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DE/JD/6277

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WIlliam Comyn, earl of Buchan . . . Know that . . . we have given, granted, and by this our present charter have confirmed to God Almighty, the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, and to all the saints of God, and to the religious men, the abbot and the monks of Deer, serving God in that place now and in for ever, all and singular the lands of Barre with what belongs to them

Wilelmus Cumyn comes de Buchan [. . .] Noueritis nos [. . .] dedisse, concessisse, et hac presenti carta nostra confirmasse, Deo Omnipotenti, Beatissime Uirgini Marie et omnibus sanctis Dei, religiosisque uiris abbati et monachis de Deir ibidem Deo seruientibus et inperpetuum seruituris, omnis et singulas terras nostras de Barre

Type of dedication
Grant in honour of saint
Confidence
100
Saint named
Most Blessed Virgin Mary
Saint details
ST/JD/2
Date low
1219
Date high
1233
Entry reference
EN/JD/3671
Notes
None
devotees
name gender type confidence notes
Earl of Buchan William Comyn Male Earl 100 William Comyn who, in right of his second wife, Marjory, became earl of Buchan c.1212 and who died in 1233 . See ODNB under 'Comyn, Walter, earl of Menteith (d. 1258)'. Father of Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan (succ. 1244), and Walter Comyn, lord of Badenoch and earl of Menteith (succ. 1233).
locations
placename type os grid parish ref. county confidence
Abbey Deer Abbey NJ968481 Old Deer [ODR] Aberdeen 100