Grave slabs in St Mary’s Chapel – Part 3

Th last of the grave slabs in this series is at the opposite side of the ‘John Fendour’ desk to the Burnet brother’s gravestone.

Post 20 (c) Marjorie Burnet Grave Slab St Mary's Chapel DSCN0367It is the one shown in this photograph and is for Marjorie Burnet. The inscription for her reads “Heir restis the bodie of Mariorie Bvrnet the loving wyf of Alexander Toasch departed [M]aii 9th 1683 and of her age the 24th yeir” The Bible verse reads “The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance” (Psalm 112, verse 6).

The shield displays both the Burnet and Toash arms. The latter, to the left being those of the man, shows a galley and an arm with the hand grasping a heart, with a ring above. There is a slight difference in the Burnet arms from those shown previously in that this one also has a ring towards the top of the middle holly leaf. It can also be seen that the margin round the edge of the gravestone is blank. It would, as was the tradition, have been left to record the death of Alexander Toash, but the inscription was never made.

One small footnote – the Kirk and Bridge Work Accounts of the City of Aberdeen show that the burial took place on 11th May, just two days after she died, and that it cost £20.