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Place-dates ofroyal charters to 1296 It may be significant that. with one exception (Kincardine 1251), no acts survive from the minority years ( 1249-59) place-dated in the north or south west of the country. In 1260, however, when the king was assuming personal control of government, his single act dated at Inverness appears. Possibly this act, and another close in date from Durris, are the remaining evidence, ofa royal progress to assert the young king's authority. Thereafter, northern place-dates are not unusual: the king, although not far-travelled, does appear to have visited the north-east with some regularity. In general the surviving place-date evidence is consistent in its distribution with earlier reigns. Thereign was above all a period ofconsolidation. Relatively few of Alexander's acts are new grants: a high proportion are confirmations. The scarcity of his acts may therefore be an indication of the stable and consolidatory nature of the reign. Aboyne J3V3I Kincardine ~_ I.:V~ ~@Durris srechinl Montrose Grandtully tA\ \ ~~FOrfar Dunkeld Coupar Angus • • Kinclaven ~Dundee 4 Scone-.,......=-' J 3 • Lin~es--.-St Andrews ~ \ cupa~crall Largo 2 Klng(rn~ · I'th ® Holyrood ~ L In I gow ~I ® Haddlngton Edlnburgh ...r'@ • Yester / ,J Newbattle Cadzow .. Machan ~Lanark ~M;rose jTraquair @~2 -../ Selkirk ® ) l Places where acts were issued • One act o I® Number of acts where more than one o Place-dates: Alexander III (1249-86) 25 , 10 20 kms 50 ,, 30 miles 75, , 50 100 , , 60 NHR 163Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
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