Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5315

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
Dating by feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Benedict
Saint details
ST/EW/192
Date low
21/3/1253
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3160
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
None None None None None 100