Title/occupation:
bishop of Aberdeen
- Title type
- bishop of Aberdeen
- From Source
-
3/12/4 (Arb. Lib., no. 85)
- Firm date
- 1178 X 1185
- Probable date
- not 1181 or 1182
- Dating Notes
- Sir David, brother of the king, is not yet earl of Huntingdon. King William witnesses this charter, but the royal confirmation was not made until about a decade later. <em>RRS</em>, ii, no. 300. Note that Bishop Matthew was in exile in 1181 and perhaps 1182.