Tour Scotland video of the Archbishop James Sharp Tomb on visit to Holy Trinity Church in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. James Sharp was born in Banff Castle in 1618 and studied at King's College, Aberdeen. In 1642 he was a regent at the University of St Andrews and in 1648 he became the minister at Crail. He married Helen Moncrieff with whom he had seven children. Sharp is now best known these days for his murder in 1679. The memorial monument consists of three tiers. The lower tier is a marble relief of the murder. The centre tier is a full size marble sculpture of the archbishop kneeling on top of his sarcophagus. The upper tier features a relief of the church of St Regulus at St Andrews.
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