Mary's are a survival from the Middle
Ages. The University itself arose from a voluntary association of
the learned in 1410. Privileges were conferred on this association
by Bishop Wardlaw in 1411. It was intended as a bulwark against
Lollard ideas. In 1413 the Antipope Benedict XIII., to whom
Scotland then adhered, granted six bulls of confirmation to the new
University. Not till 1430 did Bishop Wardlaw give a building in
South Street, the Paedagogium. St. Salvator's College was founded
by Bishop Kennedy (1440-1466): it was confirmed by Pius II. in
1458. Kennedy endowed his foundation richly with plate (a silver
mace is still extant) and with gorgeous furniture and cloth of gold.
St. Leonard's was founded by Prior Hepburn in 1512. Of St.
Salvator's the ancient chapel still remains, and is in use. St.
Leonard's was merged with St. Salvator's in the last century: its
chapel is now roofless, some of the old buildings remain, much
modernised, but on the south side fronting the gardens they are
still picturesque. Both Colleges were, originally, places of
residence for the students, as at Oxford and Cambridge, and the
discipline, especially at St.
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