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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remains of DUNFERMLINE ABBEY | Abbey (Remains of) Abbey (Remains of) Abbey (Remains of) Abbey (Remains of) Dunfermline Abbey |
Rev. [Reverend] P. Chalmers James Hunt Esq Mr Matheson (Factor) Full [Fullarton's] Gazetteer Groce's Antiquities |
035 | [Situation] Between Catherines Wynd and St Margaret Street The monastery of Dunfermline is generally believed to have been founded by King Malcolm III. towards the end of the eleventh century, The authority for this rest on King David's confirmations of his father's grants, as well as on the evidence produced that Malcolm built a church here which is sometimes styled the Monastery. The monastery was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and it was afterwards raised to an Abbey by King David the first, It long enjoyed a high celebrity, partly on account of its preserving the relics of St Margaret the tutelar saint and of its being the place of royal sepulture. Turn over [Continued on Page 58] |
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"Malcolm founded and endowed a monastery for 13 Caldees in the vicinity of his
own residence, which with its chapel, was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The
date of Malcolm's dedication must have been between 1070, when he was married, and
1086, when he and his Queen made extensive grants to the church of the Holy Trinity. Besides
the donations from Malcolm to the church, his sons Ethelred and Edgar, both bestowed
lands upon it. David I. who ascended the throne in 1124, in accordance with his policy in
other parts of the Kingdom, not only added greatly to the wealth of the Monastery, but
introduced into it a Colony of the Benedictines or BlacK MonKs from Canterbury in England
and for the purpose of maKing the change of rules under which they were brought more
agreeable to the Caldees, he raised it to the dignity of an Abbey, having a Mitred Abbot
for its head, and a prior and subprior under him." -- Full [Fullarton's] Gazetteer
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