Istud · collegiū · incepit · āno · dn̄i · M^o,cccc^oxxix · et · eodē · āno maḡr · nicholay^q · bānachtȳ · p^rposit^q · hic · subt^q · iacēs · qui · obiit · āno dn̄i · M^occcc^olxx . . . cui^q · āniu^rsare · simul · pr̄isq · mr̄is celebrabitur · xiiii^o ·die · mēsis · iunii · p · quo · ānuus · redditus · x s · in · villa · de · kyrk · cramuound · orate · pro · āib^q · eor^{l.} [This collegiate church was begun in the year of our Lord 1429, and in the
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Fig. 1176.—The Collegiate Church of Corstorphine. Piscina in Chancel.
same year Mr. Nicol Bannatyne was provost here, who, lying beneath, died in the year 1470. A commemoration of him and his successors in office will be celebrated on the 14th of June annually, for which an annual rent of £10 is set apart, out of the lands of Kirk Cramond—Pray for their souls.]
This inscription clearly fixes the date of the commencement of the collegiate church, but although it has been transferred to the chancel,
