Gilchrist MacNachtan
Gilchrist MacNachtan (also known as Cristinus), son of Malcolm MacNachtan, was a thirteenth-century Scottish magnate. Gilchrist was likely a native of Lorne. Two charters, dating to about 1246 and 1247 respectively, reveal that he made two grants of the church of Kilmorich, located at the head of Loch Fyne, to Inchaffray Abbey. The first grant describes Gilchrist as a "baron of the realm", and both grants record the name of his wife, Bethoc, and the name of his father, Malcolm MacNachtan. A seal of green wax is attached to the second charter is blazoned ''a bend surmounted of a label of five points in chief'', and reads in Latin "''S Gilecrist Macnachten''". The seal's heraldic elements may be evidence that Gilecrist's family was related to the Bissetts. In 1267, Alexander III, King of Scots granted Gilchrist the custody of the castle on Fraoch Eilean, an island in the northern end of Loch Awe Loch Awe (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Obha'') is a large body of freshwater i ...
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Gilchrist MacNachtan, Grant To Inchaffray Abbey, About 1247
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