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DE/EW/3991

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John Anderson, son and heir of the late John Anderson, burgess of the burgh of Aberdeen, has sold to the curate and chaplains of the college of the parish church of St Nicholas of Aberdeen an annual rent of 22 s from his land lying in the Chequer Row between the land of the altar of St Sebastian on the east and the land of the late Gilbert Morrison on the west. The foresaid chaplains and their successors are to celebrate annually any Monday of any week at the altar of St Andrew the apostle, within the foresaid parish church, a requiem Mass for the soul of the late John earl of Mar and Garioch, and, after the decease of Master Simon Dods, rector of Invernochtie, for the souls of the said rector, earl, his own parents, benefactors, and all the faithful departed, they are to celebrate annually a requiem Mass with music on the nearest Sunday after the death of the said rector.

Johannes Andirsone filius et heres quondam Johannis Andirsone burgensis burgi de Aberden eternam in domino salutem . Noueritis me . . . vendidisse . . . curato et capellanis collegij ecclesie parochialis beati Nicholai de Aberdene vnum annuum redditum xxij solidorum . . . exeuntem de tota et integra terra mea . . . iacente infra dictum burgum in le Chakarraw inter terram altaris sancti Sebastiani ex orientali ex vna et terram quondam Gilberti Morison ex occidentali partibus ex altera {. . .} celebrantes inde annuatim qualibet feria secunda cuiuslibet ebdomate perpetuis temporibus futuris predicti capellani ac sui successores ad altare beati Andree apostolici infra ecclesiam parochialem antedictam situatum vnam missam de requie cum psalmo de profundis ad primum lauacrum pro anima quondam Johannis comitis de Mar et Garioch et post decessum magistri Symonis Doddis rectoris de Innernothy pro animabus dictorum rectoris ac comitis parentum benefactorum suorum ac omnium fidelium defunctorum . ac celebrantes missam de requie cum nota in proxima dominica post dicti rectoris obitum annuatim {. . .}

Type of dedication
Altar dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Sebastian
Saint details
ST/JD/45
Date low
None
Date high
30/3/1490
Entry reference
EN/EW/2555
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Church (Parish) NJ940063 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100