Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5307

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

David de Lindsay, son of David de Lindsay, grants half a stone of wax or 20 d annually at the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin to the monastery of Dunfermline.

{. . .} D{aui}D de Lyndes' fili{us} d{aui}d de Ly{n}des' {. . .} dedisse . con{cessis}se . {et} p{re}senti carta mea {con}fir{mas}se dimid{iam} pet{r}am cere {ue}l . xx . d . annuati{m} ad festu{m} natiuitatis b{eat}e v{ir}ginis . p{er} me {et} h{er}edes meos i{n} p{er}petuu{m} monast{er}io de Dunf' . {et} apud Dunf' p{er}soluenda{m} u{e}l p{er}soluendos {. . .}

Type of dedication
Payment on feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
None
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3157
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
David Lindsay Male None 100 David Lindsay, son of David de Lindsay
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dunfermline Abbey NT090873 Dunfermline [DFL] Fife 100