Stone rubbing from the Wedderburn Book.
Inscription. |
“W. D: K. V: Hic dormit honorabilis vir, Gulielmus Duncane, medicus, civis de Dunde, qui obiit die Maii mensis, anno 1608, oextatis suoe 52.” [Here sleeps an honourable man, WILLIAM DUNCAN, Physician and Citizen of Dundee, who died of May in the year 1608, and of his age 52.] “Heir lies aleswae ane godlie honorabil voman, Katerin Yedderburne, spous to Villiame Dvncane, who departit this lyif ye day of 160 . Discite ab exemplo mortales discite nostro. [See and learn from our example, o mortals, that ye are mortal.] Mors sola fatetur quantula sunt hominuin corpuscula. [Death alone shows how contemptible are the bodies of men.]"
1821 Revised by JAMES MILN of Hawkhill. Monteith's An Theater Of Mortality Hic dormit honorabilis vir Gulielmus Duncan medicus, KATHERINE WEDDERBURNE, was the sister of SIR ALEXANDER WEDDERBURNE, first Baron of Kingenny Source:Eminent Burgesses of Dundee - A.H. Millar 1887 |
Claimant: Family of Miln of Woodhill.
Source:Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832