1200 - 1299
1200 The Abbot's House dates from around this time, although the part nearest Abbey Street is late medieval. 1201 Earl Gillechrist, the first Earl of Angus, gives the 'chapels, lands, tithes, common pasturage, aisements & all the pertinants belonging to the Church of Kerimor (Kirriemuir)' to Arbroath Abbey. 1204 John Abbe (of what is now Edzell) grants the Abbots of Aberbrothock the right to cut & burn charcoal in their wood of 'Edale'. 1204/6 The Abbey receives a charter of privileges from King John of England. 1207 End of Henry's abbacy. 1208 Philip de Mubray is given a grant to build an Oratory or Chapel within the court of his house at ' Kellyn ' - probably where the later Kellie Castle will be erected. 1208 (-1225) Gilbert is 3rd Abbot. Muniekken (Monikie) is the first parish alluded to ( 'late in William's reign' ) under that title in the Chartulary of Arbroath. ( No reference to parishes in Scotland has been found earlier than 843 AD ) 1211 Wm. the Lion places the 'Brecbennoch of St Columba' (now known as the 'Moneymusk Reliquary') in the care of the Abbey's Benedictine Monks on condition it be paraded before the Scots Army prior to battle. 1214 (approx) Roger of Balcathie & Nicholas of Wartria (two witnesses of a grant) are described as 'Provosts' (= bailies ?) of Arbroath. From this date to about 1646 no one else appears to be given this title. 1214 (Dec 4) William the Lion dies and is buried (Dec 9) within the Abbey before the high altar. 1214 John de Morham ( the Morhams have possessed the lands of Panbride during King William th Lion's reign ) confirms the royal grant of the Church of Panbride to the Abbey, as does in time his brother & successor Adam. This family name will not again appear in the Chartulary record. 'Early 13th Cen' St Vigeans Kirk's south wall is rebuilt. The east & west gables are heightened & extended. 1219 The King 'enjoys a perambulation from Arbroath to Kinblethmont'. 1219 Matthew, son of Matthew (see 1180) & grandson of Dufsyth is 'one of the perambulators of the marches of Kinblethmont. 1220 (approx) Haltwhistle Holy Cross Church, Northumbria, is built under the direction of the Abbots of Arbroath Abbey & their master builder. 1223 (Dec 6) The lands of Conon are granted to the Abbey by King Alexander 11. 1225 (-1239) Randulphus de Lamley is 4th Abbot. 1227 (prior to) The lands of Kinblethmont seem to have come into the hands of Gwarynus de Cupa. 1229 (Mar 4, Apr 24) King Alexander 11 resides at Barry whilst granting charters on these dates. 1233 (Mar 15) Arbroath Abbey is consecrated on it's completion. 1237 The Scottish border is fixed (amicably !). 1239 End of Randulph's abbacy. 1240 (-1246) Adam is 5th Abbot. 1242 St Vigeans kirk is dedicated to the saint by Bishop David de Bernhame. 1242 (appr) John Comin is Earl of Angus. He will die in France, his widow marrying Sir Gilbert Umfranvill (Umfraville), an Anglo-Norman, to whom the Earldom of Angus passes.. 1244 (or 1245) (Mar 7) King Alexander 11 grants a charter whilst at Aberbrothoc. His gifts to the Abbey are liberal, whereas his son, Alexander 111, will not make a single grant in it's favour. 1246 End of Adam's abbacy. 1247 (-1258) Walter is 6th Abbot. 1250 (appr) Hospitalfield (Spedalfield) is founded as the Hospital of St John, a plague & leprosy hospice. 1258 End of Walter's abbacy. 1261 (-1267) Robert is 7th Abbot. 1263 Philip of Meldrum & his wife Agnes Comyn are in dispute with Arbroath Abbey over the patronage of the church of Bethelnie which had been given to the Abbey by Earl William Comyn. 1267 Abbot Robert is 'shamefully expelled'. Sabinus becomes 8th Abbot. 1268 (-1270) John is 9th Abbot. 1270 (-1275) Adam of Inverlunan is 10th Abbot. 1272 During the rule of Abbot Adam of Inverlunan, a lightning storm destroys the north tower & it's bells. 1276 (-1284) William is 11th Abbot. 1283 Welandus de Seynclau is lord of ' Kynblatmund ' ( Kinblethmont ). 1284 The Abbot of Arbroath grants the Letham lands to Hugo Heem. 1284 (Dec) Abbot William is translated to Dunkeld. 1285 (-1296) Henry is 12th Abbot. 1286 (Oct 14) Return by the Abbot of Aberbrothoc to the Commission of the Guardians of Scotland, respecting certain Pasture-land in Panmure. 1288 (to approx 1563) Arbroath Regality Registers (the Arbroath Abbey Books) exist covering this period. Three volumes are kept in Angus & one held within the British Museum. 1290 (Oct) Pope Nicholas IV is obliged to investigate the alleged abuses Abbot Henry inflicts on his monks. 1296 End of Henry's abbacy, although he is entrusted by John Balliol to advise Edward 1st of his refusal to follow him to France. 1296 (Aug) Edward arrives in Arbroath on his triumphal return from the north of Scotland. 1296 Edward 1 of England takes the Stone of Destiny from Scone to Westminster Abbey. It will remain there until December 1950 at which point it disappears. Arbroath Abbey will hold it briefly in 1951, but that apart, Scotland will not have it returned to her until it is placed in Edinburgh Castle in 1996......on loan. 1299 (-1301) Nicholas is 13th Abbot. In the 1200s a gradual renaming of Gadhlig places names by Saxon equivalents seem to occur in lowland Angus. In 1219 the Marches of Kinblethmont are described in Gadhlig, whereas by around 1300 the Marches of Dunnichen include Saxon names.
The music is from 'The Martyrdom of St Thomas ' the unfinished vespers, subvenite ' performed by 'Schola Gregoriana' of Cambridge
1211 - The Brecbennoch of St Columba (the Moneymusk Reliquary), probably made in the 8th century, comes to Arbroath
1233 Arbroath Abbey is now complete
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1220 - Haltwhistle Holy Cross Church is built
1288 - The 'Arbroath regality Registers ' i.e. the Arbroath Abbey Books' are in existence from this date until about 1563
