Identifier: Ch.10670

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Refers to the lands of Dalmakeran, Karr, Enach, and Trevercrag in Carrick, in the period circa 1316-1318. Carlton was an ancestor of the Cathcarts of Killochan, and may have been the man in charge of the commissariat of Edward III`s army in 1327.

Dates

Creation: 26 July 1323.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, 1976.

Related Materials

The contents of the deed have been long available in calendar form from the note made by Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, from the lost sixth roll of the register of the Great Seal of Robert I. His version, printed in `Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum 1306-1424`, 1912, p 458, is to be found in Adv.MS.34.2.1b, folio 161.

Bibliography

See `Scottish Notes and Queries`. 3rd series, V, 1927, p 7. This deed is published in full, with a translation, in Sir William Fraser`s, `Annandale Family Book`, 1894, vol 1, p 132. It is reproduced in `Facsimiles of National Manuscripts of Scotland`, 1870, part 2, no XXIII, and it is noted by A A M Duncan in `The Acta of Robert I` in the Scottish Historical Review, vol 32, 1953, p 1.