Islay Charter
TheIslay Charteror"Gaelic Charter of 1408"is a grant of lands byDomhnall of Islay, Lord of the Islesto "Brian Bhicaire Magaodh" (Brian Vicar MacKay),[1]a resident ofIslay,written in 1408.[2]The charter is unique in being the only MacDonaldland charterextant to have been written in theGaeliclanguage. It is also notable as a very early example of this kind of document written in avernacular languagerather thanLatinand is one of the earliest examples of Gaelic in public use from the 15th century.[3]
The Charter was composed and written on a piece of goatskin by Fearghas MacBeatha[4](Fergus Beaton) personal physician to theLord of the Islesand a member of the famousBeaton medical kindredof the isles. The charter is also signed andholographedby the lord himself and was witnessed by abritheimhor 'judge', Pat McAbriuin. The lands granted consisted largely of the eastern portion of the island of approximately 400 acres (160 hectares).[5]
An edition of the charter appears in Jean Munro and R. W. Munro (ed.),The Acts of the Lords of the Isles(Edinburgh, 1986), together with notes on the form of the manuscript and the locations of the lands granted.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^Thomson, The Companion to Gaelic Scotland pp63
- ^Gaelic charter of 1408
- ^The Herald – Scotland's Leading Quality Daily NewspaperArchived2007-09-07 at theWayback Machine
- ^Regimen Sanitatis
- ^Thomson, The Companion to Gaelic Scotland pp64
References
[edit]Thomson, Derick S.The Companion to Gaelic Scotland(Blackwell Reference 1987)
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