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Biography

Robert de Glasgu was a clerk in the household of Gilbert, bishop of Dunkeld, between 1229 and 1236. He appears in the expanded witness list of a charter preserved in a 1423 transumpt.^[1]

The transumpt preserves usable evidence but is not a contemporary autograph. The charter names Robert among Bishop Gilbert's clerks and gives no family relationship.

Research Notes

The Durham witness of 1248/49 could be the same man, but no shared office, benefice, patron or associate proves continuity. Keep them as separate working identities.

Sources

Source references

D. E. Easson and Angus Macdonald, eds., Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm (Edinburgh, 1938), no. 14, pp. 12–13 and 119–121; National Library of Scotland.

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== Biography ==
'''Robert de Glasgu''' was a clerk in the household of Gilbert, bishop of Dunkeld, between 1229 and 1236. He appears in the expanded witness list of a charter preserved in a 1423 transumpt.<ref>D. E. Easson and Angus Macdonald, eds., ''Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm'' (Edinburgh, 1938), no. 14, pp. 12–13 and 119–121; [https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/1283/0085/128300859.23.pdf National Library of Scotland].</ref>

The transumpt preserves usable evidence but is not a contemporary autograph. The charter names Robert among Bishop Gilbert's clerks and gives no family relationship.

== Research Notes ==
The Durham witness of 1248/49 could be the same man, but no shared office, benefice, patron or associate proves continuity. Keep them as separate working identities.

== Sources ==
<references />