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of the nave. His son, who bore the same Christian name, was
chosen a bailie of Paisley in 1511, and on the 20th October, 1520,
mortified xiiis iiijd to the altar of St. Peter. His son John was
appointed a bailie of Paisley in 1540.
In the interior of the north aisle of the nave a stone, inscribed
in Eoman letters, contains the Hamilton arms for an ecclesiastic,
with the initials I. H. and the motto —
" MISERICORDIA ET PAX."
It commemorates Abbot John Hamilton, one of the three natural
sons of James Hamilton, first Earl of Arran. Appointed in 1625,
through the favour of his father, he exercised great influence over
his brother James, second Earl of Arran, Governor of Scotland
during the minority of Queen Mary. He was appointed Bishop of
Dunkeld in 1543, and promoted to the Archbishopric of St.
Andrews in 1549. A firm adherent of Queen Mary, he was con-
demned by the regent Lennox, and was hanged at Stirling on the
1st April, 1570.
A monument commemorates Captain Eobert Crawford, chamber-
lain of Paisley ; it is thus inscribed : —
•' ^ctr Igis afptane robert craufitrtJ granter at paslap t ge grpultur
of iJamcg Craufurti of Sctiil qlk ttcessilr gc fautt of 3uUj g'c jeir of @oli,
1575, quj^a ntuir raceJiit ^onaxs of na man anli !)£ir maili to mong
suntirg."
Captain Crawfurd was grand-nephew of James Crawfurd of
Seidhill. At the death of the Laird of Seedhill, his brother Alex-
ander made up titles to the lands of Spango, which had been
exchanged for those of Kilwinnet. In 1517 James Crawfurd, the
eldest son of Alexander, succeeded to the lands of Spango, which
he disposed in 1541 to his two natural sons, James and Eobert
Crawfurd. Eobert resigned his half to his brother James. The
inscription completes Eobert's history, by showing that he was both
captain and chamberlain to the monastery. The mortuary
biographer further gives his opinion that Eobert Crawfurd was a
very independent gentleman, because he never received honours from