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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 ST ANTHONY'S PRECEPTORY or MONASTERY | Site of Monastery St. Anthony's Monastery or Preceptory St. Anthony's Monastery or Preceptory St. Anthony's Monastery or Preceptory St. Anthony's Monastery or Preceptory Preceptory of St. Anthony Preceptory of St. Anthony Preceptory of St. Anthony Preceptory of St. Anthony |
Mr Perrie Dr. [Doctor] Robertson author of the Antiquities of Leith Mr Reid publisher Mr Grandison Mr Turnbull Campbells History of Leith Maitlands History of Edinburgh Fullarton's Gazetteer Traditions of Leith, by D Hutchison |
002 | [Situation] W. [West] of Kirkgate. The site of an ancient monastery and burying ground, which is said to have been founded by Robert Logan of Restalrig, and confirmed by Bishop Wardlaw of St. Andrews. Dr [Doctor] Robertson author of the Antiquities of Leith & Mr Reid, Publisher, says the buildings of the Monastery or Preceptory extended from the east end of Giles St [Street] to the east end of St. Anthony St. [Street], thence along the North side of the latter to St. Anthony Lane, not a vestige of the buildings now remains. About 7 or 8 years ago whilst opening St Anthony St [Street] for the purpose of laying water pipes, a large quantity of human bones were discovered, they were much decayed and crumbled by the slightest pressure. At the South-west Corner of St Anthony's Wynd and near the Kirkgate stood the preceptor of St Anthony, the only one in Scotland. This edifice was founded in 1435 by Robert Logan of Restalrig nd [and] Confirmed by Wardlaw, Bishop of St Andrews. That it was a structure of no ordinary description appears from Camerarius, who in the list of monasteries given in his Catalogue of Scottish Saints thus mentions that of Saint Anthony at Leith "Leithanum ordinis Sancti Anthonii fundatum magnificentissi sum fuit sed ita hereticorum furor debacchatus ut ne vestigial hodie supersunt". Both Maitland and not [Arnot ?] call the Canons of this establishment Knights Templars but there is good reason to believe that they were only religious Knights etc, Campbells History of Leith Page 333 |
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