Anno Domini moccoxxxiiiio obiit Alanus filius
Rolandi dominus
Galwethie, ⁊ constabularius Scocie, ⁊ sepultus est apud
Dun
draynan, ⁊ reliquid iii filias heredes, ⁊ filium unum bastardum
Qui dum
aduiueret pater eius duxit uxorem filiam regis
de Man. Filie autem eius nupserunt his uiris, prima scilicet
Rogero de Quincy comiti Wintonie, secunda Iohanni de Baylol
tercia filio
comitis de Albemarle, inter quas diuisa est
terra predicti Alani. Sed indigene
illius terre malentes habere
unum dominum quam plures ad dominum regem accesserunt
postu
lantes quatinus heredibus heredatis1 super se dominium acciperet, quod pius
rex minime
curauit. Qua propter Galuuethienses supra
modum intumescentes sese ad resistendum
preparaue
runt, necnon ⁊ quasdam terras domini regis uiciniores, ferro
flam
maque uastauerunt, quod eis in prosperum non cessit sicut in
subsequentibus apparebit.
¶Item obiit domnus Walranus2 abbas de Der. In cuius loco electus est
venerabilis Hugo prior
de Melros.
Anno Domini moccoxxxovo obiit dompnus
W’ episcopus Candidec’. Dominica
prima xle electus est
domnus Gillebertus magister nouitiorum de Melros, ⁊
quondam abbas de Glenlus in
episcopum tam a clero quam ab uniuerso po
pulo Galwethie excepto priore ⁊ conuentu
de Witerne. Do
minica autem qua cantatur Oculi mei supradictus prior cum suo
con
uentu elegit Odonem quondam abbatem de Derecongal ⁊ proti
nus cum eo ad
archiepiscopum Eboracensem Walterum scilicet de Gray
profectus est, postulans ab
eo munus consecrationis, sed minime per
cepit. Audierat enim de prima electione,
unde causis ex utraque
parte excussis Odonem reprobauit ⁊ supradictum G’ monachum
Melrosensem in episcopum Dominica prima ante natiuitatem
beate Marie in
ecclesia maiori Eboraci consecrauit.
¶Item domnus Hugo electus de Der, post
expletionem unius
anni qua supradicte ecclesie prefuit tam pro infirmitate
In the 1234th year of the Lord,
Alan son of Roland, lord of Galloway and constable of Scotland, died and was buried at
Dundrennan. He left 3 daughters as heirs, and one bastard son, who, while his father was
alive, married the daughter of the king of Man. His daughters, however, were married to the following men:
the first to Roger de Quincy, earl of Winchester; the second to John de Balliol; the
third to the son of the earl of Aumale; and Alan’s land was divided between them. But
the natives of that land, preferring to have one lord rather than many, approached the
lord king, requesting that, over and above them, he would take the lordship from the
heirs of the inheritance; but the pious king paid no regard to this. For this reason the
Galwegians became extremely angry and prepared themselves to rise up and also laid waste
by sword and by flame some of the lord king’s lands that lay closest to them, which did
not succeed prosperously with them,1 as shall be apparent
in what follows.
¶Also, Dom Waleran the abbot of Deer died; the venerable Hugh, the
prior of Melrose, was elected in his place.
In the 1235th year of the Lord, Dom W[alter] the bishop of Candida Casa
died. On the first Sunday in Lent, Dom Gilbert, master of the novices at Melrose, and
former abbot of Glenluce, was elected as bishop, both by the clergy and by all the
people of Galloway, except for the prior and convent of Whithorn. On the Sunday when Oculi mei is sung, however, the above-mentioned prior and his
convent elected Odo, the former abbot of Holywood, and immediately made his way with him
to the archbishop of York, that is, to Walter de Gray, seeking from him the gift of
consecration, but he did not give them an audience. For he had heard about the first
election, and for this reason, having examined the case on each side, he reproved Odo
and consecrated the above-mentioned G[ilbert], the monk of Melrose, as bishop, on the
Sunday before the Nativity of the blessed Mary,2 in
the greater church at York.
¶Also, Dom Hugh, elect of Deer, after the completion of
one year, in which he had charge of the above-mentioned church, as much by reason of
infirmity