Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5611

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

N{igel}, abbot of Kilwinning, and the monks grant to Florence, bishop elect of Glasgow 3 stones of wax to be rendered annually by them during the octaves of St James the apostle at Roxburgh, on account of the devotion which they have towards him and the church of Glasgow.

Omnibus Sancte matris ecclesie filiis . N . abbas de kilwinin et conuentus eiusdem loci Salutem in domino . Sciatis nos concessisse dedisse et hac carta nostra confirmasse domino nostro florencio Glasguense Electo . et successoribus suis tres petras cere annuatim eis reddendas infra octauas sancti Jacobi apostolici apud Rochesburc . propter deuocionem quam habemus erga ipsum et ecclesiam Glasguensem {. . .}

Type of dedication
Payment on feast day
Confidence
100
Saint named
James the apostle
Saint details
ST/JD/22
Date low
1202
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/EW/3351
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Abbot of Kilwinning Nigel ----------------- Male Abbot 100 Nigel, abbot of Kilwinning 1201-10; Watt and Shead, Heads of Religious Houses, 127.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
St James - Old Roxburgh Roxburgh Church (Parish) NT6930 Old Roxburgh [ORX] Roxburgh 100