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"this change was Sanctioned by Walter the Stewart, Son of the Founder, By a bull of Pope Benedict, the Abbots of Paisley Were entitled to Wear Mitre, ring, and other customary Pontificals, * * *. Paisley thus became, within a very Short period, the most Opulent Monastery in the South of Scotland, except Kelso, and inferior to no other establishment north of the Forth, excepting the Royal foundations of Saint Andrew's, Dunfermline, and Aberbrothwickk, * * * * Pope Boniface, in 1300, issued a bull Prohibiting all and Sundry from invading the [t]eutorial possessions of the Monastery, which however, proved of no avail, for they were frequently Pillaged by the English, who in 1307, ravaged the whole district, and burnt the Abbey, _ * * * * The Abbey of Paisley was much resorted to as a place of pilgrimage; and numerous devotees travelled thither to do Penance at the Shrine of Saint Mirren, the Patron Saint of the Place, which was not unfrequently loaded with gifts and Sacrafices, There were four places of Pilgrimage Appointed in Scotland, of Which Paisley was One, * * * *In times of returning Peace, the Abbey of Paisley rose from its Ashes to a State of great Splendour and Magnificence, The Stately Abbey Church, existing at the reformation, Appears to have been built in the Reigns of James I and II, and was almost completed by its celebrated Abbot, Tarvis * * * In the year 1484, during the reign of James III [third], the Abbey Church, and monastic buildings, With its large gardens, Orchards, were enclosed by a magnificent Wall of hewn Stone, About a mile in circuit, by George Shaw of Sauchie, Abbot of Paisley, * * * * Previous to Offering a description of the Abbey of Paisley, it may be Proper to Submit an Account of the uniform Situation and distribution of the religious establishments, during the prevalence of our ecclesiastical Architecture, as Such Will tend to convey a more accurate idea of the Probable nature, and Original extent and Accommodation of the Monastery, _ The Principal buildings of Our Abbey, were, 1st The Church, which consisted of a nave, or great Western aisle, Choir, Transept, and usually a large Chapel beyond the Choir, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, With the Small Chapels, or Chantries adjoining the Side Aisles of the Choir, and Sometimes of the Nave, In fact the Abbey differed very little from the form of Our Cathedrals, Attached One Side of the Nave, commonly the Southern, Was Secondly the great Cloister, which had two entrances to the Church, at the eastern and Western ends of"

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