28. Made prisoner by Ralph de Hastings. Hastings died of his wounds. He bequeathed the body of Roger de Kirkpatrick to his joint legatees, Edmund Hastings of Kynthorp, and John de Kirkeby; Foedera, T. v. p. 535.

29. Called, in Calendars of Ancient Charters, Chevalier. If he was not a foreigner, I know not who he was.

31. Said in the record to have been the son of Eustace Lorein. This Eustace, called Tassy by Fordun, L. xiv. c. 5. was captain of Rokesburgh under Douglas of Liddesdale, the governor.

32. Not in the list in Foedera, T. v. p. 535. but mentioned as a prisoner, Foedera, T. v. p. 554.

33. See Foedera, ib. the son of the former.

34. Were it not for the article de, I should suppose that some

person of the name of M'Beth was here understood.

35. Of Carlaverock, ancestor of the Earl of Nithsdale. 41. Ancestor of the Earl of Marchmont.

42. Supposed to have been the ancestor of Preston Lord Dingwall.

44. Henry de Ramsay 45. Ness de Ramsay 46. William de Ramsay 47. William de Salton

48. John St Clair

49. Alexander Steel

1

CHRONOLOGICAL ABRIDGMENT.

I INTENDED to have made a complete Index to the Annals of Scotland; but I soon perceived that I had not leisure for executing such a work. The reader, therefore, is entreated to accept of this Chronological Abridgment of Events instead of an Index.

The writers who have been consulted in the course of this Work, do not all compute the beginning of the year from the same day. One or two of them hold the year to commence at Michaelmas, others at Christmas, others on the 1st of January, and others on the 25th of March. This last was the legal computation with us, until the beginning of the 17th century, and yet our authors have not uniformly observed it.

Such diversity is sometimes productive of uncertainty and confusion; but the various methods for describing the days of the year, occasion a much greater intricacy. Some writers affect to compute after the Roman fashion, by Kalends and Ides. This manner of computation, in itself inconvenient, becomes more embarrassing through the ignorance or carelessness of the transcribers of MSS. Other writers, following a course still more inconvenient, describe the dates of events, by computing from moveable feasts, or by mentioning the day of the week previous to the festival of some saint.

From these causes, it became a matter of no small difficulty to ascertain and arrange the dates of the numerous events recorded in the Annals of Scotland. Some errors, in this respect, have been discovered and amended; others, which may have escaped my observation, will be excused by the candid reader.

A. D.

1034

DUNCAN succeeded his maternal grandfather
Malcolm II.

1039

Duncan was assassinated by M'Beth in the neighbourhood of Elgin.

1055

1056 Dec. 5.

Malcolm, the son of Duncan, invaded Scotland.
M'Beth was slain at Lunfannan in Aberdeenshire.

1057 April 3.

Lulach, successor of M'Beth, was slain at Essie in Strathbolgie.

April 25. Malcolm III. was crowned at Scone.

1061

1065 Jan. 5.

1066

1068

Malcolm, having quarrelled with Tostig Earl of
Northumberland, invaded that territory.

Edward the Confessor died: Succeeded by Ha-
rold.

Tostig, brother of Harold, invaded England:
Having been repulsed, he sought refuge with
Malcolm.

Sept. 25. Harold, King of Norway, and Tostig, were slain
at Staneford-bridge near York.

Oct. 14. Harold, King of England, was slain at the battle
of Hastings: William, Duke of Normandy,
succeeded him,

Edgar Ætheling, heir of the Saxon line, fled to
Scotland.

A. D.

1068

His sister Margaret married Malcolm III.
Jan. 28. The Northumbrians revolted, and surprised

1069 Sept. 11.

Oct. 22.

1070

1072

1073

1079

1080

Durham..

The Danes landed in England.
The Northumbrians and Danes stormed the
castle of York, and then dispersed themselves.
Malcolm invaded England.
William the Conqueror invaded Scotland, and
concluded a peace with Malcolm.
William the Conqueror fortified Durham.
Edgar Ætheling was received into the favour of
the Conqueror.

Malcolm invaded and wasted Northumberland.
Robert, the son of the Conqueror, invaded Scot-
land; repulsed; built Newcastle.

1087 Sept. 9. William the Conqueror died: Succeeded by his

1091 May

1092

second son, William Rufus.

Edgar Ætheling again took refuge in Scotland. Malcolm invaded England, and concluded a peace with William Rufus.

William Rufus built a castle at Carlisle.

1093 Aug. 24. Malcolm repaired to Gloucester, to have an interview with William Rufus, and returned home in disgust.

Nov. 13. Malcolm having invaded England, was slain near
Alnwick castle.

Nov. 15. His son Edward died of the wounds he received

at Alnwick.

Nov. 16. Margaret, Queen of Scotland, died.

1094 May.

1095

1097

Donald Bane, the brother of Malcolm III. land-
ed from the Hebrides, and assumed the crown
of Scotland.

Duncan, a bastard of Malcolm III. expelled
Donald Bane, and reigned in his stead.
Duncan was assassinated, and Donald re-ascend-
ed the throne.

Edgar Ætheling, with the approbation of Wil-
liam Rufus, invaded Scotland; and having