Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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DE/JD/1215

dedication text (summary) dedication text (verbatim)

Precept of a Charter of Master Alexander Hamilton, lecturer of the school of Glasgow, concerning the whole and enitre place, called 'Stable Green' [. . .], lying within the city of Glasgow on the west side, or the side of the street which goes to the top of the lane, 'the Wyndhead', to the church of St Roch, within the lands of the hospital of St Nicholas, founded on the north by the late Master Roland Blacader, subdeacon of Glasgow

Preceptum Carte Magistri Alexandri Hammiltoun, regentis pedagogii Glasguensis, super tot et integro loco, lie Stabill Greyn nuncupato [...], iacente infra civitatem Glasguensem ex occidentali latere seu parte vici quo itur a capite vinelle, lie Wyndheid, ad sancti Rochi ecclesiam, infra terras hospitalis Sancti Nicholaii, per quondam Magistrum Rollandum Blacader, subdecanum Glasguensem fundati ex boreali

Type of dedication
Church dedication
Confidence
100
Saint named
Nicholas
Saint details
ST/JD/50
Date low
None
Date high
01/11/1545
Entry reference
EN/JD/886
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Subdean of Glasgow Roland Blackadder Male Cathedral dignitary 100 Master Roland Blackadder, subdean of Glasgow 1498 x 1500 - 1541; founder of St Nicholas' Hospital; nephew of Archbishop Robert Blackadder, and son of Sir Patrick. See Watt and Murray, Fasti, 218.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Blacader's (St Nicholas, St Serf, St Machutus) Glasgow Hospital NS600656 Glasgow [GLW] Lanark 100
St Nicholas Glasgow Hospital NS600654 Glasgow [GLW] Lanark 100