Tour Scotland 4K Autumn travel video, with Scottish music, of Crichton Collegiate Church and graveyard on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Midlothian, Britain, United Kingdom. This Scottish Church was founded in 1449 and has been in continuous use as a place of Christian worship for more than 550 years. The church was built in a Gothic and Romanesque cruciform style with a large central tower; the nave was used as the place of worship for the poor people. This continued until the Scottish Reformation of 1560 when it was considered unusable. The site may have been the location of an old Christian shrine and about 1440 William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton, Lord Chancellor of Scotland started to build a church there. On 26 December 1449, William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton opened the church " Out of thankfullness and gratitude to Almighty God, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Kentigern and All Saints ", with the consent of his son, James of Frendraucht and confirmed on the 29 December by James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews. Like many other collegiate churches, Crichton was built for the use of the local lord, and a Provost, eight Prebendaries, two choir boys and a Sacrist were appointed to pray for the souls of the Crichton family. The Provost was granted the tiends and tithes of the prebends, the Rectory of Crichton and the Temple lands appertaining to Crichton. Post Reformation Ministers; 1569 Adam Johnston; 1639 Gideon Penman; 1682 Andrew Donn; 1690 Matthew Selkirk; 1729 Charles Primrose. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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