Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4067

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Charter of foundation, made by the bishop, for a Mass of the Compassion of the Glorious Virgin to be celebrated weekly on Wednesdays, founded by Master Alexander Kidd, succentor of Aberdeen, and for the payment of 3 li 4 d from a tenement which Alexander resigned into the hands of the bishop.

Carta fundationis ab episcopo facta pro vna missa de compassione gloriose virginis hebdomadatim feria quarta celebranda fundata per magistrum Alexandrum Kyd succentorem Aberdonensem ac pro solutione trium librarum et quatuor denariorum exeuntium de tenemento iacente in burgo quod dictus Alexander resignauit in manibus episcopi ad effectum tradendi sasinam eiusdem preceptori scole musicalis {. . .}

Type of dedication
Mass
Confidence
100
Saint named
Compassion of the Glorious Virgin
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
22/1/1543
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/2591
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Succentor of Abdn Alexander Kidd Male Cathedral dignitary 100 Alexander Kyd, succentor of Aberdeen, 1533 x 1534 - 1563; Watt and Murray, Fasti, 23.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100