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 Istud · collegiū · incepit · āno · dn̄i · M^o,cccc^oxxix · et · eodē · āno maḡr · nicholay^q · bānachtȳ · p^rposit^q · hic · subt^q · iacēs · qui · obiit · āno dn̄i · M^occcc^olxx. . . cui^q · āniu^rsare · simul · pr̄isq · mr̄is celebrabitur · xiiii^o ·die · mēsis · iunii · p · quo · ānuus · redditus · x s · in · villa · de · kyrk · cramuound · orate · pro · āib^q · eor^{l.} [This collegiate church was begun in the year of our Lord 1429, and in the

—The Collegiate Church of Corstorphine. Piscina in Chancel.

same year Mr. Nicol Bannatyne was provost here, who, lying beneath, died in the year 1470. A commemoration of him and his successors in office will be celebrated on the 14th of June annually, for which an annual rent of £10 is set apart, out of the lands of Kirk Cramond—Pray for their souls.]

This inscription clearly fixes the date of the commencement of the collegiate church, but although it has been transferred to the chancel,