According to the information in the museum, Mary Queen of Scots visited Dundee in 1564. She was shocked to discover that the town's graveyard was right beside the market, and granted land from the Monastery of the Greyfriars for use as a new burial ground: she is shown holding the charter or official document for the grant. The inscription expresses gratitude to her as a benefactor of the church and the poor. The window comes from a set commissioned for the old Town House (or Town Hall), Dundee, which had been extended in 1872, and was particularly grand. Sadly, the building was demolished in 1932.
The windows were originally made for the Council Chamber of the Court House built in 1734 from designs by William Adam. When that building was demolished in 1832, the windows were moved to the positions as described, mounted in hinged wooden frames opening into the rooms; the frequent movement to which they were subject damaged and weakened much of the leading. They were removed to store in the City Chambers, but recently sent for cleaning and restoration in Glasgow.