name both the two, and after triall preferr the more deserving of them. And if the said Magistrats and Councill shall neglect to name one within the same space of time then shall the Arch Bp have power to nominate both the two for triall and thereupon to admitt the fitter as said is. And if both the Arch BP and Magistrats shall neglect this nomination full three months after the vacancy thereof, then shall the Masters of the said Colledg put two or three or more as they shall think fitt upon triall and out of them chuse and admitt the worthiest. As for the two poor men for the Hospitall the said Arch BP shall if hee please chuse one of them out of the Barony and the saids Magistrats the other either out of the Town or Barony as they please provided alwaies that one of the two shall still be of the Barony. And I hope they both will be carefull to chuse such as upon whom that litle charity may bee best bestowd, both in respect of their indigency and good conversation which is to be testified by the Minister of the Barony or some of the Ministers of the Burgh, respective. And in case of the fayling of the Arch BP or Magistrats in chusing one as said is within three months of the vacancy, the other shall have the right of it for that time, after the same manner as is above sayd concerning the Bursary of the Colledg. And in case of the neglect of both for the said time the Ministers of Glasco and the Barony joyntly shall have power to chuse pro illa vice. As for the bursary of Edenborow Colledg it is after my decease to bee in the hands of the Magistrats and Councill of the said Burgh to dispose of it by nominating two or more as they think fitt for triall be the Masters of the said Colledg and bestowing it on him that shall by them bee testifid to deserv it best. And by all means lett each of the above named allowances remain entire and not bee clipp't to help out other smaller provisions either in the saids Colledges or Hospitall nor divided betwixt more then two at once in the Hospitall or betwixt two in the Colledges but remain one Bursary for one onely at once as the Hospitall provision for two. And though I have reason to suspect that this draught is not exactly sutable to the legall stile and forms usuall with yow yet I hope that no informalities or defects of that kind shall anyway prejudg the real validity of it for the effect to which it is intended. And for the more security I am willing these presents be inserted and registrated in the Books of Councill and Session or any other Judges Books within the Kingdom of Scotland that the samen may remain therein for future memory. And for this effect I mak and constitute my prorrs.

In witness whereof I have subscribed these presents with my hand at Bradhurst in Sussex Aug. 1 Anno Do. 1677 before these witnesses : Mr. Edward Lightmaker of Bradhurst, and John Fellin, Indweller there.

(Sgd.) wittnes Edw Lightmaker, John Felling witnes (sgd.). R. LEIGHTON.

APPENDIX D

[The Bishop's Palace at Glasgow.]

The Episcopal Palace or Castle stood on the vacant space in front of the present Infirmary, immediately south-west of the Cathedral. The great tower, which formed the principal portion of the building, was erected by Bishop Cameron about 1430, and nearly a century later appears to have been augmented by Archbishop Beaton. On this tower, M'Ure, the historian of Glasgow, informs us, "his arms are yet to be seen (1736), with an escutcheon, ensigned with his crosier (pastoral staff) behind the shield, surmounted of a salmon fish, the badge of the Episcopal See, and his name above in great Saxon capital letters." The entire structure of the palace was built of hewn stone and was enclosed with an embattled wall fifteen feet high and ornamented at certain points with the arms of Archbishop Beaton, who built the addition about 1510, previous to which the castle was defended by a fosse with a drawbridge and portcullis. At the extremity of the southeast wall (which formed a slight angle inwards at the centre) fronting the south-east and uniting with the east wall immediately southward of the consistorial house formerly attached to the cathedral was situated the main entrance or Gatehouse. This imposing structure, the gables of which terminated at the roof in a flight of crow-steps, was of square form, and displayed an embattled front flanked by two circular towers, each of which contained an upright oblong compartment. This portion of the edifice was erected during the episcopate of Archbishop Dunbar between 1524 and 1547. Its construction was attributed exclusively to that prelate, but the presence of the insignia of the Sub-Dean, conjoined with the Archbishop's coat armorial, must be held as equally potent in supporting the claim of the Sub-Dean to a share in its erection.

Extending in front of the castle wall on the south-east was the ancient avenue leading to the cathedral, and is generally regarded to have been the work of the first Archbishop Beaton. Notice of the "Bishop's Garden," is found about 1268, but no notice of the Castle is found till 1290, and then only incidental. In 1571, says Buchanan, "The Hamiltonians," went to Glasgow, resolving to demolish the Castle of the Archbishop there, that it might not be a receptacle to the Earl of Lennox, then returned out of England. The Castle at this time appears to have been garrisoned by "a few raw soldiers (twenty-four in number) unprovided of necessaries," and the governor absent. "Hearing, however," of "a design speedily to relieve the Castle," "the Hamiltonians raised their siege, and in great fear packed away." The Bishop's palace was restored in 1611 during the episcopate of Archbishop Spotswood. "The Castle of Glasgow" is noticed by Hamilton of Wishaw, in his "Description of the Sheriffdom of Lanark" as "the ancient seat of the Archbishop of this sea built of polisht stone, and yet in good condition";

by Slezer as "fenced with an exceeding high wall of hewn stone," looking "down upon the city"; by Rae in 1661 as "a goodly building was the church," "still preserved"; and in Morer's account of Scotland (1689) as "without doubt a very magnificent structure, but now in ruins, and no more left in repair than what was the ancient prison, and is at this time a mean dwelling." The date 1689 points to the tumults consequent on the abolition of Episcopacy, during which time the Castle appears to have been partially demolished. About this time it became the property of the Crown, and in 1715 was used as a temporary prison for upwards of 300 Highlanders taken during the rebellion. In 1755 the magistrates of Glasgow granted permission to remove certain portions of the Castle structure to aid in the erection of the Saracen's Head Inn. And neglected and in ruins, the whole structure, with the castle-yard and garden, were in 1791 granted by the King for the purpose of erecting an Infirmary.

In ancient times all or most of the city was built near the Bishop's Castle, and to the west of the quadrangular wall-tower constructed by Archbishop Beaton "near the Bishop's Castle and palace" stood the "Hospital of St. Nicholas, or Almshouse" said to have been founded by "Bishop Andrew Muirhead 1455-1473." (Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Sessions MDCCCLIV.-VII., vol. ii. pp 317-329.)

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