Category Archives: Feature of the Month

September 2012 – Dervorguilla of Galloway

Dervorguilla, daughter of Alan of Galloway and Lady of Balliol Amanda Beam, Research Associate[1]   There are many reasons to choose Dervorguilla de Balliol as our featured person of the month. She was the daughter of a leading noble in … Continue reading

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August 2012 – A dower case in Northumberland

A complicated case of dower lands in Northumberland Amanda Beam, Research Associate[1]   This feature of the month focuses on a complex case found in the Curia Regis rolls in the 1220s in Northumberland, a case that draws attention to … Continue reading

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July 2012 – The ‘deposition clause’ in the Declaration of Arbroath

Rereading the ‘deposition clause’ in the Declaration of Arbroath[1] Dauvit Broun (Principal Investigator)   In late 1319 and early 1320 papal pressure on Robert I (Bruce) and his government to submit to Edward II of England was at its most … Continue reading

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June 2012 – Downfall and punishment of Robert de Ros

The downfall and punishment of Robert de Ros David Carpenter, Co-Investigator   In the course of 1254-1255, some very disturbing news began to reach King Henry III. It was about the treatment of his daughter, Margaret. In 1251, at the … Continue reading

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May 2012 – English law and the unification of Scotland

English law and the unification of Scotland Dauvit Broun, Principal Investigator   The standard account of Scotland’s beginnings tells how the kingdom of Alba north of the Forth gradually expanded in the tenth and eleventh centuries to include most of … Continue reading

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April 2012 – Scottish claims to land in Warwickshire

From Mar to the English midlands: the case of a Scottish couple pursuing claims to land in Warwickshire, 1224–1227 Dauvit Broun, Principal Investigator   One of the outcomes of The Breaking of Britain will be a completely new database about … Continue reading

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March 2012 – Women in the Ragman Roll, pt. 2

Women in the Ragman Roll: part two Matthew Hammond   Last month’s feature discussed women whose fealties to King Edward I were recorded in the Ragman Roll. All of the 77 or so women who swore fealty to Edward I … Continue reading

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February 2012 – Women in the Ragman Roll, pt. 1

Women in the Ragman Roll: part one Matthew Hammond By the numbers The Ragman Roll records the acts of swearing fealty by 76 or 77 women.[1] Despite the fact that this is out of a total of between 1638 and … Continue reading

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January 2012 – How many people are in the Ragman Roll?

How many people are in the Ragman Roll? Matthew Hammond In the previous two features of the month, John Reuben Davies explained the process by which the Ragman Rolls were produced and discussed the nature of the oaths taken by … Continue reading

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December 2011 – The texts of the Ragman Roll

The Making of the Ragman Roll: the texts John Reuben Davies, Research Associate   During the late spring and summer of 1296, Edward I advanced through Scotland receiving the landholders of the kingdom into his peace as they performed fealty … Continue reading

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