Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/1654

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Payment of 12 li 5 s 4 d to two chaplains celebrating Mass in Rothesay castle, receiving 12 li 5 s 4 d annually from the fermes of Bute from the old alms of the king. Sir John MacEwan, chaplain of the chapel of St Brigid, one of the said chaplains, acknowledging payment by his letters

In primis allocate compotanti per solutionem factam duobus capellanis celebrantibus in castro de Rothissay, percipientibus annuatim duodecim libras quinque solidos quatuor denarios de firmis de Bute ex elimosina regis antiqua, domino Johanne Makeuin, capellano capelle Sancte Brigide, uno dictorum capellanorum, per suas literas fatente solutionem super compotum, et sub periculo compotantis de alio capellano de anno compoti, xij li v s iiij d.

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Brigid
Saint details
ST/JD/7
Date low
None
Date high
22/8/1502
Entry reference
EN/EW/1502
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
St Brigid Rothesay Chapel NS083648 Rothesay [ROT] Bute 100