Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/1584

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Copy of charter from James IV under Great Seal granting William Elphinstone bishop of Aberdeen in honour of God, the Virgin Mary, and All Saints annual rents of lands of 'Orde', 'Monbrey', 'Pettinbrinyeane', 'Baldavy' and 'Blareschenach' for a doctor in medicine at the university of Aberdeen. Grant also in honour of the Holy and undivided Trinity, Saints Andrew the apostle, Kentigern and Germanus, confessors and bishops, and all the Saints and elect of God

Jacobus Dei gracia rex Scotorum, reverendo in Cristo patri ac domino domino [sic.] Willelmo Abirdonensi episcopo, consiliario nostro predilecto ac nostri secreti sigilli custodi, reverencias tanto patri dignas congruo cum honore, necnon omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre nostre clericis et laicis Salutem. [. . .] Et nos insuper ad Dei laudem et scienciarum in predicta universitate incrementum dedimus et concessimus, admortizavimus et confirmavimus et hac presenti carta nostra pro nobis et successoribus nostris damus concedimus et admortizamus et ad manum mortuam pro perpetuo confirmamus Deo omnipotenti, gloriosissime Virgini Marie, et omnibus Sanctis, ac dicte universitati et cuidam medico in facultate medicine graduato continuo in dicta facultate legenti et suis successoribus medicis similiter graduatis in ipsius et ipsorum sustentacionem, annuos redditus duodecim librarum et sex solidorum usualis monete regni nostri annuatim exeuntes et levandos ac prius nobis debitos de terris subscriptis cum pertinenciis jacentibus infra vicecomitatum nostrum de Banff [. . .] Tenendos et habendos predictos annuos redditus duodecim librarum et sex solidorum monete predicte de prefatis terris cum pertinenciis annuatim levandos et percipiendos, Deo Omnipotenti, gloriosissimeque Virgini Marie, et omnibus Sanctis, ac predicte universitati [. . .] Preterea nos in laudem et honorem Sancte et individue Trinitatis beatissime et gloriosissime semper Virginis Marie et Sanctorum Andree apostoli, Kitigerni et Germani, confessorum et pontificum, ac omnium Sanctorum et electorum Dei ad perpetuam rei memoriam [. . .]

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Andrew the apostle
Saint details
ST/JD/3
Date low
22/5/1497
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/1439
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
no locations recorded
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence