The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club-- Vol1-35 (1908-1985) ; (1991)- . ver the question whether a tomb-stone she had set up to his memory should be taken downand replaced by one that had been prepared by himself. In October 1593, Mr. Pont proponit to ye elderis,deacones and honest men of ye parochin, agreeably to theAct of Assembly on the subject, gif they wald build a mansepresentlie upone the kirk land to him. They were unable tocomply with the request presentlie because of ye wark inbulding of ane uther kirk, but war content that ye saidMr. Ro. Pont suld buld ane manse upon his awin e
The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club-- Vol1-35 (1908-1985) ; (1991)- . ver the question whether a tomb-stone she had set up to his memory should be taken downand replaced by one that had been prepared by himself. In October 1593, Mr. Pont proponit to ye elderis,deacones and honest men of ye parochin, agreeably to theAct of Assembly on the subject, gif they wald build a mansepresentlie upone the kirk land to him. They were unable tocomply with the request presentlie because of ye wark inbulding of ane uther kirk, but war content that ye saidMr. Ro. Pont suld buld ane manse upon his awin expences,to be enjoyed by him and his heirs, until redeemed by theparish.^ Into the wall a panel was inserted which reads :— Religioni etPosteris inMinisterio • 1594. 1 History of the West Kirk, 1829, p. 130 SCULPTURED STONES It is noteworthy that the first two lines are in relief,and that the intention had evidently been to complete theinscription in the same style ; but for some reason the thirdand fourth lines were incised instead. S, which is in this. stone formerly on St. Cuthberts Manse. marked way separated from the in the succeeding linemay be read as the clerical title Sir, bestowed in thedays of Pont and of Shakespeare on churchmen who hadgraduated. The other initials are somewhat puzzling. Theyare not those of Mr. Ponts colleague, Mr. Aird, a mason turnedpreacher, whose Christian name was William—nor any of hiswives, the third of whom—Margaret Smith—may, however, becommemorated by the letters M M S S cut on the bottommoulding of the tablet. It is not whoUy apart from the sub-ject to mention that Ponts oldest son was the Rev. TimothyPont, the mathematician and topographer, celebrated forhis cursory observations on the monuments of antiquity. The panel was removed from the original manse to itssuccessor, and is now built into the eastern wall of St. Cuth-berts Hall, at an elevation where it is apt to escape the eyeeven of those familiar wit
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