Ragman Rolls - Y
This page is part of an index of the 2,000 nobles and clergy who signed the Ragman Rolls of 1296 (and 1291). See the link at the end of the page if you wish to go to sections relating to other letters of the alphabet or to find out more about the background to these documents.
SIGNATORIES IN THE RAGMAN ROLLS OF 1296 Yetham, William de (del counte de Rokefburgh).
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Notes: In the 13th century 'f' was used to represent the letter 's' and that convention has been left in these names.
There is a mixture of Latin and French used for titles - Abbas-Abbot, baliuus=baillie, burgensis=citizen, comes=count, counte=county, Dominus=lord, epifcopus=church, frater=brother, magister=master, miles=knight, prioriffa=prioress. Also "vide" for "see".
Some counties and towns are also in an unfamiliar form: Aberdonenfis=Aberdeenshire, Anegos=Angus, Are=Ayrshire, Berewico=Berwickshire, Dunbretan=Dumbartonshire, Dunfres=Dumfries, Edeneburgh=Edinburgh, Fyf=Fife, Inuerneffe=Inverness, Kincardyn=Kincardineshire, Linlefcu-Linlithgow, Paffeleye=Paisley, Rokefburgh=Roxburghshire, Striuelin=Stirling, Wyggeton=Wigtownshire.
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