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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| Site of PRIORY | Priory of St Andrews (Site of) Priory of St Andrews (Site of) Priory of St Andrews |
Rev [Reverend]Mr Lyon A.M. [Master of Arts] Mr William Scott St Andrews Leightons Histoory Leighton's Hist. [History] of Fife |
012 | [Situation] Between the Cathedral and the Priory House. The priory of St Andrews was founded by Bishop Robert prior of Cannons Regular of the order of St Augustine and was most liberally endowed it stood immediately S [South] of the Cathedral and consisted of a quadrangle formed by the "Sinzie Hall" or "Sub-priors' house" on the west. The "Cloisters" stood in the centre - the refectory on the south side of the Cloisters or dining room of the canons, said to have been 108 feet long by 28 feet broad - The vestiary formed the east part of the Cloister - on the east the dormitory and Chapter house and on the south the Priors House. (For a full description of the Priory see History of Fife vol. [volume] 2 p. [page] 23) Scarcely a vestige now remains and the exact site of any cannot be traced - "In the vicinity of the cathedral were various buildings connected with the priory or Augustine monastery which was founded during the reign of Alexander l near the commencement of the twelfth century by Robert bishop of St Andrews and which ultimately accommodated no less than thirty four conventual brethren besides the necessary domestics. Martine states that at the period when his Reliquise were composed or about 150 years ago some of these buildings were [continued] |
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