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DE/EW/5390

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
Dating by feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Seven Brothers
Saint details
ST/EW/206
Date low
10/7/1317
Date high
None
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