General Notes

REFN: 5461AN
Sir Reginald le Chein (nephew of John Cumyn, lord of Badenoch, who was kil
led by Bruce at Dunfries in 1305), was great chamberlain of Scotland fr
om 1267 to 1269. He was baron of Inverugie, Strabruck, &c in Aberdeenshir
e, where, as well as in Caithness-shire, he had immence estates. In 128
5, he gave the lands of Ardingy and Leuchandy, in the parish of Fyvi
e, in the former county, to the priory of Fyvie, in connection with the ab
bey of Arbreath. He is generally styled pater, to distinguish him from h
is son of the same name. Sir Reginald was one of the Magnates Scotiæ, wo c
oncurred in settling the succession of the crown on Margaret of Norway, gr
and-daughter of Alexander the Third in 1284. He was also one of the baro
ns who in 1289 addressed Edward the First of England, on the subje
ct of a marriage between the young queen of Scots and his son the prin
ce of Wales, with the view of uniting the kingdoms. He made his submissi
on to the English monarch at Abardeen, on 17th July 1296, and his nam
e, as well as that of Reginaldus le Chein, filius, is found in the Ragm
an Roll. [The Scottish Nation I:638]