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 eighth year of the reign of David" (1131) which styles him "Léot ab Brecini".[1] 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".[2] 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".[3]

Léot's name as it appears in the Book of Deer.

He was almost certainly the father of the first known Bishop of Brechin, Samson.[4]

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. Lawrie, op. cit., pp. 181, 226-7.
  3. Lawrie, op. cit., pp. 102, 370-1.
  4. Lawrie, op. cit., p. 331; See also Dauvit Broun, "Genealogical chart of ruling family of the Church of Brechin" Archived 2001-07-17 at the Wayback Machine,

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)
Religious titles
Preceded by
?		 Abbot of Brechin
fl. 1131x1150		 Succeeded by
Samson (as Bishop)
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