Account of the life and works of Maister Peter Lowe : the founder of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow / by James Finlayson.

  • James Finlayson
Date:
1889
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    The last entry in the Burgh Records of Glasgow is the ominous one of a fee paid to him for “bowelling” the Laird of Houston, lately Provost of Glasgow.! This term of “ bowelling ” is used in the chapter in Peter Lowe’s “ Chirurgerie,” in connection with the process of embalming.1 2 26th May, 1610 .... the said James Braidwod debursit and gaif furth the said sowme [fourtie pundis money] to maister Petir Low, pairtlie for his fey and pairtlie for the expensis maid be him in bowelling of the lard of Howstoun, lait provest thairfoir the said James be this present act is dischargit of the said sowme resauitbe him as said is, and siklyke ordanis ane warrand to be direct to Robert Hogisyard, thesaurer, vndir subscriptioun of the clerk, to ansuer Mareoun Steward of the sowme of xxxvij li. xs. as for wyne and vthir expenssis furnist and maid be hir the tyme of the said provestis bowelling. (Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow. Glasgow, 1876, p. 314.) Wife—Family—Descendants. The last reference we had to Maister Peter Lowe’s connection with the ecclesiastics of the city was not, perhaps, altogether creditable to the Founder of the Faculty, for it is clear that at that time he had not “ satisfied the Thesaurer ”; but he must have succeeded about this time in satisfying the “ Parson of Glasgow ” himself, for we find that he obtained his daughter in marriage. The exact date of the marriage has not yet been ascertained, but certainly it was before the year 1604, for we find the following entry in the “ Record of Seisin ” for the Burgh of Glasgow :—3 “ Wiemis et Andersonne conuges. 9th August 1604. Helena Weymis, spousa “ Magistri Petri Lowe Chirurgii, et dictus Magister Petrus, pro suo interesse, nec non Magister David Weymis, pater dictae Helenae,” &c. His father-in-law, Mr. David Weems, was notable as being the first Presby- terian minister in Glasgow after the Reformation. He was several times Rector of the University of Glasgow (between 1593 and 1602) and “was presented 1 His appointment as Provost is thus referred to in the Burgh Records, 12 November, 1608, “ the rycht honorable Jhone Houstoun of that Ilk in provest for this yeir to cum.” 2 “ Chyrvrgerie,” 2nd edition, p. 367. 3 This extract has been verified by Dr. W. H. Hill, Clerk to the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons : it is from the Protocol Book of Archd. Heygait, 1587-1604, in the Archives of the City of Glasgow.