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Place-dates ofroyal charters to 1296 The accident of survival means that the place dates shown form only safe evidence that the kings never set foot there, although the maps a small proportion of the places recorded by the royal scribes of the allow a reasonable inference that the court spent more time in the period, as well as reflecting the unbalanced pattern of survival of eastern and southern lowlands, especially between Forfar and the royal acts as a whole. For example, the loss of record relating to Tweed, than in other regions. A few localities in northern England almost all the religious houses of south-western Scotland (except are included to demonstrate the Scottish interest in Northumberland Paisley) is undoubtedly reflected in the noticeable absence of placeand English Cumbria during the twelfth century. Place-dates -not dates in this area. Further, if acts were issued only where sought, then shown here-also illustrate the lordship of the midland English the virtual absence of place-dates throughout the Highlands is not honour of Huntingdon enjoyed by the Scots kings for much of the period. 3scone Perth 5 ~ • AbernethYlt-StAndrews ®-Kinro~ Dunfermline 12 • Kinghorn(?)'Eldbottle @ ®~- Glasgow Edinburgh Haddington ~COldingham ~ /~ • Earlston Norham 2 Peebles . 2 Irvi_n_er-"~~ 3 ~." ./Traquair . 7 Ro~~:~rgh ............ Staplegordon .... //: ® Carlisle • Lamplugh Places where acts were issued kms 0 25 50 75 100 • One act , ,, , , , , ® Number of acts where more than one I 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 miles Place-dates to 1153 GWSB 159

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