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- 1157-1159 (Either 1157/8 or 1159: Gray, p. 12; Barrow, Regesta Regum Scottorum pp. 105-6, and Nuns and goldsmiths, p. 61 n.12) (Creation)
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King of Scotland 1153-1165; Earl of Huntingdon 1157-1165.
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King Malcolm of Scotland grants to the nuns of Cambridge 10 acres near Grenecroft in free alms and for the foundation of their church, for a rent of 2 shillings, which his minister will then offer on the altar of the said church. Witnessed in Huntingdon by Herbertus, episcopus de Glasgu (Herbert, Bishop of Glasgow), Walter Cancellarius (the chancellor), Hugo de Morevill, Fulcus de Lusures, Dd. Olifat, Walter de Lind[sey?].
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Printed in Gray (1898), p. 76; Barrow, Regesta Regum Scottorum (1960) no. 147, see also pp. 105-6. Discussed in Nuns and goldsmiths, (1992), p.61.
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Has royal seal attached (white wax painted brown, on the obverse side the figure of a king enthroned, on the reverse - a mounted warrior)