182 Anderson's Protocol Book. 



Dumfries (No. 34). Anderson's memorandum is the first 

 record we have of the building, though there was a Master 

 John, Rector of the Schools of Dronfres, in 1330. (Exch. 

 Rolls, Vol. I., p. 303.) In consequence of the bequest of 

 Bailie John Pater son a second school, in which were taught 

 writing, arithmetic, book-keeping, and navigation, was built 

 in 1722. It was in Friars' Vennel, and was removed for the 

 widening of Castle Street. The first school appears to have 

 been used for a decade or so after the erection of the writing 

 school. Its groundstead, which was on the north side of 

 Chapel Street immediately behind Isabella Wells' house, 

 which faced the High Street, was sold by the burgh in 1757. 

 The first Trades Hall, predecessor of the one in Queensberry 

 Square, was built in 1722 on the site of Gladstone's house at 

 the corner of High Street and Chapel Street. 



The Grey Friars' Convent (Nos. 10, 11, 45), as is well 

 known, stood on the north side of Friars' V^ennel, east of St 

 David Street. There were two gates, one to the Church from 

 Friars' Vennel, the other to the Conventual buildings from a 

 passage now either St David Street or Greyfriars' Street. 

 Irish Street bore sometimes the same indefinite designation — 

 Under the Yairds — as Loreburn Street, as did also Shakes- 

 peare Street. More definitely Irish Street was the " Gallo- 

 waygate," " the way under the gardens called Irishgate," 

 " the way to the Milnburn Brig," which was at Nith Place. 

 Bank Street was the " Stynking Vennel " (No. 72), or 

 " Cavart's Vennel," the latter being also the name of the 

 little passage beyond the ford on the west side of the Nith 

 opposite Bank Street, now called Lovers' Lane. '* The way 

 to the Chapel of the B.V.M." was applied to Bank Street, 

 Irish Street, and to the Nether Sandbeds. In Nos. 86, 87 it 

 was Irish Street. The Chapel was also called the Chapel of 

 the Willies (No. 9). It was situated at the north-west corner 

 of Bank Street and Irish Street, probably at the back of the 

 present Bank of Scotland. The ground below it stretching 

 to the river was called the Chapel Yairds. The Chapel seems 

 to be the one mentioned in the Papal Relaxation (Cal. of 

 Papal Reg. Letters viii., p. 347), of 143 1-2 as the Chapel of 

 St Mary the Virgin founded near the said Bridge [of Dum- 



