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DE/EW/5266

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Walter fitz Alan, steward of the king of Scotland, grants to the church of Holy Trinity of Dunfermline and its monks, his land of Dunfermline, namely 20 acres and a croft.

Walt{er}us fili{us} Alani Dapif{er} regis Scoc{ie} . o{mn}ib{us} s{an}c{t}e m{at}ris ecc{lesi}e filiis Sal{utem} . Sciatis me de{dis}se {et} con{cessis}se {et} hac mea carta {con}fir{mas}se ecc{lesi}e s{an}c{t}e Trini{ta}tis de Dunfer' {et} fr{atr}ib{us} ibidem xo s{er}uientib{us} t{er}ram mea{m} de Dunf' . s{cilicet} . xxti ac{r}as . {et} . i . toftu{m} {. . .}

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Trinity
Saint details
ST/JD/52
Date low
1165
Date high
1169
Entry reference
EN/EW/3141
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Lord of Oswestry Walter Fitzalan Male Courtier 100 Walter Fitalan (c. 1110--1177), progenitor of the Stewart family. Younger brother of William, lord of Oswestry and Clun in Shropshire (ancestor of the Fitzalans earls of Arundel). Walter entered the service of David I c.1136, and became the king's dapifer (steward) towards the end of the reign. The office was to be held heritably. Walter was granted extensive lands by David I and Maloclm IV: Renfrew and its district, the northern half of Kyle (central Ayrshire), and sizeable estates in Berwickshire, Roxburghshire, and Haddingtonshire. On these lands Walter and his immediate descendants settled knights and other military fief-holders recruited from the Welsh border country where the Fitzalans were well established. The head of the family, from Walter Fitzalan's time onward, became one of the most powerful barons of the Scottish kingdom. See ODNB, under 'Stewart family'.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dunfermline Abbey NT090873 Dunfermline [DFL] Fife 100