Catalogue description Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Scottish Documents

This series consists of documents relating to Anglo-Scottish relations which were housed in the Exchequer, Treasury of Receipt.

The series holds material relating to the disputed succession to the Scottish throne on the death of Margaret of Norway in 1290 and the claims of Edward I as superior lord in dealing with the contest between John Balliol and Robert Bruce for the Scottish Crown, 1290-1292, and the ensuing Anglo-Scottish wars. There is also material relating to treaties and truces between the two kingdoms into the sixteenth century.

Of particular note are versions of the 'Great Roll of Scotland', detailing the events at Norham and Berwick in 1291-1292; extracts of chronicles sent by English religious houses used by Edward I as evidence of the history of Anglo-Scottish relations in 1291; the original oaths of fealty given to Edward I by the Scottish nobility in 1296-1297; versions of the 'Barons' Letter' and that of Edward I of 1301 in reply to the bull of Pope Boniface VIII claiming papal superiority over Scotland; records relating to the ransom of David Bruce, David II of Scotland in 1357; and fifteenth century forgeries relating to English rights in Scotland made by the chronicler John Hardyng.

Chancery series of 'Scotch rolls' C 71

A number of the documents formerly in this series have been transferred to the National Archives of Scotland, where they form part of the series RH 5 (copies are in PRO 22/21

Transcripts and calendar entries of some documents in this series are in Rymer's Foedera. Transcripts and calendar entries of some documents in this series are in Record Commission, Acts of Parliament of Scotland, 12 vols (1844-1846); Transcripts and calendar entries of some documents in this series are in F Palgrave, Documents and records illustrating the history of Scotland, I (London, 1837); Transcripts and calendar entries of some documents in this series are in J Stevenson, Documents illustrative of the history of Scotland from the death of Alexander III to the accession of Robert Bruce, 2 vols (Edinburgh, 1870); Transcripts and calendar entries of some documents in this series are in J Bain, Calendar of documents relating to Scotland, 4 vols (1881-1888); Transcripts and calendar entries of some documents in this series are in G G Simpson and J D Galbraith ed, Calendar of documents relating to Scotland, AD 1108-1516, V (supplementary) (Edinburgh, 1986); Transcripts and calendar entries of some documents in this series will be found in E L G Stones ed, Anglo-Scottish Relations, 1174-1328 (London, 1965); Transcripts and calendar entries of some documents in this series are in E L G Stones and G G Simpson ed, Edward I and the throne of Scotland, 1290-1296, 2 vols (Oxford, 1978).