General Notes

REFN: 4987AN
From "My Clan": "This Norman name of 'monthault', rendered in Latin as 'mo
nte alto', is usually translated as 'of the high mountain'. The Monte Alt
os are known to have settled in Wales and they first appeared in Scotla
nd during the reign of David I. The family swiftly rose to positions of in
fluence and power, acquiring lands in Angus. Robert and Michaele De Muhe
ut witnessed a charter by the Comyn Earl of Buchan, around 1210. Willi
am De Monte Alto witnessed the marking of the boundaries of the lands of t
he Abbey of Arbroath around 1219. Michael De Monte Alto was sheriff of Inv
erness in 1234 and witnessed numerous charters of other noble famili
es in the vicinity. Bernard De Monte Alto, a soldier, was among the knigh
ts and nobles who accompanied Princess Margaret to Norway for her marria
ge to that country's King. On their return he, along with many others, w
as drowned in a shipwreck. William De Muheut features in the Ragman Rol
l, rendering homage to Edward I of England in 1296."