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84 SCOTTISH ANNALS<br />

1040, Aug.<br />

MARIANUS SCOTTUS, CHRONICON, TN MONUMENTA GERMANISE<br />

HlSTORICA, SCRIPTORES, VOL. V, P. 557, S.A. 1040. 1<br />

Dun<strong>can</strong>, k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, was sla<strong>in</strong> 2 <strong>in</strong> the autumn (on<br />

the n<strong>in</strong>eteenth 3 before the Kalends of September) by his<br />

general 4 Macbeth mac F<strong>in</strong>lay, who Succeeded to the k<strong>in</strong>gdom<br />

for seventeen years.<br />

1046<br />

ANNALS OF DURHAM, IN MONUMENTA GERMANISE HISTORICA,<br />

SCRIPTORES, VOL. XIX, p. 508.<br />

Earl Siward with a great army came to <strong>Scotland</strong>, and<br />

but after his<br />

expelled k<strong>in</strong>g Macbeth, and appo<strong>in</strong>ted another ;<br />

departure Macbeth recovered the k<strong>in</strong>gdom.<br />

1050<br />

FLORENCE OF WORCESTER, CHRONICON EX CHRONICIS, VOL. I;<br />

p. 204, S.A. 1050. 5<br />

Macbeth, 6<br />

k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, distributed money broadcast 7<br />

at Rome.<br />

1052<br />

FLORENCE OF WORCESTER, CHRONICON, VOL. I, p. 21 0. 8<br />

And Osbern, surnamed Pentecost, and his ally Hugh ren-<br />

dered up their castles ; and by permission<br />

of earl Leofric 9<br />

went through his county, and were received by Macbeth, k<strong>in</strong>g<br />

of the Scots.<br />

1 Not <strong>in</strong> MS. 2. The words <strong>in</strong> brackets are <strong>in</strong> the marg<strong>in</strong> of MS. 1.<br />

2 "<br />

At an immature age," Tigh., s.a. 1040.<br />

3 14th August.<br />

4 a duce suo ; "by one of his aldermen " ?<br />

5 This annal is derived from Marianus Scottus, <strong>in</strong> M.G.H., SS., v. 558.<br />

Cf. S. of D., H.R., ii, 166 ; Hoved., i, 96.<br />

6<br />

S. of D. has Machethad ; Hoved. Machetad ; M.S. and Fl. of W.<br />

Macbethad.<br />

" To the poor," adds M.S. The word used by Fl. of W. is spargendo ;<br />

by M.S., sem<strong>in</strong>ando.<br />

8 Cf. S. of D., H.R., ii, 170.<br />

This follows the expulsion of the Normans, after the reconciliation of<br />

Godw<strong>in</strong> with Edward the Confessor.<br />

9 Earl of Mercia. He died <strong>in</strong> 1057 ; A.S.C., D, E, F ; Fl. of W., i,<br />

215-216. (For him and his wife Godiva cf. H. of H., 196 ; M.P., Chr. Maj.,i,<br />

526-527.)

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