Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish bagpipes music of the exterior and interior of the ancient Priory Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Restenneth near Forfar, Britain, United Kingdom. This was a monastic house of Augustinian canons founded by Jedburgh Abbey, with the patronage of King Malcolm IV of Scotland, in 1153. There is also speculation that Restenneth may even have been the Pictish church dedicated to Saint Peter built in 710 for Nechtán mac Der Ilei, King of the Picts. Augustinian Restenneth was always a small priory and very dependent on its mother house at Jedburgh. In 1501 there were only two canons and an annual income of £120, compared to Arbroath Abbey, which had £10,924 in 1561. There was an attempt to incorporate it into the Royal Chapel in this year, but this failed to occur, and King James IV of Scotland suggested its incorporation into the archbishopric of St Andrews in Fife. This too evidently did not occur, as priors continue to be on record. The priory was, however, turned into a secular lordship for Thomas Erskine, Viscount Fentoun, in 1606. Among the owners of Restenneth following the Reformation was George Dempster of Dunnichen, born 1732, died 1818, who chose part of the choir as a burial site for his family. Also reported to have been buried in the Priory about 1327 is John Bruce youngest son of King Robert I, King of Scots and his 2nd wife Elizabeth de Burgh who was the twin brother of King David II of Scotland. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome
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