G[eoffrey], abbot of church of Christ of Dunfermline and convent of Dunfermline for May Priory; have granted teinds of 'Balgallin' (in Carnbee parish, FIF)
Firm date
1145 X 14 October 1178
Probable date
1145 × 24/May/1153
Dating Notes
Royal gift of half of 'Balegallin' to May Priory (_David I Chrs._, no. 165) × death of Abbot Geoffrey (II) of Dunfermline; probably around the time of the royal gift (1145 × 53), and thus most likely to be Abbot Geoffrey (I).
Source for Data Entry
St Andrews Liber, 392-3
Trad. ID
St A. Lib., 392-3
Calendar number
2/71/1
Charter type
Charter
Language
Latin
Notes
The date given in the St Andrews Syllabus is erroneous. See also G.W.S. Barrow, 'A Scottish collection at Canterbury', SHR 31 (1952), 27, n. 10.
See Taylor, Place-names of Fife, iii, 140.