Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5331

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Malcolm de Moray, knight, grants to God, the church of Holy Trinity of Dunfermline, and the abbot and monks serving God there, his whole land of Beath Wester. The charter is dated at Dunfermline on the Wednesday before the feast of St Margaret the virgin in 1274.

Omnib{us} x' fidelib{us} hoc scriptu{m} visur{is} u{e}l audituris malcolm{us} de morauia miles {. . .} concessisse {et} hac p{re}senti carta mea co{n}firmasse deo {et} ecc{lesi}e s{an}c{t}e t{ri}nitatis de du{n}fermely{n} abb{at}i {et} monach{is} ibid{em} deo seruientib{us} totam t{er}ram meam de beth occidentali q{u}am de d{omi}no Alex{andro} de morauia tenui h{e}r{e}ditarie {. . .} Dat{um} ap{u}d du{n}fermely{n} die m{er}curii an{te} festu{m} s{an}c{t}e margar{ete} v{ir}ginis . Anno gr{aci}e . mo . cco . Septuag{esimo} . quarto .

Type of dedication
Dating by feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Margaret the virgin
Saint details
ST/JD/134
Date low
18/7/1274
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3165
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dunfermline Abbey NT090873 Dunfermline [DFL] Fife 100