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In 1425-6 a charter was granted by King James I. for the endowment of three chaplainries in the chapel contiguous to the Parish Church of Corstorphine,[1] and securing to it, amongst other things, the annual rents in Edinburgh bestowed by the late Sir Adam Forrester. That charter clearly shows that this chapel, wherever situated, was in existence before
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Fig. 1178.—The Collegiate Church of Corstorphine.
Tomb of Sir John Forrester (younger) and his Wife.
the year mentioned in Provost Bannatyne's inscription. Further, in the Chamberlain Rolls of 1434,[2] reference is made to the three chaplains of the Chapel of St. John the Baptist—"contiguous to the Parish Church of Corstorphine," showing the independent existence of that chapel after the