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beginning of the thirteenth century was large and of considerable architectural pretention.
In 1226 St. Johns Church was granted to the monks of Dunfermline in the reign of Alex-
-ander II. and during a century afterwards it was allowed to become ruinous.

King Robert the Bruce in a charter dated at Glasgowin 1329 granted to the Abbey
and Convent of Scone a supply of stones from two specified localities for the con-
-structions of the Church and bridge of Perth but the repair was partially effected
and it was neglected after his decease. It is stated that Edward III of England
Killed his brother John Earl of Cornwall with his own hand before the high Altar
in St. John's Church in 1336 for ravaging various districts of Scotland, yet the
English historians are Silent on this important event and merely record that the
Prince died in October that year at Perth where though then young he had been
left with the Command by the English monarch. St. Johns Church as it existed
at the Commencement of the fifteenth Century was in Complete repair. The Choir or
east end had been rebuilt the former altars with the exception of the great Altar
of St. John the Baptist had been removed but several additional ones were
founded as is intimated in the Subsequent list. The edifice as it now appears is of
various dates and has undergone numerous internal and external alterations. The [?]
is much by the mode in which it is arranged the partition walls Completely destroyed
the architectural effect," etc. etc.
Book of Perth pages 57. & 5[8]