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argued the transept and nave dated to around 1230 while the choir was enlarged at the church's elevation to collegiate status, which Kerr dates to the 15th century. Kerr also believed the upper, crow-stepped stage of the tower was later than the original 13th-century church. The saddle-roofed tower
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destroyed the provost's house and several other buildings surrounding the church. By the time of
Darnley's murder, the buildings were in possession of a new titular provost, Robert Balfour, who, accused of involvement in Darnley's death, forfeited them in 1579. The provostry was granted to the town
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between 1513 and 1515, the church was brought within the burgh's boundaries. The south wall of the church's grounds was strengthened to create the new wall. The wall at the church was rebuilt in 1567. The church's tower commanded the view over the southern entry to the town at
Potterrow Port, which
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and the church in 1523, it is stated that the abbey had superiority of the church and had raised it to the status of a colleagiate church. David Vocat, noted as a chaplain of the church in 1509 and as its provost in 1527 (albeit, the source for the latter is ambiguous), supported the erection of an
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Collegiate Church of St Mary in the Fields, their names are given along with the dates which can be established for their provostries. Richard Bothwell and John Spittal appear in litigation in 1543 over who was rightly provost, as did William Penicuik and Alexander Forrest in 1562–1563. The
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purchased the buildings from their titular provost, William
Penicuik, for £1,000. The following year, the sale remained unconcluded. To put pressure on the town council, Penicuik began to sell the stonework of the building. The sale was concluded but the plan to establish a college appears to have
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as the site for the new institution, Kirk o' Field was again selected as the college's site. The 1582 royal charter which permitted the town council to establish colleges named the Kirk o' Field site as the possession of the council. The college which developed into the
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held superiority over the church and likely founded it as a centre of education in the 13th century. The church appears to have been raised to collegiate status in the early 16th century. Around this time, erection of the
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Michael Hunter in 1616 and the last remnants of the church were removed around 1629, when the upper court of the college was terraced. In 1969, the name Kirk o' Field was revived for a
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with gables at the east and west ends appear in the 1544 illustration: this is the usual orientation of gables in
Scottish medieval churches. R. H. Mahon proposed that the choir also terminated in an
445:: "the church of St Mary in the Fields. "The Fields" refers to the fact that the church initially outside the town wall. The church possessed a successful garden, covering that stretched down to the
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was also known as the Kirk o' Field Port. The church gave its name to the wynd now known as
College Wynd. Initially, it was known as the Wynd of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Field.
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altar in the church in 1518 and the creation of four prebendaries in 1528. These references may suggest he was also the founder of the collegiate church.
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and that the lower edifice shown between the tower and the nave in the 1567 illustration was the Austin friars' college rather than the nave.
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purchased the remains of the hospital around 1551 and built a mansion noted for its gardens and painted windows. This later served as the
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tower. The illustration of 1567 also shows a tall, square-based tower with saddle-roof and
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20th century plan of the historic area of Kirk o' Field and the
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and may have been founded by them for educational purposes.
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and prebendaries in a text of 1512. In litigtion between
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Kirk o' Field and the Churches of Edinburgh's South Side
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Bryce, W. Moir (1909). "The Flodden Wall of Edinburgh".
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in 2010, which uncovered remnants of the church complex
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Royal Commission on the Ancient Monuments of Scotland
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Malcolm, C. A. (1923). "The Gardens of the Castle".
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892:Cowan and Easson 1976, pp. 220-221.
1255:. His Majesty's Stationery Office.
901:Haynes and Fenton 2017, pp. 13-14.
681:The 1567 illustration shows a low
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387:Blessed Virgin Mary of Consolation
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1207:The Tragedy of Kirk o' Field
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598:Matthew Ker: 1511, 1512–1515
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575:Greyfriars Charteris Centre
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997:Watt 1969, pp. 357–358.
958:Pinkerton 2012, p. 151.
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1185:: app. 140–145. 1932.
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421:Surroundings
406:prebendaries
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304:town council
296:Flodden Wall
284:
263:) was a pre-
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214:Archdeaconry
149:Architecture
132:13th century
113:Denomination
67:3°11′14.72″W
32:
1128:. Longman.
1109:. Birlinn.
707:Old College
675:Old College
510:Reformation
431:Blackfriars
391:Blackfriars
365:Early years
343:Old College
280:Old College
265:Reformation
202:Archdiocese
190: 1629
79: /
47:James Skene
1298:Categories
1234:: 101–120.
1135:0582120691
713:References
514:choristers
333:and lower
231:Linlithgow
207:St Andrews
182:Demolished
157:Demolished
138:Dedication
1073:14 August
983:15 August
718:Citations
594:in 1581.
571:Pleasance
470:precentor
433:with the
308:provostry
272:Edinburgh
96:Edinburgh
1268:: 1–156.
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1146:(1880).
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687:transept
617:Building
581:Provosts
451:James IV
339:transept
276:Scotland
106:Scotland
92:Location
587:provost
504:in 1567
447:Cowgate
410:provost
360:History
243:Provost
226:Deanery
219:Lothian
129:Founded
124:History
102:Country
1163:
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237:Clergy
174:Closed
168:Gothic
691:choir
331:choir
185:1616–
163:Style
1183:LXVI
1161:ISBN
1130:ISBN
1111:ISBN
1075:2022
985:2022
700:apse
685:and
683:nave
651:1567
639:1544
544:The
373:The
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177:1560
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