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I LLUS T RAT I 0 N S. DRAWN BY WALLER H. PATON, R.S.A., SAM. BOUGH, dS.A., JAMES DRUMMOND, R.S.A., E. T. CRAWFOKD, K. S.A., JOHN SMART, A.R.S.A., ROBERT SANDERSON, R. SCOTT TEMPLE, AND OTHER ARTISTS. ENGRAVED BY WLLLIAM BALLINGALL. FRONTISP:I CEED INBURGH-A GLIMPSEF ROM THE WATER OF LEITH NEAR BONNINGTON-Facixg Title-Page. TITLE-PAGE-KEYS OF THE CITY, AS PRESENTED TO HER MAJESTY, QUEENV ICTORIA, ON THE I ~ T HO F AUGUST1 876. ARTHUR’SSEATFROMTHECALTONHILL, . . . . . SALISBURCYRA GS, . . . . . . . . . . THEE CHOINRGO CK-CRAIGMILLARC ASTLE IN THE DISTANCE, . HEAD OF THE WEST Bow, . . . . . . . . . CASTLE, AND ALLAN RAMSAY’S HOUSE, . . . . . . ROOMIN WHICH JOHN KNOX DIED, . . . . . . . L)OORWAY AT WHICH RIZZIOW AS MURDERED, ST. ANTHONY’WS ELL, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QUIJEN MARY’S ROOM, CASTLE, . . . . . . . . LADY STAIR’S CLOSE, SHOWING THE WINDOW OF THE ROOM IN . . . . CLARINDA’S HOUSE-EXTERIOR: DEMOLISHED 1876, . . . ROOMI N CLARINDA’S HOUSE, . . . . . . . . WHICH BURNS FIRST LODGED IN EDINBURGH, THEA VENUE,B RUNTSFIELLDIN KS,. . . . . . . GRASSMARKAENTD THE CASTLE, . . . . . . . EDINBURGFRHO M WARRISTON CEMETERY, . . . . . THE SCOTT MONUMENT, ROYAL INSTITUTION, AND NATIONAL GALLERIES, . . . . . . . . . . . ROYALE XCHANGE., . . . . . . . . . NEWY EAR’S EVEA T THE TRONC HURCH, . . . . . Facing p. I 4 4 I1 14 16 I8 I8 20 24 30 33 38 44 49 52 55 56 ... LLUS T RAT I 0 N S. DRAWN BY WALLER H. PATON, R.S.A., SAM. BOUGH, dS.A., JAMES DRUMMOND, R.S.A., E. T. ...

Book 11  p. xvi
(Score 1.21)

THE FREE CHURCH COLLEGE. 95 The Mound.] Much of all this was altered when the bank was enlarged, restored, and most effectively re-decorated by David Bryce, R.S.A., in 1868-70. It now presents a lofty, broad, and arch-based rear front of colossal proportions to Princes Street, from whence, and every other poiiit of view, it forms a conspicuous mass, standing boldly from among the many others that form the varied outline of the Old Town, and consists of the great old centre with new wings, surmounted by a fine dome, crowned by a gilded figure of Fame, seven feet high. In length the facade measures 175 feet; and 112 in height from the pavement in Bank Street to the summit, and is embellished all round with much force and variety, in details of a Grecian style. The height of the campanile towers is ninety feet. The bank has above seventy branches ; the subscribed capital in 1878 was A1,875,000 ; the paidup capital LI,Z~O,OOO. There are a governor (the Earl of Stair, K.T.), a deputy, twelve ordinary and twelve extra-ordinary directors. The Bank of Scotland issues drafts on other places in Scotland besides those in which it has branches, and also on the chief towns in England and Ireland, and it has correspondents throughout the whole continent of Europe, as well as in British America, the States, India, China, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and elsewhere-a ramification of business beyond the wildest dreams oi John Holland and the original projectors of the establishment in the old Bank Close in 1695. Concerning the Earthen Mound, the late Alex. ander Trotter of Dreghorn had a scheme foi joining the Qld Town to the New, and yet avoiding Bank Street, by sinking the upper end of the mound to the leve! of Princes Street, and carrying the Bank Street end of it eastward along the north of the Bank of Scotland, in the form of a handsomc terrace, and thence south into the High Street b) an opening right upon St. Giles?s Church. Thf next project was one by the late Sir Thomas Dick Lauder. He also proposed to bring down thc south end of the mound ?to the level of Prince; Street, and then to cut a Roman arch through thc Lawnmarket and under the houses, so as to pas! on a level to George Square. This,? say! Cockburn, ?was both practical and easy, but i was not expounded till too late.?? Not far from the Bank of Scotland, in I( North Bank Street, ensconced among the might! mass of buildings that overlook the mound, arc the offices of the National Security Savings Ban1 of.Edinburgh, established under statute in 1836, an( certified in terms of the Act 26 and 27 Victoria cap. 87, managed by a chairman and cominittel I if management, the Bank of Scotland being reasurer. Of this most useful institution for the benefit of ,he thrifty poorer classes, suffice it to say, as a ample of its working, that on striking the yearly iccounts on the 20th of November, 1880, ?the balance due to depositors was on that date &r,305,27g 14s. 7d., and that the assets at the same date were x1,3og,3g2 Ss., invested with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and A3,1o4 3s. gd., at the credit of the 3ank?s account in the Bank of Scotland, making the total assets L1,312,496 11s. gd., which, after ieductionof the above sum of L1,305,279 14s. 7d., leaves a clear surplus of A7916 17s. zd. at the :redit of the trustees.? The managers are, ex oficio, the Lord Provost, the Lord Advocate, the senior Bailie of the city, :he Members of Parliament for the city, county, md Leith, the Provost of Leith, the Solicitor- General, the Convener of the Trades, the Lord Dean of Guild, and the Master of the Merchant Company. In the sanie block of buildings are the offices of the Free Church of Scotland, occupying the site of the demolished half of James?s Court. They were erected in 1851-61, and are in a somewhat Rorid variety of the Scottish baronial style, from designs by the late David Cousin. In striking contrast to the terraced beauty of the New Town, the south side of the vale of the old loch, from the North Bridge to the esplanade of the Castle, is overhung by the dark and lofty gables and abutments of those towering edifices which terminate the northern alleys of the High Street, and the general grouping of which presents an aspect of equal romance and sublimity. From amid these sombre masses, standing out in the white purity of new freestone, are the towers and facade of the Free Church College and Assembly Hall, at the head of the Mound. Into the history of the crises which called these edifices into existence we need not enter here, but true it is, as Macaulay says, that for the sake of religious opinion the Scots have made sacrifices for which there is no parallel in the annals of England; and when, at the Disruption, so many clergymen of the Scottish Church cast their bread upon the waters, in that spirit of independence and self-reliance so characteristic of the race, they could scarcely have foreseen the great success of their movement. This new college was the first of those instituted in connection with the Free Church. The idea was origipally entertained of making provision for ... FREE CHURCH COLLEGE. 95 The Mound.] Much of all this was altered when the bank was enlarged, restored, and ...

Book 3  p. 95
(Score 1.21)

DUNGEONS IN THE CASTLE BELOW QUEEN MARY?S ROOM. CHL4PTER 111. CASTLE OF EDINBURGH-(cantinued.~~e~.) The Legend of the White Hart-Holyrood Abbey founded-The Monks of the Castrum Puellarum-David 1,?s numerous Endowments-His Death-Fergus, Lord of Gallaway. dies there-William the Lion-Castle Garrisoiied by the English for Twelve Years-The Castle a Royal Residence-The War of the Scottish Succession-The Castle in the hands of Edward I.-Frank?s Escalade-The Fortress Dismantled -Again in the hands of the English-Bullocks Stratagem for its Resapture-David?s Tower. ?THE well-known legend of the White Hart,?? says Daniel Wilson, ? most probably had its origin in some real occurrence, magnified by the superstition of a rude and illiterate age. More recent observations at least suffice to show that it existed at a much earlier date than Lord Hailes referred it to.? It is recorded that on Rood-day, the 14th of September, in the harvest of 1128, the weather being fine and beautiful, King David and his courtiers, after mass, left the Castle by that gate before which he was wont to dispense justice to his people, and issued forth to the chase in the wild country that lay around-for then over miles of the land now covered by the new and much of the old city, for ages into times unknown, the oak-trees of the primeval forest of Drumsheugh had shaken down their leaves and acorns upon the wild and now extinct animals of the chase. And here it may be mentioned that boars? tusks of most enormous size were found in 1846 in the bank to the south of the half-moon battery, together with an iron axe, the skull and bones of a man. On this Rood-day we are told that the king issued from the Castle contrary to the advice of his confessor, Alfwin, an Augustinian monk of great sanctity and learning, who reminded him that it was the feast of the? Exaltation of the Cross, and should be passed in devotion, not in hunting; but of this advice the king took no heed. Amid the dense forest and in the ardour of the chase he became separated from his train, in ? the vail that lyis to the eist fra the said castell,? and found himself at the foot of the stupendous crags, where, ?under the shade of a leafy tree,? he was almost immediately assailed by a white stag of gigantic size, which had been maddened by the pursuit, ?noys and dyn of bugillis,? and which, ... IN THE CASTLE BELOW QUEEN MARY?S ROOM. CHL4PTER 111. CASTLE OF EDINBURGH-(cantinued.~~e~.) The Legend ...

Book 1  p. 21
(Score 1.21)

throne would ensure their total destruction, yet he escaped them. Aware that a day of trial was coming, and terrified by the unknown fate of Mar, some of his numerous friends contrived to acquaint him that in the Roads of Leith there lay a small vessel laden with Gascon wine, by which he might and also a strong rope, with a waxen roll enclosing an unsigned letter, urging, "that he should lose no time in escaping, as the king's minions had resolved that he should die ere the ' morrow's sun set," but that the boats of the French vessel would await him at the harbour of Leith. EDINBURGH CASTLE IN 1647. (From Gmda o/ Rofhiemuys Mu#.) U, the Castle; 6, the Castle ChapeL escape if he made an effort. It is supposed that he was confined in David's Tower, for we are told it was one that arose from the northern verge of the rock, where the height of the precipice seemed to preclude the possibility of escape. He had but one attendant (styled his chalmerchield) left to wait upon him, and to this follower he revealed his intention. From the vessel there came to him two small runlets said to contain wine, and they were camed to his apartment unexamined, The duke found that they contained malvoisie, U b,. To lull suspicion, Albany invited the captain of the guard and three of his principal soldiers to sup with him, and all these he succeeded in partially intoxicating. They sat drinking and gaming until the hour grew late ; and then the royal duke found that the moment of fate had come ! Snatching the captain's long dagger from his baldrick, Albany buried it again and again in his glittering breast ; he despatched the intoxicated soldiers in the same fashion, and, in token of his hostility, with the assistance of his chalmer-chield castle rock castles : ... would ensure their total destruction, yet he escaped them. Aware that a day of trial was coming, and ...

Book 1  p. 33
(Score 1.2)

THE CASTLE, RAMSAY GARDENS, BANK OF SCOTLAND, AND EARTHEN MOUND, FROM PRINCES STREET. ... CASTLE, RAMSAY GARDENS, BANK OF SCOTLAND, AND EARTHEN MOUND, FROM PRINCES ...

Book 3  p. iii
(Score 1.18)

KING’S STABLES, CASTLE BARNS, AND CASTLE HILL. t37 tainhall records, 11th March 1685, a reduction pursued by the Duke of Queensberry, as Constable and Captain of the Castle of Edinburgh, against Thomas Boreland and the other heritors and possessors of the King’s Stables, alleging that they were 8 part of the Castle. The proprietors claimed to hold their property by virtue of a feu granted in the reign of James V. But the judges decided, that unless the defendera could prove a legal dissolution of the royal possession, they must be held as the King’s Stables, belonging to the Castle, and accordingly annexed to the Crown. Thomas Boreland’s house still stands: immediately behind the site of the old Corn Narket. It is a handsome and substantial erection, adorned with picturesque gables and dormer windows, which form a prominent feature in the oft-repeated view of (( the Castle from the Vennel ; ” and from the date, 1675, which atill appears over the main doorway, we may presume that this substantial mansion, then so recently erected, had its full influence in directing the attention of the Duke of Queensberry to this pendicle of the royal patrimony. It bears over the entrance, in addition to the date, the initials T. B. and V. IL, those of the proprietor, and probably of his brother or wife; and above them is boldly carved the loyal inscription, FEAR - GOD HONOR * THE * KING. It may reasonably be presumed that the owner must have regarded the concessions demanded from him on behalf of royalty, so speedily thereafter, as a somewhat freer translation of his motto than he had any conception of, when he inscribed it where it should daily remind him of the duties of a good subject. Several of the neighbouring houses are evidently of considerable antiquity, and may, with little hesitation, be referred to a much earlier date than this. Their latest reflection of the privileges of royalty haEl been that of affording sanctuary for a brief period to debtors, a right of protection pertaining to the precincts of royal residences, now entirely fallen into desuetude there, though firmed to have proved available for this purpose within the memory of some aged neighbours.’ A little to the west of this, in the immediate neighbourhood of the Canal Basin, is a place still bearing the name of the Castle Barns. It is described by Maitland as for the accommodation of the Court when the King resided in the Castle, and it no doubt occasionally sufficed for such a purpose ; but the name implies its having been the grange or farm attached to the royal residence, and this is further confirmed by earlier maps, where a considerable portion of ground, now lying on both sides of the Lothian Road, is included under the term. But the most interesting portion of Edinburgh connected with the Castle, is its ancient approach. Under the name of the Castle Hill, is included not only the broad Esplanade extending between the fortifications and the town, but also a considerable district, formerly bounded on the south by the West Bow, and contailling many remarkable and once patrician alleys and mansions, the greater portion of which have disappeared in the course of the extensive changes effected of late years on that part of the town. A singularly picturesque and varied mass of buildings forms the nearest portion of the town to the Castle, on the south side of the approach, though there existed formerly s very old house between this and the Castle, as delineated in Gordon’s map. This group is 1 Disposition of House in Portsburgh, Council Charter Room. Chambers’s Traditions, vol. i. p. 99. S ... STABLES, CASTLE BARNS, AND CASTLE HILL. t37 tainhall records, 11th March 1685, a reduction pursued by the ...

Book 10  p. 148
(Score 1.18)

CHAPTER 11. KINGS STABLES, CASTLE BARNS, AND CASTLE HILL. REVIOUS to the discovery of gunpowder, and while its destructive powers remained only very partially understood, the vicinity of the Castle seems to have been eagerly selected as a desirable locality for the erection of dwellings, that might thus in some. degree share in the protection which its fortifications secured to those within the walls; and we find, accordingly, in its immediate neighbourhood, considerable remains of ancient grandeur. Before examining these, however, we may remark, that a general and progressive character prevails throughout the features of our domestic architecture, many of which are peculiar to Scotland, and some of them only to be found in Edinburgh. Various specimens of the rude dwellings of an early date remain in the Grassmarket, the Pleasance, and elsewhere, which, though more or less modified to adapt them to modern habits and manners, still retain the main primitive features of a substantial stone groundflat, surmounted with a second story of wood, generally approached by an outside stair, and exhibiting irregular and picturesque additions, stuck on, like the clusters of swallows’ nests that gather round the parent dwelling, as the offshoots of the family increase and demand accommodation. In buildings of more pretension, the character of the mouldings and general form of the doorway, the ornaments of the gables, the shape of the windows, even the pitch of the roof, and, what is more interesting than any of these, the style and character of the inscriptions VIONElTE-LiIItel from the auise Palace, Blyth’s aoae. ... 11. KINGS STABLES, CASTLE BARNS, AND CASTLE HILL. REVIOUS to the discovery of gunpowder, and while its ...

Book 10  p. 145
(Score 1.18)

2 48 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. LCowgate. the historian) became senior minister of the Cowgate chapel. One of his immediate predecessors, the Rev. Mr. Fitzsimmons, an Englishman, became seriously embroiled with the authorities, and was arraigned Two of these four, Vanvelde and Jaffie, had escaped from the Castle by sawing through their window bars with a sword-blade furnished to them by John Armour, a clerk in the city. The other two were on parole. The Hon. Henry Erslcine THE MEAL MARKET, COWGATE. before the High Court of Justiciary in July, 1790, on the charge of aiding the escape of Jean Bap tiste Vanvelde, Jean Jacques Jaffie, Re'ne' Griffon, and Hypolite Depondt, French prisoners, from the Castle of Edinburgh, by concealing them in his house, and taking them in the Newhaven fishing boat of Neil Drysdale to the Isle of Inchkeith, where they remained hidden till taken to a cartel ship, commanded by Captain Robertson, in Leith Roads. defended Mr. Fitzsimmons, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the Tolbooth. In the following September 600 French prisoners (including the crew of the Vicforicux) were marched from the Castle, under a guard of the North York Militia, to Leith, where they embarked for England in care of 150 bayonets of the 7rst Highlanders, After the erection of St. Paul's Church, in York Place, the Cowgate Chapel was purchased by the ... 48 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. LCowgate. the historian) became senior minister of the Cowgate chapel. One of his ...

Book 4  p. 248
(Score 1.18)

8 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. supply of water. From thence they sallied out from time to time, as occasions offered, and not only harassed the enemy in the neighbouring capital, but extended their inroads even as far as into Northumberland.’ In 1341, the Castle was recovered from the English by an ingenious stratagem, planned by William Bullock, who had previously held the castle of Coupar for Baliol. Under his directions, one Walter Curry of Dundee received into his ship two hundred Scots, under the command of William de Douglas, Frazer, and Joachim of Kinbak, and casting anchor in Leith Roads, he presented himself to the governor of the Castle, as master of an English vessel, just arrived with a valuable cargo of wines and provisions on board, which he offered to dispose of for the use of the garrison. “he bait took; and the pretended trader appeared at the Castle, according to appointment, early on the following morning, attended by a dozen armed followers, disguised as sailors. Upon entering the Castle, they contrived to overturn their casks and hampers, so as to obstruct the closing of the gates, and instantly slew the porter and guard. At an appointed signal, Douglas and his men sprung from their concealment in the immediate neighbourhood, and, after a fierce conflict, overpowered the garrison, and took possession of the Castle, in the name of David 11. In the following month the young King, with his consort, Johanna, landed from France, and, within a short time, the English were expelled from Scotland. When, a few years afterwards, the disastrous raid of Durham terminat,ed in the defeat of the Scottish army, and the captivity of the King, we find, in the treaty for his ransom, the merchants and burgesses of Edinburgh, along with those of Aberdeen, Perth, and Dundee, are held bound for themselves, and all the other merchants of Scotland, for its fulfilment. And, ultimately, a Parliament was held at Edinburgh, in 1357, for final adjustment of the terms of the royal ransom, where the Regent Robert, the steward of Scotland (afterwards King Robert II.), presided ; at which, in addition to the clergy and nobles, there were delegates present from seventeen burghs, among which Edinburgh appears for the first time placed at the head. After David 11. returned from England, he resided during his latter days in the Castle, to which he made extensive additions, enlarging the fortifications so recently rebuilt; and adding in particular an extensive building, afterwards known by the name of David’s Tower,” which stood for 200 years, till battered to pieces in the regency of James VI. ; and here he died on the 22d February . 1370, in the forty-second year of his age, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Holyrood, before the high altar. He was a brave and gifted prince, who in happier times might 1 Caledonia, vol. ii. p. 290. VIQNETTdThe Castle, from a map engraved in 1575, showing King David’s Tower. ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. supply of water. From thence they sallied out from time to time, as occasions ...

Book 10  p. 9
(Score 1.16)

CONTENTS. xi VI. QUEENSFERRY TO MUSSELBURGH ALONG THE SHORE, WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES OF THE DIFFERENT TOWNS AND VILLAGES. BY THE REV. JAMES S. MILL. PACE Queen Margaret-Edgar Atheling-George 1V.-Dalmeny-The Earls of Roseberry-Dundas Castle-Barnbougle Castle-Cramond-Corstorphine Hill-Craigcrook Castle-Lord Jeffrey-Gerald Massey-Granton -The Duke of Buccleuch -Newhaven-James 1V.-Trinity-Historical and descriptive account‘of Leith, including a glance at its Celebrities- Sir Andrew Wood-Landing of George 1V.-Portobello and Musselburgh-Duddingstone- Inveresk- Pinkie House-Alexander Seton, Earl of Dunfermline-Colonel Gardiner-Dugald Stewart- ‘Delta’ (Dr. Moir), . . . . . . . . , . 83-126 VII. ROSLIN, HAWTHORNDEN, AND THE VALE OF THE ESK. BY FLORA MASSON. Scott-Associations of the Esk-Newhall-Allan Ramsay-Habbie’s Howe --Penicuik House- Auchendinny-Woodhouselee-Roslin -The St. Clairs-Roslin Chapel-Roslin Moor-Hawthornden-Drummond- Ben Jonson-Lasswade-Scott-De Quincey-Dalkeith-The Palace -1nveresk to Musselburgh-Battle of Pinkie-Carberry Hill, I2W43 VIII. OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY OF EDINBURGH AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD, . 145-153 BY PROFESSOR GEIKIE, LLD., F.RS. ... xi VI. QUEENSFERRY TO MUSSELBURGH ALONG THE SHORE, WITH HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES OF THE ...

Book 11  p. xv
(Score 1.14)

16 MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. ‘of the Chancellor, in the Castle of Edinburgh. His increasing years, however, seem to have led to his enjoying greater liberty of person, as well as deference to his opinion. Under the guidance of the Bishops of Aberdeen and Moray, then residing in Edinburgh, a conference was held in the church of St Giles, between him and his rival guardians, which, from their mutual hatred to the Earl of Douglas, again led to an amicable arrangement, the King making choice of Edinburgh Castle as the place where he should continue to reside. No sooner were the rival statesmen reconciled, than they consulted together to aecure the overthrow of the Douglas, whose exorbitant power was employed for the most oppressive and tyrannical objects. To have openly proceeded against him as a criminal, while at the head of his numerous forces, would only have proved the sequel for a civil war. He was accordingly invited to Edinburgh, with the most flattering assurances of friendship. On the way, the Chancellor met him at Crichton Castle, about twelve miles &E. of Edinburgh, where he was entertained with every mark of hospitality, insomuch so as to have excited the jealous fears of his friends. He rode thereafter to the Castle of Edinburgh, accompanied by his brother and Sir Malcolm Fleming of Cumbernauld : they were received with every show of welcome, and admitted to the same table with the King ; but, towards t.he close of the entertainment, a bull’s head, the well-known symbol of destruction, was set before them. They recognised the fatal signal, and sprang from the board, but being immediately surrounded by armed men, they were led forth, in defiance of the tears and entreaties of the young King, and immediately beheaded 66 in the back court of the Castle that lyeth to the west ; ” or, according to Balfour, in the great hall of the Castle.’ In the year 1753, some workmen digging for a foundation to a new storehouse within the Castle, found the golden handles and plates of a coffin, which are supposed to have belonged to that in which the Earl of Douglas was interred8 From a protest afterwards taken by the son of Sir Malcolm Fleming, against the sentence of his father, as being unwarrantable and illegal, as well as from the fact of no attempt being made to bring the Chancellor to trial for the deed when the Douglas faction prevailed, there would seem to have been some form of trial, and a sentence of condemnation pronounced, with the assumed authority of the King.+ The popular estimation of the deed may be inferred from the rude rhymes quoted by Hume of Godscroft :- “ Edinburgh Castle, towne and tower, God grant thou sinke for sinne ; An’ that even for the black dinner Earle Douglm gat therein.” The Chancellor continued to maintain possession of the Castle, even when the Douglas party succeeded in obtaining the guardianship of the young King, and used the royal authority for demanding its surrender. Here he held out during a siege of nine months, till he succeeded in securing satisfactory terms for himself; while of his less fortunate coadjutors some only redeemed their lives with their estates, and the others, including three members of the Livingstone family, were all tried and beheaded within its walls. History of the Douglasses, 1643, p. 165. Arnot, p. 11. * Balfour’s Aunals, vol. i. p. 169. ‘ Nartial Achievements, vol. ii. p. 330. ... MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH. ‘of the Chancellor, in the Castle of Edinburgh. His increasing years, however, seem ...

Book 10  p. 17
(Score 1.13)

78 EDINBURGH PAST AND PRESENT. genius-where lie bnriecl John Goodsir, ‘ Christopher North,’ Sir William Allan, Jeffrey, Cockburn, Rutherfurd, Playfair, David Scott, Dr. Warburton Begbie, and other illustrious men-we ramble on by the village of the Water of Leith, the Dean Bridge, St. Bernard’s Well, and visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, in order to enjoy the delightful vistas of the city, and to turn to the old yew-tree flourishing as in its younger days when it grew in the Physic Gardens. To the north-west lies Fettes College, a magnificent modern edifice; nearer is situated Inverleith House, for many years the residence of the learned Professor Cosmo Innes. Warriston Cemetery is the last resting-place of Adam Black, the eminent publisher, Professor Simpson, Sir George HaNey, and Alexander Smith, whose words-as we look at Mr. Bough’s drawing (see Frontispice), taken from a point close by, occur to the mind-‘ with castle, tower, church spire, and pyramid rising into sunlight.’ Returning cityward by Pitt Street and Dundas Street, we turn to the right, along Queen Street, passing No. 52, where Sir James Simpson died. The first opening on the left is North Castle Street, with its memories of Sir Walter Scott. 6 French critic has said that it was appropriate that the three Graces and the nine Muses should take up their abode there-at No. 39. How fondly Scott loved this residence is told in his own touching words:-‘Mardz 15, 1826.This morning I leave No. 39 Castle Street for the last time. ct The cabin was convenient,” and habit had made it agreeable to me. . . . So farewell, poor No. 39 ! What a portion of my life has been spent there ! It has sheltered me from the prime of life to its decline j and now I must bid good-bye to it.’ (See Engraving, page 51.) TABLET FORMFRLY AT IIUDRY CASTLE. ... EDINBURGH PAST AND PRESENT. genius-where lie bnriecl John Goodsir, ‘ Christopher North,’ Sir ...

Book 11  p. 123
(Score 1.1)

[-wade. THE MELVILLES.. / LASSWADE CnuKCH, 1773. (Afdw an Etching by Yohn Clerk of E(din.1 CHAPTER XLIII. THE ENVIRONS OF EDINBURGH-(ccmclz&d). Melville Castle and the Melvilles-The Viscounts Melvil1::-Sheriffnall-Newton-Monkton-Stonyhill-" The Wicked Colonel Charteris "- New Hailes-The Stair Obelisk-Lord Hailes-His Death. MELVILLE CASTLE stands on the left bank of the North Esk, about five furlongs eastward of Lasswade, and was built by the first Viscount Melville, replacing a fortress of almost unknown antiquity, about the end of the last century. It is a splendid mansion, with circular towers, exhibiting much architectural elegance, and surrounded by a finelywooded park, which excited the admiration of George IV. Unauthenticated tradition states that the ancient castle of Melville was a residence of David Rizzio, and as such, was, of course, visited occasionally by Queen Mary; but it had an antiquity much more remote. It is alleged that the first Melville ever known 'in Scotland was a Hungarian of that name, who accompanied Queen 'Margaret to Scotland, where he obtained from Malcolm 111. a grant of land in hiidlothian, and where he settled, gave his surname to his castle, and became progenitor of all the Melvilles in Scotland. Such is the story told by Sir Robert Douglas, on the authority of Leslie, 143 Mackenzie, Martin, and Fordun ; but it is much more probable that the family is of French origin. Be all that as it may, the family began to be prominent in Scotland soon after the reign of Malcolm 111. Galfrid de Melville of Meldle Castle, in Lothian, witnessed many charters of Malcolm IV., bestowing pious donations on the abbeys of Holyrood, Newbattle, and Dunfermline, before 1165, in which year that monarch died. He also appears (1153-1165) as Vicecomes de CasieZZo Pzd'Eamm, in the register of St. Marie of Newbattle. He witnessed two charters of William the Lion to the abbey of Cambuskenneth, and made a gift of the parish church of Melville (which, probably, he built) to the monastery of Dunfermline, in presence of Hugh, Bishop of St. Andrews, previously chaplain to King William, and who died in 1187. Galfrid of Melville left four sons-Sir Gregory, his successor, Philip, Walter, and Waren. Of the last nothing is known, but the other three founded ... THE MELVILLES.. / LASSWADE CnuKCH, 1773. (Afdw an Etching by Yohn Clerk of E(din.1 CHAPTER XLIII. THE ...

Book 6  p. 361
(Score 1.1)

60 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Craigmillar. CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE. I, The Hall ; 2, The Keep ; 3. Queen Mary's Tree ; 4, South-west Tower ; 5, The Chapel ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Craigmillar. CRAIGMILLAR CASTLE. I, The Hall ; 2, The Keep ; 3. Queen Mary's Tree ...

Book 5  p. 60
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Granton 1 LATDTNG OF THE ENGLISH ARMY, 309 I. CAROLINE PARK; a, RUINS OF GRANTON CASTLE ; 3, EAST PILTON. ... 1 LATDTNG OF THE ENGLISH ARMY, 309 I. CAROLINE PARK; a, RUINS OF GRANTON CASTLE ; 3, EAST ...

Book 6  p. 309
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326 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Libertou. extended from east to west over all the country. This inequality in the surface .contributes much to the ornament of the view, by the agreeable relief which the eye ever meets with in the change of objects ; while the universal declivity, which prevails more or less in every field, is favourable to the culture of the lands, by allowing a ready descent to the water which falls from the heavens.? (Agricultural Survey of Midlothian.) Situated in a hollow of the landscape, on the Colinton slope of the Pentlands, is Bonally, with the Vale of the Leith, and enters the parish here, on the west side by a lofty aqueduct bridge of eight arches, and passes along it for two and a half miles. Near Slateford is Graysmill, where Prince Charles took up his headquarters in 1745, and met the deputies sent there from the city to arrange about its capitulation, and where ensued those deliberations which Lochiel cut short by entering the High Street at the head of go0 claymores. Proceeding eastward, we enter the parish of Liberton, one of the richest and most beautiful in its ponds, 482 feet above the tower, added to a smaller house, and commanding a pass among the hills, was finished in 1845 by Lord Cockburn, who resided there for many years. There are several copious and excellent springs on the lands of Swanston, Dreghorn, and Comistun, from which, prior to the establishment of the Water Company in 1819, to introduce the Cramley water, the inhabitants of Edinburgh chiefly procured that necessary of life. At Corniston are- the remains of an extensive camp ofpre-historic times. Adjacent to it, at Fairmilehead, tradition records that a great battle has been fought ; two large cairns were erected there, and when these were removed to serve for road metal, great quantities of human bones were found sea-level. A peel i all the fertile Lothians. Its surface is exquisitely diversified by broad low ridges, gently rising swells and intermediate plains, nowhere obtaining a sufficient elevation to be called a hill, save in the instances of Blackford and the Braid range. ?As to relative position,? says a writer, ?? the parish lies in the very core of the rich hanging plain or northerly exposed lands of Midlothian, ahd commands from its heights prospects the most sumptuous of the urban landscape and romantic hills of the metropolis, the dark farm and waving outline of the Pentlands and their spurs, the minutely-featured scenery of the Lothians, the Firth of Forth, the clear coast line, the white-washed towns and distant hills of Fife, and the bold blue sky-line of mountain The parish itself has a thoul?IE BATTLE OR CAMUB STONE, COMISTON. ranges away in far perspective. in and under them. Near \$here they stood there still remains a relic of the fight, a great whinstone block, about 20 feet high, known as the Kelstain, or Battle Stone, and also as Cuvw Stage, from the name of a Danish commander. Corniston House, in this quarter, was built by Sir James Forrest in 1815. The Hunter?s Tryst, near this, is a well-known and favourite resort of the citizens of Edinburgh in summer expeditions, and was frequently the headquarters of the Six Foot Club. Slateford, a village of Colinton parish, is two and a half miles from the west end of Princes Street. It has. a ?United Secession place of worship, dating from 1784, and is noted as the scene of the early pastoral labours of the Rev. Dr. John Dick The Union Canal is carried across . sand attractions, and is dressed out in neatness of enclosures, profusion of garden-grounds, opulence of cultivation, elegance or tidiness of. mansion, village, and cottage, and busy stir and enterprise, which indicate full consciousness of the immediate vicinity of the proudest metropolis in Europe.? One of the highest ridges in the parish is crowned by the church, which occupies the exact site of a more ancient fane, of which we have the first authentic notice in the King?s charter to the monks of Holyrood, circa 1143-7, when he grants them ?? that chapel of Liberton, with two oxgates of land, with all the tithes and rights, etc.,? which had been made to it by Macbeth-not the usurper, as Arnot erroneously supnoses, but the Macbeth, or Macbether, Baron of Liberton, whose name occurs as witness to several royal charters of David I. ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [Libertou. extended from east to west over all the country. This inequality in the ...

Book 6  p. 326
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Leaving his queen in the then solitary Castle, Grime (who, according to Buchanan, began his reign in the year 996) often pursued the pleasures of the chase among the wilds of Polmood, in the probably a remnant of Edwin's departed power, and from this period begins the authentic history of Edinburgh and its castle, as from that time it continued to be almost permanently the Bertha, her aged father, and infant son, and, burying them in one grave, heaped above it a rough tumulus, which still marks the spot. Full of remorse and fear, the queen died before the return of Grime, who, after defeating the Danes, and destroying their galleys, hastened to this invests the solemn event with a peculiar charm. The grand-niece of Edward the Confessor, she had fled from her own country on the usurpation of Harold, but was wrecked on the Forth, at the place still called Queensferry. She and her retinue were hospitably entertained by Malcolm III., who successor, was deserted in battle by his warriors, taken captive, and, after having his eyes put out, died in grief and misery in the eighth year of his reign. He was succeeded, in 1004, by Maicolm II., who had Lothian formally ceded to him by Eadulf- Cudel, Earl of Northumberland, who had pre- Viously exercised some right of vassalage over it, wife, of Malcolm, in the lines spoken hy Macduff, Macbeth, Act iv., scene 3 :- " The queen that bore thee, Oftener upon her knees than on her feet, Died every day she lived." In 1091 William Rufus made war on Scotland, and, taking the castle of Alnwick by surprise, wantonly put its garrison to the sword. Malcolm. coat of arms ... his queen in the then solitary Castle, Grime (who, according to Buchanan, began his reign in the year ...

Book 1  p. 16
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322 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. lcolinton. the Belitice Puetaruni Scuiurum. He was a convert to the Protestant religion, and the chief work of his pen is his learned book on feudal law. It has been well said that lie U kept himself apart from the political intrigues of those distracting times, devoting himself to his professional duties, and in his hours of relaxation cultivating a taste for classical literature.? He was present at the entry of King James into London, and at his coronation as King of England, an event which he commemorated in a poem in Latin hexameters. In 1604 he was one of the commissioners appointed by the king to confer with others on the part of England, concerning a probable union between the two countries, a favourite project with James, but somewhat Utopian when broached at a time when men were living who had fought on the field of Pinkie. He wrote a treatise on the independent sovereignty .of Scotland, which was published in 1675, long after his death, which occurred at Edinburgh on the 26th of February, 1Go8. He married Helen, daughter of Heriot of Trabrown, in East Lothian, by whom he had seven children. His eldest son, Sir Lewis Craig, born in 1569, became a senator, as Lord Wrightislands On the death of his lineal descendant in 1823, Robert Craig of Riccarton (of whom mention was made in our chapter on Princes Street in the second volume of this work), James Gibson, W.S. (afterwards Sir James Gibson-Craig of Riccarton and Ingliston), assumed the name and arms of Craig in virtue of a deed of entail made in 1818. He was a descendant of the Gibsons of Durie, in Fife. His eldest son was the late well-known Sir William Gibson-Craig, who was born and August, 1797, and, after receiving his education in Edinburgh, was called as, an advocate to the Scottish Bar in 1820. He was M.P. for Midlothian from 1837 to 1841, when he was returned for the city of Edinburgh, which he continued to represent till 1852. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1846 to 1852, and was appointed one of the Board of Supervision for the Poor in Scotland. In 1854 he was appointed Lord Clerk Register of Her Majesty?s Rolls and Registers in Scotland in 1862, and Keeper of the Signet. He was a member of the Privy Council in 1863, and died in 1878. Riccarton House, a handsome modern villa of considerable size, has now replaced the old mansion of other times. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ENVIRONS OF EDINBURGH (cmtinzted). Colinton-Ancient Name and Church-Redhall-The Family of Foulis-Dreghorn-The Pentlands-View from Torphin-Corniston-Slateford -Graysmill-Liherton-The Mill at Nether Libertan-Liberton Tower-The Church-The Balm Well of St. Kathrrine-Grace Mount- The Wauchopes of Niddrie-Niddrie House-St. Katherine?s-The Kaimes-Mr. Clement Little-Lady Little of Liberton. THE picturesque little parish village of Colinton, about a mile and a quarter from Kingsknowe Station, on the Caledonian Railway, is romantically situated in a deep and wooded dell, through which the Water of Leith winds on its way to the Firth of Forth, and around it are many beautiful walks and bits of sweet sylvan scenery. The lands here are in the highest state of cultivation, enclosed by ancient hedgerows tufted with green coppice, and even on the acclivities of the Pentland range, at the height of 700 feet above the sea, have been rendered most profitably arable. In the wooded vale the Water of Leith turns the wheels of innumerable quaint old water-mills, and through the lesser dells, the Murray, the Braid, and the Burdiehouse Burns, enrich the parish with their streams. Of old the parish was called Hailes, from the plural, it is said, of a Celtic word, which signifies a mound or hillock. A gentleman?s residence near the site of the old church still retains the name, which is also bestowed upon a well-known quarry and two other places in the parish. The new Statistical Account states that the name of Hailes was that of the principal family in the parish, which was so called in compliment to them?; but this seems barely probable. The little church-which dates from only 1771- and its surrounding churchyard, are finely situated on a sloping eminence at the bottom of a dell, round which the river winds slowly by. The ancient church of Hailes, or Colinton, was granted to Dunfermline Abbey by Ethelred, son of Malcolm Canmore and of St. Margaret, a gift confirmed by a royal charter of David I., and by a Bull of Pope Gregory in 1234, according to the abovequoted authority ; but the parish figures so little in history that we hear nothing of it again till 1650, ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. lcolinton. the Belitice Puetaruni Scuiurum. He was a convert to the Protestant ...

Book 6  p. 322
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CONTENTS. PAGE INTROEUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J CHAPTER I. P R E H I S T O R I C EDINBURGH. The Site before the Houses-Traces of Early Inhabitants-The Caledonian Tribes-Agricola's Invasion-Subjection of the Scottish Lowlands -The Rorrao Way-Edinburgh never occupied permanently-Various Roman Remains : Urns, Coins, Busts ; Swords, Spears, ahd other Weapons-Ancient Coffins-The Camus, or Cath-st,neOrigin of the name " Edinburgh"-Dinas-Eiddyn-The Battle of Catraeth 9 CHAPTER 11. THE CASTLE OF EDINBURGH. Of its Origin and remoter History-The Legends concerning it-Ebranke-St. Monena-Def& of the Sawons by King Bridei-King Edwin-King Grime-The Story of Grime and Bertha of Badlieu-The Starting paint of authentic Edinburgh History-Sr Margaret -Het Piety and amiable Disposition-Her Chapel-Her Death-Restoration of her Oratory-Her Burial-Donald Bane-King David 1.-The Royal Gardens, afterwards the Nonh Loch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I4 CHAPTER 111. CASTLE OF EDINBURGH (continued). The Legend of the White Hart-Holyrocd Abbey founded--The Monks of the Castrum Puellarum-David I.% numerous Endowments-His Death-Fergus. Lord of Galloway, dies there-William the Lion-Castle Garrisoned by the English for Twelve Yean-The Castle a Royal Residence-The War of the Scottish Succession-The ( h t l e in the hands of Edward 1.-Frank's Escalade-The Lbrtres Dismantled-Again in the hands of the English-Bullock's Stratagem for its Re-caprurr-David's Tower . . . . . . 21 CHAPTER IV. CASTLE OF EDINBURGH (confinucd). Progress of the City-Ambassidor of Charles VI.-Edinburgh burned-Henry IV, baffled-Albmy's Prophecy-Laws lrgvdiog the Building - of Houses-Sumptuary Laws, 1457-Murder of James I.-Coronationof JarncsI1.-Court Intrigues-Lard Chancellor C r i c h t o n - ~ g ~ c e of the Earl of Douglas-Faction WaR--l'he Castle Resieged--"The Black Dinner"-Edmburgh Walled-Its Strength -Bale-fires . 26 CHAPTER V. EDINBURGH CASTLE (continued). James 111. and his haughty Nobilib-Plots of the Duke of Albany and Earl of Mar-Mysterious Death of Mar-Capture and Escape of the Duke of Altuny-Captivity of James 111.-Richard of Gloucester at Edinburgh-The "Golden Charter" of the City-"The Blue Blanket"-Accession of James 1V.-Tournamen%" The Seven Sisters of Bothwick "-The " Fldden Wall"-The Reign of Jarnes V. -" Cleahse the Causeway !"-Edinburgh under the Factions of Nobles-Hertford Attacks the CastltDeath of Mary of Guise- Queen Mary's Apartments in the CaStle-BLth of James VI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 CHAPTER VI. EDINBURGH CASTLE (continued). The Siege of r573-The City Bombarded from the Castle-Elizabeth's Spy-D~ry's Dispositions for the Siege-Execution of Kirkddy- Repar of the Ruins-Execution of Mortan-Visit of Charles 1.-Procession to Holymod-Comnation of Charles 1.-The Struggle against Epiico-Siege of 1640-The Spectre Drummn-Besieged by Cmmwell-Under the Protector-The Restantion-The Argyles-The Accession of James VI1.-Sentence of the Earl of Argyle-His. clever Escape-Imprisoned lour yms later-The Last Sleep of ArgylcHis Death-Tolture of Covenaoters-Proclamation of W d l i and Maq-The Siege of 16@-Intewiew between Gordon and Dundee-The Cas le invested-Rdiant Defeuce-Capitulation of the Duke of Cordon-The Spectre of Claverhouse . 47 ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J CHAPTER I. P R E H I S T O R ...

Book 2  p. 385
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166 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [St. Andrew squan. I CHAPTER XXII. ST. ANDREW SQUARE. St Andrew Square-List of Early Residents-Count Bomwlaski-Miss Gordon or Cluny-Scottish Widows? Fund-Dr. A. K. Johnston- Scottish Provident Institution-House in which Lord Brougham was Born-Scottish Equitable Society-Chancrir of Amisfield-Douglas?s Hotel-Sir Philip Ainslic-British Linen Company-National Bank-Royal Bank-The Melvillc and Hopctoun Monuments-Ambrosc?r Tavern. BEFORE its conversion iiito a place for public offices, St. Andrew Square was the residence of many families of the first rank and position. It measures 510 feet by 520. Arnot speaks of it as ?the finest square we ever saw. Its dimensions, indeed, are, small when compared with those in London, but the houses are much of a size. They are of a uniform height, and are all built of freestone? The entire square, though most of the original houses still exist, has undergone such changes that, says Chambers, . ? the time is not far distant when the whole of this district will meet with a fate similar to that which we have to record respecting the Cowgate and Canongate, and when the idea of noblemen inhabiting St. Andrew Square will seem, to modem conceptions, as strange as that of their living in the,Mint Close.? The following is a list of the first denizens of the square, between its completion in 1778 and 1784.:- I. Major-General Stewart. 2. The Earl of Aboyne. He died here in his sixty-eighth year, in 1794. He was the eldest son of John, third Earl of Aboyne, by Grace, daughter of Lockhart of Carnwath, afterwards Countess of Murray. 3. Lord Ankerville (David Ross). 5. John, Viscount Arbuthnott, who died 1791. 6. Dr. Colin Drummond. 7. David Hume, afterwards Lord Dreghorn. 8. John Campbell of Errol. (The Earls of Em1 have ceased since the middle of the seventeenth century to possess any property in the part from whence they took their ancient title.) 11. Mrs Campbell of Balmore. 13. Robert Boswell, W.S. 15. Mrs. Cullen of Parkhead. 16. Mrs. Scott of Horslie Hill. 18. Alexander Menzies, Clerk of Session. 19. Lady Betty Cunningham. 20. Mrs Boswell of Auchinleck Boswell,? R. Chambers, 1824). 22. Jams Farquhar Gordon, Esq. 23. Mrs. Smith of Methven. 24 Sir John Whiteford. (25 in ? Williamson?s Directory.?) 25. William Fergusson pf Raith. 26. Gilbert Meason, Esq., and the Rev. Dr. Hunter. 27. Alexander Boswell, Esq.(aftemards Lord Auchinleck), and Eneis Morrison, Esq. 28. Lord Methven 30. Hon. Mrs. Hope. 32. Patrick, Earl of Dumfries, who died in 1803. (mother of ?Corsica 33. Sir John Colquhoun. 34. George, Earl of Dalhousie, Lord High Commissioner, 35. Hon. Mrs. Cordon. 38. Mrs. Campbell of Saddel, Cilbert Kerr of Stodrig, and Sir William Ramsay, Bart., of Banff House, who died in 1807. By 1784, when Peter Williamson published his tiny ? Directory,? many changes had taken place among the occupants of the square. The Countess of Errol and Lord Auchinleck were residents, and Thomas, Earl of Selkirk, had a house there before he went to America, to form that settlement in the Gulf of St. Lawrence which involved him in so much trouble, expense, and disappointment. No. I was occupied by the Countess of Leven ; the Earl of Northesk, KC.B., who distinguished himself afterwards as third in command at Trafalgar, occupied No. 2, now an hotel; and Lord Arbuthnott had been suceeeded in the occupancy of No. 5 by Patrick, Lord Elibank, who married the widow of Lord North and Grey. By 1788 an hotel had been started in the square by a man named Dun. It was there that the celebrated Polish dwarf, Joseph Borowlaski, occasionally exhibited himself. In his memoirs, written by himself, he tells that he was one of a family of five sons and one daughter, ?,and by one of those freaks of nature which it is impossible to account for, or perhaps to find another instance of in the annals of the human species, three of these children were above the middle stature, whilst the two others, like myself, reached only that of children at the age of four or five years.? Notwithstanding this pigmy stature, the count, by his narrative, would seem to have married, performed many wonderful voyages and travels, and been involved in many romantic adventures. At thirty years of age his stature was three feet three inches. Being recommended by Sir Robert Murray Keith, then Eritish Ambassador at Vienna, to visit the shores of Britain, after being presented, with his family, to- royalty in London, he duly came to Edinburgh, where, according to Kay?s Editor, ?? he was taken notice of by several gentlemen, among others by Mr. Fergusson, who generously endeavoured by their attentions to sweeten the bitter cup of life to the unfortunate gentleman.? 1777-82 ... OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [St. Andrew squan. I CHAPTER XXII. ST. ANDREW SQUARE. St Andrew Square-List of Early ...

Book 3  p. 166
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founder to his new monastery were the churches of St. Cuthbert. and of the Castle, among which one plot of land belonging to the former is marked by ?? the fountain which rises near the king?s garden, on the road leading to 3t. Cuthbert?s church,? i.e., the fountain in the Well-house Tower. This valley-the future North Loch-was then Castle, where, in the twenty-first year of his reign, he granted a charter to the Abbey of Kelso, the witnesses to which, apud Castrum PueZZarum, were John, Bishop of Glasgow ; Prince Henry, his son ; William, his nephew ; Edward, the Chancellor ; ?? BarthoZomeo $Zio Cornitis, et WiZZieZnza frateer i u s ; Jordan0 Hayrum;? Hugo de Morville, thc ST. MARGARET?S CHAPEL, EDINBURGH CASTLE, the garden, which Malcolm, the son of Pagan, culjivated for David II., and where tournaments were held, 44 while deep pools and wide morasses, tangled wood and wild animals, made the rude diverging pathways to the east and westward extremely dangerous for long after, though lights were burned at the Hermitage of St. Anthony on the Crag and the spire of St. John of Corstorphin, to guide the unfortunate wight who was foolhardy enough to travel after nightfall.? In 1144 we find (King David resident in the constable ; Odenell de Umphraville ; Robert Bruce ; William of Somerville; David de Oliphant; and William of Lindsay. The charter of foundation to the abbey of Holyrood-which will be referred to more fully in its place-besides conferring valuable revenues, derivable from the general resources of the city, gave the monks a right to dues to nearly the same amount from the royal revenues of the port of Perth, which was the more ancient capital of Scotland. ... to his new monastery were the churches of St. Cuthbert. and of the Castle, among which one plot of land ...

Book 1  p. 20
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- C 0 N T E N T S. I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EDINBURGH. BY THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN. PACS Reasons for difficulty of description-Comparison with London-Scott- Haydon-Thomas Aird-Word Pictures drawn from the Calton Hill- Salisbury Crags-The Castle-The Old Town at Night-Daniel ' O'Connell-Loyal Holidays-Visits of the Queen, . . . . 1-9 . 11. THE OLD TOWN: ITS REMARKABLE FEATURES AND HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES, INCLUDING A GLANCE AT THE CELEBRITIES OF THE CITY. BY .THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN. George Crabbe : his preference of the Old Town to the New-Rambles through the old Courts and Streets : the Men and Memories which they recall-Thomas Aud-The New Town and the Old-Arthur's Seat -Professor Wilson-Description of the Castle-Word Pictures drawn from the Esplanade-The genuine ' Auld Reekie '-Past Celebrities and Great Events-Present Celebrities, with an occasional reference to others of the past; including a glance at various interesting historical incidents, and natural scenery-The Author's feelings at bidding adieu - to his theme, . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-48 ... 0 N T E N T S. I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EDINBURGH. BY THE REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN. PACS Reasons for ...

Book 11  p. xiii
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MEMORIALS OF EDINBURGH IN THE OLDEN TIME. CHAPTER I. E A RLIE S T TRA DITIONS. h I , {3 ; I!;) I,\,,,!I 11 Bl'#d'y!j recent era, is included in that of its Castle and xatively Abbey. The first, the fortress, round whose protecting citadel the rude huts of our forefathers were gathered and continued to increase, until, amid the wealth and security of more peaceful times, the Abbey of the Holyrood reared its consecrated walls, and absorbed to itself much of the wealth and the learning, many of the virtues, and doubtless also some of the vices, of the wild Saxons that peopled the fertile Lothians. It is unnecessary to follow in this History the fanciful disquisitions of zealous antiquaries, respecting the origin and etymology of Edinburgh ; it has been successively derived, both in origin and name, from Saxon, Pict, and Gael; and in each case, with s&cient ingenuity only to leave the subject more deeply involved than at first. To expect that the first rude gathering of the hamlet, that forms the nucleus of the future capital, should leave its traces in the surviving records or traditions of the past, were as unreasonable as that the rustic should challenge the veracity of a living historian, because he *- -_ , ,uly 11- r VIGmTTE-Ancient carved atone over the entrance to the Ordnance Office, Edinburgh Castle. A ... IN THE OLDEN TIME. CHAPTER I. E A RLIE S T TRA DITIONS. h I , {3 ; I!;) I,\,,,!I 11 ...

Book 10  p. 1
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The Castle Hill. solid, and her camage winning and affable to her inferiors.? One of the most ardent of her suitors, on the death of ?Glammis, was a man named William Lyon, who, on her preferring Campbell of Skipness, vowed by a terrible oath to dedicate his life to revenge. He thus accused Lady Jane and the three others named, and though their friends were inclined to scoff at the idea of treason, the artful addition of ?sorcery? was suited to the growing superstition of the age, and steeled against them the hearts of many. Examined on the rack, before the newly-constiat that time. She was of ordinary stature, but her mien wa6 majestic; her eyes full, her face oval, her complexion delicate and extremely fair ; heaven designed that her mind should want none of those perfections a mortal creature can be capable of; her modesty was admirable, her courage above what could be expected from her sex, her jud,ment Mercy was implored in vain, and on the 17th of July-three days after the execution of the Master of Forbes-the beautiful and unfortunate Lady Jane was led from the Castle gates and chained to a stake. ?Barrels tarred, and faggots oiled, were piled around her, and she was burned to ashes? within view of her son and husband, who beheld the terrible scene from the tower that overlooked it.? On the following night Campbell, frenzied by grief and despair, attempted to escape, but fell over the rocks, and was found next morning dashed out tuted Court of Justiciary, extremity of agony compelled them to assent to whatever was asked, and they were thus condemned by their own lips, Lady Jane was sentenced to perish at the stake on the Castle HilL Her son, her husband, and the old friar were all replaced in David?s Tower, where the first remained a prisoner till 1542. ... Castle Hill. solid, and her camage winning and affable to her inferiors.? One of the most ardent of her ...

Book 1  p. 84
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