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soul of the late King of the Scots, James the Third, and 

 Margaret his Queen, the prosperity of James the Fourth, now 

 King, the weal of the souls of Alexander Inglis, archdeacon 

 aforesaid, his uncle, and Robert Inglis of Lochencl, his father, 

 and for the souls of all those whom they in their lifetime, 

 had injured, or been indebted to; and finally, for the souls 

 of all the faithful departed. 



The chaplain was to have ten pounds annually from cer- 

 tain tenements in Edinburgh, and the right of presentation 

 was reserved to the founder and his heirs, but if they should 

 fail to present, within fifteen days of the occurrence of a 

 vacancy, the right of presenting was then conferred on the 

 Abbot and Convent of Inchcolm. 



The chaplain was tied to continual residence, and a pro- 

 vision made that, at the commencement of mass, which was 

 to be celebrated daily, he should exhort the people to pray 

 for the souls of the founders, saying a pater noster with the 

 angelical salutation, viz., — Ave Maria ; and at the first wash- 

 ing of his hands the chaplain was to say the Psalm de pro- 

 fundus, with the usual prayers for the said souls. On the 

 conclusion of mass, he was to sprinkle with holy water the 

 founder's tomb in the said aisle, as well as the bystanders, 

 according to use, and exhort the latter to pray for the souls 

 of the founder and his father. 



It may be mentioned, that besides the College Church, of 

 which I have spoken, there was in Dunbar, a House of Red 

 Friars, founded by Patrick, Earl of Dunbar, in the year 1218. 

 This Earl, after enjoying his earldom for fifty years, died in 

 the year 1232. After spending the festivities of Christmas 

 with his children and neighbours, he sent for the Abbot of 

 Melrose, and receiving from him extreme unction with the 

 religious habit, he expired in- his old age, and was buried in 

 the church of the Convent of Eccles, which his grandfather, 

 Cospatrick, had founded. There was also a monastery of 

 Carmelites at Dunbar, which was founded in the year 1263, 

 by Earl Patrick, the grandson of the Earl last mentioned. 



From him the monks of May received large possessions 

 in the Lammermoor — and from Cospatrick, his ancestor, 

 they had a grant of a house and toft in Dunbar, with the 

 accommodation of a ship for transporting their goods from 

 the shore to their island home. 



The civil history of the castle and town of Dunbar, would 

 fill a volume ; and I only glance at it so far as to say that 



