Note 83 — Chapter II · THE SEVEN PROVINCES OF SCOTLAND.

Chart. of Paisley, p. 167. The expressions used here imply that David held the earldom only for a time. The first mention of another earl of Lennox is in 1193, when Eth, son of the earl of Lennox, witnesses a charter in the Liber de Melrose, vol. i. p. 22, and that his name was Aluin appears from the Chartulary of Glasgow, vol. i. p. 86, where we find, between 1208 and 1214, a charter by Alewinus comes de Levenax filius et heres Alewini comitis de Levenax.