Document 3/17/66 (Lenn. Cart., 45)
- Description
- Malcolm, earl of Lennox, has given, granted and by this his present charter established at feu-ferme to Cessan Óg son of Cessan Óg, his heirs, his representatives, and the representatives of his heirs, that virgate of land of Finnich (STL), which in Gaelic is called Blarvotych, and similarly Drumfynvoych, viz.: that which is near the land of Croy (Croy Cunningham, Killearn, STL), by its correct bounds, with all its pertinents, freedoms and easements which are specified. They are to render to Malcolm and his heirs annually at Catter (STL), on the feast of All Saints, twenty-stone of cheese in accordance with the standard weight of cheese of Lothian, for all other exaction and demand, save the forinsec service of the king which pertains to one quarter ploughgate of Finnich. Malcolm promises warrandice.
- Firm date
- 1286 X 19 July 1333
- Probable date
- probably × 27 Apr. 1296
- Dating Notes
- × death of Earl Malcolm, prob. × capture or Sir William Olifard at Dunbar
- Source for Data Entry
- Lennox Cartulary, 45
- Trad. ID
- Lenn. Cart., 45
- Calendar number
- 3/17/66
- Charter type
- Charter
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- Note that there were two Sir William Olifards who were active in the Wars of Independence. The elder one is apparently the one who witnesses these charters; he was imprisoned from 27 Apr. 1296 to 8 Sept. 1297, was commander of Stirling Castle from some point after 1299 to 1304. He was again imprisoned by the English from 20 July 1304 to 24 May 1308; and was then in the English army from Nov. 1309 to Jan. 1313; then imprisoned by Bruce (Scots Peerage, vi, 532). This career suggests that activity of this type in the Lennox probably happened before the 1296 capture at Dunbar.