A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities . in their respectivecures, provided they took care to have the religious du-ties regularly performed. The rector was sole judge inall civil and criminal causes in which any member of theuniversity was a party ; and the whole of the privilegesand exemptions were confirmed by an act of James II.,and renewed by succ
A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities . in their respectivecures, provided they took care to have the religious du-ties regularly performed. The rector was sole judge inall civil and criminal causes in which any member of theuniversity was a party ; and the whole of the privilegesand exemptions were confirmed by an act of James II.,and renewed by succeeding sovereigns. The institution,however, had no endowment ; it was supported solelyby the small perquisites and fees paid into the commonfund on the conferring of degrees, and the patronage oftwo or three small chapelries. Moreover, there was atfirst no building appropriated for its use, and the officersheld their meetings either in the chapter-house of theBlack Friars, or in the cathedral, till the year 1459,when James, first Lord Hamilton, gave to the principaland the regent of the college of arts a spacious mansionin the High-street, and four acres of laud on Dow Hill. On the Reformation, Archbishop James Beaton, whowas then chancellor, withdrew to France, taking with510. him the plate of the cathedral, and the bulls, chartersand other records, both of the see and of the universitywhich he deposited partly in the convent of the Car-thusian monks, and partly in the Scotch college, atParis, to be preserved till the restoration of papacy. Atthis period, with the exception of the college of arts,which was still maintained by the contributions of thestudents, the university appears to have fallen to this depressed state of its finances, Mary, Queen ofScots, in 1560 granted to the college of arts the kirkand manse of the Friars Preedicatores , with thirteenacres of land, and the rents and annuities belonging tothat fraternity, for the foundation of five bursaries forpo
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