Fothriff or Fothrif was a province of
Scotland
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in the Middle Ages. It is often paired with
Fife
Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council areas of Scotland, council area and lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the s ...
, not only in ''
De Situ Albanie
''De Situ Albanie'' (or ''dSA'' for short) is the name given to the first of seven Scottish documents found in the so-called Poppleton Manuscript, now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. It was probably written sometime between 1202 ...
'', but also in early charters.
The exact extent of early Fothriff is unclear, but in around 1300 the
Deanery
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of Fothriff in the
Bishopric of St Andrews included both
Clackmannan
Clackmannan ( ; , perhaps meaning "Stone of Manau"), is a small town and civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is south-east of Alloa and south of Tillicoultry. The town is within ...
and
Kinross
Kinross (, ) is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, around south of Perth, Scotland, Perth and around northwest of Edinburgh. It is the traditional county town of the Counties of Scotland, historic county of Kinross-shire.
History
Kinro ...
, as well as Fife from the parishes of
Auchtermuchty
Auchtermuchty ( ; , 'upland of the pigs/boar') is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is beside Pitlour Hill and north of Glenrothes.
History
Until 1975 Auchtermuchty was a royal burgh, established under charter of James V of Scotland, King Jame ...
, Lathrisk,
Cults
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, Kirkforthar
Markinch
Markinch (, Scottish Gaelic: Marc Innis) is both a village and a parish in the heart of Fife, Scotland. According to an estimate taken in 2008, the village has a population of 2,420. The civil parish had a population of 16,530 (in 2011).Census ...
and
Methil
Methil () is a coastal town in Fife, Scotland.
Methil has ancient origins: two Bronze Age cemeteries have been discovered which date the settlement as over 8,000 years old. The town was first recorded as "Methkil" in 1207, and belonged to ...
westwards.
Etymology
The name ''Fothriff'' was recorded in the 11th century as ''Fotriffe'' and may ultimately be of
Brittonic origin.
The name is derived from ''*vo-treb'', meaning "sub-settlement" (>
Welsh ''godref'').
See also
*
Mormaerdom of Fife
References
*
Broun, Dauvit, "The Seven Kingdoms in ''De Situ Albanie'': A Record of Pictish political Geography or imaginary map of ancient ''Alba'' ?" in E.J.Cowan & R. Andrew McDonald (eds), ''Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era.'' Reprinted, Edinburgh: John Donald, 2005.
* McNeill, Peter G.B. & MacQueen, Hector L. (eds), ''Atlas of Scottish History to 1707.'' Edinburgh: Trustees of the Scottish Medievalists and the Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh, 1996.
Medieval history of Scotland
Historical geography of Scotland
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