OS1/15/24/8
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| THE BASS | [Continued] | - this chapel was desecrated by being made the ammunition magazine for the garrison. How early this island was tenanted by man, is quite unknown. It is traditionally reported to have been a residence of Baldred, the apostle of East Lothian, even in the sixth century. It is on authentic record, that it was inhabited in the beginning of the fifteenth century: for in 1406 Robert III placed his son on the Bass (afterwards James I ) to be beyond the cruel machinations of his uncle, the Duke of Albany, till a vessel was procured to convey him to France; and hence he embarked in his memorable ill-fated voyage, which terminated in his nineteen years captivity in England." "The Bass for many generations was the property of an ancient family, styled Lauder of the Bass, one of whom is stated to have been a compatriot of Wallace. The family residence, however, it is believed, was not on the Bass, but in the town of North Berwick" "It was purchased by government in October 1671 from Sir A Ramsay for the sum of £4000 ultimately it was purchased by Sir Hew Dalrymple for one Scots penny, the government reserving the right of refortifying it if needed, It now belongs to his descendants. |
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