_Robert Fairlie_ (Vol. vii., p. 581.).--In answer to the Query as to
Robert Fairley, or more properly Fairlie, I may mention that there is
in my possession a presentation by the Faculty of Advocates, dated July
27, 1622, to "Robert Fairlie, son lawfull to Umquhill Robert Fairlie,
goldsmith, Burgh of Edinburgh, to the said bursar place and haill
immunities quhill he pass his course of Philosophie," in the College of
Edinburgh. This undoubtedly was the author of the two very rare little
poetical volumes referred to; and it proves, from the use of the word
"Umquhill," that his father was then dead.
There is an error in stating that the _Kalendarium_ is dedicated to the
Earl of Ancrum. In the copy before me it is inscribed "Illustrissimo et
Nobilissimo Domino, Domino Roberto Karo Comiti a Summerset," &c. The
other work is the one dedicated to Lord Ancrum. I have both works, and
they certainly were costly, as I gave five guineas for them. They had
originally been priced at ten guineas.
A _Bursary_, according to Jamieson, is "the endowment given to a student
in a university, an exhibition." It is believed that Fairlie was of the
Ayrshire family of that name.