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charter recorded in the ''notitiae'' on the ''

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'', a charter which explicitly dates to "the eighth year of the reign of David" (1131) which styles him "Léot ab Brecini". The second of these is a charter of King

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, dated by Archibald Lawrie to 1150, granting the lands of "Nithbren" and "Balcristin" to

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, where he is called "Leod abbate de Breichin". The third of these is a charter granted by King David to the church of

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of Haddington dating to 1141 mentions a "Leod de Brechin". He was almost certainly the father of the first known

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.Lawrie, ''op. cit.'', p. 331; See also

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"Genealogical chart of ruling family of the Church of Brechin"
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Notes

References

*Jackson, Kenneth H. (ed), ''The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer'' (The Osborn Bergin Memorial Lecture 1970), (Cambridge, 1972) * Lawrie, Sir Archibald, ''Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153'', (Glasgow, 1905)

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