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DE/EW/1171

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Payment of 23 li 13 s 4 d to five chaplains celebrating Mass in the church of blessed Thomas the Martyr within the cathedral church of Moray, from the foundation of Sir Thomas Randolph, earl of Moray and confirmation of King Robert I, as revealed in the preceding rolls, for the year of the account

In primis, allocate compotanti per solucionem factam quinque capellanis celebrantibus in ecclesia beati Thome Martiris infra ecclesiam cathedralem Moraviensem, ex fundacione domini Thome Radulphi comitis Moravie et confirmacione regis Roberti primi, ut patet in rotulis precedentibus, de anno compoti, xxiij li xiij s iiij d.

Type of dedication
Chaplainry
Confidence
100
Saint named
Blessed Thomas the Martyr
Saint details
ST/JD/47
Date low
None
Date high
1329
Entry reference
EN/EW/1061
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