The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... Lord High Steward of Scotland , and received large territory , including that of Renfrew , Passeleth , Pollock , & c . His duties were of a varied nature , embracing the collec- ting of the revenue and the command of the army ; he had ...
... Lord High Steward of Scotland , and received large territory , including that of Renfrew , Passeleth , Pollock , & c . His duties were of a varied nature , embracing the collec- ting of the revenue and the command of the army ; he had ...
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... lord , and his vassals were honest ; The Cart was clear crystal , its pools full of salmon ; No prison held thieves then , no Bailies talked gammon ; The monks were all jolly , the folks all contented ; Though their cash might be scanty ...
... lord , and his vassals were honest ; The Cart was clear crystal , its pools full of salmon ; No prison held thieves then , no Bailies talked gammon ; The monks were all jolly , the folks all contented ; Though their cash might be scanty ...
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... Lord Hailes refutes the generally accepted story of the birth and death . Marjory was buried in the Abbey of Paisley , and Walter erected a " faire monu- ment " to her memory . The last that is known of " Queen Blearie's Cross " is that ...
... Lord Hailes refutes the generally accepted story of the birth and death . Marjory was buried in the Abbey of Paisley , and Walter erected a " faire monu- ment " to her memory . The last that is known of " Queen Blearie's Cross " is that ...
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... lords , who had taken possession of Dumbarton , Crook- ston , and Duchal , and whose ostensible purpose was revenge ... Lord Semple attended and played before him , for which he received four- teen Shillings Scots . In 1507 the King and ...
... lords , who had taken possession of Dumbarton , Crook- ston , and Duchal , and whose ostensible purpose was revenge ... Lord Semple attended and played before him , for which he received four- teen Shillings Scots . In 1507 the King and ...
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... Lord Semple . On the death of Murray , the Arch- bishop returned , and , finding " only a boy that hed the key of the yeit , " took possession of the Abbey Mansion - house . Then the Abbey en- dured a siege ; and , on its falling into ...
... Lord Semple . On the death of Murray , the Arch- bishop returned , and , finding " only a boy that hed the key of the yeit , " took possession of the Abbey Mansion - house . Then the Abbey en- dured a siege ; and , on its falling into ...
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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