Manuel Priory, engraving of a view from the SE. Titled 'Manuel Priory, Plate II. This View, taken nearly fifty years ago, exhibits the state of the building as it stood at that time; at the east corn ...

Description Manuel Priory, engraving of a view from the SE. Titled 'Manuel Priory, Plate II. This View, taken nearly fifty years ago, exhibits the state of the building as it stood at that time; at the east corner was a vault wherein was the tombstone of Alice, Prioress before mentioned, in which was her figure, with a distaff, and a dog at her feet. At the reformation this Priory was given to a predecessor of the Earls of Linlithgow, in which family it remained for a considerable time. In 1562, when the list of ecclesiastical revenues was made, those of Emanuel amounted to 52:14:8 scots, 3 chaldres bear, 7 chaldres meal, with a large quantity of salmon. The situation is beautifully romantic - a fine winding river, surrounded with hills covered with wood. On the opposite side of the river lies the field of battle fought betwixt the Earl of Lennox and the Earl of Angus, during the minority of James V. in which Earl Lennox was defeated and slain. This View is from the S. E. Taken 1739.' [Adam de Cardonnell, "Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland." 1788.]

Date 1739

Collection General Collection

Catalogue Number DP 097531

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of RAB 292/228

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