Fig. 1174.—The Collegiate Church of Corstorphine. View from South-East.
removed from Corstorphine Church have been preserved, some of which contain the Forrester arms.
The plan of the building (omitting the alterations above described) is remarkable. It seems to consist of two portions—(1) the transepts and division to the east of them, forming one church, and (2) the choir further
Fig. 1175.—The Collegiate Church of Corstorphine. Sedilia in the Chancel.
to the east, which seems to have formed an independent chapel. This view is supported by the history of the structure.
In the east wall of the chancel a stone is fixed, with an inscription in memory of the first provost of the college, the stone being “apparently transferred,” says Mr. Laing, “from the place where the provost was buried.” The inscription is in the following terms, viz.:—
Istud · collegiū · incepit · āno · dn̄i · Mº,ccccºxxix · et · eodē · āno: maḡr · nicholayq · bānachtȳ · prpositq · hic · subtq · iacēs · qui · obiit · āno: dn̄i · Mºcccc{o}lxx ... cuiq · āniursare · simul · pr̄ isq · mr̄ is: celebrabitur · xiiiiº ·die · mēsis · iunii · p · quo · ānuus · redditus · x: s · in · villa · de · kyrk · cramuound · orate · pro · āibq · eorl. [This collegiate church was begun in the year of our Lord 1429, and in the
