Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/2065

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At Berwick he held a parliament to which all the bishops, earls, barons, abbots and priors, and the 'Souereignes' [suzerain lords?] of all the common people came and he received their homage that they would be good and loyal. [. . .] parliament at Bury St Edmunds? [. . .] stayed at Berwick for three weeks and three days, and then departed for England on the Sunday after the feast of the Holy Cross.

A Berewyk tient son parlement, et y feurent tous les Euesqes, Contes, et Barons, Abbes, et Priours, et les Souereignes de tout la commune gent, et la receut les homages de touz et serementz qils luy serroient bons et loialz. As gentz de ordre rendi tantost touz lour bens, et de lour tenantz / les Contes, et Barons, et Euesqes lessa il iouir de lour terres / mes eux vyndrent a la touz seintz au parlement a seint Esmond / Puis ordina le Conte de Gârane Gardein de la terre, Sire Hugh de Cressyngham Tresorer, Sire Wauter de Modeshem Chanceller, issi ordinant ses busoignes / demoura a Berewyk iij semaignes, et iij iours, et sen departi en alant vers Engleterre le Dymenge apres la seint Croiz.

Type of dedication
Placename
Confidence
100
Saint named
seint Esmond
Saint details
ST/EW/151
Date low
None
Date high
1296
Entry reference
EN/EW/1766
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
no locations recorded
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence