Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/3905

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Charter of Henry, bishop of Aberdeen concerning the vicarage of Fyvie, now vacant. The vicar is to be presented to the bishop by the abbot and convent of Arbroath. The vicarage is to be annexed to the monks in their house in the land of Ardlogy, constructed beside the church of St Peter of Fyvie. The vicar is to be paid 10 merks yearly and the monks are to pay from the fruits of the vicarage, 6 merks to a chaplain in the cathedral at two terms of the year, three merks at the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and three merks at the feast of Pasche.

Henricus . . . episcopus Aberdonensis . . . notum facimus per presentes quod nos . . . vicariam de Fywe . . . vacantem per . . . resignationem . . . domini Johannis de Crabe vltimi vicarij eiusdem . . . ad instanciam . . . domini Valteri abbatis monasterij sancti Thome martiris de Aberbrocht et eiusdem loci conuentus ad quos presentatio eiusdem vicarie hactenus de iure et consuetudine spectabat religiosis viris monachis in domo relgiosa terre de Ardlogy constructa iuxta ecclesiam beati Petri de Fywe Deo seruientibus {. . .} et ad eorum sustentationem annectimus {. . .} volumus etiam . . . quod predicti monachi . . . vni capellano in ecclesia cathedrali inperpetuum ministranti de fructibus dicte vicarie sex marcas ad duos anni terminos scilicet tres mercas ad festum Assumptionis beate Marie Virginis et tres mercas ad festum Pasche singulis annis ministrabunt {. . .}

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Peter
Saint details
ST/JD/44
Date low
None
Date high
20/6/1427
Entry reference
EN/EW/2516
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Fyvie Church (Parish) NJ768377 Fyvie [FYV] Aberdeen 100