The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts . llowing:— To the pious and worthie Memorie of GeorgeHeriot, Goldsmith, Burges of Edinburgh, and some- t It is a singular fact, that in this building there are no twowindows which resemble each other. tyme Jeweler to King James the Sixth, of happiememorie, who mortified not only so much of his Estateas founded and completed this stately Hospital, butdoeth now also maintaine 130 poor Burgeses andEreemens children of the citie of
The graphic and historical illustrator; an original miscellany of literary, antiquarian, and topographical information, embellished with one hundred and fifty woodcuts . llowing:— To the pious and worthie Memorie of GeorgeHeriot, Goldsmith, Burges of Edinburgh, and some- t It is a singular fact, that in this building there are no twowindows which resemble each other. tyme Jeweler to King James the Sixth, of happiememorie, who mortified not only so much of his Estateas founded and completed this stately Hospital, butdoeth now also maintaine 130 poor Burgeses andEreemens children of the citie of Edinburgh; in thetearmes specified in the Statuts of the said Hospitall,compiled by D: Balcanquell, D. of Rochester, theFounders Trustee for that effect. Anno Domine, * We shall conclude this article by fac similes of theautographs both of Queen Anne of Denmark andHeriot himself: that of the Queen is attached to thefollowing order:— Sir thomas kneuat. We desyre you to delyuereto marster heriot our Jouellere, the soume of nynehunderithe and twenty poundes. And ressaue hisacquytance upowne the same, me At hamptowneCourt the saxt day of October Heriots signature is appended to a brief statementof his charge for jewels and goldsmiths work fur-nished to the Queen in the course of ten months, viz. The acompt of my firnishinge maid to hir mauefrom the xth of June 1608 to the ix of apryll 1609,extending to the some of 2896 6s money of Eng-land.
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