The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... church , as we learn from the charter of the founder , which grants to the monastery " the Church of Passelet , with all its posses- sions . " The monks were clad in loose black gowns , with scapularies and cowls ; their beds were straw ...
... church , as we learn from the charter of the founder , which grants to the monastery " the Church of Passelet , with all its posses- sions . " The monks were clad in loose black gowns , with scapularies and cowls ; their beds were straw ...
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... little seems to have been done in rebuilding the Abbey , since it had been burned by the English . He not only put the church in proper order for holding service , but repaired to .66 CONTRIBUTED BY J. W. C. This Abbot sold Rome.
... little seems to have been done in rebuilding the Abbey , since it had been burned by the English . He not only put the church in proper order for holding service , but repaired to .66 CONTRIBUTED BY J. W. C. This Abbot sold Rome.
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... church , park , and garden . This wall extended from the Abbey down Lawn Street ; thence along Incle Street ; thence towards Seed- hill and the river Cart ; thence along the river to the Abbey . The regality granted to Abbot George was ...
... church , park , and garden . This wall extended from the Abbey down Lawn Street ; thence along Incle Street ; thence towards Seed- hill and the river Cart ; thence along the river to the Abbey . The regality granted to Abbot George was ...
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... church every Tuesday , when all shops and booths were to be closed under a penalty of eight shillings . Whilst the authorities were thus forcing the people in wisdom's ways , they do not seem to have been working in a spirit of unity ...
... church every Tuesday , when all shops and booths were to be closed under a penalty of eight shillings . Whilst the authorities were thus forcing the people in wisdom's ways , they do not seem to have been working in a spirit of unity ...
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... church , & c . They were to wear gowns down to the heels , tunics and caps , black or blue , according as the Bailies should prescribe . In 1617 the King , after an absence of 14 years , was hospitably entertained in the Abbey Man- sion ...
... church , & c . They were to wear gowns down to the heels , tunics and caps , black or blue , according as the Bailies should prescribe . In 1617 the King , after an absence of 14 years , was hospitably entertained in the Abbey Man- sion ...
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Abbey Abbot Abercorn appointed Bailies Baillie and Council Barr & M'Nab Barrhead bell boats Brown building built burgesses burgh called Campbell Canal Cart Causeyside cholera Church City of Glasgow Clyde coach Coats Cochran CONTRIBUTED BY J. W. C. County Craig Cross death died Dunoon Earl Edinburgh Elderslie erected feet Foxbar Gavin Stewart Glasgow Bank Gleniffer Braes Gourock Greenock HISTORICAL SKETCH horse hour inhabitants James John Johnstone Joseph Whitehead July Kelburne Kerr Kilbarchan King kirk Lady Brisbane Lady Kelburne Lord magistrates manufacture meeting Messrs Barr Miss morning named Neilston o'clock Paslay passengers Peter Coats population pounds Scots Presbytery prisoners Provost quhilk race received Renfrew Renfrew Railway Renfrewshire river Robert Saint Mirin sall Scotland Scots Sheriff Sneddon Spiers steamer steeple Stewart stones Stranraer subscriptions taken tion Tolbooth took place Town Council TOWN OF PAISLEY unemployed William Wynd