Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/4448

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John Collison, burgess of Aberdeen, grants an annual rent of 20 s to Almighty God, Blessed Mary, all saints, and to the Carmelites of Aberdeen for a Mass of the Holy Spirit to be celebrated every Wednesday for the souls of David Collison, his late brother, Agnes Fechat, his late mother, and John Collison, and for the soul of Master Simon Dods, canon of Aberdeen and prebendary of Invernochtie.

Johannes Colisone burgensis burgi de Aberdene . . . Nouerit vestra vniuersitas me Johannem Colisone . . . dedisse vnum annuum redditum xx. s. vsualis monete regni Scotie {. . .} omnipotenti Deo et beate Marie omnibus sanctis et priori et fratribus conuentualibus Carmelitarum de Aberdene {. . .} pro vna missa de sancto spiritu annuatim omni quarta feria in singulis ebdomatis per dictos priorem et fratres et eorum successores inperpetuum celebranda pro animabus quondam bone memorie Dauid Colisone Agnetis Fechat olim fratris et matris Johannis Colisone et signanter pro anima venerabilis viri magistri Symonis Dodis fundatoris canonici Aberdonensis ac prebendarij de Innernothy {. . .}

Type of dedication
Mass
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Spirit
Saint details
ST/JD/84
Date low
12/5/1489
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/2758
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
John Collison Male Burgess 50 John Collison, senior. Burgess of Aberdeen. Married to Elizabeth Leslie.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Carmelite Priory Aberdeen Priory NJ941060 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100