The history of Glasgow : from the earliest period to the present time / by George MacGregor.
- Mac Gregor, George
- Date:
- 1881
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The history of Glasgow : from the earliest period to the present time / by George MacGregor. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CHAPTER VIII. (a.d. 1454 to a.d. 1510.) Bishop Muirhead founds the Hospital of St. Nicholas—The Franciscans, or Grey- Friars, settle in Glasgow—The See of Glasgow erected into an Archbishopric— Archbishop Blackadder improves the Cathedral—Heretics before the Provincial Council of Glasgow—Furnishings of the Altar of St. Mungo—Royal Visit to Glasgow—Dispute between the City Magistrates and the Chapter, . 63 CHAPTER IX. (a.d. 1513 to A.D. 1551.) Glasgow Citizens at the Battle of Flodden—Storming of the Castle of Glasgow— Feuing in the Vicinity of the City—Reformation Doctrines—Martyrdom of Russel and Kennedy in Glasgow—Archbishop Dunbar and the Bible—Knox’s Opinion of the Precedency Dispute—Progress and Trade of the City—The Battle of the Butts—The City Plundered, 71 CHAPTER X. (a.d. 1551 to a.d. 156S.) The Reformation Troubles—The Duke of Chatelkerault engages to defend the Archbishopric of Glasgow, and violates his Bond—Flight of Archbishop Beaton, and Establishment of Protestantism in the City—Damley and Queen Mary in Glasgow—Battle of Langside—Tradition of Crossmyloof—Regent Moray and the Glasgow Bakers, ' . yg CHAPTER XI. (Circa a.d. 1560.) State of the City after the Reformation—“ A Grit Dearth ”—Old Vassals of the Archbishops—Decay and Resuscitation of tbe University—Condition of the Cathedral—Municipal Government and Social Distinctions, . . . S9 CHAPTER XII. (a.d. 1568 to a.d. 1574.) Appointment of “Tulclian” Archbishops—The Castle of Glasgow again Besieged —Gift by the Magistrates to the University—Extracts from the Burgh Records —Disturbance among the Baxters—Encroachments on the Green —Serious Riot by Burgesses, CHAPTER XIII. (a.d. 1574 to a.d. 1575.) The Cathedral repaired by the Citizens—Mode of Election of Magistrates and Council—The Burgh Statutes—“ Taisting the Aill ’’—Precautions' against the Pest—The Privacy of the Council Meetings—Markets Arrangementsr . 105 CHAPTER XIV. (a.d. 1575toa.d. 1577.) Murder of a Glasgow Burgess and Strange Law of Compound—Encroachment on the Liberties of Glasgow and Dumbarton—Sunday Fishing—Settlement of “The Green” Dispute—The First Clockmaker in Glasgow—The Town Mill in Decay—Grant by the Council to a Surgeon—The Town Mills, . . ] 14 CHAPTER XV. (a.d. 1577.) The University in Decay—King James VI. grants a New Erection and Founda- tion-Summarised Translation of the Nova Ercclio—Regulations of the University](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24870687_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
