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DE/EW/1929

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John Scrimgeour, constable of Dundee, knight, makes grant in honour of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and St Stephen, of a tenement with pertinents and also annualrents for the sustentation of a chaplain at the altar of St Stephen in the church of St Mary of Dundee. [. . . ] After the celebration of Mass the chaplain is to go to the place where Peter of Dundee is buried before the altar of All Saints and there say the 'de profundis' for the soul of Peter and for the souls of all the departed.

Om[n]ib[us] hanc cartam visuris vel audituris Joha[n]nes skrymgeour constabularius de dunde miles salute[m] in d[omi]no sempit[er]na[m] Nouerit[is] nos ad laudem gloria[m] et honore[m] om[n]ipotent[is] dei et gloriose virginis marie et om[n]i[um] s[an]c[t]or[um] ac caritat[is] intuitu et p[ro] salute anime nostre et d[omi]ne marie sponse nostre parentu[m] et prolu[m] nostrar[um] fratr[um] soror[um] antecessor[um] et successor[um] ac a[n]i[m]ar[um] eor[um] quib[us] deliqui i[n] hac vita et p[ro] salute animar[um] petri durdy et helene sponse sue ac Ioh[ann]is durdy patr[is] dicti petri et Ioha[n]nis durdy fratr[is] eiusde[m] petri heredu[m] et successor[um] suor[um] et om[n]i[um] fideliu[m] i[n] xpo defu[n]ctor[um] dedisse concessisse et hac p[rese]nti carta co[n]firmasse deo et beate marie virgini et beato stephanio ac vni capellano qui p[ro] tempore fu[er]it ad altare beati stephani i[n] eccl[es]ia s[an]c[t]e marie de dunde di[uin]a celebra[n]ti totu[m] et i[n]tegr[um] quodda[m] teneme[n]tu[m] cu[m] p[er]tine[n]c[iis] iace[n]s in le mvrraygate ex p[ar]te australi eiusde[m] int[er] t[er]ram quo[n]da[m] thome boyl ad oriente[m] ex p[ar]te vna et Riuulu[m] castri ad occidentem ex p[ar]te alt[er]a vna cu[m] a[n]nuis redditib[us] i[n]frascript[is] videlic[et] quoda[m] a[n]nuo redditu viginti quatuor solidor[um] vsualis monete Scocie a[n]nuati[m] leua[n]d[o] et p[er]cipie[n]d[o] de t[er]ra anteriori alex[andr]i biqu iacen[te] i[n] vico Castri ex p[ar]te australi eiusde[m] int[er] t[er]ra[m] Nicholai ancroft ad oriente[m] ex p[ar]te vna et venella[m] qua itur ad monte[m] Castri ad occidente[m] ex p[ar]te alt[er]a ac vnu[m] a[n]nuu[m] redditu[m] sexdecim solidor[um] de t[er]ra int[er]iori t[er]re p[re]dicte p[er]tine[n]te et specta[n]te Ioha[n]ni Will[elm]i burge[n]si dicti burgi necno[n] quatuor marcas a[n]nualis redditus de t[er]ra quo[n]da[m] Ioh[ann]is der[e]? iacen[te] i[n] le mvrraygate ex p[ar]te boreali eiusde[m] int[er] t[er]ram Will[elm]i chyne ad oriente[m] ex p[ar]te vna et t[er]ram qua[m] andreas davison de nobis tenet i[n] capite ad occidente[m] ex p[ar]te alt[er]a et de prato n[ost]ro contigue iacen[te] ad cauda[m] dicte t[er]re vers[us] borea[m] que dicit[ur] Ioffray ayr[is] medow Tene[n]d[um] et habend[um] dictu[m] teneme[n]tu[m] cu[m] a[n]nuis redditib[us] presc[ri]pt[is] cu[m] p[er]tine[n]t[iis] dicto capellano et suis successorib[us] qui p[ro] tempore fueri[n]t di[uin]a celebra[n]tib[us] in eccl[es]ia p[re]dicta ad p[re]fatu[m] altare et i[n]p[er]petuu[m] celebratur[is] i[n] pura[m] et p[er]petua[m] elemosina[m] cu[m] om[n]ib[us] et singulis libertatib[us] co[m]moditatib[us] et asiame[n]t[is] et iustis p[er]tine[n]cijs quib[us]cu[m]q[ue] ad dictu[m] teneme[n]tu[m] et a[n]nuos reddit[us] p[re]scriptos cu[m] p[er]tine[n]ciis specta[n]tib[us] seu iuste spectare valentib[us] q[u]omodolib[et] i[n] futur[is] libere quiete plenarie i[n]tegre et honorifice bene et i[n] pace siue aliquo retenemento vel reuocac[i]one i[n]p[er]petuu[m] et adeo libere et quiete bene et in pace cu[m] om[n]ib[us] et p[er] om[n]ia sicut aliqua elemosina i[n]fra Regnu[m] Scocie cuicu[m]q[ue] capellano datur co[n]ceditur seu possidetur dari concedi seu possideri pot[er]it quoquomodo volum[us] ecia[m] q[uod] p[re]sentac[i]o dicte capellanie quotie[n]s dicta[m] capellania[m] vacar[i] contigerit ad nos heredos nostros et successores pleno iure p[er]tineat i[n]p[er]petuu[m] et q[uod] capellan[us] qui p[ro] tempore fuerit post misse celebratione[m] accedat ad locu[m] vbi petrus duedy sepelit[ur] cora[m] altari om[n]i[um] s[an]c[to]r[um] et dicat ibi de p[ro]fund[is] p[ro] anima dicti petri et a[n]i[m]abus om[n]i[um] defunctor[um] Et nos vero dictus Ioha[n]nes heredes nostri et successores totu[m] et i[n]tegru[m] p[re]fatu[m] teneme[n]tu[m] vna cu[m] a[n]nuis redditib[us] prescript[is] p[re]dicto capellano et suis successorib[us] qui p[ro] tempore fueri[n]t ad altare p[re]fatu[m] i[n] eccl[es]ia p[re]dicta diuina celebra[n]tib[us] et i[n]p[er]petuu[m] celebratur[is] contra om[n]es homines et feminas wara[n]ti3abim[us] acquietabim[us] et i[n]p[er]petuu[m] defendem[us] In quor[um] fidem et testi[m]o[niu]m sigillu[m] nostr[is] p[rese]nti carte est appensu[m] apud dunde primo die mensis maij anno d[omi]ni mill[esim]o quadri[n]gentesimo qui[n]quagesimo sexto

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Mary
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
None
Date high
1/5/1456
Entry reference
EN/EW/1694
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