Abbot and convent of Holy Cross of Edinburgh. King 1) The petitioners state that...

Petitioners

Abbot and convent of Holy Cross of Edinburgh.

Addressees

King

Nature of request

1) The petitioners state that they hold land called Le Cars rendering a rent to the king. It is ruined because many prises are made in the land by the garrisons of the castles of Edinburgh and Stirling, and the peel of Linlithgow, and the husbandmen are reduced to begging, so that they are unable to pay the farm. They request that it is ordered that the prises taken in the land are restored to them and their husbandmen so that they can pay the farm, or that the king order his chamberlain of Scotland to take the land into the king's hand, and the abbot and convent be acquitted since they will be unable to pay the farm.2) The petitioners further show that the sheriff of Edinburgh takes the tithes from their churches without prise or payment which they need for their sustenance, and they will not be able to be maintained by these grievances. They request remedy.1)

Nature of endorsement

Concerning the land which they held of the king, they should have a writ to the keeper and the chamberlain of Scotland that they should enquire of the truth; and if they find that the castellans of the king and his other bailiffs have taken their goods to the use of the king, they should have allowance in the farm, and let the takers of the goods be charged as they ought to be.2) As regards prises made by the sheriff of Edinburgh the king ordains a remedy in the manner of other bailiffs and ministers in Scotland.

Places mentioned

Le Cars [unidentified], [Stirlingshire, Scotland]

Edinburgh, [Midlothian, Scotland]

Estrivelin (Stirling), [Stirlingshire, Scotland]

Linlithgow, [West Lothian, Scotland].

For another petition by the same petitioners see SC 8/41/2024