Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/3926

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Henry Hervy, precentor of Aberdeen cathedral grants to God, St Mary, and to the chaplains at Aberdeen cathedral 13 s 4 d for an anniversary for the souls of himself and his parents.

Henricus Hervy precentor ecclesie cathedralis Aberdonensis . . . Noueritis me dedisse . . . Deo et beate Marie et capellanis apud ecclesiam cathedralem Aberdonensem . . . tresdecem solidos quatuor denarios . . . pro vno anniuersario . . . per dictos capellanos cum commemoratione mortuorum vesperis et missa de requie crastino sequenti pro animabus mei Henrici Hervy precentoris predicti patrisque et matris mee . . . celebrando {. . .}

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Mary
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
2/8/1457
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/2526
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Precentor of Abdn Henry Hervy Male Cathedral dignitary 100 Henry Hervy, precentor of Aberdeen 1440-57; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 14.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100