Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5781

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

David, king of Scots forbids anyone to take anything which he has given in alms to the church of the Holy Rood of Edinburgh, except by licence and grant of the canons serving God and the Holy Rood there.

D rex Scotto{rum} . O{mn}ib{us} p{ro}bis hominib{us} suis de Edenesburc Sira . sal{utem}. p{ro}hibeo ne aliq{ui}s sup{er} t{er}ra{m} aliq{uo}d accipiat qua{m} dedi i{n} elemosina eccl{es}ie s{an}c{t}e Crucis d{e} edenesburc : n{isi} p{er} licentia{m} {e}t concessu{m} canonico{rum} ibide{m} deo {e}t s{an}c{t}e Cruci seruientiu{m} {. . .}

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Rood
Saint details
ST/JD/54
Date low
None
Date high
24/8/1147
Entry reference
EN/EW/3458
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
King David I Mac Malcolm Male Monarch 100 King of Scots 1124 to 1153; the last of the sons of Malcolm III, and Queen Margaret (the saint). Prince of Cumbria from c.1113.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Abbey Holyrood Abbey NT269739 Canongate [CGT] Edinburgh 100