restored, and with proper fastenings made secure the granaries and
store-houses. From having, in August 1562, accommodated the royal stud
(during a passing visit of Queen Mary), the stables of the monastery are
in the Account styled the ‘quenes stables.’”[201]
We have already referred to the Earls of Errol as benefactors to the
abbey, and amongst the Errol Papers[202] there occurs a “Copy of the
Tabill Quhilk ves at Cowper of all the Erles of Erroll quhilk ver Buryd
in the Abbey Kirk thair,” from which it appears that sixteen Earls were
buried in the monastery. Of these we suppose no memorial now remains;
but we may take this opportunity of introducing a sketch (Fig. 1453) of
a recumbent figure, now built into the churchyard wall of
[Illustration: FIG. 1450.--Coupar Abbey. Sculptured Slab.]
[Illustration: FIG. 1451.--Coupar Abbey. Sculptured Slab.]
Errol (Carse of Gowrie), which, from the following inscription, probably
represents the eighth Earl referred to in the above “tabill”--“Item
penultimo die mensis Ianuarij, Anno Domini M.D.LX(X)III. obijt bone
memorie Georgius comes De Errol. apud Pertham et sepultus est Errolie.”
There are few notices of the buildings of the abbey. A plan of it was
made about 1820 by William Mitchell, a mason, who corresponded with
[Illustration: FIG. 1452.--Coupar Abbey.