252:), using him as a card in the game for control over the Galwegian lordship. In the 1180s, tension between Gille Brigte and William was high, with Gilla Brigte being known to have made frequent raids into the Scottish controlled territory of eastern Galloway. When Gille Brigte died in 1185, he was at war with William.
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When they heard that their lord the king of
Scotland was taken, they immediately returned with their Galwegians to their own lands, and at once expelled from Galloway all the bailiffs and guards whom the king of Scotland had set over them; and all the English and French whom they could seize they
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Despite the implications that both brothers were involved, it is clear that only Gilla Brigte was, and that
Uchtred opposed him. For Benedict goes on to tell us that, in relation to the same year, Gille Brigte's son Máel Coluim was besieging Uchtred on an island in Galloway. Máel Coluim mac Gille
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vol. 4, p. 430. Roger Howden calls Uctred, son of Fergus of
Galloway, a cousin of King Henry II (gestahenrici secundi benedicici abbatis ed. stubbs rolls ser.i 80), a relationship which is best explained on the supposition that Fergus married a bastard daughter of Henry I. The suggestion in the
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Gille Brigte's reign is characterized by a large degree of hostility towards the
Scottish kings. Unlike his brother Uchtred, he was no friend to incoming Normans. He maintained a Gaelic following. Such a policy made him popular in the province, but alienated him from his nominal
279:, that Gilbert, Uctred's brother, had a different mother is contradicted by cal.docs.scoti no.480, where King John calls Duncan, grandson of Fergus, cousin of Uctred, of Carrick his cousin, making Uctred and Gilbert brothers by the same mother
219:. Gille Brigte was forced to come to terms with the two kings. In 1176, Gille Brigte travelled into England, was fined 1000 marks by Henry, and handed over his son Donnchad into Henry's custody as a
85:, Gille Brigte emerged the stronger. The partitioning of Galloway left Gille Brigte with the western part, the part less exposed to the armies of the Scottish and English Kings.
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slew; and all the defences and castles which the king of
Scotland had established in their land they besieged, captured and destroyed, and slew all whom they took within them
204:. Thanks to the former, we have a record of the embassy. It is reported by Benedict of Peterborough that Gille Brigte offered the King of England a one-off payment of 2000
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Donnchad still in Henry II's custody, eased the way for William to install Lochlann as Gille Brigte's successor.
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Scottish king as a middle man). Henry sent a delegation to investigate. This delegation consisted of
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effectively prevented any deal. Gille Brigte's bad fortune was compounded later in the year, when Henry and
William signed the
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What Gille Brigte did at this time might have changed
British history for ever. Gille Brigte sent a messenger, and asked King
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118:Marjorie
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106:Scotland
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51:Gilbride
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