Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/1909

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John Simpson of Dundee and Robert Simpson his son have resigned into the hands of Sir John Scrimgeour, constable of Dundee, knight, the right of patronage of the chaplainry of the altar of All Saints recently founded in the parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Dundee, for the salvation of the souls of the said constable and Mariota, his wife, and the the souls of Peter of Dundee and Helen Elge, his wife, and of John and Robert Simpson.

. . . viri Ioha[n]nes Symson de dundy ac Robert[us] symson filius eiusde[m] no[n] vi aut metu ducti nec errore lapsi s[ed] suis liber[is] et spo[n]taneis volu[n]tatib[us] sursu[m] reddider[un]t pure libere q[ue] simplicit[er] resignar[un]t i[n] manib[us] nobilis et pote[n]t[is] viri d[o]m[ini] Ioha[n]nis Skrymgeour Constabularij de dunde milit[is] ius patronatus capellanie altar[is] om[n]i s[an]c[t]or[um] in eccl[es]ia p[ar]rochiali Beate Marie virginis de dunde nouit[er] fundate p[ro] salute a[n]i[m]e dicti co[n]stabularii et Mariote de Abernethy sponse sue ac p[ro] salute a[n]i[m]ar[um] petri de dundy et Elene elge sponse sue necno[n] Joha[n]nis Symson et Roberti symson p[re]sc[ri]ptor[um] ac om[n]e ius et clameu[m] que eisdem Ioha[n]ni symson et Roberto filio suo i[n] dicto patronatu co[m]petieru[n]t co[m]petu[n]t seu co[m]petere potu[n]t q[u]omodolib[et] i[n] futur[um] i[n] eu[n]dem Constabulariu[m] et heredes suos irreuocabilit[er] transtuleru[n]t ac dictis iure et clameo penit[us] et o[mni]no p[r]o p[er]petuo renu[n]ciaru[n]t sic q[uod] dict[us] d[omi]n[u]s Constabularius et heredes sui ydoneu[m] capellanu[m] ad dicta[m] capellania[m] cu[m] et quoties vacau[er]it debite p[re]sentare valeant et de eade[m] capellania libere disponere p[ro] sue libito volu[n]tat[is] . . .

Type of dedication
Chaplainry
Confidence
100
Saint named
All Saints
Saint details
ST/JD/77
Date low
None
Date high
27/7/1452
Entry reference
EN/EW/1691
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dundee Church (Parish) NO375315 Dundee [DDE] Forfar 100