 For Jocelin's contemporary and fellow native of the Borders, Adam of Dryburgh, this part of Britain was still firmly regarded as "terra Anglorum" (the "Land of English"), although it was located inside the "regnum Scottorum" (the "Kingdom of the Scots").This would be no obstacle to Jocelin, however.His Anglo-French cultural background was in fact probably necessary for the patronage of the King of Scots.