Grant of Land to Sir James Douglas in Marriage Portion, 1375
- Item sets
- Sources
- Name
- Grant of Land to Sir James Douglas in Marriage Portion, 1375
- Description
- Royal charter by Robert II of Scotland, conveying George de Dunbar's grant of one hundred librates of land in the Isle of Man to Sir James Douglas upon his marriage to Agnes de Dunbar. The grant is conditional on recovery of the island through warfare, peace agreement, or composition within forty years. This document illuminates 14th-century Manx tenure, Scottish royal involvement, and the feudal context predating the Revestment era.
- Date
- 1375
- Type
- Financial Data
- Collection
- Scottish and English Contention
- Type
- Primary Source Transcription
- Date Created
- 1375
- Creator
- George de Dunbar, Count of the Marches, lord of Annandale and Mann
- Audience
- Sir James de Douglas, knight, lord of Dalkeith, and Agnes de Dunbar
- Identifier
- Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, Ros. II
- Language
- Latin (original); English (transcription)