Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/2100

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

From many victories it is pleasing to remember one, namely how he [Robert Bruce] won at Bannockburn near Stirling, where, by the agreement of both king of Scots and England, a day for battle was fixed, on the following year on the feast of St John the Baptist, namely in 1314.

[. . .] vnde de multis eis victoriis vnum libet ad memoriam reducere, scilicet quomodo vicerit ad Bannocburn prope Streueling, vbi ex consensu vtriusque regis Scotorum et Anglie dies belli prefixus est, anno sequenti in festo Sancti Johannis Baptiste scilicet anno Domini Mo. ccc.xiiij [. . .]

Type of dedication
Dating by feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
John the Baptist
Saint details
ST/JD/24
Date low
24/6/1314
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/1787
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
None None None None None 100