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
Mes pour ce que lauandict roy de Ang. ne puist nulle manier conusance
faire ne a complier sauns iugement, ne iugement doit estre sauns
execution, ne execution ne peult il faire duement, sauns la possession,
& seysine de mesme la terre, & de chasteaux. Nous volons, otrions, &
grantons, qu'il come souereine seigneur, a parfaire les choses auant
dictes, ait la seysine de toute la mesme terre, & de chasteaux de
Escoce, tant que droyt soit feit & perfourme, as demandans en tiel
maniere, que auant ceo qu' il eit le seysine auant dict face bone
seurte, & suffisante as demandants & as gardiens, & a la commune
du reaume d' Escoce, a faire la reuersion de mesme le reaume, & de
chasteaux, oue toute la royauté, dignité, seignourie, franchises,
coustomes, droitures, leys, vsages, & possessions, & touz manieres des
apurtenances, en mesme le estate, quils estoient quant la seysine luy
fust bailleé, & liuereé a celuy que le droyt emportera par iugem[=e]t
de sa royauté, sauue au roy d' Anglterre le homage de celuy, qui serra
rey. Yssint quela reuersion soit feit dedans les deux moys apres le
iour que le droyt sera trieé & affirme. Et que les yssues de mesme
la terre en le moyne temps resceus, soient sauuement mis en depos &
bien gardées par la main le chamberleyn d' Escoce que ore est, & de
celuy qui serra assigne a luy de par le rey d' Angleterre, & de sous
leur seaus sauue renable sustinance de la terre, & des chasteaux &
des ministres du royaume. En testimoigne de cestes choses auandicts,
nous auons mis nos seaules a ceste escript. Fait & donné a Norham le
mecredie prochein apres l'Ascension, l'an de Grace, 1291.
The same in English.
To all them that these present writings shall sée or heare, Florence
earle of Holland, Robert le Bruce lord of Annandale, Iohn de Balioll
lord of Galloway, Iohn Hastings lord of Abergeuenny, Iohn Comin lord
of Badenaw, Patrike de Dunbarre the earle of March, Iohn de Vescy in
stead of his father, Nicholas de Sules, William de Ros, send gréeting
in our lord. Bicause that of our good will and common assent, without
all constraint, we doo consent and grant vnto the noble prince the lord
Edward, by the grace of God king of England, that he as superiour lord
of Scotland, may heare, examine, define and determine our claimes,
chalenges, and petitions, which we intend to shew and prooue for
our right, to be receiued before him as superiour lord of the land,
promising moreouer, that we shall take his déed for firme and stable,
and that he shall inioy the kingdome of Scotland, whose right shall by
declaration best appeare before him.
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