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DE/EW/5449

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Henry, abbot of Dunfermline and the convent wishing greatly and desiring piously that the most blessed James the apostle be venerated through the worship of servants {ministers}, grant and assign to their chaplain David Story, the service of a chaplainry which they have recently founded in the chapel of the Most Blessed James the apostle in North Queensferry etc

{. . .} Cupie{n}tes g' ac pie desid{er}antes beatissimu{m} Jacobu{m} ap{osto}l{u}m ministro{rum} obsequio ven{er}ari i{n} t{er}r{is} ut sic ei{us} pat{r}ocinio nos a{m}pli{us} ditem{ur} in celis dam{us} {con}cedim{us} ac caritat{is} intuitu assignam{us} dilecto capellano n{ost}ro d{omi}no Dauid Story s{er}uiciu{m} vni{us} capellanie p[er} nos de nouo fu{n}datu{m} in capella Beatissimi Jacobi ap{osto}li in le Northfery situata {. . .}

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Most Blessed James the apostle
Saint details
ST/JD/22
Date low
10/12/1479
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3241
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Abbot of Dunfermline Henry Crichton Male Abbot 100 Henry Crichton, abbot of Dunfermline 1471-82; Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, 70. Had been abbot of Paisley (1459-71); ibid., 170.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
St James North Queensferry Chapel NT131804 Inverkeithing [IKG] Fife 100