Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/3916

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Angus Glenson, burgess of Aberdeen, grants for the salvation of his soul and that of Agnes, his spouse, to God, St Mary, all saints, and to the chaplains of the choir of the cathedral church of Aberdeen, an annual rent of 10 s to be taken up from a tenement lying on the east side of the cross roads of Aberdeen, for a trental of Masses to be celebrated by the chaplains and their successors annually, starting on the day after the principal feast of St Laurence the martyr.

Angusius Glenison burgensis de Aberden . . . Sciatis me dedisse . . . pro salute anime mee et anime agnetis sponse mee . . . Deo beate Marie . . . et omnibus sanctis et capellanis chori cathedralis ecclesie Aberdonensis . . . vnum annuum redditum decem solidorum . . . percipiendum de . . . tenemento . . . iacente ex parte orientali vici furcarum burgi de Aberden inter terram Johannis Lauson ex parte boriali et terram Johannis Bertl'otson ex parte australi pro vno trigintali missarum per dictos capellanos et eorum successores celebrando annuatim et inchoando in crastino principalis festi beati Laurencij martyris {. . .}

Type of dedication
Liturgical celebration
Confidence
100
Saint named
Laurence the martyr
Saint details
ST/JD/28
Date low
12/7/1436
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/2521
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Angus Glenson Male Burgess 100 Angus Glenison, burgess of Aberdeen. Married to Agnes (or Anna?)
James Glen Male None 100 None
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100