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Chalmers Street Church, 410.
Chamberlain Rolls, as to funeral of
King Robert Bruce, 495-97; illustra-
tions of persons and places mentioned
in them, 564-68.
Chapels, ancient, in the parish, 158-61.
and churches, modern ditto,
321-24, 404-12.

and churches of the monas-
tery, list and notices of, 219-31.
Chapel-well farm, origin of name of, 158.
Charles I., King, birth of, and anec-
dote of infancy, in Dunfermline (A.D.
1600), 92; banquet at Palace, on ac-
count of, 513; birth and death of
his brother Robert (A.D. 1601), 513;
creation of an earl and five knights
(A.D. 1633), 271.

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II., King, "Dunfermline De-
claration" of, or subscription to Cove-
nant by, at Dunfermline, 275-76;
last resident monarch in palace (A.D.
1650), 99.

II., Earl of Dunfermline, 287,

515.
Charlestown village, population of, 331;
harbour of, 385, 404; friendly so-
ciety and sick fund of, 461-62; lime-
work at, 53-6, 65-6; schools of, 547-
48; railroad of, 35, 41.
Chartulary of Dunfermline, MS. and
printed, account of, 71-77.
Christian de Bruce, sister of King Ro-
bert Bruce, and wife of Murray, Re-
gent of Scotland, burial of, at Dun-
fermline, 493.

Civil history of Dunfermline, 71, et
passim.

Clackmannan Castle, 161.
Cleish Church, 219, 222.
Clergy, regular and secular, 255.
Clerk, Sir Alexander, Pittencrieff House,
270, 325.

Coaches, stage, 402-3.

Coal, etymology and history of, 18-21;
strata, dykes, dip, &c., of, 21-4;
methods of working, 24-6; colliers,
and their wages, 26-7; fire and choke
damp, 27; splint-coal, 46.
Coast, nature of, 9.

Cockburn, Sergeant, poem of, 549-52.
Coke, nature and kilns of, 35, 41.
Coldingham, priory of, 238-242.
Collieries, Elgin, 27-36; Wellwood, 36-
42; Townhill and Appin, 42-6; Hal-
beath, 46-9; Cuttlehill, 49-50; South
Lethans, 50; strikes in, 50; schools
in, 444-46.

Collier-Row (now Bruce Street), ety-
mology of, 110.
Commendators, and monasteries held
in commendam, 177, 192-204, 255.

Commercial School, 321, 441-42, 547.
Compostella, St James of, 501.
Confession of Faith in 1580, 200.
Constable, or keeper of the palace, 250;
constabulary house, 109.
Constantine, Earl of Fife, buried in
Dunfermline, 133.

Corves, etymology and nature of, 25.
Couper, Mr Simon, minister of Dun-
fermline, 415, 423-25, 546.
Cousland Church, 219, 222.
Cowper, William, Bishop of Galloway,
560-62.

Craig-luscar, etymology of, 481.
Craig-murmur, island, 67.
Creichtoun, Henry, abbot, 178, 191-
92.

Crichton, church of, 227.
Croft-angry, near Garvock, meaning of,

159.

Crossgates village, 331, 410.
Culdees, etymology of word, 170-71;
account of them, and whether first
occupants of the monastery, 168-74,
500-1.

Culross, Hugh, first abbot, of, 183;
hospital of, 289.
Currying-works, 384.

D

Dalgety Kirk, 286.
Dalyell, Sir John Graham, monastic
antiquities of, 74; search for the
royal remains by, 137-38.
Damask-loom, description of, 363-66.
David I., King, brought 13 monks from
Canterbury to Dunfermline, 176;
various grants of, 214-220; founded
the priory of Urquhart, 232; buried
at Dunfermline, 133-34; character
given by Lord Littleton, 484, et
passim.

II., Bruce, born here, 103, 264-65.
son of King Alexander III.,
buried at Dunfermline, 133-37.
Davidson, Mr John, minister, 311-12.
Deaf and Dumb Schools, 446, 546.
Diseases among colliers, 334-45; fatal
diseases in 1843, list of, 538.
Documents, ancient, in
House, 526-28.

Pitferrane

Donaldson, Mr Andrew, teacher, 314-
16, 532.

Drawing Academy, 371-72.
Drumtuthil, etymology of, 481.
Drysdale, Mr William, school, mortifi- •
cation of, 447.

Du-craig Island, 14, 67.

Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum, 167.
Dunbar, Mr Alexander, minister of
Dunfermline, 415.
Duncan, Earl of Fife, 216.

Dunduff, etymology of, 481; loch, 17; |
school, 547.
Dunfermline, etymology of, 2-5, 481;
situation and height of, 1; extent
and boundaries of, 7-8; topographi-
cal appearances of, 8-10; meteoro-
logy and hydrography of, 10-16;
lochs and rivulets of, 16-18; miner-
alogy, geology, and soil of, including
all the collieries and quarries, 18-67;
zoology and botany of, 67-71; civil his-
tory, ancient and modern accounts,
maps, plans, and surveys of, 71-81;
landowners of, 81-2; parochial regis-
ters of, 83; antiquities of, 83-165; mo-
nastery of, 161-261; historical events
of, 261-81, 514; eminent persons of,
281-318,483-85, 493, 502, 510-13, 515-
34, 556-58; modern and other build-
ings of, 319-26, 534-38; population of,
327-41, 539-40; agriculture of, 341-
53; manufactures of, 353-85; bank-
ing-houses and savings' bank of, 385-
88, 540; Guildry and Incorporated
Trades of, 388-91; societies and Gas
Company of, 391-94; parochial eco-
nomy of, 394-404; ecclesiastical state,
present and ancient, of, 404-37,
541-46, 558-62; education of, 437-
48, 547-48; literature of, 448-49,
548-52; charitable institutions and
friendly societies of, 449-63; poor's
funds, and their management, 463-
69, 552-54, 581; prison and police
of, 469-74; fairs, inns, alehouses,
&c., of, 474-77; contrast of its state
in the 11th and 19th centuries, 477-78.
Dungeon, ancient, 111-112.
Dunipace Chapel, 219-223.
Dunkeld Church, 170, 219, 223.
Dury, George, abbot, 94, 179, 198-99.
Durie, Mr John, monk, 307-8.
Durward, Alan, justiciary, 183.
Dye-works, 384.

E

Eadmere, bishop, 176, 575.

Earls of Dunfermline, vide Seton.
Elgin, vide Broomhall family.
Edgar, King, buried at Dumfermline,
133.

Port, 86, 485.
Education, 437-47, 547-48.
Edward I., 261-64.

Prince, son of Malcolm Can-
more, buried at Dunfermline, 128.
Elgin Colliery, vide Collieries.

Family, vide Broomhall.

burial vault, 154.

Elimosinar (Almoner), 454.

Elizabeth, Queen of Robert I., 151-52.
Emigrants from Dunfermline, 554.

Episcopal chapel, 322, 412; ministers,
ancient, 583-84.

Epitaphs, 150, 487-90, 519, 575.
Equitable Friendly Institution, 459.
Erskine, Mr Ralph, minister of Dun-
fermline, 416, 428-33, 546.
Ethelred, 129, 261-81.
Events, remarkable historical, 261-81.

F

Fairful, Mr John, minister of Dunferm-
line, 415.
Fairs, 474.

Fairway sunk-rock, 14-15.
Female Schools, 443, 548.
Fences, 403.

Fergus, Mr Henry, minister in Dun-
fermline, 10, 317, 557.

..... lord of Galloway, 158.
Ferguson, Mr David, first Protestant
minister of Dunfermline, 308-11,
415-17.

Fernie, Mr Thomas, minister of Dun-
fermline, 416, 433.

......................... Mr John, do. do., 77, 416,

433.

Fire, great, 270-71, 514, 568-71.
Fire and Life Insurance Offices, 575.
Fireclay, bed of, 57, 63.
Firth of Forth, tides, &c. of, near Dun-
fermline, 13-15, 68, 482-83.
Fordun, Scotichronicon of, when writ-
ten, 5, et passim; extract from, 150.
Forman, Andrew, abbot, 195-96.
Forrester or Foster, Mr Andrew, minis-
ter of Dunfermline, 415, 417-21.
Fossil organic remains, 50-1, 55-7,

61-3.

Fothriff, 214.

Foundries, iron, 384.
Frater Hall, 112-14.

Freestone quarries, Berrylaw and North
Urquhart, 60; Millhills, 60-1; Pit-
tencrieff, 61; Woodmill, 61; Sunny-
bank, 61.

Friars' Yard, or Garden, 156-57.
Friendly societies, 455-63.
Fuel, 476; vide also Coal.
Funeral societies, 459, 462.
Fyvie, barony of, and lord, 284.

G

Gaelic etymology, 218, 481-82.
Gallery, seats in old church, 121-23.
Gardeners' Society, 456-58.
Garveys, account of, 483.
Garvock, etymology, 481.
Gas Company, 393-94.
Gate-milk, 186, 228.

Gaufrid I., II., III., abbots, 178-83, 575.
Ged, Mr Wm., of Baldridge, 41.

Gellald or Gelland, 209, 578.

Geology, 18, 50-1.
George, abbot, 178, 192.

Dury, do., 179, 198-99.

Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly,
commendator, 179, 203.
Gilchrist, etymology of, 218.
Giles, St, Church, 219, 223, 455.
Gilfillan, Mr Robert, poet, 318.
Gillespie, Mr Thomas, 411.

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Glebe, parish, 405-6.
Glinen Church, 219-24.
Gloe, or White Loch, 17.
Golfdrum Street, etymology of, 157.
Gordon, Mr James, of Rothiemay, his
map of parish, 79, 80.
Graham, Mr James, minister of Dun-
fermline, 416, 423-26.
Gray, Mr John, minister of Dunferm-
line, 416, 546.

Mr Patrick, commendator, 179,
202-3, 503.

Master of, 179, 202-3, 503.
Gregory, Dr, account of exhumation
and reinterment of King Robert
Bruce, and inscription for his monu-
ment by, 141-46.

Grose's Antiquities of Scotland, as to
Palace, 97, 109.
Guild Court, 399.
Guild-hall, 320.

Guildry Incorporation, 388, 389.

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Harding's Chronicle, quotation from,
263-64.

Hardyknute, poem, 297-98, 520-26.
Hay, Father, Scotia Sacra of, 130.
Henderson, E., D.D., Theological Tutor,
Highbury, 317.

E.,LL.D., author of Annals,
&c., of Dunfermline, 78, 80, 317-18.
Henryson, Mr Robert, schoolmaster and
poet, 312-14, 531-32.

Edward, LL.D., and Sir

Thomas, 575.

J., notary-public, 76.
Hepburne, James, abbot, 179, 195.
Heritable offices in Dunfermline, 255-61.
Heritors, 81.

Heugh Mills, 114.

Hills, names and composition of, 9, 63.
Hill-head Loch, 17.

Hill-house, Hebrew inscriptions on,
&c., 9, 160, 307, 325-26.
Histories of parish, 77-8.

Holyrood Abbey, 562.

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Inchcolm, monastery of, 134.
Ingibiorg, first wife of Malcolm III.,
Inchgarvie, 67, 482-83.
Inglis, seamless shirt of, 379.
282.

Infant schools, 321, 442-43, 548.
Mr David, MS. journal of, 79.
Inns and alehouses, 475-76.
Innocent IV., Pope, biographical notice
Inscriptions, ancient, in Dunfermline,
and bull of, 505.
89, 93-4, 109, 120-22, 133, 145-46,
Interment of dead, hist. of acts against,
201, 320, 571.

within kirks, affray in Dunfermline
churchyard, 490-92, 563-64.

Inveresk Church, 168, 219, 225, 578.
Inverkeithing Church and Chapel, 219,
225-26; ancient baptismal font in,
225-26; battle of, 276-83.

Islands, 14, 67, 482-83.

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VI., King, marriage, and morn-
ing gift to Queen Anne of Denmark,
(A.D. 1589); residence in Dunferm-
line (A.D. 1590), 105-6, 512, et pas-

sim.

Jamieson, Dr, remarks on Palace by,
97, 100.

Jardine, Sir Henry, report of Robert
Jamieson's Wallace, extracts from, 154.
Jermin's mortifications, 452.
Bruce's tomb by, 139.
Jerome, St, Latin Bible of, 156.
Jocelin of Brakelond, monastic life of,
568.

John, St, chapel and gleib of, 158, 231.
I., abbot, 178, 184, 576.

II., Blak, abbot, 178, 187.
III., of Strathmiglaw, abbot, 178,
187-88.

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188.

IV., abbot, 177, 188.

V., of Balygirnach, abbot, 178,

VI., abbot, 178, 188-89.

John VII., De Torry, abbot, 178, 189. | Low, Mr Adam, provost, 316-17.
Jones, Inigo, architect, 326.
Lyne-burn, 18.

K

Kay, Mr Robert, minister of Dunferm-
line, 273, 415, 423, 544.
Keavil, etymology of, 481; family of,
305, 324.

Keith Church, 219, 226.

Sir William, 148.
Kellin Church, 219, 227.
Kemp, Mr Hugh, minister of Dunferm-,
line, 416, 427-28, 546.
Kincardine, a title of Earl of Elgin,
289-93.

King's Cellar at Limekilns, 321.
Kings buried at Dunfermline, 133.
Kinghorn Church, 219, 227.

264.

.... Wester, Church, 219, 227,

Kinglassie Church, 219, 228.
Kinloss, Baron Bruce of, 288-91.
Kinynmont, Mr Thomas, minister of
Dunfermline, 415, 546.
Kirkcaldy Church, 170, 219, 228.
Knockhouse, etymology of, 481.
Knox's Liturgy, 560.

L

Lady's Mill Toll, 114, 160.

Landowners of Dunfermline, and their
valued rentals, 81-2.

Langtoft's Chronicle, extract from, 155.
Latere, a, and de, meaning of, 194-95.
League and Covenant, Solemn, 272.
Leslie, Dr John, Bishop of Ross, 130,
et passim.

..... Margaret, wife of Mr John
Murray, minister of Dunfermline,
buried here, and tombstone of, 421-22.
Lethans Colliery, ride Collieries.
Libraries, public, 448.
Limekilns village, population of, and
King's Cellar at, 331; harbour of,
385, 404; church of, 410; Merchant
Seamen's Fund of, 462; schools of,
547-48.

Limestone Quarries-Charleston, 53-6,
65; Roscobie, 56-7, 60; Sunnybank,
57, 66; Craigluscar, 57-9.
Lindsay, David, bishop, 420, 546.
Liston, Sir Robert, M.D., remarks on
body of King Robert Bruce by,

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M'Farlane, Walter, Transcript-Chartu-
lary of, 74

M'Gill, Mr Harrie, minister of Dun-
fermline, 415.

Mackie, Dr John, 532-34.
M'Lean, Mr Allan, minister of Dun-
fermline, 416, 433-34; school, 321.
Magazine, or Royal Cellar, 95.
Malcolm (Canmore) III., King, son of

Duncan I., succeeded to throne
in A.D. 1056-7, 86, 485; marriage
of, 5, 6, 86-7; encounter with a
traitorous nobleman at trysta (tryst)
of, and probable building of the
Tower, 84-5, 483-84; supposed Foun-
dation charter to monastery of,
167-68, 499; death and burial of,
128, 130; character of, and of his
Queen, 281-83, et passim.

IV., King, buried at Dunferin-
line, 133-35, et passim.

Malcolm, 2d Earl of Athole, and his
Countess, buried at Dunfermline,
133-35.

Manufactures-table-linen, 353-82;
spinning-mills, &c., 382-84.
Manse, parish, 405.

Mansion-houses round Dunfermline,
324-26.

Maps of parish, 79-80.

Margaret, Queen of Malcolm Canmore,
a Saxon princess, driven to Scotland,
and married at Dunfermline, 86-7;
death, burial, and translation of,
129-32; sacred relics of, 131-32,
193; cave or oratory of, 88-9, et
passim.

Queen of Alexander III.,
133, 136-37, 494.
Margaret's, St, Church, 322, 409.
Markets, 394, 474.

Marriages, averages of, 335-36, 539-40.
Mary, Queen of Scotland, at Rosyth
Castle, 10.

St, chapel of, 160, 231.
Masterton, etymology of, 482, 331,
454-55, 252, 578.

Master of the Song school, 440-41.
Mathildis, daughter of Robert I. and
Elizabeth, 133-37.

Matilda, daughter of Malcolm and
Margaret, account of, 484.

daughter of Malcolm Canmore,
founder of Leper (misprinted Lesser)
Hospital, 484-85.

Matthew, abbot, 178, 184.

Maygate Church, 410.

Mechanics' Institution, 448-89.

Meldrum, Henry, chemise and shirt

without seam of, 379-80.

Memorable historical events of Dun- Ores and simple minerals, 63, 64.

Melville Church, 219-28.

fermline, 261, 281, 514.

Mercer, Mr Andrew, 78, 552.

Meteorology, 10-13.

Michael, St, chapel of, 160, 231.

Oliphant, Mr William, minister of Dun-
fermline, 415-23, 546-82.

Ornithological Society, 392.
Orwell Chapel, 220-30.

P

Mills, spinning, corn or meal, saw Palace, site and size of, 91; birthplace

and flour, 382-85.

Mineralogy, 18.

Ministers of Dunfermline, list from the
Reformation of, 415-16, 544-46.
Mitchell, Admiral Sir Andrew, 306-7.
Monastery, whether at first Culdean or
Benedictine, 165-77; abbots, list and
memoranda of, 178-204, 487, 501-3;
remarkable historical incidents of,
204-08; fame and wealth of, 208-11;
fishings, &c., of, 211-12; endowments
and privileges of, 212-16; right in
bondmen of, 216-19; churches and
chapels of, 219-31; cells or priories,
with their priors of, 213-42; ancient
schools of, 242; privilege of excom-
munication, 242-43; jurisdiction,
registers, cocquet seal, and extent of
regality of, 243-49; management and
disposal of property of, at and after
the Reformation, 249-55; translation
of bulls and charters to, 504-6, 577,
580; glance at interior of, and offices
in a, 506-9, 568.

Mongal, Richard, prior of Dunfermline,
501.

Mouro, Alex., Dr, minister of Dunferm-
line, 415, 544-45.
Monteith of Randieford, 326.
Monuments, 123-25, 128, 154; epitaphs
on, 487-90, 575.

Mortality, table and bill of, 332-33,
538-39.

Moubray, Sir Robert, of Cockairnie, 326.
Moulin Church, 228.

Murray, Mr John, minister of Dunferm-
line, 415, 420-21, 422.

Sir Andrew, Regent of Scot-

land, 264-65.
Musselburgh, 168, 225.

N

National Covenant, 272.

of Charles I. and his sister Elizabeth,
92; Annunciation-stone of, 92-5, 486;
kitchen of, 98; subterraneous pas-
sage of, 95-8; age and architecture
Parliament held at Dunfermline, 264.
of, 99-104, 486.
Parochial Registers, 82, 83.
Parrot or cannel coal, 47-9.
Paton, Mr Joseph, antiquarian collec-
Patrick, abbot, 178-82.
tion of, 164-65.
Patronage of Church, 423.
Pennant, tour in Scotland of, 109.
Perdieus, 160, 498, 210.
Perth church and chapels, 220, 230.
Petrifactions, 62.
Peter, prior of Dunfermline, 176, 575.

Pierson, Mr William, minister of Dun-
Pilgrim's Cross, 132.
fermline, 415, 544.
Pilgrimages to Dunfermline, 132.
Pinkie House, 285-86.
Pitcairn, Robert, commentator, 156,
179, 199-202; epitaph of, 201, 487.

Henry, commendator, 203-4.
Pitferrane, etymology of, 482; family,
272, 293-301, 520-28, 573; house of,
324; ancient documents in ditto,
Pitliver, etymology of, 482; family,
526-28.
Pitreavie, battle of, 276-78; hospital
305, 528-30; house of, 321.
Pittencrieff, etymology of, 481; ancient
of, 454; house of, 8, 81.
coal of, 19; house, and proprietors
of, 325, 537-38.

Plans of town and parish, 80.
Plains, composition of, 63.
Pluscardine, priory of, 234-38.
Police, 399, 401; cases of, 474.

Pont, Mr Timothy, geographer, 79-80.
Poor's Funds, history and present ma-
nagement of, 463-69, 552-54, 581.

Navigation, or shipping, at Limekilns Poor's House, 324, 450-51.

and Charlestown, 385.

Newburn Church, 220-29.

Newlands Church, 220-29.

Newton Church, 220-29.

Nicolaus de Innerpeffyr, 501-2.

Norie, Mr Robert, minister of Dun-
fermline, 415.

North Church, Dunfermline, 322, 407-8.
Queensferry Chapel, 220-230.

Population, 327-341, 412-13.
Ports of town, 110-11.

Presbyterian Kirk, worship in, after
Reformation, 558-563.

Presbytery of Dunfermline, 574-75;
ministers of, at Reformation, 543-44;
Printing, progress of, in Dunfermline,
ejected, 582.
548-49.

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