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318 SCOTTISH ANNALS
the king plenty of gold and of silver to have again Cathania,
that is to say, Caithness.
And the king replied to him that he would give him that
land if he dismissed his wife, the daughter of Malcolm [Macbeth,]
x and took again his former spouse, the daughter of
Duncan, earl of Fife and ; gave to him as hostage Laurence,
his priest, and Honaver, 2 son of Ingemund. But this Harold
refused to do.
Therefore Ronald, 3 came to William king
son of Somerled and king of Man,
of Scots and bought Caithness from
him, saving the king's yearly revenue.
1197
ROGER HOVEDEN, CHRONICA, VOL. IV, P. 33, S.A. 1197.
In the same year 4 William, king of Scots, taking an example
of good made the men of his kingdom swear that they would
preserve peace to the extent of their power, and that they
would not be robbers nor thieves, nor outlaws, nor receivers
of them, and that they would not in anything consent with
them and that when ;
they should be able to know of malefactors
of this kind, they would to the extent of their power
take and destroy them.
1198
ROGER HOVEDEN, CHRONICA, VOL. IV, P. 31, S.A. 1197.
In the same year Roger, brother of earl Robert of Leicester,
bishop elect of St. Andrews in Scotland, received the order
of priesthood and the episcopal consecration from Matthew,
bishop
of Aberdeen. 5
1198, Aug.
ROGER HOVEDEN, CHRONICA, VOL. IV, P. 54, S.A. 1198.
Of the birth of Alexander, son of William, king of Scotland.
In the same year, in the month of August, Ermengard
1 In text Machaz, as if the modern Mackay (mac Aoidh). Eth is the
spelling of Aed (modern Aodh), in R. de D. ; supra, Introductory.
For Malcolm Macbeth or Mac Heth v. supra, 1134x 1151, note.
2 MS. I reads Bonaver.
3 For Ronald, king of the Isles, see the Chr. Reg. Man., in Langebek,
iii, 226-230.
4 Placed at the end of the events of the year. This paragraph is omitted
by MS. G.
5
Roger was the second son of Robert III, earl of Leicester. (Cf. Dugd.,
Bar., i, 88.) The Chr. of Melr., 103, places his consecration on the first
Sunday in Lent, 1198 [15th February.] For his election v. supra, s.a. 1188.
He lived till 1202. V. infra, s.a. 1200.