Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/EW/5807

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Malcolm, king of Scots, grants and confirms to God, the church of Holy Rood of Edinburgh and the canons serving God there, the grant which Countess Ada, his mother, made of a toft in Crail and an annual rent of a half merk etc

. M . Rex Scott{orum} {. . .} me Concessisse {e}t hac p{re}senti Carta {con}firmasse deo {e}t ec{c}le{s}ie S{an}c{t}e c{ru}cis de edenesb{urc} {e}t Canonicis ibide{m} d{e}o seruientib{us} donacio{n}em illam q{u}a{m} . a . Co{m}itissa mat{er} mea eis fec{it} de uno tofto i{n} karel . {e}t de redditu dimid{iam} marce de firma ej{us}de{m} uille a{n}nuati{m} p{er}cipiendo {. . .}

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Holy Rood
Saint details
ST/JD/54
Date low
None
Date high
20/9/1164
Entry reference
EN/EW/3469
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