The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club-- Vol1-35 (1908-1985) ; (1991)- . ng the conjectured restoration of the erased partof the inscription given in the third article of this series. Brown quotes from theGreyfriars Records : Buried near the old tree (now removed) next the end of thechurch, and adds, by some unfortunate accident, after the fire of 1845, this monumentwas destroyed. Evidently the panel was not destroyed, but removed to Grange Loan,when and under what circumstances it would be interesting to know. It may benoted that the tomb of Alexander Bethune of Long Hermiston, mentioned
The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club-- Vol1-35 (1908-1985) ; (1991)- . ng the conjectured restoration of the erased partof the inscription given in the third article of this series. Brown quotes from theGreyfriars Records : Buried near the old tree (now removed) next the end of thechurch, and adds, by some unfortunate accident, after the fire of 1845, this monumentwas destroyed. Evidently the panel was not destroyed, but removed to Grange Loan,when and under what circumstances it would be interesting to know. It may benoted that the tomb of Alexander Bethune of Long Hermiston, mentioned at p. 183 oflast volume, was also in the Greyfriars, in the section of the churchyard adjoiningCandlemaker Row. The Latin epitaph recorded (Monteiths translation) that he died9th November 1672 ; that he was a man of great prudence, piety, and industry, andthat the monument was erected by his wife, Marjory Kennedy, with whom he livedmost lovingly thirty years, and begat a numerous issue, of whom seven sons, one daughter,and two grandchildren are all here buried together. K. ^^MiA ^tIJ IMEilMl) E©*! El®Mit; AJlJ iiiiriiTi tEMi^^fttll SMfflfol BS^j! iMutti :;!?, y|p WS^ EC Hill?J; P§ ^m- 0 g ^.« S (^ THE OLD TOLBOOTHWITH EXTRACTS FROM THE ORIGINAL RECORDS THE Old Tolbooth, immortalised by Sir Walter Scottin The Heart of Midlothian, ranked second to nonein point of interest among the historic buildings ofEdinburgh. Its claim to distinction was earned while theScottish nation was in the process of making, and duringthe last two centuries of its existence it afforded a last roofto some of Scotlands noblest sons as well as to many ofher weak and erring offspring. Indeed, there was scarcelya family of note but had one representative or another whobecame acquainted with its discipline, if not as the victimof political or religious oppression, then as the result of debtor of crime. Of the Tolbooth Records from 1657 onwards, a numberof volumes in manuscript, some bound in vel
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