Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4298

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Item the silver-gilt chalice with the gilt paten given by Master Duncan Shearer, rector of Clatt, to serve the use of the canons and chaplains celebrating divine service at the altar of St Andrew, is to be kept safe among the jewels of the church by special mandate of the bishop.

{. . .} Item calix argenteus deauratus cum patena deaurata donatus per venerabilem virum magistrum Duncanum Scherer rectorem de Clatt ad deseruiendum vsui canonicorum et capellanorum duntaxat celebrantium ad altare Sancti Andree custodiendus inter iocalia ecclesie ex speciali mandato domini nostri episcopi {. . .}

Type of dedication
Gift
Confidence
100
Saint named
Andrew
Saint details
ST/JD/3
Date low
None
Date high
25/3/1503
Entry reference
EN/EW/2685
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Duncan Shearer Male Canon 100 Master Duncan Shearer, canon of Aberdeen and rector of Clatt. First dean of the faculty of Arts, university of Aberdeen. Died in 1503. See Macfarlane, William Elphinstone, 240-1.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Aberdeen Cathedral NJ940087 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100