From the 15th to the 17th century an intellectual movement known as the Renaissance transformed Scotland. Its key invention was the printing press, which brought an end to the idea of being cloistered up in monasteries and began to spread textual knowledge throughout Scottish society. It revolutionised Scotland’s two main institutions, the Court and the Kirk, and triggered a social and religious revolution that irreversibly swept the established order away. It signalled the end of the medieval world and the birth of the modern.

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About the second half of the 15th century, the names of Gardiner, Sprewle and Hutcheson became associated with land ownership in and around Lambhill. A deed of Confirmation by King James I dated 13 April 1596 confirmed George Hutcheson as successor to the estate of Lambhill, who founded the Hutcheson's Hospital.

The first map of the Glasgow area was prepared by James Colquhoun in 1641. He was paid roughly £1 for this "first portrait of Glasgow" which was sent to Holland, possibly for Blaeu's Atlas. The map seems to indicate that Lambhill and Possil had structures at this time of sufficient importance to be included!