Document 3/30/1 (RMS, ii, no. 3170 (1))

Description: Rognvald son of Somerled, called ‘king of the Isles’, lord of Argyll and Kintyre, founder of Saddell Abbey, [has given?] to the said house the lands of Saddell Glen (ARG) and of 12 marklands of Ballevain (ARG) in the said lordship.
Firm date: 1164 X circa 1207
Probable date: possibly 1164 × 1192
Dating Notes: Death of Somerled × death of Rognvald
Source for Data Entry: RMS, ii, no. 3170 (1)
Trad. ID: RMS, ii, no. 3170 (1)
Calendar number: 3/30/1
Charter type: Charter
Language: Latin
Notes: Contained in a royal inspection of King James IV, 1 Jan. 1508. On Saddell Abbey, see A.L. Brown, ‘The Cistercian Abbey of Saddell, Kintyre’, Innes Review 20 (1969), 130-137. A.A.M. Duncan and A.L. Brown have suggested that Rognvald dropped the title of ‘king’ after his loss to his brother Angus in 1192. Duncan and Brown, ‘Argyll and the Isles’, PSAS 1956-57, 198.

Total number of associated factoids: 5

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

Date	Short Summary	Primary	Witnesses
1164 X circa 1207	Gift (?) of lands of Saddell Glen (ARG) and 12 marklands of Ballevain (ARG)	yes

Date	Short Summary	Subject	Object
1164 X circa 1207	Son of Somerled, lord of Argyll (d.1164) (Familial relationship)	Reginald (Ragnvald), lord of Argyll	Somerled, lord of Argyll (d.1164)

Date	Short Summary	Title Holder
1164 X circa 1207	lord of Argyll	Reginald (Ragnvald), lord of Argyll
1164 X circa 1207	lord of Kintyre	Reginald (Ragnvald), lord of Argyll
1164 X circa 1207	king of Man and/or the Isles	Somerled, lord of Argyll (d.1164)