The Elgin Maison Dieu
and its lands
Charter evidence shows that at some date between the years 1225 and 1237 , Andrew de Moravia, Bishop of Moray, founded a Domus Dei at Elgin. There he established a number of brothers and sisters and endowed the house to allow it to carry out charitable and pious activities within the burgh. Later, King Alexander II. also endowed the house giving it certain properties so that it could continue its work with the poor.
In time, the Maison Dieu came to possess a number of pieces of land in and around Elgin and, in a separate paper, we investigate these possessions. Both of these papers may be accessed by selecting the appropriate button below.
