Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5276

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Waltheof, son of Cospatric, grants to the church of Dunfermline, the church of Inverkeithing in perpetual alms, for the love of God and St Margaret and for the souls of his parents etc.

UNiu{er}sis s{ancte} mat{ri}s ecc{lesi}e filiis . cl{er}icis {et} laic{is} Waldeuu{s} fili{us} Gospat{ri}c sal{u}t{em} i{n} d{omi}no . Sciant ta{m} fut{ur}i q{u}am p{re}sentes me {con}cessisse {et} dedisse {et} hac mea carta {con}fir{mas}se ecc{lesi}e de Dunf' ecc{lesi}am de Inuirkethin in p{er}petuam elemosinam p{ro} amore dei {et} s{an}c{t}e Margarete . {et} p{ro} a{n}i{m}a p{at}ris mei {et} m{at}ris mee {. . .}

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Margaret
Saint details
ST/JD/33
Date low
1160
Date high
1182
Entry reference
EN/EW/3145
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Earl of Dunbar Waldeve ---------- Male Earl 100 None
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dunfermline Abbey NT090873 Dunfermline [DFL] Fife 100