Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5382

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Robert, king of Scots, grants to God, St Mary, the church of Holy Trinity of Dunfermline, and the abbot and monks serving God there, the half of the Queensferry which belonged to the late Roger de Mowbray, knight, and the chapel on the north part of it. They are also granted 5 merks of annual rent from the burgh fermes of Inverkeithing.

Rob{er}tus dei gr{aci}a Rex Scotto{rum} {. . .} dedisse : co{n}cessisse {et} hac p{re}senti carta n{ost}ra co{n}f{ir}masse : deo : {et} beate marie {et} eccl{es}ie s{an}c{t}e T{ri}nitatis de Dunf{er}melyn : Abbati et monachis ibidem deo seruientib{us} {et} inp{er}petuu{m} s{er}uitur{is} medietatem passagij Regine que fuit q{u}ondam Rog{er}i de moubray militis {. . .}

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Trinity
Saint details
ST/JD/52
Date low
1312
Date high
30/11/1323
Entry reference
EN/EW/3211
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
King Robert I Bruce Male Monarch 100 King of Scots, 1306--1329. See G. W. S. Barrow, Robert Bruce and the community of the realm of Scotland, 4th edn (2005).
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dunfermline Abbey NT090873 Dunfermline [DFL] Fife 100