Bruce Stewart wrote: > Hi Folks, > > apparently there is a "Stewart" aisle in St Magnus cathedral, > Kirkwall? my question is does anyone have any information on this i.e. > people buried there or plaques, inscriptions, photos etc...I would > appreciate any information on this. > > I am trying to map out who was buried where during the "Earl > Stewartry" period of Orkney and Shetland. > > Thanks from down under > Bruce Stewart > Don't know about a Stewart aisle but this is from my old guide book to the cathedral: "A number of tombstones stand against the inside walls. The majority date from the seventeenth century, and the lettering on these is usually very good. The oldest tombstone is of the thirteenth century and shows a crows and a sword; it stands in the choir. "The tombstone of Lord Adam Stewart has the Royal Arms of Scotland and a Latin inscription which says: 'Here lies Lord Adam Stewart, son of the most illustrious prince James V King of Scots, who died on the twentieth day of June in the year of our Lord 1575'" -- Regards Mike Clouston

Thanks Mike, have just found reference to Adam in Appendix 2, Robert Earl of Orkney by Peter Anderson, don't know why I forgot this information anyway seems he went to Orkney and died there having spent most of his life in Scotland!...Now another question.....at the time did these people actually get buried inside the church?...often you see people of note buried in stone coffins inside etc or is this just show? and he was actually buried outside somewhere?... Cheers and thanks Bruce On 24/09/2008, at 8:49 PM, Mike Clouston wrote: > Bruce Stewart wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> apparently there is a "Stewart" aisle in St Magnus cathedral, >> Kirkwall? my question is does anyone have any information on this >> i.e. >> people buried there or plaques, inscriptions, photos etc...I would >> appreciate any information on this. >> >> I am trying to map out who was buried where during the "Earl >> Stewartry" period of Orkney and Shetland. >> >> Thanks from down under >> Bruce Stewart >> > > Don't know about a Stewart aisle but this is from my old guide book to > the cathedral: > "A number of tombstones stand against the inside walls. The majority > date from the seventeenth century, and the lettering on these is > usually > very good. The oldest tombstone is of the thirteenth century and > shows a > crows and a sword; it stands in the choir. > "The tombstone of Lord Adam Stewart has the Royal Arms of Scotland > and a > Latin inscription which says: 'Here lies Lord Adam Stewart, son of the > most illustrious prince James V King of Scots, who died on the > twentieth > day of June in the year of our Lord 1575'" > > -- > Regards > Mike Clouston > ------------------ > List Archives, information on contacting list administrator, > Subscribing and UnSubscribing can be found at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/ORKNEY.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORKNEY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Bruce Stewart wrote: > Thanks Mike, > > have just found reference to Adam in Appendix 2, Robert Earl of Orkney > by Peter Anderson, don't know why > I forgot this information anyway seems he went to Orkney and died > there having spent most of his life in Scotland!...Now another > question.....at the time did these people actually get buried inside > the church?...often > you see people of note buried in stone coffins inside etc or is this > just show? and he was actually buried outside somewhere?... > > Cheers and thanks > Bruce > No idea where Adam, or any of the others whose tombstones are in the Cathedral are buried. What looks like a tomb for Dr. John Rae is just a memorial - he is actually buried outside in the kirkyard. Until very recently his grave and stone were sadly neglected. Sorry! Not much help. -- Regards Mike