Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5389

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

John de Grahame, father, grants to God, the church of Holy Trinity of Dunfermline, and the monks serving God there, the right of patronage of the church of Newlands in Tweeddale, Glasgow diocese. The charter is dated at Dunfermline on the feast of the Seven Brothers in 1317.

{. . .} Joh{ann}es de Grahame pat{er} sal{u}t{e}m in d{omi}no sempit{er}na{m} . Sciatis me {. . .} dedisse co{n}cessisse {et} hac p{re}senti carta mea conf{ir}masse : deo {et} eccl{es}ie s{an}c{t}e t{ri}nitatis de Dunf' {et} monach{is} ibid{em} deo s{er}uientib{us} {et} in p{er}petuu{m} s{er}uitur{is} jus pat{r}onat{us} Eccl{es}ie de Neuland' in Tweddale dioces{is} Glasguens{is} {. . .} Dat{um} apud Dunfermlyn in festo septem fratru{m} . Anno d{omi}ni m : ccc . septimodecimo {. . .}

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Trinity
Saint details
ST/JD/52
Date low
None
Date high
10/7/1317
Entry reference
EN/EW/3214
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