Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5313

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

William, son of Henry de Craigmillar, grants to God, the church of Holy Trinity of Dunfermline, and the monks serving God there, a toft and land in Craigmillar. The charter is dated in 1253, on the day of St Benedict in quadragesima (Lent).

{. . .} Will{elmus} fil{ius} Henr{ici} de Cragmilor {. . .} dedisse . {con}ces{sis}se . {et} hac carta mea co{n}firmasse deo {et} ecc{lesi}e s{ancte} T{ri}nitatis de Dunf' {et} mon{a}chis ibidem deo s{er}uientib{us} {et} i{n} p{er}petuu{m} s{er}uituris ill{ud} toftu{m} {. . .} Dat{um} Anno d{omi}ni . mo . cco . Lo iijo . Die s{an}c{t}i B{e}n{e}d{i}c{t}i in q{u}adrages{ima} .

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Trinity
Saint details
ST/JD/52
Date low
21/3/1253
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3160
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
William Craigmillar, de Male None 100 William, son of Henry de Craigmillar
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dunfermline Abbey NT090873 Dunfermline [DFL] Fife 100