Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/1438

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Payment of 10 li to the chaplain celebrating Mass in the house of St Martha of Aberdour, receiving 10 li annually from the great customs of the said burgh, as revealed by letters of the king under the signet and subscription shown over the account, in alms. Isabella, mother of the said sisters, admitting receipt, for the year of the account.

Et eidem, per solucionem factam capellano celebranti in domo Sancte Marthe de Abirdour, percipienti annuatim decem libras de magnis custumis dicti burgi, ut patet per literas domini regis sub signeto et subscripcione ostensas super compotum, in elimosina, ex deliberacione dominorum, Isabella matre dictarum sororum per suas literas fatente receptum super compotum de anno compoti, x li.

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Martha
Saint details
ST/EW/87
Date low
None
Date high
8/7/1489
Entry reference
EN/EW/1317
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Nunnery Aberdour Nunnery NT193856 Aberdour [ABO] Fife 100