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DE/EW/3175

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Elizabeth Prat, widow, one of two daughters of the late Thomas Prat, burgess, and one of the two patronesses of the chaplainry of St Thomas the martyr in the parish church, [chaplainry] founded by the said Thomas Prat, presents to William, bishop of Aberdeen, for collation to the said chaplainry (vacant by the death of Master Andrew Cullan, late chaplain), sir William Walker.

Reuerendo in christo patri ac domino Villelmo miseratione diuina abirdonensi episcopo vestra humilis et diuota oratrix elizabetht prat vidua altera duarum filiarum et legitimarum heredum quondam thome prat burgensis de abirden Necnon vna duarum patronarum indubitatarum alternatis vicibus capellanie diui thome martiris infra ecclesiam parrochialem de abirdene per honorabilem virum quondam thomam pratt patrem meum fundate cum omni obsequio et reverentia salutem Ad predictam capellaniam . . . Iam in manibus meis tanquam vnius patronarum eiusdem hac vice spectantem et vacantem per decessum quondam venerabilis viri magistri andree cullan vltimi possessoris et capellani eiusdem ad meam nominationem et presentationem vestramque collationem ordinariam pleno iure spectantem discretum virum dominum Villelmum Walcar capellanum ydoneum . . . represento {. . .}

Type of dedication
Chaplainry
Confidence
100
Saint named
Thomas the martyr
Saint details
ST/JD/47
Date low
None
Date high
1/8/1560
Entry reference
EN/EW/2125
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Thomas Pratt Male Burgess 100 Thomas Pratt, burgess of Aberdeen. Father of Elizabeth Pratt and another daughter.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Church (Parish) NJ940063 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100