Document 2/12/1 (SEA, i, no. 55)

Description: Gilla-Aldan, bishop-elect of Whithorn, to Archbishop Thurstan of York; notes that he knows from authentic writings of fathers and truthful testimony of old men that bishop of Whithorn of old ought to regard York as his mother and metropolitan and obey it in those things which pertain to God. He therefore promises due subjection to Thurstan and his successors and to observe canonical obedience in future.
Firm date: 9 December 1128 X 25 January 1140
Probable date: prob. early, and pres. × 1137
Dating Notes: Mandate for Bishop Gilla-Aldan's consecration × resignation of Archbishop Thurstan; war broke out between David I and King Stephen of England in 1137, and the profession of obedience was presumably made before that (Oram, _Lordship of Galloway_, 171).
Source for Data Entry: ESC, no. 64
Trad. ID: SEA, i, no. 55
Calendar number: 2/12/1
Charter type: Letter (correspondence)
Language: Latin

Total number of associated factoids: 5

Transaction factoids (1) Relationship factoids (1) Title factoids (3)

Date	Short Summary	Primary	Witnesses
9 Dec. 1128 X 25 Jan. 1140	Submission to York	yes

Date	Short Summary	Subject	Object
9 Dec. 1128 X 25 Jan. 1140	Lord (dominus) of Gilla Aldain, bishop of Whithorn (d.1151×54)(Tenurial & lordship relationship)	Thurstan, archbishop of York (d.1140)	Gilla Aldáin, bishop of Whithorn (d.1151×54)

Date	Short Summary	Title Holder
9 Dec. 1128 X 25 Jan. 1140	bishop-elect	Gilla Aldáin, bishop of Whithorn (d.1151×54)
9 Dec. 1128 X 25 Jan. 1140	archbishop of York	Thurstan, archbishop of York (d.1140)
9 Dec. 1128 X 25 Jan. 1140	Dominus (Lord/Sir)	Thurstan, archbishop of York (d.1140)