Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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EN/EW/2770

verbatim
OCTOBER [vi.] Obitus illustrissimi viri Magistri Alexandri Gallovay ecclesie de Kinkell quondam rectoris, qui nostrum semper affectus est ordinem summo honore, Ita ut intra octauas fundatoris prefati ordinis ad patriam migrauit supernam. Is itaque ecclessiam nouam laudi diu Francisci dicatam Gauini Dunbeir episcopi sumptibus erexit. Necnon et suis expensis aram in Sancti Iohannis Baptiste honorem construi fecit. Ceterum quelibet per lustra fratrum vsibus quinquaginta erogauit marcas : tandem ad superos properans triginta marcas reliquit pro necessitatibus fratrum : quam possim amanter vos fratres hortor prefati Alexandri exequias celebrare omnes, cui hodie infelix mors exitiale iniecit telum 1552.
summary
6 October. The obit of Master Alexander Galloway, once rector of the church of Kinkell. He showed devotion to St Francis and caused an altar to be built in honour of St John the Baptist.
folio/page
77
charter period
None
charter date range
6/10/1552 - ??
document reference
DO/EW/2053