. The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . er, agreyhound proper, collared gules. [j. B. p.] 1 Beg. Mag. Sig. ^ Ibid., 25 January 1614. Edin. Tests., 28 March1627. * Betours, Fife, 649 : in the Complete Peerage (vii. 11 n. (a)) theeditor states that this date which is given in Douglass Peerage is a mis-take for 1612. This is not an unnatural supposition, but as a matter offact the service was actually of the date given in the text. ^ Beg. 6 Ibid. ABERNET
. The Scots peerage; founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom . er, agreyhound proper, collared gules. [j. B. p.] 1 Beg. Mag. Sig. ^ Ibid., 25 January 1614. Edin. Tests., 28 March1627. * Betours, Fife, 649 : in the Complete Peerage (vii. 11 n. (a)) theeditor states that this date which is given in Douglass Peerage is a mis-take for 1612. This is not an unnatural supposition, but as a matter offact the service was actually of the date given in the text. ^ Beg. 6 Ibid. ABERNETHY, LORD S ALTO UN HE origin of the familyof Abernethy is Saltoun ^ gives it ashis opinion that in thetwelfth century its re-presentatives occupiedthe position of lay abbotsof the Ouldee monasteryof Abernethy, in Strath-earn, and that it maytherefore be concludedthat they were notamong the Saxon orNorman immigrants who,at various periods, en-tered Scotland from thesouth, but were de-scended from some ancient Pictish or Scottish source, orfrom some adventurous Scandinavian settler from the first of the family, however, found in historicalrecord is. Hugh, who lived during the reigns of Alexander i.,David I., and perhaps Malcolm the Maiden. He appears tohave died about the middle of the twelfth century.^ Hehad a son, Orm de Abernethy. He is styled son of Hugh, andprobably succeeded his father as Lay Abbot of the monas-tery. He must have been born during the first half of thetwelfth century, for he occurs as witness to a charter by 1 Frasers of Philorth, ii. 1. 300 2 Reg. Prior. S. Andree, 130, 132. ABERNETHY, LOED SALTOUN 397 Brnaldus or Arnold, Bishop of St. Andrews, who held thesee between November 1160 and September 1162.^ He alsowitnessed a charter of William the Lion. He exchangedthe lands of Balbirnie with Duncan, Earl of Fife, for thelands of Glendukie and Balmeadow in Fife, a transactionconfirmed by King William the Lion between 1165 and 1171.*Betwee
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