Earl Malcolm of Fife notifies all his friends and his men that he has given and granted and by his charter established to Alexander of Blair the whole land of ‘Thases’ and ‘Kintases’ (Teasses, FIF) and ‘Ballendureth’ (Bandirran, FIF) by their right bounds and with all their just pertinents, in feu and heritage, for the service of one knight, as freely as any knights holds his feu in the kingdom of Scotland of an earl or a baron.
Firm date
1204 X 1266
Probable date
perhaps 1204 × 6/Dec/1229
Dating Notes
Death of Earl Duncan II of Fife × death of Earl Malcolm II of Fife.
Source for Data Entry
W. Angus, ‘Miscellaneous Charters 1165-1300’, SHS Misc., iv, no. 7
Trad. ID
SHS Misc. iv, no. 7
Calendar number
3/16/23
Charter type
Charter
Language
Latin
Notes
Witnesses make this more likely Earl Malcolm (I) than (II).