Charter by King William the Lion to Gilbert, Earl of Strathearn, of the lands of Kinveachie, c. 1180

Charter by King William the Lion to Gilbert, Earl of Strathearn, of the lands of Kinveachie, c. 1180

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Charter

c. 1180

Latin

King William the Lion

Gilbert, Earl of Strathearn

Willelmus . Dei gratia Rex Scottorum . Episcopis . Abbatibus . Comitibus . baronibus . Justicíís. Vicecomitibus . Ministris . et Omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre sue Salutem . Sciant presentes et futuri me dedisse et concessisse . et hac carta mea confirmasse Comiti Gileberto de Stradhern . Kinbethach . per suas rectas díuisas. et cum omnibus iustis pertinencíís suis . Tenendum sibi et heredibus suis . de me . et heredibus meis . ita libere . et quiete . sicut tenet comitatum de Stradhern. Testibus Hugone episcopo Sancti Andree . Dauid fratre meo . Comite Dunecano . Comite G. de Anegus . Waltero de berkel’ camerario . Johanne de lundoníis . Roberto de Berkel’. Malcolm’ mac Gillis . Gillecristo mac inien Samuel . Gillemichel mac Dunecan Gillecolm’ Marescaldo

William, by the grace of God, king of Scots, to his bishops, abbots, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, ministers and to all the responsible men of all his land, greetings. Those present and future should know that I have given and granted, and by this my charter have confirmed to Earl Gilbert of Strathearn, Kinveachy, by its right bounds, and with all its just belongings, for him and his heirs to hold from me and my heirs, as freely and quietly as he holds the earldom of Strathearn. Witnessed by Hugh, bishop of St Andrews, David my brother, Earl Duncan, Earl G. Of Angus, Walter of Berkeley, the chamberlain, John of London, Robert of Berkeley, Malcolm Mac Gillis, Gilchrist, son of the daughter of Samuel, Gillemichael Mac Duncan, Gillecolm the marshall.

141mm x 101mm

67

William I, king of Scots (d. 1214)

Manuscript references:

Duke of Atholl, Blair Castle, Athole Charters, vol. 1, no. 1.

‘Athole Charters’ refers to a notebook in the Blair Castle muniment room, which was the result of a process whereby Sir William Fraser took the earliest documents out of various files which had been arranged according to lands, and organised them chronologically instead. This work was done in preparation for a volume on the Dukes of Atholl, which was never completed. The duke apparently was not happy with Fraser’s proposed price for the work.

Printed editions:

Regesta Regum Scottorum, vol. II: The Acts of William I King of Scots 1165-1214, ed. G.W.S. Barrow with W.W. Scott. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1971, no. 206

Sir William Fraser, The Chiefs of Grant, vol. III, Edinburgh, 1883, no. 1 (with facsimile)

22/06/2015