Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (09 of 12): Edward the First, Surnamed Longshanks, the Eldest Sonne of Henrie the ThirdHolinshed, Raphael
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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (09 of 12): Edward the First, Surnamed Longshanks, the Eldest Sonne of Henrie the Third
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- Edward I, 1272-1307; Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
The recognising therefore made of the superioritie and submission of
grant to receiue that, which before the king of England should by law
be defined, the said king required to haue the castels, and the whole
land deliuered vnto his possession, that by peaceable seizine thereof
had, his right of superioritie now recognised by their letters and
writings, might be the more manifest and apparent to the whole world.
They streightwaies agréed to the kings request, and writings thereof
were made and confirmed with their seales, being written in French, as
followeth.
The copie of the second charter touching the possession of the land, in
French.
A tous iceulx, que ceste presente lettre verrunt ou orront, Florence
counte de Holland, Robert de Brus seigneur du Val Danand, Iehan de
Baliol seigneur de Galloway, Iehan de Hastings seigneur de Abergeuenny,
Iehan Comin seigneur de Badenaw, Patrique Dunbar counte de la Marche,
Iehan de Vescy, pour son pere, Nichol de Seules, & Guilaume de Ros,
saluz en dieu. Come nous aions otrie, & graunte, de nostre bonne
volunté, & commune assent sans nulle destresse, a noble prince sire
Edward, par la grace de Dieu, roy de Angleterre quil come souerein
seig. de la terre de Escoce puisse oir trier, & terminer nos chalenges,
& nos demandes, que nos entendons monstrer, & auerrer pur nostre droyt
en la reaume de Escoces & droyt receiuer deuant luy, come souerein
seigneur de la terre, promettons ia lemains que son fait auerons &
tendrons ferme & estable, & qu'il emportera le reaume, a qui droyt le
durra deuant luy.
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