Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/3891

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Robert II grants to Gilbert, bishop of Aberdeen, chancellor, a silver cross in which is contained a certain piece of wood of the cross of St Andrew the apostle; two cloth hangings, one an Arras cloth of the story of the offering of the Three Kings of Cologne to the blessed Virgin, and the other a linen cloth painted with beasts and birds; and a large breviary, which {all} belonged to the late lord Walter last bishop of St Andrews and which now pertain to the king by royal law through the death of the said bishop.

Robertus Dei gratia rex Scottorum omnibus ad quorum notitiam presentes litere peruenerint salutem . Sciatis quod concessimus et dedimus reuerendo in Christo patri Gilberto episcopo Aberdonensi cancellario nostro vnam crucem argenteam in qua continetur quedam pars ligni crucis beati Andree apostoli . duos pannos vnum videlicet laneum de Arras de historia oblationis trium regum de Colonia ad beatam Virginem et alium lineum pannum pictum cum bestijs et volatilibus . et vnum magnum portiforium que fuerunt quondam domini Walteri vltimi episcopi sancti Andree et que ad nos pertinent iure regio per mortem dicti quondam Episcopi vna cum omni iure et clameo que nos habemus vel habere poterimus in eisdem . Datum sub sigillo nostro secreto quarto die mensis Maij apud Eliotston anno millesimo quadringentesimo tertio et regni nostri anno quarto decimo .

Type of dedication
Relics
Confidence
100
Saint named
Andrew the apostle
Saint details
ST/JD/3
Date low
None
Date high
4/5/1403
Entry reference
EN/EW/2510
Notes
Walter Danielston was bishop of St Andrews in 1402. He died at Christmas 1402; see Watt and Murray, Fasti, 382-3.
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Bishop of St Andrews Walter Danielston Male Bishop 100 Walter Danielston was bishop of St Andrews in 1402. He died at Christmas 1402; see Watt and Murray, Fasti, 382-3.
no locations recorded
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence