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Kadulf, evidently Radulf Aichidiaconus de Luinesdene, appears 

 to have been the thii'd son of Edward de Aldekambus, and is 

 found as a witness to a number of Charters.^' He is also 

 witness to a Charter in which Radulf, Prior of Coldingham, 

 is referred to.^^ The Prior's tomb was discovered in 1855, 

 and may now be seen close to the present Priory buildings. 



Celibacy not having beeii established in Northern Europe at 

 this time, it may be assumed that the Archdeacon was lawfully 

 married, and that it was his lawful son, John de Lumesdene, 

 who appears as a witness to several Charters, ^^^ one dated 

 1215. From another Charter granted by John of Howburne'^^ 

 we learn that Radulf was his maternal inicle, and Ethelreda 

 his grandmother. Thus we find a connection between the 

 family and the owners of Lindisfai-ne. 



In 1203-4 the superiority of the lands was granted to the See 

 of Durham by King John, by Charter dated at Newport 2nd 

 February in the 5th year of his reign, in which they are 

 included among the pertinents of the Priory of Coldingham, '^i 

 and of which Charter Henry III. made an inspeximus on 

 12th May 1253-4.-'2 



William was succeeded by David de Lumesdene, who had a 

 quarrel with the Monks of Coldingham, which was finally 

 disposed of by the Pope in the following way. About 1237 

 the Bishop of Glasgow received a letter from Pope Gregory 

 to this effect."-"^ " Gregory, Bishop servant of the servants of 

 God, etc. David de Lumesdene, layman, has made a Petition 

 to us, that when his late Gi-andfather was accused of the 

 crime of wrecking, etc., and condemned to death, his life was 

 ransomed for a sum of money, which he had to raise by 

 exchanging his lands of Auldkambus with the Monks of 

 Durham, for some little particles of land, commonly called 



" Raine's North Durham, Appendix, Nos. 198, 217, 264, and 267. 



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186, 219, 256, 266, 295, 

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22 36 Henry III., m. 14. 



22 Raine's North Durham, Appendix, No. 648. 



