?? are decayit, and made some sheep-folds, and some
sa ruinous that none dare enter into thame for
fear of falling, especially Halyrud HOUS, althocht
the Bishop of Sanct Androw?s, in time of Papistry,
INTERIOR OF THE CHAPEL ROYAL OF HOLYROOD HOUSE, 1687- (AflW Wyck a d p. Mad;.)
abbacy in favour of his son before 1583, and died
in 1593. He was interred near the third pillar
from the south-east corner, on the south side of the
church.
up and repairt.? To this Bothwell answered that
the churches referred to had been pillaged and
ruined before his time, especially Holyrood I
Church, ?quhilk hath been thir tnintie yeris 1
bygane ruinous through decay of twa principal
pillars, sa that none wer assurit under it,? and that
two thousand pounds would not be sufficient for
24th February, 1581, and was a Lord of Session
in 1593. In 1607 part of the abbey property,
together with the monastery itself, ,vas converted
into a temporal peerage for him and his heirs, by
the title of Lord Holyroodhouse. John Lord
Bothwell died without direct heirs male, and
though the title shouldhave descended to his brother
