Document 3/579/2 (Scone Lib., no. 56)
- Description
- William Uvieth has given, granted and by this his charter established to Scone Abbey 7 acres of land in the territory of Inveralmond in ‘Tay flat’ (PER), that is, from the island where the duels of Scone (trial by combat?) are done, towards the north, and a fishing in the Tay where it may be most beneficial to them, for the length of the territory of Inveralmond, from the aforesaid island towards the old Almond (?), in free and perpetual alms, free and quit from dispute and exaction.
- Firm date
- 1 October 1182 X 20 August 1199
- Dating Notes
- John Scot as bishop of Dunkeld × death of Bishop Matthew of Aberdeen.
- Source for Data Entry
- Scone Liber, no. 56
- Trad. ID
- Scone Lib., no. 56
- Calendar number
- 3/579/2
- Charter type
- Charter
- Language
- Latin
- Notes
- The island where Scone held duels may have been ‘The Woody or Scone Islands’, as they now appear on OS maps.