Gospatric (sheriff of Roxburgh)
Gospatric is the first known sheriff of Roxburgh, a burgh in Teviotdale. His father is thought to have been Uhtred son of Ulfkill.[1]
A Cospatricio vicecomite ("Gospatric the Sheriff") is mentioned in the foundation charter of Selkirk Abbey.[2] The charter was issued by Earl David and probably dates to between either 1120 and 1121, or 1123 and 1124, though it could be as early as 1114.[3]
A Gospatricus Vicecomes ("Gospatric the Sheriff") witnessed a grant by David, now king of Scotland, to Durham Cathedral Priory, sometime between April 1126 and March 1127.[4]
He witnessed a grant of land in Roxburgh to the church of St John of the castle of Roxburgh sometime between 1124 and 1133.[5] Although Archibald C. Lawrie was uncertain what sheriffdom Gospatric held, G. W. S. Barrow and Norman Reid believed it to be Roxburghshire because of this charter.[6]
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- ↑ Reid & Barrow, Sheriffs, p. 37
- ↑ Barrow, Charters of David, pp. 58—9; Lawrie, Early Scottish Charters, p. 28; Reid & Barrow, Sheriffs, p. 37
- ↑ Barrow, Charters of David, p. 59
- ↑ Barrow, Charters of David, pp. 69—70; Lawrie, Early Scottish Charters, p. 55
- ↑ Barrow, Charters of David, pp. 74—5; Lawrie, Early Scottish Charters, p. 69
- ↑ Lawrie, Early Scottish Charters, p. 278; Reid & Barrow, Sheriffs, p. 37
