Old and New Edinburgh Vol. VI

All Books Kay's Originals Vol. 1 Kay's Originals Vol. 2 Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time Edinburgh Past and Present Old and New Edinburgh Vol. I Old and New Edinburgh Vol. II Old and New Edinburgh Vol. III Old and New Edinburgh Vol. IV Old and New Edinburgh Vol. V Old and New Edinburgh Vol. VI

Go to: « Kay's Originals Vol. 1 « Kay's Originals Vol. 2 « Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time « Edinburgh Past and Present « Old and New Edinburgh Vol. I « Old and New Edinburgh Vol. II « Old and New Edinburgh Vol. III « Old and New Edinburgh Vol. IV « Old and New Edinburgh Vol. V Old and New Edinburgh Vol. VI Plates Ch 20: Leith - Historical Survey (continued) Ch 21: Leith - Historical Survey (continued) Ch 22: Leith - Historical Survey (concluded) Ch 23: Leith - The Kirkgate Ch 24: Leith - The Kirkgate (concluded) Ch 25: Leith - Tolbooth Wynd and Adjoining Streets Ch 26: Leith - Rotten Row, Broad Wynd, Bernard Street, Baltic Street, and Quality Street Ch 27: Leith - Constitution Street, The Shore, Coal Hill, and Sheriff Brae Ch 28: North Leith Ch 29: Leith - The Links Ch 30: Leith - The Sands Ch 31: Leith - The Harbour Ch 32: Memorabilia of the Shipping of Leith and its Maritime Affairs Ch 33: Leith - The Docks Ch 34: Inchkeith Ch 35: Newhaven Ch 36: Wardie, Trinity, and Granton Ch 37: The Environs of Edinburgh Ch 38: The Environs of Edinburgh (continued) Ch 39: The Environs of Edinburgh (continued) Ch 40: The Environs of Edinburgh (continued) Ch 41: The Environs of Edinburgh (continued) Ch 42: The Environs of Edinburgh (continued) Ch 43: The Environs of Edinburgh (concluded) General Index Contents List of Illustrations

? klth] KING JAMES V1.5 HOSPITAL 217 Barker, whose office ceased to exist after the Burgh Reform Bill of 1833. The seal of the preceptory is preserved in the Antiquarian Museum. It bears the figure of St. Anthonyina hermit?s garb, with a book in one hand, a staff in the other, and by his side is a sow with a bell at its neck. Over his head is a capital T, which the brethren had sewn in blue cloth on their black tunics. Around is the legend, S. Cornmum PreceptoriC Sancfi Anthunii, Propc L&cht. there when the ground was opened to lay down gas-pipes; and in the title deeds of a property here, ? the churchyard of St. Anthony ? is mentioned as one of the boundaries. The grotesque association of St. Anthony with a sow is because the latter was supposed to represent gluttony, which the saint is said to have overcome ; and the further to conquer Satan, a consecrated bell is suspended from his alleged ally the pig. On the east side of the Kirkgate stood King ST. MARY?S (SOUTH LEITH) CHURCH, 1820. (After .Ytme+.) Sir David Lindesay of the Mount refers in his vigorous way to ?The gruntil of St. Anthony?s sow, There was an aisle, with an altar therein, dedicated to him in the parish church of St. Giles; and among the jewels of James 111. is enumerated ?Sanct Antonis cors,? with a diamond, a ruby, and a great pearl, Save the fragments of some old vaults, not a vestige of the preceptory now remains, though its name is still preserved in St. Anthony?s Street, which opens westward off the Kirkgate, and is sup posed to pass through what was its cemetery, as large quantities of human bones were exhumed Quhilk bore his holy bell.? 124 James?s Hospital, built in 1614 by the sixth monarch of that name, and the site of which now forms part of the present burying-ground. At the southeast angle of the old churchyard, says Wilson, there is an ?? elegant Gothic pediment surmounting the boundary wall and adorned with the Scottish regalia, sculptured in high relief with the initials J. R. 6., while a large panel below bears the royal arms and initials of Charles 11. very boldly executed. These insignia of royalty are intended to mark the spot on which KiEg James?s Hospital stood-a benevolent foundation which owed no more to the royal patron whose name it bore than the confirmation by his charter in 1614 of a portion of those revenues which had been long before

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