Alexander de Abirnethy (Abernethy). de Abirnethy (Abernethy) Alexander [Not specified.]...

Petitioners

Alexander de Abirnethy (Abernethy).

Name(s)

de Abirnethy (Abernethy), Alexander

Addressees

[Not specified.]

Nature of request

Alexander de Abirnethy states that custody of the whole land from the River Forth to the mountains of Scotland was granted to him by the present King Edward at Michaelmas in the thirty-first year of his reign, and because of this he has kept a retinue of sixty armed men, excluding foot-soldiers, when all his neighbours and peers have dismissed their retinues, so as to be able to take on any of the stronger men in his area of jurisdiction who might disturb the peace. He was also granted the shrievalties of Kincardine, Forfar and Perth at the feast of the Purification in the thirty-first year, with their clerks, constables, and other ministers, who have all served the king well. He requests an allowance for himself and his retinue, as the king sees fit, and also for his shrievalties and their ministers as other ministers of the king of the same condition receive.

Nature of endorsement

Coram consilio.He is to have a writ to the Keeper and Chamberlain that the Chamberlain is to account with him, and to inquire into his retinue and expenses, and the time when he received that custody, and according to what he finds he is to make satisfaction to him as can be agreed with him.

Places mentioned

River Forth, [Scotland]

Kincardineshire, [Scotland]

Forfarshire (Angus), [Scotland]

Perthshire, [Scotland]

Scotland.

For transcript, see p.5 of PRO 31/7/93

• Calendar of Close Rolls, Edw I, vol. V, 1302-1307, (Public Record Office, 1908), p.298 (instructions in accordance with endorsement of petition)
• Calendar of Documents Relating to Scotland, vol. II, 1272-1307, Ed. J. Bain, (Her Majesty's General Register House, 1884), no. 1694 (calendar of petition)
• Memoranda de Parliamento, or Records of the Parliament holden at Westminster, 25 Edw I, Ed. F.W. Maitland, (Rolls Series, vol. XCVIII, 1893), pp.195-7, no.327 (full edition of petition and of Latin summary on parliament roll)
• Rotuli Parliamentorum; ut et Petitiones, et Placita in Parliamento, vol. I, Edw I and Edw II, (Record Commission, 1783), p.473b, no.79 (full edition of original petition)
• The Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, Ed. Paul Brand, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson, Rosemary Horrox, W.M. Ormrod and J.R.S. Phillips, (Cambridge University Press, 2005), roll 12, appendix, no. 345 (full edition and translation)