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DE/JD/5880

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David, by God’s grace king of Scots, etc. You should know that for the sake of our soul, and the soul of our esteemed Margaret de Logy, and of the souls of our predecessors and successors, etc., to God and to Blessed Mary, and to the Friars Preachers of Aberdeen serving God in that place and who will be serving God forever, the 100 shillings sterling [£5] owed to us from of old of the barony of Banchory-Devenick in the Sheriffdom of Aberdeen, to be held and had by the same Friars in pure and everlasting alms, for the maintenance of one chaplain to celebrate divine service, forever, at the altar of Blessed Mary or Saint Michael in the church of the said Friars. . . At Aberdeen, the 2oth day of January in the 33rd year of our reign.

David Dei gracia rex Scottorum omnibus, etc. Sciatis nos pro salute anime nostre, et anime Margarete de Logy dilecte nostre, et animarum antecessorum et successorum nostrorum, etc., Deo et Beate Marie et Fratribus Predicatoribus de Abirden ibidem Deo seruientibus et inperpetuum seruituris, centum solidos sterlingorum nobis ab antiquo annuatim debitos de baronia de Banchorydeveny, infra uicecomitatum de Abirden. Tenendos et habendos eisdem Fratribus in puram et perpetuam elemosinam, ad sustantacionem unius capellani diuina perpetuo celebraturi ad altare Beate Marie uel Sancti Michaelis in ecclesia dictorum Fratrum [. . .] Apud Abirden, vicesimo die Januarii anno regni nostri tricesimo tercio.

Type of dedication
Chaplainry
Confidence
50
Saint named
Blessed Mary
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
20/01/1362
Date high
None
Entry reference
EN/JD/104
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
King David II Bruce Male Monarch 100 King of Scots, 07/07/1329 to 22/02/1370. Born at Dunfermline 5/03/1523, son of Robert I (Bruce) and Elizabeth de Burgh. Succeeded by nephew, Robert II.
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Dominicans Aberdeen Friary NJ938064 Aberdeen St Machar [ABN] Aberdeen 100