. The hereditary sheriffs of Galloway ; their "forebears" and friends, their courts and customs of their times, with notes of the early history, ecclesiastical legends, the baronage and place-names of the province. pier was a most ill-chosen epithet for the period inquestion. If there were certain inconveniences during the CivilWar and Commonwealth, they were as nothing to those occur-ring after the Eestoration, which heralded in a quarter of acentury the most disastrous in the annals of the province. Of these ills in store, happily the good Sir Patrick diedignorant, and was laid to rest peace


. The hereditary sheriffs of Galloway ; their "forebears" and friends, their courts and customs of their times, with notes of the early history, ecclesiastical legends, the baronage and place-names of the province. pier was a most ill-chosen epithet for the period inquestion. If there were certain inconveniences during the CivilWar and Commonwealth, they were as nothing to those occur-ring after the Eestoration, which heralded in a quarter of acentury the most disastrous in the annals of the province. Of these ills in store, happily the good Sir Patrick diedignorant, and was laid to rest peacefully in the old church- ^ AVoclrow, i. 125. ^ British Family Antiqicity, 874. ^ Caledonia, iii, 362. 88 SHERIFFS OF GALLOWAY [ I 65 7-1 66 I yard of Leswalt, where a tablet retains his armorial bearings,quartered with those of the Kennedys, and the legend in Latinstill distinct: Patrick Agnewof Lochnaw, Knight Baronet,Sheriff of Wigtown, and DameMargaret Kennedy his spouse. The following pedigree, givinga double royal descent to SirPatricks heirs, through DameMargaret Kennedy, is amongsthis papers. We give it as wefind it. He had of course anearlier single descent through the wife of the first King James Scotland. Eotert Lord Boyd,Earl of Arran. David,1st Earl of Cassilis. Mary of Gueldres. Princess Mary. Mary Boyd. Gilbert, = Isabel, da. of Archd., 2nd Earl of Cassilis. I 2nd Earl of Argyle. Gilbert,3rd Earl of Cassilis. Hon. Sir Thomas =Kennedy of Colzean. I Catherine, d. of Thomas Kennedy of Bargany. Elizabeth, d. of David MGill of Cranstoun-Riddel. Sir Patrick Agnewof Lochnaw. Margaret Kennedy. King Henry England. Archibald Douglas,6th Earl of Angus. Earl of Lennox. Sir Hew Campbellof Loudoun. Thomas Kennedyof Bargany. Earl of Hon. Sir ThomasKennedy of Colzean. Sir Patrick Agnew,Sheriff of Galloway. Princess Elizabeth, daughter ofKing Edward TV. Princess Margaret,relict of James IV. Margaret Douglas. Elizabeth Stewart. Mary Campbell.


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