Máel Brigte of Perth ( fl. 1128) was an important figure in Perth in the reign of King David I of Scotland. He is known only because the Church of the Holy Trinity in Dunfermline preserved written instructions from King David to Máel Brigte informing the latter that he had granted the church a tithe of his house in Perth.
Máel Brigte thus may have been David's stewart in the town, or perhaps even the local toísech. The instruction was given at nearby Scone, [1] and it has been suggested that it was originally in Gaelic. [2] The document calls him "Malbride Mac Congi", which probably means that his father had the name Congus, a rare but attested Scoto- Pictish name. [3]
- Lawrie, Sir Archibald, Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153, (Glasgow, 1905), charter no. LXXVII, p. 65; notes, p. 328
Máel Brigte of Perth ( fl. 1128) was an important figure in Perth in the reign of King David I of Scotland. He is known only because the Church of the Holy Trinity in Dunfermline preserved written instructions from King David to Máel Brigte informing the latter that he had granted the church a tithe of his house in Perth.
Máel Brigte thus may have been David's stewart in the town, or perhaps even the local toísech. The instruction was given at nearby Scone, [1] and it has been suggested that it was originally in Gaelic. [2] The document calls him "Malbride Mac Congi", which probably means that his father had the name Congus, a rare but attested Scoto- Pictish name. [3]
- Lawrie, Sir Archibald, Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D. 1153, (Glasgow, 1905), charter no. LXXVII, p. 65; notes, p. 328