Cowane's Hospital
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Cowane's Hospital is a 17th-century almshouse in the Old Town of Stirling, Scotland. It was established in 1637 with a bequest of 40,000 merks from the estate of the merchant John Cowane. Subsequently
Cowane's Hospital
John Cowane's House, St Mary's Wynd
"Auld Staneybreeks": statue of John Cowane on the hospital building
Cowane's Hospital seen from the adjacent churchyard
Parliament of Scotland
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The Parliament of Scotland, also known as the Estates of Scotland, was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the 13th century until 1707. The parliament evolved during the early 13th century
Cowane's Hospital
…invested in shipping, and was a substantial landlord in the burgh. He served on the town council, was elected Dean of Guild in 1624, and sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1625–1632. He never married, though in 1611 he was fined £6 for fathering a child out of wedlock: the mother was also fined and forced to do public…
Parliament House 18thcentury Edinburgh
Scone and its Moot hill emerged as a favoured meeting place of the early colloquia and councils in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh. Usual meeting place of Parliament from 1438 to 1560
St Giles' Cathedral, common meeting place of Parliament from 1563 to 1639.