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DE/JD/6318

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Walter son of Alan, Steward of the King of Scots, to all sons of holy mother Church, present and future, greeting. Know that I have given, granted, and by this my charter have confirmed in pure and perpetual alms to God, Saint Mary, the hospital of Auldenstun, and the infirm brethren dwelling there, one and a half ploughgates of land.

Walterus filius Alani Regis Scottorum senescallus, Omnibus sancte matris ecclesie filiis presentibus et futuris salutem. Noueritis me dedisse et concessisse et hac mea carta confirmasse in puram et perpetuam elemosinam deo et sancte Marie et hospitale de Auldenestun et infirmis fratribus ibidem residentibus [. . .] unam carucatam terre et dimidiam [. . .]

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Saint Mary
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
1165
Date high
1177
Entry reference
EN/JD/3693
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
Adniston (Auldenestun) - Leper house? Legerwood Hospital NT5943 Legerwood [LEG] Berwick 100