Collegiate Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Anne, Glasgow

James Houstoun's original provision was for a Provost, eight canons or prebends, and three choristers, but later benefactions extended this.

The third prebend was the organist, who was also in charge of the Song School for the instruction of the youth in plainsong and descant, which stood on the west side of the church.

St Anne's Day, 26 July, was marked with much pomp and ringing of bells, after which money for bread and ale was distributed to the canons, to thirty paupers, eight scholars, and the residents of the Hospital of St Nicholas by the cathedral.

The lepers of St Ninian's Hospital received their share at a safe distance in the churchyard.

[2] One of its most celebrated ministers was the evangelical and enterprising Rev Dr Thomas Chalmers.