Individual Details
Gille Crist "Gilbert" Menteith
(1150 - 1189)
} [[Category:Clan Monteith]]
[[Category:Earls of Menteith]]
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== Biography ==
This is the first Earl of Menteith whose Christian name has heen ascer- tained on strictly legal evidence, but beyond the name, little else is known of
the history of Earl Gilchrist.
As the owner of an extensive earldom, partly in the Lowlands of Scotland and partly in the Highlands of Argyll, exercising jurisdiction over large districts, Earl Gilchrist must have possessed much power and influence. But all trace of his existence has disappeared, save a few scanty references to him as a witness to royal or other charters.
In the charter by King Malcolm the Fourth to the Abbey of Scone, granted in the eleventh year of his reign, 1164, " Gilleerist Comite de Meniteith" is named as one of the witnesses. That charter provided for the restoration of the Abbey of Scone, which had been destroyed by fire, and narrates that the Abbey is situated in the chief seat of government — " In principali sede regni nostri." The learned editor of the Maitland Club edition of the Cartulary states that the precise meaning of that expression is very doubtful. He remarks that it is difficult to understand how Scone could be reckoned the principal seat of government, except perhaps from some traditional and half-fabulous story of the Moothill, joined to the real evidence of the
existence of the fatal chair of coronation.
: Name: Gille Crist /MENTEITH/. Source: [[#S994]]
: Name: Gilchrist /Menteith/Source: [[#S004444]]
: Name: Gilbert /DeMenteith/Source: [[#S004444]]
: Death: bef 1189x98
: Occupation: Earl of Menteith
:CHILDREN
:: Isabella MENTEITH+
:: Maurice MENTEITH+
==Sources==* [https://archive.org/stream/redbookofmentev100fras/redbookofmentev100fras_djvu.txt The Red Book of Menteith ]* Source: S004444[http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13078823&pid=-4353939 Ancestry.] [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13078823&pid=-4353940 Ancestrry.]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p41049.htm#i410486 THE PEERAGE]
* Source: S004444 Ancestry Family Trees
==Acknowledgment==* WikiTree profile Menteith-18 created through the import of WILLIAMS 2011.GED on Jun 22, 2011 by [[Williams-5764 | Ted Williams]].*This person was created on 21 March 2011 through the import of Rose Family Tree.ged.*This person was created through the import of Acrossthepond.ged on 21 February 2011. * WikiTree profile DeMenteith-1 created through the import of WILLIAMS 2011.GED on Jun 22, 2011 by [[Williams-5764 | Ted Williams]].
[[Category:Earls of Menteith]]
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== Biography ==
This is the first Earl of Menteith whose Christian name has heen ascer- tained on strictly legal evidence, but beyond the name, little else is known of
the history of Earl Gilchrist.
As the owner of an extensive earldom, partly in the Lowlands of Scotland and partly in the Highlands of Argyll, exercising jurisdiction over large districts, Earl Gilchrist must have possessed much power and influence. But all trace of his existence has disappeared, save a few scanty references to him as a witness to royal or other charters.
In the charter by King Malcolm the Fourth to the Abbey of Scone, granted in the eleventh year of his reign, 1164, " Gilleerist Comite de Meniteith" is named as one of the witnesses. That charter provided for the restoration of the Abbey of Scone, which had been destroyed by fire, and narrates that the Abbey is situated in the chief seat of government — " In principali sede regni nostri." The learned editor of the Maitland Club edition of the Cartulary states that the precise meaning of that expression is very doubtful. He remarks that it is difficult to understand how Scone could be reckoned the principal seat of government, except perhaps from some traditional and half-fabulous story of the Moothill, joined to the real evidence of the
existence of the fatal chair of coronation.
: Name: Gille Crist /MENTEITH/. Source: [[#S994]]
: Name: Gilchrist /Menteith/Source: [[#S004444]]
: Name: Gilbert /DeMenteith/Source: [[#S004444]]
: Death: bef 1189x98
: Occupation: Earl of Menteith
:CHILDREN
:: Isabella MENTEITH+
:: Maurice MENTEITH+
==Sources==* [https://archive.org/stream/redbookofmentev100fras/redbookofmentev100fras_djvu.txt The Red Book of Menteith ]* Source: S004444[http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13078823&pid=-4353939 Ancestry.] [http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=13078823&pid=-4353940 Ancestrry.]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p41049.htm#i410486 THE PEERAGE]
* Source: S004444 Ancestry Family Trees
==Acknowledgment==* WikiTree profile Menteith-18 created through the import of WILLIAMS 2011.GED on Jun 22, 2011 by [[Williams-5764 | Ted Williams]].*This person was created on 21 March 2011 through the import of Rose Family Tree.ged.*This person was created through the import of Acrossthepond.ged on 21 February 2011. * WikiTree profile DeMenteith-1 created through the import of WILLIAMS 2011.GED on Jun 22, 2011 by [[Williams-5764 | Ted Williams]].
Events
| Birth | 1150 | Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland | |||
| Death | 1189 | Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland | |||
| Alt name | Earl of Menteith | ||||
| Reference No | 1014768 | ||||
| Reference No | |||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Child | Murdoch "Maurice" Menteith (1195 - 1234) |
| Child | Eva Menteith (1168 - ) |
| Child | Murdach DeMenteith (1170 - 1213) |
| Father | Gilchrist DeMenteith (1100 - 1178) |