 Reformation, when the innocent were involved with the guilty in the sufier•ings of the times, their house was supprest, and the temporalities granted to Hay, the abbot of Inchaffrey, who, abjuring his former tenets of religion, embraced the- cause of...  Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal - Page 72by Scottish Mountaineering Club - 1913Full view - About this book
 | Sir John Sinclair - 1793 - 660 pages
...record, and tradition conveys but fmall information. It was a houfe of Nuns, memorable for the fan&ity of their lives, and the purity of their manners. At...innocent were involved equally with the guilty, in the fufierings of the times, this houfe was fupprefled, and the temporalities granted to Hay, the Abbot... | |
 | John Stoddart - 1801 - 386 pages
...female buried there. The latter notion is the more interesting, nor is it improbable; for here was once a house of nuns, memorable for the sanctity of their lives, and the purity of their manners ; and so holy was their abode esteemed, that the pious pilgrim was wont to prostrate himself on the... | |
 | John Stoddart - 1801 - 388 pages
...female buried there. The latter notion is the more interesting, nor is it improbable ; for here was once a house of nuns, memorable for the sanctity of their lives, and the pufity of their manners ; and so holy was their abode esteemed, that the pious pilgrim was wont to... | |
 | Thomas Garnett - 1811 - 402 pages
...Concerning this religious house, record and. tradition are almost equally silent. It is said to have been a house of nuns, memorable for the sanctity of their lives and purity of their manners ; at the Reformation, this religious house was suppressed, and temporalities... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1817 - 300 pages
...be seen. Concerning this religious house there is little on record, and tradition conveys but little information. It was a house of nuns, memorable for...and the purity of their manners. At the reformation this house was suppressed, and the temporalities granted to Hay, the abhot of Incliaffery, who, abjuring... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 394 pages
...brackens. There formerly existed here a convent of Cistercian nuns ; of whom it is said, that 'Vy were " memorable for the sanctity of their lives and the...at the Reformation, when the innocent were involved with the guilty in the sufier•ings of the times, their house was supprest, and the temporalities... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 892 pages
...convent of Cbterciau nuns ; of whom it is said, that they were " memorable for the sanctity of liitir lives and the purity of their manners ; at the Reformation, when the innocent we. e involved with the guilty in the suffer, ings of the times, their house v>as supprest, and the... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 pages
...convent of Cistercian nuns ; of whom it is said, that they were '• memorable for the sanctity of lit ir lives and the purity of their manners : at the Reformation, when the innocent were involved with the guilty in the sufferings of the times, their house was supprest, and the temporalities granted... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 pages
...convent of C'iitercian nuns; of whom it is said, that they were " memorable for the sanctity of in ¡i- lives and the purity of their manners: at the Reformation, when the innocent were involved with the guilty in the sufferings of the times, their house was supprest, and the temporalities granted... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1865 - 1236 pages
...still sometimes used. It was inhabited by nuns of the Cistercian order, memorable, says tradition, for the sanctity of their lives and the purity of their manners. At the Reformation this house was suppressed, and the temporalities granted to Hay, Abbot of Inchaffrey, who, abjuring... | |
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