OS1/11/105/163
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST MARY'S CHAPEL WRIGHTS AND MASONS HALL | St. Mary's Chapel Wrights & Masons' Hall Incorporations of Wrights and Mason's of St Mary's Chapel Mary's Chapel Mary's Chapel |
Mr. Todd The corporations memorandum BooK, Report of the Incorpns.[Incorporations] Name on Board |
[Situation] On the S. [South] Side of Head of Cowgate A small house one Storey [high] lighted from the roof, and [fitted] up, inside, with seats a Pulpit for the convenience of the [incorporated] trades of the Wrights, and [Masons] who are the proprietors and [occasionally] meets in it, The society of [Wrights] and masons, were formed by an act of the Common Council [of] Edinburgh, dated the 15th day of October [---] at which time the Incorporation Consisted only of [trades] of Wrights and masons. to the letter of which. by a [---] of the 26th. August 1489, were added the Coopers, These grants Ratified by Andrew Foreman Archbishop, of St Andrews, on the 29th [---] 1517, and Confirmed by a charter of James V, 12th. January 1527, and by a [grant] from the Common Council of Edinbro' [Edinburgh] of 18th April 1633 divers other Arts were [added] to the above which were confirmed by a charter of Charles first, 8th. Augt [August] 1635 and by a [---] the Court of Session 5th. March 1703, These have been the Bowyers, Glaziers, Plumbers, Upholsterers, Slaters and sievewrights. The house which they occupy now is only about 70 years old, |
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[Page] 163Parish of the City of Edinburgh
[notes]
"Such was a chapel dedicated to St.
Marie on the east side of Niddry's
Wynd and founded by Elizabeth Countess
of Ross in 1504. Recent improvements have widened this
passage, and it is now called a Street as you Know running
from the Cowgate to the High Street Close to the south Bridge.
The Chapel was turned into a hall for the use of the
incorporated trades of the Wrights and masons.
Lectures by a member of the Holy Guild
Christian antiquities of Edinb [Edinburgh]
vol. [volume] 2 Page 112
"Still further down the Wynd Stood St Mary's
Chapel built in the year 1505 by Elizabeth
Countess of Ross," &c, &c,
Chambers Reekiana
Note The chapel which
Stood in Niddry's Wynd
noticed in the above quotation
is long since taKen
down after which the
present hall was
built about 70
or so years ago
The incorporation of
Wrights & masons is
Called The Incorporation
of St Mary's Chapel
& their hall is Called
St Mary's Chapel
Transcriber's notes
Words lost in foldThis Name Book refers to Edinburgh 1852 - Sheet 35
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