An index, drawn up about the year 1629, of many records of charters, granted by the different sovereigns of Scotland between the years 1309 and 1413, most of which records have been long missing : with an introduction, giving a state, founded on authentic documents still preserved, of the ancient records of Scotland, which were in that kingdom in the year 1292 to which is subjoined, indexes of the persons and places mentioned in those charters ... / Published at the desire of the Right Honourable Lord Frederick Campbell, lord clerk-register of Scotland ... By William Robertson, one of the deputies ... for keeping the records of Scotland ... with a view to ... a discovery of those ... missing.

Great Britain. General Register Office (Scotland)

Date:: 1798

Credit: An index, drawn up about the year 1629, of many records of charters, granted by the different sovereigns of Scotland between the years 1309 and 1413, most of which records have been long missing : with an introduction, giving a state, founded on authentic documents still preserved, of the ancient records of Scotland, which were in that kingdom in the year 1292 to which is subjoined, indexes of the persons and places mentioned in those charters ... / Published at the desire of the Right Honourable Lord Frederick Campbell, lord clerk-register of Scotland ... By William Robertson, one of the deputies ... for keeping the records of Scotland ... with a view to ... a discovery of those ... missing. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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of the Caflle of Edinburgh, and to the Clerk Regifler for Scotland, commanding them to deliver fuch records as were within the Caflle of Edinburgh, or any where elfe in Scotland, to certain perfons named in the writ, whom he had appointed to infpetf: and to invefligate fuch of them as had any relation to the claims of the competitors, or to himfelf and his kingdom ; and whom he had authorifed to receive thofe Records, and to convey the fame to a place which he had pointed out. In obedience to this order, many of the Records of Scotland appear to have been carried to Berwick-upon-Tweed, and to have been depofited there the 23d of Augufl, in the 20th year of the reign of King Edward I. viz. 1292. Of the Records thus conveyed to Berwick, there is a Catalogue flill preferved in the Chapter- houfe at Weflminfler. In the Index of the Inllruments in that Repofitory made up by Mr Agarde between the years 1603 and 1625, the title of that Catalogue is entered in thefe words, viz. “ In- “ dentura de Evidentiis Jocalibus et aliis inventis in Caflro de Edenburgh, 23. Augufli, et illinc u defertis ufque Berwick, 20 Edw. I.” I hat Catalogue was feen by the Editor in the Chapter-houfe at Weflminfler in September l793 > and it is printed in Sir Jofeph Ayloffe’s Calendars of ancient Charters (<2), in the following; words, feme inaccuracies of the prefs being here corrected, and a few obfervations added in the form of notes. The corrections are inclofed in parenthefes, and printed in Italic characters. CATALOGUS IV] UNI MENTOR UM qua* capta fuerunt in thefauria de Edenburg, in prefentia u Abbatum de Dumfermelyn & de Sandta Cruce Edenburgi, & johannis de Ly the- u granes Ballivi de Lincoln, & Thomae de Fifleburne, et Willielmi de Dumfreys “ cuflodis rotulorum regni Scotias, et depofita apud Berwick vicefimo tertio die u Augufli, anno 20 Edwardi Primi regis Anglise, per praeceptum ejufdem regis3 u fuperioris domini regni Scotiae. CHARTA Richardi regis Anglias facta Willielmo regi Scotiae de feodo recipiendo, eundo “ & redeundo ad curiam Anglise (Z>). Charta quod Alexander rex Scotise non inibit foedus cum inimicis Henrici regis Anglise, nec “ guerram procurabit. tf PraTato Epifcopo claves Phefaurarias, necnon hofliorum, domcrum, caftri predidti, archarum, ciftarum, et feriniorum il quorumeunque in quibus predidta munimenta, literae, rotuli, et caetera qualiacunque predidta inftrumenta tint recordata, u pri.di(,T;s Abbatibus, Johanni, Willielmo, et Thomae, cum eis ad hoc venire contigerit, liberetis ; in cujus, &c. ieile Rege apud Berewyk fuper Twed in Scotia, 12 die Augufti.” Prynne’s Collections, vol. 3, page 548. where we fee printed on the margin, “ Rot. Scotias, an. 19 et 20 E. I. m. 11. De Chartis, Scriptis, et aliis inilrumentis 6< tangentibus Regem et petentes jus in regno Scotke ferutandis et examinandis,” &c.

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