Address of the Vicc-Prcakhnt. If) 



1136, and the confirmatory charter by Prince Henry was in 

 114S. In the interval Dundrennan was founded, and it 

 would not be strange if both Abbeys had the same architect. 

 On the west wall of the south transept of Melrose Abbey is 

 an Inscription Tablet to the following effect, and to which 

 reference is made in Nicolson's Galloway as indicating " the 

 Architect who designed and supei intended the building of 

 this Abbey." Vol. 1, p. 170. 



"John Morrow sum tym callit was I, and born in Parys 

 certainly, and had in kepying al masoun work of santan 

 dreys, ye hye kyrk of Glasgow, Melros, and Pasley, of Nyd- 

 dysdail and of Gallway." 



Dundrennan Abbey, in the form of the structure, is built 

 in the form and shape of a cross, lying E. and W., yet not 

 due E. and W. For as yet the mariner's compass and the 

 polarity of the magnet were not discovered. The position 

 of the sun at mid-day was the standard then adopted. 



On the S. of the church is the cemetery ground surround- 

 ed by the chapter house, cells, and stores ; and it contains 

 some interesting monuments, though they are now in a 

 broken and dilapidated condition. 



An interesting account of Dundrennan Abbey was print- 

 ed for private circulation by the Rev. Mr Hutcheson, — a re- 

 view of which, with extracts, appeared in the Dumfries 

 Courier of 29th June, 1858. 



The other Abbeys founded by Fergus, Lord of Galloway, 



The Abbey of Souls Seat, 

 The Abbey of Whithorn, and 

 The Abbey of Tongland, 



all of which were erected for monks of the Premonstratersian 

 order. And 



St. Mary's Isle, 



