| Description | "Obligation by James I binding himself in the sum of 50,000 Merks to the Provosts, Baillies, and Communities of the 4 Burghs of Edinburgh, Perth, Dunde and Abirdeen; payment of which Sum to Henry King of England had been undertaken by them for their Sovereign's Liberation.
Dated at Durham, 26th March 1424."
(Text from Shaw's Inventory of the Charters and Papers relating to the City of Aberdeen, of 1851)
Includes a transcript of the Bond/Obligation, dated 16th February 1423/1424.
(Spalding Club's "Charters Relating to the Burgh of Aberdeen", page 22, number XVI.) |