Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4024

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Master Duncan Shearer, prebendary of Clatt, gave a tenement in general and an annual rent of 10 s in augmentation of the chaplainry of St Andrew, founded by Laurence Piot. Moreover he founded a bursary in the new college from some annual rents for a young student in arts, of his kin or another suitable. He gave a rent of 20 s to the new college for his own anniversary to be celebrated.

Magister Duncanus Scherar prebendarius de Clat dedit tenementum in vniuersitate ac annuum reditum x sol. in augmentationem capellanie S. Andree a Laurentio Pyot fundate . . . Insuper fundauit bursarium in nouo collegio de nonnullis annuis reditibus juueni studenti in artibus de sanguine suo vel alteri habili . . . Necnon dedit reditum xx sol. nouo collegio pro anniuersario suo celebrando . xxi Marij M.D.I.

Type of dedication
Chaplainry
Confidence
100
Saint named
Andrew
Saint details
ST/JD/3
Date low
None
Date high
21/3/1501
Entry reference
EN/EW/2571
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Archdcn of Aberdeen Laurence Piot Male Cathedral dignitary 100 Master Laurence Piot, archdeacon of Aberdeen 1440-1453 x 1454, 1455-1465 x 1468; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 26.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100