Bueth of Gilsland

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁹¹²
Bueth, is a name occuring twice in the 12th century landholders in North Cumberland. It probably is the Gaelic Buidh, which in modern terms is Boyd or "yellowed-haired." The relatives of the two Bueths bear Gaelic and Norse names, as well as a Norman namer later on. It can be presumed that the family was originally Gallgael, or Viking, who had intermarried with Gaels. Names of the area of North Cumberland such as Bewcaste, as well as Buetholme and Buethby are obviously derived from Bueth [Chancellor Prescott's Wetherhal, p. 197].

One of the two Bueths is a father of Gilles, not the French Giles but Gilles which means "Servant of Jesus" or Biolla-Isa, in full Gaelic spelling. This Giles was a Cumbrian witness in an inquisition as to the lands of Glasgow Church, 1120/21, and was the lord of "Gilles-land" until his death.

The second Bueth or Bueth-barn, barn meaning "junior" or "younger," gave land in Bewcastle to Wetherhal Priory, and his son Robert confirmed the grant, 1177/8. Robert, son of Bueth, joined William the Lion, and was fined one mark for the act of rebellion [Pipe Rolls, 1177].

~The Date of the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Crosses, p. 309

The exact same information can be found in the Registry of the Priory of Wetherhal, pp. 196-198.