Léot of Brechin

Léot of Brechin is the first known Abbot of Brechin. He appears in three charters. The first of these is a Scoto-Latin charter recorded in the "notitiae" on the "Book of Deer", a charter which explicitly dates to the "the eighth year of the reign of David" (1131) which styles him "Léot ab Brecini". [Kenneth H. Jackson (ed), "The Gaelic Notes in the Book of Deer: The Osborn Bergin Memorial Lecture, 1970", (Cambridge, 1972), pp. 31, 34, 61; see also, Sir Archibald Lawrie, "Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153", (Glasgow, 1905), pp. 78, 339.] The second of these is a charter of King David I of Scotland, dated by Archibald Lawrie to 1150, granting the lands of "Nithbren" and "Balcristin" to Dunfermline Abbey, where he is called "Leod abbate de Breichin". [Lawrie, "op. cit.", pp. 181, 226-7.] The third of these is a charter granted by King David to the church of St. Mary of Haddington dating to 1141 mentions a "Leod de Brechin". [Lawrie, "op. cit.", pp. 102, 370-1.]

He was almost certainly the father of the first known Bishop of Brechin, Samson. [Lawrie, "op. cit.", p. 331; See also Dauvit Broun, [http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/History/Scottish/Level1/level1C-material.htm#Church%20of%20Brechin "Genealogical chart of ruling family of the Church of Brechin"] ,]

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)

External links

*Dauvit Broun, [http://www2.arts.gla.ac.uk/History/Scottish/Level1/level1C-material.htm#Church%20of%20Brechin "Genealogical chart of ruling family of the Church of Brechin"]