. Scoti-Monasticon: the ancient church of Scotland, a history of the cathedrals, conventual foundations, collegiate churches, and hospitals of Scotland. illiam, adorned the monastery with very splendidbuildings: he died January 11, 1547. In 1561 the Lords of Secret Councilcast down part of Crossraguel; but it was preser\ed from utter ruin byQuintin Kennedy and the Earl of Cassilis. The income was 466/. 135. 4*/. or383/., or rather, it is said, 2,600 marks. Some conventual buildings remain, with a large gateway on the west,traces of the abbots lodge, and a dovecot. That inhuman monster, the Ear


. Scoti-Monasticon: the ancient church of Scotland, a history of the cathedrals, conventual foundations, collegiate churches, and hospitals of Scotland. illiam, adorned the monastery with very splendidbuildings: he died January 11, 1547. In 1561 the Lords of Secret Councilcast down part of Crossraguel; but it was preser\ed from utter ruin byQuintin Kennedy and the Earl of Cassilis. The income was 466/. 135. 4*/. or383/., or rather, it is said, 2,600 marks. Some conventual buildings remain, with a large gateway on the west,traces of the abbots lodge, and a dovecot. That inhuman monster, the Earl of Cassilis, in 1570, roasted the commen-dator, Alan Stewart, to compel him to yield up certain muniments; which Fleury, torn. ix. c. Ui. § xlix. Lib. vj. ap. 7. • Billings ; Grose, ii. 202 ; Notes by T. S. M., 68 ; Rcgistnim de Passclct; Beauties of Scotland, 186 ;Slczers Views, xlii.; Harl. MS., 4623 ; Fordun, x. c. 27 ; Lights and Shadows of Scottish Character,&c., Edinburgh, 1824; Beauties of Scotland, ii. 485; Knoxs Histor)-, 238; Chalmerss Caledonia, ; Dempster, lib. xii., n. 942 ; Deliccs de IEcossc, vi. 1186. See p. THE ANCIENT CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. 295 he did with a hand almost too wasted to sign the documents. Alan Kennedy,his predecessor, was the opponent of John Knox at Maybole. FEALE. Feale, or Fail, St. Marys Priory, in Kyle, Ayrshire ; a cell of supported four bedesmen; there are a few ruins; the lands went to theWallaces and Lord Dundonald. IONA.» The Irish Chronicles mention, after Adamnan the Wise, abbots whoapparently took opposite sides in the disputes about keeping Easter, in-cluding Faelchu, in whose time the primacy over the Picts was Indrecht there are notices of coarbs, until 1099; and again, after halfa century, down to the last entry in 1203, when the Pope confirmed theerection of the later monastery. Kirk Cormac, Balencross, St. Andrew, andCheletown were given to Holyrood. The words Donaldus OBroIchan[c. 1203],


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