Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/3840

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Bishop Alexander founds the manse of Ellon. The successor of the current prebendary William de Calabre will be required to pay 20 s sterling annually at the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the vicars choral for an anniversary for William.

{. . .} et volumus et statuimus et ordinauimus de consensu et assensu et ordinatione capituli nostri quod quicunque predicto domino Willelmo de Calabre in prebenda de Elone successerit qui velit mansionem predictam cum pertinentiis vt premittitur possidere gaudere realiter et habere soluat annuatim vicariis chori cathedralis ecclesie de Aberdone viginti solidos sterlingorum vsualis monete ad festum assumptionis beate Marie virginis pro anniuersario dicti domini Willelmi quolibet anno in commemorationem obitus sui solempniter celebrando et ad hoc faciendum in sua installatione fideliter obligetur {. . .}

Type of dedication
Payment on feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
14/8/1376
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/2490
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100