Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5463

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Abbot Robert and the convent grant to the community of the burgh of Dunfermline and the burgesses, the common moor. The reddendo is an annual payment of a pair of white Parisian gloves or 6 d Sterling on the feast of the Translation of St Margaret the queen.

Om{n}ibus hanc cartam {et}c [visuris vel audituris Robertus p{er}missione di{uin}a Abbas monast{er}ij de dunfermlyne et eiusd{em} locj {con}ue{n}tus humil{iter} . et{er}nam in d{omi}no sal{u}t{e}m] {. . .} Reddendo inde d{i}c{t}i co{m}munitas {et} Burge{n}ses nobis {et} successorib{us} n{ost}ris a{n}nuati{m} in festo translac{i}o{n}is s{an}c{t}e margarite regi{n}e vnu{m} par cyrotecha{rum} alba{rum} p{ar}ysiens' vel . vj . d . st{er}lingo{rum} bono{rum} {. . .}

Type of dedication
Payment on feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
Translation of Margaret the queen
Saint details
ST/JD/33
Date low
1250
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3250
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
None None 100 None
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dunfermline Abbey NT090873 Dunfermline [DFL] Fife 100