EDWARD I, AT SWEETHEART ABBEY. 185 
one of the oldest of the members of the society—who was, unfor- 
tunately, not able to be with them so often now—had made such 
a far-sighted suggestion. 
Epwarp I. AT SWEETHEART ABBEY. 
The following note on the above subject was read from Dr 
E. J. Chinnock, formerly rector of Dumfries Academy :— 
On a former occasion I quoted Archbishop Winchelsea’s own 
words in his despatch to the Pope Boniface VIII. to prove that he 
and the Pope’s Legate met King Edward I. at Sweetheart Abbey 
on the 27th of August, 1300, and delivered the Pope’s command 
that Edward should abandon his claim to the sovereignty of 
Scotland. In reading the “ Liber quotidianus Contrarotulatoris 
Garderobae,’’ or the “ Daily Book of the Roll of the Wardrobe,’’ 
for the 28th year of King Edward I., i.e., November, 1299, to 
November, 1300, I have found the following entries, which prove 
that Edward’s Court was at Douzquer or Sweetheart at the time 
specified. 
1. “ Paid to Sir John de Langeford, sent from Gerton upon 
Flete in Galloway to Carlisle to get money coming from the 
Exchequer, and bring it to the King to pay thence the expenses 
of his household and army, for his own expenses, those of Richard 
de Merewell, and of the others who were in his company, for 
bringing and guarding the said money, for 15 days, between the 
10th day of August and the 24th day of the same month, going to 
Carlisle as is said before, staying at the port of Skynburness, 
waiting for a favourite wind, and also returning to the Court at 
Douzquer (Sweetheart)—£2 6s 04d.”’ 
2. “Paid to Thomas le Convers, valet of the King’s 
chamber, for mending the iron dogs for the King’s chamber 
several times in the present year, by his own hands at Stamford on 
the 2nd day of May, 3 shillings; and at Douzquer (Sweetheart), 
in Scotland, on the 25th day of August, 10 shillings—total, 13 
shillings.’’ 
3. “ Paid to Sir John Lestrange, banneret, for his wages and 
those of his 2 knights and 7 esquires from the 6th day of July, on 
which his horses were valued in the aforesaid war, till the 23rd 
day of August inst., on which he retired from the King’s army at 
