From People of Medieval Scotland
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Durham Cathedral Archives, Durham

From People of Medieval Scotland
W. Rex Scottorum . Iusticiis Vicecomitibus . et Omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre sue | salutem . Mando et firmiter precipio ut ubicumque extra mea dominia prior de | Coldincham aut seruientes sui inuenerint fugitiuos et natiuos homines | de terris suis de Coldincham et Coldinchameschire eos iuste habeant . et prohibeo | firmiter ne quis eis quemquam ex hominibus illis iniuste detineat super | meum forisfactum . Testibus . Ricardo Cumin . Roberto de Costentin . Iohanne de Vallibus . hugone clerico . Ricardo clerico . apud Berewic .
William, king of the Scots, to the justices, sheriffs, and all worthy men of his entire land greeting. I command and resolutely instruct that wherever outside my demesne the prior of Coldingham or his tenants may have found fugitives and neyfs from their lands of Coldingham and Coldinghamshire, they may lawfully have them. And I strictly forbid that anyone unlawfully withhold from them a single one of those men upon pain of my forfeiture. As witnesses: Richard Comyn; Robert de Côtentin; John de Vaux; Hugh the clerk; Richard the clerk. At Berwick.