Aed (‘Hugo’) son of Aed (‘Hugo’) son of Gillemichael earl of Fife, has given and granted, and corroborated with the impression of his seal, to St Andrews Cathedral Priory, the church of Markinch (FIF), with all its pertinents.
Firm date
28 March 1165 X 8 December 1166
Dating Notes
Consecration of Bishop Richard of St Andrews × royal grand confirmation (_RRS_ ii, no. 29) and episcopal confirmation of Bishop Richard (_St A. Lib._, 143).
Source for Data Entry
St Andrews Liber, xxi.
Trad. ID
St A. Lib., xxi
Calendar number
3/16/31
Charter type
Charter
Language
Latin
Notes
Hugo is also known in contemporary documents as 'Eggu', and John Bannerman has suggested that both Hugh and his father, Hugh, were French or Latin translations for Gaelic Aed. Hugh's descendants became the family of Abernethy. See RRS ii, nos. 28, 459.