The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . 1216).On the right-hand side of the gateway, and entering by the door in thestaircase tower, there is a small chamber,which was probably the porters room,and on the opposite side a narrow outsidestair leads up to the balcony over thearch. Along the south side of the court-yard, near the foot of this stair, there isa stone seat, called the doles seat,where certain poor dependents used tosit waiting for their dole. Gilbert Fulzie was appointed arch-deacon of St. Magnus in 1566,* duringthe sway of
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . 1216).On the right-hand side of the gateway, and entering by the door in thestaircase tower, there is a small chamber,which was probably the porters room,and on the opposite side a narrow outsidestair leads up to the balcony over thearch. Along the south side of the court-yard, near the foot of this stair, there isa stone seat, called the doles seat,where certain poor dependents used tosit waiting for their dole. Gilbert Fulzie was appointed arch-deacon of St. Magnus in 1566,* duringthe sway of Bishop Reid, who, at thislate period, established a very liberalfoundation in the cathedral, appointingseven dignitaries and seven prebendaries,besides chaplains, sacristans, and choris-ters. He was proprietor of the Sub-chantry, and erected the two tenements were inherited byhis three daughters and co-heiresses,Margaret, Ursula, and Marjorie, who in1619 vested their rights in Ursula andher husband, Edwaixl Sinclair of Esseng-noy, from whom they were bought byJames 1217.—Tankerness Gateway.
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