Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/1030

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Payment of 15 li 15 s 8 d to five chaplains celebrating Mass in the cathedral church of Moray in the chapel of St Thomas the martyr, from the foundation of Sir Thomas Randolph earl of Moray and confirmation of King Robert I, excepting the terce

Et quinque capellanis celebrantibus in ecclesia cathedrali Moraviensi in capella Sancti Thome martyris, ex fundacione domini Thome Ranulphi comitis Moravie et confirmacione domini regis Roberti primi, sub periculo computantis de dictis terminis, dempta tercia, xv li xv s viij d.

Type of dedication
Chapel (within a church)
Confidence
100
Saint named
Thomas the martyr
Saint details
ST/JD/47
Date low
None
Date high
1329
Entry reference
EN/EW/929
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Earl of Moray Thomas Randolph Male Earl 100 Nephew of Robert the Bruce. Was created first earl of Moray in 1312; he died in 1332. See A. A. M. Duncan, 'Randolph, Thomas, first earl of Moray (d.1332)', ODNB.
King Robert I Bruce Male Monarch 100 King of Scots, 1306--1329. See G. W. S. Barrow, Robert Bruce and the community of the realm of Scotland, 4th edn (2005).
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Cathedral Elgin Cathedral NJ222630 Elgin (St Giles) [ELG] Moray 100