6 Anniversary Address, 



separate paper, will give an account of this interesting structure, 

 now standing roofless and desolate, and not over well kept. 



The reputed property of the ancestors of John Knox in the 

 Giffordgate, near the old bridge, was pointed out. The original 

 building has disappeared, the site being occupied by a modern 

 dwelling. "The site of St. Catherine's Chapel, specially noticed 

 in Knox's ' History of the Eef ormation' under date 1 549, is 

 ascertainable by the name of 'Katie's Garden' being still attached 

 to it. The site of the Minorite or Franciscan Monastery is 

 occupied by the present Episcopal Church. The church of this 

 monastery, and not the Parish Church of St. Mary's, is the true 

 ' Lamp of Lothian.' It was burnt by Edward III. in 1355. 

 From the Chamberlain EoUs, we learn that it was rebuilding in 

 1362. It survived the Eeformation, but in 1572 the east gable 

 was granted to Thomas Cockburn of Clerkington, to be demol- 

 ished and carried away ; and the pavement was transported to 

 the Parish Church (St. Mary's), and laid there. The monastery 

 appears on record in 1281, in the reign of Alexander III., but 

 may belong to the previous reign. Of it no vestige remains. 

 There was an altar to St. Duthac in the Minorite Church." 



The noble edifice of St Mary's Church, the western end of which 

 is the Parish Church of Haddington, engaged the attention of 

 the visitors for a considerable time. The church was gifted to St. 

 Andrews by David I. before 1147, the charter being renewed by 

 William previous to 1166. The present building belongs to the 

 second pointed period, some portions of the tower to the third. 

 The eastern portion is now roofless, but is well-cared for by the 

 Department of "Woods and Forests. The east window has been 

 recently restored as a memorial of the Eev. Dr. John Cook, for 

 many years one of the ministers of the collegiate charge of Had- 

 dington, and Principal Clerk of the General Assembly of the 

 Church of Scotland. In the magistrates' pew in the Parish 

 Church lie the Episcopal service books, which were in use when 

 Episcopacy was for a brief period the established religion in 

 Scotland, and which have never been removed. Curious old pre- 

 Eeformation alms-dishes were seen, as well as a valuable solid 

 silver chalice, which has been in use for the last 250 years in the 

 Parish Church. Beside the architectural attractions of this fine 

 building, much interest was taken in the tomb of the Maitland 

 family with its numerous monuments ; and perhaps still more 

 interest in the simple slab, with characteristic inscription, on the 



