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THE KNIGHTS OF ST JOHN
Salomonis de Jherusalem. iuste habeant meam firmam pacem. et
Communionem cum Omnibus Hominibus nostris emendi et uenden-
di mercata sua. Et ubicunque in tota terra mea uenerint. sint quieti de
Cano, et Teleoneo. et passagio. et Omnibus aliis Rectitudinibus et
Consuetudinibus. Et nullus eis iniuriam facial, uel fieri consentiat.
super meam defensionem. Et ubicunque in tota terra mea ad
iudicium uenerint. causa eorum prima tractetur. et prius Rectum
suum habeant. et postea faciant. Et nullus ponat hominem pre-
dictorum fratrum nostrorum ad foueam iudicij si uoluerint eum
domini uel uicini sui plegiare. nisi fuerit fur probatus. et furtum
reddens, super meum forisfactum. et omnes libertates et Con-
suetudines quas ipsi per alias Regiones habent. in terra mea ubique
habeant. Et nullus namum aliquem super eos. uel super eorum
homines pro aliquo forisfacto capiar. nisi pro suo dominico
forisfacto. super meam plenariam forisfacturam. Et si quis eorum
pecuniam extra terram suam nescienter ceperit. uel capere fecerit.
predictis fratribus cito. et sine mora. sine ullo forisfacto reddatur
Testibus. Roberto. Electo Rosense. Willelmo. de Boscho. Cancel-
lario meo. Comite, malcolmo. de fif. Philippo. de Valoniis.
Camerario. meo. Roberto, de London’, fratre meo. Thoma. de
Coleuill’. Thoma. de Lundin’. hostiario. m[eo Wjaltero.® Cum’.6
Dauid. de Hasting’, malcolmo. pincerna. Apud Luffenach. xx. die
marcij
description: Original. Parchment (now mounted), 20x 18cm.,
folded to a depth of 2cm., slit for tag; stump of tag (2cm. wide)
survives, but no trace of seal remains.
source: sro, GD 119/2
printed: Abstract in RRS, i, 281-2; facsimile, transcript and
translation in G. G. Simpson, Scottish Handwriting, 1150-1650
(1973), no.4.
textual notes: a. small hole in parchment, b. sic, presumably
for Waltero Cumin.
comments: The year is fixed by the death of Philip de Valognes
in November 1215. This is the earliest surviving confirmation of the
liberties of the Templars by a Scottish king, though it makes clear
that Alexander’s three immediate predecessors had all granted them
charters of liberties. Professor Barrow comments that the liberties
THE KNIGHTS OF ST JOHN
Salomonis de Jherusalem. iuste habeant meam firmam pacem. et
Communionem cum Omnibus Hominibus nostris emendi et uenden-
di mercata sua. Et ubicunque in tota terra mea uenerint. sint quieti de
Cano, et Teleoneo. et passagio. et Omnibus aliis Rectitudinibus et
Consuetudinibus. Et nullus eis iniuriam facial, uel fieri consentiat.
super meam defensionem. Et ubicunque in tota terra mea ad
iudicium uenerint. causa eorum prima tractetur. et prius Rectum
suum habeant. et postea faciant. Et nullus ponat hominem pre-
dictorum fratrum nostrorum ad foueam iudicij si uoluerint eum
domini uel uicini sui plegiare. nisi fuerit fur probatus. et furtum
reddens, super meum forisfactum. et omnes libertates et Con-
suetudines quas ipsi per alias Regiones habent. in terra mea ubique
habeant. Et nullus namum aliquem super eos. uel super eorum
homines pro aliquo forisfacto capiar. nisi pro suo dominico
forisfacto. super meam plenariam forisfacturam. Et si quis eorum
pecuniam extra terram suam nescienter ceperit. uel capere fecerit.
predictis fratribus cito. et sine mora. sine ullo forisfacto reddatur
Testibus. Roberto. Electo Rosense. Willelmo. de Boscho. Cancel-
lario meo. Comite, malcolmo. de fif. Philippo. de Valoniis.
Camerario. meo. Roberto, de London’, fratre meo. Thoma. de
Coleuill’. Thoma. de Lundin’. hostiario. m[eo Wjaltero.® Cum’.6
Dauid. de Hasting’, malcolmo. pincerna. Apud Luffenach. xx. die
marcij
description: Original. Parchment (now mounted), 20x 18cm.,
folded to a depth of 2cm., slit for tag; stump of tag (2cm. wide)
survives, but no trace of seal remains.
source: sro, GD 119/2
printed: Abstract in RRS, i, 281-2; facsimile, transcript and
translation in G. G. Simpson, Scottish Handwriting, 1150-1650
(1973), no.4.
textual notes: a. small hole in parchment, b. sic, presumably
for Waltero Cumin.
comments: The year is fixed by the death of Philip de Valognes
in November 1215. This is the earliest surviving confirmation of the
liberties of the Templars by a Scottish king, though it makes clear
that Alexander’s three immediate predecessors had all granted them
charters of liberties. Professor Barrow comments that the liberties
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