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pnciendy the Friars tvynd, as the gate of
the town through which was the paflage to
jboth, was called the Friars port. This mo<-
naftery is faid to have been founded by An-
drew Abercromby, a Dundee jcitizen. The
date is unknown: 3. One belonging to the
Red Friars, founded in 1392, by James
Lindfay, probably of the Crawford family,
as the religions houfes of this fraternity
were called Hofpitals^ or Munjiries^ it ftood
on the fituation of the prefent hpfpital, or
on the ground immediatvzly to the e;'>ilward,
called Monls-holm, where we now find the
row of new houfes denominated MilT^
buildings: 4. an houfe belonging to the
Nuns of St Clare, but its date and Situa-
tion are unknown.— Befidesthefe there wa^
in'St Mary's great church a chantry of f-"-^
ven priefts, founded in 1398, by David
Earl of Crawford, in honour of St George,
on whofe day the |Larl had been yi£lorious
in a tournament at London-bridge ; and a
variety of chaplainries and other fimilar
foundations connected with St Clement's
church.
Time has equally effaced mod of the o-
ther ancient buildinj^s. The iirft tolbooth
is faid to have flood in the Seagate, to the
fouth pf the ancient crofs : the fecond wa§
the moft foutherly of the two houfes or
Iqnds^ in the ^narket-place^ which front ta