Fig. 297.
Lintel in East Wall, North Aisle.
Fig. 298.
Window in North Aisle.
During the reign of William the Lion (1165-1214) the church and lands of Dodin-ston were acquired by the Abbey of Kelso, but from whom they were acquired is not known. There were several persons of the name of Dodin, but the one who gave his name to this place does not appear to be known. But there was a “Hugo filius Dodini de Dodines-tun” who witnessed a charter to the Canons of Holyrood in the time of William the Lion (Dalrymple Collection, Pref. lxvii.; also, Caledonia, Vol. II. p. 791.)
In 1296 John Combale, the vicar of Dodinestun, swore fealty to Edward I.
In the ancient Taxatio (end of twelfth century), Duddingston Church is rated at twenty-five merks.