Traditions of Edinburgh . udingthe school-boys themselves, who with difficulty escaped thevengeance of the crowd assembled on the spot. It was ascertained that the immediate author of the bailiesdeath was William Sinclair, son of the chancellor of was a great clamour to have justice done upon him; butthis was a point not easily attained, where a person of gentleblood was concerned, in the reign of James VI. The boy lived 9© TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH. to be Sir William Sinclair of Mey, and, as such, was the ancestorof those who have, since 1789, borne the title of Earls ofCaithnes
Traditions of Edinburgh . udingthe school-boys themselves, who with difficulty escaped thevengeance of the crowd assembled on the spot. It was ascertained that the immediate author of the bailiesdeath was William Sinclair, son of the chancellor of was a great clamour to have justice done upon him; butthis was a point not easily attained, where a person of gentleblood was concerned, in the reign of James VI. The boy lived 9© TRADITIONS OF EDINBURGH. to be Sir William Sinclair of Mey, and, as such, was the ancestorof those who have, since 1789, borne the title of Earls ofCaithness. A visit to the fine old mansion of Bailie Macmoran may berecommended. Its masonry is not without elegance. The lowerfloor of the building is now used as The Mechanics house is in the floor above, reached by a stonestair, near the corner of the court. This dwelling offers a finespecimen of the better class of houses at the end of the sixteenthcentury. The marble jambs of the fireplaces, and the carved. House of Bailie Macmoran. Stucco ceilings, are quite entire. The larger room (occu-pied as a warehouse for articles of saddlery) is that in whichtook place two memorable royal banquets in 1598—the first onthe 24th of April to James VI. with his queen, Anne of Den-mark, and her brother the Duke of Holstein; and the secondon the 2d of May, more specially to the Duke of Holstein, butat which their majesties were present. These banquets, held,as Birrel says, with grate solemnitie and mirrines, were at the WILLIAM DICK. 9I expense of the city. It need hardly be said that James fond of this species of entertainment, and the house ofMacmoran was probably selected for the purpose, not onlybecause he was treasurer to the corporation and a man of somemark, but because his dwelling offered suitable general aspect of the enclosed court which affords accessto Macmorans house has undergone little or no alteration sincethese memorable banquets; an
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