Historical and Statistical Account of Dunfermline

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Silver Chest or Coffer, containing St Margaret's bones-Where found,
and first carried,

176-78

Turgot's account of her last illness and decease,

178-80

Notice of St Margaret's Chapel in the Castle of Edinburgh, and its recent
repairs,

180-82

Notice of the Durie arms and initials on a stone lately discovered, which
had been in the Abbot's house at Craigluscar, Dunfermline parish,
where Margaret's bones are supposed to have been first taken for
security,
Lord Hailes' notice of canonisation of Queen Margaret, and of the origin
of the names of her sons chosen by her [Fordun's account of the
translation of Queen Margaret and King Malcolm, promised to be
given in Appendix, superseded by being given at pp. 229-30 of this
volume] Notices of her sons from the "Miscellanea Scotica,"
Characters of Malcolm and Margaret in first volume, referred to,
Triforium, Clerestory, Ambulatory-Etymologies of,
Piece of Carved Oak found in Triforium gallery, shown on Plate III.,
not II., as printed,

399

182-83

183

184-86, 202, 209

186-87

189-90

Douay College, Town, and St Peter's Cathedral, account of—Amiens
Cathedral, account of-Amiens, birthplace of Ducange,
Robert the Bruce, birth of, relics of, and fragments of his tombstone, ex-
hibited on Plate IX.-Notice of John de Linlithgow, sculptor of
Bruce's tomb, and Andrew the Painter, sculptor of the monument of
David Bruce and his Queen,
190-91, 466
Mr Gabriel Surenne's Paper on Chateau d'Adam Bruce at Bruis, in Nor-
mandy, and genealogical account of the ancestry of Bruce, pro-
genitors of the victor of Bannockburn, read at meeting of Anti-
quarian Society, 1854,

Saints Catherine and Laurence, paintings of, at Manchester Exhibition,
and of Marriage of St Catherine, in Chapel of Capuchin Convent, &c.,
Cadiz Latin Epitaph on Robert Bruce's Monument,
Sanctuary House, shown on Plate II.--The style of Doorway also shown
on Plate VII.-Five Old Stones on new house at foot of Douglas
Street-Maygate, derivation of name,

Old Tron Well and Pillory-woodcut of it,
Earl of Dunfermline's Yard,

192

192-95

195-96

Golf Drum (Golf Hill), and James VI.-Two Bowling-greens-Anecdote
of King James's son, Charles I., and pastime of golf-Sites of
the old Bowling-green, or new churchyard, Friars and Bee Alley
Gardens, Abbey Park, Priory Lane, Fratery Ruins, Old and New
Churches, &c., shown in Ground-Plan View, No. I.-Crimean Gun
-Closing in of the interior of Tower in new church,
.198-200
Traces of Site of old St Leonard's Hospital and churchyard-Produce of
sixty-four acres of land continued to eight widows, under the patron-
age of Marquess of Tweeddale-St Mary's old churchyard-Lady's
Mill Toll-bar-" Gudly landis" for altar of the blessed Mary, 200-201
Charter of James Murray of the lands of Perdew, &c.-Probability of

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lands of Perdew, and the Hill (Brühill, Broomhill) having been one

property,

Antiquities at Broomhall House-Robert Bruce's Sword and "Barred
Head-piece of the time of the Commonwealth "-Nuptial Bed of
Queen Anne-Sarcophagus (Elgin Marble)-Late Peter Deering,
R.A., architect of part of Broomhall,

Wooer's Alley Cottage, relics of witches, &c., at-Mr Joseph N. Paton,
jun., an Academician, and Mr Waller Paton, an Associate of the
Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture-
List of principal productions of both-Queen's request for a repli
cate of the "Home! the Return from the Crimea," and Verses on
it-" In Memoriam," "The Bloody Tryst,"

SECTION VII.

MONASTERY.

201-2

202-3

203-7, 402-4

Monks of Dunfermline, Directors of the Schools of Perth and Stirling

in 1173, and at a later period of other Schools- Part of Professor

Innes's Lecture on the early education of Scotland, in College of Edin-

burgh, 1850, relative to this, &c.,

Suspicious oldest Latin Charter of Malcolm Canmore, inter 1057-93,

notice of it,.

Grants of one Toft in Edinburgh to the Abbey of Dunfermline, and of
the Church of Lessedwin or Lessuden (St Boswell's) to the Monks
of Dryburgh, in the latter end of the 12th century,
Grants to the Abbey by King Duncan II., supposed son of Malcolm III.
by a previous wife to Margaret, Ingibiorg, widow of an Earl of Ork-
ney, of two towns, or villas, Easter and Wester Luscar, in Carnock
parish-A Chaplainship in Elgin Cathedral founded by King Alex-
ander II., early in the 13th century, "for the soul of King Duncan,"
kept up till middle of the 15th century,
Additional notice of Culdees, in connection with Dunfermline, and quo-

tation from Dr Daniel Wilson's Archæology on the subject,
Notice of St Jago de Compostella in Spain, where a Prior of Dunferm-
line, alive in 1148, died,

Additional explanatory Notes or Memoranda on some of the Thirty-nine

Abbots of Dunfermline, of whom a list is presented in pp. 178-9

of first volume,

A few brief Extracts from the Holyrood Chronicle in English, relative to

incidents at the period of David I., and the Malcolms, Kings of

Scotland,.

Grants of land and houses in Craigmillar to the Abbey of Dunfermline-
First mention of Craigmillar as a manorial residence, &c.,

"Notices of the Burial of King Malcolm III. in the Monastery of Tyne-

mouth in 1093, and of the subsequent History of his Remains,"

by John Stuart, Esq., Secretary of the Antiquarian Society, read

212-27

227-8

228-9

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at a meeting of the Society in 1856, and now printed in their

Proceedings [Fordun's account of the translation of Malcolm's

and Margaret's bodies from the nave to the choir of the Dun-

fermline Abbey, promised at p. 182 of this volume to be given in

the Appendix, is superseded by being given at pp. 229-230.]

Churches of West, Mid, and East Calder, Carnbee, Cleish, Hailes (Colinton),

Inveresk, Inverkeithing Church and Chapel, Kinghorn, Kinglassie,

Melville, Newton and Wymet, Newburn, North Queensferry Chapel,

Perth (St Johnston's),

228-37, 241-2

Convents of Monks, Friars, and Nuns-An Abbey-Abbates exempti—
Laymen holding benefices in commendam (or trust)—Priors conven-
tual and claustral,

Priories of Pluscardine and Urquhart,

Coldingham Priory,

[History of the Priory of Coldingham from the Earliest to the

Present Time, by William King Hunter of Stoneshiel : Edin-

burgh, Sutherland and Knox, 1858, beautifully illustrated.]

237-8

238-41

242-51

251

Ancient Schools,

Privilege of Excommunication-Privilege, Ancient Register, and Benefits

of the Regality-Coquet Seal of Regality, and Counter-seal of

Dunfermline - Cokete Seal of Inverkedin (Inverkeithing)-Esce-

muthe, Inveruisge, or uisk, Inveresk-Oriolium, or oriel, meaning of, 252-4

Management and Disposal of the Property of the Abbey at and after the

Reformation,

254-8

SECTION VIII.

REMARKABLE HISTORICAL EVENTS.

1250. Master Richard of Inverkeithing, set over the Episcopate of Dun-
keld,

1273-1300. Edward the First's Charge against Robert Wishart (thirteenth

Bishop of Glasgow), relative to the death of Cumin,

1274-90. Lines from Barbour's " Bruce," relative to this period,

1291-6. Extracts from Ragman Rolls,

1323. Extract from Fordun's "Scotichronicon," as to birth in Dun-

fermlyn of King David II.,

1335. Siege of Lochleven Castle, held by Alan of Vipont in behalf of

David II., and escape of the garrison, while John of Strivelin,

the besieger, was celebrating St Margaret's holiday, 19th June, 261-2

1389. King Robert II. renews a truce with England and France, at

Dunfermline,

262

1394. King James I. of Scotland born at Dunfermline-His education, &c., 263

1439. Great famine in the country, affecting the domains of the Abbey,

1466. Patrick Graham, the first Archbishop of St Andrews, accused of

heresy, transported to Dunfermline, and afterwards to Loch-

leven Castle, where he died,

263

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1515. The Postulate of Dunfermling witness to a deed,
1526. The Abbot of Dunfermline slain in battle, and the Abbey dis-

mantled,

264

264-5

1538. Splendid progresses of Mary (of Lorraine) queen of James V.,

inter alia, to Dunfermling-Her geir, chariot, chair of state and

table, &c., transported to Dunfermling, and expenses,

1547. The English army entered Scotland-Messengers sent out with

the Fierie Crosse-George Durie, Abbot of Dunfermline, one of

the counsellors of the Governor-Battle of Pinkie Field, 265-6, 410-11

1550-60. Meeting of Lords of the Congregation at the Kirk of Beath, 266

1558. Trial of Walter Mill, last martyr in Scotland for Protestantism, in

presence of Abbots of Dunfermline-Offered a monk's portioun

for all the dayes of his life in the Abbey of Dunfermline, if he

would recant-Departed in the fire, praying,

1568. Escape of Queen Mary from Lochleven - Passing a night at

Rosyth, and conveyed over to Queensferrie, and thence to

Nudrie, &c.,

1570. John Kirkaldie, brother to Sir Williame Kirkaldie, Laird of Grange,

receiving injurie in the town of Dunfermling, be one George

Durie, and long interesting letter from the Laird of Grange,

Captane of the Castle of Edinburgh-His complent vpoun Johne

Knox, givin in to the Sessiones of the Churche of Edinburgh,

28th December 1570, and notice of the letter in the Minutes

of Session-Answer gevin be the Queine of England to the

Commendator of Dunfermling, and the Quenis Lettre, 7th

December 1570-Name of " David Forgesone, minister at Dum-

fermling," present in the Assemblie on a memorable occasion

mentioned, 10th March 1570,

1580. A few Benedictines of Dunfermline, with doors bolted and barred,

keeping watch in their choir, by the shrines of St Margaret and

St David, the Sepulchres of Bruce and Randolph, &c.,

1583. James VI. at Dumfermling, and names of noblemen appointed to
pass with him thither from Edinburgh, &c.,

1585. Arrival of ambassadors from the King of Denmark, at Leith, and

passing to Dunfermline to meet his Majesty, accompanied by

the English ambassador there, and had audience of him, in the

great hall of Dunfermling,

1586. Patrick, Master of Gray, Abbot of Dumfermling, one of the am-

bassadors to England, for the relief and preservation of Mary

Queen of Scotland's life,

271-2

272

273

1590. Progresses of various ambassadors from Denmark to Dunfermline

and elsewhere, and also of the King and Queen,

1596. William Schaw, Master of Work, wounded, and his assailants

warded, .

273

274

19th September. The Queen's Majesty delivered at Dunfermling

of Princess Elizabeth,

274

28th November. At Holyroodhouse, the child baptised, and

called by the Lyon-herald, "Lady Elizabeth, first daughter of

Scotland,"

1596. Letter of advice from the King (James VI.) to the Earl of Huntley,

excommunicated by the Church,

Extracts from Robert Birrel's Diary as to some of these facts, told

with a little variation,

1602. Original Charter of Confirmation by Queen Anne of Denmark, with

consent of her husband, James VI., in possession of the author

-Character of the Queen-Names and dates of birth of her

children,

1602. Mr David Lindsay, Bishop of Ross, preaching at the baptism of

Charles I. on Dec. 23, 1600, in the Chapel-Royal, and his text-

At the age of 68-Epitaph on the Royale Martyr-" Warrant for

the Expenses of the Funerall of King Charles I.,".

1624. Cause of great fire in Dunfermline-Sympathy with the inhabi-
tants, and collections for their relief, .

1625. Death of James VI. of Scotland, and I. of Great Britain, &c.,

1651. Battle of Inverkeithing or Pitreavie — Additional notices of it—

Letter of General Oliver Cromwell to the Speaker of the House

of Commons - Bag of silver coins of Charles I. found at

Pitreavie,

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278-9
279

279-83

1741. George Whitfield preached his first sermon in Scotland from Ralph

Erskine's pulpit,

283

1746. Lord Charles Hay had one of the ear-curls of his military peruke

shot away, while on the bartizan of the old steeple,

283

1846. A destructive flood in Dunfermline,

283-4

SECTION IX.

EMINENT PERSONS.

Earls of Dunfermline-Additional notices of them, and of their residences
at Elgin, Fyvie Castle, Pinkie House-George Seton of Barns, who went
by the name of the Earl of Dunfermling-Seton House-Right Hon.
James Abercrombie, Baron of Dunfermline,

Broomhall Family-Earls of Elgin and Kincardine,

And Genealogical Table, No. II.

284-91, 404-10, 432-435

291-300, 466-71

Pitferrane Family-Sir Peter Arthur Halket, Bart., present represen-

tative-Lady Anne, or Anna Halket, 1656-99, and Lady Elizabeth

Wardlaw, also of the Halket family, 1696-1727, both of literary

Pitliver and Keavil Families Wellwoods and Barclays - Stedmans,