Monasticon Anglicanum: a history of the abbies and other monasteries, hospitals, frieries, and cathedral and collegiate churches, with their dependencies, in England and Wales; also of all such Scotch, Irish and French monasteries, as were in manner connected with religious houses in England / Originally pub. in Latin by Sir William Dugdale...[Now ed., enriched with a large accession of materials taken from leiger books, chartularies, rolls, and other documents preserved in the national archives, public libraries, and other repositories; the history of each religious foundation in English being prefixed to its respective series of Latin charters. By John Caley...Henry Ellis...and the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel.
- William Dugdale
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Monasticon Anglicanum: a history of the abbies and other monasteries, hospitals, frieries, and cathedral and collegiate churches, with their dependencies, in England and Wales; also of all such Scotch, Irish and French monasteries, as were in manner connected with religious houses in England / Originally pub. in Latin by Sir William Dugdale...[Now ed., enriched with a large accession of materials taken from leiger books, chartularies, rolls, and other documents preserved in the national archives, public libraries, and other repositories; the history of each religious foundation in English being prefixed to its respective series of Latin charters. By John Caley...Henry Ellis...and the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![(the Firth of Forth) where the church stood; and the oil extracted from them was to be applied to its use. In 1303, Edward the 1st burnt down the whole Abbey excepting the Church and Cells, pleading in excuse of his sacrilege, that it gave a retreat to his enemies. In plain words, because the gallant nobility of the country sometimes held their assemblies here to free themselves from an English yoke. The church, however, which escaped the merciless hands of the invaders, afterwards fell a sacrifice, in common with other Romish establishments, to the blind zeal of the early reformers; and, with the exception of the nave, was entirely demolished in the year 1560. The nave was pre¬ served, in consequence of the Reformers having converted it into a Presbyterian place of worship. In 1817, the parish church, occupying the nave of the old church, having become ruinous and unsuitable for a place of worship, the heritors of the parish of Dumfermling, and the magistrates of the burgh, came to the resolution of building an entire new church, which was completed in 1820. Malcolm Canmore, the first founder of Dumfermling, appointed its church to be the common cemetery of the kings of Scotland, in place of the celebrated Iona or Icolm- kill, the original place of royal sepulture in the Hebrides. Robert the Bruce was the last of the Scottish sovereigns buried here, in 1329. A Chartulary and Rental of Dumfermling Abbey, in various hands, from the 13th to the 16th century, on vellum, is preserved in a folio volume, in the Advocates’ Library at Edinburgh, The Harleian MS. 4628. contains “ Confirmatio Jacobi Secundi Regis Scotise omnium ter- rarum de Dumfermling in speciali et majori forma.” ffixrnolnum He aumfmnclmgt, alias .ircrmelotrunum. NUM. I. Carta Fundationis per Malcolmum Regem Scotice. [Exscript, ab autogr. per prsef. J. Balfoure.] In nomine sanctae Trinitatis, ego Malcolmus Dei gratia Scottorum basileus, authoritate regia ac potentate Mar- caret® regin® uxons me®, episcoporum, comitum, baio- numque regni mei confirmatione, et testimonxo, cleio etiam adquiescenteque populo. Sciant pr®sentes et futuri me fundasse abbatiam in Monte Infirmorum in honorem Dei omnipotentis, et S. et individu® Trinitatis, pro salute anirn® me®, et omnium antecessorum meorum, et pro salute anim® regin® Margaret®, uxoris me®, et omnium successorum meorum. Concessi etiam, et hac carta mea confiimavi pr®- dict® abbathi®, omnes terras et villas de Pardusin, Pit- naurcha, Pittecorthin, Petfactachin, Lavar, Bolgin, et shiram de Kircaladunt, et Inneresc Minorem, cum tota schira de Fofriffe, et Muselburge, cum omnibus suis pertinentiis, tarn in capellis et decimis, aliisque oblationibus, quam in omnibus aliis ad eas terras, villas, et schyras juste spectantibus, ita libere, sicut aliquis rex aliquas elemosinas unquam deditvel contulit ab initio mundi ad banc diem. Testibus Ivo Ivel- ledeorum abbate, *Mackduffe comite; Duncano comite; Araldo comite; Neis filio Willielmi Merleswain, apud Edin- burge. NUM. II. Confirmatio Fundationis dicti Monasterii de Dumfermlinge, per Regem Davidem Primum, Filium natu minimum Mal¬ colms Tertii et S. Margarets Regina. [Exscript, ab autogr. per praf. Jac. Balfoure.] In nomine Patris, Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, ego David Dei gratia rex Scottorum, authoritate regia, ac potestate, Henrici filii mei, assensu et Matildis regin® uxoris me®, episcoporum, comitum, baronumque regni mei confirmatione et testimonio, ecclesi® S. Trinitatis de Dumfermlinge, pr®- decessorum meorum, pietatis studio, et largitionis .... omnia subscripta concedo, et pace perpetua confirmo. Patris itaque et matris me® dona subsequent^ propono; h®c. scil. Pardusin; Pitnaurcha; Pittecorthin; Pilbaclachin; La¬ var; Bolgin; schiram de Ivircaldunt; Inveresc Minorem. Dona regis Doncani fratris mei, duas villas nomine Luscars. Dona regis Edgari fratris mei, schiram de Galland. Dona comitis Ethelredi fratris mei Hales. Dona Alexandri regis fratris mei Prunros, schiram de Gaitmilk; Pitcomarchin; Baltherin; Dunsbinin; Kethe. Dona Sybill® regin® Beeth. Et h®c pr®dicta pr®decessorum meorum dona concedo libe- raliter pr®fiit® ecclesi® imperpetuum cum omnibus suis appenditiis et rectis divisis. Dona denique propria subse- quuntur, Dunfermelin citra aquam, in qua eadem ecclesia sita est, Kingoren cum suis appenditiis, qui propinquior est Dunfermlin; Inveresc Majorem, et molendinum, etpiscinam, et Suinthetune, et Cresbarrin. Et ecclesiam de Infresc, et Wymet, cum suis rectis divisis. Fotheros juxta S. Andream, cum suis rectis divisis. Et Pethenach cum suis rectis divisis. Et unam carrucatam terr® Petioker. Pr®terea do et con¬ cedo, assensu Henrici filii mei, et pro salute animarum no- strarum et antecessorum nostrorum, in perpetuam elemosi- nam, Nithbren cum suis appenditiis, et Belcristin, cum suis rectis divisis, in pratis, et pascuis, excepta rectitudine, quam Keledei habuerunt, et habere debent, cum omnibus rebus ad eas juste pertinentibus, sicut dat® fuerunt pr®dict® ecclesi® in dotem die qua dedicata fuit. Pr®terea do eidem ec¬ clesi® unam mansuram in Berwick; aliam in Roxburghe; aliam in burgo de Hadingtune; aliam in Edinburge; aliam in Linlithcu: aliam in burgo de Streuelin; et in eadem villa duas ecclesias, et unam carrucatam terr®, qu® adjacet ips® ecclesi®. Et omnem decimam meorum dominiorum in frugibus et animalibus, et in piscibus de propriis retibus. Et etiam in denariis. Et decimam mei Can totius Castensis provinci®, et mansiones regii presbyteri, ita plene sicut ipse sanus et incolumis tenuit. Et unum rete et dimidium et unam mansionem in burgo de Dunfermlin, liberam et quie- tam; et omnem decimationem denariorum firm® burgi; et decimationem molendini et de omnibus dominiis meis de Dunfermlin; et unam mansionem in burgo de Perthe; et ecclesiam ejusdem vill®; et unam mansionem, qu® pertinet ips® ecclesi®. Et omnem decimam de dominio meo. Omnia autem dona pr®dicta ita liberaliter et quiete pr®fat® ecclesi® concedo, sicut ego terras meas proprias possideo, defensione regni mei, excepta et regali justitia, si abbas in curia sua aliquem negligentia de justicia decederit. Concedo etiam octavam partem de omnibus placitis et lucris meis de Fyffe et Fothriffe, et omnem decimam totius mei Can, et brasei de Fiffe, et de Fothreife, exceptis rectitudinibus qu® abbaci® de Dunkelden pertinent. Et decimam omnium venationum, qui capiuntur inter Lam- beremure et Tay; et medietatem coriorum et seporum et sagiminis omnium bestiarum qui occidentur ad fes- tivitates tenendas in Strevelin, et inter Forth et Tay. Con¬ cedo etiam ut habeant in nemoribus meis omnia necessaria ad ignem, et ad ®dificia sua; sicut mihi ipsi, et hominibus eorum, sicut et meis. Yolo itaque ut omnes oblationes, qu® ad majus altare ejusdem ecclesi® oflerentur, sine calumpnia liberaliter habeant, etde Selichis, qui ad Aldkingorne capien- tur, postquam decimati fuerint. Concedo ut omnes septi- mos selichos habeant; salis quoque et frumenti, qui ad opus meum ad Dumfermlin allata fuerint omnem decimam con¬ cedo. Pr®terea pater meus et mater mea dederunt ec¬ clesi® S. Trinitatis parochiam totam Fothreife, et sic con¬ cedo. Denique do et concedo, in elemosinam imperpetuum ecclesi® S. Trinitatis, tractum de Aldstelle, et omne quod juste ei pertinet. Tractus iste datus est in Berwich liber et quietus. Prater h®c et prohibeo ne aliquod namium ac- cipietur super terram vel super homines S. Trinitatis, pro forisfacto alicujus, nisi pro ipso forisfacto illorum. Concedo etiam, quod juste reddantur ecclesi® S. Trinitatis omne ser- vitium, quod pater meus et mater mea et fratres mei ei de¬ derunt, et omnes sui Cumerlach,a a tempore Edgari regis usque nunc, cum tota pecunia sua, ubicunque inveniatur: et prohibeo super meum foresfactum, ne injuste retineantur. Concedo abbati et monachis ut habeant omnes homines cum omni pecunia eorum, in cujuscunque terra fuerint, qui fue¬ runt in terris die qua oblat® et dat® ecclesi® S. Trinitatis. Concedo quoque prafat® ecclesi® decimam de omnibus meis](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30455832_0007_0705.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)