Note 51 — Chapter I · SUMMARY.

In the Treasurer’s Compotus, date of February 1, 1502–3, is the following entry:—“Item, to the priests of Edinburgh, to do dirge and saule mass for Mergratt Drummond, £v.” Again, February 10, same year:—“Item, to the priests that sing in Dumblane for Margaret Drummond, their quarter’s fee, five pounds.”—Tytler’s Scotland, notes, &c. vol. iv. p. 359. The date of the death of James IV.’s first wife—a point unsettled—may be nearly ascertained by these extracts.