Series 3 > Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm

130 CHARTERS OF THE ABBEY OF INCHCOLM
infra). His death in 1264 is thus recorded in the Scotichronicon, x. cap.
xviii.: ‘ Obiit Nicholaus de Soules, dominus Vallis de Lyddal apud
Rothomagum, vir totius regni eloquentissimus et sapientissimus; cui
successit Willelmus filius suus.’ A later Nicholas de Sules was one of the
‘ Competitors ’ of 1291.
XIX
Notarial Transumpt of 1533 containing a composition between the
monastery of Inchcolm and William de Hercht, lord of Fordell, regarding
the marches of the moor of Boclavy and of Fordell.
Miscellaneous Transcripts, H.M. General Register House.
The original charter has disappeared. The original transumpt, from
which the Register House transcript is taken, is at Fordell.
Articulata controversia. A contention by way of written pleadings.
Vilelmum de Hercht dominum de Fordell. Succeeded the family of
de Camera in the lordship of Fordell (see No. xn. supra). ‘ Willelmus
de Herth ’ witnesses a charter of Maldouen, third Earl of Lennox, c. 1248
(Lennox, 11) ; and William ‘ de Erche ’ is a witness to an undated charter
of Patrick, Earl of March and Moray {RMS., i. 187).
Super divisis more de Boclavy et de Fordell et terrarum earundem. The
point at issue was evidently the delimitation of the boundaries between
the monastery’s lands and the lands of de Hercht. In 1480, the canons
held the common pasture of the lands and moor of Bucklyvie {RMS., ii.
1465), but there is no record of when it passed into their hands. Bucklyvie
is in the north part of the parish of Aberdour. The canons had a toft
and croft in the ‘ villa ’ of Fordell by the grant of Richard de Camera
(No. xn. supra).
Galfrido . . . episcopo Dunkeldensi. Bishop of Dunkeld, 1236-49.
Magistro Roberto de Laicester decano Aberdonensi. As canon of Dunkeld,
he witnesses a charter of Bishop Gilbert (Dunfermelyn, 132); and, as
‘ concanonicus noster,’ witnesses a charter of Bishop Geoffrey, 31 Dec.
1238 {Inchaffray, lxv.). He witnesses charters of Richard de Laycestria,
burgess of Perth {Balmorinach, 22; Inchaffray, lxix. (8 Dec. 1240);
Scon, 88 (where he is called ‘ Magister Robertus de Laycestir, con-
sanguineus meus ’)). He is a witness to a charter of Gilbert, Bishop of
Aberdeen, c. 1228-39, but was not yet promoted to the deanery, for
‘ Alexander decanus ’ is another of the witnesses {Calchou, 224).
Domino Willelmo de Veteri ponte milite. This William de Vipont was
the eldest of the three sons—all named ‘ William ’—of William de Yipont,
sen., and his wife, Emma de Sancto Hylario. His two brothers, ‘ Willelmus
medius ’ and ‘ Willelmus junior,’ witness two charters granted by him to
Holyrood during the reign of William the Lion {Lib. S. Crucis, 41, 44).
He was a hostage in England in 1213 {Cal. of Docs. rel. to Scotland, i. 574).
He confirmed and added to his father’s grant to Kelso of the church
and land of Langton {Calchou, 139). In 1219-20 he was involved in