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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
little or ho benefit from them . Quemadmodum ; say they , multisjam annis elapsis , a nobis violenter detenta fuerunt , lit hide vel parum vel nihil proficui receperimus . To this deed of resignation , or charte r ^ as it is actually called , the seal ofthe chapter of this collegiate church was appended , being St . Mathew in a kirk , red upon white wax , as also the seal ofthe then Sir William St . Clair of Roslinbeing a , ragged cross
, red upon white wax . Hay , vol . II . p . 350 ,-who adds , The subscribers can SCARCELY write , and they are Dominusjohannes RobesoJi , propositus de Roslin , Dominus Johannes How vicarus pensienarius de Peniland , manu sua , Henric ' us Sinclar prebendarius . W . Sinclar of Roslin , knight . Coram his teslibus ( says the copy of the charter ) , Ma ~ gistro Johanne Henryson de Bengor , Patricio Douglas , Roberto Kile . . four altars arfe
In the charter of February 5 , 1523 , particularly named ; first , That ' of St . Matthew . 2 dly . That of the Virgin Mother . 3 dly . That of St . Andrew : and , 4 thly . That of St . Peter ; whicli two last , perhaps , have been lesser altars placed at two ofthe pillars ; or rather , 1 am inclined to think , as formerly hinted , that the large altar has been divided into two or three ; which , with the highaltar , and that of the blessed Virgin , which has been , I suppose , , in the sacristy , though there be no vestige of it now , make four or five in all .
That this noble design might be executed according to taste , and with the greater splendor , the Prince invited the most accomplished artificers , masons , carpenters , smiths , & c . from foreign parts , and that they mig ht be the more conveniently lodged , for carrying on the work with the greater ease and dispatch , he ordered them to build the village or town of Roslin , where it now is , ni g h . to the chapel , having
been formerly half a mile , distant from its present situation ; and he gave each of them a house and lands in proportion to character . - Besides he gave to the master-mason 40 pounds , and to every other mason 10 pounds yearly ; and rewarded the other workmen with such wages as ' their labours intitled them to . ' About that tinie the town of Roslin * being next to Edinburgh and
, Haddington in all Lothian , became very populous , by the great concourse of all ranks and degrees of visitors , that resorted to this Prince at his palace or castle of Roslin ; for he kept a ' great court , and was . royally served at his own table in vessels of gold and silver ; Lord Dirleton being his rnaster-houshold , Lord Borthwick his cup-bearer , and Lord Fleming his carver ; in whose absence they had deputies to
attend , viz . Stewart laird of Drumlanrig , Twedie laird of Drumerline , and Sandilands laird of Calder . ' He had his halls and other apartments richly adorned with embroidered hangings . He flourished in the reigns of James I . and II . —His Princess , Elizabeth Douglas ,
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Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
little or ho benefit from them . Quemadmodum ; say they , multisjam annis elapsis , a nobis violenter detenta fuerunt , lit hide vel parum vel nihil proficui receperimus . To this deed of resignation , or charte r ^ as it is actually called , the seal ofthe chapter of this collegiate church was appended , being St . Mathew in a kirk , red upon white wax , as also the seal ofthe then Sir William St . Clair of Roslinbeing a , ragged cross
, red upon white wax . Hay , vol . II . p . 350 ,-who adds , The subscribers can SCARCELY write , and they are Dominusjohannes RobesoJi , propositus de Roslin , Dominus Johannes How vicarus pensienarius de Peniland , manu sua , Henric ' us Sinclar prebendarius . W . Sinclar of Roslin , knight . Coram his teslibus ( says the copy of the charter ) , Ma ~ gistro Johanne Henryson de Bengor , Patricio Douglas , Roberto Kile . . four altars arfe
In the charter of February 5 , 1523 , particularly named ; first , That ' of St . Matthew . 2 dly . That of the Virgin Mother . 3 dly . That of St . Andrew : and , 4 thly . That of St . Peter ; whicli two last , perhaps , have been lesser altars placed at two ofthe pillars ; or rather , 1 am inclined to think , as formerly hinted , that the large altar has been divided into two or three ; which , with the highaltar , and that of the blessed Virgin , which has been , I suppose , , in the sacristy , though there be no vestige of it now , make four or five in all .
That this noble design might be executed according to taste , and with the greater splendor , the Prince invited the most accomplished artificers , masons , carpenters , smiths , & c . from foreign parts , and that they mig ht be the more conveniently lodged , for carrying on the work with the greater ease and dispatch , he ordered them to build the village or town of Roslin , where it now is , ni g h . to the chapel , having
been formerly half a mile , distant from its present situation ; and he gave each of them a house and lands in proportion to character . - Besides he gave to the master-mason 40 pounds , and to every other mason 10 pounds yearly ; and rewarded the other workmen with such wages as ' their labours intitled them to . ' About that tinie the town of Roslin * being next to Edinburgh and
, Haddington in all Lothian , became very populous , by the great concourse of all ranks and degrees of visitors , that resorted to this Prince at his palace or castle of Roslin ; for he kept a ' great court , and was . royally served at his own table in vessels of gold and silver ; Lord Dirleton being his rnaster-houshold , Lord Borthwick his cup-bearer , and Lord Fleming his carver ; in whose absence they had deputies to
attend , viz . Stewart laird of Drumlanrig , Twedie laird of Drumerline , and Sandilands laird of Calder . ' He had his halls and other apartments richly adorned with embroidered hangings . He flourished in the reigns of James I . and II . —His Princess , Elizabeth Douglas ,