Note 511 — Chapter XIII · WILLIAM THE LION—1165–1214.

The passage occurs in the “Instructio Principis” of Girald. Camb. “Distinctio prima;” but I quote it from “Innes’s Sketches,” etc., p. 144, note 2. Giraldus probably wrote feelingly, for though twice elected to the see of St. Davids, the choice of the Chapter was not confirmed. Right or wrong, the Scottish sovereigns seem to have persevered in William’s policy, and when Robert Bruce conferred the earldom of Moray upon Randolph “in libero comitatu et in liberâ regalitate,” the church patronage was expressly reserved. Reg. Morav. No. 264.