THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES PR I HISTORY OF THE CHAPEL EOYAL OF SCOTLAND WITH THE EEGISTER OF THE CHAPEL EOYAL OF STIRLING INCLUDING DETAILS IN EELATION TO THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF SCOTTISH MUSIC respecting th* (Drto 0f tht thistle REV. CHARLES EOGEES, D.D., LL.D. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and of the Koyal Society of Northern Antiquaries, Copenhagen, Associate of the Imperial Archaeological Society of Russia, Member of the Historical Societies of Pennsylvania and Quebec, Honorary Member of the Historical Societies of Michigan, Chicago, and New Jersey, and of the Antiquarian Society of Montreal, And Corresponding Member of the Royal Society of Bohemia, Of the Historical Society of Berlin, of the American Ethnological Society, And of the Historical Societies of New York, Maine, Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland, Minnesota, South Carolina, Missouri, Vermont, and New Brunswick, Of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, Of the Historical and Genealogical Society of New England, Of the Royal Society of Tasmania, Of the Royal Heraldic and Genealogical Society of Italy, And of the Natural History Society of Montreal EDINBURGH PRINTED FOR THE GRAMPIAN CLUB 1882 EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY M'FARLANE AND ERSK1NE, ST JAMES SQUARE. MUSIC CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION, \ HISTORY OF THE CHAPEL ROYAL OF SCOTLAND, XClii REGISTRUM CAPELLE REGIME STRIVELINENSIS, . APPENDIX : I. GRANT TO THE CHAPEL ROYAL BY THE REGENT, DUKE OF ALBANY, 95 II. PRESENTATION BY JAMES V. OF THE TREASURERSHIP OF THE CHAPEL ROYAL TO MR ANDREW DURIE, . 97 III. APPOINTMENT OF JAMES CAMPBELL AS A MUSICIAN IN THE CHAPEL ROYAL, 98 IV. JOHN TAYLOR, THE WATER POET'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH, 99 ' V. LETTER OF LORD BINNING TO JAMES VI., . 99 VI. MR JAMES LAW'S MISSION TO LONDON, 100 VII. THE RIOT AT HOLYROODHOUSE ON THE 10TH DECEMBER 1688, AND SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS IN RELATION TO CAPTAIN JOHN WALLACE, 102 INDEX, 115 1083961 INTRODUCTION. FROM the surface of an inland sea, about four miles in breadth, which at a prehistoric period covered the strath resting between the Ochil Hills and the heights of Bannock and the Lennox, jutted three islets, of which the 'most considerable became, long after the waters had receded, the site of a rude fortalice, latterly of a royal palace. At the dawn of history the place was known as Strivelyn, a compound word signifying a rock surrounded by a marsh. Such was its true but the has description ; swamp ceased, while in the plain, now rich and verdant, meander the rivers Forth, Teith, and Allan, the delight of the angler and the glory of the poet. Topographically in the centre of Scotland, Stirling became a focus of the national life. In its castle the sovereign held court and council, in its streets were the dwellings of the nobles, and in its environs were practised the sports of chivalry. Within its Chapel did to it was their Royal kings delight worship ; place of confession and the sanctuary of their household. Associated with regal power, Stirling Ilock stood VI INTRODUCTION. forth as a great altar in the field of freedom. A cradle of the arts, there was cherished in its halls that music which, wedded to the national song, has endeared Scotland to its sons, and through their minstrelsy has endeared it to the world. Of the Chapel Royal of Stirling, any history would be imperfect which did not refer to the grace and beauty of its site. From Stirling Castle may be descried a prospect singularly picturesque. Border- ing the ancient swamp, now a cultured garden, do sylvan-clad mansions rest on a prehistoric sea-beach, while the ennobling panorama is bounded by towering heights and majestic mountains. At every point far as the eye can reach are scenes famous in romance or historically celebrated. Where on the east the Forth enfolds Cambuskenneth Abbey, terminated that struggle between the Scots and Picts which enabled Kenneth, son of Alpin, to establish mon- archical order on tribal misrule. Towards the south at Falkirk, in two military engagements, fought cen- turies apart, did the national cause suffer inglorious discomfiture. In the same direction at Kildean, an ill-advised monarch was worsted and slain. Close by on the south Scottish liberty triumphed at Bannock- burn. On the north at Sheriffmuir the first insur- rection on behalf of the exiled House of Stewart began and terminated. When Stirling Castle became a royal residence has not been ascertained ; it was a favoured resort of INTRODUCTION. vii Alexander I. This sovereign, surnamed the Fierce, from his vigorous character, was withal beneficent and pious. To the town of Stirling he, in 1120, granted a charter of incorporation, and founding a chapel in the castle, he, in honour of his departed mother, the sainted Queen Margaret, attached it to Dunfermline monastery."" During the reign of David I. (1124-1153) a contro- versy arose between the administrators of the Chapel Royal and the ecclesiastical authorities at Eccles, a parish which comprehended Stirling, and that exten- sive territory embracing the modern parishes of Lar- bert and Dunipace.t The dispute related to the dis- of tithes of the of it posal and dues sepulture ; was adjusted at the Castle of Edinburgh in presence of the king, his son the Prince Henry, and the prin- cipal nobility. In the following document the decision is embodied : DE CONCORDIA ECCLESIAEUM DE ECCLES ET STRIUELIN. Hec est concordia que facta fuit apud Castellum Puellaruni, coram rege Dauid et Henrico filio eius et baronibus eorum, inter R episcopum Sancti Andree et G. abbatem de Dunfermelyn, de ecclesia parochial! de Eccles et Capella Castelli de Striuelin : llecordati fuerant barones regis, et in hac recordacione omnes concordati sunt, quod ea die qua Hex Alexander fecit Capellara dedicare supradictam, donauit et concessit eidem Capelle deci- in soca de Striuelin eadem die mas dominioruin suorum ; que fuerunt dominia sua, siue acreuerunt siue decreuerunt. Et * Keg. de Dunfermlyn, 4, 8. t Sketches of Early Scotch History, by Cosmo Junes, Edinb. 1861, 8vo, pp. 16, 17. Vlii INTRODUCTION. considerauerunt quod ecclesia parochialis de Eccles habere debebat uniuersas decimas que proueniunt de hurd- mannis et bondis et gresmannis cum ceteris consuetudinibus debent ecclesie et mortui fuerint siue sint de manci- quas ; qui piis dominiorum siue de parocbia supradicta corpora eorum iaceant in cimiterio parochiali prenominato cum rebus quas debent habere mortui secum ad ecclesiam nisi forte fuerit quod aliquis de burgensibus aliquo subito casu ibi moriatur. Et si dominia postea creuerunt uel in sartis uel in fractura ueteris terre antea decimas habeat non culte, eorum predicta Capella ; si uero eodem modo creuerunt terre aliorum hominum parochi- ecclesia decimas eorum habeat et si homines aliuni, parochialis ; plures quam solebant dudum modo manent in dominio supra- dicto, decimas eorum et omnium hominum quicumque illud excoluerint dominium habebit capella, et ecclesia parochialis habebit eorum in dominio manent et si terre corpora qui ; que tune non fuerunt de dominio creuerunt in mansuris hominum, parochialis ecclesia eorum decimas habebit; et hiis omnibus predietis hominibus ipsa eadem omnes rectitudines christiani- tatis propter sepulture dignitatem faciet. Hiis presentibus testibus, G. episcopo Dunkeldensis, A. abbate Sancte Crucis, W. abbate de Striuelin, H. priore de Coldingham, 0. priore de Jeddeworth, 0. priore Sancte Crucis; et de laicis, Duncano comite, Gospatric coinite, H. constabulario, W. de Sumeruile, Dauid Olifard, W. filio Alani, H. Camerario, Henrico filio Swani; et aliis multis.* The preceding instrument may be thus rendered : " This is the agreement which was entered into at the Castle of the Maidens, before King David, and Henry his son, and their barons, between E[obert] bishop of St Andrews and G[alfrid] abbot of Dunfermlyn, regarding the parish church of Eccles and the chapel of the Castle of Stirling. The King's barons remem- bered, and in that remembrance all agreed, that on the day when King Alexander caused the aforesaid chapel to be dedi- cated, he gave and granted thereto the tithes of his domains in * Reg. de Dunfermlyn, 8, 9. INTRODUCTION. ix the lordship of Stirling, as they were his at the time, whether they increased or decreased : And further, they considered that the parish church of Eccles ought to have the whole tithes accruing from the herdsmen, bondmen, and gresmen, with other dues which they owe to the church; and those of them who may die, whether servants of the demesne lands or of the parish, their bodies should lie in the burying-ground of the parish, with such things as the dead ought to have with them to the church, unless by chance any of the burgesses die there suddenly. And if the domains shall increase, either by the grubbing out of wood or the breaking up land not before tilled, the chapel shall possess the tithes; and if the lands of other men of the parish increase, the parish church should have their tithes; and if more men dwell in the demesne than in times past, the tithes of these and of all cultivators shall go to the the church shall have their bodies and if chapel, while parish ; the lands which were not of the demesne increase in the num- ber of church should their tithes dwellings, the parish have ; and to all the church shall minister Christian rites, on account of the dignity of sepulture. These witnesses were present of abbot of G[regory], bishop Dunkeld ; A[lwin], Holyrood ; W., abbot of Stirling; H[erbert], prior of Coldingham; 0[sbert], of of and these prior Jedburgh ; 0[sbert], prior Holyrood ; lay- men earl earl Duncan, [of Fife] ; Gospatric, [of Dunbar] ; H[ugh de Morville], Constable; W[illiam] de Somerville [of Carnwath]; David Olifard [justiciar of Lothian]; W[alter], son of Alan [the Steward]; H[erbert], Chamberlain; Henry, son of Swan, and many others." The history of the chapel is continued in the fol- lowing instrument of excambion, of the reign of William the Lyon [1165-1214] :* " Willelmus Rex Scottorum omnibus probis hominibus tocius terre sue, clericis et laicis, salutem.