[592]. The Saxon Chronicle makes no mention of Malcolm in connection with this expedition; but Florence of Worcester adds to an account, apparently taken from the Saxon Chronicle, that it was made ‘jussu regis,’ that the forces on the one side were ‘Scoti et Normanni,’ on the other ‘Angli et Dani,’ and that Siward ‘Malcolmum regis Cumbrorum filium ut rex jusserat regem constituit.’ Macbeth, however, appears in the Irish Annals as Ri Alban till 1057, and Marianus states distinctly that he reigned till that year, which is conclusive as to Malcolm not having been made king of Scotland in 1054. It is remarkable, however, that in this passage he is not called ‘filius regis Scottorum’ but ‘filius regis Cumbrorum;’ and Simeon seems not to have recognised Duncan as king of the Scots, for he makes Macbeth the immediate successor of Malcolm, son of Kenneth, ‘Anno mxxxiiij Malcolm rex Scottorum obiit, cui Macbethad successit.’ The solution seems to be that he was established in 1054 as king of Cumbria, and at this time Lothian seems to have been included in the territories under the rule of the rex Cumbrorum.
[593]. Marianus has in 1057 ‘Macfinlaeg occiditur in Augusto;’ and again, ‘Inde Macfinlaeg regnavit annis 17 ad eandem missam Sanctæ Mariæ’ (15th August). Tighernac under 1057: Macbethadh mic Findlaich Airdri (sovereign of) Alban domarbad do (slain by) Maelcolaim mic Dondcadha, to which the Ulster Annals add ‘i cath’ (in battle).—Chron. Picts and Scots, pp. 65, 78, 369.
Marianus and Tighernac are contemporary authorities. The later chronicles add that he was slain in Lumfanan.
[594]. Marianus has in 1057, ‘Lulag successit et occiditur in Martio;’ and again, ‘Lulach a nativitate Sanctæ Mariæ ad missam Sancti Patricii in mense Martio regnavit’ (17th March). Tighernac under the same year, ‘Lulach Rig Albain domarbadh Coluim mic Donchadha per dolum;’ and the Ulster Annals, ‘Lulach mac Gillcomgan Ardri Albain domarbhadh la Maelcolaim meic Donchadha i cath’[cath’] (in battle).
St. Berchan says of him
And at Loch Deabhra his habitation.
Loch Deabhra is a small lake in the district of Mamore in Lochaber, on an island in which there was formerly a small castle, called the castle of Mamore. The glen leading to it is called Glenrie or the King’s glen.
[595]. Collect. de Reb. Alb. p. 346.
[596]. The author agrees with Professor Munch (Chron. Man. p. 46) in thinking that the place called Gadgeddli, where Thorfinn is said by the Saga to have frequently dwelt, was Galloway.
[597]. 1061 Interim rex Scottorum Malcolmus sui conjurati fratris, scilicet comitis Tostii, comitatum ferociter depopulatus est, violata pace Sancti Cuthberti in Lindisfarnensi insula.—Sim. Dun. Hist. Con.