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DE/EW/5756

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Regarding service of the Rood altar.

"This inquest riply avyssit ordines our Rud altar to stand without service for ane yeir for causis and ordines James Keyne and Jhone Brown procuratouris one the perdone dais and to by vith the offerandis ornamentis to mak reparation abone the altar. And ve vill nocht geif the service be na electiones bot allanerly be the bailyeis, alderman, and communite of the town, as ouris forbearis gaif it ay to ane toun man, burges or borne man thairin, quhilkis is abyll. {. . .}

Type of dedication
Altar dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Rood
Saint details
ST/JD/54
Date low
None
Date high
18/6/1538
Entry reference
EN/EW/3441
Notes
None
no devotees recorded
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Selkirk Church (Parish) NT470283 Selkirk [SEL] Selkirk 100