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Absalom, son of Macbeth (Buchanan)

Biography: Generally accepted as the progenitor of the Buchanans. It is not entirely clear whether Absalom son of Macbeth, Absalom of Lennox, Absalom the earl's steward and Absalom the clerk are all one and the same person.
Floruits: 1208 × 1239
Family connections: » Gephi Visualisation
Grantor Beneficiary relationships: » Gephi Visualisation

Total number of associated factoids: 14

Transaction factoids (3) Relationship factoids (7) Title factoids (1) Witnesses factoids (3)

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Date	Short Summary	Role	Witnesses	Source
unavailable	Donation of island called Clairinsh (STL) with common fishing in king's stank of Loch Lomond	Beneficiary		1/7/177 (RRS, iii, no. 173)
1225	Gift of the island of Clairinsh (STL)	Beneficiary	Adam, son of Moren; Aulay, brother of Earl Máel Domnaig of Lennox; Dougal, brother of Earl Máel Domnaig of Lennox; Duncan, brother of Earl Máel Domnaig of Lennox; Gilbert, clerk of Earl Máel Domnaig; Gilchrist, brother of Earl Máel Domnaig of Lennox; Gilla Pátraic, son of Máel Brigte (mac Maíl Brigte); Malcolm Beg, son of Gillespie Galbraith; Malcolm, brother of Earl Máel Domnaig of Lennox; Simon, chaplain of Earl Máel Domnaig; William, son of Bede	3/17/11 (Lennox, ii, no. 4)
6 Sept. 1231	Confirmation of island called Clairinsh (STL) with fishing in king's stank of Loch Lomond	Beneficiary	David Comyn, lord of Kilbride (d.1247); Geoffrey de Nova Villa; Ivo of Kirkpatrick; Michael Mowat, sheriff of Inverness; Ralph of Paisley, chaplain; Robert Menzies, chamberlain (d.1267); William of Bondington, bishop of Glasgow (d.1258)	1/7/177 (RRS, iii, no. 173)

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Date	Short Summary	Role	Source
2 Nov. 1208 X 1265	Son of Absalom, son of Macbeth (Familial relationship)	object (relationship)	3/17/29 (Lenn. Cart., 27)
2 Nov. 1208 X 1265	Son of Absalom, son of Macbeth (Familial relationship)	object (relationship)	3/17/36 (Lennox, ii, Add. Chrs., no. 207)
1225	Son of Macbeth (father of Absalom) (Familial relationship)	subject (relationship)	3/17/11 (Lennox, ii, no. 4)
6 Sept. 1231	Son of Macbeth (father of Absalom)(Familial relationship)	subject (relationship)	1/7/177 (RRS, iii, no. 173)
14 Feb. 1274	Son of Absalom, son of Macbeth (Familial relationship)	object (relationship)	3/17/45 (Pais. Reg., 203-4)
14 Feb. 1274	Son of Absalom, son of Macbeth (Familial relationship)	object (relationship)	3/17/46 (Pais. Reg., 204-*201)
14 Feb. 1274	Son of Absalom, son of Macbeth (Familial relationship)	object (relationship)	3/17/47 (Pais. Reg., 215-6)

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Date	Short Summary	Source
2 Nov. 1208 X 16 Apr. 1228	Dominus (Lord/Sir)	3/17/17 (Pais. Reg., 217)

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Date	Short Summary	Source
2 November 1208 X 16 April 1228	Confirmation of gift made by Dubgall, the earl's brother	3/17/17 (Pais. Reg., 217)
2 November 1208 X 1265	Restoration of certain lands in Luss	3/17/36 (Lennox, ii, Add. Chrs., no. 207)
2 March 1239	Gift of three ploughgates in the Lennox	3/17/30 (Lenn. Cart., 30-1)