The Notes with the initials [A. G.] added are from comments furnished by I Date. This may be determined as between 1178 and 1182. Of the witnesses, Hugh was appointed Bishop of St. Andrews not earlier, at least, than 1178 (Chron. de Mailr. s.a.), while Earl Waldeve (Earl of Dunbar) died in 1182 (Chron. de Mailr. s.a.). Page 1. Probis hominibus. The familiar phrase probi homines is perhaps to be understood as signifying 'the smaller tenants-in-chief.' See Rait's Scottish Parliament, p. 15. Comitatum de Leuenaus. 'Alwyn, second Earl of Lennox, being very young, William 1. gave the ward of the Earldom of Lennox to David, Earl of Huntingdon and Garioch' (Douglas, Peerage, ii. 81). In Scotichronicon (lib. ix. cap. 27) we do not find Lennox mentioned among the grants made by William to Earl David. It is there said that after returning from his captivity in England (1175) King William gave to his brother David the earldom of Huntingdon and the earldom of Garioch, with the lordship of Strathbolgi, the royal vill of Dundee, together with Inverbervy and the lands of Langforgrund, with other wide and spacious lands and possessions. On the other hand the same authority elsewhere (lib. ix. cap. 33) when recording Earl David's death describes him as 'Earl of Huntingdon, of Garioch, and of Lennox.' And the comparison of the two entries falls in with a late date (such as that of our charter) for the donation of Lennox. We learn (Registr. Monast. Passelet, pp. 166-168) that when Earl David held and possessed the earldom of Lennox, he sought to obtain an aid from the lands of the church of Kilpatrick, as from the other lands of the earldom, but he could not obtain it as these lands were defended by the Church.1 'Leuenaus' is an unusual form of the more common 'Leuenax' or 'Leuenaux.' We find 'Lovenaus' in the list of nobles who were parties Alwyn must have been satisfied with his royal master's treatment, for he makes a gift to the church of Campsie for the weal of the souls of King William and Queen Ermengarde. [A. G.] to the treaty for the marriage of the Maid of Norway (Palgrave's Documents (Scotland), i. 32). Dunde. This, so far as the editor is aware, is the earliest notice of Dundee in authentic history. Forgrund. This is presumably the 'Langforgrund' in the account of the grants made by King William to Earl David as given in Scotichron. (lib. ix. cap. 27). If this identification is correct the Forgrund of this charter (which is in the Carse of Gowrie) is to be distinguished from the Forgrund (Forgandenny) near Exmagirdle, of No. LXVIII. Petmothel. This name seems to have disappeared. 'Mothel' or 'Moethel' (the modern Muthill) is frequent in the Chartulary. On the prefix 'Pet' (= a portion of land), see Skene, Four Ancient Books of Wales, i. 157. Neutyle. Earl David seems to have given land at Newtyle (in Forfarshire) to his (natural) daughter Ada, wife of Malise, son of Ferteth, Earl of Strathern, from which she made a grant of Balemagh. Compare p. 4 and p. 38. Most of the Aberdeenshire place-names are obvious, as Fintreth (Fintray), Inuerurin (Inverury), Monkegyn (Monkeigie), Boverdyn (Bourty), Durnach (Durno),1 Uuen (Oyne), Arduuen (Ardoyne). The editor hesitates to offer conjectures as to Rothiod. In the bulls of Celestine I. and Innocent 111. (pp. 103, 109) we find that Inverurie and Monkegie were then chapels of the church of Rothket or Rothketh; perhaps this is the same place as 'Rothiod.' In a charter of King William to Earl David, preserved in Registrum Aberdonense (i. 9) we have Rothkes mentioned together with Durnach, Monkegyn, Fyntrach, and Bourdyn. The name 'Rothket' as applied to a parish church seems to have disappeared at an early date. In No. II. 'Inverury' is the parish church and 'Monkegie' its chapel. Rothket does not appear in the old valuation (Regist. Aberdon. ii. 51-56), nor in Boiamund's roll (Theiner's Monumenta, 109-116). Mertonam. 'Mertona' is to be identified with the lands which lie south and west of Liberton, near Edinburgh, and have retained a form of the name in the modern Mortonhall.' Dr. J. Maitland Thomson has been good enough to furnish the following references. In 1357-8 David 11. grants to William Sinclair the lands of Mertona' and 'Merchamystona' (Merchiston), in the sheriffdom of Edinburgh, on the resignation of them by William Bisset (Reg. de Neubotle, Append. p. 295). The Register of Neubotle contains earlier notices of Merton in connection with the Bissets, but none reaching to the time of Earl David. In 1404 Robert III. grants to Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Merton and Mertonehall (Genealogy of the Sinclairs of Roslin, p. 62). See 1 See No. XC., where Great Durnach adjoins Logindurnach. The latter was the name of the ecclesiastical division known afterwards as the chapel of the Garioch.--See Collections for the History of Aberdeen and Banff, p. 526. also Regist. Mag. Sigil. (A.D 1306-1424), p. 23, No. 15; and the same, vol. ii. No. 1271. Cum saccu et socca, cum tol et tem et infangenthefe, etc. Any discussion of the sense of these familiar, but really obscure, terms of feudal infeftment would be out of place here. Reference may be made, among the older feudalists, to Skene's De verborum significatione, and Craig's Jus Feudale, and among more recent writers to the Glossarium in Wilkins's edition of Leges Anglo-Saxonicae, Bishop Stubbs's Glossary to Select Charters, and Mr. Cosmo Innes's Scotch Legal Antiquities (pp. 55-58). Testibus, etc. Hugh, capellanus regis, was intruded into the see of St. Andrews by King William (after the canonical election of John, the Scot), probably in 1178. Hugh died 4th Aug. 1188 (Scotichron. vi. 41 and viii. 44). Joceline, fourth abbot of Melrose, was elected to the see of Glasgow, 23rd May 1174, and died 17th March 1199 (Chron. de Mailr. s. a.). Matthew was consecrated Bishop of Aberdeen, 2nd April 1172 (Chron. de Mailr. s.a.), and died 20th August 1199 (ibid. s.a.). Simeon (or Simon) de Tonei, a monk of Melrose, abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Coggeshall (in Essex), who had returned to Melrose, was elected to Moray in 1171 (Regist. Morav. 359). He died 17th Sept. 1184 (Chron. de Mailr. s. a.). Andrew, Bishop of Caithness, witnessed a charter of David 1. († 1153), see Book of Deer, p. 95. He died 29th Dec. 1184 (Scotichron. viii. 33), or 30th Dec. 1195 (Chron. de Mailr. s.a.). Comite Dunecano: Duncan, sixth Earl of Fife; consented to Convention of King William with Henry 11. at Falaise, 1174; founded nunnery of North Berwick; died in 1203. His son, Malcolm, also witnesses this charter. [A. G.] Comite Gileberto: Gilbert, third Earl of Strathern; founded the abbey of Inchaffray, 1198; was alive in 1219; and appears to have died shortly after. [A. G.] Comite Waldevo: Waldeve, fourth of his family called earl; and the first styled Earl of Dunbar. He was a hostage for King William, and died in 1182. His son, Patrick, is also a witness to this charter. [A. G.] Malcolmo Comite Ethol: Malcolm, second Earl of Athole. Gave to the monks of Scone the church of Logen-Mahed; to the abbey of Dunfermelyn the tithes of the church of Moulin, for the weal of his own soul, the soul of his spouse, and the souls of the Kings of Scotland, his predecessors-he being a descendant of King Donald Bane.1 To the priory of St. Andrews he gave the patronage of the church of Dull for the weal of the soul of Hextilda his spouse. [A. G.] G. Comite de Anegus: Gillibrede, second Earl of Angus; is said to have died circa 1180. It is impossible to tell whether 'G' here be Gillibrede or Gilchrist, his son, who succeeded him. [A. G.] Comite Colbano: Colbain, Earl of Buchan, who appears in the Book of Deer as Colbain Mormer of Buchan. Along with Eva, daughter of 1 Wood's Peerage, quoting Nisbet's Heraldry, vol. ii. Appendix, p. 168. Gartnait, his wedded wife (a ben phusta), he gives to Drostan, and Columcille and Peter the Apostle (that is to the Columban monastery of Deer) a four davachs' share of what would come on the chief monasteries of Alba (Scotland). The deed is witnessed by the gentry of Buchan at Eilan (Ellon), which long continued to be the seat of the courts of the Earldom of Buchan. Mr. Joseph Robertson judges the charter to have been granted about the year 1150. The fortunate occurrence of his name in this charter gives an earlier earl than hitherto known, and extends the earldom back for fifty years; also furnishes an instance of the Scottish mormer' being changed to 'comes' or earl. Earl Colban of Buchan appears to be the Earl Colbein who brought a considerable force to Caldenlé' [Caddon-Lea] to swell the host with which King William made his disastrous raid into Northumberland in 1173. 1. 472. 'De Ros e de Muraive unt grant ost banie. 'From Ross and from Moray they have a great host gathered, Certainly Earl Colbein did not forget himself there. Lords, the Earl of Angus came there with such aid, More than three thousand Scots he had in his command.'2 [A. G.] Ricardo de Moreuille, Constabulario: Richard of Morville, Constable of Scotland. Richard de Morville was made Constable of Scotland by King Malcolm about 1163, and continued in that office till his death in 1189. The family had considerable possessions in Cumberland, about Burghupon-Sands, etc., and in Lauderdale in Scotland. He was much about court, and is a frequent witness to charters. [A. G.] Roberto de Quincy: This is the first de Quincy that appears in record in Scotland. Dugdale says the family do not appear earlier than the reign of Henry II. in records in England (1154-1189). Robert de Quinci married Orabilis, daughter and heiress of Ness, the son of William, and got with her a large estate of Locres (Leuchars) and Lathrisk. A charter by Seyer de Quinci about Dauch Icthar Hathyn (modern form would be Auchter Eden) mentions that the lands were given to the priory of St. Andrews by his mother. Robert de Quinci, patre meo, and Stephan [de Quinci], parson of Locres, witness this charter; ante 1208 as Seier is not styled Earl of Winchester.3 After her husband's death Orabilis married Duncan, the eighth Earl of Mar, and became Countess of Mar. Duncan died 1238. [A. G.] 1 Antiquities of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff, vol. iv. p. 549. 2 Chronicle of the War between the English and Scots in 1173 and 1174. By Jordan Fantosme. Translated by Francisque Michel, 1840, p. 22. 3 Registrum Prioratus Sancti Andree, p. 291. |