Series 3 > Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm

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21); and Alexander II confirmed the concession which Walter, son of
Alan, made to Scone of all that land which Swan, son of Thor, grandfather
of Walter, gave to the canons in Tibermur (ibid., 78). Swan held lands
not only in Perthshire but in Lanarkshire and appears, during the reign
of William the Lion, in connection with land at Crawford. Thus, a charter
of David de Lyndesay, confirming the grant of his land of Crawford
which his father, William, gave to Newbattle, has the phrase: ‘ Salvo
servicio quod ad Swanum filium thore et ad heredes eius pertinet ’
(Neubotle, 136); and the subsequent charter of William the Lion confirming
the grant has the phrase: ‘ Quam scilicet Crauford ipse Willelmus tenet
Swano filio Thore ’ (ibid., 137). Swan is a witness to a charter of W. de
Lindeseia (Melros, i. 12). A fourteenth-century charter shows the descent
of the Ruthvens (later Earls of Gowrie) from Swan. It begins :
‘ Omnibus etc. . . . Willelmus de Rotheuen dominus eiusdem
etemam in domino salutem. Noueritis me Cartam domini Walteri
filij Alani bone memorie patris mei deo et Ecclesie Sancte Trinitatis
et Sancti Michaelis de Schona et canonicis . . . factam et concessam
vidisse audiuisse et ad plenum intellixisse cuius tenor talis est:
Vniversis Sancte matris Ecclesie filijs Walterus filius Alani Salutem.
Nouerit universitas vestra me concessisse et hac mea carta confirmasse
deo et ecclesie S. Trinitatis et S. Michaelis de Schone et canonicis . . .
totam terram illam quam Swanus filius Thory auus meus eis dedit in
Tubermore . . .’ (Score, 125).
This charter, included in William de Ruthven’s fourteenth-century charter,
is witnessed by Gilbert, Earl of Stratheam, the founder of Inchaffray,
who was born c. 1150 and died in 1223 (Inchaffray, p. lix.) and by ‘ Walterus
filius Swan ’ and ‘ Henricus filius Alani filii Swani.’ See also Scots
Peerage, iv. p. 254.
Inter divisam episcopi. The Cathedral of Dunkeld held the church
and parish of Tibbermore and the Bishops of Dunkeld had a residence
there (Rentale Dunkeldense, p. 313, etc.).
Toftum Gylcrist Macmal. Gilchrist MacMal does not occur elsewhere.
Carte dictorum Suani et Walteri. These charters have not survived.
Domini Johannis . . . episcopi Dunkeldensis. John (III), Bishop of
Dunkeld, 1356-c. 1369 (Dowden, Bishops, p. 66).
Roberto Kernes Decano. See note to No. xxxm. supra.
Andrea Wmfrey precentore. On 23 Oct. 1374, a precept is directed to
Andrew Umfray, cantor of Dunkeld, by Michael, Bishop of Dunkeld
(GRH. Charters, 162=Scon, 187). On 5 Feb. 1376, a papal letter addressed
to Andrew Umfray, canon and dean of Dunkeld, Bachelor of Canon Law,
confirms to him the canonry and prebend and the deanery which he
obtained by exchange with Robert Keneth (see note to No. xxxm. supra)
for his canonry and prebend and the chantership. Andrew, who is in
priest’s orders, holds also a canonry of Dunbar and has been provided to
a canonry of Aberdeen (CPR., iv. p. 222). Umfray was provided by the
Pope to the see of Dunkeld on 17 June 1377, but died unconsecrated
(Dowden, Bishops, p. 67).