Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5687

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Charter with grant to Blessed Virgin and the court of heaven, and to the secular chaplain at the parish altar of the Blessed Virgin in the parish aisle of Holyrood monastery, of various lands and tenements.

Charter by Sir John Eistoun, chaplain and curate of the monastery of Holyrood, for the souls of James III and his Queen, for the prosperity of James IV and his Queen, for the souls of their predecessors and successors and of his father, mother, brother and sister, of Janet Chalmers in the Canongate, her father and mother and predecessors and successors, of all to whom they are indebted and of all the faithful departed, granting to the Blessed Virgin and the Court of Heaven and to Sir Andrew Moffat, secular chaplain and his successors at the parish altar of the Blessed Virgin in the parish aisle of the said monastery the following lands and tenements {. . .}

Type of dedication
Altar dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Blessed Virgin
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
None
Date high
31/1/1507
Entry reference
EN/EW/3384
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Abbey Holyrood Abbey NT269739 Canongate [CGT] Edinburgh 100