Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/3502

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The said day the provest, bailies, and council, present for the time, ordered and charged Robert Arthur and John Arthur, younger, sons of John Arthur, to come in the morning within the choir of St Nicholas church, in time of High Mass, bareheaded, each one of them with a candle of one pound of wax in his hand, and sit down on their knees and beseech the provest, in the town's name, to forgive them for the disorder they caused during the time of solace and play. Likewise they are to ask the provest and good men of the town to request the lords of Bon Accord to forgive them the fault and troubling done to them; and if they, or any of them, commits any such like fault, they are to pay 5 merks to St Nicholas' work.

The said day, the prouest, bailzies, and counsell, present for the tyme, ordanit and chargit Robert Arthur, and Johnn Arthur youngar, sonis to Johnn Arthur to cum the morne within the queyre of Sanct Nicholace keyrke, in tyme of the hemes, barheyd, ilk ane of thame with ane candill of vax of ane pound in thair hand, and syt downe on thair kneis and beseyk the prouest, in the tounis name, to forgyf thame for the strublens don thairto be thame, in tyme of thair solace and play; and in lykwyss to beseyk the said prouest and guid men of the toune to mak request to the lordis of Bonacord to forgyf thame the falt and strublens done to them; and gif thai, or ony of thame, committs ony sic like falt, to pay v merkis to Sanct Nicholace wark, the committar tharof on forgewin.

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Nicholas
Saint details
ST/JD/50
Date low
None
Date high
25/5/1538
Entry reference
EN/EW/2306
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Church (Parish) NJ940063 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100