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Monks
from
Paisley
founded
Crossraguel
Abbey
in
Carrick,
Ayrshire,
in
1244.
In
1307,
Edward
I
of
England
had
the
abbey
burned
down.
However,
it
was
rebuilt
later
in
the
14th
century.
William
Wallace,
born
in
nearby
Elderslie,
is
widely
believed
to
have
been
educated
for
some
time
when
he
was
a
boy
in
the
abbey.
It
is
believed
that
Saint
Mirin
(or
Saint
Mirren)
founded
a
community
on
this
site
in
7th
century.
Some
time
after
his
death
a
shrine
to
the
Saint
was
established,
becoming
a
popular
site
of
pilgrimage
and
veneration.
The
name
Paisley
may
derive
from
the
Brythonic
(old
Welsh
)
Passeleg,
'basilica'
(derived
from
the
Greek),
i.e.
'major
church',
recalling
an
early,
though
undocumented,
ecclesiastical
importance.
In
1163,
Walter
fitz
Alan,
the
first
High
Steward
of
Scotland
issued
a
charter
for
a
priory
to
be
set
up
on
land
owned
by
him
in
Paisley.
It
was
dedicated
to
SS.
Mary,
James,
Mirin
and
Milburga.
Around
13
monks
came
from
the
Cluniac
priory
at
Much
Wenlock
in
Shropshire
to
found
the
community.
Paisley
grew
so
rapidly
that
it
was
raised
to
the
status
of
abbey
in
1245.
Monks
from
Paisley
founded
Crossraguel
Abbey
in
Carrick,
Ayrshire,
in
1244.
In
1307,
Edward
I
of
England
had
the
abbey
burned
down.
However,
it
was
rebuilt
later
in
the
14th
century.
William
Wallace,
born
in
nearby
Elderslie,
is
widely
believed
to
have
been
educated
for
some
time
when
he
was
a
boy
in
the
abbey.
In
1316,
Marjorie
Bruce,
daughter
of
Robert
I
of
Scotland
and
wife
of
Walter
Stewart,
the
sixth
High
Steward
of
Scotland,
was
out
riding
near
the
abbey.
During
the
ride,
she
fell
from
her
horse
and
as
she
was
heavily
pregnant
at
the
time,
she
was
taken
to
Paisley
Abbey
for
medical
care.
There,
King
Robert
II
was
born
by
caesarean
section,
in
a
time
when
anaesthesia
wouldn't
have
been
available.
She
was
later
buried
at
the
abbey.
A
cairn,
at
the
junction
of
Dundonald
Road
and
Renfrew
Road,
approximately
one
mile
to
the
north
of
the
Abbey,
marks
the
spot
where
she
reputedly
fell
from
her
horse.
In
1491,
absolution
was
granted
by
Abbot
George
Shaw,
representing
the
Pope
and
in
the
presence
of
the
relics,
to
James
IV
of
Scotland
and
others
implicated
in
the
death
of
James
III
at
the
Battle
of
Sauchieburn.
By
1499
Shaw
had
had
built
a
new,
larger
pilgrims'
chapel
and
added
the
sculptured
stone
frieze
which
can
still
be
seen
today,
showing
scenes
from
the
life
of
St
Miren.
It
was
originally
brightly
painted
and
may
have
been
part
of
a
rear
panel
of
an
altar
before
being
put
up
as
a
frieze
on
the
wall.
Paisley
Abbey
from
the
south
west.
A
succession
of
fires
and
the
collapse
of
the
tower
in
the
15th
and
16th
centuries
left
the
building
in
a
partially
ruined
state.
Although
the
western
section
was
still
used
for
worship,
the
eastern
section
was
widely
plundered
for
its
stone.
From
1858
to
1928
the
north
porch
and
the
eastern
choir
were
reconstructed
on
the
remains
of
the
ruined
walls
by
the
architect
Macgregor
Chalmers.
After
his
death,
work
on
the
choir
was
completed
by
Sir
Robert
Lorimer.
