. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. n reading :— Herelies the Rev. Father in Christ John of Innes Doctor of Divinity,formerly Bishop of this Church of Moray, who erected this remarkablework (viz. ;—the great steeple on a pillar on the north-west side ofwhich the inscription was cut) and held the Episcopal gift for $f Z^fci seven years. Goughs word-ing of the inscription differssomewhat from Monteiths,and he mentions the inscrip-tion being painted on thewall. (2) Kneeling figureof an ecclesiastic, headless.(3) Torso of a knight. Ofthese we have no records.
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. n reading :— Herelies the Rev. Father in Christ John of Innes Doctor of Divinity,formerly Bishop of this Church of Moray, who erected this remarkablework (viz. ;—the great steeple on a pillar on the north-west side ofwhich the inscription was cut) and held the Episcopal gift for $f Z^fci seven years. Goughs word-ing of the inscription differssomewhat from Monteiths,and he mentions the inscrip-tion being painted on thewall. (2) Kneeling figureof an ecclesiastic, headless.(3) Torso of a knight. Ofthese we have no records. Built into the south wallis a stone coffin, about six feetin length, two in breadth,and one and a half in was unearthed by JohnShanks towards the end ofAugust 1828, in the placeon which the middle steeplestood. According to report,John was disinclined to be-lieve that King Duncans bodyonly lay-in-state in the old Churchof the Holy Trinity, before being carried to Iona for burial. For froma fifty-year-old newspaper cutting, I read that John used to point to. Fig. 38.—Arms of James Chalmer Gliwer Bwrgis. 102 ELGIN PAST AND PRESENT this as King Duncanssome body pat in prent coffin, at I discovert wi my ain han,at King Duncan wis stown oot o this,but its a lee, sir;thats the coffin atconteint his bodie ;but I couldna betellin the eese atthe priests made ot;theres a hole i thebottam at leet awathe water. In this south wall,are two stones witharms. The one has ashield bearing arms(Fig. 38) :—A demi-lion issuant from afess of three barswavy between three stars in chief and a fleur-de-lys in base (Chalmers),impaling, A chevron between two stars in chief and a heart in base(probably for Tares). Initials I. C. and B. T. The inscription is inRoman capitals, the lines being often continued on the bevelled edgeof the stone, viz. :—
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