PUBLICATIONS OF THE SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY VOLUME XLII CHARTULARY OF LINDORES ABBEY July 1903 CHARTULARY OF THE ABBEY OF LINDORES 1195-1479 Edited from the Original Manuscript at Caprington Castle, Kilmarnock, with Translation and Abstracts of the Charters, Illustrative Notes, and Appendices, by THE RIGHT REV. JOHN DOWDEN, D.D. BISHOP OF EDINBUUGH EDINBURGH Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society 1903 PREFACE The Scottish History Society is indebted to Colonel J. A. S. Cuninghame, of Caprington Castle, Kilmarnock, for permission to print the text of the Chartulary, and to photograph the specimen pages which appear in this volume. The editor has to add his thanks to Colonel Cuninghame for personally verify- ing some doubtful readings after the manuscript had been returned to Caprington. The thanks of the Society and of the editor are due to Mr. Alexander Gibb, F.S.A. (Scot.), for the observations on place-names and persons which he has been so good as to furnish to the Notes and Illustrations; and to Mr. William Rae Macdonald, F.S.A. (Scot.), for his valuable Appendix on the Seals of Lindores, and for procuring the impressions of the seals which have been photographed and are here reproduced. In the course of this work acknowledgment is made of the obliging services of several gentlemen who have aided the editor in elucidating points of more or less difficulty. The editor’s special thanks are due to a distinguished charter and record scholar, who, so long as health allowed him, was un- failing in his help, but who has forbidden the mention of his name. This gentleman’s labours unfortunately extended to only the earlier charters of the volume. Subsequently the editor has enjoyed the invaluable assistance rendered by Dr. J. Maitland Thomson, Curator of the Historical Department of H.M. General Register House. The editor has been, he fears, barefaced and unblushing in his demands; but Dr. Thomson’s generosity has condoned his innumerable impor- vi THE CHARTULARY OF LINDORES tunities. Mr. J. T. Clark, Keeper of the Advocates’ Library, was so good as to assist both with wise counsel and the loan of books in regard to the difficult task of verifying the author- ities cited in the ‘Legal Opinion’ (No. cxlix.), which was a line of research quite outside the circle of the editor’s ordinary studies. The editor is also under innumerable obligations to Dr. T. G. Law, Secretary of the Society. The editor in the course of many years has had frequent struggles with printers, who for the most part like to follow their own ways rather than those of the authors whose ‘ copy ’ they are employed to set up. But in the present case he is compelled to acknowledge that he has been saved from many an error by the intelligent and keen proof-reading, both of the Latin and the English, in the office of the Edinburgh University Press. The Index has been prepared by Mr. Alex. Mill of the Signet Library. One of the most delightful of the compensations for labours, such as those demanded by the task now brought to a con- clusion, is the vivid sense of brotherly fellowship created by the ready generosity of others engaged in similar lines of research. And, if he may trust his own feelings, the editor is certain that he is not justly liable to a hitct) ay^apiaria^, should the Court of Session, like the judicatories of ancient Athens, entertain such an action at law. J. D. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION, xiii-xcv THE CHARTULARY— i. Carta Comitis Dauid de Rege Willelmo, ... 1 ii. Magna Carta Comitis Dauid de fundacione Monasterij, 2 m. Carta Comitis Dauid de Ecclesiis de Lundors, de Dunde, et de Garuiach, ..... 7 iv. Carta Comitis Dauid de terris ecclesiarum de Garuiach, 9 v. Carta Comitis Dauid de Culsamuel et Munkegin, 10 vi. Carta Comitis Dauid de Redinch, . 11 vn. Carta Comitis Dauid de Quarrario, . 12 vni. Carta Comitis Dauid de Wicheston, etc., . 12 ix. Confirmacio Comitis Dauid de Carucata terre de Balemawe, ........ 13 x. Confirmacio Comitis Dauid de terra de Neutyl, 14 xi. Carta Comitis Dauid de ecclesia de Wissindene, 15 xn. Duplicacio carte de Wissendene, . 15 xm. Carta Comitis Dauid de ecclesia de Cuningtoun, . 16 xiv. Duplicacio carte de Cuningtoun, 17 xv. Confirmacio Comitis Johannisde terra de Lundors et de Garuiach et de earum ecclesiis, . 18 xvi. Carta Comitis Johannis de quadam terra in territorio de Lundors, ....... 20 xvn. Carta Comitis Johannis de xx*1 solidis in Inueruri, 20 xvni. Carta Comitis Johannis de toftis de Inuerbervyn et Inuerrury, . 21 xix. Carta Comitis Johannis de tofto in Dunde et de per- ambulacione de Durnach et de libertate molendini, 22 xx. Littere Comitis Johannis de Solucione secundarum decimarum, ....... 24 xxi. Littere Comitis Johannis de Solucione secundarum decimarum de Garuiach, 24 xxn. Carta Domini Regis Alexandri de Westere fedale, 25 viii THE CHARTULARY OF LINDORES xxni. Recognicio diuisarum de Westere fedale, . 26 xxiv. Carta Domini fergusii de fedal pro secundis decimis, 27 xxv. Confirmacio Comitis Roberti de fedale, etc., . 28 xxvi. Carta domini fergusii de Beny et concrag, . 29 xxvn. Confirmacio Comitis Roberti de terra de Beny et concrage, 30 xxviii. Carta Domini fergusii de Cotken, etc., . 31 xxix. Carta de Rathengoten de malisio filio ferteth, . 32 xxx. Confirmacio Comitis Gilberti de Ratengothen, 33 xxxi. Confirmacio Comitis Roberti de Rathengothen, 34 xxxii. Confirmacio fergusii de Ratengothen, ... 34 xxxin. Capitulum Dunkeldense de Rathengothen, . 35 xxxiv. Confirmacio H. Episcopi Dunkeldensis de Rathen- gothen, ........ 36 xxxv. Confirmacio Comitis Malisij generalis de Strathern et Hure, 37 xxxvi. Carta Ade filie Comitis de Balemagh, ... 38 xxxvii. Carta Willelmi Wascelyn de terra de Newetyl, 38 xxxvin. Dauid de Sancto Michaele de tofto in munros, 40 xxxix. Confirmacio Roberti Griffyn de terra de Newtil, . 41 xl. Carta Domine Ysabelle de Cragyn, . 41 xli. Confirmacio Domini Roberti de Brus de Cragyn, . 42 xlii. Carta principalis de terra de Eglesmagril, et de ecclesia eiusdem uille, et de decimis de Cletheueis, ....... 43 xliii. Carta Comitis Gilberti de excercitu faciendo pro Eglesmagril, ....... 46 xliv. Confirmacio Comitis Roberti de exercitu pro egles- magril, 47 xlv. De ecclesia de eglesmagril, 48 xlvi. Quieta clamacio Coneueti de Eglesmagril, . 49 xlvii. Quieta clamacio Coneueti de Eglesmagril, . 50 xlviii. Quieta clamacio Coneueti de Eglesmagril, . 50 xlix. Confirmacio E. prioris de Incheaffran de Cletheueys, 51 l. Sentencia Judicum Delegatorum Auctoritate Domini Pape super Eglesmagril, ... 52 li. Confirmacio dementis episcopi Dumblanensis de Eglesmagril, ....... 54 hi. Confirmacio Cleri Dumblanensis de Eglesmagril, . 55 lhi. Confirmacio capituli Dumblanensis de Eglesmagril, 57 liv. Composicio super decimis de fedal, Beny etConcragh, 59 t CONTENTS ix lv. De terra resignata quam Willelmus de Brechin perambulavit de terra ecclesie de Rathmuriel, . 60 lvi. De terra de Ederlarg, . 6l lvii. DetholachkereetdesecundisdecimiSjS.deGarentuly, 62 Lviii. De Capella de Cremond, ..... 64 ux. De Capella de Weredors, ..... 65 lx. De firma .... 66 lxi. Confirmacio dotnini Wilelmi de Brechyn ... 67 lxii. De Capella domini Willelmi de Brechyn de Lundors, 68 lxiii. Ordinacio Episcopi Sancti Andree super capella de Dundemor, ...... 69 lxiv. Ornamenta capelle de Dundemor, . 71 lxv. De tofto in Munorgrund, 72 lxvi, De tofto theodorici quondam tinctoris de Perth,. 73 lxvii. De celario de Perth, 73 lxviii. [De Terra in Forgrund], . 74 lxix. De dimidia petra cere firmitatis Rogeri de Berkeley, 75 lxx. De Warenna, 76 lxxi. Warenna de tribus acris iuxta Eglesmagrill, . 77 lxxii. De Warenna, . 78 lxxiii. Conan de Bosco,. 79 lxxiv. Kinespinedyn de terra in Perth,.... 80 lxxv. Willelmus de Munford de sicco alleci,. 81 lxxvi. De piscaria de Glasbani et Rugesablyn, . 81 lxxvii. De decima piscarie de Glasbani et de Rugesablun, 82 lxxviii. De tercia parte piscarie, 83 lxxix. De decima recium, ...... 84 lxxx. De Logydurnach, ...... 85 lxxxi. Donacio patronatus ecclesie de Lesselyn, . 88 lxxxii. Confirmacio comitis Dauid super donacione patro- natus ecclesie de Lesslyn, .... 89 lxxxiii. Ratificacio filij de ecclesia Lesselyn super donacione patris, 90 lxxxiv. [De Johanne filio Thome de MalindJ, . 90 lxxxv. [De Tofto in Inuerkaithin],. .... 91 lxxxvi. De j marca in Hamildun, 92 lxxxvii. De iij marcis de Stokes in comitatu leycestre, . 93 lxxxvih. .......... 94 lxxxix. De Tofto in Dunde, 95 xc. De tofto in Dunde, et de perambulacione de Durnach, 97 xci. De manso iuxta ecclesiam de Cullessy, . 98 THE CHARTULARY OF LINDORES xch. De vicariis qui molestauerunt locum nostrum, 99 xcni. Magnum priuilegium Celestini de exempcione, 102 xciv. Magnum priuilegium Innocencii tercij, . 107 xcv. De Bonis in Strathern Innocencius tercius, . 112 xcvi. ConfirmaciocomposicionissuperecclesiisdeGaruiach, 114 xcvn. De composicione terrarum ecclesiarum de Garuiach, 115 xcvm. De ecclesia de Dunde et aliis bonis, . .116 xcix. Super ecclesia de Dunde de mutacione Keledeorum, 117 c. Super ecclesia de Dunde de mutacione Keledeorum, 118 ci. Confirmacio generalis Innocencij quarti, . 119 cii. De Pensione de Wissindene, . .120 cm. Contra inuasores et detentores bonorum, 122 civ. Conseruatorium de Londors, . .123 cv. De episcopis Abirdonensis ecclesie qui molestauerunt locum nostrum, . .124 cvi. Item de eisdem episcopis Abirdonensibus, . 126 evil, De confirmacione Ecclesie de Lundoris, 128 cvm. Item de eadem ecclesia, . .130 cix. De Eadem Ecclesia 131 cx. Item de eadem ecclesia, . .132 cxi. De bosco capiendo in Glenlithere in Stratherne, . 133 cxn. Joachim de Kynbuc super bosco capiendo in Cure- lundyn, ........ 135 cxiii. Carta domini Roberti de Campaniis, . 137 cxiv. De conuencione facta inter abbatem et conuentum de Lundores et Willelmum de Brechyn, . 142 cxv. De Inirberwyn, . .145 cxvi. De Villa Willelmi in Garuiach. Nota eciam de secundis decimis, . .145 cxvii. Item de eadem terra Willelmi, de Letgauen, de Wrangham, et de terra de Bondes. Item nota de secundis decimis, 147 cxviii. De donacione Henrici de Hastinges de Flandres, . 148 cxix. De Confirmacione de Flandris, . .150 cxx. De eonfirmacione a prima fundacione, .