Fothriff or Fothrif was a province of
Scotland
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in the Middle Ages. It is often paired with
Fife, not only in ''
De Situ Albanie
''De Situ Albanie'' (or ''dSA'' for short) is the name given to the first of seven Scottish documents found in the so-called Poppleton Manuscript, now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. It was probably written sometime between 1202 ...
'', but also in early charters.
The exact extent of early Fothriff is unclear, but in around 1300 the
Deanery of Fothriff in the
Bishopric of St Andrews included both
Clackmannan
Clackmannan ( ; gd, Clach Mhanainn, perhaps meaning "Stone of Manau"), is a small town and civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is south-east of Alloa and south of Tillicoultry. ...
and
Kinross
Kinross (, gd, Ceann Rois) is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, around south of Perth and around northwest of Edinburgh. It is the traditional county town of the historic county of Kinross-shire.
History
Kinross's origins are conn ...
, as well as Fife from the parishes of
Auchtermuchty, Lathrisk,
Cults
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, Kirkforthar
Markinch
Markinch (, (Scottish Gaelic: Marc Innis) is both a village and a parish in the heart of Fife, Scotland. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the village
has a population of 2,420. The civil parish had a population of 16,530 (in 2011).Cens ...
and
Methil westwards.
Etymology
The name ''Fothriff'' was recorded in the 11th century as ''Fotriffe'' and may ultimately be of
Brittonic
Brittonic or Brythonic may refer to:
*Common Brittonic, or Brythonic, the Celtic language anciently spoken in Great Britain
*Brittonic languages, a branch of the Celtic languages descended from Common Brittonic
*Britons (Celtic people)
The Br ...
origin.
The name is derived from ''*vo-treb'', meaning "sub-settlement" (>
Welsh ''godref'').
See also
*
Mormaerdom of Fife
References
*
Broun, Dauvit, "The Seven Kingdoms in ''De Situ Albanie'': A Record of Pictish political Geography or imaginary map of ancient ''Alba'' ?" in E.J.Cowan & R. Andrew McDonald (eds), ''Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era.'' Reprinted, Edinburgh: John Donald, 2005.
* McNeill, Peter G.B. & MacQueen, Hector L. (eds), ''Atlas of Scottish History to 1707.'' Edinburgh: Trustees of the Scottish Medievalists and the Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh, 1996.
Medieval Scotland
Geographic history of Scotland
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