Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/2057

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

On the Wednesday before St John's day the King crossed the Scottish sea and lay at 'Outrear' his castle. On the Thursday he went to St John of Perth, a good town, and stayed there on Friday, Saturday and Sunday which was St John the Baptist's day [. . .]

Le Mescredy deuant le seint Johan passa le Roy la meer dEscoce, et uit a Outrear son chastel / le Ioefdy a seint Johan de Perte bone ville, et y demora le Vendredy, Samady, et Dymenge / mesme cel iour feu le iour seint Johan le Baptistre [. . .]

Type of dedication
Dating by feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Johan
Saint details
ST/JD/24
Date low
24/6/1296
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/1763
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
no locations recorded
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence