North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral is in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
In 1505 the Royal College of Surgeons was founded. The first examinations for the 'Surregianis Craft' were held in St Giles [Map].
On 27th May 1661 Archibald Campbell 1st Marquess Argyll [aged 54] was beheaded for his perceived treason on the restoration of Charles II at Edinburgh. He was buried at Kilmun Church.
Monument in the North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map].
After 1695. North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to James Dalrymple 1st Viscount of Stair [aged 75].
James Dalrymple 1st Viscount of Stair: In May 1619 he was born. On 29th November 1695 James Dalrymple 1st Viscount of Stair died.
Around 1870. North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. The Ballantyne Windows by Joseph Noel Paton, 1821-1901.
After 31st May 1916. North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to Lieutenant-Commander David Shafto Douglas [deceased].
Lieutenant-Commander David Shafto Douglas: On 1st July 1883 he was born to Admiral Archibald Douglas. On 31st May 1916 HMS Black Prince was lost with her entire crew including Lieutenant-Commander David Shafto Douglas.
After 1917. North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to Dr Elsie Inglis.
After 21st September 1917. North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to Brigadier-General Francis Aylmer Maxwell, killed in action at Ypres.
On 18th November 1917 Neil James Archibald Primrose [aged 34] died from wounds while leading his squadron of the 1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry against Turkish positions on the Abu Shusheh ridge during the Third Battle of Gaza. He was buried at the Ramleh Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Ramla, in Israel. The inscription on his gravestone reads: He Lives By Love.
Memorial at the North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map] commissioned by his father Archibald Philip Primrose 5th Earl Rosebery 1st Earl Midlothian [aged 70].
After 1918. North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to the 743 Offices and 6130 non-commissione offices of the Royal Army Medical Corps who fell in the Great War. Below a memorial to Mary Caroline Fraser, died 1937.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. After 1919. Memorial to the Scottish Ministers, Probationers and Students of Divnity who laid down their lives in the Great War,
After 1919. North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to the Scottish Nurses who gave their lives during the Great War. Sculpteed by L F Roslyn
After 1926. North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. Memorial to Scottish minister James Nicoll Ogilvie.
North Aisle, Edinburgh Cathedral [Map]. After 1945. Memorial to all ranks of the 94th (city of Edinburgh) HAA Regiment RA.