Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . cheson, Bart.,of (ilencairnie,Whowas one of Charles State for Scotland. archway, ornamented,and having a pendent keystone, gives access to thepicturesque little quadrangle, three sides of whichare formed by liis house, which is all built ofpolished ashlar, with sculptured dormer windows,fine stringcourses, and other architectural details ofthe period. The heavily moulded doorway, whichmeasures only three feet by , is surmounted bythe date 1633, and a huge monogram including theinitials of himself an
Cassell's Old and new Edinburgh: its history, its people, and its places . cheson, Bart.,of (ilencairnie,Whowas one of Charles State for Scotland. archway, ornamented,and having a pendent keystone, gives access to thepicturesque little quadrangle, three sides of whichare formed by liis house, which is all built ofpolished ashlar, with sculptured dormer windows,fine stringcourses, and other architectural details ofthe period. The heavily moulded doorway, whichmeasures only three feet by , is surmounted bythe date 1633, and a huge monogram including theinitials of himself and his wife Dame MargaretHamilton. Over all is a cock on a trumpet andscroll, with the motto Vigilantibiis. He had been al)uisne judge in Ireland, and was first knighted byCharles I., for suggesting the measure of issuingout a commission under the great seal for the sur-render of tithes. He was the friend of 1 )rummon(l of Hawthomden and of Sir William AlexanderEarl of Stirling. i A succession of narrow and obscure alleysfollows till we come to the Horse Wynd, on the. LINTEL AllUVE TUK liJuK OF sIK A. HOUSE. east side of which lay the royal stables at the timeof Darnleys murder. In this street, on the site of aschool-house, &c., built by the Duchess of Gordonfor the inhabitants of the Sanctuary, stood an oldtenement, in one of the rooms on the first floor ofwhich the first rehearsal of Homes Douglastook place, and in which the reverend author wasassisted by several eminent lay and clerical friends,among whom were Robertson and Hume thehistorians. Dr. Carlyle of Inveresk and theauthor taking the leading male parts in the cast,wliile the ladies were represented by the Rev. and Professor Fergusson. A dinner followedin the Erskine Ckib at the Abbey, when they werejoined by the Lords Elibank, Kames, Milton, andMonboddo. To the south of this house was thetown mansion of Francis Scott Lord Napier, whoinherited that barony at the demise of his grand-mother, Lady Nap
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