Series 3 > Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm

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of Scotland, 25 Sept. 1237 (CW. of Docs., i. 1358) and also a confirmation
by Henry III of a grant to St. Andrews Priory of churches in Ireland,
30 Sept. 1237 {ibid., 1365).
Alano clerico, Simone clerico. Alan is a witness, along with Gervase
and William Avenel, to a charter of Richard de Lincolnia {Metros, i. 136).
‘ Alanus clericus noster,’ probably a different individual, witnesses a
charter of Hugh, Bishop of Dunkeld, a. 1215-21 {Inchaffray, xxxvi.) and
appears also as a witness, c. 1221 {ibid., xlviii., xlix). Simon cannot be
identified.
XII
Richard, son of Hugh de Camera, with the consent of A., his wife,
and Richard, his heir, grants to Inchcolm a bovate in Fordell, namely,
that lying next to the sea, between the land of Dalgety and the land of
Leu chat, and a toft and croft in Fordell.
Fordell Charters, 317 (File A 2); Moray Charters (Transumpt) 42.3.8.
This is the earliest original charter of the monastery.
Ricardus filius Hugonis de Camera. Hugh de Camera appears as a
witness to a charter of David I (BPSA., p. 193) and to charters of Malcolm
IV {BPSA., p. 197; Cambuskenneth, 50). Richard de Camera witnesses
two charters of William the Lion {Cambuskenneth, 121; Aberbrothoc, i. 60).
A. sponse mee et Ricardi heredis mei. Not mentioned elsewhere.
Unam bovatam terre in territorio de Fordal Mam scilicet que iacet iuxta
mare inter ierram de Dalgathin et terram de Louhild. The lands of Fordell
had passed out of the family of de Camera by 1240, when they were held
by William de Erth (see No. xix. infra). A note to the 1420 transumpt
describes this bovate as that ‘ que nunc vocatur seyset.’ Ross {Aberdour
and Inchcolme, p. 126) identifies it with Little Fordell. Louhild, in the
form ‘ Lowchald,’ etc., appears frequently in later Inchcolm charters;
its more modern form is ‘ Leuchat.’ Ross {loc. cit.) identifies the toft
and croft given by Richard de Camera with the lands later associated
with the chapel of St. Thereot at Fordell.
Hugone Episcopo Dunkeldensi. Hugh was Bishop of Dunkeld, 1214-29
(Dowden, Bishops, p. 53).
Willelmo Abbate de Sancta Cruce. Either William (II), 1217-21, or
William (III), 1221-27.
P. Abbate de Dunfermeline. Patrick, Sub-prior of Durham, became
Abbot of Dunfermline in 1201 {Scotichronicon, viii. cap. Ixii.; Lawrie,
Annals, p. 333). He witnesses a charter of William the Lion {Metros, i. 133)
and charters of William, Bishop of St. Andrews {RPSA., pp. 106, 155).
A papal bull was addressed to him in 1207 {Dunfermelyn, 245) and he is
mentioned in a papal brief as abbot in 1211 {ibid., 211).
Alexandra Vicecomite de Strivelin. Witnesses charters of William the
Lion {e.g. Scon, 25, 45; Dunfermelyn, 57; RMS., i. App. u., 1885;
Cambuskenneth, 18, 220; REG., i. 25, 42, 77, 107; Passelet, p. 253 ;